July Monthly challenges!

Hello and welcome to July! I have a fabulous bunch of new monthly challenges to share with you today...hehe the month has already got off to it's usual hectic start! ;)

Over at Kraft + they have a gorgeous 'mustard explosion' mood board to inspire you! I love mood boards as they offer such a range of inspiration allowing you to take your pick. I instantly fell in love with this one...so yummy & so much to draw inspiration from!

I was instantly drawn to the circular design, the wood elements, the writing, the hint of white, the metal pieces & the lamp which looked like a bird cage...this is what I did with that.

I started with some Tim Holtz 'mustard seed' paint, then went over it with some Distress 'mustard seed' ink with a circular design stencil to create a subtle background. A hint of stamping using Distress ink & splats of Dylusions spray. Here is a close up...

Pop over HERE to see the other amazing creations from the team! Haha I have to confess, they blow me away each month with their creations!!!

Next is the challenge over at Show Us Your Stuff!

To be honest, a few years ago this challenge would have freaked me...haha I didn't like my handwriting at all and would always type my journaling on the computer to print it out. I only realised the importance after finding a handwritten shopping list of my dad's tucked in an old recipe book. From then on, I always include handwriting on my layouts.

For my layout I recorded my memories of 'cracker night' growing up. The photo is of my son, as I don't have any photo's of those days myself, but the memories and history is recorded. For the map, I downloaded the current map of the area where I grew up. LOL though there are a few extra streets now ;) My handmade item is the lovely crochet button from my friend Peg...she was a doll and created a few of them for me :)

Pop over HERE to see the fabulous and clever creations from the rest of the DT. I look forward to see what you do with this challenge!

Lastly is the very bright and fun challenge over at 123 Challenge Blog.

I had bought the fluro pens ages ago from Heidi Swapp and to be honest...hadn't used them until now! They actually worked very well, lovely and smooth.

With the help of a stencil, I coloured in the triangles around the page. I also used the pens to colour in the chipboard frame & on the Flutterby 'naked' flair. I had a bit of Heidi Swapp fluro washi tape too. I kept the layout very simple as to not clash or make it too busy.

Pop over HERE to check out the brilliant creations from the rest of the team.

Thanks for stopping by...as always, a huge, huge thank you for your lovely comments. I do appreciate each of them, especially the time you take to leave me one x
Happy scrapping!