October Kraft Plus challenge!

Ok, so it's no surprise that I'm one very slack blogger...Instagram and Facebook, so make everything so easy.

I'm sure you've all seen the fabulous challenge over at Kraft+ this month. We want you to embrace friendship and all it's glory. I know I'd be lost without my friends.

I'm blessed with a lot of beautiful friends, but for this challenge it seemed perfect for one friend in particular! I had already created a few backgrounds while with her at retreat earlier this year. I was also lucky enough to borrow her newly released AALL&Create stamps...how gorgeous are her 'landscape lines', I love them! I'm sure you can why I chose this gorgeous soul for my layout. It's heavily inspired by here...haha you can't help that when creating in her company, what she does with the gel plate is absolutely amazing!

The rest of the DT team have, as always, outdone themselves...check them out HERE. We do hope you'll join us this month.
Happy Scrapping!

July Kraft+ Challenge!

Hello July...eeeck, that means we are half way through the year!!!

I'm sure you've seen the fabulous challenge over at Kraft+ Challenges, it's certainly a beauty, the possibilities are endless! This month we want to see some weaving on your creation...

I ended up pulling out my old trusty Creative Memories cutter & did my paper weaving direct on the Kraft background. Obviously, I went with the wavy cutter to add a bit of difference.

Pop over HERE to check out the amazing creations from the rest of the team.
Thanks for stopping by & a huge thank you for any comments you may leave me :) I truly do appreciate them x
Happy scrapping!

Hello June!

Eeeck! Seriously, where did May go? Haha I know, I say it each & every month...too scary how quickly the year is going.
A new month means a new challenge...gotta love that! This month's challenge over at Kraft Plus has loads to love! This month we want you to be inspired by Dr Seuss.

How gorgeous is the inspiration board, created by Amanda Hall...I just love it! Haha though I love anything Dr Seuss! I grew up on the books & also read the books to my own children, it was such a special bonding time. It's a sentimental fave of mine.

When my girl came home with blue hair, I instantly knew this was the photo to use for this challenge...my little 'thing 2' ;) I had just had a weekend at retreat with the gorgeous Louise, so my background was naturally done using the gel plate.

I had also just received these stamps from AALL & Create, again, so perfect for this photo. I used the quote "Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"
Check out the inspiration from the rest of the DT HERE, they truly are amazing! We can't wait to see what you come up with.
Happy scrapping!

Hello May

Seriously, where did April go??? Once again, this year is rushing away from me all too fast...thankfully, not as drama filled as last year! Which brings me to this month challenge over at Kraft+

                            

This month's challenge is super easy, with the inclusion of a date on your layout...that's it! It opens up so much freedom for your creation.

Here's mine...

I've included loads of dates on my layout. I recorded the events of 2017, which was far from my finest year & all round, pretty scary. I simply recorded the facts, I wasn't up for the full emotion of it all. At the time of creating this, I had planned to do another page with some hidden journaling, but now I'm not sure. This layout was definitely 'art therapy' & I've been able to put a lot of the emotion surrounding this past year behind me & remind myself how frickin' lucky I am!

As always, the rest of the DT have created some gorgeous creations, check them out HERE. I hope you have fun with this month's challenge.

Happy scrapping!

April Kraft+ Challenge!

This month at Kraft+ we have a fabulous 'recipe challenge' to inspire you...

Here's my take on the challenge...

Something 'old'...this bit was right up my alley, haha I have sooooo much old stuff in my stash! I'm a self confessed hoarder, does anyone else do this? Buy something you absolutely love, only to save it for something 'special' & it then sits & sits. Anyway, as I said, this criteria was super easy for me...the background was old, one that I had created & rejected for whatever I was working on at the time. The patterned paper, the metal elements & the sequins are all over a year+ old from my stash.
Something 'new'...that was the little rose bud sticking up out of the chipboard feather.
Something 'borrowed'...well the photo is one of Louise's, as well as the tissue paper technique (though what Louise does with tissue paper is totally gorgeous).
Something 'blue'...I have used blue mist, paper, flower & glitter.

I hope you enjoy this challenge as much as I did. Check out the blog for the gorgeous inspiration from the rest of the team HERE
Happy scrapping!

March Kraft+ Challenge!

How terribly slack am I!!! Where did this month go! It's a little crazy how quickly this month has vanished, actually how quickly this year is vanishing!!!

By now I'd say you've seen this month's fabulous challenge over at Kraft+, hopefully you've also joined in.
This month we have a gorgeous sketch to inspire you & to also include fussy cutting...

Here's my take on the challenge...

Happy Easter to all. I hope you have a wonderful long weekend & get some scrapping play.
Happy scrapping!

February Kraft+ 'ABBA inspired' challenge!

Yikes, I'm one slack blogger! I have to confess I'm loving the ease of use with Instagram these days, if you are on Instagram, you'll find me @paulap5p_scrap.

How brilliant is this month's challenge over at Kraft+, I love it! I was super excited by this challenge, as it took me back to my childhood, those carefree days ;) Sadly, or thankfully, there is no photo of my 10 year old self in that 'ABBA Arrival' t-shirt that I owned, so I took inspiration from Amanda's gorgeous graphics & the colours of ABBA albums.

The challenge...

 
My take on the challenge...

I created my background with this gorgeous Flutterby Designs stencil and a mix of texture paste and Dylusions spray, I love the results! My title is a ABBA song title. You can't help by sing along with their songs, thankfully for me, they bring happy memories & are very uplifting.
I hope you have fun celebrating the music ;)
Pop over HERE to see the amazing creations for the rest of the team.
Thanks for stoppping by & thank you for any comments you may leave, I truly do appreciate each & every one of them.
Happy scrapping!