MAY Challenge

 Happy Mother's Day to all the mums and grandmothers out there. I hope you enjoy your celebrations with your families.

These photos are from the Cite du vin (Wine museum) in Bordeaux France.

Your challenge is to include curves on your layout plus a bottle. 

The bottle can be in the photos or as an embellishment.

We are sponsored this month by 

Now here are the design team ideas to inspire you.

                                                                         JULENE

                                                                      BARB

                                                                            VICTORIA

                                                                              TRISH

                                                                          DALE

                                                                          MITZI

                                                                           BUFFY

Our winner for April was Donna Cope.

April Challenge

 

Crossness Pumping Station: A Victorian Gem In London, England

Here is our stimulus picture. It is an old sewer pumping station in London. So pretty!

Your challenge is this: 

Use lots of little detailed papers and embellishments.

Use the main colours in this photo Maroon, green, yellow or gold, black

It's a bit more precise this month!

Here are the Design team's examples for you.

DALE

TRISH

BUFFY

BARB

VICTORIA

 was inspired to do the reflection of the sun shining through at the Basílica de la Sagrada Família and have used little squares of paper in my cluster on the left hand side.

March challenge

 Well, another month gone by and here we are again!

Here is our picture for March

Our challenge for March is to use the colours pink and grey.

The theme and mediums you use are up to you.

We are sponsored this month by Dusty Attic chipboard.

Here is the ideas from the DT.

                                                                   VICTORIA

DALE

                                                                               BARB

                                                                                 TRISH

                                                                            MITZI

                                                                           JULENE

                                                                    

                                                                           BUFFY

A great array of ideas for you, I'm sure!

Our winner for February is Heather Bensley

February Challenge

 The February challenge at Archiscraps is pleating.

You could use those pleated flowers or a fan or come up with something else.

                                                          Dublin castle, Dublin, Ireland,

Here's some ideas for you.

Now let's see what the design team have come up.

                                                                             MITZI

                                                                          DALE

                                                                        BARB

                                                                              TRISH

                                                   

                                                                          VICTORIA

                                                                    BUFFY

Our winner for January is Di Chook Landers

Your prize for this month will be announced soon.

January Challenge

 Good morning and Happy new Year.

here's our challenge for this month.

The Crooked House is nestled in Himley, South Staffordshire.

It is known affectionately as “Britain’s wonkiest pub,” its distinctiveness stemmed from a 19th-century mining subsidence that left one side of the building lower than the other.

Your scrapbooking challenge is put something crooked on the page or scrap the whole page crooked.

We are sponsored by Art Stacks

Let's see what our Design team has done for this.

                                                                JULENE

                                                                     BUFFY

                                                                   TRISH

                                                                   VICTORIA

                                                                       DALE

             

                                                                  BARB

                                                                           

                                                                           

                                                                            MITZI

Our winner for December is Donna.

December Challenge

 Firstly, thank you to all of our sponsors and those who enter for your continued support. 

Secondly, wishing all of you the blessings of Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Our picture for December is this one.

Your challenge this month is Mixed Media-

 Use sprays inks, mists, paint, stamps, gelatos anything else you can think of to create your background.

Your prize is another bundle of Christmas items. It includes a mini album plus assorted papers etc to complete your project.

Our winner for last month was Kim Kendall.

Now let's look at how this challenge has inspired our team.

                                                        DALE

                                                           MITZI

                                        She used water colour crayons plus inks on her background which is textured.

                                                                    TRISH

                                         Trish used lots of sprays, mists and waxes on here.

                                                                VICTORIA

                                      She used sprays plus a beaded texture on her background and texture paste on her flowers.

                                                                      BUFFY

BARB

JULENE

Texture paste plus paint on my background plus stamping.

A white paint wash then stamping using bubble wrap dipped in gesso.

           Blowing black ink through a straw and dragging a black ink pad in layers across the middle.

                                                           Inking through a mask

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So, go mad! make it as colourful and textured as you like!!