Teamwork - Stuck?! April 15th reveal

April 15th sketch at Stuck?! is up and this is my take on it. Here's the awesome sketch that Laura Whitaker made for us:

It's another lo made with my April counterfeit kit, and I used some of StudioFourteen40 goodies I recieved. I used Bitz of Glitz True golden sequins,  Thrift Shop set 4; and The Hamptons set 2.

I would like to enter it to the contest at Paper Issues, for the summer theme.
Here are some close-ups on the details:

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Never Say Never

Normally, I don't do purple. don't know exactly why, but I just don't do purple, especially if it's the predominant color, but then 'never say never' :) 

When I saw this month's challenge at Black With 2, I was very attracted to the color combo of black/lime/purple, but thought it was too challenging for me. But I'm a great fan of challenges, especially if they make me go out of my comfort zone, so I couldn't just pass over this challenge :).

Here's the challenge at Black With 2:

I started by gathering some papers with the requested colors and found the right photo, and then I was carried away, and pulled  out flowers in different shades of purple, and some ribbons it matching colors (forgotten and unused stash). I also used my newest die from Die-Namites, Floral Corner. Thanks to Sandra from Studio Fourteen40, I played again with my sequins. I think sequins add so much airy feeling. love them.

This is what I came up with:

Edit: my lo was one of the Top 9 featured layout!

AND won GD spot at Black With 2!
Thank you!

One of the reasons I don't work with purple is that I can never get a proper photo of this color. the dark purple turns out blue, the lavender turns out white. The lovely girls at BW2 gave me some tips how to use my camera, and I think it worked out! I told you - never say never :).
You can see the lovely colors on the close-ups:

I would like to enter it also for the 'use black' challenge at The Crafty Scrapper.
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So Lucky

 

Edit: 2nd place winner at Berry71Bleu. thank you!

This is my take on some challenges:

Prima - March PPP, with this beautiful palette:

I used many Prima's products - papers, stamps, flowers and leavs, say it in crystals blings, sugar dots, flair buttons, alphas, chipboard and even packages. Some of the flowers on this lo, were made from Prima's papers with Die-namics dies and mists.

Berry71Bleu March challenge, which asked to have green as the dominant color, the word 'lucky' or 'luck', and some lace/doily. I took the 'green' thing a little further, and recycled Prima's packages.
I would also like to enter it to the 'free for all' challenge at Off the Rails Scrapooking.

I woudl like to enter it to the contest at Paper Issues, for the summer theme.
Here are some close-ups on thd details:

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Feeding the Kangaroo - Sketchabilities #105

This is my 2nd post today.

For my Stuck?! Dec. 15th reveal,

please click HERE. Thank you!

A  new sketch is up at Sketchabilities and this is my take on this awesome sketch, designed by Karan. Here's sketch #105:

The photo is of my youngest, feeding a kangaroo at the Australian Zoo we have in Israel.

I used papers from Making Memories, Kaisercraft and DCWV. For the matting, I used a small paper bag. The embellishments are Echo Park stickers (Beautiful Life collection), Purple Pumpkin's flair button, Webster's Pages chipboard buttons, some embroidery threads and a wooden kangaroo from my stash.

For the background I used Studio Calico's triangles mask with TH distress ink and some stamping and heat embossing of Hero Arts text stamp.

My inspiration for the colors was palette #165 at The Color Room:

I loved this warm palette.  I also followed the inspiration from Scrap 4 Help:

I would like to enter it to the contest at Paper Issues, for the zoo theme.
Here are some close-ups on the details:

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אמצע החודש וזה הזמן לסקיצה חדשה ב-Sketchabilities. אני מאד אוהבת את הסגנון הזה של סקיצות, עם דפים מדוגמים לאורך ותמונה רוחבית, עם קישוטים מהצדדים.  התמונה בדף היא של צעיר הבנים, בביקור שלנו בגן גורו לפני למעלה משנה וחצי. הוא כל כך נהנה להאכיל את הקנגרו מכף ידו :-).

ליצירת הרקע השתמשתי במסיכה של סטודיו קאליקו עם דיו דיסטרס ובהחתמה ואמבוסינג של חותמת כיתוב. הדפים הם ערבוב של חברות שונות - קייזרקראפט, DCWV, MM. הקישוטים כוללים סטיקרים של Echo Park, כפתורי צ'יפבורד של וובססטר'ס וכפתור  מתכת של Purple Pumpkin (ממש לאחרונה זכיתי אצלם בפרס... מחכה שיגיע כבר בדואר). הוספתי גם כמה חוטי רקמה מפוזרים באופן אקראי. את הקנגרו מעץ צבעתי בקצוות עם שני גוונים של דיו דיסטרס, ואת הגוף עם גוון אחר, וכמאטינג לתמונה השתמשתי בשקית נייר קטנה.

ההשראה לצבעים לקוחה מפלטה של The Color Room ולחומרים מ-Scrap4Help.

תודה שקפצתן לבקר וכמו תמיד אשמח לקרוא את תגובותיכן.

My Skinny Boy

Edit:

Top 3 at Scrap Africa

And on the Most Wanted list

at CSI case file #101

Being at home for the past 3.5 days, there's a lot of scrappy time, isn't it? :-) 

So I was able to play with the new CSI case file, with a very beautiful palette. Here's case file #101 from CSI:

The photo is of my eldest, about 1.5 years ago. It's scarry how skinny he is... He was always a skinny boy. For my journaling (hidden tag with the star above to pull it), I chose to describe how thin he was born and how slowly he climbed on his growth chart. I also scanned his growth chart and put it inside the vellum envelope I've made.

My clues to solve the case were:

Scheme - all colors are here (loved this color palette!).

Evidence - frames, circles, something trasparent.

Testimony - framed my journaling tag, used a cursive handwriting, and wrote 5 unimportant but interesting facts about the photo and the subject and 2 very important facts. My journaling says:

"1. Your weight when you were born was 2.750 kg, and when we went out of hospital you weight 2.550 kg.

2. You gained weight very very slowly.

3. For a very long time you were on the lowest part of the growth chart.

4. I've had problems with breastfeeding and stopped after 1 month.

5. I was so sad when I had to stop breastfeeding you.

But, which is the most important thing, you are - healthy and lively!"

I worked with the sketch from Scrap Africa:

Edit: one of the Top 3 at Scrap Africa

For my background I used TCW stencil with TH distress ink (black soot). Then apllied gesso with SC stencil. I used Mr. Huey's  mists and blew on them with a straw. I used some Echo Park papers and a scrap from October Afternoon dp. The stars and film strip were cut with my Big Shot. The doilies stickers are My Mind's Eye. I also added Purple Pumpkin's flair and fabric buttons. The alphas are lilybee desing.
I would like to enter it to the contest at Paper Issues, for the summer theme.

Here are some close-ups on the details:

Before you leave, here're some sneak peeks to 2 layouts I'll be sharing tomorrow, for Sketchabilities & Stuck?! new sketches reveal. Please come back tomorrow to see the full layouts. Both new sketches are fab!

Thank you for visiting my blog. Your comments are much appreciated. 

בזכות סערת השלג שגרמה לנו להיות נצורים, הספקתי לשחק עם כמה אתגרים וזו התוצאה. דף גברי על הבן הבכור שלי, שהוא רזה ודקיק. הכיתוב בתג הנסתר מתעד את משקל הלידה שלו, את העובדה שהוא עלה במשקל לאט מאד והיה באחוזון הנמוך בעקומת הגדילה. אבל הכי חשוב - הוא בריא ומלא חיים :-) (ורק חושבים שאני מרעיבה אותו...).
את הדף הזה אני מכניסה גם לאתגר של 'יוצאות מהקווים', שביקשו 'לשים קשים'. על כתמי הצבע של המיסטים נשפתי עם קש שתיה, כדי ליצור את האפקט של ההשפרצה.

תודה שקפצתן לבקר בבלוג שלי. שיהיה לכולנו המשך סופ"ש חמים ונעים, ובעיקר - בטוח.