Sunday, March 2, 2014

March challenges and another announcement!

Hi everyone!
 
Can you believe it is March already?!  February always flies past way too quickly!
 
So, the start of a new month means a plethora of new scrappy challenges to check out.  Here are the ones I'm lucky enough to be part of bringing you each month:
 
 
Being March, we've gone with all things green in honour of St Patrick's Day, and we've come up with a mood board chock-a-block with lots of bits and pieces to inspire you:
 
inspo board
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I took inspiration from the colours and the paint brush and crayons.  I wanted to create a really arty, textured background and did that using Impasto and Gelatos and Glimmermists.  I also used up some odd alphabet stickers that I can't use to create words with anymore to add a little more dimension.  My handmade embellies are the flat paper flowers; I stamped some with Staz On, and coloured the others with Gelatos.  I also coloured the flourishes with Gelatos, as they were raw.
Can't wait to see how this board inspires YOU!
 
 
 
At AFSC this month, our first challenge for you is a prompt challenge:

Scrap or art journal about a favourite song in from your teens.  You can scrap some of the lyrics, or the title, or a photo of the band …
 
One of my favourite songs in my teens was "Always" by Bon Jovi.  I don't know what it is about the song, but I still love to listen to it and sing along to it these days :)
So I found a nice photo of JBJ and used that to create this layout:
 
 
 



I created a grungy background using Gelatos and a stencil, plus Glimmermist and stamping and journaled some of the lyrics around the outside edge of the page.
I look forward to seeing a range of pages and songs in the gallery over the next few weeks :)
 
 
 
And finally, I can announce, I am fortunate to be on the Autumn Design Team at D-Lish Scraps!  I'm blessed to be working with a wonderful team of talented ladies.  Click on the link above to check out who they are ;)
 
Our Tropical Twist mood board this month is bright and cheery and so much fun:
 
 
 
 
So many different elements to consider!!
 
Here is my sample page and some close ups:
 



 
The chipboard stars and birds, jewelled flower, tassle, chevron flair and resin rose are all from the D-lish Scraps store.  Go and check it out - I know Amanda has busily been stocking up with some gorgeous new products!!
 
I hope to see you join in with the challenges this month - there is so much to be inspired by and get you scrapping your precious memories!
 
Thanks for looking. Warmest wishes, Catie xo

6 comments:

  1. Gosh all beautiful layouts. Got to love Bon Jovi :)
    Mary

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    1. Thanks Mary :) Yes, Bon Jovi were certainly it and a bit back then ;)

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  2. These look wonderful, and well done on your DT for delish.. have fun!

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  3. Gosh, where to start...all gorgeous layouts & huge congrats on joining the D-lish team. Such a gorgeous mood board & I love your take on it. Bon Jovi was simply delish ;) loved him & his songs too.

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