Rye Pier (February 2014)

This layout is for the Stuck on U Sketches April 25th Sketch Challenge. I really enjoyed putting this layout together using Celeste Knight's Birds of a Feather kit with the challenge sketch. I bought this kit a while ago but hadn't found the right project to use it for. 

This 12x12 layout will go opposite some more photos and journalling in my Project Life album. The colours of these papers, and the rain drops, birds and feathers patterns are all perfect for these photos. We went on a beach holiday and it was rainy and cold most of the time. After walking down the pier until we were so cold we had to turn back, my husband and son ran around to warm up, and to scare sea gulls so they could see them fly away.

CREDITS:
CVW_SupplyTracker
Stuck on You Sketch
Font: Vertical Script
Aprilmouse & Hanulienka-Furry Stuff Freebie (Rope Ring)
DHD-Vanessa Fenton-Layered Stitches
P&Co-Celese Knight-Birds of a feather Papers and Sweet Briar Solid Papers
P&Co-Collabs-Piccadilly, Here we come a Caroling and Love Actually

P&Co-Robyn Meierotto-Chipper Chipped Paint Alpha
Viviane-Photo Frames Freebie

Camera: Olympus PEN E-PL5
Software: Photoshop

 


UPDATE! 17 May 2014
I made the Top 3 for this challenge! Yay! First time playing along at Stuck on U Sketches! So I get a badge. It even matches my layout ;)

Project Life: Dear Lizzy Fifth and Frolic

I started working on a Project Life album last November, as a creative way of displaying my photos and recording memories. I bought the Neutral Baby kit and Wellington Childhood kit and have also used a lot of papers I already had, digital scrapbooking kits, and some Simple Stories Snap papers. I have loved the process so far!

I pre-ordered the Dear Lizzy Fifth and Frolic core kit the day it went online at Australian stores. This beautiful kit was an exclusive for a store in the USA, so I had already admired it from a distance but a limited amount of stock was then released to international sellers. Yay! I recently received it and absolutely love it! Here are some creative photos I took highlighting some of my favourite cards:

Polyvore

Let the Sunshine in by fourleaf featuring Monsoon accessories

It's addictive! Polyvore is a website where you can make creative collages online using creative and product images from all over the web. I'm not sure you can do much with them because of copyright issues, but they sure are fun!

Crafty Collages

Collages I created for Cristina Re Designer Stationery. These were for the Silk Road Collection catalogue/Creative Ideas Book. I actually designed the Harlequin Rose reversible paper too - that's the argyle pattern seen most clearly in the bottom right collage.

Rosy Rosettes

I really like these layered rosettes I've seen on scrapbooking lately (Studio Calico Looking Glass Alice Add-on, Two Peas in a Bucket Frosty Aqua Lollipops). I also saw something similar on a dress a few months back. So I had a go at making some, and put brooch pins on the back.
This is the first brooch I made. I used bits of fabric that I already had - satin, cotton, organza, plain, patterned, floral... I was pretty happy with it! The cute flower buttons are from Spotlight.