Recipe for a Layout

This week I have a layout challenge posted on the Scrapping Turtle forum. I gave an ingredient list of scrappy items needed to create a layout.

Base ingredients (these are the must haves):

1. Cardstock

2. Patterned Paper

3. Stitching (any type, can be already stitched or done by you)

4. Flowers (minimum of two)

5. Packaging from some type of scrappy item

6. Bling

Mix the above ingredients together into a pleasing arrangement. Add adhesive. Season (embellish with other items not on the list) as needed or desired.

Serve and enjoy :)

The patterned paper I selected already fulfilled a couple of the ingredients -- patterned paper, flowers and stitching. That was a lucky break LOL I used cardstock to mat my photo and my journaling block. I used a section of Prima packaging for my journaling block and added bling to the centres of each of the flowers.

The photo on my layout was taken in June 2009 by the extremely talented Kim Munro.

Please visit the Scrapping Turtle to see what the other DT members created and to post your layout using this recipe.

Turtle Layout Challenge

This week is my week for a Design Team layout challenge on the forum at the Scrapping Turtle. Since this week is Christmas I opted for a Christmas themed challenge. Choose one of the fabulous Christmas cards posted in the Scrapping Turtle gallery and scraplift it to make a layout. I chose a beautiful card by Audrey that is posted here.

To create my layout I used the Little Yellow Bicycle Christmas line from last year. I'm so glad that I finally used some of this beautiful line. The photo was taken when Sara and Sammy met up with Santa at Southworks a few weeks ago. They were delighted to just 'bump' into him as we were walking through the mall.

Join us over at the Scrapping Turtle to see what my fellow Design Team members created for my challenge. They are fabulous!!!!

Halloween Layout Challenge

This is my week for posting a challenge on the Scrapping Turtle forum. I had to do a layout challenge and since it is almost Halloween I thought what better than a Halloween inspired layout challenge.

I found this fabulous Halloween image from B.J. WebArt to use as inspiration for my challenge. The layout doesn't have to be of Halloween, but it does have to include the colour orange and at least one photo turn. The photo turn is for my friend Wendy who won a fabulous American Crafts giveaway at the Scrapping Turtle, which including 416 photo turns LOL.

Here is the layout I created for my challenge:

I used Bazzill cardstock, American Crafts Thickers, Ranger Stickles, photo turns from the bulk wall at the store, an owl cut from a paper in the Dream Street Sam line, and Quickutz dies (Tree border, Tombstone and Cat, Haunted House, and two different Pumpkin dies).

I hope you will give my challenge a try and let me know where I can see your layouts.