New Zeland with Annelie Maddock

Another wonderful discovery, I love the lightness of her work. You can find Annelie's blog here:   https://swewi.wordpress.com/ The challenge was placing triangles on our page. I created my triangles using gel medium with beads, I Love the effect of that product, but because it's so subtil, I decided to make a contour with my stabilo pencil.   Here is my page:

 

Here is her page for the inspiration:

 

 

Thanks for the inspiration Annelie !

Australia with Fiona Paltridge

Australia, on my bucket list as far as places that I want to visit... I Just love the kangaroos and the koalas.     Fiona's blog: http://pastichescrapbookstudio.blogspot.ca/   I just love her grungy style, she's just an mazing artist.   For this challenge we had to place  one or 2  large images (butterfly or other) on our page, and needed to create a T effect. Here is my page for this challenge:  

 

Here is Fiona's stunning page:

 

 

- Here is the video of her creative process that was the source of the inspiration:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuFjrLGtG5E

 

Thanks to the Scrap aux puce team for this beautiful challenge.

Scribbly Bird canvas - My art class for Passion Collimagination

Today was my art class at Passion Collimagination. It was a small group but quite fun. You've seen my piece back in January when I created the original one, now I always recreate the project when I teach the class, so here is my second canvas using the Dina Wakleyr scribbly birds.   I am also entereing this project into the Prima Marketing February Challenge. The colors inspired this new version.  

  For this projecct I used: -Dina Wakley paints, brushed, stamped images -Cuts2Luv Flair buttons & Die-cut title -Prima Marketing flowers   Here is the inspiration from the Prima Marketing Group: Build a Page  

  Have a great day !!!

Singapour with Jelissa Mei

13@art, Blue Fern Studios, Wild Orchid crafts and many more are lucky to have Jelissa Mei as part of the Design Team.   The challenge we were required to do was a page without a picture. only a quotation. The citation needed to be the main focus of the page. What a great idea and here is my page for this challenge:   In Pink... I rarely do Pink have 2 boys, so why not play with Pink? I just loved this quote, because crafting to me is my therapy, when I am having a bad day, crafting just makes it all better.

  Here is Jelissa's page, just stunning.  

  Thanks for the inspiration !!!  

India with Jaya Raghuvansh

Wow, Jaya does amazing work. I was not familiar with her pieces, but I am totally addicted to her work.   For this next challenge, we needed to alter 3 chipboards with different technique.for my part I used: -Film strip with black paint & clear embossing -Title with chalk ink -Feathers Chalk ink with glitter paste -Camera 2 colors of paint & glitter paste  

 

For my background I wanted something soft. So used my favorite color turquoise, borrowed my friend Caroline's gorgeous stamp and embossed the stamp in turquoise and black. On the black ones, I added watercolor and cut them out. Then I started my layering and added ornaments

 

  Found this old picture in my graduation yearbook. Yes it was 1989, so it was the era of spraynet, perms & highlights. We all had the same poofy hair look.   Here is a beautiful page by Jaya, I just love the softness of the page.  

 

Thanks for the inspiration to Jaya & the Scrap aux Puce team.

 

Lindy's February Color Challenge-Love & Adore you

Wow a vibrant colorful challenge this month. So easy to be inspired with this new color challenge from Lindy's Stamp Gang.  

  You can find the Lindy's Color Challenge here: February Color Challenge   Here is my page for this challenge:  

 

The image reminds me of the Indian traditions of throwing powdered colors to the wind, abit like the color run race. For my page I used all the colors, in bright splashes. I colored a Mandala using the same colors, but it was a bit smaller than expected, so it get's lost a bit under the picture. The Mandals was in an adult coloring book, it's the new craze right now. I was traveling for business and decided to bring my crayons along for the flight.... Here is a closer look:

 

 

Here are the products that I used on my page:   I used the Magical powders, 5 colors.   Prima Donna Purple of this set: Drop Dead Diva Store Link   Then 4 colors of the next kit (Lucious Lime, Mango Mania, Hibiscus Rose & Caribbean Blue): caribbean-cruise Store Link    Thanks for the inspiration ladies...

Russia with Elena Sevrina

Another discovery on our tout Around the World tour with the Scrap aux Puce team.   This time we visit Russia, with Elena Sevrina. She is quite talented, I love her hand made lettering and her very eclectic style. The challenge for our page was to make a shape on our page using washi tape. Ouch.. what a challenge. Let's just say that I struggled with this one. As much as I love her freestyle... I just wasn't finding my mojo to do that type of page. So I opted for a more conventional layout. I created waves for the whale and some + on the background with my washi.  

  As you can guess, theses pictures are from many years ago. Caroline at Cust2Luv created this beautiful badge that says in french: What happens at the cottage stays at the cottage. This was my inspiration for the page. Many years ago we had a cottage and we always played around in the water with the boys. We had this red Kool Aid chair that the boys loved. I thought it was about time I put some of thoses great momentos on paper.   Thanks for the inspiration   Here is Elena's blog: http://sevrina-rukidelayut.blogspot.com/