Last minute challenge entries... again!

Why do I always seem to leave it right up til the very last minute to complete my entry for the Sarah's Cards Sketch Challenge???

Last month I got it in on the final evening... having completed my layout earlier that day. This month I've gone beyond that... I only started my layout at 9pm this evening, and I'm posting it now... with just over an hour to go til cut-off time. Talk about last minute!

I don't even have a good reason as to why I leave it so late... I always check out the new sketch as soon as it's released! I guess I've just perfected the art of procrastination... I'm always going to do it tomorrow! Hehehe.

Anyway... I've managed to finish my layout and I actually really like it. It's very bright for me, using far more colours in one layout that I normally would. But I think it works.

I apologise for the rubbish photo... I'm back on the camera phone at the moment and it doesn't like taking pictures this late on, with no natural light. I might try and improve the photo quality tomorrow.


Thanks for looking! x

Scrappers Block!

I think I am most definately the type of crafter who hits bouts of "Scrappers Block" from time to time. There are certainly times when I find the time to scrap but simply can't find the inspiration to scrap. It's very frustrating! Possibly even more frustrating than the opposite... when I have lots of ideas and my scrapping mojo is there, but I just don't have the time!

Well... there have been a few evenings this last week where I've had a free hour or two, so I've pulled out boxes of stash and spread them out before me on the table. And then... nothing.

I stare at cardstock. Pull out different sheets of patterned paper. I flip through photos in my 'to scrap' pile. But still nothing.

Aaaarggghhh!!! Sooooooo frustrating!

Luckily today it seems to be lifting. I've had my stash out for the past couple of hours and have finally completed a page. Phew!

This page didn't come together easily, but I'm pretty pleased with the end result. It's based on a sketch from Inspired Blueprints. You can't really see from the picture, but all the blue around the edge is glittery. Looks kinda pretty when the light catches it.

I painted the edge, mixing the colour myself to coordinate with my papers, and mixed in the glitter for good measure. I masked off the area to paint by drawing around a die-cut sheet of paper, cutting it out and laying it over my cardstock. It turned out a little messy, but I think I kinda like it like that... not too perfect.

I'm really pleased with the butterflies too! I bought my first butterfly punch (a Martha Stewart one) at the recent craft show I went to. I punched the butterflies out, then used a 1inch circle punch for the backing bits and hand stitched the two together. Again you can't really see too well in the photo, but the wing tips are glittered as well, with a little bit of glitter glue.

I'm already working on another page... so fingers crossed that my block has lifted. I'll try and post photos in the next couple of days. Thanks for looking! x