Jack In The Box: April 2015

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Easter 2013!

Spring is in the air with challenges this month at Berry71bleu and Frosted Designs.
My layout is Easter (even if I am a bit behind!!!)...so definitely spring!!

This is the mood board from Berry71bleu....and I think I got all the colours from the swatches in the stripes!!

The challenge closes at the end of the month so have to be quick!!

http://berry71bleu.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/spring-fling-april-2015-challenge-by.html

Frosted Designs require 'Spring' so think I have got that!!

Their challenge closes 6th May so a bit more time to get scrapping!!

http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/friday-challenge-spring.html

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The challenge this month at That's Crafty! is 'Lets' Keep it Simple'!! I am not good at 'white' space and tend to fill the space even if only with different papers but I tried very hard with this and I definitely think it is 'simple'!!!

The challenges closes 8th may so loads of time to get crafty!!

http://thatscraftychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/lets-keep-it-simple-challenge.html

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Tuesday, 21 April 2015

DIY Card

Not going to be so late at the Craft Barn challenge this week!! This card I have made for a friend's husband who is always fixing stuff so thought it suitable...don't know if you would call it a hobby though!!! LOL

The challenge closes at the weekend so still time to get crafty!!!!!!

http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.fr/2015/04/weekly-challenge_19.html

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Sunday, 19 April 2015

Afternoon Tea Card

The challenge at the Craft Barn this week is 'Quintessentially English'....I think we are the only country to do 'Afternoon Tea' so here is my card!!

The challenge closes today....oopps got in by the skin of my teeth!!!!! LOL

But there is a challenge every week, so check them out!!

http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.fr/2015/04/weekly-challenge_12.html

Thursday, 9 April 2015

Boat Trip

Just before the children went back to school in September we went for a day out at Wallasea/Creeksea. My parents had a caravan here in the early 60's and we used to come from London and spend the weekends in the country! I was in my early teens and I used to go all over...walking, bus rides and boat rides! I remember going to Burnham and coming back with a yellow polka dot bikini...the song was in the pop charts at the time!!!!!!!! Children are not allowed now to dash about like we did then and it is a shame! Anyway...this is a photo that was taken on the boat on the way to Burnham.....very different now!! You ring for the boat to come and get you!!! When I used to get the ferry it used to run to a timetable!!!

I am joining in the challenge at Scrap Our Stash whose word this month is STAMP!

I used.....S = Stickers, T = Tickets, A = Alphas, M = Metal anchor, P = Paint and Photo corners

The challenge closes at the end of the month so lots of time to scrap!

http://scrapourstash.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/april-stash-challenge-25-stamp.html

The challenge at Picture This require 1 photo, corners and splatter. I used chipboard photo corners and covered them in paper and then inked to tone down the colour! I painted the corrugated card and then splattered....never splattered before...what a mess I made!!!!!!!!
The challenge closes at the end of the month so lots of time to get messy like me!!
http://picturethischallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/april-1st-picture-this-1photo.html

I have found a new challenge blog that requires you to upcycle!!!
This months challenge #46 - Typeface is to use different fonts and to upcycle something!! I used corrugated card from a pizza box that I had stripped back and there are three different fonts on the layout.
The challenge closes 3rd May so loads of time to join in and save something from landfill!!
http://lessology.blogspot.sg/2015/04/lessology-challenge-46-typeface.html

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