TCR# 39 - Cherish

Last weeks Colour Room palette was a real challenge mainly because I didnt have any papers in that colour scheme, so I decided to use my Stampin' Up stamps and ink pads which matched the palette perfectly.

This is palette #39

This is my LO - Cherish

The photo is of my daughter Amy all dressed up and ready to roll when we went to a 

Kenny Chesney concert in Ft. Lauderdale back in 2006

Stampin' Up stamp sets used were 

Flight of the Butterfly, Seeing Spots & Darling Dots 

The word Cherish is a Basic Grey stamp

tfl

xxx

Sketch & Scrap LO - Explore

For my Sketch & Scrap team this month we 

used this Creative Scrappers sketch for inspiration

This is my LO:

Explore

Photo is of my two sons climbing the rocks at Culdaff Beach.

Getting in close - 

I love these Jenny Bowlin butterflies

This ticket was strategically placed to hide the remainder of the 

christmas holly that was printed on the paper

I really like these chipboard tree's - I coloured mine using an Adirondack 

paint dabber in Espresso and then furnished it with some Petaloo Blooms

tfl

xxx

Photography Challenge 2011: 'A' is for . . . . .

Even though the weather has been very cold and it did eventually rain, I managed to get out and about for a bit today to start taking photos for my A-Z Challenge. With my darling husband playing chauffeur and a flask of coffee in hand I managed to get 4 photo's that Im happy with :

'A' Abandoned

'A' Accident Aftermath

'A' Adidas Hat

My model (my husband Eugene) was a little reluctant . . . lol x

'A' Aluminium Can

 'A' Atlantic Ocean

as seen from Malin Head, Co Donegal

So far so good, lets hope the enthusiasm lasts!!

Happy New Year & Some Projects for 2011

Happy New Year!!   My only resolution for 2011 is to do more crafting and try to put a dent into the huge stash mountain that occupies my craftroom.

One way in which I hope to achieve this is by taking part in some ongoing projects. As its the start of the year there are so many projects / challenges starting and I've had fun reading up on as many of them as I could before I decided which ones I wanted to follow. I didn't want to take on too many at the same time because I know Im only setting myself up to fail miserably when I cant keep up with everything so I have chosen 4 year long projects:

I've wanted to have a go at Art Journalling for a while now, to try something new and spread my wings a bit so although this project is not specifically an 'art journal' Im going to attempt to follow the prompts and create an art journal of my year, my feelings, my achievements and my disappointments.

This is a double layout sketch challenge with a new sketch issued every month. Im going to use this project to create an album of our family life in 2011. I will use January's sketch as my title page for my album and then February's sketch will be used to document the January events and so on. At the end of the year I will go right back to the start and use the January sketch again to document my December events thus ending up with a complete album at the end of the year.

This challenge is being organised by Pam (wombat on UKS) and is just what I've been looking for to get me motivated to use my camera more. Every 2 weeks we are following a different letter of the alphabet and the challenge is to take photos of people, places, things or even techniques starting with that letter. I've yet to make a start on this although I do have a very willing model in my daughter Amy as my first 'A' and her twin 'Anthony' could be pursuaded with chocolate!

 This weekly project is being organised by Nettyb on UKS

The idea is to create 52 pieces of art using the prompt each week. Im undecided at the moment whether Im going to do ATC's or Tags. Ummm ???

While these 4 projects are going to keep me on my toes I am also hoping to follow the weekly colour inspiration from The Colour Room and Color Combo's Galore as well as some of the other challenge blogs listed in my sidebar and of course the weekly and House challenges on UKS. All in all I intend to be crafting more than ever in 2011!!