Mmmwwah!

I was so pleased to see a few people choosing to scraplift my layout for last month's XOXO challenge. It's such a thrill to know that some people got a spark of creativity to do their own thing from looking at something I put together. And you know what they say about imitation being the highest form of compliment :-)

Anyway, it's a new month, which means a new set of layouts have just gone up at XOXO for the July challenge. And the Lipstick Chicks have outdone themselves again. I'm so happy to be amongst this group of 25 diverse but all so talented scrappers.

My DT layout this month is this:

Sssshhhh, let me tell you a little secret. Every month all 25 of us Lipstick Chicks make our layout based off the same 10 criteria. Lynnette puts together a list and we're supposed to incorporate at least 5 of them into our layout. That's the reason why you might have noticed some striking similarities between a lot of our layouts. It's not totally random!

And to be totally honest, when I saw July's list I was a bit apprehensive. I wasn't sure how to go about putting these things together and inspiration did not strike immediately. In fact, I did August's layout long before I did this one!

But once I convinced myself to start (with the deadline fast approaching) it actually came together quite quickly and easily. So I'm pretty happy with it.

Munchy wasn't so pleased. She took one look at it and said "but you've already done this one before". Geez, that girl's got a memory on her like an elephant! What she means is she's seen me scrap this photo before..... but seriously..... it was like back in November!

I've gone hybrid on this layout. I had these swirls and hearts printed out already from a previous project, but they never got used so I saved them for such a time as this. The blue and the pink/red hearts matched the colours in the photo exactly so they were just perfect for this layout. They're both from the Peace on Earth kit by CD Muckosky that I got at Little Dreamer Designs. 

Meanwhile, back in XOXO land. This is what you need to do. Pop over to the challenge blog right now. Choose one out of the 25 DT layouts posted and scraplift it. Then link it up! It's that simple. And if you want to increase your chances of winning, choose another one and do it again :-) I'll tell you, some of the girls that took part last month entered 3 or 4 or more (!) times.

And it's worth it. Look at this lovely prize that's up for grabs.

One of our Lipstick Chicks Jessica Stott, who owns Lucky Girl Crafts has donated the "My Summer Vacation" kit to the winner. But if you don't want to take your chances go over and check out her store for yourself!!

Ok. Over and out
:-)

I'm going down (Alice is in town)

Yes, I may be going just a little bit crazy :-)

The newest challenge at From Screen 2 Scrap is up everyone!!! And you're going to love it, and be so inspired to create something!

For the month of June you need to take the movie poster for Alice in Wonderland as your inspiration and let it speak to you about what you should make. Here's a look at it:

OOohhh, so many possibilities :-) At least, that's what I thought when I saw the poster.
I love the craziness of this, and it's all about the fun and colour and whimsy to me. I could have easily taken any one of the elements from this poster to feature on my layout (ie. the roses, the funny trees, the rabbit, the mushrooms, the clock) but instead.......

I chose them all (insert crazy laugh here!!)

I wanted this layout to be as fun and colourful as possible. So I first started off by painting with a few watercolours on my plain white cardstock. After that I added a coat of shimmery glimmery glaze over the top of it all. You can't quite see it in the photo above.....

How about now?

And then I printed out a tonne of digital elements from kits I've bought from Little Dreamer Designs (all by CD Muckosky....... love love love her stuff. I may have mentioned that before!) and cut them all out and arranged them all over my page. Of course, being digital images they don't have any dimension, so apart from sticking some of them up on foam tape, I also added all those buttons and sequins and doo-dads for a bit more texture.

Of course, I also added some bunting :-)
And if you look closely in the picture above you'll be able to see my white rabbit and clock (2 out of the 3 additional optional criteria for the June challenge)

The photo is of Munchy at Easter time. Her great-grandparents gave her these rabbit ears and she barely took them off the whole day. In fact, it was only when she decided she should wear them around her tummy, and promptly broke them that she was forced to stop wearing them. But only long enough for me to fix them up again.

I hope you'll play along with us at From Screen 2 Scrap this month. It's going to be so much fun, I can anticipate lots of cheery and bright layouts coming our way. And there's plenty of prizes on offer too! Maybe I'll see you over there?