Hello Fall Blog Hop (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello and welcome to the LGS Hello Fall blog hop!  If you have arrived here from Connie's blog welcome to the hop!  If you have stumbled across this by chance and want to play along then you can head back to the Lets Get Sketchy site to start at the beginning.

The girls here at LGS are excited about the change in the season and thusly we are celebrating with a “Hello Fall” blog hop and giving away lots of daily prizes and a grand prize of a $25.00 gift voucher to Creative Embellishments.  To be eligible win any of our hop prizes you will need to visit each designer’s blog, leave some love on each of our design team’s blog’s and follow their blogs. Each member of the DT will be sharing a Fall themed project for your inspiration.  To find out how to win our Grand Prize as well as lots of other giveaways, make sure you visit the LGS blog!

For your Fall inspiration I have created a Project Life spread for this May (which is our last month of Autumn here in New Zealand) for the blog hop:

Scrap Stash Kit Club is an awesome way to use up scraps!  Our darling baby girl was only 3 weeks old on Mother's Day, and we had her dedicated at Church, then out for lunch in Arrowtown.  Sam (aged 7) drew the cutest Minecraft pictures and left them lying around the house, so of course I had to include them!

I used my September Scrap Stash Kit Club (Mr Fox), which worked really well with the Autumn colour scheme of reds and oranges paired with neutrals.

I'm offering a randomly drawn RAK to one lucky Australian or New Zealand blog hopper, so make sure you leave a comment (including where you are from) and follow my blog to be in to win!

Next up on the hop is the lovely and very talented Wendi.

Line up is:

Brenshevia - http://scrappingeverydaylife.blogspot.com/2014/09/lets-get-sketchy-hello-fall-blog-hop.html   

Nadine - http://myscrapnstuff.blogspot.com/2014/09/hello-fall-lets-get-sketchy-blog-hop.html

Melinda G. - http://melindagarner.blogspot.com/2014/09/fall-blog-hop.html

Mayoori - http://butterfliesnbuttons.blogspot.com/2014/09/lgs-fall-blog-hop.html

Lisa - http://lisasscrappyhideaway.blogspot.com/2014/09/lgs-fall-blog-hop.html

Shirley - http://mascarinashirley.blogspot.com/2014/09/hello-fall-lgs-fall-blog-hop.html

Devra- http://mycreativeview.blogspot.com/2014/09/lets-get-sketch-fall-blog-hop.html

Joefil - http://joefilcate.blogspot.com/2014/09/lets-get-sketchy-fall-bloghop.html

Melinda F. -http://scrapmhel.blogspot.com/2014/10/falling-leaves-hello-fall-lets-get.html

Jenessa - http://jenessafranco.blogspot.com/2014/09/lets-get-sketchy-hello-fall-blog-hop.html

Lynn G. - http://memoriesonthepage.blogspot.com/2014/09/lets-get-sketchy-fall-blog-hop.html

Michelle -http://michellesscrapdesigns.blogspot.com/2014/09/lets-get-sketchy-fall-blog-hop.html 

Connie - http://timestocherish.blogspot.com/2014/09/lets-get-sketchy-bloghop.html

Melissa - http://yesterday2day4ever.blogspot.com/2014/09/hello-fall-blog-hop-lets-get-sketchy.html

Wendi - http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/2014/09/hello-fall-lgs-blog-hop.html

Tone-Lill - http://tone-lillpapirdill.blogspot.com/2014/09/lets-get-sketchy-hello-fall-blog-hop.html

Valerie - http://www.valeriehuangdesigns.com/2014/09/hello-fall-lgs-blog-hop.html

Danie - http://scrappydanie.blogspot.com/2014/09/lets-get-sketchy-hello-fall-blog-hop.html

Thanks for hopping!

More August Scrap Stash Kit Club Layouts

Hello!  I'll be honest, I thought I'd struggle with putting together my own kit as I've been so spoilt creating with kits that other people have expertly put together.  When I first pulled my kit from my stash I just grabbed everything blue and yellow that I could find.  I didn't think about tones or style.  Then when I went to create my first layout I struggled so much that I had to remove some of the papers so I could focus.  The first layout was the hardest, then it all started to flow.  Playing along with some sketches definitely helped!  I made a total of 6 layouts!  

Here are two more layouts that I haven't shared yet.  The first one is about a tiny Olaf snowman that Azaria and I made back in May.  He was really hard to make as the snow wasn't powder anymore, and it was hilarious as after it all melted there was a tiny pile of sticks and buttons!  This page features a really old My Minds Eye paper, Amy Tangerine cut aparts, and some Glitz tape.

The second layout is another photo of our family bike ride/walk during the July school holidays.  Shaun took this photo and I love it!  I used up a another really old paper for the background (basic Grey I think), We Are Memory Keepers Inked Rose 6 x 6 paper, old My Minds Eye brads, Crate Paper stickers, and a Basic Grey Highline Snippets card.

Thanks for looking!  Have a blessed day.

Joy in the Journey (Lets Get Sketchy)

Its officially Spring here in New Zealand! Yay!!  We've actually had a really mild Winter, with most of the snow landing on my kids school skiing days, resulting in cancelling their lessons.  Luckily they get three make-up days this month.

Now onto the first reveal for September over at Lets Get Sketchy.  The week we had a sketch from our awesome leader Brenshevia.  I used my Scrap Stash Kit Club Kit (which you can learn more about here).  These photos were taken in July on our walk/bike ride next to the Arrow River in Arrowtown.  It was my first official exercise since having Brielle, and felt amazing!

I mixed My Minds Eye, Maggie Holmes and Dear Lizzy on this one!

And here is the awesome sketch.  

We love looking at what you make, so come and play along!

Scrap Stash Kit Club

Recently I joined the Scrap Stash Kit Club which I found out about when I joined the nicolejones911 group on Facebook.  The idea is that you make a homemade kit out of your own stash based on the colours that Margareta pulls, and then create pages with it.  This month the kit is called "Surf's Up", and is full of blue, yellow and teal.

The good thing about pulling from your own stash is that you get to use up (finally) old product!

So here are some photos of my kit, and as you can see I pulled a heap, but as I joined part way through the month, I'm only going to make pages until the September kit is revealed, as I also have my Hip Kit and other commitments for Artfull Crafts (with specific product).

Here is the first page I made, all about Sam telling his class the big news about his new baby sister, who we brought along for the news!  I realised that once again I forgot to put the date on.  The photos were taken in May when Brielle was only about 3-4 weeks old.

And here is another page, this time based on this weeks sketch over at Lets Get Sketchy.  It's not Team A's turn to reveal this week, but I loved the sketch so decided to play along again.  This page is  of Brielle at 5 days old, in the sun for mild jaundice.  I love the words on the title, as they speak out what we want her to be.  Such a sweet wee button, so small and not chubby like she is now!

And a close up.  I'd been saving this title cut apart card for the perfect title for a long time!

And here is the awesome sketch by Bev Code:

I'm loving making a home made kit, I've got several other pages to share, and best of all I'm using up old product!

Thanks for looking!