Iron Scrapper-Week Four

Well, this is the final week of Iron Scrapper. Soon we'll find out who wins the Ipad. The fresh fruit challenge for this week was a numbers challenge.  I thought it was quite challenging–you were required to use 10, 7, 6, 4, 3, and 2 things. And that's all you could used outside of journaling, title/word art.   I used 7 papers, 2 photos, 6 leaves, 3 staples, 4 flowers and 10 buttons. Here is my layout. It features my poor older brother, not yet 3 years old, hard at work. 

Working Hard
Kit used: Imagination by Designs by Kat
Individual elements:
1 staple from When You Smile by Captivated Visions
2 flowers from Chit Chat and Chocolate by AnnaBV Designs
Font: VTPortable Remington

The main challenge required the use of 3 birds.  And as soon as I read the challenge description, I got the weirdest scrapper's block. I couldn't think of anything besides "Surfin' Bird" so I finally gave up and went with it:

Surfin' Bird
Iron Scrapper Week 4 Grab bag

There was also an Iron Scrapper Make It Snappy this week.  It was a killer.  I had to go back in the middle and replace all my paper strips with more "mat-like" and less "strip-like" papers.  So now I'll hate this layout forever.  (And it's such a great photo.  I'm actually holding gum!)

Dum Dum Give Me Some Gum Gum
When You Smile Bundle by Captivated Visions

Iron Scrapper-Week Three

It is week three of the Iron Scrapper challenge at ScrapOrchard. The week three challenge required the use of 15 snowflakes. Snowflakes don't cluster well so I found this challenge particularly challenging.  The bonus challenge was to make a 2-page layout, which worked in my favor since I prefer to print two page layouts. Here is my layout:

Polar Coaster
Iron Scrapper Week 3 grab bag.

And here are close-ups of the left and right sides:

The fresh fruit challenge required the use of at least one black & white photo and one color photo.  This is the layout I made. It's another Fourth of July vacation layout.  I'm sure I'll replace the b&w with a color version before printing this layout.

Fireworks by Chelle's Creations
Fireworks Extras by Chelle's Creations 

Iron Scrapper-Week Two

It's week two of Iron Scrapper and once again there were two scrappin' challenges. The week two challenge required the use of 11 leaves and the use of cut-outs.  This is the layout I made with photos that range from just after my husband and I met to just before we got married.:

Fall into Love
Iron Scrapper Wk 2 Grab Bag
Font: CK Becky

The Fresh Fruit challenge, which requires you to use newly released products, required a theme of what you do to relax.  My first thought was a layout on scrappin', but I've done one of those recently, so I decided to go with reading. My favorite types of books are British historical novels, both romance and naval. I began with the Horatio Hornblower series back when I was a pre-teen and then moved onto Alexander Kent's work.  I began reading romance when I was older.  I love this stuff, especially the series.

Angela's Library
Le Ciel de Paris Kit & Quick Pages by Irene V. Alexeeva
Pink stick pin from Vintage Florals by Shabby Princess
Font: CK Pirate Hand

(The challenges require 100% ScrapOrchard products, so I had to remove the pink stick pin from the layout I submitted from the challenge.)

If you are interested my list of books is as follows:

Julia Quinn–All of the Bridgerton series

Carla Kelly–Marrying the Captain

Mary Jo Putney–The Lost Lords Series

Patrick O'Brien–The Aubery-Maturin Chronicles

Bernard Cornwell–The Sharpe Series

C. S. Forester–The Horatio Hornblower Series

Alexander Kent–The Richard Bolitho Series

Susan Higginbotham–The Traitor's Wife

Jane Austen–Pride and Prejudice

Olivia Parker–To Wed a Wicked Earl

Loretta Chase–Don't Tempt Me

Julia Quinn–The Splendid Trilogy

Julia Quinn–Just like Heaven

Julia Quinn–The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever 

Julia Quinn–The Two Dukes of Wyndham

Mary Jo Putney–The Bartered Bride

Olivia Parker–At the Bride Hunt Ball

Loretta Chase–Mr. Impossible

Loretta Chase–Lord of Scoundrels

Loretta Chase–Carsington Family Series

Carla Kelly–Marrying the Royal Marine

Carla Kelly–The Admiral's Penniless Bride 

Carla Kelly–The Surgeon's Lady 

I love Captivated Visions

I was going to start a general post about layouts I've done recently when I realized that they all had two things in common, each was done for a challenge at ScrapOrchard (a place I love) and each was done with a kit by Captivated Visions. I love Captivated Visions, she is one of my favorite designers.  It may be because she appears to love purple and green as much as I do.  And glitter and paint splats.  She often makes coordinated "overlays" to go with her kits.  The most recent kit that I have purchased from her is called "Ianthine". Here is what the "overlays" look like, I used two in the Air Conditioning layout and one in the City Different layout. The overlays are always gorgeous and save time.

Ianthine Overlays by Captivated Visions

This first layout was made for a June challenge at ScrapOrchard. It's my wonderful rat terrier, Oliver Louis.  This is one of my favorite recent pages.  I used a collab between Captivated Visions and Tracie Stroud Designs. I love this page.

Ollie
Here and Now full kit by Captivated Visions and Tracie Stroud Designs
and Here and Now Finishing Touches by Captivated Visions and Tracie Stroud Designs

The next two layouts were made for the Iron Scrapper challenge currently going on at ScrapOrchard. The Iron Scrapper winner is going to win an iPad, how awesome is that?  This layout was made for a challenge about summer plans.  We are getting a new furnace and air conditioner this summer. I am so excited, I scrapped about it.

Air Conditioning
Ianthine bundle by Captivated Visions

This is kind of grungy, and outside of my usual style, but I loved that torn, spray-painted cardboard background. I couldn't wait to use it. And this is the advantage of digital, I can have this printed on archival paper!

This next layout I made today for an Iron Scrapper speed scrap.  We were limited to an odd number of leaves and one focus element and some ribbon.  But that's why I love speed scraps, I'm forced to do things that I normally wouldn't.  This is a picture of a 1941 Dodge pickup that is on display in downtown Santa Fe, the City Different.

City Different
Ianthine bundle by Captivated Visions

Journaling reads:  One the things that I love about Sante Fe is that art is everywhere. We found this truck with flowers in its bed at the Sanbusco today. I’d nvever seen it before. It is a 1941 Dodge half-ton pickup of the type that was used for lumber deliveries by Sanbusco in the 40’s. It also the type of truck that was used to deliver supplies to the then secret city of Los Alamos. Oohh. –July 1, 2011

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated in any way with either Captivated Visions or ScrapOrchard other than as a customer. I just really love them both.