Pretty Paper Party prompt 4

Yes I am still playing along with Shimelle's Pretty Paper Party but it is at a very slow pace as life is full of extra curricular activities for the children and I at the moment, we are also trying to sort an en suite refit out and are having a bit of a busy social life too!!  So I've jumped to Prompt 4 as I decided 3 was a mammoth task and one which I will save for a rainy day.  The challenge was to mix stripes and spots so I dug through my kits and found two that fitted the bill. The first is actually the same Scenic Route papers that Shimelle used on one of her examples but I've only just realised!

This is a photo from our stay in the Lakes in 2010 and I love the way that Alex and Tony have adopted exactly the same pose!

I then made a couple more cards for the charity pile using some Crate Paper Lemon Grass scraps I had lying around.





And I made this one for my Mum's birthday last weekend :)





Now need to turn my attentions to Prompt 5 but another busy week looms with the High School performance of "We will rock you", Parents evening for the kids' music lessons and the Christmas Fair at Josh's school.

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Pretty Paper Party Prompt #2

No 2?  Is that all I hear you cry?  Yes I am taking this party very slowly.  I have another 15 fabulous prompts on my desk to work through and still they keep coming so I think this party is going to keep on going for a while here!

Anyway on to my page.  The challenge for this prompt was to use your pretty paper as a background for your page instead of plain card stock.  So I grabbed my Sarahs' Cards kit from February which was papers from Glitz - Love Nest and a photo from my pile on my desk and this is the result....

Alex on book day at her primary school a couple of years ago dressed as Violet Beaudelaire from "A series of unfortunate events".  Having scrapped a few book days I've noticed a real theme for her selecting the heroine in her books - the year before she was Mallory Grace from The Spiderwick Chronicles.  In her last year she was Dorothy from The Wizard of OZ which was so cute as she also went as that in Reception.  Think I may have to scrap both pics side by side to compare!

So I also made a card to add to my charity pile.  This one didn't need a lot of embellishment as the paper did all the work.  Think I will make a few more like this over the weekend to boost my stock :)

This afternoon I am off for a little shop at Sarahs' Cards.  The retreat is underway at a local hotel so a friend and I are popping in to buy from her lovely shop that will be on display in all it's glory!

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Pretty Paper Party...still on Prompt 1!!

It's been a busy week having been away in the lakes and then instead of coming back and scrapping I decided to move my scrap room. However 2 days later and it looks great. More photos to follow...

So today I christened it by making a card or four using prompt one from the party. I want to build up some stock of cards and sell them at work for charity so I'm going to attempt to make a couple from every prompt. Only 9 lessons behind lol!!




My parents arrive tomorrow so probably not much chance to catch up this weekend but I'm in no rush.

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Pretty Paper Party - Prompt #1

So the party is under way and part of the first prompt from Shimelle was this;

So let’s get this party started already! One of the

easiest ways to create a bold look with paper is with a

mix of paper strips - be they chunky boxes or thin

stripes. Because they are partial sheets, it means it’s a

perfect technique for using your scraps, or if you’re

going to stretch one collection of papers over many

pages (like creating a full album), it’s a great way to

create continuity by spreading the same patterned

papers from page to page without needing to buy those

patterns in bulk quantities!

It’s easy to think that strips of paper are just strips and

will always look the same, but it only takes a few little

changes to create a very different look, so see if any of

these ideas are just the inspiration you need for your

very first party project.

I chose to base my page on the lovely lo by Alissa Fast and use strips across my whole page.  Believe it or not these papers are all from one paper collection... Bella Boulevard - Swing into Spring which was an old Sarah's Cards kit.  I had some part sheets left but wasn't sure what to do with them but thought they went well with the photo of Alex and Mickey from many years ago.

A fun, bright lay out and very quick to put together :)

Several more prompts to do but a weekend in the Lakes beckons so they will have to wait until my week off next week.

TFL