See the World ~Imagine the possibilities - 123 Challenge

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Hi Elisa again, I have been busy crafting this weekend, trying my hand at a variety of online challenges and I have too say without a doubt that the March Challenge at the 123 Challenge blog is one of my favourites. Love the colour and technique of this months challenge. While going through my photos I found this one of my youngest son looking out at the amazing ocean and seeing how vast and wonderful it is, I immediately had inspiration for the layout with the word 'See' and the colours fit beautifully. Such a powerful message for young inquisitive minds, something I try to teach both my kids to See the World and imagine all the possibilities. Elisa Ablett xx

Off the Rails March Challenge - Love my 2 boys

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Oh boy! Did I have trouble with this one!! photo to match, colour scheme, finding paper and embellishments you name it. I don't normally scrap 'heritage' style/colour layouts so this was a real challenge for me. I certainly had fun trying though, got messy with Tim Holtz distress stains and ink background and the watercolour Heidi Swapp tag. I think my 2 boys are getting quite fed up with me trying to sneak flowers onto my layouts even when I distress them. Elisa Ablett xx

My Precious - Scrappy Canary March Challenge

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My Precious - the layout I created for the March challenge over on the scrappy canary blog. I wanted to keep to the sketch as much as I could but I liked the slightly messy, overlapping look of the squares. I love this picture of my great niece and to get the story behind the title My Precious depends on if you are a Lord of the Rings fan or not. I loved the sketch from Scrappy Canary, it would suit clean clear cut layouts but I am into the slightly messy backgrounds at the moment so I just tweaked it somewhat. Love this Maggie Holmes paper collection so bright and feminine. Elisa Ablett xx

March Challenge D-lish Scraps

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Hi Elisa here again, Ive had a great weekend scrapping and getting a few challenges completed including one of my favourites, D-lish Scraps. I loved the sketch and colour inspiration and I especially loved getting my 'Caribbean Skies' embellishment kit in the mail! I was so inspired I created this layout pretty quickly, my take on the sketch and colour inspiration for the month of March included using sponge daubers, versafine ink and stencils. Elisa Ablett.

Cute as a Button ~ Scrap the Girls March Challenge

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Elisa here again, just sharing my layout I created for the March scrapthegirls blog challenge. I loved the sketch from the challenge! for a girl who has only recently started scrapping girly pages again due to the timely arrival of my adorable great niece, this sketch was perfect for the bright, colourful, full of fun layout that I had in mind. By Elisa Ablett

Gorgeous - Sketchabilities Challenge #134

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My first ever challenge completed for the Sketchabilities blog number #134, this sketch caught my eye and I immediately thought of this photo of my great niece, having two boys I rarely get to use any shade of pink or any soft pastel colours, flowers and bling! I drool over Prima paper and I am so pleased I finally got to use this pretty collection (called delight).  By Elisa Ablett

So many of my smiles begin with you.....2

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Hi its challenge time again on showusyourstuff blog. The challenge was to include the quote 'So many of my smiles begin with you" and a handmade embellishment. I love the colourful graffiti look and its a great way to get colour on a boy layout. I had a heap of fun completing the background on this layout and the inspiration came from all of the colours in the quote. I did 'cheekily' add a number 2 to my layout to include both my boys in the quote. Elisa Ablett