Black With 2 - June Challenge

There's a fabulous new challenge waiting for you over at Black with 2! 

The colours are so pretty this month - think chocolate and raspberries ... yum! 

You can find the Mood Board and all of the essential criteria @http://blackwith2challenge.blogspot.com.au/

The Mood Board

The Sketch Inspiration 

My Take on the Challenge!

Looking forward to seeing your entries!

Announcement! BW2 Design Team Member!

I have been holding on to this and finally the date has arrived to announce that I have 

accepted a position on the "Black With 2" Challenge Blog DESIGN TEAM along with an 

amazing team of talented ladies!

You can find the BW2 page here! 

I'm hoping that we inspire you to create and participate in the monthly challenges.

Here's the Mood Board challenge for May!

My take on the challenge!

Looking forward to seeing your entries for May!

I Won!

I forgot to come back and post the results from the Castle Hill Show.

I won 1st and 2nd place for my Scrapbooking! SO exciting!

Feeling Sketchy

I loved the simplicity of this month's Feeling Sketchy sketch and tried to 

reflect that in my layout by not going overboard with embellishments. 

Sometimes it's nice to show restraint!

The sketch!

My layout!

Thanks for stopping by to take a look and leave some love!

A Weekend In Paris

Tattered Inspirations run the best scrapbooking retreats and the last one titled "Parisian Romance" (a couple of weekends ago) would have to have been the best one yet! Awesome company, superb catering and great shopping, not to mention the fabulous group of ladies to scrap with too!

Here are some shots from the weekend. I was thrilled to be awarded "Retreat Champion" 

behind Kerry Smith was awarded Retreat Grand Champion.

A bumpy start getting my scrap stash into the car!

 The Parisian Ladies!

My awesome table buddy - the lovely Kim Kendell.

 Ray (the official photographer) snapped this candid shot!

My Champion layout!

 Another challenge layout I created.

 My certificates (minus the prizes I forgot to photograph!)

Very grateful for the beautiful prizes.

What a TOPS weekend away and a great way to start the school holidays!

Black With 2 - April Challenge

Here's my entry for the month of April for the Black With 2 Challenge. Loved the colours, loved the sketch , loved scrapping with black again!

Castle Hill Show Entries

I entered a double layout in the Castle Hill Show for the very first time last year and I was very excited to be awarded the first place ribbon, so I decided to try again this year! Here are my two entries: