in response to the challenges

I was 'dared' to take inspiration from a fashion mag page & make it about winter... took the simplicity of a single figure on the page and the grid like pattern of the tiles and put them in my layout. Happy 50th dare No. 8 Wired. Have a few more ideas on this one... will see if I get them done though.
materials: Stampin Up notebook designer series paper; Fancy Pants felt snowflake, MM rub ons and I cut the title from paper scraps using 'red tag sale' in the cuttlebug. On the snowflake I brushed some Jo Sonja's opal dust - love that stuff.

Have you been to Kiwijackmeup lately? They have a jack of Heidi Barclay awaiting your 'jacking' and I think you have till Friday 25th to do it... but don't quote me on it. From heidi's layout I used the arrow and the 'collection' of items around a corner as well as a frame of patterned paper around the photo.
materials: white cardstock lightly sprayed with antique rose glimmermist which was in the June Scrapbook Outletnz Kit; Heidi Swapp lettering - yes I added tombow so these would stay stuck; Sassafrass Lass arrow, Stampin Up bird stamp, Rubbadubba doo fantail stamp (on acetate then adhered to the page) and Some Sassa paper cut out and stickers. Used some paper scraps for the frame around the photo.

Sketchbook NZ - this was created in a response to a challenge by Laura Vegas... to use ribbon and flowers in a layout. I used my fave Elsie rainbow ribbon (want more of this) and I stamped flowers onto acetate then cut them out for my flowers. The wooden bit outside the dark green shaped edge is my floor - not part of the layout!
materials: Making Memories Passport paper from one of the Scrapbook Outlet NZ kits, White Bazzill, Elsie rainbow ribbon, Ki cardstock letter stickers, October Afternoon journaling block and acetate flowers (close up below) that I'd stamped and then cut around. I used an MM brad in the centre of one of the flowers.