May KraftBoard Challenge

Hello again Krafters!
It is the beginning of another month and with it comes another new K+ challenge.

We have  had another amazing response to our last challenge, the April Retro Recipe Challenge.
We are always totally inspired and LOVE how we get so many different styles and interpretations coming in through the entries.

Keep an eye out soon for the four winners who will be revealed soon.
 The DT have another daunting task again selecting just a handful from so many clever and stunning entries.

Before we reveal our next challenge please note:

We welcome all kinds of craft as entries for our challenges, from traditional layout, cards, digital layouts, art journalling and tags etc. but please remember that it is all about the Kraft!!

Your work MUST be on a KRAFT BACKGROUND (not merely mounted on Kraft) to be eligible.

**Please take the time to read the RULES before submitting your entry**
and upload your entry via the inlinkz section in our side bar.

 

When uploading your entries please let us know which part of the world you come from, this makes it much easier for the DT when it comes to voting.

 

And now for the May Challenge Reveal!

May Kraftboard

(photo credit: Photos were found on Pinterest)

Interpret the above "KRAFT"board as you wish.
You may be inspired by the colours, the beads, the twine, the books......
well, you get the idea.

 





Here is how the talented K+Design Team interpreted the May Kraftboard



Sharmaine Kruijver

 

"Inspired by the wall in the living room I painted my mustard yellow background. Inspired by the books I added some torn strips. Inspired by the string around the books I added some twine. I altered the cut out girls dress to make it look orange not red, wasn't a huge success with that though! Inspired by the black dotted around the living room I added some black splotches. I added some white gesso to tie in the white in the mood board."

 

 

 

"I was inspired by the twine around the bottle, the colours, the twine bow

and I couldn't look past those beads."

 

 

 





 



"I took inspiration from the black and white tree picture on the shelf in the lounge room scene and created my own tree picture with the tree laying on its side. I loved the colours of the books so included a flair badge with stripes in similar colours. I also tied my tags with natural jute just like the book image. The orange was such a lovely colour that I added misting and leaf accents in that same colour."

 

 

 

 



"I was inspired by the colours (esp the green wall for the background),

by the floral elements and the beaded bracelet in the form of the enamel dots"

 

 

 

 

 

"I was inspired by the gorgeous colours and have tried to use them all on my canvas. The twine around the books I have replicated & tied 3 pieces around the canvas & the text on the books I have stamped some text on both the layered collage of kraft & also on the woodgrain PP under the flowers. The texture of the orange vase - I've added some stencilled texture to the background &... also on the tree branch, the flowers in the bouquet are replicated in my flower cluster. I have added a wooden tree branch inspired by the tree in the picture on the shelf. I've added a brown frame to replicate the brown frame on the shelf. The circles on the cushion also inspired me so I've added some 2Crafty chipboard circles....and also the denim, having used a denim flair and all the square & rectangle shapes in the top right image are represented by the collage of rectangle & square kraft pieces plus the stencil work for the background"

 

 

 

 

"Inspired by : green wall (paint), shelf with ampersand, blank frame and three framed image, books (text on kraft background), twine, denim, hessian around orange bottle, and grevillea bouquet."

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Inspired by the decor design and layout of the photo in top right hand corner of the inspiration board"

 

 

 

 

 

"I was inspired by the orange bottle, which I interpreted on my background  with splashes of heat embossing. The books and twine were taken directly from the mood board & I altered the titles to reflect on the photo!"

 



 

"Inspiration taken from the olive wall, earthy colours, denim, ampersand,

circle beads and vintage books"

 

"I have taken inspiration from the books in Photo 3 and altered a book cover. Colour inspiration was taken along with embellishing with flowers a bottle, twine, metal trinkets and bead dangle. Textural elements in Photo 2 also inspired dry embossing on Kraft cardstock."


 

 

 

"I was inspired by the set of books tied together at the bottom of the inspiration board. 

 I created my background based on these, with the string tying it all together."

 

 

 

 

I was inspired by the colours of this Kraft board, the book paper, the twine & the flowers



 





Haven't the K+DT done an Amazing job?

So many different styles and interpretations!

 

International Guest Designer

We are thrilled to announce

Olga Ryzhkova

as our International Guest Designer for May

 

And here is Olga's stunning creation using the May Kraftboard as inspiration.

 

"I created page "Flight of the soul" about my daughter, when she traveled to Madeira.
 I really liked this Kraft board, especially bracelets, color bottle and flowers ... this palette  helped me to make the page, and the right photo found in my photo-archive"

To Read Olga's bio click HERE

 

and a link to Olga's blog

 

 

 

 

 

Our Sponsors,  Prizes And

Guest Designers

 

Kraft Plus Challenges would like to extend our thanks to  our wonderful sponsors

for their generosity and support for our May challenge.

Each month we will have TWO Guest Designers from each of our sponsors to play along with our challenges.

Which means even MORE wonderful creations to inspire us all.

*Please note:  Unfortunately, due to high postage costs, prizes are for Australian residents only, but a Guest Design Spot will be offered to an international  entrant each month, to be chosen by the K+ Design Team 

 

 

 

 

Our Sponsors For May Are:

 

 

 

 

Imaginarium Designs

 



 Imaginarium are kindly offering a $50 prize pack
(winner to be chosen by the K+ Design Team)

Imaginarium Designs Blog

Imaginarium Designs Website

Imaginarium Designs Ning

Imaginarium is on Facebook

 

Imaginarium Designs

Amanda-Jayne Baldwin

 

 

Read Amanda-Jayne's bio here

Amanda-Jayne's blog

 

 

 

The Imaginarium products that Amanda-Jayne used are

Hot Air Balloons 4 in a board

Moments in Time (small for tags)

Wonderful

Denise's Fern Flourish (small 2 in a board)

Swirly Frame 3" x 2"

 

 

Imaginarium Designs

Julianne McKenna-De Lumen

 

 

 

You can read Julianne's bio here

Julianne's blog

 

 

 

 The Imaginarium Products that Julianne used are

I Smile Because of You (title)

Monarch Butterfly (small)

2 Frames on Board

Lou's Heart Shapes

Wrought Iron Embellishment B (flourish)

 

 

The Scrap Matrix

 

 

ScrapMatrix are kindly offering a $50 prize pack
(winner to be chosen by K+ Design Team)
 

The ScrapMatrix Blog

The ScrapMatrix Store

The ScrapMatrix are on Facebook

 



The ScrapMatrix's
Vicki Christensen

 

 



Read Vicki's Bio HERE

Vicki's Blog

 

 

 

 

ScrapMatrix's
Anguree Jansen Van Rensburg

 

 

You can read Anguree's bio HERE

Anguree's blog

 

Anguree also created a stunning card

 

 



 

 

Scrapbooking Delights

 



 

 



Scrapbooking Delights are kindly offering a $50 prize pack
(winner to be chosen by K+ DT)

Scrapbooking Delights Blog

Scrapbooking Delights are on Facebook

Scrapbooking Delight's
Tess Pretty

 

Read Tess's Bio HERE

Tess's Blog

 

 

Scrapbooking Delight's
Tanya Kember

 

To read Tanya's bio click here

 

 

 

The Scrap Cottage

 

 



The Scrap Cottage are kindly offering a $30 store voucher
(winner to chosen randomly)

The Scrap Cottage Blog
The Scrap Cottage Store
The Scrap Cottage is on Facebook.

The Scrap Cottage's Dee Kelly

 

Click Here to read Dee's bio

 

 Amazing work AGAIN by our very talented Guest Designers representing our Sponsors!
We look forward to seeing what inspires YOU when you look at our KraftBoard and we very much look forward to seeing your creations.

Until next time
Happy Krafting!