February's inspiration will come from the painting....

'The Bath' by Mary Cassatt

Use 'The Bath' as inspiration for your layout, card or OTP item.
This month you are free to interpret this painting in any way you choose.
I can see lots of inspiration from this painting.... kids in the bath, kids wrapped in towels, little girls washing dolls, spa baths, washing the dog etc...............just to give you a few ideas!!!

Now go forth and create!!!!!

What is Magpie club?

'Magpie club' is a unique kit club owned by Tara Maynard.

Here's a bit about Tara and how she started her kit business :)

I am an English girl living in Colorado. My husband's work means
that we get to travel a lot and live in wonderful places, we did a
stint in Sydney when we first got married. I have been living in
America for nearly three years now and must say that I am loving it.
As soon as arrived I got the scrapbooking bug and became a bit of a
kit addict. One day I woke up with this amazing idea that I should
create scrapbook kits especially for English girls back home. So I
got busy and set up my little kit club. I launched it five months
ago and have been so blown away at the support I have received from
my fellow Americans that I haven't quite got round to letting the
girls back home know about me!!

There are so many kit clubs out there I had to make mine a little
different. I try to make a lot of the embellishments myself, I am
always on the hunt for unusual things that will make the kits unique,
(I spend hours on ebay and etsy and trawling the local charity
shops). I also like to split packs up, not many people want 20 or 30
pieces of the same thing. Finally I make sure that the kits have a
real mix up of products, products that I would actually like to use
myself. I offer two kits a month, a main kit which costs between $35-
$40 and a credit crunch kit which costs $12.50. The CC kit is
perfect for people who feel slightly overwhelmed with so many
products and only want to make a couple of pages a month.

In a nutshell, I have three children five and under, I have two black
labs, I love to cook, I blog every week day,
(www.magpieclub.blogspot.com) and of course I love to scrapbook!!

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Ladies, if there is anyone interested in ordering some of Tara's kits maybe we could buddy up to reduce postage costs. If say three or four of us got together had them shipped (Could be $18 but would get Tara to check ) and then we can disperse them to each other from one location....would turn out a lot cheaper :) If anyone is interested please let me know :)

Here is the link to Magpie Club http://www.magpieclub.com/

TFL
Shazza

Here is a beautiful page from......

Mandy Dodd - Maid

This is what Mandy had to say.....
I interpreted this through the woman's striped
dress, the colour and tried to capture the era. 
The photo is of my daughter dressed up for
Book Week for her school. 
This was  delightful painting to interpret!

Great interpretation Mandy, Love the addition
of the old singer sewing machine and a lovely
cut out of your daughter.
Great take!! - shazza

WOW! Another fantastic layout to share, this time from another newbie :)

Ronnie - Sink or Swim

Hi Shazza,

As I said, i couldn't wait to give your challenge site a go!! This is my take on 'The Bath'. The subject is like the woman helping her child in the bath, except it's my husband helping our niece in the pool. Plus I was inspired by the ladies striped outfit, as it curved around the photo. Hope you like it!!

Thanks,

Ronnie.

How cool is this layout Ronnie........ I love it, I love the colors, I love the photo, I love your curved paper....... Very well thoughout layout and I'm so glad you got a chance to play along this month :) cheers Shazza

We have another fantastic entry from....

Michelle Benson - Gellibaff

Hi Shazza, I enjoyed this challenge !! I have so many photos of my boys in the bath and occasionally even in the shower together, I thought I would use these ones instead !
Thanks !! Michelle

The boys look like they are enjoying their blue jelly bath lol. Love the colors in this layout and love that you have done some handwritten journaling :) Great take!! - Shazza

Here's another entry from.......

Irit Shalom - Bath time

SHAZZA HI!! HERE IS MY ENTRY FOR YOUR FEBRUARY CHALLENGE- VERY " SCRIPTED" TAKE OF IT. THIS IS MY ONLY NIECE TAMAR AFTER BATH TIME AND I JUST LOVE THIS PHOTO AND THIS WET LOOK OF HER AND THE ONLY THING I DID HERE IS TO USE NOT SO " GIRLY" COLORS FOR THIS LO. HOPE YOU LIKE IT

IRIT SHALOM

Love your masking Irit, gorgeous page, love your duck... did you make that? Love the pic of your neice all wrapped up in her towel. Well done!! - shazza

A few more entries to upload, from........

Julie Dudley - Dreamer

Hi there Shazza. Here is my entry for the bath challenge. I took these pics of Asher durring our xmas card photo shoot last year. She is sitting on an old upturned bath that is in our back yard. - Julie

Beautiful layout Julie, the green is gorgeous ... love how you have done the stamped letters to match the colors and the distressing looks so good on this page. Love it! - Shazza

Winner Here!!! Julie you are the tenth email in my inbox, so you have won Michelle winstons RAK prize....congratulations!!! this is what you have won.... a RAK prize, consisting of 2 Tim Holtz Grungeboard Singles sheets; Buzz & Bloom Lusi Austin tags; Little Black Dress Unbuttons, and Lil Davis Designs Wooden Frame.

Ooh and here's one from one of our regular ladies.....

Jacque Miles - Bubble Bath

Hi Shazza,
This is my LO for the Artastic Challenge It is a
photo of Olivia at 1 week old I was bathing her
in the kitchen sink this is my favourite photo
of her when she was newborn.
Thanks Jacqui Miles :)

Jacque I'm really impressed with this months layout...... from the pp you have used to the way the colors blend together. Your posy of flowers is divine and works well with the whole layout. Even the thickers alpha works really well. Great work from you! - cheers Shazza

Heres a layout from a newbie......

Peg Hewitt - My Blessings

Hello
Thanks for the inspiration, I haven't played here before and only
discovered you recently. I took inspiration from the colour scheme in
the bath painting.
T'was fun, thanks, Peg Hewitt

Hi Peg, thanks for playing along with our challenge this month, you've done a great job. I love the layered look to your layouts, it gives it dimension. The title really suits, the background looks like you have used a mas... great idea!. Great work! - Shazza

Here's another great layout from..

Mazlina MD Yusoff - Peaceful

Hi Shazza,
Here is my simple submission for February. Love the soft pastel colors from the painting. It feels so tranquil and peaceful. However, my layouts is not about kids taking bath. Instead, it's of a picture of my hubby with his friends lying down in the icy water.. they just look so peaceful. I tried to mimic the soft colors and the peaceful feeling of the painting.
Thanks! Mazz

It does look tranquil and peaceful Mazz. I love your bling butterfly and you little cute birdie, great pastel colors to set the mood for this layout, Well done!! - Shazza