Sweet Girl

I decided to play with some acrylic paint on a scrapbook layout.

Using a dry foam brush I painted some Vicki Boutin Mixed Media 'Coral Macaroon' Acrylic paint in the middle of a sheet of white Bazzill cardstock. When this was dry I trimmed the cardstock down to 11.5" x 11.5" and matted this on a 12" x 12" sheet of black Bazzill cardstock and using my sewing machine stitched round the edge with black thread. 

Torn pieces of pink washi tape were stuck to the edges for the layout.

Two Polaroid style photos were layered on various project life cards and a white paper doilie and were then stuck to the centre of the layout on 3D foam.

I made some paper rosettes using scraps of co-ordinating patterned papers from my scrap box and also some handmade ribbon rosettes using black and white gingham ribbon.

I used brads and some Rhinestone Sparklers (from The Hobby House) as centres for the rosettes.

The rosettes were clustered on the layout with some enamel dots, resin flowers and some stickers.

Foam Phrase Thickers were used for the title.

Tiny letters stickers, a scattering of sequins and a some black splatters made with Heidi Swapp Colour Shine finished off the layout.

Summer Fun

This week I am on the Papermaze (Scrap Paper Scissors) blog again and this time I have created a scrapbook layout using the Summer Mood collection from Bo Bunny. This collection screams SUMMER with gorgeous yellow, blue and pink tones. 

I trimmed a sheet of the Surprise paper to approx 11.5" x 11.5" and matted this to a sheet of 12" x 12" white Bazzill cardstock.

Some of the Let's Go paper was used to create a sunburst effect behind my 5" x 7" photo which I had already matted on some white cardstock and a piece of the Freshly Squeezed paper. I machine stitched the edges of the sunbursts with yellow thread and roughed up the edges with my finger nails to give them some dimension. Bakers Twine was twirled on top of the sunbursts and glued here and there with some wet adhesive to keep it in place.

As the Surprise paper had pictures of pinwheels on it I felt that some homemade pinwheels would be the ideal embelishments for my layout. I made these from some scraps of paper which matched the blues in the Bo Bunny papers. I used brads as centres.

I added some of the stickers from the Combo Sticker Sheet to the layout including thee little banner stickers at the top left corner. I also added some bunting from the sticker sheet and some which I fussy cut from the Beat the Heat paper.

I die cut some lettering for my title and also used a Wood Veneer wood chip from Freckled Fawn which I painted with some blue acrylic paint.

My layout was completed with a scattering of sequins, some tiny letters stickers and a few enamel dots.

A Few Cards

After creating two layouts for the Papermaze (Scrap Paper Scissors) blog using the Carta Bella Spring Market collection, I decided to make a few cards with the leftovers. I've recently go into the habit of making a few cards each month with leftovers. It's a good way to increase my stock of hand made cards for when I need one and is the perfect way of using up those scraps.

I used a cut file from the Silhouette studio to cut  6" x 6" hexagon backgrounds from white cardstock.

I filled the open spaces with scraps of the patterned papers and mounted these onto 6" x 6" square card blanks.

I used some of the die cuts, journaling cards and stickers (matted on cardstock or patterned paper) to decorate the cards as well as some Studio Calico Wood veneer Butterflies,  Freckled Fawn Wood Chips - Words, bakers twine , enamel dots and stamped sentiments.

Simply Delicious

I was recently on the Papermaze (Scrap paper Scissors) blog with another layout using the Pineapple Crush collection from Heidi Swapp.

A few weeks ago it was Royal Ascot week and watching it on the television inspired me to scrapbook some photos taken last year when Wayne and I were lucky enough to attend Royal Ascot, as guests of a friend, watching the racing  from the balcony and restaurant of the luxurious Royal Marquee. I decided to scrapbook two photos of some of the delicious food and drink we were served and also a photo of the menu.

I started with a sheet of the cabana patterned paper. I cut two strips from the paper and then reattached these to the top and bottom of the page with the reverse side showing. Two pink paper doilies (which with some careful cutting and placement look like four!) were glued to the background. The photos were matted on white cardstock and one was also matted onto some gold glitter card before being put on the layout using 3D foam pads.

The two restaurant tags, which we had to wear throughout the day, made perfect embelishments on the right hand side of the layout. 

I used a white Heidi Swapp Acetate Word for my title as well as some gold glitter Thickers from American Crafts.

More gold glitter card was used to make some photo corners and sequins and punched confetti dots were sprinkled around the layout. I used little letters stickers from Websters Pages to add some details.

There wasn't room on the layout to include any visible journalling so I made a tag from some scrap card which I tucked behind one of the photos

Paige Evans Frame Banner Hearts Cut File

This layout is a scraplift a layout by Zsoka Marko and uses the Paige Evans Frame Banner Hearts Cut File form the Silhouette Studio.

I used a sheet of rainbow striped paper from Pink Paislee's Confetti Wishes collection for my background which was matted onto some white cardstock

I cut the heart banner from white cardstock and backed the open sections with papers from Pink Paislee's Pick Me Up collection. I hand-stitched round each heart with embroidery thread to add some definition.

Charms from the Oh My Heart collection were hung from the banner using bakers twine and die cuts, word stickers, buttons and punched hearts were also used to embellish.

I used a couple of clear stickers from one of the American Crafts Sticker books to add some interest in the centre of the layout and finished off with a scattering of sequins.

The date was added to the bottom of the layout with tiny alphabet stickers

2018 Summer Photography Scavenger Hunt

This year I am joining in with the Summer Photography Scavenger Hunt which Mary-Lou of Patio Postcards has devised.

The following things are to be found and photographed between 1st June and 30th September:

1. The Rosiness Of Red
2. Stripes
3. A Framed View
4. Wings
5. Pedal Power
6. Glorious Green
7. An Unexpected Reflection 
8. A Pile Of
9. Looks Smaller Than You
10. A Field of Plenty
11. Pretty In Pink
12. Bell(s)
13. Equal Portions
14. A Trilogy Of Three
15. Out Of The Blue 
16. Something That Could Be From A Favourite Book/Movie/Song
17. Re-purposed
18. Currency; Coinage or Paper (the odd, the different, the beautiful)
19. Picture Postcard Perfect
20. Mellow Yellow

Alternate A: a shopping bag (not the store's plastic)

Alternate B: a coupon to use

Wish me luck!

What an Amazing Adventure

Last week I created a scrapbook layout about the amazing adventure Lara had when she had a flight in a Tiger Month last year. I created a 12" x 12" layout using five small photos.

I started with a sheet of 'cloud' paper from Echo Park's Sweet Summertime collection. The paper was trimmed to approx 11.5" square and matted onto a sheet of yellow paper from BasicGrey's Barista collection.

I die cut the word 'Adventure' from white cardstock using a cut file from the Silhouette Studio and backed this with various papers from the Simple Stories' Say Cheese III collection and matted it with black. My photos were matted on black cardstock and stuck around the edges of the layout and the backed word was then stuck to the centre of the layout on foam to give it some dimension.

I finished my title with some Simple Stories Sn@p letter stickers which were originally blue and I coloured black with a marker pen.

A couple of die cut paper planes were cut from white cardstock, backed with yellow patterned paper and used as embellishments. Wood Veneer planes from Studio Calico were added.

I searched my stash for any die cuts that were the right colour and fitted the theme and found some speech bubbles and a yellow square with a phrase. Stars punched from red paper and a puffy sticker camera were also added.

I finished my layout by machine stitching round the border and also adding journalling strips printed on my computer.

Patchwork Layout

Last week I decided to create a scrapbook layout using a pad of 30cm x 15cm paper I bought some time ago from The Works. 

I punched 2" squares from various pieces of paper and then pieced them together in a patchwork design. I used this as the base for my layout using a photograph of lara taken when she was four.

I tucked some project life cards behind the photo and cut butterflies from more of the paper. These were used as embelishments as well as some foam hearts and sequins.

using my sewing machine I added a large zip zag stitch along all the patchwork squares and also glued some Card Candi to some of the intersections. 

Flowers cut from more of the paper, stickers and a punched paper border were also added.

I die cut the word 'Smile' using the Silhouette Studio and glued this to the photo.

Papermaze Design Team - Heidi Swapp Pineapple Crush

This week I'm on the Papermaze blog with Heidi Swapp's  Pineapple Crush collection. I chose to create a scrapbook page using a favourite recent photo of Lara and some of the pink and black/white papers from the collection.

I trimmed a quarter of an inch off of each side of a sheet of the pineapple crush paper and matted this onto a gutted sheet of 12" x 12" black Bazzill cardstock. A narrow strip torn from the palm beach paper was glued to the left side of the layout. A 9" x  6½" piece of the south beach paper was matted onto black Bazzill cardstock and placed on the background with 3D foam. For some added softness, my photo was first matted on several layers of pale pink tissue paper and then various pieces of paper from the collection.
A paper doilie and a hand made tag were tucked behind the left edge of the photo mats.

For my title I used a Heidi Swapp White Acetate Word and black Simple Stories Sn@p Letter Stickers. A punched paper heart was glued above the title.

Near the bottom of the layout I hung bunting made from scalloped circles punched from some of the papers and some twine. A pink button was glued at each end.

I machine stitched with white thread round the edge of the layout, on some of the paper layers and across the bunting.

The date and Lara's name were added with Websters Pages The Good Life Little Letters Stickers .

A few sequins were used to embellish the photo.

I finished my layout with some word strips, a scattering of sequins & seed beads and a splattering of some black spray mist.

Birthday Card

It was my friend Lynn's birthday recently and I decided to make her a card. Several years ago I made an almost identical card to this and really liked how it turned out, so decided to make a copy, in different colours, for Lynn.

I used some Prima papers and lots of sewing themed embelishments - printable button cards, scissors charm, thread wrapped round a die cut spool, pins, a crochet dollie and tape measure washi tape.

My sentiment from Craftwork Cards was mounted on a die cut scalloped circle. I also machine stitched around the edge of the paper for even more texture.