Be a Pineapple

Last weekend I spent a lovely weekend in Berkshire in the company of a group of crafty friends. The weekend was spent simply enjoying being with each other and catching up on all that had been happening since we last got together whilst also creating beautiful quilts, cards, scrapbook pages, crocheted items and lots more. 

I choose to scrapbook during the weekend and created quite a few layouts.

In December Lara had a pineapple themed birthday party and I decided to create a layout using one of the photos I took on that day. I was inspired by a layout by Crafty Jen Schow which used mists and a quote.

I used a sheet of 12x12 white Bazzill cardstock as my base which I trimmed slightly before matting onto a sheet of black Bazzill cardstock.

I sprayed the left side of the white cardstock with two different shades of Cosmic Shimmer Mist - Mango Blaze and Golden Fish.

Once the mist had dried I used a Silhouette Studio cut file to cut out my quote from more white cardstock which I glued on top of the misted area. To make the lettering pop I outlined each latter with a black pen.

On the right side of the page I stuck a vertical strip of paper from the Simple Stories: A Charmed Life Collection and on top of this I stuck my 5x7 photo which had been matted on black and white cardstock.

I created an embelishment by stamping a Pineapple onto a circle of white card which was then matted onto a slightly larger circle of gold mirror card. This was stuck onto the layout with 3D foam pads to give it some lift. Hearts were also punched form the mirror card and dotted around the page on 3D foam tabs.

The page was completed with a scattering of yellow enamel dots and yellow flat back gems and some splatters of black Heidi Swapp Colour Shine Mist. Tiny stickers from Fundamentals were used to add the date in the bottom right corner.

I loved how the layout turned out. Very different from my usual style.

Such a Persistent Parrot!

Whilst doing some sorting out recently I came across some layouts which I put together last year but never made it to my blog. 

This layout features a photo taken during a day out at The Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in October 2016. There is a large walk through aviary at the park where visitors can get close up and personal with the many birds. This cheeky Parakeet took a shine to my daughter (or maybe the apple she fed it!) and wouldn't leave her alone.

I used lots of spray mists on the layout to change the base paper from a very pale cream colour to a vibrant  green and red. I also used a mask and inks to create a 'chicken wire' effect.

Scraps of coordinating patterned papers and a journaling card were layered.

Gems, wooden shapes. alphabet stickers and acrylic dots were added.

 

Scrapology - January Layout Challenge

On Scrapology this month the team has taken inspiration from a lovely layout by Laura Vegas and challenge readers to create a scrapbook layout using Laura's layout and/or Lynn's sketch as inspiration and to include in the layout 'Lots of Letters'.

For my layout I used a photo taken a few years ago whilst travelling back across the Solent from the Isle of Wight to Southampton. Never would I have dreamt when I choose that photo, that at the beginning of this month a huge car transporter ship would run aground in that very same area. 

The base for my layout was a sheet of white Bazzill cardstock which I sprayed with some turquoise glimmer mist.

Scraps of patterned paper from various Echo Park collections were used and clouds, a seagull and a yacht image were cut on the Craft Robo using shapes from the Silhouette Studio.

Some AC Thickers and an AC Flair button badge were added as well as letter stickers for the date.

Here's Laura's original layout.....

..... and Lynn's sketch

Full details of the challenge can be found on the Scrapology blog so hop on over and have a look. 

Scrapology - July Layout Challenge

This month on Scrapology we are scraplifting a layout made by our own design team member Linda, which uses  many different mediums together on one layout. Linda's layout was inspired by a sketch by Emilie Chamel for Merly Impressions so we challenge you to create a MIXED MEDIA layout taking inspiration from Linda's layout and Emile's sketch. 

I will confess, Mixed Media doesn't really rock my boat and I struggled with my layout but now it's finished I sort of like it. It's very simple but that's OK by me.

Last year, my daughter took part in the Red Cross 'Dance Make Your Move' Dance Competition. Her small village school got as far as the Regional Finals and I decided to use one of the professional photos taken at the competition on my layout. The dance had a military theme and I thought this would suit a grungy layout.

I used white Bazzill cardstock as my background and as I didn't have the right colour of glimmer mist needed for the layout I created my own mist by mixing some green acrylic  paint and water in a spray bottle. It worked perfectly creating just the right amount of mist and paint drips I wanted. I also stamped a chicken wire design using black ink onto the layout and dry brushed some black acrylic paint round the edges. The photo was inked round the edges and mounted with 3D foam on top of a small piece of camouflage paper. Title lettering cut from black cardstock on the Craft Robo, alphabet stickers and a scattering of a few sequins finished the layout.

Here's Emilie's original sketch .....

..... and Linda's layout.

Hop over to the Scrapology blog to see all the teams layouts and to find out how you can take part in the challenge.

Scrapology July Layout Challenge - M is for Masks

The July layout challenge on Scrapology has now been revealed. This months challenge is all about using masks and the design team choose to scraplift a layout by Liz Qualman.

This is my layout of my gorgeous puddy tat - Tux (Tuxie).

To create my layout I used two different shades of Cosmic Shimmer Mist - Golden Mint and Aqua Lagoon...........

......... a sheet of yellow and a sheet of black card stock ................

........ some die cut flowers ..............

......... and some scraps of patterned paper from Echo Park, October Afternoon (I think) and Fancy Pant, ribbon, a fancy metal brad, Flower Spacer, Thickers from American Crafts and some other very, very old alphabet stickers which I recoloured with ProMarkers.

I started by placing my yellow card stock in a pizza box to act as a spray studio and arranged the die cut flowers randomly on the yellow card stock to act as a mask.

I then sprayed both shades of Shimmer Mist over the yellow card stock. Obviously where the flowers were laid the mist didn't colour the card stock leaving yellow flowers on a green/blue misted background.

When putting together my layout I decided to use the previously white die cuts (now a nice green/blue colour) as embelishments on my layout and fixed them to the page with a fancy metal brad and Extra Large Flower Spacer from The Hobby House.

This was the first time I had used masks and mists and I was a little nervous about using them but I actually quite enjoyed putting this layout together and was pleased with how it turned out.

Here is Liz's original layout..............

......... and the sketch.

Do pop over to Scrapology and see all the layout and perhaps join in with the challenge too.