ScrapPlezier - Manly layout

With being away this weekend at Wyndford (it was a well derved break), I missed sharing my layout when it went live on the ScrapPlezier blog on Sunday. So here it is now....

I turned to some masculine themed papers for this layout. These are all from the Kaisercraft Scrap Yard Collection. I used a sketch by Kristing Davidson as my inspiration.

I added a few ink splats and stamping in black and then a few brads as well to tie everything together.

My title is made up of old stickers along with the little letters from Kaisercraft Tiny Alpha Stickers in cream.

So come and play along on the blog and see what you can find for inspiration.

South African National Scrapbooking Day layouts

At the end of January South Africa had our first official NSD day....though I didn't go to an official event, I still did scrap with friends at Shortcut Crafts. I managed to scrap three complete layouts and another two that still needed photos, which I have now done so I can showcase all my pages.

This first layout was based on a Scrapbook Generation's sketch

This next layout is made using Lady Pattern Paper... I love the blue. These papers were perfect for my niece's wedding. This layout also has two booklets with lots more photos in them. This page was originally designed by Scrapbook n Things.

For this one, I used new Simple Stories New Year's papers for this page.... not too often I get to used this sort of themed paper.

Next up is another layout using a sketch from Scrapbook Generations.... lots of photos on this one.

An lastly was the layout we received on the day as a freebie... a gorgeous simple page with Lady Pattern Paper, designed by Jowilna.

Maybe next year I will actually go to the event, otherwise I will just scrap lots and lots.

ScrapPlezier - Christmas Stocking

I have a new layout up on the ScrapPlezier blog today. I had fun turning to some old Kaisercraft Christmas paper and making a festive page.

This page is a scraplift of one I saw a few years back on Pinterest. I made my own cut file for the stocking to make cutting and matching sizes of the bits a tiny bit easier. All the paper on my page is from a 6x6 pad of Kaisercraft Christmas Carnival that I've had for a while.

The title for my page is from JustNick. I cut the Merry out twice to use the second one as a outline. The word Christmas I cut out five times and stuck ontop of one another to give a bit of dimension.

I also added a few extra embellishments, rubons and stickers that carry the theme across.

Lets Scrap Sketches - 15 March

The new sketch reveal is up.... I had fun making my layout.

All the paper I used on this layout was out of my "leftovers" box. I almost have more fun scrapping with leftovers than using new paper.... hehe.

This is the sketch we got to play with.

When I saw the little guy in the sketch I knew I wanted to make some paper piecing detail. So I found an image on the internet and spent two days turning it into a cut file. Not the easiest way to do it but it was fun. Here is the close up detail of my two paper piecing bits.

I even played a little with my new distress oxide inks that I got last week... at the time I only had the brown. I inked my doily as well as a piece of copy paper on which I printed my journalling. Can't wait to explore this ink some more in the days to come.

So now you can head over to the blog and play along with this sketch.

Scrapplezier - Mood Board Challenge

I am up with my first layout for ScrapPlezier today. It's a mood board challenge. These are not easy for me but when I saw the coffee and books, I just knew I could make a layout.

I used various papers from Kaisercraft on my layout and then added some coffee stamps and a few stitches just to end things off.

Here is the mood board for you to play along with too.

Join in on ScrapPlezier and let's have some fun together. You can enter a layout before the 6th of April and stand a chance to win a gift voucher for the store.

Happy News

It's great to get some happy news in amongst all the family stress going on this week.... I got chosen for another design team... yippee.

Next week will be my first post on this site Scrap Plezier (or Scrap Fun in English)... go check it our already and come play along.

Let's Scrap Sketch - 1st March

Today is my first reveal for Let's Scrap... this was also my design application layout.

I changed the jumbo photos on the right page to a whole host of 2ups. Also I substituted the circles for 2 more 2ups. I used only scraps on my page too... was a good way to use up a little of my stash too.

Check out the blog for lots more ideas with the sketch and to see more from the new DT.