ScrapPlezier - Farewell

This is my last layout for this team. I've enjoyed designing for ScrapPlezier since March 2017 and have felt that it is now time to step down. Sure hope I've inspired you each month with my layouts. I decided to head out with a double page layout using lots of photos:

These pics are all from Aaron's grade 7 farewell... these were sooooo many pics of the kids but I really wanted to used them all so that we would remember. Printing little photos is definitely the way to go then. I also was inspired by a layout from Jowilna that I tweaked a bit to make work. Her layout only had one word on the bottom strip, but I decided to make my own (splash) and enhance it with a different one (happy)... which is actually a precut patterned paper by Heidi Swapp. The word together I cut on my Curio machine as well as the clock. The other touches are, splats, bling, stitching and washi tape.

The main feature of this page is adding glitter to the two cutout words. To do this I added very strong adhesive tape to a scrap of paper large enough to fit behind each word. Once it was stuck i simply sprinkled the glitter on and pressed it into the tape to stick. Dusted the excess off back into the jar. Hey presto! Glittery words. Besides getting glitter all over me, the floor and my worksurface I am happy with the layout. Don't think I will rush and use glitter again soon though.... not my favourite!

Be sure to check out the blog for loads more creativity even though I won't be designing each month anymore.

I've really enjoyed my time and will miss it, but need to scale back on some of my commitments to give me some breathing space. Still have loads more layouts in the pipeline coming up so don't go anywhere!

IQCG - Spring

Our new theme this month is "Spring". Well my first thought was butterflies and then I started quilling and changing my mind, doing other bits, changing my mind again.... boy oh boy have I dithered on this one. Finally I settled on creating a card with a few flowers and butterflies.

I am happy now with what I created.... hope this will inspire you to play along too with our challenge:

Be sure to check out the IQCG blog all month long for loads more ideas. Create along with us and link your entry to this post.

UnstampaBellas: March2019

It's time to share a new quilled idea on the Unstampabelles blog. Today I am showcasing these cute little guys:

This month's challenge is: Makes for Men and Boys
The twist to the challenge is: Use a Staple or a Peg

I made the minions as they are ever so cute but also so that I could use them on a layout. Aaron's grade 7 theme was minions so these are the perfect accompaniment for the photos:

I also used two staples on my layout to hold down the triangle strip across the whole page.

Remember to link you entry to the challenge post and you can win this prize:

$15 Gift Voucher 

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See more great inspiration from the team on the blog.

ScrapPlezier - Ireland

I have had these photos for quite a while waiting to be scrapped. I actually had a different layout planned for them but when it came time to scrap it, the photos didn't fit that page... so then i was slightly stumped!

I decided then to make an interactive layout and started looking for ideas. I came across this video tutorial by Heidi Swapp from years back. I took this idea and ran with it to make my layout... a simple way to include lots of photos onto a single without it being overly cluttered or bulky.

Here's the flaps open (the red bit is just to cover up the grotty surface I was taking my pics on):

I used lots of Kaisercraft Wanderlust papers on this page... also been storing them especially to scrap these photos... so it was really nice to get it done finally. I dug out my sticker box and added some bits and pieces from various sticker sheets to the page... anything that would go with the theme or the colour. I even typed my journalling and stuck that inside the flaps. Final touch was the word Ireland for my title also done in stickers.

So come check out the blog for loads more creativity.

Off The Rails - March moodboard - Vintage

This month's moodboard for OTR is all about vintage.... I battle doing "old" style as I am mainly scrapping my photos for my photo album. Thankfully I had these photos of Aaron with his peak cap on that reminds me of the olden days... hehehe.

So I used them as my vintage twist together with the "scruffy" papers from Penelope Dee and some cogs from Celebr8.

Be inspired by this moodboard and play along with us.

Visit our facebook group for lots more inspiration. You will find the DT layouts in this album, and can upload your entry to the challenge album.

Let's Scrap Sketches - 15 March

It's time for our next sketch at Let's Scrap and I had fun playing with this one:

Instead of using lots of pattern papers and die cutting hexagons (or stars!) I decided to play a little with some product. I was given a bottle of glitter paste in my Penelope Dee prize pack so started with that... adding stars through a Jowilna Inspired Stencil.

Then I decided I wanted to do red... well as I didn't have any glitter paste I made my own. I added some gloss texture paste to a tub and then two small packets of red glitter... stirred and mixed it all together. It doesn't look like much in the tub but once applied and dried the red really came to life. I was super chuffed.

Lastly I added a few subtle white stars with embossing paste so they're a little fluffy. Once all these bits were dry I added my photos.

Visit the blog for lots more inspiration by the DT.

I am also entering this layout for the Scrapbook Generation's Light Camera Action online crop that happened at the end of February. I got inspired by the one challenge which was to added a border of stars in a straight line.

ScrapPlezier - March moodboard

It's time for our newest moodboard for the month and it's a lovely red:

I knew as soon as I saw this moodboard colour which photos I wanted to scrap. Yet my layout is more about the red in the photos but I have added some touches of red to the page too. The paper with the planes on it I've had for years... it's soooo cute I didn't want to cut it but I think I'm passed that stage now and am just using what I have. I then cut the thin red strips from the same paper (the back side). The large red strip is actually washi tape. I die cut a heart out of a piece of inked paper that was in my scraps... it's got flecks of gold on it too.The aeroplane is a stamp (I was aiming for a helicopter but don't have that stamp!). Lastly, my title is stamped letters with a flare added for the hastag and some stitiching along the bottom. This layout is inspired by a Jowilna original from a few years back.

Visit the blog for lots more inspiration.

Sketch N Scrap - Go Green Crop

It's time for our online crop and today is my turn at a challenge.... here is the card I created

So my challenge is this.... use the sketch below and then use only TITLE/BARCODE strips on your card. All my strips are from various Kaisercraft rangers... I have a huge pile of these so this was a great way to use just a tiny bit. I might very well have to make a few more cards.

Join us on facebook for the full Go Green online crop.

By The Numbers Challenge - Week 3

Here are my last three layouts for the #ByTheNumbers Challenge at Simply Project Life. Boo hoo the challenge is over...but yippee yay I managed to do all 12 challenges. Very chuffed indeed.

Challenge 10 - Use 10 journalling bullet points

I did our March happenings layout... each event is a different bullet point in my journalling.

Challenge 11 - Make a layout with 11 pockets

For this layout I used two Bigshot templates and so worked on 11 pockets over the two pages. The bottom two with the houses are just huge spaces in which I added a card. I then typed the title and added my journalling.

Challenge 12 - Use the SquaredAway12 template

This challenge was fun... I haven't used this template before and so decided to use the small squares for my title... added lots of text (think I might need to change that yellow G to a softer shade?). Also just journalled about our family happenings in the month.

You can see the rest of my layouts here and here. Come play along too.. you have till the 18th of March to load layouts onto the group under each challenge.

Sketch N Scrap - March 1st sketch

I am sharing my layout today that is showcased on our facebook page... be sure to check it out.

I have been wanting to scrap these pics for a while but never found a sketch that worked till this one (with a bit of tweaking!). I replaced the tag/flower on the bottom with my fourth photo.

Join us on facebook for loads more inspiration as well as our online crop in a few days.

By The Numbers Challenge - Week 2

Last week was an interesting week with the #ByTheNumbers challenges on the Simply Project Life facebook group. Some of them I found easy enough to do and others I stressed over and rehashed before I was 100% happy. So here's what I've created:

Challenge 5 - a layout with 5 filler cards
I had fun creating this page... I used 5 filler cards - 3 on the left (blue dots, camera, yellow happy) and 2 on the right page (Fun and friends) as well as a whole bunch of journal cards. I made sure that the filler cards were "as is" and only journalled on the others... hehe. The title of my page is actually the graphic used to advertise the day.

Challenge 6 - a layout using the 6th kit in the "my kits" section of your library
This kit for me is the "celebrate everyday overlays" ... well that's a stretch as there aren't toooooo many options of cards.

I made this page which I like but it's not actually going to go into my album ... so just making a pretty page defeats the object for me.

I will need to redo this challenge.

Challenge 7 - a page using the 7th vertical filler card in the Kraft Edition kit
This is the "good times" card. I made this page very quickly using a few photos and the card.

As this layout isn't one I had planned for my 2018 album and I wasn't really happy with it, I then redid the page for the challenge.

Now I really love my layout as it stretched me in making it all in the am, used the card and also used my favourite blue colour. I might go back and change the orientation of the journalling just to make it easier to read.

Challenge 8 - a layout using your 8th from last font
My font is kg Arrows which is such fun font to add to a layout. I used the letter "x" to add arrows to two of my photos along with some text to create sort of an overlay effect.

Challenge 9 - use 9 fonts on a layout
Well this one was a challenge indeed. Lots of people used their fonts to create a sort of "word pile" but I wanted to stretch my creativity and use my fonts for the embellishments. This is all done through the fft feature of the project life app and using fonts that I've imported and some standard app fonts. I will most probably still tweak this page before it is finally printed but for now I am happy with what I made.

The fonts I used are:
1 kg flavor and frames 3 - scallops
2 sanserif thin - stitching on scallops
3 kg frames 4 - flags
4 times new roman - stitching on flags
5 mouse memoirs - Dec
6 numberpile regular - dates on photos
7 numberpile reversed - dates on journal
8 jonathan - journal text
9 janda flower doodle - flower

So now I wait for the last three challenges to be released this week so that I can create a few more pages for my 2018 album...oh and I guess I can redo challenge 6 too.

Stick It Down - March2019 double

Today was a busy day at work... yip I'm right back into my busy crazy billing schedule...along with a few hiccups. Hopefully it will all be smooth sailing for the rest of the week. I've also had the saga over the past few months of trying to get my hands on a textbook for Aaron.... found out today from the people I ordered from that they don't have it and can't get it. Thankfully the school supplier still had one in stock... only R100 more expensive! yikes. But now it's paid for and should be delivered this week... nothing like not having a book for the whole term!

Oh well enough of that saga... I do still have my scrapping to keep me sane. My mojo is a bit lacking in that department too so hopefully it will arrive pretty quickly as I have a ton of pages still to finish before we go on holiday in three weeks.

Here's my layout for today, that I made last month... had fun putting this one together:

The strip across the top is washi tape and then the rest is just fun papers and stickers that I had on hand. The rocket paper has been in my stash for ages and finally I got to use it.

Check out this great sketch we are using this month:

Be sure to visit the blog for lots more inspiration.

ScrapPlezier - Heart to Heart

It's the new month and we have loads of inspiration coming over on the blog this month... like this layout from me today:

I used some Illustrated Faith papers that I've been hording for a while... I love the bright colours of the papers but don't always have the perfect pics for them. These pics are by no means perfect. In fact they are all saved from a video I took of the kids doing their play. They are also fairly dark which is why I matted them on yellow to help lighten my layout. I kept the whole page fairly simple and besides the strip of star paper and cardstock, all the rest is from one sheet of paper. A nice economical page.

Come check out the blog all month long for loads more creativity.

A quick class layout

I seem to be hibernating of sorts lately in my scraproom and not venturing out. Costs have been escalating over the last few months for me personally (car, school, more car, dental, yet more car, etc) so I decided to curb my expenditure on scrappy stuff, stay home and use what I have.

Well that all worked beautifully till last week when Jowilna advertised a class using the new travel papers from Art from the Heart.... one of my fav South Africa designers. So I bit the bullet and went to class.

I truly love how my page turned out... yes I even took the photos with me. Besides the title stickers everything else was done and finished in class... a rare accomplishment for me... hehehe.

Maybe now I will actually be inspired to finish the few other pages from Jow's classes that I have sitting on my to do pile.

Lets Get Sketchy - March 2019

The first of the month sure sneaks up on us... so here is today's reveal

I used some of my new Penelope Dee papers that I got in my Christmas prize pack. I used all the woody grain and rustic feel papers to got with the rather beaten up theme of my pics... these were from a robbery we had a few years back.... so not nice. But thankfully the most damage was to the back door and they only stole my laptop. This is the only time our house has actually been broken into in the 20+ years we've lived here.

Visit the blog and see loads more inspiration from the design team.

Let's Scrap Sketches - 1 March

Here is my layout for our newest sketch:

I decided just to do a single and used the right side of the sketch. I went for a very busy paper and colourful stickers for my title. I also used various colours for the matting across the middle. A fun and festive page.

Visit the blog for lots more inspiration by the DT.