Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 414

It's time for another reveal... this time I went for a summery Easter page

I got the Easter egg buttons as a freebie and wanted to use them... they worked well with the theme of Easter from these photos.

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Shoestring Scrapbooking - Design Team - Reveal 8

I feel really bad that it has taken me so long to post this layout.  This is the last layout that I made using the wonderful kit that I got from Shoestring Scrapbooking back in June.

I loved the tools on the paper from Kaisercraft but had to find just the right photos for it... and these ones of Aaron exploring the MTN Sciencentre in Cape Town were just perfect.

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Nuts About Sketches - Week 180

It's the first week of Aaron's school holiday... he luckily gets two weeks off at this time of year.... lovely mommy holiday for me!  I hope to get lots of scrapping done but also need to get a few other important things tackled over the next two weeks... here's hoping!

Well with it being Monday it must be sketch day.... so here is the new one from Nuts About Sketches... a lovely double pager.

My layout is all about Keith and his new contraption he bought to chop wood... and of course Aaron had to have a go too... so they became lumberjacks for an hour or so one Sunday afternoon.

I'm chuffed with myself for this layout... I used a sheet of denim paper and also the wood paper that I have had in my stash for absolutely ages.  The "ribbon" I used was actually a strap off one of Aaron's drinking bottles that he never used.  The blue lettering is from Shoestring Scrapbooking.

Now that you've seen my layout, check out the rest of the team's layouts on the blog.

Shoestring Scrapbooking - Design Team - Reveal 6

I've spent the last few days creating up a storm using product from Shoestring Scrapbooking.... and so here it all is for you to drool over....

The first page uses Scrapstreets Christmas paper that I got a while back... not in a design team kit though they were from Shoestring Scrapbooking... so I thought I'd share it with you anyway.  (Only the alphabet stickers are not from them.)

The next two pages use paper from American Crafts that were in my design team kit for the month of June.... I love this range and have used it extensively before so it was lovely to get my hands on some more and create lots more pages using it.

As an added bonus in a way, this first page was from an old Nuts About Sketches sketch.... Week 65

Even the red letting on this above page is from Shoestring Scrapbooking... it is a real winner for affordability and ease of use!

Now on this layout the only thing from Shoestring Scrapbooking is the chipboard circle embellishment which I covered in pattern paper and then cut out (crazy or what!)... when I received this in my pack in May I just knew that I wanted to do a page on bubbles... and then I got this gorgeous paper from overseas (which is called blowing bubbles!) and the combination was just fantastic.

Happy shopping and scrapping.

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Shoestring Scrapbooking - Design Team - Reveal 7

Though my time on the design team at Shoestring Scrapbooking officially ended at the end of June I have still been creating goodies with my kits that I received.... they were packed full of all sorts of different stuff... thanks Canica for spoiling me.

Today I have some "off the page" items to show you...

First up is a To Do board..... I painted this with Making Memories paints.... even did some spongining!  The arrows are all from the Kaisercraft paper that was in my kit and I also painted the chipboard bracket I received.  Added in a blackboard area for writing on chores.

This chipboard frame was so zooty that I didn't want to use it on a page.  So I combined it with the wooden car... covered both with scrap paper, added a photo and made a stand for it.... one photo frame all made.

Another item I received was this chipboard handbag.  I was dithering as to what to do with it and decided to make it into a gift bag.  Covered the inside with a plain maroon colour and the outside with the beautiful floral paper.  Then tied some ribbons around, added a buckle and one gift bag made.

Most gifts require a card, so I made this birthday card for a special friend.  Inked and embossed the chipboard chandelier, then added a rubon.

Hope these items give you some inspiration too to try out off the page items.  Remember you can get most of these items at Shoestring Scrapbooking.

Shoestring Scrapbooking - Design Team - Reveal 5

In my last kit from Shoestring Scrapbooking were these cogs and also this great set of boy paper by Kaiserkraft.... they just screamed at me to do a page about wheels and I had the perfect pics too.... Aaron riding with the neighbourhood boys whilst staying at Papa & Granny last year.

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Shoestring Scrapbooking - Design Team - Reveal 4

In my pack from Shoestring Scrapbooking there was a host of lovely goodies... so this month I managed to make 3 layouts so far.... here is the third one for you to feast your eyes on.

You can get most of the goodies I used at Shoestring Scrapbooking. 

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Shoestring Scrapbooking - Design Team - Reveal 3

It feels soooooooooooo good to be creating again.... after a month long drought I have been working feverishly away and scrapping up a storm.  Here are two pages that I created for Shoestring Scrapbooking using my awesome kit I received.

Besides the stickers and chipboard title letters everything on these two pages can be bought from Shoestring Scrapbooking.

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Shoestring Scrapbooking - Design Team - Reveal 3

With the wonderful kit I received from Canica from Shoestring Scrapbooking I have been able to create off the page items as well as a series of cards.  Well it wouldn't be scrapbooking if there wasn't a layout too.  So this past weekend I created this single page.

Part of my kit included two envelopes.  Well instead of using them as just plain envelopes for the cards I had created, I decided to use them on this page.  So I created a little booklet for more photos.

And then because I did have soooooooooooo many photos, I created a flap inside the booklet too, so here is the back page.

When all is said and done, this single page has 25 photos on it!  The photographic journey of a hornet dragging a spider to it's nest.


Remember, you can get this paper and lots more scrapbooking supplies from the Shoestring Scrapbooking online shop.

Shoestring Scrapbooking - Design Team - Reveal 2

Over the last week I made needed a  few cards for various friends for their birthdays as well as my parents for their anniversary.  So I turned to my kit from Shoestring Scrapbooking for inspiration and here are the results:

First up is a card for Aaron's teacher from last year who's birthday was in March.

This card I made for one of my friends whose birthday was in April.

This is the anniversary card I made for my parents.

So just from a few leftovers and with some careful cutting I made three unique cards. For this and other wonderful scrapbooking stash, check out the Shoestring Scrapbooking store.... and remember, there is a sale on this week!

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Shoestring Scrapbooking - Design Team - Reveal 1

I received my parcel of goodies from Canica on Monday afternoon and since then it's been busy busy busy creating.  I've had lots of fun making all sorts of goodies to show you.

First up is a gift bag.  The templates for this and a few others can be found here.

I used a plain pink cardstock for the base and then added some old leftover stickers just to jazz it up plus a few ribbons for extra effect.

Then I decorated this cute clipboard.

I used the packaging from some Making Memories word stickers for the basis of the clipboard, then painted some wooden letters with pink paint before adding some stickles to them.  I covered a wooden heart with some paper and then decided to edge it in the paint and stickles too.  Out of the same patterned paper I cut the butterfly which I stuck with some foam squares to make it a bit more 3D.  It then stuck lots of flowers and leaves up the edge for extra effect.  To make this a truly usable clipboard, I added a transparency over the background and under the title wording, so that I can write on it and then wipe it off as needed.... clever or what?

Next project was a cup... I saw it as a coffee cup, seeing as I don't drink tea... and I needed some refreshing.  So I painted the background with some blackboard paint, then covered it with some patterned paper, added ribbons and the bare wooden letters, plus some flowers.... a nice little board for writing a shopping list or reminders on.

The last project I worked on this week was a series of words.

Each word is cut all joined together but I decided to decorate the letters separately to give some extra depth.  I also outlined each letter with stickles for some bling and added a flower to each "L" just for a little taste of sophistication.

Nothing fancy at all, but I love how each project came out.  All the supplies for these can be found at Shoestring Scrapbooking.

2008 progress

With Aaron on school holiday now.... ie staying at Papa & Granny.... I can do some more catch up scrapping and get stuck in without interruptions.  This weekend I managed to do seven layouts all from 2008.

This first layout I used scraps from October Afternoon's Fly A Kite range that we used at last year's Scrapbook Convention.

This layout came together fairly quickly with a few stickers added for embellishment

Aaron made a car out of carboard boxes, piled in his soft toys and packed the boot with food... off he went on a journey and at his destination they all had a picnic.... true imagination!

I did this layout for the Let's Scrap your stash #3 challenge.... we had to use a die cut machine, do some embossing and use ink... I had lots of fun playing with Theresa's cuttlebug machine... maybe I'll get my own one someday.

 

For this next layout I went digging deep in  my stash box.  I found the filmstrip diecut and the negative which I had been keeping for years.  They worked well with the series of "not so good" photos.  I used Jenni Bowlin letters for the title.

This next layout is really very simple... just lots of cardstock circles randomly stuck around the page and stickers for the title.

My last layout of the weekend I based on Stacy Julian's class from the Scrapbook Convention in 2008. It was also my take on "a week in my life" challenge that Ali Edwards did back then too.... I took the photos but never scrapped them till now!  Even more astonishing.... I used the "time" border on this that I've had in my stash since 2005 when I went on my very first Scrapbook Den University weekend.

At the moment I am busy on a creative spree as my Design Team kit arrived from Shoestring Scrapbooking.... I am busy thinking up all sorts to do to show you... so will be posting them soon.

Super excited

I've been holding my breath since last week just waiting to let the cat out the bag... and now it is official so I can..... I made the Design Team for Shoestring Scrapbooking..... super super excited.... can't wait to start playing with my new goodies when they arrive.

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