Stick It Down - June double page

It's a new week and I am now in the middle of my busy week at work... billing billing billing. But I can say that I had a good and productive weekend. I got all my layouts from the past 6 months filed into their albums. I have also planned which pages I am going to scrap for my DT commitments for the next 6 months.... so good to be a little bit organised for a change. I even managed to make a start on my June scrapping too, so am getting ahead and can plan to do a few other pages inbetween too.

This is one of the pages I managed to complete in May  for today's reveal at Stick It Down.

I used the free insert paper from the Scrap Affairs magazine from a few months back. The colours worked well with these photos. I fussy cut all the flowers and words as well. So nice to finally use one of these inserts instead of just hording them.

Check out the blog for lots more inspiration.

Off The Rails - Ribbon tutorial

I have made a 3d breast cancer ribbon for my tutorial this month.

I used Lady Pattern Papers and lots of pink and white flowers, buttons and bling to add to my design.

You can see my full tutorial on the blog.

I was inspired by the competition in Scrap Affairs to make something pink. This project stewed around in my brain for over a month before I actually sat down and made it.

Scrap Affairs competition

In most of the Scrap Affairs magazines there is a sketch competition with a theme of some sort attached. Well in the last issue (No 55) there was one again with the added requirement of adding lots of colour. So I chose to scrap some pantomime photos.

This was the original sketch:

So I did a few fun things on my page. For the background I mixed a whole host of different embossing powders into a tub of leftover clear.... that is I made my own rainbow embossing powder.

I then stamped through a star stencil with watermark ink before sprinkling the embossing powder over and heating it. Rather chuffed with how it turned out.

In the space of the big circle, I decided to cut a castle out on my Curio machine to add to the fairytale effect. I cut it out in black to ground the whole page. I used a piece of school themed Penelope Dee paper for the title strip as it picked up on the star and colour effect I was looking for. Next I added some glitter and colourful washi tapes for some of the strips, to keep with the bling effect.

The small photo above the title is actually a little booklet. I scanned the program in and printed out the cover, cast list,screens and the storyline. I also included my journalling in the little book.

Lastly there is a smattering of coloured bling scattered around the page plus the title made up of various sticker and chipboard letters.

Scrap Affairs competition layouts

In one of the last issues of Scrap Affairs there was a competition for layouts using sewing and stamping. I decided to make a few different pages and submitted them in... holding thumbs.

All these pages were inspired by layouts I saw on pinterest but that I put my own spin and interpretation on. I love how they all turned out.

Trying something new

In the last issue of Scrap Affairs there is a competition from Shortcut Crafts.... all about stitching and stamping. Well of course I decided to make a layout for this.

I also decided though to not just do the normal stitching thing but to rather try something a little different. I have seen similar ideas on pinterest before using other shapes on the background, but decided to go with a car shape for my roadtrip photo.

I found a fairly simple clipart of a Beetle which I printed out on A4. I then simply laid this over my background and made holes all around the outline through both pieces of paper. Now that I had my outline  I turned to my distress oxide inks and used them as watercolour to paint in the beetle. I must say I am pretty chuffed with how it turned out. Once it was all dry I simple hand stitched all the lines in white thread... took a few hours in front of the tv!

I also found a car stamp that I have which I added to the bottom of my layout in three different colours of oxide...first up I stamped in orange but it was a bit toooooo watery so then I overstamped it in blue. Lastly I just touched the brown to the edges of my stamp and restamped it... this all gave a lovely layered effect.

To finish off my page I used a few bits of paper layered under my photo and then added some stickers for the title and embellishment, plus a bit of hand journalling.

So why not try something new too and see where it gets you.

Scrap Affairs - Sketch challenge

In Issue 51 of Scrap Affairs there was a sketch challenge issued by Laura Whitaker.I have been following her for a few years so couldn't not do the sketch. Here is my layout:

I used lots of old stash on this page and added in a few extras from the sketch. Am very chuffed with how it turned out. Now to hold thumbs on winning (hint hint!).

You can see Laura's original sketch and layout on her blog.