ScrapPlezier - Mix and Match

I have a layout up on the ScrapPlezier blog today.

I love the ease with which to mix and match collections of paper by one (or many) manufacturers. That's what I managed to do on this layout. I used:
Barber Shoppe Collection - Groomed
Charlotte's Dream Collection - Fantasy (front and back)
Now Boarding Collection - Sail (journal card)
Take Note Collection - Memo & Paper Journal (Flags and feathers)

The papers carry the calm theme through the whole layout without distracting from the photos.

The added finishing touches are stencilling and stitching along the bottom, as well as a few circles and a heart diecut from a piece of mixed media paper I had made last year. Don't throw anything away as you never know when it will come in handy!

This layout is based on a Jowilna original (with my added twists of course.)

So haul out some of your scrap stash and make a masterpiece or two with some mix and match.

ScrapPlezier - April Mood Board

This month's mood board  challenge is up at ScrapPlezier. Here is what I created:

This is the moodboard we had to play with:

When I first saw this I was a bit stumped as purple is not a colour that I scrap with often. It really stretched my thinking. BUT photos to the rescue... about two days after I got the task I got my photos back from the printer and in the pile were the three photos of our irises. What better subject to scrap for this colour.

Next up was to find a sketch to play with. I work best with sketches so that is usually my starting point. I found this perfect inspiration from Valerie Salmon of Got Sketch.

As the sketch uses a cutfile for the top half of the page, I decided that that would be the perfect addition to my layout too. I found a file from Ashley Horton that she had designed for Hip Kit Club. I made the file a bit smaller as I only have a Silhouette Curio machine that only cuts 8 inches wide. I cut the floral background out of a deep purple cardstock for my colour inspiration.

I matted my photos in some more of the purple and then added some glitter stips for a little bit of bling.

I even managed to find my purple stickers for my title. As it's all the same colour the title is very subtle. I used a title strip from the Brick Wall paper of the Kaisercraft Scrap Yard Collection as a journal strip as the flowers truly speak for themselves.

So there you have it... I stretched myself and managed to pull a beautiful layout together without tooooo much stress. So why not do the same and come play along.

ScrapPlezier - Project Life

It's time for another layout reveal on the ScrapPlezier blog for me.

During March I did a Project Life class with Jowilna. Though I have never taking to Project Life as per se, I do have a whole tin full of PL cards. So I decided to make a whole host of layouts to use some of them up... only managed a small dent!

For this layout, I used Kaisercraft Off the Wall cards from the Wicked sheet of paper. A few white splats of irRESISTable spray just draw the eye into the page. As my photo has red in it, I used one red bingo card (from Simple Stories) to carry the colour through.

So why not get out your PL cards and create a layout or two?

Inky Technique layouts

It's fun when you get to play with inks, paint, stencils and various other mediums and just be creative. I sometimes wonder why we have ALL the stash when you can make beautiful layouts with just a bit of ink,a sheet of white card and plenty of imagination.

Well that's just what I did a while back in a class with Jow... we played and created two very different single pages.

I feel the need to play with ink some more.

Let's Scrap Sketches - 1 April

The first reveal for April is up on the blog.

I enjoyed playing with this sketch as it allowed me to use lots of photos. I changed the 2ups for a whole bunch of 4ups and yet the page still doesn't look crowded. This is a great way to print those sequence photos when you can't decide on which one to use.

My large photo is a jumbo that I trimmed to a square and then just matted numerous times to make it more of a focal point.

Come play along with Let;s Scrap Sketches and stand a chance to win a gift voucher to your favourite online store.

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.