ScrapPlezier - May Mood Board

It's time for this month's moodboard challenge.

I got my inspiration from a Jowilna layout and then used Lady Pattern Paper for background to pick up the colours from the mood board.

I then added stamping with stamps from Kaisercraft as well as a word strip from Kaisercraft Happy Snaps paper.

To finish off my page I stamped some leaves in distress oxide ink and cut them out, die cut a few stars from leftovers... applied foil to 2 of them in pale blue colour for some shimmer. Added buttons and bling plus sewing. There is also some stencilling on left side in blue and green inks, and a tag from leftover glossy paper with alcohol ink on it.

Be inspired by the mood board too.

You can see more ideas on the blog.

Easter scrapping

On Easter Saturday I attended an all day class with Jowilna. We got to scrap two awesome double layouts using the gorgeous Easter range from Echo Park Papers designed by Lori Whitlock. I found some photos once home to finish my layouts off.

It's such fun to scrap with themed paper for a special occasion, but also to use the same paper for something totally unrelated.. Plus we learnt a whole bunch of awesome new techniques. Can't wait till my next class to learn some more.

Let's Scrap Sketches - NSD Challenge

Today is {inter}national scrapbooking day... love how an "american" day became worldwide through this industry. We all share a love of photos and scrapping and hence, no matter where you are in the world... today's the day to have FUN!

Let's Scrap Sketches has a tic tac toe challenge for today.. here is my layout:

I bought two packs of Illustrated Faith paper last weekend and dived right into it to create this page. By the time I had my layout finished I had used 6 of the nine squares from the challenge... both diagonals and the top line.

So come and have some fun with us on Let's Scrap Sketches blog today.

ps... my layout is based on a Jowilna original from a few years back.

Let's Scrap Sketch - 1 May 2017

It's a public holiday here, which means it's a day for scrapping.. yippee. I've just done an awesome class with Jow this morning, and now I get to spend this afternoon scrapping up a storm. Love long weekends full of me-time.

Also up today is the new sketch at Let's Scrap... here is my layout:

I loved this sketch... it's got so much potential for different interpretations... and of course loads of photos. For my tags I ran the paper through my "wood" embossing folder with a bit of brown ink before making the tags. I did the same for the four squares behind my title lettering using the chickenwire embossing folder. This just adds a slightly rustic feel to the page.

My journalling is hand written up the side of the three landscrap photos.

Join in on the blog and you can also stand a chance to win.

Single pages

Over the Easter weekend I managed to have a few days of dedicated scrap time. I decided to do a few single pages for submission to the next issue of Scrap Affairs... not holding my breathe that they will get picked, but I did manage to get a few more done on my layout-a-day goal so that is a plus anyway.

This first page I also did for a challenge at Scrapbook Generations... a layout using strips for the background. I used pieces from 2 Celebr8 ranges, Hello and Let's Chat.

These next three layouts are all using parts of scraps and stash...so nice to dig through my stash and find goodies to use instead of just horde.

So there you have it... some more pages done and photos scrapped. Now I have a whole loooonnnngggggg weekend ahead with time to do a whole bunch more scrapping. Much needed therapy.

Project Life layouts

Way back in March I did a Project Life class with Jowilna... well here is the host of layouts that I put together that day whilst there.

The first two layouts were class pages that we did to go with PL layouts alongside. I turned the first one into a double but left the second as a single. They both use the same range of paper by Authentique.

We received a few PL cards in our kit for the day and I used them for this fun layout.

For this bright layout I used a few cards and then added some orange texture paste through my fireworks

Ok so looking at these pages, I didn't use nearly as many Project Life cards as I thought... yikes. Guess I best find some more layouts to do.

Let's Scrap Sketches - 15 April

I was out all day yesterday scrapping that I forgot to post about the new sketch that's up at Let's Scrap... oops.

This is the sketch that we got to work with.

I enjoyed playing with this layout... coloured my title letters with different bits of paint to mimic the balloon colours. I also diecut two ballons for added effect.

Come and play along with this sketch and you could win $10 gift certificate.

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?