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.

Long weekend scrapping

We're nearing the end of May and I am behind in showing some of the pages I've done recently. Yikes! Over the long weekend at the end of April I was sooooooooo happy to have lots of time to scrap. I managed to get a few pages done.

Three of these were from inspiration from the facebook group "Scrap and Sell South Africa".  There were three sketches provided and I managed to do a page for each sketch.

I also managed to do a few single pages (some I have already posted) and this was one of them.

Getting pages done is a super duper achievement. Now off to tackle a few more.

ScrapPlezier - Travel

Another day for a reveal at ScrapPlezier.

I found a layout on Pinterest that sparked my interest and then decided to make my own. I used a black cardstock as my base with the Party Animals paper as my first background. I then layered small pieces of the other Kaisercraft collections for effect, before adding my photo.

To add extra interest I added some stencilled cogs across my page.

For my title I used various chipboard letters which I distressed using oxide inks. I did the same to a chipboard car to emphasize the roadtrip theme.

Lastly I added a few lines of journalling and a couple of rubons.

The oxide inks sure are fun to play with... need to experiment a bit more to get the full effect, but so far I am loving them.

Monochromatic love

I took part in the online crop from Scrapbook Generations during the first week of May... still have the whole month to get my layouts done,but this one I just had to share now.

The challenge was to do a mono-chromatic layout. Well I turned to my good old faithful Lady Pattern Paper for this one and then used the new sketch from Creative Scrappers. I simple adore how my page turned out.

I turned the sketch so that it would suit my photo better. I then found some leftover stamped and inked flowers that matched. I also punched a few hearts and added a bit of stitching and bling scattered around.

Creative scrapping at it's simplest and best!

Let's Scrap Sketch - 15 May

It's not often you find a sketch that just speaks to you... but that was me this week, and especially when I bought new paper that just worked so perfectly for the sketch too.

I used some of the new Ubud Dreams paper by Kaisercraft for my layout... I cut out the oversized doily for the shape on the sketch and then added some strips in various patterns of blue.  I even raided my stash of blue flowers.

 For my title I chose some letter stickers from my stash... and true to form I had already run out of "e"s but as I wanted to simulate the Greek writing, I simple used the "w" and turned them on their side... problem solved!

This is the sketch we used:

Come and play along this month on the blog and you can win a gift voucher to your favourite store.

ScrapPlezier - Beach

Brrrrr..... it's turned cold the last few days... so here is a layout to warm things up just a little bit.

This layout is showcased on the ScrapPlezier blog today. Here's how I made it:

I turned to my leftovers from the Kaisercraft Rock Pool Collection. I die cut and punched these into various size circles before arranging them randomly on the page to surround my two photos. I added a few sea creatures and shells for extra interest as well as a couple of word strips. The lettering for mytitle is from the sticker sheet for this range.

I then also added a quote in two pieces in the Tiny Alphas from Kaisercraft.

So there you have it, a layout made out of leftovers from ages ago... at least I cleared one little bit more out of my stash drawer.

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.