A tasty page

During May I tried to do a NSD Challenge with the Mercy Tiara group on Facebook. They had quiet a few challenges but I only  managed to do one and then planned a few more. One of the challenges was 4 different sketches from Creative Scrappers. I've managed to scrap them all but can only show my one page now as the other three are for DT layouts coming up in a few weeks

I used new Illustrated Faith paper from Bella Blvd. I added a few wood veneer hearts which I inked and then a few stickers. I also cut my title out on my Curio.

Creative idea

I was busy scrapping this past weekend (no surprise there I guess!) and whilst working on a page I got an idea in my head... well it didn't work on that page so I turned my idea into a single layout instead.

The longest part of this layout was deciding on which papers to use where for the triangles. The cutfile (from Paper Issues) made it all super easy otherwise. Once cut it came together in about 15 minutes.

I've been wanting to do a purely triangle design on a page for a while so this was nice to tick off that "to do"list.

Playing with a new scrapping tool

A few months back I saw a little sewing machine for sale on "Catch of the Day" but missed out on the deal. So when it came up again I grabbed it....it's a tiny little battery operated machine that sews straight.

It's a cute little thing that I bought solely for scrapping... it's not the best machine... very frustrating at times and is either on or off... ie be ready to sew when you switch it on. But at least it only cost me R70 (after gift voucher discounts)... so it's not like it cost the earth!

So now that I have this machine in my possession I decided i needed to test it out on a layout and created this page.

I sewed all around the background paper... with a few glitches and so did a double line of stitching.

I tried another page where I tried to sew further into the page but it was a bit awkward. The little hole to feed stuff through is very small and as paper doesn't bend so easily it was not tooooooooo successful. Note to Self... sew first then stick down.

The other element on my page was a background diecut page that I cut on my Curio. I cut the white piece and then recut a whole bunch of the inside shapes in various patterns before playing to get them to fit.

I also diecut my "pie" word in white and backed it with pattern paper. A few stickers and a date stamp completed my page.

Here's a pic of my machine in action.

Scrapping with new papers

I did a kitted class with Jowilna at the beginning of May... wow the papers we used were stunning... some of the new range from Bella Blvd. This is the page we did:

I finally found some photos to work and finished off my page.Can't believe that it's been a month since I last went to class and saw my friends... guess it's time for another scrappy play date soon.

Scrapbook Generation - Candyland Crop

I spent a good portion of May doing the online crop with Scrapbook Generation and their Candyland crop which was run for National Scrapbook Day on 6th May... well actually it was a week worth of challenges but we had till the end of May to do them. Here's a few of the pages I made for the challenges:

1. All I want to do is scrap - single page

2.All I want to do is scrap - double page

3. A spoonful of sugar
For this challenge I used a sketch from Sketch n Scrap and my layout is posted here

4. Lifesavers - one page sketch

5. Starburst Tic tac toe

6. Lifesavers - two page sketch

7. Decadent Colour - I did my monochromatic layout for this challenge which you can see here.

I didn't manage to do all the challenges this month... but having done 7 of the 16 is not too bad, plus I took part in most of the games during the crop too. May has been a very good scrapping month.

Let's Scrap Sketch - 1 June

Wow we start a new month today and it's time for a new sketch reveal at Let's Scrap.

I went with happy and vibrant colours for my page... all dug out of my stash box.I added a chipboard title to the page which is inked with various colours of distress oxides.

This is the sketch that we worked with:

Join us on the blog for loads more ideas and a chance to win a prize.

Stick It Down - May challenge

I found another sketch blog that I decided to follow... their May sketch caught my eye and I've spent bits of the last few weeks working on this layout... eventually got around to adding my journalling this morning.

All the papers I used are from the amazing stash I received from Jeaunes... wonderful Kaisercraft papers in all colours and patterns. It sure is helping my scrapping mojo to work in overdrive!

This is the view of the pile of stash

And here is a perspective shot of how much I got... the pile on the left is about 5cm high... all the new stuff. The pile on the right is the Kaisercraft papers I owned.

So now that I have loads of papers to scrap with, best I get cracking.

Sketch n Scrap Birthday Scrapping

I am part of the Sketch n Scrap group on Facebook. They are celebrating their 5th birthday this month with sketches and challenges all month long. Well I decided to do a few and this is the results.

The sketch for this has a wreath on it... so I used a cut file and then added some twine for a few more circles.

I did their monthly sketch for May and also combined with a challenge for Scrapbook Generations. On this page I used some of my new acquired Kaisercraft stash (Thanks Jeaunes)

It was good to get two layouts done and being able to combine them for a few challenges.

Creating patchwork

I love to sew and I love paper...so trying to combine two hobbies on one page is sometimes a good idea and sometimes a little crazy. For quite a while I have seen quite a few "patchwork"type layouts on pinterest and I keep saving them for "one day when". Well that day came and I finally decided to create my own version of a patchwork layout from one I had seen.

I pulled together scraps of papers in the colours from my photos. Then I used a diecut to make the hexagons before using some simple maths and cutting squares and triangles to fill the spaces... some more successfully than others!

Once the page was all stuck down, I added a few buttons and then my photo and title. The last part of my page was hand stitching all around the "circle" shapes. This just finished things off nicely.

Will I do this again? Probably! Should I? Probably Not! It's a great way to use up scraps but is VERY time consuming... the patchwork took me most of a day to do... between dithering on colours to cutting shapes to arranging and rearranging it all. At least it is done.

ScrapPlezier - Trouble

My layout is up on the ScrapPlezier blog again today... a simple page using one piece of pattern paper from the Kaisercraft Jungle Bugs collection.

On my layout I cut the border of the pattern paper and then laid this over a piece of orange cardstock to form the background,I then cut the squares that were on the inside of this piece into strips and used them to create banners across the page. I also used some of the words and then punched and diecut some stars.

The last piece for my page is the circle...this is made using shaving cream and reinkers to create a marble effect...I learnt this in a class with Jowilna... just adds an interesting piece to the page.