ScrapPlezier - Cruisin Along

I have another layout up today on the blog... I chose to stick with this month's theme of "road trip"

For this layout I turned to the Kaisercraft Garage Days Collection and used the following papers:
Gas Tank
Tool Box
Tyre Shop

I also added the car from collectables of this range.

Once I was happy with all the bits stuck down I went hunting for a suitable title and found a very old We R Memory Keepers rub on in my stash. This worked just perfectly. I then added the "sweet ride" rubon as well and some stitching plus made two tags from a Bo Bunny range.

Come and play along with us and have fun while scrapping.

Let's Scrap Sketches - 15th August

The reveal is up (a few days late due to Cathy's chemo... wishing her all the best with this treatment). Anyways, here is my layout:

We used this great sketch.

I changed things up a bit by adding flaps to the two side panels for lots more photos. Used photos on the two tags in the the mug and then journalled on the tag on the first page. Here are some more shots of these parts of my layouts:

Head over to the blog to see some more great layouts.

I think it's time for some more coffee and a whole host of scrapping, don't you?

ScrapPlezier - Oh The Places

I have another travel inspired layout up on the blog today.

I follow Paige Evans on instagram and really admire her layouts. She does a lot of sewing on her pages and incorporates it into the design, not just as a finishing touch. I thought I'd try my hand at a page as well. You can see her original here.

I started with making a globe cutfile which I then cut in two different papers and also printed for my stitching lines. I stuck the globe stand down on my background then made all the holes for the stitching. Once I had finished sewing my layout (one night in front of the tv!) I then stuck all the inside pieces down and finished off the page.

I incorporated lots of leftovers on this page... stickers from Kaisercraft, Echo Park and Simple Stories, plus different alphabet stickers and brads. A real mishmash of stash but nothing looks overcrowded. The banners are chipboard stickers from Theresa Collins.

I enjoyed making this page and might very well try a few more of Paige's inspiring designs in the future.

You can't see it too clearly but this photo is of my car's speedometer registering 70000km. Well on Friday it turned over to 110 000 km. I've had this car for 5 years now (on 1 Sept).... not bad going.

ScrapPlezier - August Moodboard

My layout for the August moodboard is up.... our theme this month is Road trips.

I used Kaisercraft - Now Boarding Collection, Check In paper for part of my background (the blue aeroplanes). Also added in some other travel themed papers that I had in my stash.

I used a cutfile for my globe and title. The little blue aeroplane is a stamp which I stamped in distress oxide faded denim. I also stamped the suitcases, ruler and hearts.

The next item I created was the tag. This is covered with embossing paste through a stencil and once dried I added all purpose ink in two shades of blue.

Lastly there is some thread, brads, bling and ink splats.

This layout is inspired by Jowilna Nolte... my favourite teacher, mentor and friend. I have said it numerous times before and again.... I really really love her layouts as they are full of little details yet look soooooooooooo well put together. Thanks Jow for your inspiration.

Stick It Down - August layout

It's a new month and I am one of the featured designers at Stick It Down this month. Here is my layout

I decided to go a bit "mixed media" on my background... dipped the kraft cardstock in various shades of distress ink and then stamped on it in grey. I then added some paper circles, stitching, buttons, splatters and washi tape.

Come play along all month and join the fun on the blog.

Let's Scrap Sketches - 1st August

It's a new month which means new sketches to play with. The reveal is up and here is my layout.

I decided to try my hand a a bit of inky blending on my layout having watched a few Jennifer Macguire videos... so the piece on the left, my title and the banners were all made from one piece of paper. I applied three distress oxide inks to a sheet of cardstock and blended them together where they overlapped. I then cut out the sunburst. Once it was stuck to the page I added some stitching lines in matching colour cotton. Simple yet effective.

We used this sketch:

Check out the blog for some more inspiration

July Scrapping

I have been scrapping LOTS this month... it's the first month this year where I have actually met my target of a layout a day.... in fact I even surpassed that... I have created 22 doubles and 11 single layouts this month... a total of 33 layouts which equates to 55 pages. WOW!!!

I also looked up my past tally of layouts and this is the most I have EVER done in a month. In 2011 I managed 53 in one month. There have been a few months when I've done over 40 in a month but it's usually 20 or less. Feels good to be so productive again.

Here are just two of the layouts that I did.. Others have been shared already, or will be coming in August as they were for DT commitments.

My last four double pages I made this weekend still need to have their photos edited and printed, but they are all planned and scrapped.

Hopefully I will be able to repeat this feat in August, or at least come close. It feels sooooooo good to accomplish so much this month.

Sketch N Scrap online crop

I joined this facebook page in May I think it was and took part in their birthday crop. Well they are holding another crop now July and I did two layouts using the sketches provided.

For the first layout I decided to mix up my title using lots of different stickers... this is similar to something I saw from Elle Studio who were selling a title pack of different stamps, stickers and acrylic words to use for titles

My second layout I used some Kaisercraft papers and stickers to use up some of my vast stash. It took me two days just to figure out a title... yikes! Some layouts just have an automatic title and others take some dithering.

I really am happy with both these pages..two more ticked off on my long to do list of layouts.

ScrapPlezier - Really?

My next layout is up on the blog today...

I got my hands on a leftover piece of the new BombaySunset paper and decided to use this as my starting point in creating my layout. I chose matching papers from Kaisercraft Fly Free Collection - Bestie andBF to add strips to my layout. Once my photo was added, I cut out the flowers from the Bombay Sunset - Daybreak paper and added them to my page. I also used a few piece of teal and pink cardstock to pick up the colours from the papers. My title I cut out on my Silhouette machine an then added a few sprinkles of bling to finish off the page.

Be inspired to mix and match. Come play along with us at ScrapPlezier.

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.