ScrapPlezier - Christmas Tutorial- Wreath

I have a tutorial to share with you today that is up on the ScrapPlezier blog... a very simple (but fiddly!) Christmas Wreath.

Go check it out for all the details.

Making a new choir

I got a huge order in November for 24 angels... all in white. Phew it took many hours and lots of paper but they all turned out beautifully.

I started by making lots and lots of little bits... and then ran out and had to make more. It's amazing how many little curls you need to make one little angel.

And at the end of the day here's what I made:

There were 11 of the standing angels and 13 of the ones at the back.

ScrapPlezier - December moodboard

It's time again for the new moodboard colour challenge at ScrapPlezier, and as it's December our theme this month is Christmas.

I was inspired by the cold snowy pic and the new Kaisercraft Mint Wishes paper was just perfect for this moodboard. As we don't get snow at Christmas, I chose to scrap some photos of our Canadian family during their Christmas celebration last year.

I started my layout with the Frosted paper for the background and then added a strip of the Fresh Pine paper as a border. I then used some stickers from the sticker sheet and cut a tag from the Spearmint paper to which i added a piece of brown bakers twine. Finally there is some gold stitching.

Come and be inspired by the moodboard and play along with us on the blog.

ScrapPlezier - NaughtyNice

The year is drawing to a close and Christmas is around the corner. There are lots of Christmas celebrations happening and therefore lots of photos to scrap. I've chosen a pic from last year's "Secret Santa" day that we had a work to do today's layout.

As we have summer Christmas I wanted to use some bright colours to do this layout. I used the Merry Medley Collection and cut squares from various sheets of the paper which all got adhered to a piece of white cardstock. Before I stuck this down, I wrapped a length of red bakers twine around it to resemble a parcel. I then added some stickers from the coordinating sticker sheet and finally raided my stash for some more Christmas themed word stickers which I scattered around the page. Finally I added some bling and journalling.

This is a great way to incorporate lots of different pattern papers on a page but without overpowering everything. Give it a go and come play along on the blog too.

Stick It Down - December sketch

Today's reveal is up and there are a whole host of layouts on the blog to feast your eyes on. This is my page.

I had fun combining various techniques on my page... first up I used some brown all purpose ink to colur some embossing paste which I then used through a stencil (from Jowilna). The big hearts are stitched and I coloured some Celebr8 scribbled circles with brown ink for added details. My title is made from old lettering stencils and stamps.

This is the sketch we got to work with:

Come play along with us on the blog and be inspired to create.

Trying my hand

I keep one eye on the new DT calls coming out all the time and every now and then will try out for a new team. One such team is Let's Get Sketchy. I am off to make a layout for this challenge and then hold thumbs like mad that I make the team. Why don't you try out too?

Let's Scrap - 1 December

It's a new month.... yikes the end of the year already! This has been a crazy busy few days for me that I didn't even get to posting my layout on Friday. We had our work Christmas function on Friday and yesterday was also a full day of doing all sorts... plus I was physically exhausted all day and never got close to the pc to do any blogging. So now we will slowly get back on track.

Here is my new layout for the new sketch at Let's Scrap.

I decided just to do a single page for this layout and added an extra photo along the bottom. I used a range by Simple Stories for my layout and then used a chipboard title from Penelope Dee which I inked. I also added in some stickers.

Just in case you thought it was your eyes... no the photos on this page are rather fuzzy... the light at the Barnyard is not really conducive to taking good photos.

How's that for a coincidence... these pics are from a ladies night last year at the Barnyard in Cresta and our work function was at the one in Rivonia... will have to see if the photos come out any better.

Here's the sketch we got to play with:

Come and join us on the blog for some fun.

ScrapPlezier - Clarens

It's the end of November and at the office we are all counting the days till we go on leave. Though we as a family are just going to be spending it at home it's always nice to remember times when we have been away. This layout is part of a trip my Mom & I took two years ago to our favourite place, Wyndford. Part of that trip included a day out in Clarens.

This is a Jowilna inspired layout with my definite spin on it. I used the Kaisercraft Hippy Girl Collection for my layout, specifically the Luna, Earth and Harmony papers. There are strips of all of them as well as the fussy cut flowers.

I added some Basic Grey letters for my title and then added a clock, stitching, buttons and bling to tie the whole page together. Lastly I typed up my journalling and cut it into strips to add to my layout.

Come and join us on the blog for a lot more inspiration each month.

Christmas layouts with Jow

The Saturday before my birthday I did an all day Christmas scrapping class taught by Jowilna at Shortcut Crafts.... what a glorious fun day. We made two stunning pages which I have even managed to finish with photos on!

This first page was such fun to do... we coloured the truck with various inks and then heat embossed it too.... it is truly a stunning element to add to a page.

This second page was super simple to make yet just as effective. The coffee journal card was an inspiration for the coffee we drank that day too... yummy Christmas inspired cappuccino.

Thanks to Jow and the lovely staff at Shortcuts for making this a truly fun day.

Scrap The Boys - November challenge

I found a new blog (at least new to me) this month and decided to try my scrappy hand at their challenge this month. Here's what I created:

The challenge was to be inspired by this moodboard

I used all the colours and a layout idea from Jowilna for my inspiration. I dug out some old brad stash and used up a few buts and pieces as well as doing some stamping.