Scrap Affairs competition

In most of the Scrap Affairs magazines there is a sketch competition with a theme of some sort attached. Well in the last issue (No 55) there was one again with the added requirement of adding lots of colour. So I chose to scrap some pantomime photos.

This was the original sketch:

So I did a few fun things on my page. For the background I mixed a whole host of different embossing powders into a tub of leftover clear.... that is I made my own rainbow embossing powder.

I then stamped through a star stencil with watermark ink before sprinkling the embossing powder over and heating it. Rather chuffed with how it turned out.

In the space of the big circle, I decided to cut a castle out on my Curio machine to add to the fairytale effect. I cut it out in black to ground the whole page. I used a piece of school themed Penelope Dee paper for the title strip as it picked up on the star and colour effect I was looking for. Next I added some glitter and colourful washi tapes for some of the strips, to keep with the bling effect.

The small photo above the title is actually a little booklet. I scanned the program in and printed out the cover, cast list,screens and the storyline. I also included my journalling in the little book.

Lastly there is a smattering of coloured bling scattered around the page plus the title made up of various sticker and chipboard letters.

Stick It Down - November Double Sketch

The new sketches are up on the blog and today is the double page team reveal.

This seems like rather a busy page but it actually works quite well. It's the ideal layout to stretch your supplies with too...I think I only used half a sheet of each of the papers except for the tent one across the middle which is just a full sheet cut in half.

I used different twines across the bottom and stickers for my title.

Come play along on the blog and get inspired by the rest of the team.

New creative outlet

UPDATED MARCH 2018:
Please see my facebook page rather... I've deleted the blog.

I have picked up my quilling tool again and am busy making little creatures for orders.... so I decided it is time that my quilling has it's own space... therefore I've created FACEBOOK page called:

So if you head over there and follow along, you will see some of my little creations. They are all available to order, so just leave me comment and we can chat about the details.

The address is: https://cathquillscrap.blogspot.co.za/ https://www.facebook.com/cathquillscrap

Christmas Quilling

It's nearly time for the silly season and so here's some Christmas themed quilling that I have made.

NATIVITY

This set is available at R250 each and can come full assembled or loose.

ANGELS 05

ANGELS 02

ANGELS 03 & 04

ANGELS 01

ANGELS 06-10

Each set of Angels are available as a full set or just individual angels. There are also available in a variety of colours. Individual angels cost R20 each, except for those in set 01 which are R10 each.

FATHER CHRISTMAS

This cute little Father Christmas costs R20. Is he on your list?

A few little creatures

I love to make 3d creatures and here are some of my creations...

BAT

BEE

CAT

DUCK

FROG

MOUSE

Each of these are available for order at R20 each (plus postage).

Let's Scrap - 1 Nov Sketch

Today's sketch is up and it's a "blast from the past" sketch.. revisiting an oldie.

I used photos of the last praise dance we did at church on Palm Sunday in 2016... choose to use lots of colours to pick up the colours in our skirt overlays.

Join us on the blog for some more inspiration and why not take part too.

Scrapbook Generation Fall Crop

I tried to participate in the last two Fall Crops run on Facebook by Scrapbook Generation, but unfortunately I didn't get too many layouts done... in fact only one. Shucks. October wasn't a very good month scrap-wise.

I typed up the recipe and printed it out in place of the one photo on the page. Then added in a couple of diecut pineapples and made another slightly larger one. Finished off the page with a piece of ribbon, buttons and bling.

I am hoping to get lots more scrapping done in the next few weeks (loads of DT commitments) and also want to get some more photos ready for printing in anticipation of some sales coming at the end of November. Best I get cracking.

Catch-up on my scrapping

I did a whole host of scrapping in August and a few pages in September but quite a lot of them needed photos. I then spied a special on at Q-Photo at the end of September (thanks to Michelle van Wyk sharing it on facebook) and managed to get some photos printed so have now gotten my layouts completed.... ie I eventually got my PhD (Pages Half Done!) hehe.

I did two of the sketches from Scrap and Sell SA on Facebook:

Whilst playing with this collection for ScrapPlezier, I decided I loved it so much that I had to use it again and so did a sketch from Scrapbook Generations

During September I took part in the "back to school" online crop from Sketch 'n Scrap and managed to complete this layout for their one challenge.

Lastly I finished scrapping my 2011 album by finding a photo to fill in the space that I had. This layout was inspired from one I saw on pinterest.

Now that I am more or less up to date with sharing, best I get making again... got quite a few other layouts planned now that I have photos printed.

Off The rails - October tutorial

Today I am sharing a tutorial over on the blog on how I made the rainbow strips for my card boxes.

I made these boxes to store 7 rainbow cards and envelopes in. They will make a lovely gift for someone. I made 15 boxes in total... mainly to use up some of my ever-growing stash... though I only made a dent in the pile! I only managed to sell one of my boxes at the Heritage Festival at church (the whole reason I made them), so if anyone wants one please let me know. These are the cards I made:

So head on over to the blog and check out how I played with ink and made some lovely rainbows.

Some Jow-inspired layouts

Over the past couple of months I have been busy scrapping, making cards and calendars and even quilling again. At least I have a whole host of photos that still need scrapping so I can get pages done even though I don't get to go to class with my favourite teacher.

So here are some of those that I managed to finish up with photos and all.

Now I need to get cracking with next month's DT commitments and also tackle a few other projects that I have planned.