One photo layout with your last pic taken

I saw a challenge on the Simply Project Life group on facebook to create a one photo layout with the last photo you took. Well this is what I made:

I posted this on instagram shortly after finishing it, but have tweaked it a bit since then. Discovered I forgot to share it here on my blog.

Off The Rails - Oct Tutorial - ReUse

I am sharing my tutorial today on how I created this page inspired by the moodboard and based on a Jowilna original layout.

The moodboard for this month has been all about reusing stuff.... let it inspire you too.

You can read all about my layout on the blog.

Sketch N Scrap - WCMD#4

We have been celebrating World Card Making Day as a whole MONTH over at Sketch n Scrap. There have been extra sketches every week and today it is time for the final one. Here is my example of this card.

I decided to make a masculine card this month as it was hubby's birthday last week. Blue is my favourite colour too so this card just made me very happy when making it.

Come join us on the blog and facebook and don't forget the online Pumpkin Spice crop happening too. You have till the end of the month to participate in any of the challenges and upload your layouts.

ScrapPlezier - Life Is Beautiful

It's been an eventful week in our family this past week... Aaron got made a prefect at school for next year and it was Keith's birthday on Thursday. I also managed to do some scrapping the last two days to catch up a bit on my DT commitments for November... especially as I am busy over the next two weeks with a scrapbooking event and my 50th birthday party that I am having. I am busy doing major planning and decor prep... so am juggling all sorts at the moment.

The nice thing is that I can still get some scrapping done and so share with you some new pages... like this one I made for ScrapPlezier based on a Jowilna original design.

I started this layout by choosing the Kaisercraft paper to determine the overall colours. I didn't want anything too bright so went with the pastel shade as my base and then added the strip of florals. Picking up on the colours in the papers I applied some selective stamping and paint splats in a few areas. Once these were dry, the matted photos were stuck down and then I went hunting for a quote to tie in with my photos. For some layouts where you don't really want to journal, a quote is a nice way to say something without being over the top. My final touches were the stitching, some stickers and buttons. And then I started dithering on the title... it took me nearly three hours to decide on how to title my layout - from diecutting to stickers and finally found three different stamps that worked together perfectly. Some pages just work easily and some take time. Never let the hurdles keep you from finishing a page... put it to one side and come back when you can think freshly again.

Head on over to the blog to see some more  inspiration.

Project Life album for 2018

I so enjoyed making my digital album for 2017 that I've decided to do it again for 2018. I haven't done too much for it yet besides taking photos! So this last month I've been busy planning and now I think I'm ready to begin creating.

I found a facebook group called Simply Project Life where I've learnt lots of tips and tricks which I hope to implement. Plus I follow The Practical Scrapper (Meagan) on instagram and her blog for tons of inspiration. I've just done my first layout for this year's album which is thanks mainly to Meagan for the inspiration and help (from afar)

So now I need to plan a whole bunch more and get cracking on this so that by January I will be able to print my album.

Let's Scrap Sketches - 15 Oct

I have another reveal today... decided just to do a single page for this one:

I chose to use our company colours for my layout... feels very refreshing to do a layout predominately with cardstock and just a subtle hint of pattern paper. I designed my own cutfile for my title after seeing a similar one on the internet about our home.... just made it work for my layout.

Here's the great sketch we used... I might just have to use this one again sometime soon.

Visit the blog for lots more inspiration from the Design Team.

Lets Get Sketchy - 15 Oct

Can you believe we are already halfway through October.... this year is flying past. I have so much going on at the moment that it's hard to keep track of which day of the week I'm on. I'm grateful therefore for the gentle reminders of posting my layouts on certain days so I can figure out where I am in the scheme of things. Here is my layout for this reveal:

I started off with a fairly plain pattern paper background that didn't really do much for the pics so then I decided to be a bit daring and get messy. I hauled out my box of inks and went slightly mad with some browns and blues and a bit of water. I love the way it all worked in the end to give me the watery muddy feel we had with the water flooding our garden too!

Here is the sketch that we worked with:

Visit the blog and see loads more inspiration from the design team.

ScrapPlezier - Oct Moodboard

It's time again for our monthly moodboard challenge at ScrapPlezier and this one definitely stretched me a bit...

I struggled with this combo to start with... not my favourite colours at all, but then I got inspired by these cute duck pics and so went hunting for a sketch. I found one from Creative Scrappers that inspired and so the layout evolved from there. I started with some black soot distress oxide which I splatted onto the background of my layout. Then I used various sheets of Lady Pattern Paper for my circles and backed them with grey or gold cardstock. Lastly I dipped some old book paper into yellow and orange distress oxide inks and diecut some leave and feathers. Once all these pieces were done I matted my three photos on black cardstock and stuck everything down. I added a few scattered enamel dots and bling and then finally diecut my title.

This is the moodboard we worked from:

Hope you get inspired too. Check out the blog for a few more ideas.

ScrapPlezier - Birds of a Feather

I have another layout to share today, this time for ScrapPlezier.

I chose a simple grid layout for this sketch and used small photos so that I could include six of them. For the little pattern paper squares I used some blue scraps from the Indigo Skies and Ubud Dreams Kaisercraft Collections. I added little touches of yellow in the flowers, thread and washi tape to pick up on the yellow beaks of the birds. I found a cutfile for my title which I then also backed with yellow as it showed up better on the green strip. Lastly I added a few blue blings.

Head on over to the blog to see some more details and inspiration.

Sketch N Scrap - Pumpkin Spice Crop Challenge 4

I am sharing my card today as part of the online crop.

I added some little quilled flowers to my card as a twist. I decided to use the yellow base to match the yellow centres and then picked up the pink colour in the banners.

Come join us on the blog and facebook and play along in the online Pumpkin Spice crop happening too.