Sassy Scrapper | Project Life + December Daily..

Up on the Sassy Scrapper blog today I'm sharing another mash up of PL2015 and December Daily.

Thanks for visiting..x

Sassy Scrapper | Project LIfe December Daily...

Up on the Sassy Scrapper blog today I am sharing more of my mash up of PL2015 meets December Daily.

 

If you'd like to see more of the details, come on over to Sassy for a visit. Thanks for joining me here today...x

Sassy Scrapper | Project Life December Daily...

Hello Friends! Up on the Sassy Scrapper blog today I am combining both December Daily & Project Life into one. I don't know about you, but at this time of year I struggle to complete many projects started. So this year, I plan to simplify and just go with the flow!  Head on over to Sassy to check out the details...x

"December Daily | Project Life"

products used: Becky Higgins - Pocket Pages Design A; Filler Cards - Fancy Pants | Happy Place; other - Fancy Pants | Happy Place puffy stickers.

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Sassy Scrapper | Project Life Filler Cards...

Up on the Sassy Scrapper blog today I am sharing one final step by step for my series of December Project Life filler cards. 

This one is a cute little fringed tree! I hope you get the chance to come on over and check out the details..x

Sassy Scrapper | Project Life Tutorial...

Hello Friends! As promised yesterday, I am back on the blog over at Sassy Scrapper with another series of Christmastime filler cards.

Follow the link to discover all the details. Thanks for visiting..x

Sassy Scrapper | Project Life Tutorial...

Hey Everyone! Up on the Sassy Scrapper blog last week I shared three fun stamping tutorials for filler cards!

I hope you get the chance to come & visit as I've got more ideas to share tomorrow...x

Sassy Scrapper | Project Life Tutorial..

Hello Friends!  Up on the Sassy blog today I am sharing Part II in a series of PL2015 filler card tutorials in hope that I can help you be inspired to prepare for December documenting!  Here's a little sneak peek...

Come on over and say hi! Thanks for visiting..x

Jot Magazine | November Mood Board...

Hello Everyone! Up on the new look Jot blog today, November's inspirational mood board has been released!  It has fresh and vibrant colours, chosen by the very lovely Kim Jeffress. Have a little look-see!

These colours are so beautiful together that I immediately pulled out anything that was either yellow or pink, from my stash, and just started layering..!

 

"Happiness"

products used: cs - American Crafts; pp - Bella Blvd, Scraptastic Club, Elle's Studio;  other - Bella Blvd stickers, enamel dots, Stampin' Up clear acetate 3x4 pocket page card; tools - foam tape.

It' s a bit had to tell with this photo, but I've used a clear acetate 3x4" pocket page card from Stampin' Up (it has the stars on it). I mounted the clear layer with foam tape and then added the butterfly (cut from my silhouette) on to it. The shadows enhance the illusion that the butterfly is floating above the actual card.

The Jot Girls really have created amazing projects this month! I hope you will come along and visit the blog for more inspiration and hopefully play along with us too! Thanks for visiting..x

Sassy Scrapper | PL2015 mini tutorial

Hi Everyone! Up on the Sassy Scrapper blog today I'm sharing the first in a series of PL mini tutorials. We are preparing for the craziness of documenting December in hopes that if it gets done now, we will have a head start later! LOL!  That's the plan anyway...!!

I hope you will come on over to the Sassy blog and check out my first filler/title card using October Afternoon | Under The Tree.  Thanks for visiting..x

Elle's Studio | Guest Designer!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I have contributed to the mini course for October, over at Elle's Studio. I got to play alongside fellow Aussies - Natalie Elphinstone & Joy Taylor, who I think are extremely talented!! 

Here's a little sneak peek of what I've created...

You can find more details here. I hope you will go and check it out. Thanks for visiting..x

Bella BLVD | Snap...

This week over at Bella Blvd, the design team are looking beyond at the Campout Collection to create projects that possibly don't match up with the Great Outdoors!  I wanted to document Liam's accident on the hockey field which ruled him out of playing for his team during the State Titles... three days later.

"Snap"

Products Used: cs - American Crafts; pp - Bella Blvd | Campout: Under The Stars, In The Woods, Daily Details, Borders, Go Jump In The Lake, Trail Mix; Alphas - Bella Blvd | Campout Treasures&Text; other - Bella Blvd: Color Chaos Clear Cut | Pickle Juice Confetti; water colour paint; tools - silhouette portrait, typewriter.

When using the Campout collection to help convey the story on my layout, I've looked beyond the normal concepts for putting a page together and refocused on the colors and patterns.  My son had a terrible accident during a sporting event leaving him unable to play for the rest of the season but even worse than that, completely eliminating him from participating in State Titles the very next week end. For a 12 year old, it was the end of the world!

I wanted to share his devastation on the page by adding sharp angles, as seen in the triangle paper sharpening the soft lines of the cut out letter 'S' and broken lines which are layered beneath the photo. The stars and spots were also added to relate the idea of what he saw in front of his eyes, at the time of the break, while the flowers signify the many get well wishes.

Sometimes I wonder if I read too much into patterned paper when I put my layouts together. But ultimately everything on my page supports the story I want to document, regardless of the specific collection I am creating with.

If you would like to see what the others design team members are creating, don't forget to head on over to the Bella blog.  Thanks for visiting..x

Bella Blvd | Free for All...

Hello Friends!  Sorry for the lack of blogging lately.  I've been neither here nor there and ultimately just plain busy with everyday stuff.  Of course it doesn't help when the kids are sick right along side of hubby.  Someone has to pick up the slack right?! LOL!

Anyway... Over on the Bella Blvd blog recently I shared this PL2015 spread. I broke out the gorgeous Illustrated Faith | Whatever is Lovely collection and decided I could use it on my pages to help me document.

I keep saying how versatile any of the Bella Blvd collections are, and truly it really is applicable.  Who thought I could add a Bible Journaling product to PL spreads, mostly about my boys and their hockey??!! *grin*

Of course, I've mixed in other collections too - such as Family Frenzy, but predominately, most product is from Whatever is Lovely.

If you want to catch up on my thought process, please head on over to the Bella blog here.  Thanks for visiting today...x

Jot Magazine | October Mood Board!

Hello Friends!  I am pretty excited about this month's mood board over at Jot Magazine because I had the pleasure of selecting a few Pinterest images to be brought together to try and inspire! I must of had water colour on the mind particularly as the inspiration pieces, that made it to the board, came together.. *grin*

In truth, it really was the water colour world map that started my journey through the myriad of goodness on Pinterest. I just knew that I had to incorporate the same (or similar) process on a page. Here's what I came up with..

"Happy"

products used: cs - American Crafts; pp - October Afternoon; alpha - American Crafts thickers; other - water colour paint, Heidi Swapp colorshine, black sharpie pen, OA stickers and chipboard; tools - silhouette portrait, typewriter, sewing machine.

I started out by searching for a free downloadable image via Google for a "flat world map". After saving the image and converting it to a .jpg file, I was then able to trace the outside image of the map in my silhouette software.

A lot of the detail was too fine for my cutting machine, so I removed any great lakes or small islands from the image before I sent it to be cut out from sturdy cardstock.

This then left the basic outline to use as a water colour stencil directly onto my background layout cardstock.

From my collection of Heidi Swapp colorshine mist and water colour paint palette, I proceeded to lightly brush over the openings in the stencil - allowing drying time between each colour. Add some water to your mist on a separate palette to achieve a washed out look.  Tip: Use washi tape to secure the stencil/mask to the back ground cardstock to prevent movement between each paint layer. To obtain a softness between the colours, brush the cardstock with water before adding the paint.

After my background technique was completed, I started to take other elements from the moodboard. Especially the hand drawn circles with the "focus on happy" theme.

The remainder of the layout came together very easily by adding a touch of florals (fussy cut from the October Afternoon patterned paper) and grounding all the elements with the black die cut heart shapes.

If you would like to play along with this mood board challenge... (and I'd really love for you to try it out!! *grin*) Please, come and visit the Jot Magazine blog to check out the details.  Happy scrapping and thanks for visiting here today.

Sassy Scrappers | Project Life Weeks 28 & 29...

Hello Friends! Up on the Sassy Scrapper blog today I am sharing two weeks of PL2015! I've got to catch up on 10 weeks so I think I might need to start combining spreads! LOL!

Anyway... I hope you get the chance to come over and check out the details.

Thanks for visiting..x

Sassy Scrappers Project Life | Week 27...

Happy Monday Friends! Welcome to another installment of Project Life.  Up on the Sassy Scrapper blog today I am sharing my PL2015 Week 27.

"Week 27"

I hope you get the chance to come and check out more of the Autumnal colours from the full spread!

Thanks for visiting..x

Bella Blvd | Pinterest Inspiration...

Hello Friends! Today on the Bella Blvd blog we are sharing a little Pinterest Inspiration...

I immediately fell in love with the gorgeous colours, not to mention the string art!

"Family Love"

products used: cs - American Crafts; pp - Bella Blvd Illustrated Faith; other - Bella Blvd: chipboard, stickers, enamel dots; embroidery thread; tools - typewriter, paper piercer, foam dots.

I wanted to go crazier than my normal hand stitching/string art attempts in the past.  This layout called for a full length effort!

Head on over to Bella Blvd to check out how I put this page together and while there, to a look at the inspiration from the other Bella DT girls Stephanie & Laurie!!

Thanks for visiting..x

Sassy Scrapper | Project Life Week 26 continued...

Hey Friends! Up on the Sassy Scrapper blog today I am sharing my Part 2 of Week 26! I hope you get the chance to pop on over and check out the details...x

Thanks for visiting..x