JoAnn's Guest Designer | Park Lane Sunshine & Rain...

Hello Friends! I am excited to share a little cross promotional guest designer role with you here today. I was generously sponsored by JoAnn' s recently to create some projects using the gorgeous Park Lane Paperie 12x12 paper stacks!

These paper stacks really do have something for everyone! It is chock full of beautiful patterned papers (front and back) as well as, glitter, linen glitzy and textured cardstock!

 What more could you ask for!!

For my first project, I started playing with the Sunshine & Rain paper stack. You can get your own from JoAnn's here.

To bring this layout together, I carefully selected a photo to match the colour tones in the paper stack. I have been wanting to document this photo of my daughter for a while now and because of the glittery nature of her shirt, it was the perfect reason to use the glitter cardstock as a feature on my page.

The banner across the top of my page is a combination of textured white cardstock, vellum and glitter cardstock, layered together.

Using a border punch, I've added a small strip of decorative patterned paper to the top of the glitter banner. The rest I have just layered with images fussy cut from the patterned paper in the stack.

Journaling was typed directly onto the back ground patterned paper after I had a good idea of where my photo placement would be.

For the title I grabbed the glitter cardstock once more and using a Heidi Swapp "document" die, I ran it through my bigshot.

To complete my layout, I have added fussy cut flowers, some mounted onto foam dots, in a cascade across the photo. This placement is to mimic the way her hair falls over her shoulder.

I hope I have shown a fun way to use glitter cardstock in a simplified manner. Please be sure to stay tuned for more projects to come over the next week.

Thanks for visiting..x

Bella Blvd | Pinterest Inspiration...

Hi Everyone!  I have a layout up on the Bella Blvd blog today sharing the monthly Pinterest Inspiration challenge.  Here is the photo the design team was provided with...

I fell for the gold.  And the glitter.  Well... It was the gold glitter full stop! *grin*  I loved the shimmery vibe and even though we are experiencing Spring in the Southern Hemisphere, I loved the lightness and magical feel this Autumnal photo portrayed! This is where that inspiration led to.

"Hello Peter Pan"

products used: cs - American Crafts; pp - Bella Blvd (Hello Autumn); Alpha - Bella Blvd; other - Bella Blvd: stickers; gold embossing powder, gold thread, gold colorshine; tools - typewriter.

The leaves and larger alphas were given a gold dipped effect.  And a part from some fussy cutting, I have left a lot of white space.



 For a simple how-to, head on over to the Bella Blvd blog.

Thanks for visiting...x



17 Turtles Guest Designer | Cut Files...

Hi Everyone!  I just wanted to share with you today that I am guest designing for Juliana Michaels: 17 Turtles and her etsy store - 17 Turtles Digital Cut Files.  She has a lovely collection of digital cut files to create with and I am very excited to help her spread the word of her new venture.

 

I have been playing with two of these cut files and created a layout for each file individually.  The first layout features the "Roses" digital cut file.

 

 "Mulan"

  

products used: cs - gold glitter, American Crafts; pp - Scraptastic Club Kit (Worth Wondering); alpha - Jillibean Soup (beanboards) ; other - embroidery thread; tools - silhouette  portrait, typewriter.

Right from the start these blooms reminded me of my daughter's dance solo where she was Mulan.  Isn't it funny how certain images can trigger memories!  *grin*  I cut the "roses" from gold glitter cardstock and instead of using a traditional green leaf to go with them, opted for brown instead.  These colours not only support my photo but lean heavily towards an Asian influence.

You can find this cut file and many more over in Juliana's etsy shop.
 

 

My second layout is up, over at Juliana's blog today as well.  I think I drooled a little bit when I saw the "Pie Chart Love" cut file!!! Here's a sneak peek..  ps - I've used the Scraptastic Club Kit "The Girl" to create this layout.

 

 

If you get the chance, head on over to 17 Turtles and discover what I've created with this awesome background cut file!  Thanks for visiting...x

 

 



Jillibean Soup | Sydney Dance Tour...

Hi Friends!  Today I am going to jump right in and share my project from Jillibean Soup blog today!

 

 

Recently we, as the design team, have had an opportunity to play with the fabulous new Mix The Media collection.  Jillibean Soup has dedicated an entire collection to all things mixed media!  Go figure right?! Stencils (wow!!), ephemera packs (amazing!!), glitter (swoon!!), sequins (I'm positively giddy!!!) .. and the list goes on! I just could not let this opportunity to play with pretty stuff, slip through my fingers.

 

"Sydney Dance Tour"

products: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Jillibean Soup: Soup Labels III; alpha - Jillibean Soup; other - Jillibean Soup: sequins, ephemera, dot stencil, buttons, file cards; twine, small white flower, embroidery floss; tools - typewriter, flower punch.

 

I think I tried or used a little bit of everything on this layout! I've teamed the Mixed The Media product with another new Jillibean Soup collection.  Soup Staples III!  OMGosh! I think you guys are going to love it!  Check out the wood floor patterned paper!

 



 

 

Thanks for visiting today.  Please don't forget to check out the Jillibean Soup blog this week for more inspiration.  ..x

 

 

 



Sassy Scrapper | Project Life...

Hello Friends! Up on the Sassy Scrapper blog today I am sharing my Project Life spread | Week 31.  I hope you get a chance to pop on over to Sassy for a visit and check out the details.

 

 

Thanks for visiting.

Life.Paper.Scrapbook | December Colour challenge...

Hello Friends.  This is my last challenge with Life.Paper.Scrapbook.  It has been a pleasure to create with this amazing and talented team of beautiful scrappers!! They have been a source of inspiration, encouragement and simply wonderful friendship.  I am so glad to have gotten to know them.  :)

This month's colour challenge is stunning!  Check out the inspiration...

I've created another card this month to coordinate with our colour challenge.  With December being ridiculously busy (!!!!), I just wanted to simplify things.  *grin*

I created this card not long after I attended Heidi Swapp's MakePrettyStuffDownUnder tour!  Can you see her inspiration/influence? LOL!  I certainly broke out my new colorshine mist. 

This month's sponsor is Big Picture Classes, and the class is Project Real Life.

Project Real Life with Becky Higgins

Cultivate a good life and record it, with Becky Higgins

http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/project-real-life-2014.php

1/9/2014 $99

12 Weeks

About the Class

Becky's motto, "Cultivate a good life and record it," is at the heart of everything she does with her blog, her Project Life products, and her everyday life.

In this 12-week interactive workshop, she'll share the 12 foundational principles she follows in her real life as a mother, memory keeper, blogger, homemaker, author, instructor, and successful business owner. Becky's main goal is to inspire you to see the everyday beauty in your world and celebrate ordinary moments, but she'll also show you how to preserve the real-life pictures you take using her signature Project Life system.

After the overwhelming response to this workshop during its first run in 2012, Becky is thrilled to invite a new crop of memory keepers to plan, create, and remember…together. There are special offers below for the first 500 to sign up, and an exclusive set of Project Life Themed Cards ("Life Lists" theme) available for purchase in February ONLY to Project Real Life students.

 

Learn more and register here.

So there you have it.  And you have to be in it to win it, so link up your project on the right over at LPS. Please make sure you link to the correct challenge, there is both a sketch and colour challenge to link up to. If you are linking to a blog, please link to the actual post the layout is featured in, not just the general address, and make sure you link back to Life.Paper.Scrapbook.

Here are the details:

- You can submit ANY kind of project that you can use the colour challenge for: layouts, cards, PL, off the page projects.

- You can use the sketch and colour challenges together, just make sure you link it up to each so you have a chance to win in both.

- December Colour Challenge runs until 11.59pm 10 January (don't forget we're in Australia).

- The winner of the prize will be randomly drawn.

Thanks for visiting today..x
 

The Scrapbook Store | December Daily day 1...

Hello Friends.  My December Daily process is up on The Scrapbook Store blog at the moment.

 

 

I'm sharing how I created this page pocket for my album.  If you get the chance, come and visit.  Thanks..x

 

 

 

The Scrapbook Store | December Daily..

Hi Everyone.  Just a quick sneak peek of what you will find over at The Scrapbook Store today. 

I've started sharing my December Daily process.  I hope you will join in with the fun and creativity..x

 

 

 

The Scrapbook Store | Semptember Sketch...

Hello Friends.  I have another scrappy share today.  This one is for The Scrapbook Store and the fabulous September sketch...

And here is my interpretation...

 

 "Cake Notes"

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Teresa Collins (Memorabilia); alpha - AC poolside foam glitter thickers; other - Greatest View badges/flair (hash tags, moustache); Teresa Collins (Memorabilia): accessory stickers, borders; WOW wood arrows icons, Mr Huey's mist, gelatos; tools - typewriter, silhouette portrait, foam tape.

Everyone loves a good cake batter moustache, right?!  I know for my kids, this is the best part of cake makin'.  *grin*  I hope you will join us at The Scrapbook Store and share your own interpretation of Melinda Spinks' awesome sketch.  Thanks for visiting..x

 

 

 

Life.Paper.Scrapbook | September Sketch...

Hello Friends.  Today I can share my layout created for the September Sketch over at Life.Paper.Scrapbook.  It suggests a lot of layers beneath those photos and I was willing to accommodate! :)  But I did mix it up a little by rotating the sketch to suit my photo.

 

"Epic"

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Teresa Collins (Memorabilia); Greatest View - woodgrain style badge/flair, chevron ribbon, gold thread, mini doilies; other - Teresa Collins: sequins, borders, cardstock stickers; WOW stencil hearts; Studio Calico: Mr Huey's Calico Shine, Glimmermist: sunflower; staples; tools - typewriter.

The patterned papers used to create this layout are from the new Teresa Collins collection Memorabilia.   They are a part of my September DT Kit for The Scrapbook Store.  All products can be found here.

I've also had a chance to play with the gorgeous WOW Alta Matz stencils: hearts in a row.  They are a lot thicker than most stencils or templates and lay on the cardstock quite flat.  No need to tape/adhere the stencil down.  I used Mr Huey's calico shine to create almost invisible hearts on the white cardstock and while it was still wet, quickly sprayed a yellow glimmermist directly over the white calico shine.  It created these speckled, ombre hearts.

 

This sketch was such an inspiration point that I loved putting together this layout.  If you would like to play along, (and I would love to see your interpretation) ...here are the details...

 

This month's sponsor is Polly! Scrap Kits..

 

Polly Scrap Kits is a small Australian kit club that offers monthly kits for scrapbooking and project life. We offer fun and happy kits for a really great price. We have a blog filled with inspiration for using your kit each month and with a subscription you know you will get a monthly box goodies that will bring a smile to your face when you open it and some motivation to get creating.

This year we will be offering a December Daily kit and our Design team is going to show you how to make use of it, whether you want to use it for a daily mini album, incorporated into your regular project life, or to make 12x12 layouts for your traditional scrapbook album. We will have inspiration several times a week to scrap along with you and use the kit together from late November right through to early January, so you will be motivated and inspired to get started, keep going and to finish your December projects!

Polly scrap Kits will be giving one randomly selected participant in the LPS Sketch challenge a free Project Life kit. In addition, based on the submissions to this challenge, Polly! will be inviting one person to be a guest designer for an upcoming kit, we will send you the kit for free that month and feature your work using the kit on our blog and facebook page, so please show us your best work in your challenge submissions!

 

 

You can submit ANY kind of project that you can use the sketch for: layouts, cards, PL, off the page projects 

- You can use the sketch and colour challenges together, just make sure you link it up to each so you have a chance to win in both. 

- September Sketch Challenge runs until 11.59pm 27 September. (Don't forget we are in Australia)

- The winner of the prize will be randomly drawn

- We will also feature three of the favourite layouts and the selected layouts will be asked to guest design for the next colour challenge. 

You have to be in it to win it, so link up your project up on the right over at LPS. Please make sure you link to the correct challenge, there is both a sketch and colour challenge to link up to. If you are linking to a blog, please link to the actual post the layout is featured in, not just the general address and make sure you link back to Life.Paper.Scrapbook. 

Thanks so much for visiting today and if you are interested in learning a little more behind-the-scenes knowledge about this layout, please visit Greatest View.

 

 

Hampton Art | August projects...

Hi Everyone!  Today I am sharing this months collection of cards and a layout created for Hampton Art.  I've gone a little butterfly and glitter crazy with my projects!  LOL!  So, consider yourselves warned. *grin*

"Happy Birthday"



 

Supplies:
Hampton Art: 
stamps - Jillibean Soup/Chilled Cucumber Soup small set 2 (JB0042); Fresh Vegetable Soup (JB0026).
ink - VersaMark/watermark ink; Archival Ink (jet black); Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Antique Linen); Stampin' Up (crumb cake, daffodil delight).
embossing powder - Stampin' Up emboss (pool party).

paper - Jillibean Soup/ Chilled Cucumber; Winter Tortellini and Spinach Soup.
alpha - Lilybee Design.
embellishments - Jillibean Soup Bean Stalks (turquoise twine); Kaisercraft pearls.

 

 "Hello Smile"

 

Supplies:

Hampton Art:

stamps -  Jillibean Soup/Chilled Cucumber Soup small set 1 (JB0041); Fresh Vegetable Soup (JB0026); Bella Blvd/Kiss Me (IC0225).

ink - Stampin' Up (daffodil delight, tempting turquoise, crumb cake); Close To My Heart (sunset).

embellishments - machine stitching; Kaisercraft pearls; foam dots; cardstock.

 

 

 

"star"



Supplies:

Hampton Art:

stamps - Echo Park/Oh, SNAP (SC0529).

ink - Stampin' Up (old olive).

 

paper - American Crafts/Dear Lizzy; Kaisercraft.

cardstock - American Crafts (green glitter); Kaisercraft (coconut).

embellishments - vellum; rhinestone bling; small flower punch; Couture Creations/Glitzin' glamour (antique silver); Greatest View ribbon; machine stitching.

 

 

"Ballet Girls"

Supplies:

Hampton Art:

stamps - Jillibean Soup/Chilled Cucumber Soup small set 2 (JB0042); Fresh Vegetable Soup (JB0026).

ink - Kaisercraft Ink (antique rose, corn, lilac); VersaMark/watermark ink.

embossing powder - Stampin' Up emboss (pool party).

paper - Jillibean Soup; Stampin' Up; Elle's Studio; Echo Park.

embellishments - American Crafts glitter thickers, Studio Calico wood veneer hearts, sequins, mist.

 



There is a quick tutorial link in the project titles above, if you are interested in recreating something similar.  Thanks for visiting..x