Bella Blvd | Summer Superhero...

Summer is about to start here in Australia and honestly, I can't wait for the warmer weather! Here's a little flashback to one of our fave times at the beach.

"Superhero"

products used: cs - American Crafts; pp - Bella Blvd Splash Zone; alpha - Bella Blvd; other - Bella Blvd: die cuts, puffy stickers; tools - typewriter.

You can check out all the details here. Thanks for visiting!

JOT Magazine | November Mood Board...

Hello Friends! It's time to share the new Pinterest Inspired mood board over at Jot and this month I have the honour of being the guest pinner! YAY! I love being able to gather all these ideas in one place and then see them being brought together by the talented Jot Girls, who obviously provide inspirational samples for us all to drool over... *swoon*

Here's the mood board... Cool blue waters & zesty lime delight!

And here is my project...

products used: cs - American Crafts; pp - Bella BLVD; alphas - AC Thickers; other - Bella BLVD enamel hearts, transparency, Elle's Studio Snippets,  Jillibean Soup Alpha Tile; tools - water colour paint, typewriter.

I was completely inspired by everything. It is my mood board after all! *Grin* The alphabet gave me my title and story; the constellation shows up in the patterned papers; paint splatter in peacock colours; and lime transparency circles.

What do you think you can glean from this colour palette and these mood board pinterest pics? I'd love to see. Please come and join us this month. Thanks for visiting..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.

Page Maps & Bella Blvd | Hello Smile...

This month, Bella Blvd is sponsoring the challenge over at Becky Fleck's PageMaps.  The Bella Blvd design team had the awesome opportunity to play along. This is the sketch Becky asked me to create with..

 

 

I love the vertical lines and the added interest of enamel dots! So.. This is the layout I ended up creating.

 

"Hello Smile" 

 

products used: cs - American Crafts; pp - Bella Blvd (Color Chaos); other - Bella Blvd: enamel dots, stickers; paint; tools - machine stitching, typewriter.

I didn't want to go too crazy with the colour on this page, instead staying true to the hues found in the photo. The simplicity of the overall layout is what appeals to me the most.  And of course there's the story too. That look of pure tranquillity on my sons face, was soon abolished when his brothers decided they needed to jump on top of him in the pool!

 

 

sigh... boys.

 

 

Thanks for visiting.  I hope many of you got a chance to create last week end in celebration of (inter)National Scrapbooking Day!

 



JOT Magazine | March Mood Board...

Hello Friends!! Up on the Jot Magazine blog today, the Jot Girls are sharing how the March Mood Board inspired us to create some fun projects. Check out the board here:

 

 

Here's what I created..

 

"Play" 

 

products used: cs - American Crafts, Bo Bunny; pp - Pebbles, Jillibean Soup; alpha - MFT alphabet dies; other - Dear Lizzy ephemera, Jillibean Soup soup label, studio calico wood heart veneer, enamel dots, paper clip, vellum sentiment, Heidi Grace sticker, October Afternoon mist, Kaisercraft rub-ons; tools - silhouette portrait, Scaptastic Club clear stamps, small cloud punch.

 

 

I created the 3x4 card using my Silhouette Portrait and a favourite nursery rhyme.  From there I simply layered my colour matched products and shared my story with hidden journaling.

 

 

----quick tutorial-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

To create your own nursery rhyme cut file, open a new file in Silhouette and using the rounded corner rectangle, create a shape at 3" wide x 4" high. This forms your background/base card.

 

Click on the text icon and type in your selected phrase.  I created a different text box for each line of text.  This allowed me to resize and alter the spacing between the words.  I also used the Aharoni font. Once each line of the nursery rhyme is sized to your satisfaction, hold the 'shift' key and select the entire cut file. You can now centre the phrase inside the box. 

 

Hold the 'shift' key and select the entire cut file once again and then group all the elements together by right clicking the mouse.

Now you can send the file to your silhouette to be cut out.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

 

Thanks for visiting today.  I hope you get to play along over at Jot for your chance to win an awesome prize from 'APOCD'.  Good luck...x

 

 

Sassy Scrapper | Project Life Week Nine...

Hello Friends!  I'm sharing another of my PL spreads over at Sassy Scrapper today... Week Nine | February 24 - March 02.

**warning**  THIS SPREAD COMES WITH AN OVERDOSE OF VITAMIN C!  *grin*

I hope you will come by and see the details.  Thanks for visiting..x

 

 



Life.Paper.Scrapbook | Colour Challenge...

Hi Everyone!  Today is reveal day for Team A over at Life.Paper.Scrapbook and the colour challenge for October!

"Right Now"

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - KI Memories, American Crafts (Dear Lizzy); other - Dear Lizzy chipboard, sequins, Greatest View badges/flair; ribbon, homemade flower, Skipping5 puffy things, Glitz Design stickers; Echo Park  sticker, mist, ink; tools - black pen, Amy Tan date stamp & clear stamp; hole punch, circle punch. 

I've been playing with more of my Greatest View goodies.  On this LO I have used two "definition" badges/flair.

 

I also had a few sequins lying on my desk from a previous project so I decided to add them to my layout as well!

 





The sponsor for the October Colour Challenge is Freckled Fawn who are giving away an October OH DEER ME kit to the winner.  How super exciting!!!  Check it out...

 

About Freckled Fawn: Doe (AesaLina) and Deer (Richard Compton) founded Freckled Fawn in January 2012. Their small online boutique (FreckledFawn.com) has transformed into a company that specializes in manufacturing scrapbook embellishments and provides a monthly embellishment kit called OHDEERME. The monthly OHDEERME Embellishment Kit is an exciting new concept in the scrapbooking world. Each month, Freckled Fawn designs and manufactures a collection of coordinating embellishments. You will receive a tin filled with enough embellishments to inspire you as you create dozens of lovely projects! With the OHDEERME embellishments in hand, browsing your personal paper stash each month will become an exciting endeavor as you preserve your memories, fashion a card for just the right occasion, or add flair to a gift for a special person.

Connect with Freckled Fawn [ Shop ] [ Kit Club ] [ Facebook ] [ Instagram ]

Referral Promotion: Are you a subscriber? You earn $5 for each friend you refer! When they sign up to be a subscriber, they get $5 too!
Not a subscriber? Ask one of your subscriber friends to refer you so you both earn $5.
More details can be found HERE.



As per usual, there are the ground rules if you wish to play along.  *grin*

- 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. 

- October Colour Challenge runs until 11.59pm 8th November. (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. 

If you would like a chance to win make sure you visit LPS and link your project in the colour challenge category.  Good luck...x

 

 

The Scrapbook Store | October Sketch...

Hi Everyone!  Today I am sharing this month's sketch from The Scrapbook Store.  It is another gorgeous design created by my talented friend Melinda Spinks. 



I've added my own touches to it - like rotate it to the right and of course shrunk it down to 8.5" x 11".  *grin*

 

"Treasure Hunt"

 

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Carta Bella (Rough & Tumble); alpha - Dear Lizzy, Jillibean Soup; other - Carta Bella: cardstock stickers; Echo Park: Decorative Brads; Jenni Bowlin butterfly stickers, twine, mist (Mister Huey's, Glimmermist), Colorbox ink (pool); tools - black pen, hole punch, Amy Tangerine clear stamps.

 

I put this layout together using my The Scrapbook Store dt kit for October.  It is full of lovely Carta Bella collection featuring Rough & Tumble.  These soft blues/aquas/yellows were perfect for the beach scene in my photos.

 

 

The element stickers from Carta Bella are absolutely gorgeous and I have teamed them up with the decorative brads from Echo Park. I kind of went a little over board when using them together! *grin*

 

I hope you will join in with this challenge over at The Scrapbook Store.  There is already a huge amount of inspiration from the DT flooding the gallery.  Thanks for visiting..x

 





Jillibean Soup | Today...

Eeeek! And just like that... I am back online.  Sorry for the AWOL.  It is school holidays here at the moment and I have been entertaining the children.  In the meantime... My layout was shared over at Jillibean Soup.

 

"Today"

 

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Jillibean Soup (Cold Avocado Soup, Soup Staples II); other - Jillibean Soup: pea pod parts, clear stamps, flash cards, coordinating sticker shapes, sugar pick, bean stalks (twine); Greatest View ribbon; mist, ink, embossing powder; tools - typewriter.

This layout features the brand new collection, Cold Avocado Soup.  I adore the blue tones!  yay!!  And of course, I have used some more flashcards.  *grin*

My journaling was cut into strips and added straight to the back of the layout. 

Better get back to the kids now!  Thanks for visiting..x