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...

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

Jillibean Soup | Cards...

Hey there! Just popping in briefly today as it's time to share my Jillibean Soup cards for the month!  This month I've created two monotone cards in red and orange!  I also had the chance to play with some of the Happy Hues paints! Such fun!

 

"celebrate"

 

products used: cs - American Crafts; pp - Jillibean Soup (Soup Staples II); other - Jillibean Soup: happy hues (red), clear stamps (Summer Red Raspberry), pea pod parts.

 

 

 

"Let's Celebrate"

 

products used: cs - American Crafts; pp - Jillibean Soup (Soup Staples II); other - Jillibean Soup: clear stamps (birthday), party playground - cake toppers, Mini Placemat; Hero Arts ombre ink.

 

 

Thanks for visiting.  Come back tomorrow to check out my "Art from the Heart" project that was created using more Jillibean Soup...x

 

 

 



Scraptastic Club | Pinterest Inspiration...

Hello Friends!  I'm just popping in to share with you a little Pinterest Inspiration over at the Scraptastic Club blog today.  I've had the pleasure of playing with this month's The Girl kit and I put together a combination of images that caught my eye on Pinterest to create this fun (and very glittery) mood board!

 

 

Yes. I did mention I chose The Girl kit right? Well, I just wanted to also share that feminine kits don't always mean feminine layouts!  I was completely inspired by the colours of the mood board and created a layout with my youngest son in mind!

"The 2 of Us"

 

products used: Scraptastic Club Kit - The Girl; Add-on - The Girl; Clear Stamps - We Will Rock You; other - skewer, white cardstock; tools - machine stitching, navy ink, gold ink.
 

The navy ombre patterned paper was the perfect starting point for my 8.5"x11" layout, but I continued the ombre theme, subtly with the navy and gold stamped banner from the We Will Rock You clear stamps.

 

 

The gold glitter from the mood board was another inspiration point for my layout.  Instead of using the bows in a traditional manner, I have emphasised the fun my son and I have at home together by using it as a clownish bow tie. 

 

 

I completed my layout with touches of sea foam coloured embellishments, gold glitter rub-ons and plenty of layers with foam dots to create depth and dimension.  All elements found in and inspired by the mood board shared above.

 

If you would like to see more inspiration created from the Moodboard, please head on over to Scraptastic and play along.  Thanks for visiting...x

 

 

 

 



Bella Blvd | Coffee Date...

Hello Friends!!  Happy Valentine's Day!!  I hope this wonderful Friday puts you in the mood to grab someone close to you and give them a great big hug!  Today I have a 'love' inspired layout to share with you.  Over at Bella Blvd we have been challenged with a new Pinterest image to glean inspiration from...

 

 

 

"Coffee Date"

products used: pp - Bella Blvd (Love and Marriage/Freestyle Sophisticates); alphas - Bella Blvd; other - Bella Blvd: crochet hearts, stickers, designer tape; Kaisercraft pearls, Mister Huey's mist, vellum; tools - typewriter, hand stitching, silhouette portrait.

At first glance my layout doesn't really resemble the Pinterest image but I have taken inspiration from a number areas!  *grin*  The colour of the back ground, the heart banners, the hearts(!), the 'love' arrangement and even a little bit of the ombre, have all been used.  :)

I knew, after seeing this Pinterest image for the first time, that I wanted to use the crochet hearts.  They add such a lovely texture to the page.  I've teamed them up with some silhouette cut hearts and hand stitched them to the layout.

 

If you would like to see what the other designers have created with this image, please head on over to the Bella blog.  And while you are there, don't forget to sign up for the Bella Buzz newsletter - due out later today!

 

And as an update for everyone who just. can't. wait. to get their hands on the new CHA collections.....

 

Thanks so much for visiting...x
 

Bella Blvd | Pinterest Inspiration..

Hello Friends.  I am doing a little scrapbook house keeping today and catching up with some Bella Blvd.

 

 

This month I was challenged to use an image of leaves, as a source of Pinspiration for my layout.

I fell in love with the ombre colours and of course had to use leaves on my page as well.  I mixed it up with a selection Bella collections, all of which work and coordinate so well together...

 "Happy Camper"

 

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Bella Blvd; alpha - Bella Blvd; other - Bella Blvd: chipboard, stickers; studio calico mist; tools - Fancy That Dies (leaves), typewriter.

One of my boys' favourite activities when camping, is to run through piles of leaves as they go crashing through the bush.  This always worries me though, because of the high number of deadly snakes and spiders (wherever we go camping) that could be lurking beneath the leaf litter!  My only consolation is that these boys they make so.much.noise. that any creature, deadly or otherwise, will disappear well in advance of my boys getting near them!  Fingers crossed anyway!

 

If you would like to see how some of the other DT members were inspired by this same image, please visit Bella Blvd here.  Thanks so much for visiting ..x

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While I am doing some house keeping, I thought I would share this awesome free printable created by Stephanie,  owner & creator of Bella Blvd.

 

 

 

She had such a huge response to her first Thanks Giving giveaway in 2011, that she wanted to do it all again, with an updated version!  Stay tuned to her blog in the coming days, because you will be able to download the new version for FREE.  Check out the 2011 version here.  It really is super cute!



 

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.