White with One - Marine Green - July 2019

Hello!!

It's been too long since I had some SPARE time to create...

Usually takes me about an hour to create a challenge page... but I fiddle for a couple of hours at The Crafty Chain's all day crop yesterday... must be a bit rusty!!

Anyway, I found out what the colour was this month at White with One

MARINE GREEN

A lovely deep teal-ly green shade 

and there is a Mood board too!!

I liked the sole palm tree im the bottom right corner, 

it reminded me of a photo of Adrian and his Grandad,

enjoying the sun in the garden..

I first chose a sheet of Kaisercraft paper from the recent Morning Dew collection, that had a lovely print in the exact shade... perfect!! By cutting out the middle you create a border for white cardstock and then a piece to use both sides as part of the layers - good budgetting!!

Starting with a sheet of white I swiped some ink across the background - swiped some crackle onto a set of 7 dots chipboard (old!!) - added some paper behind the frames and some photos too - then just layered it... done!!

I love how Kaisercraft have titles or sentiments along the barcode strip.. always come in handy!!

Finnabairs Patina Butterflies were a lovely tone for Marine Green,

You don't need a ton of products to create a layout, this layout has one sheet of patterned paper, one sheet of cardstock, one 6' square of chipboard pieces, 2 metal butterflies, 2 white tags, a scoop of crackle paste, a swipe on ink on the background and the chipboard pieces and some adhesive to attach everything - easy!!  

Plenty of room for a bit of journalling about the memory from these photos..

Thank you for visiting,

Alison xx

Never Stop Dreaming... Kraft PLus challenge - November 2018

Hello!!

Gosh, who knew having a craft store would mean sooo very little time to actually CRAFT ?

Anyway, I had a holiday at the shop this afternoon and created a layout for the Kraft Plus challenge - Mosaic

The image looks like this,

I like how all those little tiles square up into a beautiful pattern.

I chose a school photo of one of our great nephews - yes, nearly the end of the school year... and then it will be time for new school photos!!

Our youngest child has know finished school, and while I have a FEW years to catch up on for school photos, it's always nice to scrap someone a photo as a gift to them - preserve memories!!

Kraft cardstock plus -

Stamp Darkroom Door - over the background, across a couple of edges, and so it disappears into the background - yes, it has an image of a couple of older gentleman... this young bloke will grow up one day - along with a bunch of masculine imagery that makes up a 'mosaic' background?

Sofie and Andrew at Scrapmatt's create fabulous designs and this 'Mosaic' design seemed a great fit across the stamping with a little embossing paste.

Stapled some twine vertical on the left,

tucked a tag under the photo on the right to add some journalling,

randomly added paste and crackle to the chipboard swirl,

adhered a title from Little Birdie

a felt circle, a key, a metal corner to the tag and finish with a Kaisercraft Mosaic wood piece!!

The stamping is not perfect,

the grid is not straight,

I put it together still wet

but,

I think it's a fun layout!!

Thank you for visiting,

Alison xx

Masculine group post for Imaginarium Designs - September 2017

September in Australia means Fathers Day,

our group post this month is to create a 

Masculine project

I didn't want to create a card,

I thought maybe a page about my wonderful husband,

and then I came across these mini prints of my Brother and his wife...

I only have one brother and one sister-in-law

and this page is for them both!!

Photos are always the easiest way to document your memories,
Print them,
Put them in an album,
write the details (you'll probably forget!)
and then you can take a trip down memory lane whenever you choose!!
#makingmemories

Thank you for visiting,
Alison xx

Wonderful Wednesday - Imaginarium Designs DT

Hello!!

 and Welcome to my September blog post - 

tentatively titled,

Wonderful Wednesday!!

Well, okay I obviously couldn't think of something better so kept it - 

as Wednesday are a wonderful...

I was going to make Christmas cards, bought some beautiful red papers,

had some fabulous chipboard pieces ready and then...

I was at a scrapbook store and saw a small paper pad with lovely images and soft colours, so

here you have the cards created from those papers with just a little chipboard - 

I can never have too many CARDS
 - it's always handy to have a variety ready at short notice!!

they are all very simple,

Inked chipboard to add some colour

this title inked with Oxides and then sprinkled with water - love that effect!

The paper was so lovely I just added a chipboard frame for the sentiment -

...and a little camera!

How lovely are these little frames on cards - such a good size!!

The frames hold a little flower perfectly on a bed of crackle medium - 

A little bonus stamping for the background

Do you love Oxides for colouring chipboard?

It just looks so good!!

I was loving these funny photos,

so did a bit of scrapping too!

The Great Escape... from reality?

Take 2 silly photos

2 beautiful daughters,

add a doiley, or two, 

a couple of handmade embellishments (Thanks Shaneen)

a sprinkling of blooms

and

some beautiful flourish chipboard pieces to go with the title

done!!

I recently visited SENZ in New Zealand, while I was there my friend Melissa and I had a little adventure on Sunday morning, we had a civilised coffee and cake in Centrepoint - 

we enjoyed the 360' views of Auckland and,

then there was an opportunity for some photos with an optical illusion,

of course Melissa had to get a funny photo...

and I documented the 'green screen' action - 

I even included a squashed penny we rolled while we were there as a memento!!

  

The Great Escape        Margaret Flourish

 

Merrilee Flourishes

 

Rufus Embellishments                    Leah Frame

 

2 Frames on a Board           Brackets on Oval Frame

 
Chevron Border                   Forever and Always

Chipboard is so easy to include on any papercrafting projects,
what piece will you choose for your next project?

Perhaps next month I'll get those Christmas cards completed?
Hope you'll come back to check...

Thank you for visiting,
Alison xx

Are you a Tag Swappper?

Scrapbook Club Tag Swap Group

I've been participating in a tag swap with some of the lovely local ladies - 

Each month there is a theme

The theme for September is 

TEXTURE

... and my swap partner is Tanya

Gosh I sure hope she likes flowers!!

This is my tag to swap with Tanya

I started with a Prima chipboard tag and sprayed a layer of Marker Maniacs mica mist - 

I was creating a layout at the same time (spare time?) and covered some Imaginarium Designs Honeycomb in white gesso, then stamped off the excess onto the tag -

I swiped over a little Decoart white crackle - don't you love how it tinted itself from the spray!!

Then it was easy to adhere some more chipboard, a floral spray and a little title from Scrapmatts - 

A sprinkle of pearls,

and a seam binding ribbon bow to finish it off!!

The plan is to get this one to Tanya before the end of September...

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xx

Let's take a selfie... my first... ever!!

Hello!!

Do you take SELFIES?

Well, I can tell you that this is my FIRST!!

Yes, our daughters and son are quite adept at holding their phones at an awkward angle while making sure they are smiling on a completely different angle... but this is not really my thing?

So, the group challenge this month is

I picked up a couple of sheets of Graphic 45 'Midnight Masquerade' papers at The Stampers Hut - which matched the shirt I wore to Katelyn's Birthday breakfast earlier in the month!!

A little fussy cutting... and some paper layers... and a few pieces of chipboard too!!

Will have to add some journalling to tuck behind the photo...

Alison xx

Imaginarium Designs - 'Mothers Day' group

May...

the fifth month of the year...

in our family, so many birthdays!!

It's also when we celebrate 

Mother's Day

On the 

Imaginarium Designs 

blog today, there is a lovely selection of projects celebrating the women in our life

I made a card for a special Aunt

A layer of Heartfelt Creations paper, left over from a recent class kit -

A set of Morroccan corners inked with pale pink metallic ink -

AUNT actually is snped from a 'I believe in Santa' - an A became a U with 2 snips - easy!!

a couple of flowers and, 

my favourite 'skeleton leaves'

they are so versatile - adhered onto patterned paper or cardstock,

ink or heat emboss,

this one has been laid onto acetate then each area filled with Liquid Pearls in a couple of shades of green, mixed with some Kindyglitz - leave it to dry and then peel  off the acetate.

This card is especially for Aunty Sandra

Alison xx

More than Words challenge - April 2017

Hello April, and almost goodbye April, 

couldn't miss the challenge over at 

More Than Words

Black, White and PEACH

and the word DREAM

...sounds like a bit of fun to me!!

It's been super busy this month, with signing a contract to sell our home, children, Easter celebrations etc

but I snuck in a little time while Jane Tregenza was teaching at The Stampers Hut - 

 I picked up a lovely sheet of Authentique paper and started fussy cutting the flowers...

Jane found this lovely sheet of Prima paper in peach and I watercoloured the flowers with her Inka Gold.. and the 'brick' chipboard.

Added some Imaginairium Designs chipboard title 'Happy Days' and the 'clock' inked black - leftovers from her class!!

Came home and found this photo... simple!!

Dream.... Happy Days

 

 

Title has been inked 'Pearl' and while still wet and light sprinkle of glitter

I know some people think fussy cutting is a lot of effort but I just love the finish effect!!

Photo is my hairdresser Tammy, her partner Jesse and their gorgeous girl Phoenix - we have known Tammy since she was about 2 (Anthony worked with her Dad Peter and we became friends) it has been lovely visiting her every 6 weeks to have my 'skunk' removed! hahah

The bonus is she regularly gets professional photos taken, so I scrap them for her album!!

Alison xx

Thursday the Thirteenth.... a day for ... THIS....

Welcome, Hello. Greetings, Hi  and G'day to you all...

as we prepare for Good Friday and Easter 

it seems like a great time to send or give your family and friends a card!!

I gathered some bits and pieces,

 and fussy cut some Bunny images,

stamped some Easter sentiments,

and ended up with a bunch of cute cards!!

The 'Mallory Flourish' chipboard has been given a coat of Distress Oxide ink - the sentiment simply stamped and trimmed - added a few tiny flowers (Prima, Green Tara etc) - done!

The 'Edward Relief' corners were all used in this set of cards - one here just inked with 'purple' - Bunny image - flowers - a sticker and a stamp combined to make a sentiment - easy!!
Kelly-ann's giant butterfly stickers covers the tag hole - trim from Bella Paperie - Prima, Kaisercraft and stash flowers!!

The 'Phillis Frame' was heat embossed - the 'Happy' from a Happy Birthday chipboard set, simply inked and layered over the stamped 'Easter' - bit of floristry - simple!!
A simple paper doiley is a pretty base..

Another corner from the 'Edward Relief' set of chipboard - some stickers for the 'egg' and I snipped the 'day' from the 'Happy Birthday' set (So now I have a 'Birth' for a baby's occasion?) - slightly more masculine... but still easy to do!!

The birdcage is actually about an inch shorter, but I snipped it across and 'stretched' it to fit on the tag - it was also heat embossed for a glossy finish - there is no birdacge for that little chicken running away!!
The little ribbon knotted at the top is from anew shirt, just trim off the ribbon loops and keep them close at hand - budget tip!!

The final two pieces from the 'Edward Relief' set and also one of the centre flourishes (still two spares for another project!!) all heat embossed - stamped and snipped the sentiment - flowers and it's good to go!!

How lovely is that 'Oval Frame'!! I had actually thought it might be nice as a photo frame on a layout... for an Easter photo, of course! But it fit so nicely around the basket of bunnies so it was inked in a pearly white and adhered - the basket is an old stamp, coloured with a waterbrush and ink - stamped sentiment - and the last two of my stash of Kelly-ann's butterflies!!

I thought I'd share part of our Easter display this year, this is for the little kids to play with, there is a buuny marionette, jumping rabbits & chicks, little bags & baskets and a collection of Easter books to read and some to colour too!! I also included an extra 3d Train set with a bunny driving the train to bring some eggs to town - 

I had coloured the train and carriages with marker but it was way to bright, so some white pearly ink was smudged across the surface - there is a little Green 'Flower Soft' on the rolling hills and a sprinkle of green beads under the track for some grass - the background 'grass' started off as a small piece of white glitter paper with various green inks blended then some hills were torn and then adhered to the chipboard back - bit fiddly but easy, and fun too!!

   

Birdcage x2                 Happy Birthday                          

   

Phillis frame                              Double Oval Frame with Butterfly

   

Edward Relief Corners                      Mallory Flourish

Billboard - Train

If you're wondering about all of the pastel coloured mats, frames and corners... they are from a 'baby' scrapbooking kit, just a super cheap one, I bought from Scrappin with Style at TJ's and decided it would look better for Easter cards - some pieces even came with a bit of glitter here and there as a bonus!! (I am not a glitter fan, sorry?)

Thank you for visiting...

I hope each and every one of you has an 

EGGcellent Easter..

That you get to spend some time with the people that bring joy to your life,

and possibly get a little time to create some Easter projects too!

Remember to take some photos, document your story and preserve your memories!!

Alison xx