I'm playing along at Kraft Plus again and the November challenge is a doozy! The challenge is to be inspired by P!nk, the artist.
I drew my inspiration from her song "Perfect" and turned my layout into a message to myself. I have had a difficult time this past couple of years with mental illness and I wanted to remind myself that I am just perfect the way I am.
Her "I'm Not Dead" album cover inspired my use of floral patterned paper on my layout- more fussy-cutting than I would normally do, but worth it I think.
I used my Silhouette Cameo to create the song lyrics on the left hand side, removing random letters to let the paper underneath peek through. When I got to the part I felt was the most important message, I removed all of the letters to make it stand out. I used patterned papers from Crate Paper's "Random" Collection and the "Things I Know" stamp is from a really old set from 7gypsies.
The team at Kraft Plus sure do know how to get the creativity flowing- their challenges always push me out of my comfort zone and I love it!
Today I'm sharing another layout using the May "Sweet Treat" Scrapbook Kit. It's a 8.5"x11" page and features two 3x4 photos. I made two tags from patterned paper to form a sort-of grid design.
If you are from Western Australia you might recognise this famous ex-footballer in the top photo ;-)
As is my usual "thang", I made a few little embellishment clusters and although the chipboard sticker pack has a birthday party vibe, they are very adaptable to use on all sorts of layouts.
I die-cut some paper scraps to make these arrow-shaped pieces. I also used some of the puffy star stickers I had leftover from a previous kit.
The gold foil on these chippy stickers is gorgeous and the geometrical shapes ensure they work well on boy layouts too.
Thanks for joining me and don't forget to check out all the new goodies in the Scrappy Canary Store and to use the code LOUISE10 for 10% off your purchase :-)
I'm back with another layout share using the May Scrapbook Kit. It's my usual (lately) 8.5"x11" format and I have a small photo grid about 4"x4" in size.
I cut the camera out from one of the patterned papers and layered a glittered gold heart on top and I also cut the "Lovely Day" from the strip on one of the other papers.
I used a Tim Holtz die to make this rosette from the mint spotted paper and layered one of the gold chipboard pieces on top for my title.
These Dear Lizzy bobby pins in the kit are so adorable!
Thanks for joining me and don't forget to check out all the new goodies in the Scrappy Canary Store and to use the code LOUISE10 for 10% off your purchase :-)
I'm back with another layout using the May "Sweet Treat" Scrapbook Kit. This time I'm back to a 12x12 format and have used a simple grid design for my two landscape-oriented 4x3 photos.
I just love all the gold foil products in the kit and I made two large clusters and one small cluster to direct the viewer's eyes around the page.
I layered some of the chipboard stickers to create this little grouping.
Thanks for joining me and don't forget to check out all the new goodies in the Scrappy Canary Store and to use the code LOUISE10 for 10% off your purchase :-)
Today I'm sharing a layout using the May "Sweet Treat" Scrapbook Kit. It's an 8.5"x11" layout oriented horizontally. I took one of the patterned papers and cut apart the square that said "Life is..." and then added one of the chipboard pieces to create my title.
I used the gold glitter chipboard hearts and foam glitter hearts around my page, as well as some of the puffy stickers I had leftover from last month's kit.
I added a manila tag, a label and some twine from my stash and machine stitched for some added texture.
Don't forget to check out all the new goodies in the Scrappy Canary Store and to use the code LOUISE10 for 10% off your purchase :-)
Today I'm sharing a layout using the May "Sweet Treat" Scrapbook Kit. I had this photo of my boys sitting by the river and it was full of autumn colours. This month's kit has some gold, kraft, orange, red and green in it so I pulled out all the supplies that I thought would suit. As is usual for me, this layout is 8.5"x11".
I combined the foam glitter "hello" with the gold foil Thickers to create my title.
I used a die to create a tab from red patterned paper in the kit.
I scattered some hearts around the page as well as sequins from my stash.
Some flicks of black ink tied in the black print on some of the chipboard pieces.
Don't forget to check out all the new goodies in the Scrappy Canary Store and to use the code LOUISE10 for 10% off your purchase :-)
It's time for a new card sketch at Feeling Sketchy and as usual we welcome Molossi as our sponsor.
Molossi strive to bring you an online shopping experience where you can relish in a huge range of scrapbooking supplies to compliment your scrapbooking addiction. Here we strive to offer thousands of products including: Albums, Cardstock, Flowers, Bling, Personal Die Cutting Machines, Stickers, Embellishments and plenty more. But it doesn’t stop there, become apart of a scrapping community, enter the stash giveaways and competitions on our Facebook page and/or blog , for a large range of page layout ideas, even sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay up-to-date with the scrapbooking world and monthly promotions.
Molossi offer a $30 chipboard and bling pack every month for one of our challenge winners.
We also welcome back Aurora Wings as a sponsor and the Design Team have used Aurora Wings images for our cards.
Here's the sketch we're playing with.....
I chose a Christmas image from Aurora Wings to create my card. I opened the image in Photoshop to resize it and printed it on Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock. I coloured the image with Prismacolour Pencils and blended my colouring with Gamsol. I used papers from Crate Paper, a silver heat embossed stamped sentiment from Technique Tuesday and finished it off with a button and some twine.
Be sure to pop over to Feeling Sketchy for more inspiration from the DT and for all the challenge details.
Here are some more layouts created for my 3x3 classes at Tomorrow's Memories. Boys Rule from Crate Paper has been one of my favourite releases this year so I was thrilled to be able to design a class with it.
If you would like to join me for my next 3x3 class be sure to call Tomorrow's Memories on 9279 2183 (Perth, Australia) to secure your spot.
I challenged myself to make a "boy" page using the wonderfully pretty papers from Maggie Homes "Flea Market" by Crate Paper. We grabbed two sheets of patterned paper, a sheet of cut-apart paper, a sheet of white cardstock, a bottle top, some chipboard arrows, some leaves and a peg to make this TM Project Pack.
My little boy loves his "Tail Bear". He has about a dozen of these cheap Ikea bears (we were prepared for loss/damage), but only the original one- the one I bought before he was born- has a tail. So naturally, as far as he is concerned, this is the only bear that matters....well, "Yes Bear" (the naming of "Yes Bear" is a story for another day) will do in a pinch.
"Yes Bear" was MIA and although I knew he had to be in the house somewhere, it was taking much longer than usual to find him, but I eventually did. And the reunion between boy and bear was priceless.
These little snippets of life are the reason I scrapbook. Simple as that.
The Tomorrow's Memories Project Packs are a really popular item in the store. There are packs designed by all the Design Team members so there is sure to be a style that suits you. You can either scraplift the design provided, or simply use it for inspiration to create your own. All the papers and embellishments are chosen for you and they are very affordable as well!
