I am playing along with Kraft Plus again and this month the challenge is all about incorporating your handwriting into your project.
I hate my handwriting but I know that in years to come, after I am long gone, anything with my handwriting on it will be treasured by my children and grandchildren. I wish I had more things with my own mother's handwriting on them.
For this page, I wrote a letter to myself on a Kraft cardstock base offering words of wisdom and encouragement for the challenges I will face in the year ahead. It was quite a therapeutic process, but once the process had served it's purpose, I partially obscured the writing with white gesso and watercolour paints.
I used leftover scraps from an old Scrappy Canary scrapbooking kit and came up with this.....
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I'm back with another two pages and I've used the Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party Mini Kit. As usual, all the elements were created digitally in Photoshop before printing with my Epson Picturemate printer.
Here is Week 42.....
And here is Week 43.....
Although Halloween is not a huge celebration here in Australia, our neighbourhood kids love to dress up and go Trick-or-Treating. Most people are prepared and have treats ready for them and it's always lovely to walk the streets and see our neighbours out and about.
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I'm back with another "just for fun" layout and this time I have used the 5th & Frolic Collection by Dear Lizzy. It's an 8.5" x 11" page and once again I have used patterned paper to cover my entire background. I have been using the "messy thread nest" that is so popular right now in my cardmaking, so I decided to try it on this layout.
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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 :-)
I'm back with another layout share using the May "Sweet Treat" Scrapbook Kit. I challenged myself to use a pink/red/grey/gold colour palette- colours that I would normally never use together- and I also decided to try a 12x12 page which is not my preferred format. As well as all that, I was scrapping a photo of my littlest boy!
My colour scheme was derived from this XOXO chipboard piece....
I used a die to create a tab from red paper and gold embossed the date.
I added a couple of pink and gold labels I had leftover from a previous kit and layered chipboard elements from this month's kit on top.
My title came from one of the cut-apart cards on one of the patterned papers, and to this I added a gold glitter heart from the kit and sequins from my stash.
Some machine stitching and red ink splats were the final touches. I don't know that I will rush to revisit this colour scheme but it was fun to step out of my comfort zone for this layout.
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 :-)
I finally completed Week 21- usually I select photos, edit them, create my cards, print and slip into pockets all in one sitting, but this week I had to attack things in small chunks. I have used the Polka Dot Party Mini Kit this week and it suited my outdoorsy photos very well. It's a double page layout so I had space to include some screen shots from my husband's Facebook as well as what I've been watching and reading.
Here is the LHS.....
Here is the RHS.....
And here is the entire week.....
I've been asked a few times lately why I use "Design A" every week, and the answer is simple- if I use the same format each week, putting it all together is a no-brainer. I know that I need to print six 6x4's (either full 6x4 or comprised of two 3x4) per page and that I only need to crop photos to either 6x4 or 3x4. Simple = quick!
