Layout Shares | Simple Stories "Hello Baby"

I recently designed layouts for a class for Tomorrow's Memories using the Hello Baby Collection from Simple Stories, and now I can share them here.  

In my classes I share my technique for creating three different layouts at once assembly-line style, using nothing but three sheets of cardstock and three sheets of patterned paper.  I have found that when I scrap at home using this method, I can produce lots of layouts very quickly while getting the most from my supplies.  Yes, they are very simple in design, but they are true to my style and I can get a lot of stories told quickly.

Cut-apart sheets of patterned paper featuring 3x4 journalling cards are really useful for creating grids on layouts.

I also like to fussy-cut images from the journalling cards to create embellishments.

If this style of scrapping interests you and you are located in Perth, be sure to check out the Tomorrow's Memories class schedule and look for my "3x3" Classes.

Project Life Week 35

I'm back with another single page week using the Clementine Core Kit.  I didn't add any embellishments except for the digital stamps (from the kit) on the bottom left photo and the Skype message 3x4 photo.   Not much to report on this week with both boys knocked about with headcolds, but we did have a Friday night dinner out and a lovely family day in the city on Sunday to celebrate Father's Day.

Here's Week 35.....

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Layout Shares | Webster's Pages Ocean Melody

I got some of this gorgeous collection from Webster's Pages in my hot little hands a while ago but only just recently found time to play with it.  And boy, did I play!  I churned out five layouts in a couple of hours the other morning and I think I might have to buy some more now that I know Tomorrow's Memories re-stocked it ;-)

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Project Life Week 34

Two posts today!  This week's Project Life spread is another two-pager and I've used the digital version of Amy Tangerine's Ready, Set, Go Collection.  It's not hard to modify the journalling cards and other elements to suit Project Life and it's super fun to add little bits and pieces digitally to your photos.

Here is the LHS.....

Here is the RHS.....

And here it all is together.....

I also added cut files from Ali Edwards (Hello Real Life) and Wilna Furstenberg (Flower) to layer over the plainer journalling cards.  Those cards are just simply patterned paper from the Ready, Set, Go Collection.

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Feeling Sketchy | Sketch #101 (Layout)

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Here is Sketch #101.....

I tweaked the sketch a little- I just wasn't feeling the angled layers- and grabbed supplies from Glitz Design together with a photo of my eldest and me.

Be sure to pop over to Feeling Sketchy for more inspiration from the DT and for all the challenge details.

Project Life Week 33

I'm back to a two-page spread this week- not sure why- I could have squeezed it all on one page....maybe I just love the Sunshine Edition so much!

Here is the LHS.....

I used a Rose cut file from the Silhouette Online Store on the top right card and overlapped it slightly over the adjacent photo.

Here is the RHS.....

And here is the entire week.....

I have had many questions asked on various Facebook Project Life Groups about my journalling, so I thought I would answer it here as well.  If you follow my blog you will know that I have all my core kits in digital form.  So I just simply open the cards in Photoshop, drop my photos on (like the row of cards on the bottom right of this week's spread) and type my journalling on using Courier New Bold as my font.  Or, as per the 6x4 photo of my Sam sitting by the Rugby field, I add the journalling straight onto the photo and in this case, I changed it to white.  I hope this helps- just ask me if it doesn't quite make sense!

Feeling Sketchy | Sketch #100

It's time for a new sketch at Feeling Sketchy and our sponsors are.....

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.

Flourish With a Bling provide their customers with quality scrapbook embellishments at very competitive prices. 

With their brand new designs and unique materials they're putting the Bling into Scrapbooking! 

FWAB are offering a $15 gift voucher to their store for one lucky challenge winner.

Here is Sketch #100.....

I decided to flip the sketch a little and instead of banners, I die-cut some feathers.  The feathers were white heat embossed after stamping with Versamark ink and then I applied Distress Inks which the embossing resisted.  The pearl flourish was a Kaisercraft one I performed some minor surgery on.  

My kraft cardstock panel was stamped with a woodgrain stamp and Distress Ink to give a subtle tone-on-tone result.

Be sure to pop over to Feeling Sketchy for more inspiration from the DT and for all the challenge details.