Love this View with Heather

Hi all

This month I have done this seaside inspired layout using the ships wheel tray from #scrapmatts
I have also used the Scrapmatts Bubble stencil
I have matched it up with the Seaside papers from 49 and Market

http://www.papertoleaustralia.com.au/

What are you most proud of ?

At this particular time in the historical Australian landscape, with unprecedented fires and record breaking droughts I find myself feeling extremely patriotic. 

I watch the unbreakable Aussie spirit raise itself up time and time again, I see people lending each other a hand in record numbers, donations to charities sky rocketing and stories of bravery and kindness abounding.

... And I feel PROUD! 

Proud to be a part of this beautiful country, proud to be a part of this amazing community and proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with my fellow Aussies as we face these difficult times together. So when it came to making Christmas cards this year I knew I was going to go Aussie themed all the way! 

And now I find these patriotic feeling are spilling over into my scrapbooking as well lol. I have had Aussie themed chipboards in my stash for ages, and it has been a pure delight to dig them out and use them lately. 

I hope all our Aussie readers out there are feeling some of this sense pride as well... may you know you are supported, admired and backed all the way. We are so blessed to be part of this amazing country made up of some of the toughest men and women on earth! We should never forget this and always celebrate it 💚

Adventure Starts Here

Here I've used the A6 diamond template and a white gel pen to easily get so patterns into my dark background.

White ink or Gesso would work just as well.

Stencil 9070 Diamonds, Available in A4, A5 or A6

A few of these fabulous sentiment words 

go a long way! 

CB1238 Scrap Words 24

And one of the awesome title chipboards to finish it all off with...

CT046 Adventure Starts Here

 

Just a couple of Aussie Girls...

the new Australian papers from Couture are divine and I had ball teaming them up with my traditional country chipboards...

I just love these windmill and cattle chippies!

💚 

CB5182 Australia 02

Aussie Christmas Cards...

I sent these cards all over the world this year to family in both Europe and the US 💚

CB5124 Hexagon Mesh 03

I know these are a hexagon shape ( more reminiscent of honey bees) but I grew up with chicken wire that looked a whole it lot like this so they feel very Aussie back ground-ish to me! lol 😆

CB5149 Australia 01

Thanks for stopping by for a look ... please leave a comment and let me know what your favourite Aussie embellishments are 💖

Cheers from Kel

December Creations with Tania

Hi there!

Tania joining you today to share for final creations for this year!!  Can you believe Christmas is almost here??  At least we all get a little time not only to spend with family & friends, but hopefully also time for ourselves and a some crafting....

So onto my shares for this month, first up I have a photo book to share, using lots of gorgeous Scrapmatts chipboard.

CT041 Picture Perfect

CB5183 Bricks 01

CB1023 Flowers 03

CB1253 Scrap Words 36

CB6090 Ornate Frames 18

Some close ups....

My second share for this month is a layout!

"Memories last forever and Ever....

CB6113 Scrap Words 32

CB1241 Scrap Words 27

CB1222 Feathers 02

CB1159 Hearts

Some close ups....

Well that's all from me.  Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.......  Until next year, thanks so much for stopping by.  Tania xx

Its that time of year again.

Hi & Welcome

Well this is my 2nd last post before we head into the New Year, feels like yesterday that we celebrated last Christmas and I'm sure you feel the same.  The upside though is getting to spend some lovely days lazing by the pool and if you are fortunate enough you get to spend it with family as well.

Today I'm sharing with you some family snaps taken of my kids.

I've used the Scrapmatts splat stencil to help create my background along with so old rubons that were not getting used.

The chipboard stars have been inked, painted with some glitter to get them some extra sparkle.

On this page here I've used the splat stencil again but have made it more defined.  Along with some more chipboard stars and chipboard sentiments.

I have also used some old rubons that were laying around getting damaged, they worked perfectly in with my background.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this months creations, enjoy your Christmas as next time I post it would have well and truly have been and gone.

Merry Christmas and thank you for spending another year with us here at Scrapmatts!!