Me & My BRO - By Crece

Hello everyone, hope your July has started off well.

Todays layout I'm sharing with you is of my brother and I - the photo was taken when we finally got to go and see Snoop Dogg in concert earlier this year in Brisbane. It was a really fun night hanging out with my brother - we don't get to do it often!

Me & My BRO

And here are some close ups...

I inked the title and the cogs with a blue and a brown shade of ink and then used my fine white posca paint pen to go along the outside of the chipboard, to make it pop from the page.

I also used some Black Gesso through the stencil I think it just adds more interest to the layout.

Scrapmatts Products I used

CB1238 Scrap Words 24

 

CT197 Me & My BRO

CB1073 Gears 02

CB1078 Gears 05

CB5196 Wire Mesh 01

ST9087 Squares

Thanks for stopping by, make sure he come back again and check out the rest of the design teams creations for the month. 

-Crece xxx

July Scrapping

 Hello again my lovelies and welcome to my post for July. I missed last month, my bad, but sometimes these things happen and there isn't a lot you can do about it.

This month I have two very different pages, the first is of my cat, Lotus, she can be a bit anti-social and tolerates me because I feed her. It is really hard to get a pic of her where she's not looking like she is plotting your death! This is probably the best I can get; she will be 11 this year and still likes to play and cuddle up to me on the bed of a night.

I inked the title, little cat and the mandalas (which I cut in half and used each side of the page, more bang for your buck that way) black, on the little hearts, which were leftovers from CB6117 Assorted words 30, I used a beige ink that has a lovely shimmer to it, and for the little butterfly, also leftover from the same set, white ink used.

PRODUCTS USED

CT156 Love my cat- White Mist

CB5205-Mandala Set 07

CB1014 Cats 01 - Raw

Second page is my gorgeous little neighbour Alaina, she makes the cutest little Easter Bunny ever.

I wanted to make this page full of colour and used her bunny ears as the inspiration. The word Easter was inked a lovely shade of shimmery pink, little birds in a different pink, yellow and blue. I kept the Bunny chippie intact and just inked the letters to match the colours on the page. Finally, a brick stencil used behind the pics helped to pull it all together.

PRODUCTS USED

CT138 - Easter BUNNY

CB1087 Birds 02

ST9023-A5

Well that is me for this month.

Happy creating and see you next time.

Hugs and love

Annette xx

Pretty in Pink 💕

Hello again crafty adventurers, 

Well the time has finally come, my fist grand baby has arrived and I'm cycling back to baby layouts! lol

Having been a scrapbooker for 25 years now I've run the whole gauntlet, starting with my own children's baby albums and seeing them through to adulthood. Now the circle is complete and I'm back to babay photos - it's nice to know I'll get to all those papers in my stash eventually! 

Nothing quite says little girl like lace so I stocked up on some beautiful Scrapmatts laces 

- white is perfect as you can colour them to suit your papers using inks, 

chalks and sprays, although I left the lace raw for this particular layout. 

Next I mixed up some light pink gesso (using white gesso and some pink acrylic paint) 

and spread it over the hearts background stencil. I just adore this look 💕

I also used the left over gesso to colour the title - but I verigated it towards the top, 

making the most of the natural white that the chipboard already has on it. 

And then I simply tied it all up with these fabulous scrapwords 

- one of which always PERFECTLY expresses the moment captured in any photo.

This next layout was one just for me - I wanted to mirror the pattern in the dress 

I was wearing so this paper was perfect. I then complimented the heavier patterns 

in the fabric with the black chipboards on the page. 

 

This is my favourite pack of chipboard words to use as titles - I come back to this set over and over. 

 

I coloured these quickly and esiliy with a black sharpie....

Occassionally if the tone of black doesnt match my picture 

I will use mat black spraypaint or a specific shade of black ink instead.

 

And of course, a layout is never finsihed for me unless I have added some emotions to it 

- and these gorgeous whimsical scrapwords are perfect for doing just that. 

And thats it from me for this month folks, it has been a priveledge to share the journey with you.

I wish you all the best with your own cerative adventures, 

regaress of what point in the journey you are up to. 

Cheers, Kel xo

Bright and colourful

Hi everyone

Lisette here on this dreary, cold, rainy day in Sydney.  

I have a couple of bright and colourful layouts today, to warm you up and hopefully make you smile.

Both layouts feature my daughter who herself is a ray of sunshine!

Last month I posted some layouts from Australia Day this year.  My first layout is Australia Day morning at the beach.

ST9096 Pattern Stencil

CB6105 Assorted Words 23

CB4072 Wildflowers 01

My next layout is another bright and colourful one.  This was a Kraft+ layout inspired by Lisa Oxley.

ST9091 Pattern Stencil

ST5068 Large Knit Pattern

CB5189 Flourishes & Leaves 01

CB1068 Hearts 01

CB6118 Boho 01

CB6113 Scrap Words 32

Hope these layouts have brightened your day and inspired you to use colour and the beautiful Scrapmatts products.

Until next month,

Happy Scrapping

Lisette