Happy , Love, Smile & Goodbye from Jodie.

 Good Morning All

Wow December is already upon us. How's the Christmas Shopping going??

I am nowhere near prepared and I will have a new grand baby to spoil.

Today I would like to share with you my layout using Scrapmatts Chipboard & papers from Uniquely Creative called Something Blue. 

Easy Christmas cards by Annette

 Hello my lovelies and welcome to my first post on the Scrapmatts Blog. To say that I was excited when Sofie asked me to be on her design team would be an understatement, not only excited but extremely honored to be asked. I have been a long time fan of Scrapmatts and have had the pleasure of meeting both Sofie and Andrew on numerous occasions. Honestly, you could not find two more genuine and generous people if you tried. 

I also have the privilege to call the gorgeous Kim Ewins my friend. We have know each other for over 20 years (our sons were at the same school) and we get together once a fortnight, if not more, for some scrapping time. 

So what I would like to show you all today are some very quick and simple Christmas cards that I have made.

Scrapmatts Products Used

christmas ornaments

 

 Christmas shapes

Layered poinsettias

White polyester lace

10mm White polyester lace

Seasons Greeetings

5mm Red gold Craft Gems

5mm Gold Craft Gems

Set of 5 Lace flowers LM009

ST5052 Stars Stencil

CB1093 Reindeers 01 Red

Thankyou all so much for your warm welcome you have given me and I look forward to seeing and being inspired by all the amazing creations.

Hugs and Love

Annette

December Creations with Tania

Hello there!

Wow can you believe we are into December already, not long till Christmas now!!  Today  I wanted to share my creations for this month with you all.  I have a Layout and a couple of cards using lots of gorgeous Scrapmatts goodies.

First up is my Layout....

"Beautiful Memories" 

I have also used an older Chipboard piece across the centre on my page which is CB2004 Page Borders 03. 

CB1240 Scrap Words 26

CB6122 Card Elements 004 - Floral

ST9023 Bricks 

Some close ups....

My second share for this month is a couple of cards.

I broke out the alcohol inks again this month to create the backgrounds for the two cards.  I have so much fun playing with them.

I have also used the Scrapmatts Corrugated Sheets in the circles on these cards.

"Happy Birthday to You"

CB1243 Scrap Words 29 

CB5137 Ornate Toppers 01

Some close ups....

Second card.

"Best Wishes"

CB1243 Scrap Words 29

CB5137 Ornate Toppers 01

Some close ups....

Well that's all from me today.  I would like to wish you all a Ver Merry Christmas and safe and Happy New Year, enjoy spending time with your loved ones!  I hope I have inspired you all a little.  Don't forget to check out the store here for all your Scrapmatts goodies, and also pop back to the blog to see the gorgeous creations from the other DT girls.

 Until next time, happy crafting Tania xx

Its Beginning to look like Christmas

 Hello and Welcome, I cannot believe how fast this year has flown with all that went on in this crazy year.  Today I share with you some Christmas Card inspiration, I have used papers from AB Studio TandiArt, love this whimsical Art work.  

I have used two lovey chipboard designs on my cards.

CB1654 Holly O5 and CB1213 Scrap Words, you will also find a fantastic range of Christmas chipboard if you click on either of those two products and it will take you directly to the website.

Merry Christmas all my fellow crafters, thanks for dropping in and I hope you enjoyed my Christmas Inspiration.  Until next year, stay safe and enjoy your Christmas break with your loved ones.

Tis The Season ...

Well this is it folks, Christmas 2020 has finally arrived! And I couldn't be more thrilled to celebrate the end of this year and usher in a new one lol 😜

Like many families we took some finical hits this year so I've been focusing on scrapping from my stash rather than buying lots of new papers ... considering the size of my stash this is only a good thing! 

Besides the occasional 'must have' moments I think this will be my new trend for 2021.

Fortunately my embellishments cupboard is well stocked so finding creative additions to accompany any papers in my stash is not a problem. Here I've popped together a layout using a family photo from last Christmas...

So I started of this layout by adding some green stencilling around the border - they were quite subdued greens on this paper and i just wanted to brighten it up bit... this stencil was perfect for the task:

Next I was onto embellishments... I felt like these gorgeous hanging lamps were just perfect for Christmas ... nothing screams joy, light, love and warmth like candles and lamps 🕯

Of course I had to sneak in at least one extra something-special embellishment ... 

I always keep a supply of these magical little add ons that are easily added to any layout to give them a little bit of something extra ... inking them with gold makes the process a breeze with Christmas Layouts.

And of course I couldn't leave off the scrapwords - I think I add a few of these to every layout I do these days - I just love the way they bring an extra element of action to a page 

as well as deeper meaning at the same time 💛

Of course any number of the fabulous Scrapmatts chipboard word sets are perfect for adding something special to layouts with family based themes.

For this next project I wanted to be diplomatic and remember that there are still people who have birthdays at this time of the year - I have a daughter who was due Christmas day but came 2 days early - its super important we focus on making Birthdays at Christmas time extra special because they have a tendency to get over looked at this time of year. 

Having said that ... you could always adapt the following idea to be a Christmas card and gift also...

For this card I started by making my own background with Alcohol Inks...

Then I just layered it up from that point onwards...

I added in one of these beautiful border flourishes

The classic 'Happy Birthday' chipboard

And of course, my favourite card topper of all - a chipboard string circle. 💙

Then I just finished it all with some bling and butterflies ( which is how I finish off almost everything! lol) 

For the gift box I used a classic 'pillow' box, but while it was till flat I inked one of these beautiful flowers onto the side...

 

Then I just folded up a gorgeous scarf and popped it inside...

I added a few more embellishments so that it coordinated with the card 

and tied it all up with ribbon - too easy! 

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a brilliant New Year 💚

Cheers from Kel