Getting Christmas Started

Good morning I hope that you have all had a fun and crafty month. This month I've done a couple of Christmas cards, yep, Christmas. When I've been teaching I've already had people asking for it.

I had these Snowflakes (CB1178 Snowflakes 01) for a little while, and when I found this very cute dog stamp set with their winter woolies on, I knew that the snowflakes would be perfect. I simply painted them with white paint and then used a sponge to apply Stickles Glitter Gel over the top.

The titles are from CB6111 Assorted Words 27. For the DL card I used a gold pen to colour in the words and the standard card I just used a blue texta. I then gave all the titles a layer of glossy accents to make them shine.

The circles on the cards are simply done by masking out some circles and blending in some Distress Oxide Inks and finishing off with a bit of glitter - we all need extra glitter at Christmas time. The stamped images are coloured in using copic markers, but could just as easily be done with colour pencils, water colour, or any other medium in your stash. I hope that this inspires you to get a head start on your Christmas cards. See you next month. Heather

August Scrapping

Hi everyone,  Lisette here with a couple of layouts for you.

These last few months are always a busy time in our household, but hubby and I did manage to escape for a weekend to visit my parents who live up the coast.  I just love where they live!  Black Head Beach is one of my favourite beaches.

I have always wanted to see the sunrise over the beach, but have never got myself up in time.  As sunrise was just before 7am in July, I had no excuses!

I often use past challenges as inspiration for my layouts.  This was a White with 1 challenge from a couple of months ago.  White plus neutral colours.  It fit perfectly with this photo.

ST9002 Hexagons

CB5122 Hexagon Mesh 01

CB5117 Tabs 01

CB6105 Assorted Words 23

CB1239 Scrap Words 25

It is very rare to get a photo of mum and dad. We had a lovely lunch in Forster, and of course it was the perfect opportunity for a photo!  I haven't done a flowery layout for a long time.  Loved doing this one.  Totally inspired by the paper I chose.

ST9091 Pattern Stencil

CB1271 Scrap Words 55

CB5189 Flourishes & leaves 01

CB1115 Leaves 01

CB5177 Wildflowers 04

CB1068 Hearts 01

I hope you have found some inspiration in my layouts this month.  I must say I had lots of fun creating both these layouts.

Until next time

Happy Scrapping

Lisette  😃

Kim's Creations for August 2022

 

Hello...hello!

Kim here with you today, after a couple of months!

(Sorry about that!)

July was not a good month, I had wonderful plans but then.....

Covid hit our household & my father became unwell.

Anyway, here I am with a couple of layouts to share with you all.

The first is a layout of my father, way back when he had just finished his Basic Training at Kapooka in NSW

Let me show you!

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Creating a masculine layout is so easy using Scrapmatts products. 

My Photo is a photo of a photo and I zoomed in as I really only wanted my father in the photo, so it is pretty grainy but I still decided to use it.

Scrapmatts Products Used

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The next project I would like to share is one of my daughter, Madison.

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As you can see I am a big fan of layering...but instead of using foam tape I prefer to use cardboard! Just cardboard cut from craft supply boxes.

Scrapmatts Products Used

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Scrapmatts also have a beautiful selection of Lace Motifs

Check them out

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                                             For my layout I have used some from my stash.

I hope you have enjoyed looking over my August projects?

Be sure to stop by the SCRAPMATTS & PAPERCRAFT Store to see all of their amazing range of crafting products!!!!

Look at these beauties I just spotted!!!!!

Until next time

Happy Crafting from

Kim

Happy July Crafting

 Hello again my lovelies.

Today I have to share with you 5 cards that I have made using some leftove bits and pieces of Scrapmatts gorgeous chippy pieces from previous projects. These were all the right size for a mixed selection of cards.

Most of the pieces I kept raw but some were inked with green, pink and brown, behind the card with the gum leaves I used a stencil just to add that little bit extra, as well as one as another beautiful floral stencil behind the card with the flower in the center. This stencil is the perfect size for a smaller project. Also some of the pretty lace that is available in the store.

CB51478 Gum Leaves 01

CB5190 Australia 03

ST9073 Leaves Stencil

CB1200 Scrapwords 08

CB1200 Scrapwords 08

CB6050 Clocks 14

ST9027 Damask Stencil

CB1190 Scrap Words 02

CB1115 Leaves 01

CB6049 Clocks 03

CB1190 Scrap Words 02

CB5166 Leaf Spray 15

CB6117 Assorted Words 30

CB5120 Windows 04

LL0101 10mm Lace

 

Well that is all from me for this month.

Next month well, something very different is planned, you could almost say it's animalistic???

Looking forward to sharing.

Until then hugs and love

Annette xx

Inspire

Hello, today I'm sharing some layouts and a card I made recently using a heap of Scrapmatts chipboards and the Mintay paper collection 'Graceful'.  Great products and beautiful papers make creating easy and I'm thrilled to be able to share a few ideas here with you as inspiration

On top of all the big titles, journaling tabs and cool feature chipboards I love to add in little sneaky extras like one of these string words - I adore the way you can easily make them a coordinating colour and slip them in with your page elements, they add feeling so easily and fit in effortlessly... 

I always keep a pack handy for this very purpose. 💕

 

I’ve been up to my usual tricks here too - adding in easy journaling with these fabulous word tiles and colouring a hurricane lamp to coordinate with the lamp embellishments in the paper range

For titles at the moment -  I'm working my way through this HUGE pack of chippy words - they are great value and the perfect size for page titles. I simply hit this one with some glossy pink spray paint - so easy it feels a bit like cheating! lol 😜

I was a tad over fussy cutting by the time I got to this second layout, so instead of relying on the papers to carry the embellishment burden, I added a heap of chipboard elements - making the process much easier! 

There were a lot of dark patches in my photo on this layout so I used black embellishments to balance all the light ones in the paper collection and tie the two together. 

This lovely circle element was easy to dress up with some simple white shines added. 

And I couldn't resist pulling in some colour to the background with this heart stencil and of course some simple silhouettes of flying birds. 💚

  

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... and I'm still using up my chipboard titles ...

- this time they are decorated with ink using a variegated colouring scheme.

And last but not least - I have a simple card to share ...

Left over papers from pages are my favourite bits and pieces to use for card making

 and a few special chipboards makes this an easy process too! 

These simple small 'Happy Birthday' chipboards are a fantastic size for cards 

- I coloured these with a black sharpie.

There is no real reason why I chose this street lamp to go on this other than that I love them - they are my go to embellishment for any ladies card - along with butterflies and rhinestones of course! 🦋

And this beautiful pack of journaling words was perfect for saying just what I wanted on this card.

Thanks for stopping by the blog to have a look. I hope you found some inspiration and I look forward to sharing more creative projects in the future. 

If there are any techniques or elements you would like to see shared in the future, please leave a comment below, as the team and I love a good challenge! 👌

Cheers, 

Kel