Last one for the year - Merry Christmas

Good morning all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year To finish off the year I've done 2 layouts for you using the same range The first one is called "My Queen"

I started by using the stencil ST5035 across the top of the page using texture paste with a black glitter embossing powder on top I have then layered my photos with lots of different papers at different heights to give me room to tuck in chipboard and lace

The chipboard has been treated very simply with either black in, the new lovely Lumberjack Plaid Distress Ink, or silver ink. I cut some of the larger pieces in half so that I could get more out of it - a good tip if tucking under things

To finish the layout off I have added some of the ephemera pieces and tucked in some of the Scrapmatts Lace

My second layout is "Look At Me"

I started by figuring out roughly where I wanted everything to go on this page, and then I added the stencil technique that I used on my first layout across the top left corner and tucked under the piece on the right side the Lamps, CB6109 Lamps 11 I have used my Life of Colour Chrome pens to colour in to give the metalic look

The title was just inked in black then glossy accents applied over the top - the black ink must of had a red base as this is what came through as it was drying. Thankfully it was a happy accident and it matched Again I finished the page off by adding ephemera and some lace

Well, I have loved sharing my projects with you again this year. I hope you all manage to have a relaxing and safe break Heather

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Kim

 

Hello...hello!

Kim here with you today to share a few Christmas creations

Under a week until Christmas... it's come around quickly (as always!!!)

Today I have a few gift tags I have created using beautiful Scrapmatts Christmas Chipboard.

Scrapmatts has a stunning selection of Christmas chipboard pieces all designed & created by the very talented, Sophie & Andrew.

Let me show you what I have put together.

                                                               

                                                              Scrapmatts Products used: 

I do hope you have been inspired by my projects, today? If not for Christmas this year maybe next year????

Before I close I would just like to wish you all a beautiful Christmas and the most awesome 2023

I hope this festive season brings you all peace, love & joy.

If you are travelling keep safe!

Until Next Time

Happy Crafting 

from

Two lovely ladies

 This month I would like to share pages of two women who have a special place in my heart. The first is of my best friend Kim, she is my scrappy buddy and we have had some awesome trips away for retreats, workshops, teaching and relaxing.

The second is my gorgeous cousin Sandra, I don't see her anywhere as much as I would like as she lives in QLD, but she is the most amazing person, fantastic sense of humor, great Mum and has handled herself with grace and dignity through some really rough times.

I created these pages at the recent Scrapmatts Retreat at Neville. I so love going there, the atmosphere is so relaxing and the other ladies who attend are just so nice, it's like coming home to family.

I hope you will excuse the quality of the pics of the layouts, I had photographed them outside earlier yesterday but didn't realise that the sun was shining directly on the pics, so had to do a rush job inside last night. Oh well.

I didn't do anything at all with the Scrapmatt pieces that I used, left them in the natural state, White Mist, which was just perfect for the papers and other embellishments that I used.

I used one of the new Mandalas and as it was quite a large size cut it in half, positioned to and botttom under the pics.

PRODUCTS USED

CB5203 Floral Mandala 05-White Mist

CT-053 My Best Friend White Mist

CB5189 Flourishes & Leaves

CB6017 Music Notes 02

CT027 Hello Beautiful -White Mist

CB4063 Leaf Spray 13 -- White Mist

So that is all for me for this month.

As I won't be posting now until the New Year I would like to wish you all a very Blessed, Peaceful and Joyous Christmas and hope that the New Year will be full of wonder, delight and all good things.

Til then

Massive hugs and love

Annette

xo

Christmas Blessings 🎄

 Well, this is it folks... we have entered the magical month of December where all things bright and beautiful get their time in the spotlight! So crack out the Kindy Glitz, bring out the bling and get ready to make magic happen on those layouts, cards and projects...

For some festive inspiration this month I've been playing with some of my older Christmas papers and enjoying jazzing them up with some of the beautiful Scrapmatts stencils ...

The hero's of this page are these gorgeous star stencils... I hit them with some green ink and then used some Crystalina Kindy Glitz on a few special stars to highlight them on the page. 

 

Next I've used some of the gorgeous Christmas words 

and trees from this beautiful set ... 

  

I inked each piece first and then put 

Crystalina Kindy Glitz over them all.

Of course there are some little extra add-ons 

from these other chipboard sets as well: 

 

... and of course this divine reindeer - that I painted white and then promptly drowned in Crystalina Kind Glitz (again)😜

 

I love being able to use papers from my stash and am a firm believer that a set of coordinating scrpmatt stencils can bring any piece of paper back to life! ⭐

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Also this month I'm sharing a project I created for a very special purpose - this Christmas box is designed especially for storing and protecting my very special Christmas ornaments. Every member of the family has one - engraved with their names etc, but up until now I just wrap them in tissues and store in a ziplock bag in the Christmas tree box - this year I noticed they had been wedged in there poorly and the bag was broken and tarnish had started to creap in. 

NO!!!!!!

So I made up this recycled box to pop them all in that will seal in its own larger ziplock bag!! Most importantly though it looks awesome and is a beautiful addition to our Christmas traditions 💚

So I started with this discarded box that my daughter 

tossed out after opening. It has a hidden maganetic

clasp on the side which I just loved! 

 

I started by covering all the panels on the box with this red spotty paper:

And then the decorating began...

Using Gold Kindy Glitz and gold surface stickers

Next I grabbed the smaller circle from this beautiful 

Holly String Circles pack and added some colour to it ... 

and more Gold Kindy Glitz. 

 

To make the hanging centre piece I had to get a bit more creative.

I started by taking one of these small string circle words and trimming out the word in the centre...

 

Next I grabbed this gorgeous sheet of santas from the Scrapmatts 'Montage Creatins Assorted Santas'paper.

 

and used the string circle as a template to 

size the perfect Santa image... 

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After choosing just the right one, I used a circle punch to get the sizing as close to the string circle as I could.

Then I just needed one of these chain chipboard strips 

to 'hang' it from. 

And just to make the side where the hidden magnetic catch is look a bit more special I inked some of these hinges with Gold and added them to the side of the box as well: 

And now my recycled box is all already to keep my precisious ornaments safe for the year ahead - once we are finished with them this Christmas of course! lol

Thanks for popping by for a look - I hope you have been inspired to create some special Christmas projects of your own. 

Have a bright and beautiful Christmas my friends 

Cheers from Kel xo