Welcome to November @ Scrapmatts!

Hello, hello.....dear friends of Scrapmatts!!

Kim here to kick off the month with a few of my recent creations!

Today I will be sharing a layout & a few cards!

The layout I am sharing today is one I had planned on entering into last months (October) challenge over at Kraft+.......The Challenge was called: I Can See Clearly Now

It involved using something see-through on your layout.

As most of you would know, I have been creating a lot of shaker cards & shaker tags lately, so I thought 'Why not do a sort of, Shaker layout???

Here is what I came up with.

 Love this photo of my grandsons, Flynn & Angus

(photo taken by Hannah)

 Scrapmatts Products Used:

Splatter Stencil (ST5010)

Plus Signs Stencil (ST1032)

Stars 03 (CB1223)

Assorted Words 30 (CB6117)

Assorted Words 18 (CB6095)

 

Next I have a Shaker Christmas card!

 With Shaker cards & tags you can add even more Scrapmatts,

 behind the window!

Scrapmatts Products used;

Christmas Shapes 01 (CB5145) 

Assorted Words 19 (CB6097) 

Christmas Ornaments 14 (CB1228) 

Stars 03 (CB1223)

 

A Birthday card

Scrapmatts Products used:

Ornate Frames 18 (CB6090) 

Scrap Words 29 (CB1243) 

Circles Stencil (ST5011) 

  

 And finally a Halloween Shaker Card.

Scrapmatts Products used:

Hinges 02 (CB1125) 

The little spider is from the

Australian Federation Screen Doors 03 (CB5068) 

I do hope you have enjoyed looking through my creations?

Make sure you pop back every couple of days 

to see what our other Design Team members have been creating....

I'm sure you will be seeing some amazing inspiration & with Christmas just around the corner I am

sure you will be inspired to get your Christmas craft on, whether you are creating Christmas cards or making your own decorations make sure you check out the awesome range of Christmas Stencils & Chipboard at 

Scrapmatts

Love & Hugs

 

 

Hello from Helen at Scrapmatts

Welcome back , it's lovely to have you come and visit as I showcase the versatile  Scrapmatts products, which add wonderful texture and embellishment to any project.

I chose the chipboard  Triangles to complement the triangle paper.

I coloured them with Heidi Swapp Color Shine, "Coral" and some Ranger UTEE, "Gold"

I scattered some other words around - CB 1189 Scrap Words 01

In keeping with the triangle theme I used Alphabet flags as the title.

A bit about the papers I've used.

The denim border is an oldie from Simple Stories.

The turquoise background is from Crate Paper.

The triangles paper is a new release from Cocoa Vanilla, "Endless Summer"

I like the way they all played nicely together, and highlight the chipboard triangles.

The layout was inspired by a sketch from mascarinashirley.blogspot.ca

I have some journalling on the back of the page.  It reads:-

You two little scamps came with your big brother for a sleep over in the school holidays.

It's about the only time I can nab you together and get a couple of photos.

Out of the dozens I took there was not one with both of you looking good.

You love to joke around, flick your hands in the air, wrestle each other to the ground, 
poke your tongues out, close your eyes, screw your noses up
 and make and all sorts of crazy faces.

  So this photo is a composite of two images - the best of a terribly bad lot!
Love Granny 

Because we are in the count down to Christmas I created a gift box 

with a mixture of papers and of course lots of Scrapmatts yummies.

Why I chose the busiest time of the year to experiment with making a video
 is utterly beyond my comprehension. 
But I wanted to show you the mechanism of the box.   Bad idea!   
It's taken me days and I'm not sure it's something I would care to do again, 
but here it is, with my long suffering husband's help. Ta Dah!!!

Christmas Gift Box from Helen Wallace on Vimeo.

It has lots of flaws, but in the spirit of Christmas, 
I know you will be tolerant of my first effort.

Do you use Scrapmatts products?

Why not upload your projects on to the Gallery so we can leave you some love.

Thanks for calling in and for any comments you care to leave,  I love reading them.

Wishing you a safe and Happy Christmas 
and I look forward to seeing you again in January.

Christmas Ornaments By Rhonda

Christmas is fast approaching so what better to be doing
than a few little keepsake ornaments for the tree.
The lovely and ever dynamic duo of Andrew & Sofie that
are Scrapmatts make life easy when it comes to
Xmas with their wide selection of chippies.

The first I did this month was this lovely CB5119 Hanging Star 02
on to which I added CB5079 3D Ornaments 05 to enhance the hanging effect.

Silent Night - Joy & Peace

I decorated it on both sides in differing styles but connected a

swivel in a couple of places to allow the pieces

to turn without tangling.

Although both sides of the smaller central star are gold

I continued with the theme of differing styles

to compliment each side.

This picture gives a look at the completed view.

Scrapmatts
CB5119 Hanging Star 02
CB5079 3D Ornaments 05
Dew Drop Brilliance - Galaxy Gold - Rocket Red
Starlite Silver - Pearlescent Lime - Pearlescent Crimson

FMS
Chain
Sticking Powder
Diamond Dust
Swivel

A Very Merry Christmas

The square printer tray was sent by Sofie as a challenge

and I instantly saw yet another opportunity to adorn it with

Xmas pictures of my little lovelies.

The Very Merry Christmas bauble of CB1228 Christmas

Ornaments 14 just fell into place at the

junction of the frame borders.

Although I filled most of the squares with pics of my children

I just had to showcase the all NEW CB5164 Holly 05

Scrapmatts
CB5162 Printer Tray 07
CB1223 Stars 03
CB1224 Holly 03
CB5164 Holly 05
CB1228 Christmas Ornaments 14
SB1105 Santa With Reindeers 01
Dew Drop Brilliance – Red Rocket
Pearlescent Lime, Pearlescent Thyme

FMS
Left over Christmas patterned paper
Heat & Stick Powder, Tartan Ribbon
Dazzling Diamonds (Cord)

Peace

The final one was just a real quickie because I had

some wee little photos of my loved one's sitting on the

craft table jumping out at me to do something with them.

Again, all the little bits and bobs from Scrapmatts

made this fun and I will enjoy watching them

dangle from the tree over the festive season.

Scrapmatts
CB7005 Printer Tray 01
CH066 (Bells & Christmas Tree) Assorted Charms 07
CB1184 Assorted Words 12
CB1228 Christmas Ornaments 14

FMS
Seam Binding (Coloured Red)
Thick Bakers Twine

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Make sure you pop back in a day or two or head over to the 

Scrapmatts Shop

 to check out the Design Teams amazing creations!

If you have creations using Scrapmatts products why not upload
them into the gallery?!

(We would love to see them!!) 

Until next time

Happy Crafting

X