December Creating with Lizzy

 Hello and welcome to the middle of December.. I guess if you are like me you have thoughts of Christmas in your head and the planning for the season should be well  underway..(cough cough!!) And that might mean there is less time for getting in and doing some scrapbooking. I thought I would share two layouts that are similar but different, as sometimes if you are like me, just getting the layout started is the hard part.. but if you have a favorite layout design then use it.. These layouts are going into different albums so it is not going to matter that they use similar design features!!

The first layout is using a photo of my Daughter and her Husband and my Grand daughter and I wanted to go with a romantic softer look.. I have a thing at the moment for using circle frames and cutting my photo to suit.. I have painted some of the chipboard and left others the way they come. 

These are the pieces I painted using a cheapish water color paint.. 

 

However when I was placing the flourishes on my page some of the paint lifted off, but I did like the result as it looked quite rustic. so some closer views of my layout..

That is such a pretty flourish and I had to use the Heart Frame around my photo as the moment captured is all about love..

The Scrap Words are always handy to pop onto my layout to add some emotion.

To add some more "love" to my page I used the Hanging Hearts Stencil randomly.

And a closer view of the sweet butterfly I glued onto the frame.. 

and my layout..  Love.

And here is a list of the Scrapmatts I have used on this layout.

ST5035 Hearts Stencil 

 

CB5055 Hearts Frame 07 

 

CB5189 Flourishes and Leaves 

 

CB1269 Scrap Words 51 

The second layout I am sharing is using a photo taken quite a few years ago but it is a favorite and I just needed to do something festive!! 

I started by making up some flowers using the chipboard flowers..(CB1026)  I painted them red and layered them up using die cut flowers.. I think this worked well and gave the flowers some dimension.

I stenciled some stars onto the back ground just using gold paint.. I usually mix the paint with texture paste but I didn't this time and the paint on its own worked well..

some closer views of my layout..

 

The flourish I painted lightly in a tan color to match the back ground papers.

 

These Holly branches were painted with a light green and they just pop on this page!

 

A closer view of the flowers which I think turned out really good.. 

and my layout.. 

 

and here are the Scrapmatts I have used on my layout.

ST5002 Stars Stencil 

CB4069 Ornate Frames 26 

 

CB1026 Flowers 06 

 

CB5164 Holly 05 

 

CB4071 String Circles 07 

 

I hope I have inspired you today with my creations, two similar but different layouts.. memories captured on a page.. 

Thanks so much for coming by today.. I wish you and yours all the joys of this season of Christmas and all the very best wishes for a Happy New Year..

until next time.. Happy Scrapmatting..

SCRAPMATTS CREATING with Lizzy!

Hello there,
 How is your day going?  The days seem to be flying by and I am just shaking my head that we are in August already!! I hope you are managing to get some Scrapbooking time in your busy week!

I would like to share some creating I have done and of course I have used some lovely SCRAPMATTS  on my pages!

The first layout is one I created for a previous months C.S.I. Color, Stories, Inspiration  challenge
that Scrapmatts were a sponsor for.. These are fun online challenges and you might win some lovely prizes!!

The challenge was a beachy themed one and I found some fabulous beach themed chipboard for my page and began creating! This was the challenge..
I created a page about a trip to the beach!

some closer views..

Some fabulous stencilling on the back ground and the String Circles!

More String Circles and I cant get enough of the Film Strips either!

A Ships Wheel, layered with a shell that has just been lightly swiped with gesso.. And a little secret, I have cut the Film Strip into two pieces so none was lost under my photo!!

Happiness is here!!

and here is a list of the Scrapmatts I have used for this page!

ST5005 Stencil Patterns 
 

CB1232 Film Strips 05 

 

CB6106 Assorted Words 24 

 

CB6065 Nautical Designs 02 

 

CB5139 String Circles 03 
 

CB1221 Nautical Designs 04 
 

And the second layout I have created that I am sharing with you is a layout I created just for the fun of creating! It is a simple design and didnt take long to create. A few special pieces of Scrapmatts and a little stencilling and spray of mist and I had this created in no time!

Some closer views..

I added some decoration to the corner of my page..

Some stencilling under my photo and some Retro Square Chipboard.

I just added some rhinestones to this pretty frame for some added bling..

Happy times..

Just a few pieces of Scrapmatts really makes for a lovely layout..

and the Scrapmatts that I have used for this page..

ST5035 Stencil Hearts 

 

CB4069 Ornate Frames 26 
 

CB5142 Retro Squares 02 

 

Well I hope you pop back again to check out what all the Designers are up to on the Scrapmatts Blog and you find lots of inspiration on ways to create with the wonderful Scrapmatts products..
Until next time,
Happy Scrapmatting!!