Wednesday 19 December 2012

Batman Smells....

I'll never forget the first time my son came home from kindy singing that song! I had never heard it before and absolutely cracked up laughing.

I'm having fun with challenges at the moment and the December one for Scrap the Boys is to create a layout using a Christmas themed photo and a non traditional colour theme. Well I've said before how rubbish my Christmas photos are, so I actually had to look pretty hard. But then I came across this little treasure and the title just jumped out at me!

It's a pretty simple layout but there were so many little processes that I had to go through, that it took forever! But.... I am so chuffed with the way it turned out and I will show you the little surprise that it holds in one of it's pockets...



I started with trimming a photo protector page into thirds. A while ago I read a great little post from Gail about using top stitch thread as it stands out a bit more on the page. I found a divine multi-coloured one and used it to stitch the yellow panel as well as sew the top pocket closed.


























Trying to get the title to all fit together nicely was a bit fiddly. I set the type on my computer, then printed it onto the patterned paper. I then saved the 'template' as a pdf, imported it into Silhouette software (yes I snuck my machine back for this one - I'm BAAAAAAD I know!) and then lined up where I wanted the cut text to be and then positioned the printed sheet onto the cutting mat. The words Batman are actually on pop dots to give the title some extra dimension.


























Have your little ones been naughty or nice?? lol











































And now for the surprise...!

I love to try and have a bit of fun with my layouts and for this one I've created a mini Santa dress up Batman! Inside the envelope, I've hidden an insanely cute Santa get-up for Mr Wayne. (The cut file is available from the Silhouette online shop.) 










































I glued some magnets to the pieces and to the back of the my little figure.



































































VoilĂ ! The Crims will positively quake with festive fear!

Thank you all for visiting and for your comments over the last few months. I am having so much! Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and happy holidays!  xx






14 comments:

  1. gorgeous work :) LOVE how you did the stitching and the journalling!

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  2. Excuse me but can you please stop being so clever? You're setting the bar too high with your amazing layouts! Lol! I love this and you are so bad using your Chrissy present! x

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  3. Oh so cool! Love this so much!!! Super fun! :D

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  4. Hi Chantalle....one always learns something new each day and I was so surprised to learn that you are originally South African! So glad to see your comment on my blog and glad that I have found yours! I will be scooting around.....Thanks! ;-)

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  5. Love the story in your layout and everything else about it too! I can see why it took you a long time to create it!

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  6. Haha that is absolutely brilliant!! Love everything about this page!!

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  7. LOL! I love your little batman/santa!! Awesome LO Chantalle!!

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  8. Oh this made me giggle!!! This is way too cute!!!!

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  9. OK enough enough enough....this is wayyyyyyyyy too awesome I LOVE LOVE LOVE that batman costume!

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  10. I wish you a peaceful and joyous Christmas and a great time with family and wonderful gifts under the Christmas tree. Happy New Year too!!!!

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  11. An absolutely gorgeous little boy page! I don't know the song but sounds hilarious. There are so many great ideas in your layout! I'll snatch at least the easy ones like multi coloured stitching. Maybe also photo protector pages. Love your colour palette as well. I'll need to bookmark your blog for sure - thank you also for visiting & commenting on mine!

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  12. WOW, love it.So creative and clever.

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  13. Wow, what a clever idea. This LO is so much fun. Awesome work!

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  14. LOVE, LOVE , LOVE this! It is just awsome :)

    Thx for joining us at Scrap the boys

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