September Kraft Plus challenge

The September 'Tri Hard' challenge over at Kraft Plus Challenges is an awesome one. Combining our love of all things kraft with a fantastic sketch by The Nifty Pixel, it is sure to inspire you! The triangle theme from this year's E2C provided the perfect theme for my hybrid page.

I've used an Ali Edwards digital stamp along with a Just Jaimee mist/paint element and, after planning where they were going to be positioned, printed them directly onto my paper.

Digital materials: Ali Edwards 'What today looked like'; Just Jaimee Dec Storyteller

The little triangles (which I have been hoarding) were from our E2C goodie bags :)  There are also a couple of acrylic triangles from Pink Paislee's Citrus Bliss ephemera pack.

 

The photo booth provided hours of entertainment. I have never laughed my way through complete days like I did in Port Lincoln. Special people, special place.

The sketch is below. Check out Emma's incredible work by heading to her blog and if you're a digi scrapper or enjoy dabbling with digital, you can grab the free template while you're there, which can be used for the challenge!

Happy scrapping!

Kraft Plus May challenge

The new May Kraft Plus Challenges 'kraftboard' is up on the blog and once again, full of inspiration. Lots to draw the eye and gentle hues in keeping with this wonderful time of year. I was particularly inspired by the florals, the green wooden wall and the beading.

When I was at Escape 2 Create, I taught a little 'puffy sticker' technique using Heidi Swapp's clear magic medium. This stuff is pretty awesome and can be used for a cool resist effect too. Late one night, I created what was affectionately dubbed the "curry wallpaper". It had way too many crazy layers of mist, so I've kept it aside for something one day (maybe, lol). Anyway, I started over with the stencil, just in the centre, to demonstrate the resist look more effectively.

The Magic Medium was spread through a Heidi Swapp floral stencil and carefully dried with a heat gun. Once it was dry, I first used Citron Color Shine, then built up the shade with a bit of Mint Color Shine over the top. With each one, I rubbed gently with a paper towel in a circular motion, to blot excess mist as well as create the outward, halo type effect. The clear parts of the resist took on a bit of the sheen in the mists and have a lovely, subtle glow.

The 'hello' title was a free Basic Grey cut file which I cut onto thin chipboard that can be used in a Silhouette. I have given it a bit of colour with inks and then stamped over the top with white StazOn, finally edging it with green to make it stand out a bit.

Loads of layering going on and the wonderful Kim Price would be proud that it's all been torn not cut!

Thanks so much for popping in. Head over to the K+ blog to see loads of inspiration from the DT as well as Guest Designers and find out more about the amazing sponsors this month! Looking forward to seeing all the entries!

Let your light shine - Jan moodboard Sassy Scrappers

All things 'new & shiny' were on my mind when I designed this month's moodboard for Sassy Scrappers. 

I hope you will find some inspiration from the imagery and join us for some fun!

A bit of an introspective page as I contemplate the possibilities for 2015...

It's a bit of a mix and match page. It's not often that I'm smitten with flowers... but the Maggie Holmes Open Book blooms, ephemera and chipboard frames have me seriously weak at the knees. 

I need another pack of the flowers just so I can hoard them!

 

This little blue rose and the stamp are from Heidi Swapp September Skies

On the background, I have used one my favourite rose 'Words or Whatever' 

stencils and mucked around with some ink and glitter glue.

I used a dauber to apply first a pink, then a red ink through the stencil.

On top of that, I used some silver Glitzin' Glamour in parts of the stencil. It was quite a thick application. If you are going to try it, remove the stencil very carefully so as to avoid it spreading in to other areas.

As a final flourish, I have given my page some major bling factor, by pretty much using a whole sheet of silver rhinstones. I absolutely love the effect!

Here is the moodboard. The winners of November and December will be announced on the Sassy blog tomorrow and then the linkup tool should be active.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Eat Cake - November moodboard Sassy Scrappers

The new Sassy moodboard is up and I'm sure you will agree, it's jam-packed full of inspiration! I have taken cues from the wedding cakes and created this page about my own cake (which caused me a bit of grief! hehe)

Literally drawing inspiration from the beautiful blooms in the board, I have used my Silhouette to draw these flowers directly on to my page with the silver metallic sketch pen. I went over parts of the flowers with a bronze pen by hand. The flower can be bought in the Silhouette store (Design ID #9217)

I have stitched a Heidi Swapp Project Life photo overlay onto my photo.

This is the board. Head over to the blog to check out the DT girl's beautiful pages!

 

I'm going to Instagram this so hard

Hoping this post finds you enjoying your weekend. It's footy grand final fever in my street today, with bbq smells, music pumping and sporadic yells!

I played along with this week's Society52 challenge. Themes are announced on a Monday, with a 'twist' introduced on a Thursday. Find them on Instagram @society52.

This week the challenge was to create a background using tags with the twist being to add stars. I was reluctant to add mine as it's not exactly completely tags, but I'll just share what I've created with you anyway...  

This is the 'before' pic. I've used paper and vellum tags and cut my photo into a tag shape.

This is the layout with stars added. I've popped some Studio Calico vellum stickers and 

wood veneer stars along with a larger star from the new Heidi Swapp September Skies wood veneer.

Some close ups

The heading (which is a touch tricky to see) is a digital file from a Paislee Press/One Little Word collab called sm(art) mouth no2. I converted it to a cut file for my Silhouette and stitched it down with my sewing machine.

Details of a beautiful morning spent at Flat Rock campsite in Ballina, have been printed onto vellum and trimmed to a tag shape as well.

 There will be a new challenge up this week - why not have a go!

See you soon

 

Miss you with all my heart

This month, Sassy Scrappers will be supporting Breast Cancer awareness and 

raising funds to fight this disease, that has impacted so many of us 

in one way or another.

It is a cause very close to my own heart, having lost my Mother 

to breast cancer on October 23, 1995.

This simple layout is my interpretation of the mood board 

and uses a bit of the new Heidi Swapp September Skies collection, 

which is currently in store.

 

Please head over to the Sassy blog to see the other DT girls 

examples and find out more about the amazing prize that is 

on offer this month. A percentage of sales is also being donated 

as well as $1 for every person that enters our challenge this month. 

The mood board is beautiful. Please play along with us and spread the word

so we can raise as much money as we can!

 

Thank you for visiting and thank you in advance for helping 

us support such a worthy cause.

Supplies: Heidi Swapp September Skies patterned paper & wood veneer. Heidi Swapp Project Life clear stamp; Color Shine; Mini stamps and acrylic ephemera. Bo Bunny floral stamp. Ranger embossing powder; Washi tape.

Ralph

It's true... I'm crushing on this blue haired boy. 'Ralph's' ear is gracing the Sassy Scrappers moodboard

this month. He's in there to encourage us to scrap the boys in our lives, or scrap the brave-haired

people in our lives or just the downright pretty ones!

This is pretty much an American Crafts layout, using Crate, Amy Tangerine, Dear Lizzy, and WRMK. 

Do you have any of the 'Inked Rose' collection in your stash? If you do, you MUST join us, the colours are perfect!

Mirror, mirror on the wall...

I've replicated some of the printed ink splatters using a mixture of stamping and mists.

The weekend is almost here, which is the perfect excuse to put your pretties on paper!

See you tomorrow x

One man's trash....

... Is another man's treasure! I was at a party a couple of weeks ago and rescued some 

embroidery hoops from certain 'compactment', lol.

Using the totally divine Glitz Design 77 (which is available in the Sassy Scrappers store now)
I'm popping these babies into the monthly challenge on the Glitz blog.

 The hoops have been given a beautiful splash of colour and shimmer with Color Shine 

(Navy, Gold Lamé & Georgia Peach.) Not too sure about the moving mountains bit, 

but this phrase is a personal reminder to myself that I need to get to bed earlier!! 

A subtle Finnley Giant Rhinestone embellie was perfect for this one.

  

The dot pattern is from the Carpe Diem collection. I've created some paper flowers to sit 

alongside some Manor House blooms and popped a couple of stickers on.

This one was subconsciously influenced by Game of Thrones, I'm sure!

If you fancy playing along, the challenge runs until April 30.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

One Silly Girl - KIU January challenge

Monday, Mondaaaayy... and finally some rain for our very parched part of the state.
If it were up to me, I'd order another week's worth, but I'll take what I can get!

Sharing a layout for the January challenge at Kraft it Up.
This month, there are a few elements to have fun with:

1. Sketch


*More gorgeous sketches like this one can be found at www.pagemaps.com
You also need to use the following:

2. SUMMER THEMED PHOTO

3. WASHI OR SIMILAR

4. A NUMBER

Just look at this pic of my little munchkin in the pool... taking safety to the next level! Crazy kid!

The idea I had in my head with the washi started out quite differently, with loads of different ones lines up to create the square shape behind the photos in the sketch.

But it was too busy, so I've used a section of this gorgeous Studio Calico Printshop paper to mat my photo. I've also used a white Printshop rub on and some rather delish

AC alphas that came in my Masters prize pack :)

Stars are still on my current 'love' list! A little mix of SC Printshop vellum stickers, sequins and wood veneer. I've also made use of new star Epiphany epoxies and a combination of super cute quirky chipboard alphas.

Hopefully you'll have a chance to join us! There are already some fabulous layouts in the sidebar. Entries close January 31st at 11.55pm.

Thanks for visiting!