Splendour in the Grass

This boy of mine is too delicious! I look at him and am constantly amazed by how divine
he is! I snapped this pic of him while on a break in Hervey Bay.

I wanted to keep the focus on him, so I've kept it fairly simple with just a few embellishments.

This paper matched his shirt perfectly, but it was a bit busy against the grass, so to add depth, I cut the same font (Ginebra Bolds) twice, but I offset the font so as to get an 'outlined' effect. 

You can do this by selecting your text in Silhouette studio, then go to 'Object' menu. You will see a dialogue box open up on the right hand side. Select the circular shape with the red inner circle, and then you can adjust the width accordingly. Click apply when you're done.

I love these Imaginarium chippies - they give it an ethereal feeling.

Products used: PP Basic Grey, Crate and Studio Calico; American Crafts Chipboard Thickers; Basic Grey Alpha Stickers; Glitz Design Peekaboo; Imaginarium Designs Chipboard Elements

Hope you are enjoying a wonderful weekend. I am certainly doing the Rain Dance!

If your stash is looking like it could do with a few more bits, hop over and check out the 

Sassy Scrappers SALE !!!

15-30% off Kaisercraft, Prima, Pink Paislee, Glitz Designs, Basic Grey, October Afternoon, Studio Calico, Echo Park...

In the Bin!

My little rattie is always up to mischief! For this month's sketch at Stuck?! I've used a pic of her hiding inside a mini wheelie bin where we keep the balls at Playgroup. Cheeky monkey!

I've kept it fairly close... 

I wanted to show direction in this layout, so I started off, cutting a little chevron mask using my Cameo. I found the cut file on Pinterest. You can download it here

For the top band, I cut up some October Afternoon 'Cotton Candy' from the Midway collection on the diagonal, and then sewed them before adhering, to give them a bit of dimension.

I've tucked a little journaling on a gorgeous Crate 'On Trend' tag and used some metallic pink plastic twine (for lack of a better description! lol) from Scrapbooking Fantasies behind that gorgeous face!

The arrows are a mix of October Afternoon and Pink Paislee. (I misted the Portfolio one as the colour didn't suit.) I also removed the 'stick' from a Dear Lizzy lollypop sticker to get this cute circular shape. 

Products used: PP - Kaisercraft 'Class action hero'; Crate; October Afternoon Midway 'Cotton Candy'; Crate 'On Trend' cut tags; AC Dear Lizzy Neapolitan accent stickers; October Afternoon 'Midway' shape stickers; AC 'Remarks' Clearback accent stickers; Bella Blvd chipboard alphas; Basic Grey 'Clippings' mini alpha stickers; AC 'Prairie' chipboard tile letter; Hambly Screenprints Washi tape; Pink Paislee 'Portfolio' Ephemera

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Just call me 'Sassy'...

Super excited to share the news that I will be starting my term on Sassy Scrappers Design Team as of next month! I am with some gorgeously talented ladies,

Samantha Hauzer
Shell Carman
Anita Bownds
Rikki Graziani

Drop by and send us some love and whilst you are there, have a little browse at all the tasty bits on offer!

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Just a little bit excited!!

Oh my hat, my little Crate card had been spotted on 2Peas and featured on their blog today! VERY excited right now!

Crate inspiration

Oooh I have already said how much I love Crate's 'on trend' collection. All those patterns really appeal to my African nature! I knocked up a quick birthday card for a fellow Saffa living in London... She might enjoy a bit of colour while skies are still grey!

Just because Christmas is over, doesn't mean I have to give up my love of all things sparkly!
I saw this gorgeous glitter effect on Crate's blog and had to try it! Here I have painted some adhesive on the top section of a Prima Resist Canvass bird and then covered that part in glitter.

I've also used a delicate Imaginarium Kerri Flourish that I inked with white and some glittery ribbon from Scrapbook Fantasies.

Until next time!

The start of something new

The new year is here! A new start... a new horizon... the start of something new!

A new year full of possibilities. This is the theme at Once Upon a Sketch for January.

Recently I was sent some gorgeous papers to look at and have some fun with from the Swedish manufacturer Maja Design. This is a bit more about them:

MajaDesign Corp is situated in Uddevalla, Sweden. We are dedicated to create unique and high quality vintage inspired patterned paper for scrapbooking and crafts. Majadesign was founded in November 2007, and since then been growing over 70 retailers in Sweden and 80 in Europe. Founder Marie Jansson says :  "In the fall of 2004, a dear friend asked me to join her to a scrapbooking course. from that moment, i became totally amazed and thrilled by all the beautiful papers and decorations in the art of scrapbooking. After some time as a captivated scrapper, I got curious to create my own patterns. I have always have had a devotion for color and form, as well as I had great printing facilities close, as I worked at a printers office. Since 2007, I have been blessed to be able to work with my great passion - to design and create colored coordinated paper". 

Why don't you drop them a line if you have the time, I'm sure they would love to hear from you!

On to my sketch... So much fun to do! I was hoping to capture some of the crazy excitement I felt over my fabulous new toy!

I saw a gorgeous technique in the November issue of Kaisercraft Workshop magazine...

I thought I'd try it with rhinestones instead... In hindsight I think perhaps I could have misted it first, but nevertheless, I applied some PVA to my Imaginarium Designs chipboard letters and then went about applying the rhinestones with a tweezer.

Painstaking, but worth it!

A new haircut completes the scene! ;)

Thanks for visiting. May 2013 bring you only good things!