Scrapbook Club November 2012

Here is a short (incomplete and unedited!) video of how the page was created:

Below is the finished page:

 Here is a close-up of the bottom right corner. Am loving those buttons!!!

 To tie in with the patterned papers, a scrap is in the corner with some added bling.

 

So there it is. Just shows how versatile the Affection Collection stamp set really is.

 

Stamps: Affection Collection

Papers: International Bazaar

 

Check back tomorrow for another design with this fabulous set.

Scrapbook scraps

Having made a scrapbook page with Betsy's Blooms and the co-ordinating paper, Floral District, I had a small pile of scraps on my table, which is how this card came about.

Gumball Green is the base colour. On the white section I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from Perfect Punches (pg120) in Rich Razzleberry. By using a marker the outline oval was masked. A few Daffodil Delight blooms and jewels later plus some scraps of stitched Daffodil Delight ribbon and voila!

A sweet little card that was made using scraps!

Nanny page

This is a page I have been meaning to create for over a year. It's a photo of my Nanny who passed away in June 2011, which I have scrapped for Munchkin's scrapbook. She won't remember her great-nanny so I wanted this to fill in that gap.

I used some retired Everyday Enchantment paper for the green part and then floral part is a retiring hostess paper set. I then raided the scraps box to make some bits and bobs layered up and cut a Top Note shape on Very Vanilla cardstock as a journalling panel.

Again, the Big shot came into use to cut the title out of Bashful Blue cardstock.. The Rose Red seambinding ribbon created a block of colour to separate the two patterned papers.

I hope that Munchkin will enjoy look back at this page as she grows up and sees what a great woman Nanny was.

A different style

This page was a challenge for me as it was quite a different style. I was keen to use as much stamping as possible on the page without taking the focal point away from the photograph.

I spritzed in Gumball Green, smeared Platinum paint, stamped off butterflies and used the swirl stamp from Creative Elements in Rose Red. The floral scrap of paper is from the retiring paper set Beyond the Garden and a few scraps from my box was also added. Over the top of this I stamped a few times using Creatively Yours stamps saying things like "made with my own two hands" and "just for you".

The journalling panel is NOT Stampin' Up! (gasp!!!!) but was a gift from a lovely friend, Lesley, for my birthday earlier this year. It gave space for journalling but also a title of sorts.

The tag for the photograph was made with Bashful Bride cardstock *shortly retiring!* and a 1/2" circle punch with some bakers twine.

I hope you like this page and come back for more scrapbooking inspiration tomorrow!

Flutterby sponged butterfly

Hooray hooray for the weekend! Happy birthday wishes to my Aunty Rosemary too!

Here is a card that came about by trial and error. I found a cut out of a butterfly where the butterfly had been removed and then the original piece remained. This was laid over a piece of Whisper White card and then sponged with Peach Parfait and Poppy Parade inks. Once complete the stencil was removed and then cut out carefully with scissors.

This was layered on Peach Parfait cardstock that had been cut out with a framelit on the Big Shot. By the way, the sewing on the framelit was NOT real. I've totally lost my sewing mojo at the moment so I had to draw it on with a Peach Parfait marker.

The Poppy Parade base had a swirl stamped in the same colour from Everything Eleanor - what can I say, the stamp set was on my desk!

I hope you've got nice plans for the weekend. I'm off to a baby shower this afternoon which should be fun!!

Enchanting Congratulations

Another bright card! This was CASE'd from the Demonstrator monthly Magazine, Impressions July 2012. I changed the colours and papers though. I'm loving the paper flowers and coloured them both using markers: Pool Party and Peach Parfait. A mini silver brad was used to secure the flowers together.

The sentiment is from Curly Cute and stamped in Lucky Limeade. There are co-ordinating scraps of card, ribbon and Everyday Enchantment designer series Paper.

DON'T FORGET: The July offers end tomorrow! That's the Everyday Enchantment papers and the brads and ribbon freebie packs with every £45+ order! I'll be placing another order before the end of the month so let me know if you'd like anything by 5pm on the 31st July 2012!

Birthday wallet

This card was inspired by one I saw on Jenni Pauli's site. Yes, yes, have you noticed I am a big fan of her designs? I just love them. Sadly the front of this project has not turned out how I envisaged.

Fortunately the inside is much better:

I made the central envelope using the scalloped envelope die on the Big Shot but I trimmed it down by 2 scallops to make it a bit smaller. It was a fab project for using scraps of patterned paper and scardstock too.

This would be nice for a good friend or if you wanted to dress up a money-type of gift.

TIP: stamp BEFORE you stick everything down!!! (I learnt that the hard way on this project.)

Scrap-tastic

Good morning

Today's card is another one inspired by a card made by another person. This time it's inspired by a card made by Shannon Jaramiffo of EZPeasyCards.com. You can see her original card here.

Again, I raided the scraps box and got strips of patterned paper and cut Vs into them. These were stuck onto a Whisper White base; to match this the stamped panel was also Whisper White mounted onto Daffodil Delight.

The greeting is from the Simply Sent range on page 104. They are easy to overlook but I love the cute words from You're Cherished. The box looked a little empty with just the words so I punched some flowers using the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch set with rhinestones. I found a lone Filigree brad which looked perfect in the top left corner with a glimmer brad through the centre.

I hope you like this card and that you try restricting yourself to only using scraps sometimes. It's a fantastic way to be thrifty and creative.

Daddy's Day

Happy Fathers' Day! I wanted to show this cute little creation that Munchkin made for her Daddy.

Yes, I know she's only 2 but she has a keen crafty mind and honestly made this with only a little help from me - supervising the scissors and placing the letters in the right order etc.

She started by using the punch called Heart to Heart which cuts out three cute little hearts with each press of the punch. We dug through my patterned paper scraps and used all shades of blue so that they coordinate nicely.

The hearts were positioned at random by Munchkin using PVA glue (gasp!) onto Very Vanilla. She's not quite got the hang of my Snail glue yet!

Then the Big Shot came out. Gosh, she was so excited to turn the handle all by herself. We used my  new alphabet dies Alphabet Simple Letters. They are nice and tall but not too wide. Perfect for cards and scrapbooking alike.

The final addition was a clip on the left handside from the Clips Assortment. Munchkin loves my rotating Stack & Store Caddy and felt that the card would only be complete if she added something from there! When this was clipped on we stuck the whole card front onto a Pool Party base.

Voila! A cute Fathers' Day card made by a two year old. Who says all this stuff is for grown-ups!!!

I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating with your family today.

See you again soon when I will announce the winner of my 500th Blog Post draw!

Baby girls

Hello all! Today I have two similar cards for you, but made by different people so they are slightly different. The first is my CASE of the card I saw in the Summer Mini Catalogue 2012.

I switched up the colours a bit to match the papers I used from Just Add Cake. The base is Blushing Bride with Poppy Parade and Peach Parfait. It's tough to see in the photo but the white card is actually shimmer card and looks really shimmery in real life. I made this card to celebrate the birth of my friends Julia & Adam's baby girl Holly. She looks really cute in the photos and I can't wait to meet her in real life!

The second card is my sister's CASE of my card! Again, she used Blushing Bride as the card base along with some Blushing Bride patterned papers from the In Color 2010-12 stack. I love the variation she made as it's so girly and cute.

Scrapbook club: April

Morning! Last night was scrapbook club. It was lovely to focus on creating a page as I've taken lots of photos recently.



The page was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest which looked like photo booth strips. It was a chance to dig through my scraps box and make use of them. The stamp sets used are Broadsheet Alphabet and Creative Elements.

If you'd like to come to Scrapbook Club next month it will be held on Tuesday 1st May at 7.30pm at my home (GU12).

Everything is Rose-y

Any of you with little ones probably recognise the reference to a children's tv programme! I thought it suited this scrapbook page. I love these Springtime Vintage papers from the Mini catalogue and it's great to use lots of them here. I based this layout on one I saw on Michelle Last's blog (I think). It's great because you get to use a Big Shot, Baroque Motifs swirly stamp plus punches!!

I had the best day today. I went to have my hair cut, pedicure and waxing! What a relaxing time I had. My DH is just the best to babysit and give me such luxurious me-time. Love him! Hope you have had a chance to chill out today!!!

Super scraps

Having seen this great post on Kristin's blog recently I decided that my scrap bowl could do with a clear out! Sadly I don't have all the colours that Kristin used but I put together a few different combinations. Last night I made these 3x3" cards based on the same designs as I'd seen Kristin do with with a few twists. I used the Boho Blossoms, Heart Trio and Large Oval punches.

This top set features Close To Cocoa, Brocade Blue and.... I need to look up the other two shades to be sure! But anyway I think this set looks quite smart and also Scandinavian.

I added a few details with a white gel pen and the sentiments came from the SAB set, Happy Moments (I can't stop using that set!) and the swirly sentiments are from Sincere Salutations stamp set in Chocolate Chip. This lower photo has Taken with Teal, Rose Red, More Mustard and Chocolate Chip card colours. I think that this set is quite funky.

However, now I realise why people enjoy colour challenges! I spent a lot more time deciding on the colour combinations than actually making the cards!!!

How is your day going? We had a nice little trip to Argos as Munchkin has been cold at night, despite having about 5 layers on so we've invested in a little cot duvet. Awww.

Scrap Happy

Hello Crafters! Hope you've had a good day. Today I have another seriously cased piece for you. This also came from the latest edition of Impressions, the SU Demo magazine. I couldn't resist it. The idea is to use leftover strips of card/DS papers and embellishments. It was lovely having the pressure removed as I only had my big plastic bowl of crafting scraps to dig through.

Old Olive is such a great background colour as it's vibrant but lets the other colours shine. I used some stitched felt embellishments and leftover 5 petal flower punched shapes to decorate. The whole page took about 15 minutes to create! With that speed I could fill a scrapbook pretty quickly!!!

Apologies for the weird photo, I took it on the leather sofa in my craftroom as I was struggling to find an area big and clear enough to photo the whole page... More crafting goodies to come later this week - hopefully better photos!

Flowers and sparkles - perfect!

A big thank you to all those lovely people who came the second-hand craft sale. All those who attended were just lovely and it was great to finally put faces to names. Unfortunately I hadn't bargained on the Air Show or the fact that it was the end of term so the turn out for buyers was a little disappointing. However we had such a nice time that I intend to organise another sale at a quieter point in the year... perhaps October/November time. Do leave a comment if you think you'd be interested or have any ideas of how to improve the sale.
As I've been pretty busy with our French guest (who sadly went home today, sob!), getting over a virus, decorating the house and planning the sale last weekend I haven't managed to actually finish many projects! There are lots of on the go but I seem to be flitting from one to another. Fortunately my lovely lil sister (who, by the way, saved the day on Saturday with her scrumptious baked items) created the above card. Isn't it gorgeous.

Unbelieveably my sister doesn't think she's very good at the creative side of card making but I totally disagree. I think the Tempting Turquoise base really makes the flowers "pop". She made this card using scraps of patterned paper that I keep in a huge mixing bowl in my craft room. There are bits from the Sweet Pea paper stack as well as a couple of random bits of kraft patterned paper (not sure where from). The flowers were punched with the 5 petal flower punch and the boho blossoms punch. Cards are super-easy with these versatile punches. She finished the card off with some stickles and gems she found in my sale stash! Gorgeous.

N.B. Check out the new classes added to the schedule for August and September! Book your place now to avoid disappointment.

Scraps

Do you have a pile of scraps lying around that you mean to use up but somehow that new kit is just too tempting and you end up ignoring your noble plans to use up your scraps? Well here is a challenge: Set yourself an hour or two to use ONLY your scraps to make as many cards as you can. The only things I allowed myself to add when I was doing this challenge the other night was card blanks and a couple of reindeer and tree stickers that I couldn't resist at a stationary shop!
It's amazing what you can do when you challenge yourself. I think the cards look a bit different from my usual style but I like them nonetheless. it just shows what a bit of imagination can do!!

PS - I don't know why this photo has come out the wrong way around but hopefully you can still see what I mean.

DVD case labels

As diversionary tactic to avoid doing preparations for my Open House event tomorrow, I decided to make some labels for our extensive DVD collection. To keep storage to a minimum we've removed every DVD from its plastic box and put it into a neat little DVD case. The only problem is that we now have 4 cases on the go. This has meant that it's potluck which case you'll get when you pick one, although we had kept them in strict order, strict rules are not something I am good a keeping to!
So the labels... I used more chipboard and covered them with leftover pieces of coordinating paper. The labels were printed haphazardly with individual letter stamps and then mounted on contrasting paper. Ribbons and buttons were added for texture. The ribbon attaching the labels to the cases was wire ribbon so it's extra sturdy and then labels don't flap about too much. Hey presto! A simple but effective bit of organisation.