Mini waterfall folio

My lovely Hubby organised a day out on Sydney Harbour at Fort Dennison with his Parents for Mothers Day. I wanted to commemorate the day with a mini album for my Mother in Law. I used Ginger Ropp's 'waterfall folio' idea & came up with a larger version to accomodate 6x4 photos. This is what I created.

Ink smooshing

So over this long weekend I wanted to try a new technique called 'ink smooshing'. I believe Laura Bassen (you can find this talented lady on You Tube) coined the phrase. It is a gorgeous way to add watercolour (or in my case, watered down distress ink) to a card, whilst maintaining some control.. I hope you like my first attempt!

Thickers organisation

Thickers... I can never seem to get enough of them! But I have found that over time the packaging rips & the letters end up everywhere! This led me to a mission of finding a better way to sort, store & organise my collection. Who knew there was such a thing as thinkers storage pockets? I was thrilled to find these! I bought mine at wwww.papertrendz.com.au (just search for thinkers storage) at $5.95 a pack of 10, they were a great price! I can also highly recommend the communication & service at Papertrendz, well worth checking out!

Card making with Lawn Fawn

I have been having some fun with Lawn Fawn stamps & dies making some cards. As always, I couldn't resist using my wink of Stella clear glitter brush pen to add some sparkle & shine. I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out!

March Big Savvy Sketch / Scrap the Girls March challenge

OK, so I am on a roll today! I have had such a great day at my craft desk! Em was at her little friend's house.. Gus was finishing off our brand new letterbox, cleaning the pool & mowing the lawn.. And Me? Well (aside from the washing & cooking..lol) I got to spend some "Me" time at my craft desk. I have been enjoying getting inspiration from some awesome challenge blogs. This one is from the www.scrapbooksavvy.com.au March Big Sketch Challenge. http://www.scrapbooksavvy.com.au/blog/?p=1807 I had a pic of Em & her little Friend Scarlett I wanted to scrap, and this sketch was just perfect! I figured, while I am at it, I may as well kill 2 birds with one stone right? So... I also used the criteria from the "Scrap the Girls" March challenge of using a heart &/or doily (which, lets face it would probably have happened anyhow!). I enjoyed using the SU! Inks and trim, as well as the 'gorgeous grunge' stamp set. It's so cool! A bit of "Knee highs & bow ties", Washi, Thickers & Kaiser flower ribbon.. as well as some buttons & MME enamel dots. It was so much fun & really quick to put together! Here is what I came up with:

some cards

Here are some cute cards I made today for someone special! I have been you tubing.. (best inspiration ever!) and came across Kristina Werner. I got the idea for the rainbow card from her. I think it turned out ok? Not too bad for a first go :)

Bella is One

I thought I would share a LO I did a little while ago. It is of a fantastic day we had at the Manly Dam for our gorgeous Niece Bella's first birthday. I wanted this to be very girly & vintage.. my favourite style to scrap. And what a beautiful subject!

Kraft it up - March challenge

THIS MONTHS CHALLENGE IS TO CREATE A LAYOUT BASED AROUND A "LIST", WHETHER IT IS A CHRISTMAS LIST, GROCERY LIST, BUCKET LIST, CHORES OR A WEEKLY PLANNING LIST THAT IS UP TO YOU... I decided to use my home & what was happening right now as inspiration. My gorgeous girl Emily bought me a magnetic shopping list from the school for Mother's day, and we all use it make sure we don't miss anything when we get around to doing the shopping. Emily has been busy writing some funny stuff on there, like "food" and "Breakfast".. I think she means cereal..lol So here is what I came up with. I clear embossed & then sprayed glimmer mist over a stencil for the background, and then just went to work layering.. I like the vintage feel of this one!

KIU Feb 2014 Challenge

So I spent some time at the craft desk today & created a LO for the Kraft it Up challenge blog. This month your challenge is to create a layout using a different style than you normally create, for example if you are a textured/layerd scrapper try clean and simple... FEBRUARY CHALLENGE CREATE A LAYOUT ABOUT SOMETHING YOU "LOVE" So I thought I would try a arty style that was clean & minimalist. Totally unlike what I normally do! It felt very much out of my comfort zone, but I really enjoyed just playing & going with the flow.. I decoupaged some torn pieces of paper on, which I them applied a coat of Gesso over. I flicked on some candy apple red glimmer mist, then sprayed over some wheatfields glimmer mist to blend it in a little. I distressed the small (much smaller than normal!) pic and added a very few embellies. It was very difficult to stop myself from continuing on! Here is what I came up with.

I added a little black cotton thread & a wood veneer loveheart (to go with the theme "something you love")

Hope you like it!

Scrap the Girls Feb challenge - Love This

I haven't updated my blog in such a very long time, but thought I would start to share some more of my work (you never know, someone may even read this!) To get some inspiration, I headed over to the Scrap the Girls challenge blog, and the February challenge is: LOVE in the TITLE TURQUOISE as the DOMINANT COLOUR and CHIPBOARD Here is my take:

I hope it's OK that I included my Hubby in the pic ;) It was a special photo of Em & Gus cooling off in the pool on a hot day. She was having a ball & decided to give him a piggyback. I just had to scrap this pic! I enjoyed using some mixed media techniques, with texture paste & stencils (which I put glitter embossing powder over the top & set using my heat gun. This gives a bubbly effect, which I thought would work well with the pool theme). I also dripped some turquoise glimmer mist on the background & did some stamping with Peacock Feathers Distress ink. And of course, used the Tim Holtz distressing tool to rough up the edges. Here are some closeups of some of the details:

I used those same glimmer mist & Distress combo to colour elements on the page and give the page some continuity, such as on the chippy & Pink Paislee artisan pieces. I also used sequins and enamel dots to emulate water splashes or bubbles. I had a lot of fun creating this page. I wonder what they will think of my turquoise fingers at work tomorrow? You can check out the challenge here: http://scrap-the-girls.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/february-challenge.html