"Memory" Scrapbook layout by Louise for August Challenge

Hi Crafters

Louise on the blog today.

Did you know that over in the Facebook group we have a monthly challenge.

Here is my inspiration page ...

"Memory"

I just love the colours of this months moodboard and those butterflies = sigh!

I had a grid pattern in mind, so I gathered some project life cards, some 3x4 photos and a couple of chipboard pieces.

The Camera Squares are one of my fav chipboards - I love how it looks poking out of this cluster.

I've also used the Circle Set and some sweet Butterflies.

For the border, I've added some stripes with Distress Crayons and smudged them.
It needed a little something extra, so I also added some texture stamping.

Thanks for visiting.

Happy Scrapping. 

Celebrations Calendar!

Hi there A2Zers! 

How are the school holidays treating you? We baked a yummo Malteser chocolate cake today. 

Om nom nom! 

I've also been lucky enough to have some crafty time, so I whipped up this gorgeous Family Birthdays Calendar. 

However, I wanted mine a little more personalised and to include family celebrations as well as birthdays. So I asked the lovely Deb from A2Z Scraplets to make mine with WATTON celebrations as the title instead. If you ask nicely, she might even personalise one for you ;)

I've used a lovely yellow and white chevron background with WATTON and the months painted black and outlined with a white gel pen. The Butterfly chippy and celebrations word were covered with Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Enamel. 

I can't wait for my next card making day so I can whip up a bunch of cards ready to send out for these wonderful celebrations!

Until next time, keep calm and craft on!

Karyn

21st Birthday Mini Album

Hi

Caz here sharing with you today a mini album I made for my besties daughter. I have watched this young lady grow from birth till now so I wanted it to be special. Something she could keep as a memento. She has a 21st birthday party tonight so I have added 2 pages so the guests can sign and leave a memento of the night for her to look back on. Her party colours were purple black and silver so I chose those as the colours of the album.

 

First is the album as a whole and then I will show each page individually before it was binded together. Sorry if the quality of my photos is not the best. We have floods here at the moment it has rained cats and dogs since Monday and yesterday and today snow also so natural light is almost non existent.

 First photo as I said is the album all binded together. The front cover has the month scraplet and a vine scraplet on it that I wanted to be all sparkly. So I ran the scraplets right side down through my Xyron sticker maker then sprinkled with glitter, was so easy and gave the effect I wanted. I have used this effect throughout the album on scraplets.

 

 

 A close up of the front cover before I binded it all together. each page looks so different without the pages behind it, as the album is layered they look different alone.

Inside the 21 was hard to decorate so I kept it simple a few petals and then a little poem.

 

3rd page we have a little poem and space for a special photo.

 4th page a page for the guests to sign. More of the star scraplets all glittered up.

5th page being the second page guests can sign.

 

6th page and the one which was hardest to photograph because of no sunlight but the scraplet butterfly actually has a black glittered centre and a purple glitter outer. AM a little sad the photo does not show this and I rephotographed oodles of times. More of the vine scraplet also and my message to the birthday girl.

 

 

I used the following products:

 

 

 

 

 

I do hope she likes it. I have had a blast making it for her. I hope you have enjoyed todays little bit of inspiration.

Till next time

Dangerously cute

I made this page as a sort of "add-it-all" page and well it is no really my style LOL.

I used Scraplets Butterfly and flourish corner (LOL didn't realize it was supposed to be in a corner) and Flourish_48.
I sprayed the scraplets with gesso and after it had dried I colored them using distress ink. Then I embossed with Stampendous aged gold embossing enamel to get that rich gold look.

Supply:

Maggie Holmes Styleboard collection from Crate Paper

Stampendous aged gold embossing enamel

Teresa Collins Modeling Paste

Gesso

Distress ink from Ranger

AC Lullaby Thickers

Lace from You Do

Flowers and leaves from my hidings

Cardstock

A2Z Scraplets used:

Butterfly and flourish corner

Flourish_48

September New Releases - Part 1

Here we are again for another

NEW RELEASE

of some very YUMMY

Scraplets chipboard Shapes & Words.

My favourites in the September 2013 release are:

Shapes - Speech Bubbles - Set of 9

and 

Just Be You - Word.

And here what the Design Team ladies did with them. 

by Amy Prior ...

by Kerry O'Meara ...

by Julie Cottrell (ME) ...

(also used NEW Cogs & Spinners Shapes & Banner Shape)

"Enjoy every minute of life"
by Belinda Scott
using NEW "Shapes - Speech Bubbles" ...

"Conversations with Mia"
by Amy Prior 

using "Shapes - Speech Bubbles" ...

Here's the rest of the NEW September Shapes being released today.

and layouts showing how the Design Team ladies have used them.

"Always be You" by Tracey Thorne

using NEW "Shapes - Moustaches - Set of 5 - Large" ...

Card by Belinda Scott 

using NEW "Shapes - Scooter Girl" ...

"Be-You" by Carolyn Zabel
using NEW "Shapes - Garden Seat" ...

 "New Farm Park" by Julie Cottrell
using NEW "Shapes - Garden Seat" ...

Using NEW "Shapes ENG - Top Ten List" 

by Amy Prior ...

by Caz Zabel ...

by Kerry O'Meara ...

"A Boy" by Kylie Symons
using NEW "Shapes - Cogs & Spinners" ...

"Love" by Belinda Scott
using NEW "Shapes - Bird, Butterfly & Mushroom Set" ...

by Michelle Hodges

using Mushroom from new set ...

and then using the NEW bird ...

"Checking in" by Monica Burns
using NEW "Shapes - Travel Set".
Monica has used the suitcase in this layout ...

and the stamp in this one ...

Scraplets released 3 different sized Photo Frames - one with 3 holes, one with 4 or the last with 5.

"Pirate Park" by Amy Prior ...

"Lil Miss Sunshine" by Belinda Scott ...

"Carefree" by Caz Zabel ...

"Good Times" by Kerry O'Meara ...

by Monica Burns ...

Well that's it for today's post. I'll be back tomorrow to share with you the NEW Scraplets September Release Words & anything else I didn't share today :)

... Until next time ...
Happy Scrappin'