Weird and Wonderful

Hi, Deb here with you. For this post I thought I'd share another couple of pages I did while on a break.

This first page is using the new "Weird and Wonderful" title and is perfect for this photo. I wonder if anyone else has 'one of these in their family'?

Being a girly page I decided to use a simple finish that still had a bit of pizazz and bling - simply paint and glittered dimensional paint.

Using a stencil and embossing thread I added a word that describes the subject to a T!

Materials used:

A2Z Scraplets Weird and Wonderful

Purple paint

Glittered Dimensional Magic

Stitching template

Thread

Bo Bunny Papers

The next page is one of my grandchildren making biscuits. I love the look on the youngest one's face! Again, this one was done on break with limited supplies - the challenge to make the most of what I had with me. 

Firstly I spread some gesso on the paper using a business card I had in my purse. The rest is layering and adding little elements from my embellishments stash that I had with me.

 

Naturally there is still chipboard on it. I'm finding the pack of Chevron strips very useful. I cut and inked a couple of pieces to add to the layering effects on the page.

To finish it off just a little more I think I might add the title 'masterchef' and a centre to the flower. 

Materials used:

A2Z Scraplets Chevron Borders

Flair

gesso

Ink

Papers

Until next time

Happy Scrapping

Deb

Loving these Hashtag words ....

Deb here again today with a couple of pages to share.

The first one is another of my son's football days. In this one I have used the chipboards raw. The engraved frame is one from the Set of 3 PL cards and I've combined it with a small Hashtag word, Memories.

These journalling cards come as a solid piece but I have cut along the engraving line to create a frame from it.

The Hashtag memories word is part of a set of 6 words, a really handy and great set of words to use on your pages. 

 

 The next one I'd like to share with you is one of my youngest child and her ever faithful companion. Nothing will come between them and so this title was just right for the page.

  I have used the Friends Fur Ever and simply chalked it to slightly change the color from raw to a light kraft color to suit the page.

 

Until next time

Happy Scrapping

Deb

Clever use of titles

Hi, Deb here again sharing another of Yvette McDonald's beautiful pages. I love the way she has used the scraplets, cutting them apart again to suit her project. This is a fantastic idea and shows the versatility of the designs we're putting together.

A Perfect Moment and Ornate Oval Frame have been used to great effect.

The finishes on these chipboards is amazing. Yvette has achieved a metallic look that suits the photo so perfectly. Gesso and metallic paint work wonders as a texture and color finish. 

Until next time

Happy Scrapping

Deb

Remembering our brave .........

 Hi, Deb here on the blog today. Earlier this year I designed some Military Scraplets and have been able to use them on a couple of pages of our trip overseas. The first one is an area in Vietnam where a network of tunnels had been set up during the Vietnam War.

I have used a couple of men from the set 'Army Men', a arrow from 'Arrows x 3 Small' and a piece cut from 'Bamboo 1'.

 

'Bamboo 1' is a long piece and I cut a section of it to fit the page.

 The Scraplets have been painted and once dry, I dabbed ink black paint around the edges to give them a more scruffy look.

I thought the 'Lest We Forget GR' title appropriate for this next layout. We visited the Australian (and Allies) cemetery in Thailand where the remains of many POW's who worked on the Burma Railway lie. It is an incredible and beautifully kept lawn cemetery, tended carefully by a group of Thais. This photo is the plot of the unnamed soldier.

The keep with the feel of the page, I lightly dabbed paint over the Scraplet and then using a darker charcoal/green ink, edged the chipboard to make it stand out a little more. 

Until Next time, 

Happy Scrapping

Deb

Wedding Bells

With a large family we never seem to be short of weddings, births or anything in between. 

My first layout is using some new Scraplets - "Wedding rings corner", "Vintage dress form" and one of the leafy flourishes. A mixture of techniques including crackle paint, distress paints, mists and dimensional magic have been used to alter the chipboard.

A close up of the crackle paint and metallic distress paints used.

 Blending the new with the old. The original flourishes have a place in every scrappers chipboard stash. Coming to the website as new release Scraplets are the title "A perfect Moment" and the circular framing piece "Scribble Heart frames", a set of 3 fantastic framing scraplets that suit an unlimited number of photos and pages.

 Simply painted with distress paints and misted with a pearl shimmer adds an elegant finish for this wedding album's layouts.

 One of the new additions to our family - Miss Molly. One of her favourite places for a while was in my paper shelving.

 I love my dimensional magic and this time I used clear and sprinkled an iridescent glitter over it whilst wet.

 A close up of the gorgeous flowers.

Some of the chipboard Scraplets used.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping *Deb*

Bricks, birds and barb wire ......

I like to add a sense of humor to some pages ............... it's one way of getting some 'feeling' into a layout. So when we visited the Old Melbourne Gaol and had these photos taken it was just too hard to resist :) The pocket holds the information about the place with the wording of the Scraplet "a proud moment" used with a pun intended. Along with the "Birds on a barb" Scraplet depicting the security of the times and the old jail bird image.

 Nothing more was needed than simply inking with chalk ink for a matte finish on the Scraplets.

 Bricks and mortar again, barb wire and birds plus the 'waste' part from a circular Scraplet sets off another Jail Bird layout.

 Close up of the birds and barb.

 And to finish off today, something completely different. A sweet page using the title "Grandma's Girl"

Scraplets used can be found in your local or online scrapbook stores. Check out the website for more designs available A2Z Scraplets

Until next time, happy scrapping *Deb*

Bon Voyage! By the time you read this I hope to be relaxing with my feet up. Although I am getting in early on my travel pages for our holiday. A few years ago we decided to take the kids on a 'once in a lifetime' holiday. To date we haven't had more than a few days away at a time so plans were put into place, funds saved and the day has finally come. You can expect more pages of our experiences over the coming months but here is the first taste of what we're looking forward to - some rest :)

So for a tropical layout I've cut the first two words off the title and used a multicolored ink pad to color the Scraplet "You are a dream come true" and inked and heat embossed both this and the "Palm tree."

My next layout is of a dear friend and I one night at a Jazz concert where we met the lovely Lisa Williams who was performing. I've used a couple of the new Scraplets here - "Shabby Circles" and "Love This Life word set". Just using one of the circle pieces and the word love from the set. The Scraplets were again inked but then finished with a mist of gold shimmer Glimmermist.

My final page is of my two gorgeous grad-daughters. The photo is framed with a Scraplet frame which has been given dimension and texture with impasto. A couple of Scraplet flourishes have been finished the same way and tucked in under the flowers and bow.

The title was colored white and misted with a pearl glimmermist, leaving the heart in the centre to be colored to match the page and given a coat of sparkle dimensional magic.

A close up of the impasto finish on the frame.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping

*Deb*