Looking back, seeing now .....

I've been going back through photos from when my children were younger and scrapping the memories that they bring back. When they were younger we had deer at the farm and occasionally an orphan came along to be cared for. 

The Single Deer was just perfect for this photo.

 I have painted it, shading around the edges and then given it a coat of Rock Candy Crackle paint.

Life is Pretty Amazing sums up how I feel about travelling. Canoeing around the caves of Thailand on a family holiday couldn't be explained any better.

The title has been inked to give it a stipple effect with the Life word outlined with pen.

Until next time

Happy Scrapping 

Deb

Special Releases

Hi, Deb here today. I've been enjoying designing some special requests as well as putting together a huge bundle of New Release designs. 

This page is a really simple one of my grand-daughter having some fun at the park with our little dog.

 The title 'A Girl and her Dog' is just painted in line with the simplicity of the page.

I love how this page turned out and the title, 'A Girl and Her Dogs' is so cute. My little grand-daughter just loves these two and they her.

 To color the scraplet I painted it with a thin coat of gesso before using gel pens and a paint marker. The gesso helps keep the color accurate.

 I added some 'Chicken Mesh' and a 'Dotted Circles' Frame to the page, adding color, texture and definition.

 A bit of bling and a beautiful butterfly added to the 'girly' look of the page.

Thanks for stopping by,

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

Hi Deb here again and yes, still scrapping the holiday photos. 

It's been interesting to see what the kids had on their ipods and I found this 'window shot' which I just love. 

I've used part of a new set of Project Life Styled Scraplets on this page plus a suitcase, which is coming out soon.

 The Suitcase is an engraved piece and I've painted it black then outlined the engraving with white gel pen. For some added detail I got the sewing machine out and stitched around the page here and there, even over the Scraplets!

 A close up of one of the Scraplets, simply painted white.

 Another close up, again simply painted white.

Until next time,

Happy Scrapping

Deb