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

White Tigers in chipboard...

Whether or not these beautiful big cats will be around for my family's coming generations is unknown. However, scrapbooking our photos preserves the memories of the things we have seen in our lives.

I have used a couple of chipboards on this page - Chicken Mesh and Engraved Tiger. 

The close up of the tiger shows the finish achieved by using paint dabbers to color the very detailed engraving on the chipboard.

The Chicken Mesh again, has been simply painted with a white dabber paint.

Until Next Time

Happy Scrapping

Scrapbooking Your Memories

Do you have a pile of photos that are waiting "to be done?" Mine is huge and I'm not sure I'll ever get through it but the journey is enjoyable. I have pulled out an older photo from my daughter's Pre-School days.

In this photo we were at the famous Beechworth Bakery and the kids made their own biscuits. I have used the word #cookingupastorm from the set of Hashtag Travel Set Wordlets.

Here's a close up of the finish on the Scraplet. I inked the chipboard with chalk ink first and then gave it a coat of Opalite ink. 

Each month A2Z Scraplets are releasing dozens of new designs catering for all facets of scrapbooking. There are chipboards simple titles to the more accessory styled design.

Until next time,

Happy Scrapping

Love Always

Hello, Deb with you on the blog today. 

I've been looking back at some of my 'older' photos and reminiscing a little. The page I decided to share today is of my last child. Wow, where has that time gone? My eldest is 30 and my youngest 15, no wonder I feel like I've been a mum for a while!

I was really happy with the way this page turned out, especially the Scraplets. I played around with gesso and paint to get some subtle texture and a soft pearly pink finish.

I sponged the gesso on, let it dry then gave it a coat of light pink paint. Once that had dried I then dabbed a pearl paint over that. The finish is so soft and pretty.

I used the Love Always and Fancy Butterfly chipboards on this page. 

Until next time

Happy Scrapping

Deb

Hello again ...............

Hello again, I am just loving doing my holiday photos so bear with me as I travel through Thailand again. This page is of an unusual and very unique market area where the train passes through the stalls. 

I have used an older scraplet - the train set - as a border and simply added some ink and outlined some windows on the carriages.

I didn't use distressing techniques as such but used a punch to cut pieces out here and there.

I just love the bright little face on my grand-daughter in this photo and have scrapped the colored and black and white version of it on one page.

I framed the photos in the double Polaroid frames and used the words from the 'love this life' set. The frames have been painted with crackle paint while the word has been painted and then finished with Rock Candy crackle paint.

I love these hummingbirds and have used them to add dimension and embellishment to the page. They've been simply spritzed with a chalkboard mist to give some character and a little color to them

Our chipboards can be found in your local scrapbooking store or online store. If they don't stock them, ask if they'll get them in. Or check out our website A2Z Scraplets for more stockists. 

Until next time, happy scrapping

*Deb*

Gotta love holidays!

We're back from holidays and settling back into the usual work routines. While the memories are still fresh I started to do some of the photos that we took. Between three cameras, two phones and two ipods between us, there are a few!

Again, Thailand was a beautiful place for a holiday and the kids enjoyed many new and exciting experiences. No doubt you'll see many pages coming that will share our time there. 

This page was a very simple one using Kaisercraft papers, stamps and die cuts plus the addition of some holiday inspired Scraplets. The Elephant Trekking scraplet can be found on our website now.

This next page is an older photo of our son and his 'tatt'. I've used an older range of paper from Basic Grey and some of the newer arrow and tattoo flourish scraplets.

To give it a bit of a rugged look I roughly 'splodged' paint on the arrows and stapled them to the page.

The circle of twine with another arrow attached over it, takes the focus to the main picture.

A close up of the tattoo flourish.

While thinking about holidays, I put a super simple page together for a challenge on using pockets. The photo strip is a long pocket and holds the leaflet and memories of our stay in this little cottage.

Elephant Trekking scraplet

 Our Holiday

Arrows

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*