March Inspiration Challenge Mad about Scrappin

Happiness

March's Mad about Scrappin's Facebook Challenge is a colour inspiration one,
  Gorgeous shades of green, cream and pink... LOVE this colour combo.
I purchased in a previous Flog it Friday the 'Fiction' collection from Basic Grey and I was able to match these colours perfectly from the range

Aren't these papers Divine!

First point of call was to grab my Kraft Core and pick a background colour, I went with a pale pink and then I distressed the left and right edges and sanded them and finished with a swipe of Antique Linen Ink.

 I then took the pale green number sheet from the 'Fiction' pack, cut this down and ripped it along one edge. I then inked it with my staple Antique Linen to keep with the cream in the inspiration. I then placed some brown chevron Washi tape along the left hand side and I also wanted to create another layer which I had seen in the Basic Grey papers, so I then taped a piece of lace under the torn edge.

I wanted to look soft on this edge and I think, that I achieved this. I wanted to create some interest over the patterned paper background and I decided on inking through two different masks with Antique Linen, one the bold circles in the centre and the other mask to give another element of a border around the page.  Next step was to cut a large pennant shape out of the pink floral paper, distress, ink it and stick this down. As well as the 3 small strips to give the balance.

Another one of my staples is the Polaroid Frames from Kaisercraft, love, love, love these. My picture was already square as it is an instagram photo of my darling daughter last winter building a sand castle in our sand pit. But I wanted to echo it further with the added frame and I knew this would give me the space for a title.

If you saw my blog entry last month then you know that I have a love of little embellies and I collect lots of bits and pieces. I also never as a rule throw any scrap paper away.... So the rest of my papers have come from 'My Stash' for instance the pink little miss muffet paper (Lily Bee) is actually grey, I inked it with Spun Sugar distress ink to match the page.  Also the view finder is from a sheet of Echo Park, I use them all the time, great for that little something on a page.


I love texture and adding a small amount of muslin to my page, gave it another soft effect and also meant I could create little clusters of embellies, buttons, rhinestones and drips of glimmer.

I used on this page, flowers, rhinestones and paperclip from Prima, Antique tickets, Glimmer mist in Vintage Pink and Decadence. Heidi Swap title and definition.  Lots and lots of embellies from Mad about Scrappin Flog it Friday's on Facebook
Here is the finished Page

I hope you like the page I am rather fond of it myself.  Go on leave Leanne and the girls some love
xx Lou

February Mad about Scrappin Challenge

Hi All

 

 I am here to show you my page that I created with the prompt from this months glorious Mad about Scrappin, facebook challenge.

Use your favourite colour combo... firstly I have to admit every colour is my favourite, so I went with Brown/ Peach and Aqua as my colours as this matched the photo I was using. I ended up using a paper pack I had brought from Mad about Scrappin's online store Teresa Collins 'Tell your Story'. This paper pack is just gorgeous full of yummy peach tones and aqua, blended with white.  You will notice not alot of white on my page but I will get to that in a moment.

The next requirement for the challenge was to use 2 techniques on the page, I used Embossing and Sanding, Misting and lastly distressing of the papers. I grabbed my woodgrain embossing folder(my favourite) and some of you may gasp but I cut it in half.

 This allowed me to emboss a strip of Kraft-core core'dinations twice along it's length I used two pieces 12in by 3 1/2in. I then sanded the raised embossed edge to show up the Kraft core and lightly inked with Tea Dye Distress Ink. 

My next Technique was misting, I used glimmer mists to change the white on the aqua/white chevron to aqua and cream. I utilised this on all of the papers I have used on this page, I wanted more of an aged look to go with the photo I had chosen. This is a photo of my youngest daughter using Instragram filters which I love, they make the photo look from the eighties.  To distress the papers every edge was also inked with 3 inks firstly Antique Linen then Tea Dye and finally Pumice Stone all from the Distress Ink range.  To create the shadows and depth on your page, play with the paper before you stick it down, I like to curl or flick the edges to make it 'less stiff' very technical I know.  You will be amazed at how much of a difference this makes.

Love this MDF camera from WOW chipboard which Mad about Scrapping sold at Flog it Friday in January. Using them on all my pages at the moment as well as the yummy sequins, of course I had to have every colour ;)

My embellishment cluster was made up of lots of little resin and crochet pieces I collect in the Flog it Friday sales, they are fantastic for picking up pieces for clusters that do not cost the earth. Again my title is made up of a tiny word chipboard that was sold at the last Flog it Friday.

Here is my completed page all together

ADORE YOU

 

TFL Lou

Tis the Season

'All is Bright' from My Minds Eye is a stunning range of papers, traditional, vintage and retro all in one and perfect for my niece who is fast turning into a stunning young lady.  Emily my 16 year old niece is into all things unconventional.  I needed Christmas papers which suited her and when I found these papers at Bella Paperie, they were perfect.

 

 

I wanted a really grungy feel to this page, so I started with layering ink, and colorshine through different masks on cream cardstock (side note, I LOVE Gold Lame colorshine by Heidi Swapp) to break this up I then grabbed my music note stamp and roughly stamped over the ink.

To further enhance the grungy feel, I grabbed my box of washi from D-Lish Scraps and rummaged through until I found the perfect ones and then backed the plain cardstock with the red spotted paper from the range.

 

This range also lends itself to alot of fussy cutting and I cut out most of the elements, so I could spread them around the page.  Mixing in various doilies and sequins as well.

 

Here is the finished page, this is one of my favourites from Christmas 2012 so far I adore it.

 

TFL Lou

Glitz Sample

Glamour Girl

This is a page using a photo of my Best Friends daughter Ellah, this day I had been babysitting her for Amanda, and she was wearing a dress made out of cherry fabric which I LOVE!

 

When 'Cashmere Dame' from Glitz Designs came out with cherries on it I know I had to scrap this photo, these papers are available from Bella Paperie. I started with the hexagon print and cut out random centres to allow the backing crimson to show through. 

 Lots of embellishments including the Glamour Girl Title from Creative Cuts, Chipboard banner from WOW.  Ribbon, fabric flower, Twine, Resin and metal embellishments from D-Lish Scraps and the Aqua flowers are from Prima.

TFL Lou

Glitz for Bella Paperie

Lollipop Fun



I created this layout using "Hello Friend" papers from  Glitz Design. The title lettering is a Memory box die and the Hot Air Balloon is a Fancy That Die. Splat template from The Crafters Workshop which I inked with Tea Dye Distress Stain. I was very eclectic with this page, using lots of paper, Basic Grey and I even punched out the packaging from the Pink Paislee 'Portfolio' Polaroid frames, and I also used one on the page.  I also used a definition sticker from Heidi Swapp.

I am in Love with this page of my cute daughters having a lollipop at the dinning room table,

TFL Lou

A couple from the October Retreat

Hope you are all well, just popping in today to show you a couple of layouts from the October Retreat with Bella Paperie.

 

Everyday Moments

 

This page was completed using papers from Carta Bella 'Alphabet Junction' the colours really matched the girls in the bath together.  I love to scrap everyday and this photo is a shot of them both being treated for the dreaded creepy crawlies - Nits....

Apart from the paper, I used distress ink with my splat mask, and various embellishments from D-Lish Scraps

 

Fun Together

 

This page was using up the remainder of papers that I had from a class I took in September with my bestie Amanda Lawrence, who taught the class at Bella Paperie.  This range is 'Butterfly Kisses' by Kaisercraft. To create the lines I ran a hole piercer tool over ink pads then over the page, I complimented this colour with punch outs of the paper and matching buttons. Of course I could not resist using some yummy washi from D-Lish Scraps as well.

 

TFL Lou

I Love you Funny Face

Hi my Lovelies

 

I am back with one of the Layouts I completed at the Bella Paperie Retreat.

I had started this page at home but was lacking inspiration but there is always plenty of it around when you are in a room full of creative women.  These are Lilybee papers I had in my stash for quite awhile now but the colours were perfect for the selfies of my daughter and myself.

 

 

I combined these fake Polaroids with negative punch outs from cardstock, I also inked through two different masks to create some texture in the background.  I had only that week picked up some sequins from D-Lish Scraps and I glued these on with my glue pen.

 

The washi, Star and wooden buttons and the camera charm are from D-Lish as well.

 

TFL Lou