Guest designing

This month I'm guest designing at Sketches in Thyme PL Style. Thank you Lori for inviting me!

This is the sketch I am working with, designed by Shawn Lahr:

I love how versatile this sketch is, and I created two different pieces.    First, a layout to add to my Tin Can Bay vacation album:

Materials

Kaisercraft Jade's Garden - Jay patterned paper
Simple Stories Summer Vibes - Teal Grid/Teal Wood patterned paper
Paper clips
Simple Stories Sn@p! Color Fusion flair button
Shimelle Starshine flair button
Baker's twine

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Next I made a photo card for a pocket page spread:

Materials

Bazzill Basics Dotted Swiss - Deep Blue cardstock
Simple Stories Summer Vibes - Teal Wood patterned paper
Ric rac
Ribbon scraps
Feather
Merci Velvet Hearts brads

I'm sharing my PL card at Simon Says Monday for the Little Critters theme.

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Our view

The latest mood board at Scrapping Clearly was a fun one for me:

I am always drawn to autumn tones, and orange in particular is a favourite colour to scrap with.  This is what I created:

Materials

Kaisercraft Marigold - Straw patterned paper
Kaisercraft Lush - Bonzai patterned paper
Bazzill Basics Dotted Swiss - Deep Blue cardstock
Prima Epiphany paper flowers
Painted wooden butterflies
Tim Holtz Idea-ology journalling ticket

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ARTastic scrapping

This is my contribution to the ARTastic challenge for May:

Materials

Kaisercraft Lush - Bonzai patterned paper
Crate Paper Toybox - Explore patterned paper
Authentique Radiant - Beaming patterned paper
Basic Grey Lime Rickey - Howdy Doody patterned paper
Bazzill Basics Fourz - Citrus cardstock
Cocoa Vanilla Sugar & Spice - Wood Veneers flowers
Green Tara 4cm Petals - Daffodil paper flowers
Painted wooden buttons

This is the fabulous artwork by landscape artist, Michael Sass that inspired my layout:

I took my inspiration from the orange and green tones, and of course the garden theme.  I love how cottage gardens comprise a mix of different flowers, so I used a selection of different flower embellishments on my layout.

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Boutique scrapping

This layout was inspired by the May mood board challenge at Scrap Boutique:

Materials

Coredinations Black Tie - White cardstock
Pink Paislee C'est La Vie - Paper 09 patterned paper
Kaisercraft 75 cents - Dollar gloss paper (fussy cut)
Cocoa Vanilla Endless Summer alphabet stickers

I'm also joining in at Clique Kits for the May theme of All Things Gold.  The butterflies are fussy cut from a gold gloss specialty paper.

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So happy

This layout was inspired by the mood board challenge at Show Us Your Stuff:

Materials

Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe - Fabrics patterned paper
Merci Velvet Heart brads
Simple Stories Carpe Diem - Bits & Pieces diecut tab
Kaisercraft Waterberry - Delicious patterned paper
Kaisercraft Miss Nelly jewels

I saw this mood board being all about simple pleasures and things that make us happy.  And for me, that includes a relaxed cuppa, a sweet indulgence, and anything cute and cuddly!  I am a firefighter at my local Rural Fire Brigade and I was stoked to see this little gorgeous teddybear at a cafe - not often you see a bear dressed in rural yellow!

My handmade item is the concertina flower:

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Throwback...

Materials

Kaisercraft Jade's Garden - Jasmyn patterned paper
Kaisercraft Lush - Maple patterned paper
Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe - Fabrics patterned paper
Echo Park Birthday Wishes - Birthday Floral patterned paper
Simple Stories Snappy Sayings 3x4 card

This layout was inspired by:

* Let's Get Sketchy ~ May 1 sketch

* Colorful Creations ~ Throwback.  
I revisited some techniques I used when I first started scrapbooking ~ double matting, corner-rounding, fussy cutting (I fussy-cut my title from a journalling card), using ephemera (coaster).  I also dug into my older stash of papers to re-discover some older Kaisercraft collections.

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Black and white

A few blog challenges are seeking black and white layouts this month, so that's what I scrapped today.

This one is my entry for the May colour challenge at Anna's Craft Cupboard:

Materials

Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
Becky Higgins Project Life - Clementine patterned paper
Delish Designs patterned paper
Kaisercraft Pickled Pear - Chartreuse patterned paper
Studio Calico Classic Calico 2 - Stars wood veneers
Kaisercraft White acrylic paint

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This one is my entry for the May challenge at White... with 1:

Materials

Delish Designs patterned paper
Amy Tangerine Plus One - Combo patterned paper
Black mesh fruit bag
Glitz Designs Icing pearls
Memory Box Alphabet Soup cutting dies

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A tag...

I'm joining in with Sketch #69 at challenge at Sketches in Thyme PL Style:

I made a journalling tag:

Materials

Becky Higgins Project Life - Jade Edition patterned paper
Carl Mini Daisy punch
Printed satin ribbon (unknown brand - OLD stash!)
Flourish with a Bling Antique Gold pearls

I used the tag on THIS LAYOUT.

I'm also submitting my tag at Simon Says Work it Wednesday for the MAY FLOWERS theme.

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National Scrapbooking Day

Today was National Scrapbooking Day... but I actually spent most of the day outdoors, making memories and taking photographs!  This evening I did manage to complete a few of the NSD challenges at Anna's Craft Cupboard.

A birthday card:

Materials

K & Co Blue Awning patterned paper
Petaloo Flora Doodles - Layered Brown organza flower
Mont Marte Scrap Booker paper flowers
Poppy Stamps Happy Birthday Melody cutting die

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Tic Tac Toe ~ washi + cardstock + wood veneers:

Materials

Simple Stories Sn@p! Insta-page insert
Die Cuts with a View Green cardstock
Striped washi tape
Doodlebug Shindig - Lily White alphabet stickers
K&Co Blue Awning patterned paper
Creative Embellishments Fall Leaves wood veneers

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A scraplift (lifting this LO by Lisa Amiet):

Materials

Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
K & Co Jubilee - Teal Florals & Butterfly patterned paper
Studio Calico Classic Calico 2 - Stars wood veneers
Dear Lizzy Watercolour Words title
Mont Marte Silver Series - Metallic Yellow acrylic paint

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Wildhorse Mountain

This is my take on the Tic Tac Toe challenge at Shop and Crop this month:

Materials

Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe - Fabrics patterned paper
Becky Higgins Project Life - Jade Edition patterned paper
Li'l Davis Crillon - Motif Pearl patterned paper
Fancy Pants Be Loved decorative bag
Prima Welcome to Paris textured canvas alphabets
Paper clips

I used the combo:  PAPER BAG + PATTERNED PAPER + CARDSTOCK

This was a fun layout to put together.

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More layers and scraps

Continuing with my desktop stash busting... much more expedient to put it on a layout than to pack it away!

Materials

Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
Cocoa Vanilla Flying High - High Flyer patterned paper
Webster's Pages Hello World - Being Silly patterned paper
K & Co Blue Awning patterned paper
Simple Stories Summer Vibes - Teal Grid patterned paper
Martha Stewart Arch Lattice border punch
Wooden heart buttons
Prima Zephyr textured canvas alphabets

My layout design was inspired by these fabulous Aussie challenges:

* Archi-Scraps ~ Pleating

How awesome is this inspiration pic?

I added some homemade concertina flowers:



* UnstampaBelles ~ Layers.  TWIST: border punch

My layers were created with a mix of patterned papers, and I used a border punch to ground the paper cluster.

01/06/2017 Edit to add:  Thrilled to be selected as a winner at Archi-Scraps.

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Grand Pacific Drive

I've been scrapping some more photographs from our Grand Pacific Drive break last year:

This double page layout is based on the Double Delight challenge at Soul Scrappers.  I really love the multiple pennants in the design and it's one of my favourite techniques to use up my scraps. Clickety-click to enlarge:

Materials

K & Co Blue Awning patterned papers
K & Co (unknown collection) patterned papers
K & Co Jubilee - Bright Florals patterned paper
Dear Lizzy Watercolour Words title
Mont Marte Silver Series - Metallic Yellow acrylic paint
Prima Got Flowers mini flowers
Flourish with a Bling Antique Gold pearls
Cocoa Vanilla Flying High wood veneer clouds

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Clearing my desk

I really do take SCRAPbooking literally, and I rarely begin any layout with a full sheet of paper. This page was put together with a bunch of leftover bits and pieces that were piling up on my desk:

Materials

Kraft cardstock
Cocoa Vanilla Flying High - High Flyer patterned paper
Webster's Pages Hello World - Being Silly patterned paper
Fancy Pants BeLoved decorative bag
Fancy Pants product packaging
Crate Paper Toybox - Explore patterned paper
Simple Stories Sn@p! Color Fusion flair
Simple Stories Sn@p! Everyday title card
Baker's twine

My page was inspired by the April sketch challenge at My Creative Sketches, and the May LAYERS challenge at Mystical Scrapbooks.

16/05/2017 Edit to add:  I was thrilled to have my layout featured at My Creative Sketches!

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Vintage / shabby chic

Isn't this picture just gorgeous? It's the inspiration for the May challenge at Pixels and Paper, with the criteria of vintage/shabby chic.

Shabby chic is a style that I feel I never get quite 'right' so I really procrastinated with this challenge! I made a Mother's Day card for my Mum, with muted colours, distressed edges, doily, stitching and velvet trim:

Materials

Kraft cardstock
K & Co Blue Awning patterned paper
Paper doily
Maya Road Crushed Velvet - Cream ric rac
Poppy Stamps Darling Viola cutting die

I'm sharing my card at Simon Says Stamp for the Anything Goes theme.

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