Scrapbooking

Good Luck With Buttons {and a SBM Sneak peek}

on August 2, 2012

Looky looky here, for good lucky, lucky cheer. heehee

One of the girls at Piper’s nursery was moving on to another job so I threw together a quick Good Luck card featuring some buttons as a four leaf clover. I was looking through my stash for heart shaped buttons which would look more like petals, but these were the best i could find. No worries though, its all groovy.

For the main design i simply used up some scraps from other projects, one of my fav ways to use strips of pattern paper tucked in behind each other. It sometimes makes it look like there is a larger piece in behind there.

I also had fun hunting through my stamps to find a good luck stamp. I found one that had the word good, and then used alpha stamps to make up the word good. I like the way it looks with the different fonts next to each other.

And guess what…I’ve been a busy bee. I received issue 65 of Scrapbook Magazine – and one of my pages was in there, featured in the Summer Holiday theme section. I am always so thrilled and honoured to be see my work in glossy print.

And even more exciting news is that there are two more pages which will be published soon in issue 67 of SBM. And here’s a little teeny tiny sneak pesky as a treat for you.

Enjoy.x

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"Yes, She Said Smiling, I do" (Wedding Scrapbook Layout)

on July 18, 2012

Oh look! Whats this? A layout to share! woohoooo!

Firstly, look at all these yummy, scrummy goodies that managed to squeeze into Craig’s suitcase on the way back from America! ♥

Lots of beautiful craft stuffs, lots of yummy candy and in case you’re wondering, the Candyland Game is for Piper! After watching That 70s show for years and years we just simply had to buy it {to play of course, not to hide naughty stuff inside it!!} 😀

But before I jump into using all these fun supplies, i want to show you a scrapbook layout I finished off last week. When I ordered large prints for the Honeymoon Hunt, I ordered these through photobox, and they always have a little glossy card with the print that is like a receipt. It is almost a contact sheet for the prints you’ve ordered, and the one with the large print was actually a decent size. Normally I chuck these away because until now the prints on them are teeny tiny (not even 1cm squared), but this one screamed scrapbook layout. Here’s the final layout!

When making the banner for the living room I used an 8×8 pad of pattern paper and managed to cut two flags from each piece, and this left 2 long triangles as scraps. These were sitting on my table when I started my layout and so these were part of the inspiration of using this colour scheme.

(By the way, the inspiration for the banner came from one of Heidi Swapps videos over on My Craft Channel.com. So simple. So effective. Check it out)

I wanted the page to also be a home to a couple of pieces of ephemera: the wedding invite, and the printed poem which I had the honour of reading during the ceremony, so I added a panel of text paper but only stuck the bottom edge and the sides so to create a pocket. This is a super easy way to get more from your pages.

The title is from the poem, the last line in fact. It was such a perfect piece to read, and a perfect title i thought! 🙂

The page itself is a mix of old and new products – i’ve been doing that a lot recently, digging into the depths of my stash to give the older stuff a bit of life. This is a good way to get through the stuff that you already have. Noell over at Paperclipping has a couple of posts about how you can combine old and new stuff, check them out here, and here.

Here’s a couple more photos for you to enjoy, i’ll leave you to it!

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Sunshine Fun : Scrapbook Layout

on June 23, 2012

As i was flicking through some of the photos which i recently got printed, I spied this one and decided to get scrappy. In hindsight i think it was probably due to a hankering for some sunshine {c’mmon Summer!!! Where are you?!?!} but i have to say that i love the way her wee face is beaming with a big smile. We were simply in the garden, playing with some toys in an inflatable paddling pool (no water), and every time Miya (cat) passed by, Piper would giggle with glee. She looks so very small in this photo, boy how time flies!

For this layout i used the blocks as a starting point to create a colourful design in the background. The rest took life from there. I didn’t get too hung up on what papers i was using so please forgive me if my product listing isn’t very extensive. I pulled a lot of papers from my stash, mainly because most of these are bright colours and i wanted to have a nice, bold, bright palate for this summery layout.

I didn’t want a lot of journaling for this layout, so a few lines of writing was the perfect amount. Look at that ladybug that was hiding in my stash! cute!

Here’s some more photos of the close ups. Thanks for stopping by. x

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