Layout - She...

And my final traditional layout in this set.  And it is already a favourite.  Lots of bits in this one, so I hope you're ready :-)

Okay, so I had this instagram photo of ME that I was ACTUALLY happy with... now that doesn't happen everyday!  So I actually made it to a scrap page.  Seriously people, wonders will never cease.  And I tied it in with a great quote that is pretty fitting for me at the moment - She turned her cant's into cans and her dreams in plans.  Yep, it's a bit special.

Right so I discovered the new Prima Epiphany Collection at my LSS and it pretty much jumped off the shelf at me.  Yes, I do believe patterned paper speaks to me!  Which kinda accounts for my oversupply.  Anyway I grabbed two sheets of  the gorgeous Prima.  One is the background piece and the other was perfect for fussy cutting - birdcage, pocket watch, key, butterflys and layering under my photo.

I added a large shipping tag with lots of layers.  First layer - a sheet of old book paper coloured with distress inks - crushed olive & frayed burlap plus a birdcage and bird stamp.  Then I thought what the heck & sewed a piece of scrunched tulle straight down the centre of the tag.  On top of this is a pearl flourish from Flourish with a Bling topped of with some butterflies.  Yep, I told you, lots of layers.

Now, the butterflies... two were fussy cut, one stamped & coloured with watercolour pencils and the
other 3 were die cut, coloured with a distress ink blender (randomly it was frayed burlap, crushed olive, peacock feathers, vintage photo & spiced marmalade - I felt a little like Tim Holtz) and then a Prima script stamp used.  Phew.

While it's a lot of stuff, its not heavy looking.  At the very top of the tag is a fussy cut birdcage & a Freckled Fawn wood veneer.

On the other side is the quote title, some Prima & Kaisercraft flowers, a doily almost hidden under it all and a so cute, I just love it, birdcage charm.  The large Prima flower & Kaisercraft roses were given a watercolour from my trusty distress markers watered down.  The other Prima flowers got hit with some chartruese Hedi Swapp colour shine.

And the title is a combo of things - chipboard letters coloured with antique bronze distress paint, chartruese colour shine & then the Prima script stamp over the top.  The Prima letter stickers were also stamped with the script stamp.  And finally my trusty typewriter made an appearance for the remainder of the quote.

The final finishing touch is some die cut butterflies layered over the top of the butterfly pattern on the paper.  And that is it from me today.


Hope your day is a great one,
Gabby

Layout - Icecream Faces

Continuing on with my traditional layout creating.  Like a maniac really!

I took a gorgeous photo of the kids with my iPhone 5c at Maccas, as you do.  And was reminded again how gorgeously blue their eyes are - mine a hazel, hence the envy :-)  And I really wanted my layout to capture their delight for the special treat of icecream cones.

I just love this paper from MME... for me it just says fun & kids & summer.  Well... icecream is kinda summer :-)  I added some random Kaisercraft stamps in Archival Ink - Watering Can and also used a Heidi Swapp stencil & mustard colour shine.  It just gives it that little extra shine.  Some of the stencil shapes were outlined with my good old Pumice Stone distress marker.

I layered up some Prima & Pink Paislee paper, shipping tag, a chevron printed glassine bag from D-lish Scraps and some to die for bokeh vellum from Websters Pages.  It is seriously so great. *just can't get enough*

As for embellishments... I cranked up the Silhouette Cameo for the title - forget how easy & great this machine is! #reallymustuseitmore  Had some matching brads from MME which also got a guernsey.  I'm a fan of bending the spokes till they break off then attaching to my page using glossy accents & foam dots.  Other bits are Heidi Swapp ephemera, flairs & sticker and a little ticket from Fancy Pants that was just perfect for this layout.  The cork frame is a little 'corker' from Freckled Fawn.

Add in some other bits from my never ending stash... mini brads, twine, plastic dots, staples.

And that's it for this one.

Have a great day,
Gabby

Layout - Rainy Days

Last week someone asked me to photograph 6 or 7 of my layouts.  And I went into panic mode.  I've been doing heaps (ok, mostly) pocket pages lately & didn't have many *great* traditional layouts.  So I did what any sane scrapbooker would do - I started creating!  Madly!  And ended up with 3 layouts I'm pretty darn happy with.

This is the first - Rainy Days are Awesome.  And yes, they pretty much are when you're a kid.

My papers of choice in this layout are Heidi Swapp - Today, Mixed Company & Dreamy.  Added in is a floral sheet from Amy Tangerine.  From this I cut a polaroid frame and also fussy cut some flowers.  For my title base I used a Project Life card.

And the pretty bits are also from a variety of sources - because that's how we roll.  Some gorgeous Heidi Swapp Today ephemera & stamp, wood veneer cloud & letter stickers from Prima, wood veneer word from Freckled Fawn.  All the other gorgeous bits are from the June D-lish Scraps Just Add Paper kit - ticket tag, yellow roses, flair, string, butterfly pin, washi tape.  And my trusty secondhand, side of the road typewriter managed the journalling strips.

And for a little bit of extra special there's pink sequins from D-lish Scraps & black Heidi Swapp colour shine splatters.

What am I loving about this page? It's a fun layout with lots of bright colours and it matches the great memory & happy faces of my kids.

Have a great day,
Gabby

It's catch up time... HS Memory Planner... June/July/August

There's nothing like a long winter holiday to get you behind on your memory keeping.  We did a 5 week family driving holiday Adelaide to Darwin and had a great time in the beautiful dry season. *sigh bliss*  We lived in Darwin for 8 years and sure do miss it.  Life in the Adelaide Hills surely is the polar opposite weather wise.  But we love it, luckily!

Anyway, the kids & I both all did a holiday journal... yep, 3 journals for the 1 holiday... and thanks to my Selphy we were able to keep our journals pretty much up to date during our travels.  But my gorgeous Heidi Swapp Memory Planner was left at home & really needed some catch up work.  And that has been me this week.

I use my Memory Planner to give a story & pics for the bigger events of the month.  The calendar side I like to note one little thing everyday.  This doesn't always happen, but I do try.  And then it is a few of the pictures from the month.  And I just love to make it look pretty... as you do.  For me that's using Heidi Swapp stamps - loving the new Project Life ones.  I team these with Ranger Archival Inks or colour using Tim Holtz Distress Markers.

Memor Planner notes - June

Memory Planner notes - July

  

Calendar - July

  

Memory Planner notes - August

I just love the Memory Planner.  It's so easy to use and really, really helps when it it comes to doing my Project Life... because yep, I'm behind on that too!

Hope you have a great week.

Gabby :-)

Let's Start!

Okay, so my first post... And we're away!

This weeks project has been getting my birthday invites finished & sent out.  Only 4 weeks to go, better get on it if I want anyone to come.

I was inspired by this gorgeous card from Jamie Pate... just love her stuff. Aaarrrggghhh - can't find Jamie's gorgeous card to link it now, of course.  Anyway, this is how my invite ended up.

As well as making something pretty, I really wanted to use up some papers from my stash... I have a love affair with patterned paper.  And I'm a hoarder :-/

I used Heidi Swapp's colour shine & chevron stencil for the top layer.  The cards with Kaisercraft Picked Pear matched with the Chartruese colour shine and the cards with the Basic Grey paisley patterned paper were matched with the Citron colour shine.

And to make the most of the colour shine I placed one sheet under the stencil and sprayed.  Then I placed another sheet over the top of the stencil, added a piece of paper towel on top & rolled with my brayer.  And (as my 4yo would say) Hey Presto - two sheets done with the spray of one!  Everyone loves a bonus!

    

I finished the card off with some cut files from my Silhouette Cameo - forty, the heart & the potty girl.  Made some flags from the paper scraps to layer under the heart & potty girl. Part of a doily was used in the top left corner with some black ribbon tied in a double bow.

Inside I had pre-printed the party details using a subway format which I created on publisher.

Hope you have a fabulous Friday.

Gabby