Verrrry lazy day

Yes, nothing like a lazy day.  Felt just the need for one today,  so aside from ambling over to papershop I never moved out of house all day.  And lovely it was too.
Mind you one cannot be idle all day, so it was back to scrapbooking.  Seem to have acquired a lot of photos.  The kodak printer makes printing photos a breeze, no messing about,  no faffing with paper,  just put paper in, select size and yes - it does what it says on the tin!   Also found some papers tucked away,  this is the advantage (not) of not being organised,  you do come across some wonderful finds.  Just wish I could find my plain white flowers!

So made this page,  papers came from papermania kit,  vintage something or other.   Corners made from the Slice, used the findings card so was also able to do the 'shadow',  didn't have much pink card so used a pro marker (cocktail pink)  to colour some white card.  Had a rummage thru stash and found a couple of pink butterflies and that was that.

Was surprised how different two different pro marker pinks were, both looked pretty similar,  but when I used them the were VERY different.

All for now folks, happy scrapping

Another day and another page

After months of not doing much I seem to be on some sort of scrapathon.  This was another page that was completed over the weekend,  fairly simple to put together, used one piece of paper, two photos and some white card,  lettering and flowers (which are temporary till I locate the ones I want to use)

Backing is from WeRMemory keepers vintage collection, just a single sheet.  I cut into it so that the photos could 'lie' behind.  Used the X cutting system to shape the photos,  then used some white card to act as a mat, but inked the edges.  Just added the lettering, using my Slice machine, and the flowers, oh and a sentiment.    I guess it shows that you don't always have to go to extremes with your pages, they can be very simple. 

Lettering can be an issue in scrapbooking,   you could use a cuttlebug and buy the alphabets, or a punch set,  but I prefer the Slice.  It is a nice small machine,  doesn't take up too much space and is rechargeable.  The new model is also hands free, but it should be stated that anyone who has the earlier model can buy the hands free kit.  The new cards for the machine also allow you to do shadowing,  mirroring, and then there is embossing.  The cards can seem expensive, but when compared to a die cut alphabet set they are very cheap.  And of course you have the luxury of being able to cut letters to the size you want,  well up to 4 inches, which is big enough for any scrap page.  

New Pages

Feel like I've caught the scrapping bug.   Although I did buy some lovely papers recently, think they've also reinvigorated my crafty side.

Made this page today:  Too Many Cooks
Cardstock:  WeRmemorykeepers Vintage
DCWV - plain card  Paper mania Dotty card
Ribbon,  brads (square headed) and lettering to suit.

I cut out a half circle from the plain card stock,  and a moon shape from the dotty paper.  Layered those, chose 4 photos, cut three into circles, enlarged on and cut it using an Xcut shape cutter (ellipse),  matted all photos onto white card.  Used some beige ribbon and added some brads,  then the lettering. 
The photos are of my sister's family, out in spain attempting to cook Christmas dinner!   I think they all pitched in,  but of course BiL took all the credit! 

Apologies..

Not posted on here for ages,  very remiss of me.  Sorry but life sort of overtook me,  had a knee replacement operation back in September,  that was agony...  then a whole load of other stuff kept getting in the way.  But here I am again! 

Thought I'd start off with this page,  love to say that it was planned but... no chance.   I started with the photos and they had a lot of blue in them,  so was looking for anything with a blue colour, but also wanted it to be cheerful as the pics were taken in Spain, so that was influencing me.   Ended up with this:

Base card:  from We R memorykeepers kit 589251  from QVC. 
Then used Blue and Cream card,  paper mania stock.  Used a circle cutter to get the 'circles',  just so one would tuck neatly under the other.   
Also used circle cutter from the X cut kit, to shape two of the photos - they may 'appear' to be circles, but they're not quite.
Once I got to this stage I laid everything down, but something was missing, so using the circle cutter I cut two more circles from the patterned card,  then using a tearing ruler tore off a piece of the creamy yellow card.  Felt that it needed something, so messed with some buttons I had,  all random, I coloured the heart shaped button with perfect pearls.  
Finished off with some brads, and the lettering using The Slice,  and coloured it with some inks.

I think it works.   Very happy with the page.   Have another two to upload, so watch this space. 

At last some scrapbooking!

Sorry folks, been away for far too long.   Things have been a bit hectic.  But I finally managed to get down to some scrapping over the weekend. 

I got the inspiration for this from a PM pack, which was part of a Do Crafts Goody bag, on sale for half price.  Ages since I bought a Goody Bag!   This was well worth the £7.50 I paid for it, a full pack of PM paper, patterned,   one pack of handmade papers/designer,  glue pen,  photo tape, buttons, flowers, brads, peel offs...    Even at full price the Goody Bags do offer value for money, so do keep an eye out for them.

This layout is by Jesse Edwards, it came with the paperpack, on the back cover,  I used all the papers from the pack,  and lettering is from The Slice.   I made the 'sun shape' by using a stencil,  cutting one out in black then a circle in white.    I also bought some of the new mosaic tiles, and used them as accents. 

Here is the layout,  they used scalloped card, but I didn't in my layout, it is up to you of course. 

Materials

• Papermania Boutique paper pack 
• White card from Collosal pack PM
• PM designer papers
• Plain black card, plain white care
• Mosaic tiles

Tools

• The Slice
• Metal ruler
• Pencil, rubber,  paper cutter
• photo glue (or glue of choice)
• Circle cutter

Remember all layouts can be adapted, or altered,  or added to.  You never have to stick religiously to a layout, unless of course it is for a competition or stipulated. 

Happy scrapping!

Expensive week!

Wish it was a huge craft bill I'd run up, but nope, the old MOT...   thank goodness for plastic!   Just glad I sold that stuff on ebay, that helped to make a dent in it.
But have managed to get some scrapping done.  This was for a challenge I set, using a sketch from pencil lines (wonderful blog, full of ideas and stuff you can use/download). 

I must be going thru a green phase,  I've had a blue phase, and a pink phase, now it is green! 


But it was an easy layout to follow.   A triangle,  and two oblongs/rectangles,  the photo and 3 buttons, well I used chipboard ones,  and added a couple of strips of green card.   That was just to add accent and lift the layout a little.   Just seen another version and that is fabulous,  may ask permission to show it on here.

All for now,  be back soon.

A bit of a challenge

I set a challenge on a group and it has taken me all month to complete it!  Part of my problem was choosing what photos to take, the challenge was to take 4 photos that could sum up a typical day  and then follow a template.   I finally settled on four photos,  one of porridge, which I have for breakfast, most days include crafting, so took pic of my messy craft table,  and I chat to friends using skype,  and I do like a nice glass of red... 
Took me ages to settle on a colour scheme,  tried pink first, but that didn't work,  finally chose green, then didn't like the photos,  so matted them with pink and green card,  that seemed to lift them,  did the lettering with The Slice,  and added some gromlets using the Big Bite, green and brown.  

Here's the template if you want to have a go. 

Materials:

• Collosal colour card pack, PM
• DCWV patterned paper
• Gromlets
• Plain cream paper from my stash

Tools

• The Slice
• Big Bite
• Photo glue
• Craft knife, ruler, eraser, paper trimmer

Think I got the cream paper (used for lettering) from papershop,  many moons ago.   Forgotten I had the box of paper, and how mad I'd gone picking colours, will be very handy for the lettering.  

Do remember that all the templates can be downloaded,   I am thinking of using PDF files as well.  Have fun, and happy scrapping.