MORE ORDERS

I love desiging my own albums.

All I do is draw a rough sketch of what I want, then I put it onto 2mm chipboard and cut it out.

This was a special request for a lady who wanted something different for her granddaughter's 1st birthday.

In total there are 6 pages with lots of pockets and areas to put photos.

The book itself measured approximately 7" by 4 1/2". I used bright and vibrant K&Co papers for this album and the are just beautiful.

Lots of flowers and ribbons finished off this book.

TFL.....happy scrapping

ORDER UP

I have a wonderful friend who lives in Adelaide and is always after custom items.

She wanted a christening album with a difference and because her friends

had a boat theme I decided to continue that theme through to the album

Clear albums are so very 'in' at the moment. You don't have to use the whole book to make your album. I usually use a clear plate for the front and the back of the album and use coloured cardstock for the center pages. This way you can get 2 books out of the 1 album.

The little boats were paper pieced by me using a 1 3/4" circle cut in half and then some triangles for the masts. Very simple but overall very eye catching.

The little wave under the title is from a scrap piece of KaiserCraft and I've water coloured the blue onto it to give it a bit more depth.

When I do albums for party's, christenings etc where I know there will be a few people in attendance, I always add a few extra blank pages at the back for signatures.

I'm sure I'll be getting more orders very soon.
TFL....

CABOOLTURE SHOW

A few weeks ago I was given a booklet about the Caboolture Show and asked to submit some items for the exhibits. I've never really showed any of my work even though I have been teaching for many many years.

I didn't have a clue on what to enter, what was expected, how things were judged etc. So I just grabbed what I thought looked good and sent it away.

I entered cards, an off the page project and some beaded dresses. I have only put up a few photos as I haven't taken photos of them all.

I received a few ribbons for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.

I will proudly display them in my scrapbooking shop here on bribie island.

I've told the ladies I teach that next year they too will be submitting some of there wonderful cards, layouts and otp products for the Caboolture Show.

You couldn't wipe the smile off my face today....it's been a SUPER day today....

Until next time....Happy Scrapping

QUEENS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND

WOW.......

what a weekend....It's amazing how the internet can bring people together after such a long time apart.

Facebook has led me to my primary school best friend who I haven't seen in nearly 28yrs.

Sonia still lives in brisbane and drove up to Bribie Island to spend the afternoon with me and my boys. Even though it was a tad windy, it certainly didn't stop the non-stop chit chat of many years of catching up.

The boys had a great day filling up on ice-cream and running around the park.

My youngest did have a nice clean green shirt before he started his little feast...but alas...it turned into a beautiful mottled colour when he was done.

Hope you all had a great Long Weekend....

ULTRASOUND

Do you have an ultrasound picture and have no clue on what to do with it?

I had a profile photo of myself when i was pregnant with my youngest child and using photoshop I cut around it and made a template. Of course I did give myself a bit of a lift (lol)

I chose to punch some flowers out with 3 shades of blue and starting from the biggest flower I adhered them to the torso moving upwards to the smaller flower. Using a white gel pen I drew around each flower and joined them all together with a vine and extra doodles coming off of it.

The whole concept of the flowers was to represent growth and I think it looks pretty good.

I knew I was having a boy so I chose blue papers.

A beautiful poem, a small doodle and the title running down the front of the belly is a great way to display your ultrasound pictures.

Happy scrapping everyone...

LACE IT UP

I am starting to use ribbons in a different way on my layouts. I keep on doing the same old run the ribbon across the page thing, so i decided to do something different.

For this layout I again have used KaiserCraft papers. Reminisce Collection is a BIG favourite of mine as it's so versatile with many layouts I have done, whether it is a vintage layout or a boy layout.

To make this layout you will need 3 double sided papers, I used KaiserCraft Reminisce papers, chipboard, chipboard title, 2mtrs of 3mm ribbon, ink, flowers and a brad to secure.

• For the base I used Treasure and I inked the edges with brown ink.
• I then cut a circle approximately 11in using Recollect. With a corner punch I then punched a scollop edge around the circle. In each scollop I again punched a small hole for the ribbon to slide through later. Again I inked all edges.
• Cut a piece of chipboard to measure 7"x5", then cover it with My Love, using the brown side and making sure to get that lighter pattern piece onto the chipboard. This will hold your photo later.
• With a piece of scrap paper, cut yourself a shield shape. Use that as a template and trace out the shape onto your striped paper, Hold Dear. Ink the edges.
• With your scolloped circle cut it about 1/3 from the edge. You can then adhere this to one side of your page, making sure not to cover the holes.
• With your left over piece adhere it to the opposite side, making sure the holes line up as your don't want your ribbon looking lop-sided.
• Once these are both in place, start threading your ribbon through the holes. You can either do it from the bottom up or the top down. Tie in a bow and leave some to hang.
• Place your diecut shield shape onto your striped paper and place your flowers on top.
• With your 7"x5" piece of covered chipboard, place foam tape underneath and place onto the larger circle. This will hold your photo. I've also distressed the edges to give it a bit of life.
• After inking your chipboard title, using pritt gel adhere it into position on your page. If you are like me you can add some dimensional magic to the title to make it stand out.

Instead of using a shield diecut, I cut out a flower and foam mounted that onto the smaller circle. If you can't find the right chipboard title, why not punch out your title using co-ordinating papers and glue them into place.

Happy scrapping....

GRAFFIC 45

My classes on a Wednesday are becoming very popular indeed. I am thinking of doing another class in the afternoons as I hate turning anyone away when it comes to teaching.

I am a big fan of Graffic 45 at the moment along with Collection Elements. These two just seem to go hand in hand when I make something, whether it's a layout, off the page item, or a card.

I find that Graffic 45 is great for doing those old worldly cards. On the verge of heritagy (if that's a word). Like all my work, I ink everything thing in brown.

These are the two(2) cards I made last week. I added a bit of dimenion by embossing certain pieces of the card then running a finger dauber full of brown ink over the top to make it stand out just that little bit more. Border punches also add to any project, especially cards as the area you are using is smaller therefore more eye-catching.

The lower card is a pocket. You can covert the tag into a smaller card with a personal message in the middle if you wanted to do something different...

Thanks for visiting....