Holiday Scrapping

Hi all,

I have managed to complete a few layouts during my holidays. However, I'm not finished yet, still more I want to do.

Here is a current one of the boys receiving their awards at the end of last year's school year.

This page documents a running bathroom battle between the boys.

This page is all about my tiling adventures at my mum's house.

Finally, a cute layout for my mum about her great grandson playing in the backyard.

That's it for now, well until I complete some more!

Take care and happy crafting,

Helen xx

Let's Get Sketchy Guest Designer Call

Hello All,

Happy New Year to you all and I hope 2017 is a wonderful year for you. I don't make New Year's resolutions, however, this year I am aiming no I will get more scrapbooking and mixed media work done as I will find more time for myself and not spend it on work for my classroom.

Anyway I saw the post for the guest design call at Let's Get Sketchy and couldn't resist applying so here goes.

Let’s Get Sketchy is having a Guest Designer Call.  We are looking for Guest Designers for the 2017 calendar year. If you think you have what it takes to be a Guest Designer here at Let’s Get Sketchy then here’s what you do! 

• Leave a comment below indicating you would like to apply 
• Create a layout from the sketch below and email it to us atletsgetsketchy@gmail.com , please put Guest Designer Call in the subject line
• Add our link and GDT call to your blog
• Provide links to your blog and any online galleries. 

Call sketch:

 

The brief was to make a layout from this sketch so here is my take on it.

Here are some close ups of the embellishment clusters.

        

Well that's it for now as I'm off to email Let's Get Sketchy then I am taking my gorgeous 16 year old twin boys to the movies to see Passengers.

Take care and keep crafting,

Helen xx

Summer holidays here I come!

Hi all,

Woo hoo! School is over for the year and I am now on summer holidays. So my plan is to do some scrapping and painting over this time, plus some dastardly organising and sorting of the whole house.

I did manage to scrapbook a layout as a present for one of my colleagues, it's of her first grandchild. I really enjoyed making it as I used a cut file from a Pink Paisley pack I bought at Spotlight and I backed all the cutouts in the heart with some patterned paper from my stash.

I used some embellishments from Simple Stories. The finished layout did have some sequins adhered to it in the bottom left corner and top right corner. My assistant at work and I gave it as a joint present and it is in a frame from Kaiser Craft so that hopefully Deb can put it on display somewhere.

Well that's it for now.

Take care and have fun crafting,

Helen xx

Stuck Sketches

Hi all,

I am having my first go at a sketch challenge.

The November 1st sketch on the Stuck?! Sketches blog is this one:

And this is my interpretation of it:

I used paper and embellishments from Pink Paisley's C'est La Vie range, Shimmerz Aqua Hues Crazy Daisy and Distress Ink Pumice Stone.

Well that's it for now, have fun crafting.

Take care,
Helen xx

Back again!

Hi all,

Is it hard to guess which won? Nope, didn't think so but I did get all the week's washing done.

I created a layout about my son's graduation from the iScience project he was part of last year. The photos are tiny as I only had my iPhone and I was far away. I started by making a messy background on some Shimelle Starshine paper but didn't like it. I used the packaging technique with some Shimmerz Vibez and Creameez but wasn't impressed with the outcome so decided to chop it up into stars. I also inked some stars onto the cardstock using an old Crafter's Workshop stencil and some Distress Inks, I think I was in a groove from this morning's layout. I found some chipboard stars that I painted with my Shimmerz products and some enamel dots to finish it off.

Well that's it for today. Now I have to go and fold that mountain of washing that the lovely spring day dried for me.

Until next time, take care.
Helen xx

Layout of a layout!

Hi all,

It's a lovely Spring day here in Perth and I am enjoying some alone time in my scrap room, none of this going out and enjoying the sunshine for me!

Earlier in the year I posted a layout on the Hip Kit Members Facebook page and received some lovely comments but the one that made me get all excited was left by Missy Whidden. I really enjoy her videos and admire her pages/talent thus loved having her comment on my work. So I took a screenshot so I could remember it and today I finally got around to scrapping it.

I copied some of the "Smitten" layout's composition in today's layout which I titled "Yay!". Plus I stencilled the hearts with Distress Inks and coloured the wood veneer with some Dazzlers from Shimmerz. Paper and embellishments are from Crate Paper's Hello Love range.

Well that's it for today, I'm just deciding more scrapping or housework? I think we all know which one will win!

take care,
love Helen xx

Weekend Fun!

Hello all,

I had a hard decision to make this weekend do I do some school work, do some housework or do some scrapbooking - well guess which one won? Yep you're right the house is a mess, school can wait but I made two layouts. I am on a quest to use up as much of my stash as I can, however, I did order some new Simple Stories Posh collection this week as I just couldn't resist!

For my first layout I rummaged through my draw of blue/green papers and found some older pieces from Pebbles and Scenic Route that matched really well plus some old stickers from Jillibean Soup and made a layout about the boys getting their learner's permit. I started with making a background with some Shimmerz Vibezs (Jeni B Blue and Deep Blue Sea) and some Aqua Hues (Crazy Daisy, Green with Envy and Blue Moon) but didn't like how the page buckled so I decided to punch hexagons out of it and use them as the new background. I quite like the way it turned out.

For my second layout I used some Maggie Holmes Bloom products that I have been hoarding. I stitched the cute bird paper to some cardstock and then watered down a Shimmerz Dazzler (Pucker Up Pink) and painted it onto the page where the photo was going. Then I stencilled with some more of the Dazzler for extra texture.

Then came the layering and playing with all the pretty embellishments. I'm really proud of my little garden and all the pretty blooms that are in it this year. It is such a splash of colour and it brightens my soul when I look at it.

Well that's it for now. The house is calling and I must go and do a bit of work.

Take care and happy crafting,

love Helen xx