Scrapping Fun

Hi all,

I've been busy in my scrap room - actually making layouts not just moving stuff around! I also have applied for a design team so fingers crossed!

Anyway here is a page I made using the January Hip Kit, it's about my little great nephew and I made the page for Mum (great granny!).

I couldn't help myself with the play on the title! (surname = Smit)

I also made a layout about lunch I had with my cousin Rocky and her two adorable kids. Too cute!

Well that's about it, I'm off to clean out the back yard. The dogs left to go and live with their dad last weekend and it is very quiet here without them. I know it's better for them as they have a much bigger yard now and are right near the beach but I have had them for the last 9 years Belle, 7 years Mary and so it's very different them not being here.

       

Happy crafting everyone,

take care,

Helen xx

2nd Shimelle Challenge

Back again!

This time with the second challenge for Shimelle's weekend crop. This challenge was to scrap something that has value to you, well that wasn't hard the biggest thing that has value to me is my twin boys. I've had these photos of the boys on a half finished layout for the last year so I ripped them off the old idea and set about actually scrapping them to completion. Truth be told the background paper was one I created yesterday for my previous selfie layout but I didn't like it with my photo. When I laid the photos of the boys and I on it I liked the contrast of the black and white stripes and decided to make it work. I added pieces from Shine and Wonder, both by Crate Paper, and a few puffy stickers from Heidi Swapp and of course some enamel dots (I don't think I could create a layout without include some!).

Now off to have a go at another challenge.

bye, 

Helen

Long Weekend in WA and crafting with Shimelle

Hi all,

It is a long weekend here in WA, Monday is Labour Day, so it's time to get some scrapbooking happening in this craft room! Shimelle has a virtual crop happening this weekend (well Saturday and Sunday UK time) which equates to late Saturday early Monday here, perfect for a long weekend! Thanks Shimelle.

The first challenge was to complete one of the previous weekly challenges and I chose the selfie challenge. I cracked open my new Shine collection by Maggie Holmes and Crate Paper and this is what happened.

 

Here is a close up of the bottom right hand cluster. 

I also took some photos of a layout I completed last weekend that has been sitting on my desk waiting to be photographed all week. One day whilst watering the garden I was visited by a wanderer butterfly and I managed to get a photo of it. Since moving into my new house I am finding a new interest in gardening, can't call it a love yet but you never know.

And a close up.

Well that's it for now, I'll be back soon with my next challenge.

Take care and happy crafting,

Helen xx

February Update

Hi All,

Hope you all are having a great time where ever you may be. Life is pretty hectic here with school starting for the new year, ex declaring bankruptcy and moving furniture between houses. I haven't had a huge amount of crafting time but yet I have still managed to upload a scrapbooking process video to my YouTube channel and create a few pages.

This is the layout that I created the video about, wasn't the greatest filming - accidentally cut off the top left hand corner but at least it wasn't blurry.

I found a photo of a layout or two that I haven't posted before, so here they are.

 Here are my newest creations, three scrapbook layouts and a journal page.

Lastly, here is a sneak peek of my up coming art journal class.

Well that's it for tonight. Happy crafting!

Take care, Helen 

Hello 2016

Hi all,

I'm hoping you've had a great start to 2016. I'm on school holidays and am having a relaxing time. I've managed to scrapbook a few times plus some colouring in with my Copics. I have even managed to do some cleaning and clearing out.

It's been quite warm here in Perth with some terrible fires started by lightning. Unfortunately many people south of me have lost their homes and belongings, it's definitely a hard time for many Western Australians right now. My local scrapbook store is running a "Happiness Project" where people can make donations of new goods to help out the families that have lost so much, which is so very thoughtful and caring.

Just after Christmas I went to help out one of my friends sort and rearrange her scraproom. We spent 3 days on the task clearing, sorting, painting, trip to Ikea and reordering the room. It was a big task, and wasn't finished when I left , but it was fun. Crazy person that I am I love sorting things for people.

Anyway here are some of my finished pages. The first one I completed after watching the return of Glitter Girl! I'm so glad she's back I always enjoyed her videos on Two Peas and was disappointed when the site closed well thankfully Shimelle has started them again. This page was inspired by her layout.

This page is for my album about my trip to England in 2013. I have already created a project life album about our trip for my mum and now I'm working on my own.

Here is a sneak peek of my January art journal page that I'm teaching on 24th Jan.

And finally here is some of the colouring that I did at my friend's house yesterday. 

         

That's it for now. Have fun crafting.

Take care,

Helen xx

Well that's what a busy term will cause!

Hi All,

Term 4 at school is always hectic and this one has been no different, full on to say the least. Mind you in amongst all the busy times I have managed to find my scrapping mojo! Well that's report writing for you, I'll find almost anything to do to put off writing them . . . even housework!

These are the pages that I have created whilst I should have been writing reports. All but one have some mixed media element to them as that's how I roll. Sorry about the amount of photos but i should post more often.

First up Sam and his new second cousin at the speedway.

A photo of me from last year after a trip to the hairdressers.

At work we all wore beanies to raise money for cancer, we were supporting a few of our collegues who are going through difficult times.

A photo of Sam and I out for lunch last year. Ben was there too but he hates me taking photos.

A photo from my trip to the UK in 2013. I've already scrapped it once but gave it to Mum as part of the album I made for her about our mother daughter trip.

This page came about because I saw the chipboard piece from Dusty Attic at the shop and I knew I wanted to make a page about how my life is now since my separation.

I was also lucky to be a student for a change, I took one of Finnabair's classes that she taught at my local scrapbook store just a few weeks ago.

For my November art journal class we made this page:

This is the page I prepared for my December class, I always like to do a Christmas page and I loved the stencil by Kaisercraft so it became the inspiration for the page.

And finally, I had my class make little elves using a photo of themselves for our window display, which my teacher assistant Jodi did a wonderful job with. I can't show the window display but here is my elf.

The other thing that has me happy lately is that I finally have lovely finger nails. I've never been a biter but they just never grew but all of a sudden I noticed that they had a grown a bit over the ends of my fingers so I whisked down to the local nail salon and got SNS polish put on. Well now I have lovely long nails and I feel so girly! I just got them redone with Christmas colours for the girls in my class, here's a snap of them.

Well that's it for now, school holidays are almost here so I aim to post a bit more regularly and not so photo heavy each time, even thinking I might make a video or two!

Take care and happy crafting,

Helen xx

Hello!

Hi all,

I know long time since I've added a post but life's been busy. Term 4 at school has already started and I recently went to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland to visit my friend Beth plus I spent two nights in Brisbane and managed to fit a bit of shopping in at the craft fair.

Also this month I have had a layout published in the Australian magazine Scrapbooking Memories (Vol 18 Issue 5), it was in the Self Gallery - what do you think?

Here is a close up of the embellishment cluster.

Tomorrow I have am teaching my next art journal class at my local scrapbook store. Here is the double page the ladies will be creating:

That's it for now, just a quick share as I should really be finishing my next month's spread for class tomorrow.

Night all and happy crafting!

love Helen