Vintage birthday card

This is a sketch for 15 October at Stuck Sketches. It's also up at Red Earth Scrapping as sketch of the month.  I saw it as a card straight away. I've made a vintage one for someone far away. I've used a lot of Bo Bunny here.

Tutorial on Getting Organised - Scrapbooking

Having your photos sorted and organised is the best place to start.  Helen Kinsela from Red Earth Scrapping has asked me to write a series of articles on the subject of getting organised to scrapbook. I have uploaded my first article today and a set of 3 photographs of one of my Creative Memories power sort boxes to show an example of what I use.  Take a look.

Ruck. A footy layout.

I am on a roll with my sport layouts today. Do you like my succinct post titles?

This one is for Red Earth Scrapping's May 2012 Stash stomper. You simply had to create a winter sport layout with more than one photo. Easy.

Fine Art

I do love art. The MOMA in NY is full of incredible art.

I've completed this layout for Red Earth Scrapping. It was a class run by Kate McCulloch. I bought a kit from RES which included Instaframes by Heidi Swapp. I had my eye on these from the last CHA. I really wanted some so I definitely had to buy the kit and have a go. We got to play with paint, which I love. It seemed appropriate to me to use a painting for the photos. I didn't have any friends ones to use so I improvised. The painting had just the right colours to match the kit. I've also used some pretty Prima flowers and a new flowers by Webster's Pages which I got in my win yesterday. It's the mesh one with the pearl centre. Sweet little thing it is.

Let me know what you think.

Also, if you look at my last past, which is for From Screen 2 Scrap, part of the challenge is to use polaroid or instagram photos. I only got these instaframes on Monday so couldn't use them in my DT example, but how PERFECT would they be to use for that challenge.

Birthday Card

This birthday card is for:

365 Cards - Day 56 is Loud.
I have used the brightest patterned papers that I own on this card.

It's also for the Mystery Box challenge at Red Earth Scrapping.

Use 1 or m ore hand made paper flowers
2 alphas
3 patterned papers
twine

Happy Birthday card

I've made this card for Red Earth Scrapping's March Stash stomp and for Day 19 at 365 Cards.

Red Earth's theme is something borrowed, blue, old and new.
Day 19 is to use 3 trims.

I started with a piece of double sided paper by The Scrapcake. It's really pretty. I've also used a matching tag. There was Swedish writing on it and I've covered it up with the Prima flower.

The other side of the paper was really pretty. I've just added some white cardstock for somewhere to write.

ily card

I've made this card for Red Earth Scrapbooking's February 2012 Mystery Box challenge. The challenge was to use these ingredients:

• AC Thickers - I've used Marquise CB stickers. I like the gun metal colour. Awesome.
• Flourish - This is cherryArte Rubon Basket. Pretty cool.
• Tag or ticket - I've made my own tag using a Creative Memories punch and white card stock. I've added felt hearts, Mrs Grossman's fabric zigzag sticker, ribbon and some Maria George Designer Trim.
• Something vintage -  Maria George Designer Trim
• brads - I've got some pearl brads that came free with my Anna's Craft Cupboard order. They're also kind of vintagey.

The card is made from grey DCWV cardstock and the heart PP is Bella Blvd Honey I'm Home/All You Need pp.

I think this would be a great card for Valentine's Day or an Wedding Anniversary (both of mine are next month) or a spouse's birthday.

New Cricket Kit layout

Good morning all. My guys have all gone off to the Test Match at the WACA, again. Nice and peaceful here so I'm taking time to enjoy my scrapping in peace.

This morning I've created a layout about cricket. There you go, can't get away from it. My son Mark got a brand new bat and a thigh pad for his 11th birthday last year. I've made this page for his album.

I've made this for 2 challenges. There is a new blog called Daring You To Scrap. It's Australian and the January challenge marks there very first one. You had to use paper scraps to make your own background. I've got a nice little pile of scraps on my table so I used them in this layout. The only items that were not scraps are the chipboard and the alphas. Everything else was scrap.

I've also entered this layout for Challenge 3 at Red Earth Scrapping which was to use the word new, plus a bonus item which I figured out was twine. I've wrapped two bits of twine around the N in New in the title.

I've used paint on the chipboard cricket title. What a cute little guy. Here is a close up and then the layout.

My Eyes Adore You - gems

Red Earth Scrapping has a happy new year comp going on. CH#4 is:

Create a layout with LOTS on it, you must use:

* Multiple photos (2 or more) I've used 5

* Lots of journalling (at least 2 sentences) I've got 10 sentences

* Use 3 or more clusters of embellishments Subtle but there are 3

* Use 3 or more different edge techniques (sanding, distressing, inking, punch borders, etc.) I've got distressing around the white cardstock and inking over same and then I corner rounded each photo.

Here's my entry. I entitled it My Eyes Adore You. I just loved looking at these incredible gems in the Museum in Washington.

This layout is to be published in Scrapbooking News and Review's special issue on 20 May 2012.

It is the companion page for the page I did for Show Us Your Stuff a few weeks back which you can see here.

Merry Christmas Mum

If anyone chanced to see the sewing machine wall plaque I made which I did a tutorial for in a previous post, here is me giving it to my Mum, along with a sewing machine on Christmas Day. I had a lot of fun creating this. It was a bit tricky as the background My Mind's Eye paper is covered in red glitter.
I've created this for Red Earth Scrapping's Happy Scrappy New Year comp. The Challenge 1 details are:

our challenge is to create a scrapbooking page/layout with the following criteria ...

* Photo/s from Christmas 2011

* non-Christmassy papers or embellies

* hidden journalling

BONUS ITEM CLUE ...

* I am icky, sticky but oh so pretty, I'm not the adhesive hiding behind your papers though, I like to be seen

I've met all of this criteria. Here is my layout and a few close ups.

Scalloped Hanging Christmas Tree

Hello everyone. It's Christmas Eve Eve. I wasn't going to do any more Christmas crafting but then I couldn't help myself. I had this Kaisercraft Scalloped Hanging wooden tree which was begging to have something done with it. 
I decided upon the colours based on the colour scheme of my house. I chose not to include green on purpose. 
I was in a Secret Santa swap at Red Earth Scrapping and my Santa was the owner Helen Kinsela. She sent me the 3 Prima flowers you can see on here. I also won a prize at ARTastic this year where the sponsor was  Tattered Inspirations. I got a Vintage Christmas kit. I have included quite a few items from it on here too.


Products used:

Kaisercraft Scallop Hanging Tree
Twiddleybitz Christmas Angel chipboard
Kaisercraft Clara pp
Creative Memories 1" circle punch
Kaisercraft Glue dots
Creative Memories ABCs
Tattered Inspirations Vintage Christmas kit
Prima flowers
Ribbonz - raspberry
American Crafts Elements premium ribbon
Scrap FX flourishes - chipboard
paints

Secret Santa and Advent Calendar

Amanda's Scraps Swaps is having a Secret Santa for December. I've put my name down for it. You have to make 6-10 handmade items for your person and send before Christmas. Easy. Just click on the link if you want to join in. It will be fun. It's nice to get a surprise for Christmas, don't you think?

I've made an Advent Calender today for Red Earth's Christmas A-Z Advent Calender. It's for a special something Helen is running over Christmas.


Here is my calender. It is a Little Yellow Bicycle Kit which I bought last year and have had sitting there. I've never had my own advent calender. I use a special one for the boys with little pockets which I put sweets in. They absolutely love it. Mine doesn't have lollies. Not sure what Helen means for us to do with it yet. Time will tell I suppose.

RERT Week 12 and Day 172 at 365 Cards

Week 12 and the final destination at Red Earth's road trip is upon me.  Mum gave me a wonderful photo of Dad last week and I couldn't resist printing it larger and using it in this week's challenge. The location is Canowindra which is where Helen, who is the owner of Red Earth Scrapping hails from. Criteria was to use 1 photo, bright colours, hot air ballon paper piecing. Tick all of those off in my layout "Daydream".

The card was just a birthday card. I've used the criteria for Day 172 at 365 Cards which is vintage and green.

Thanks for looking.

RERT layout and card Wk 9 Feed The Birds and Merry Christmas

Canberra is the destination for Week 11. Only one week left. This week's layout challenge is to use floral papers and a sketch.  I've chosen to make a page for Damon's album. He's feeding birds apple at the Walk-In Aviary in Canberra when we visited there in January 2009. I've used mostly Echo Park papers and elements. I've included some little butterflies which I hope you can see in the close up photo. Bit subtle but sometimes the little things count as much as the big. The bonus item this week was the Australian flag.

The card challenge was inspired by the House of Reps being green and the Senate being red. We've actually been in those rooms. You had to use non-traditional Christmas papers. I quite like how it's turned out.

Thanks for looking.

Week 10 of RERT - my layout and card

This week on the Red Earth Road trip the town of Emerald is featured. One of the features of the town is a giant easel displaying a Van Gogh Sunflowers painting. I took my inspiration from that and I had the perfect photos for it. Last year we visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. I took a photo of Sunflowers by VVG and the explanation alongside. We also had to use scallops and a bonus item (which is the little yellow sunflower bottom right). I've also used green rhinestones as the flower centres as a nod to the name of the town of Emerald. Here is my layout for the challenge.

We also had to create a card with scallops. I love lilac. I have punched a tag and a scalloped flower. I've used cotton to spirograph around the scallops to create a nice pattern.

Wk 9 of RERT - double layout and card

The challenge for this week was the Barossa Valley but the only criteria was it had to be a double for the layout and add strips of paper for the card. Super easy.  Here are the many products I used to create the above double pager:

Studio Calico/Elementary/Atmosphere PP
Sassafras yellow paper
Basic Grey Wander/Gridlock PP
My Mind's Eye Breaking Free/Oh so very hot sun kissed stars PP
Basic Grey/archaic pp
Core-dinations CS Aegean Belle
October Afternoon seaside alphas
white cs
BG Wander eleement stickers and rub-ons
daisy hill vellum - Travel
cherryArte CB Morrocco

I made this card for a male birthday. If you are a male relative of mine and see it hope you like it because it may be in your future.

RERT - Wk 8 Layout and card

Week 8 of the Red Earth Road Trip is Burnie in Tasmania. We've been let loose a little bit as the criteria was to use paper and layer it. Easy peasy Japanesy. I loooooove paper.

For the card I've done a circle shape and followed through with 1" circles punched from scrap paper, layered a vellum title and a CB piece in a similar colourway. Done.

The layout is a lot of My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary line with some crate paper borders and some extras. Another Prima flower. Now that's two layouts in a row. Wow.

RERT - Week 7 Great Ocean Road

Challenges this week were to create a celebration card using a photo. I've also used this week's secret element of seashells on the card. This is for my Dad for Father's Day in September. He loves to go fishing. The photo was taken in Tasmania. I've cut it into 3 strips.

The layout had to have a 3 word title and an element of nature and be NOT 12x12 in size. Mine is 9" by 13". It's of a Mt Hotham ski trip.

Father's Day card

Snowy mountains layout and card for the road trip

Week 6's destination is the snowy mountains. For the layout that means ALL WHITE. Now, there is a challenge, plus use the secret bonus items. These were the chippy snowflakes. What to do with those when you live in Perth, a really dry place. I chose to use this photo Mark and I took last June of the Perth skyline over the Swan River. The river was sparkling so you need to pretent the snowflakes are sparkles. hee hee

The card criteria was it had to be glittery. I made last week's card super glittery so I thought ??? What to do. Anyway, I made another glittery card using some glitter paper and a flower with glitter on the edges. Glitter is not my fave thing as it makes a lot of mess when you use it. I'll have to give these cards to friends in person. I'm sure that flower won't fit in an envelope. ahahaha

Week 5 - Dunk Island layout and card

Week 5 on the Red Earth Scrapping road trip is to Dunk Island.
Criteria is for the layout to have 50% blue and be on a water activity. The card was to have a tropical feel, in either colours or topic. I've included the bonus item of a chippie butterfly on the card. I've painted it and Kindy Glitzed it.