Peas in a Pod!

Hello again, how's the week going so far?

I think I've finally cleaned up and dried out from the muddiest, soggiest Field Trip ever on Tuesday, in the history of Field Trips!  My washing machine will never be the same again, and the brand sparkling new rubber boots we each had, are still sitting in the garage, waiting for me to hose them down.  I'll bring myself to do it eventually!

Anyhow, on to happier thoughts.  My final layout from my recent Two Scrapbook Friends DT kit, using Prima's Doodle-Deux, is at last making an appearance.

Fussy cutting crazy on this one.........'Peas in a Pod'..........

I think this is my favourite page from this months kit.

Did I mention fussy cutting, cause there's a whole bunch of it on here together with a few canvas flowers thrown in there.

I also loved this idea I saw in a magazine recently of punching like crazy, so I got to work with my new Cropodile.  Had to add a little doodling too, frames everything nicely.

A little more fussy cutting around the title, from various sheets of PP, and another page completed for 'the book'!

Have a great day.....I'm making it a lazy one here, and I'll see you tomorrow,
Jayne.x.

Bring out the Brads!

Good morning and a happy Monday to ya!

Saturday I had an awesome day of scrapping with a wonderful group of ladies (big thanks to Christa and Ann for all your hard work) and was pretty productive for a change!

Today I was going to post the last project from my recent DT Kit, but realized sometime over the weekend that I had almost (but not quite!) forgotten that it's my turn for this weeks 'Crafty Challenge' over on the Two Scrapbook Friends Forum.

With that said, the final installment of Prima's Doodle-Deux will have to wait until later in the week........I'm sure you can stand the suspense, yes?!!

Anyhow, on with the challenge.

Today I thought we'd take things back a little once again.

I'd like you to use some of those once loved (and probably forgotten!) embellies...........Brads or Eyelets!

These little beauties have had somewhat of a revival in the scrapbooking world recently, and I for one am guilty of not using them as much as I should.

So here's your chance to dig them out and put them to good use. If you've been scrapbooking for 5 years or more I know you have some in your stash somewhere, so come on ladies, let's see what you can do with them.

Here's my page for today, using Simple Stories 'Fabulous'.

I used brads to create a couple of circles on my layout but you can do whatever you please.

A little touch of sewing (thanks Dee for reminding me to do this!) and we're done.

I hope you'll get a chance to play along with this weeks challenge......don't forget to upload to the Gallery and Forum and I look forward to seeing what you create. 

I'll be back here before you know it so till then, enjoy,
Jayne.x.

I'm so lucky..........

Happy Friday all!

I'm back today with a quick post showing a card creation from my Two Scrapbook Friends DT Kit, using Prima's Doodle-Deux collection.

Now if you happened to have seen my previous projects here, here and here, you'll have noticed a common theme of 'fussy cutting' elements from the various sheets of PP. The downside to fussy cutting your patterned papers is that you end up with gaping holes, therefore not leaving a whole lot left to create a card!  However, I persevered.....my solution is 'patchwork' inspired..........

 There are also a few more fussy cut pieces glued or 'popped' on there to add interest, and the sentiment.  A white Sakura gel pen provides the stitching as I was just too lazy to sew those six pieces of paper on there!

I used Word to complete the sentiment inside and there we have it.

I have one more project left to show you from this collection - a scrapbook page, but you'll have to wait for Monday for that.

I'm out at a crop all day tomorrow with a lovely group of gals, which I'm so looking forward to.  Not so much looking forward to the packing/prepping I have to do today!  All in a good cause though.....it may result in more goodies to show on here.....fingers crossed!

Have a great weekend and I'll see you Monday,
Jayne.x.

Day Trippin'

Good morning.

It's a beautiful Fall (Summer!) day here and we're half way through another week, so hope things are going well for you.

I'm back with another scrapbook page today, using Prima's Doodle-Deux collection from my recent DT Kit with Two Scrapbook Friends.

This one shows photo's from an impromptu day trip to Toronto earlier in the year, on a beautiful Spring day, so here goes............

The smaller shot on there had my husband lying on his back on the concrete, to snap an upwards view of my girls and the CN Tower.

You may notice a common theme through all of my projects using this collection.....fussy cutting and lots of it - always a useful solution if you feel a paper is too busy for your needs.

There's a random layering of pennants (all cut from the patterned paper) together with Washi tape and a couple of buttons tucked in there.

The torn, layered circle also adds more dimension to the page.

The accordion embellishment is made from ordinary black card stock and a border punch.

The white circles are doodled on there by hand to tie in with the theme and patterns on the papers, and the little chick is fussy cut from a sheet of PP.

For the title I dug into my stash of forgotten and barely used eyelets......really need to use these more often!

So that's it for today.

Enjoy the glorious sunshine and I'll see you on Friday.
Take care,
Jayne.x.

Friends are like flowers.........

Good morning, it's Monday so I thought I'd start the week with good intentions and post on here.

I'm back today with my second project from my last Two Scrapbook Friends DT Kit, using Prima's Doodle-Deux collection.

One of these days I'm going to remember to take a photo of what's included in my kit before I actually attack it with my scissors.  It hasn't happened so far so you'll just have to use your imagination for now!

Most of the papers in this collection have a lot of pattern on there, beautiful detail but quite busy, so for this project (the altered item!) I got to work with the scissors..........lots of fussy cutting.

I attacked a very inexpensive dollar store canvas, with a combination of a banner stencil and a couple of different shades of mist.  You can also see the variety of fussy cut paper elements, together with a few canvas flowers thrown in.

One of those Michael's $1.50 bin felt birds I'm so fond of, sits on top of a Dienamics die cut branch.............

 A simple combination of alpha stickers finish things nicely.

I'll be back soon with a scrapbook page using this collection, so stay tuned for more Prima goodness.
Have a good one,
Jayne.x.

Tooth For A Pair and a sketch.

Well the kiddo's are back to school and for the first time since around May, the house is quiet and I have a little time to myself.  I still haven't quite found my way back to my scrapping closet on a regular basis, but I do have something for you today.

I thought it was about time I revealed creations from my last DT Kit from Two Scrapbook Friends, so I'm starting with a layout.  It was also my turn this week for a Sketchy Challenge on the Two Scrapbook Friends Forum, so killing two birds with one stone, I converted this one into a sketch......I'll post that at the end.

For this kit I was given products from Prima's 'Doodle-Deux' collection and I'm not going to lie to you.........when I first heard that this was the product I would be working with, my initial reaction was shock (maybe even a little horror!) but most definitely panic.

I'm not saying this line of product is bad.....it's gorgeous, it's just that it's not something I would usually buy.  I tend to steer clear of papers that are overly busy, as I sometimes struggle in deciding what to do with them.

However I'm here officially eating my words. Once I relaxed, breathed a little and started to get my hands dirty, this line was so much fun to work with, certainly the most fun I've had yet with a DT kit.

So without further ado, here goes.........'Tooth For A Pair'

As the title suggests, the theme for this page is pretty light hearted and the same goes for the layout.  Several cut strips of patterned paper form a matt for the photo, embellished with a Washi tape/toothpick flag combo.

Washi tape again comes to the rescue together with natural hemp, to form a homemade banner.

I also couldn't resist a subtle touch of doodling on there........it is called 'Doodle-Deux' after all!

 As promised here's the sketch for this layout.

If you can use it please do, and if you'd like to join in with this months Sketchy Challenge over on the Forum, we'd love to see your creations.........just upload to the Gallery and Forum by October 15th.

Well that's it from me for today but I hope to be back tomorrow with project #2.

See you then,
Jayne.x.

Accordion stars........a tutorial!

Well hello there!

I've been meaning to put this on here for a while, as a follow up to the accordion hearts Friendzy Friday I did for Two Scrapbook Friends a while ago. I figured out a couple of templates to create accordion stars which you may find useful.

Apologies if some of the photo's are a little shadowy (it was late!) but here goes:

1. To create your template for a 6 point star, start with a piece of cardstock 6" long by whatever width you'd prefer. Mine is 1 3/4" wide which seems to be a good size to use as an embellishment for a scrapbook page, but you can increase/decrease however much you'd like. Mark the center line through your card (in this case 3/4")



2. Make a mark at 2" and 4" along this center line.



3. Along the top edge of the template, make marks at 1", 3" and 5".



4. Join these points starting at the center line on the very edge of the card, all the way through to the far edge, to create triangular points, and carefully cut around.



5. Cut a strip of your chosen patterned paper 12" by 1 3/4" and score at the center point (6").



6. Fold at this point (with the chosen pattern inwards) and place your template on top.



7. Draw around and cut out. Once opened, you should have a symmetrical pattern like this.



8. The rest of the process is exactly the same as for the accordion hearts, so go ahead and score along the whole length at 1/4" increments.



9. Accordion fold along the scored lines and join the two ends with a strong glue. I also cut a small circle from scrap card to use as a base for the star.



10. Press out the star (straight edges in the center obviously) and glue down onto the card circle.
Ta daaaaaa!



Not bad....it does tend toward a flower shape so I did try to make the points a little sharper, by instead of marking a center line through your template (3/4"), draw it lower at 1" so that the triangular points will be longer and thinner.

If you'd prefer a 5 point star, the process is the same but your template would be as follows:

1. Using the same size of cardstock (6" by 1 3/4") mark the center line (3/4"). Along this line, mark at 2 3/8" then a further 2 3/8" (this would be the 4 3/4" point).



2. Along the top edge, mark at 1 3/16" then a further 2 3/8" along at the 3 9/16" point.....yes the measurements get a little fiddly but once you've created your template, it's for keeps! Join the points to form triangular shapes.



3. Cut around the triangular shapes. The rest of the process is the same as for the 6 point star except for one step. You do have to remember to place the far edge of your template along the Fold of your chosen patterned paper in order to create the correct shape.



4.If you've placed and cut correctly, your paper should end up looking something like this........



5. Continue to make the star as in the instructions above.



Again, if you'd prefer thinner sharper points on your star, lower the center line on your template to 1" and continue from there.

Congrats if you stuck with me till the end!  I hope you can make some use out of this.......I think they may make an appearance on some of my Christmas pages!
Have fun everyone,
Jayne.x.