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Well hello, how's it going?
I feel as though I've stuffed my face all weekend long (which is probably because I did!), so I guess I'm in need of a good detox!
Ha.....yeah right! Unfortunately my idea of exercise tends to be one extra walk around the block for the puppy.
For now, I'll sit here in front of the PC......have to keep on top of things right?!
As promised, today I'm posting the second layout created from my Two Scrapbook Friends DT Kit, using the Family Patchwork collection from Adorn It. (You can check out the first here)
I do love the colour scheme in this line but for this page, I decided on a plain cardstock background. I realize I really don't do that much these days (other than maybe using white), and when I do I feel as though the page is a little naked!
That means the perfect excuse to get a little messy on there!
Group Selfie
The design itself is fairly simple......I started by smearing a strip of Molding Paste Modelling Paste......oh I forget which one it actually was but you get the drift.....then dragged a grooved artist spatula through it.
Lots of random layered strips in the center, stickers too and some coffee mug stains here and there.
Two things I'm loving for embellies right now - wooden sequins and buttons/flare which I really don't have enough of!
This photo was taken during a day trip earlier in the year, when we took the ferry over to Center Island in Toronto. When we get there my dear children usually convince me what a great idea it would be to hire one of the 4 seater bicycles for an hour, to tour around the island.
Great!
This was obviously snapped while we still had a smile on our faces and some feeling in our legs and butt!
Dog walking, it definitely is NOT!
The photograph wouldn't have been quite so chipper the next day I tell ya!
Have a great day and I'll be back on Wednesday once I've dug into that Little Red Wagon.
Till then,
Jayne.x.
I'm trying to catch up on blogging a few layouts I've created over the last few weeks, all of them from DT Kits for Two Scrapbook Friends.
I'm starting today with my first layout using the 'Family Patchwork' collection from Adorn It.
Some of the patterns in this line are a little more 'themed' than I would normally choose to create with, but it does have an awesome colour scheme running throughout which I love.......grey, pale blue, yellow and snippets of chalkboard here and there.
So Happy.
As you can see, most of the background work is done for you with this particular piece of patterned paper.
I layered a mixture of paper strips and stickers to the center group, then added another banner for the title using some more of the co-ordinating stickers.
I dug out my white opaque pen.......one of my all time 'go to' favourite tools and added a little faux stitched border to the photographs. A Maya Road paper clip fits in nicely too.
White pen to the rescue again to create some random background circles.......the odd dew drop is dotted here and there also.
It's funny that compared with the bounty of elaborate embellies on the market, the simplest things (a pen!) can make me happy!
That's all for today's page but I'll be posting the second layout some time next week.
In the mean time, I'll see you tomorrow for a new Sketch-y Friday Challenge over at Scrapmuch?.
Till then,
Jayne.x.
Hi how's it going?
I just wanted to finish off my final reveal for the last Two Scrapbook Friends DT kit I worked with, before I move on to the next one. This one was using the 'Bumble' collection by Adorn It (if you can remember back to the staggered posts that have randomly appeared here over the last few weeks!)
Anyhow, my final project was a card, so today's offering will be quick, and hopefully painless!
Here's 'Queen Bee'..........could come in handy for a fair few ladies I know!
No rocket science here, just various layers of the patterned papers and a few die cuts thrown in for good measure. The brass colored crown matches nicely and had been sitting in my stash for quite some time.
See I told you.....short sweet and painless!
Have a great weekend and I'll be seeing you on Monday,
Jayne.x.
At least the sun has returned this morning.....looks like a gorgeous day out there.
Just stopping by with a layout, before we head out to look at more cute, cuddly bundles of fur........there's a puppy out there waiting to come home with us........not sure who's more excited about that, myself or my girls!
Anyhow, today's page is the final scrapbook layout using my recent DT Kit from Two Scrapbook Friends. Again it's using the 'Bumble' collection by Adorn It and I LOVE the background paper I used for this one.
Here's Mornin' Sunshine:
Most of the background work is done for me, but I did add a couple of inked clouds and some messily scattered Bakers Twine.
There's also some Martha Stewart texture paste used in combination with a hexagonal stencil, and I inked over top with a little Distress Ink.
The layers are made up of a combination of the patterned papers, die cuts and stickers all available in this collection. Oh.....I almost forgot the quirky affection I have for adding a little white out around the edge of photographs!
That just about covers everything for today.
I'll be back tomorrow as it Wednesday.....Little Red Wagon Day!
Have a good one and I'll see you then,
Jayne.x.
Hellooee! How's it going?
I probably should warn you that if you have an affliction toward 'bees' in any way, shape or form you may not want to continue reading today's post!
I am not a 'bee lover' myself as such, but when I'd completed 80% of the projects from my last Two Scrapbook Friends DT Kit, using the 'Bumble' collection by Adorn It, I was left with a rather excessive number of bee stickers and die cuts.
What's a girl to do?
Why......what any normal girl would of course, and make yourself a mini hive!
So that's what I did.
Got myself a quaint little paint can from the $$ store and got to work. Here's the front showing a couple of labels, fussy cut from one of the sheets of patterned paper.
A slightly areal shot showing the pretty lid........
Full on shot of the doilies and pretty die cut flowers........
and........that's where the prettiness stops!
Now we get downs to bugs business.
I stuck a little hive in the Spanish moss there (it's actually a wooden hive shape that I covered with more PP).
Stuck most of those leftover stickers on the outside of the can..........
and the teeny bee die cuts are suspended on thin strips of acetate so that they 'float' as you move the can.......as if things weren't creepy enough!
OK, so I hope I haven't creeped you out completely........points for originality at least please?
I guess there's a first for everything and this is definitely a first (and last) for me.......I can't say I didn't enjoy it though.
Have a great weekend and I'll see you on Monday for crafting of the more 'normal' variety!
Bye for now,
Jayne.x.
Hi there.
A layout today I think.
It feels like this one was completed eons ago, as I've been so sporadic with my blogging! It was actually one of the creations from my previous DT Kit from Two Scrapbook Friends using the 'Bumble' collection by Adorn It.
This page is fairly vintage, completely different from the first page I produced, which you can check out here.
The background paper is not my usual taste and one I would normally have skipped right past and probably used the reverse, but when I saw it I knew I had the perfect photo to pair with it........one my In-laws had left with me during their visit last Christmas. It captures the youthful image of my hubby's Nan around the age of 18 or 19, circa 1935!
Scrapbooking these types of photographs makes me nervous, even though I love the history involved and feel they're always guaranteed to be pretty cool.........no pressure huh!
Anyhow, enough chit-chat:
Elizabeth Kinsey Fieldhouse.
This collection includes a great co-ordinating set of die cuts, so I put the flowers and foliage to good use, together with one of their stickers and some bling from my stash.
I layered up some more embellies over a piece of cheesecloth..........
and I was so glad to finally be able to use these cute 'pennant' Thickers I've been hoarding!
The inked doily fits in nicely with the vintage theme and the lacy border around the photograph if fussy cut from another sheet of patterned paper, then hand stitched on there.
This one will definitely be entered in the album as I'm not gettin' fussy with it no more!
Have a great day and I'll be seeing you around the middle of the week.
Take care,
Jayne.x.
Good morning, here I am all bright and early for a change. I might go as far as to say 'perky', but no........I'm never 'perky'!
I do however have another creation to post today, a layout no less, and as I'm killing two birds with one stone, I have a sketch for you too.
Yesterday over on the Two Scrapbook Friends Forum, it was my turn to host this weeks Sketchy Challenge. I decided to use a recent layout as inspiration for the sketch, which leads me nicely into starting the reveal for my latest DT kit from Two Scrapbook Friends.
I was given the opportunity to use the 'Bumble' collection from Adorn It.......a company I've never used before, but which you can of course find over at the Two Scrapbook Friend store.
So let's start with the sketch shall we.........a nice simple one with plenty of scope to choose your own shapes/embellies.
Next comes a layout, and you might guess that with a collection named 'Bumble' there may be a few 'bees' involved! Throw in a few hexagons to replace the circles on my sketch and you have yourself a very nice 'bee' themed layout that has..........well absolutely nothing to do with bees really!
That suits me just fine as I'm not exactly a fan of the real life buzzing variety anyhow.
Here goes........'Bee You'.
This collection from Adorn It really does have everything you need to complete a page, including these awesome wooden veneer embellishments, which again you can find over at the Two Scrapbook Friends store. We all know how much I like a little wood!
The subtitle 'Sweet as Honey' is from a sheet of die cuts also available in this collection.
The hexagon shapes are either cut from various sheets of the patterned paper, stitched, or even a few more of the wooden veneers.
In case you're interested, I created the photostrip using my 'Pocketbooth' APP, available for both iPhone and Android......check it out, it's loads of fun.
Finally on this page, I highlighted the last photograph with a little twine just for effect.
That's it for my first layout from this collection, but I'll be back soon to showcase more 'Bumble' goodies.
In the mean time, feel free to get creating with this weeks sketch.
Have fun and I'll see you soon,
Jayne.x.
