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Good morning.
Off to work for me today so I finally remembered to schedule a blog post!
Today's page is the second and final from my recent Two Scrapbook Friends DT Kit, using the Hugs and Kisses collection by Simple Stories.
This is a sweet little mini collection perfect for those valentine, love inspired or general girlie pages.
I paired this time around with Kraft cardstock......who can resist a little Kraft here and there?
Love This Face
So you can see that the whole page centers around the background die cut......and the gorgeous little girl in the center there of course!
The 'heart' background is a 4"x6" overlay in the Silhouette store called Doodle Hearts which I stretched to approximately 8"x12". I then randomly filled some of the hearts with patterned paper.
The bottom section of the background is letters I 'welded' to the overlay to form part of the title. This is what I love about the Silhouette.....the possibilities are endless!
I decided not to glue these down and left them hanging as I like the shadow they create in this tone on tone area.
As always with collections from Simple Stories, there are co-ordinating stickers so I made use of a few of them starting with the word 'Love' for the title.
This was actually the inspiration for the whole page!
Finally, more stickers and layers to embellish the photograph, and a little messy thread to finish things off.
That's about all from me for today, but you can grab this collection for yourself either at the online store or in person at Two Scrapbook Friends.
Have a great day and I hope to be back Thursday with another page for ya.
Till then,
Jayne.x.
Good morning.
I'm a little later than intended with today's post, as Scrapmuch? combined forces with Stuck?! Sketches on Saturday to create a Colour/Sketch Challenge.
As a member of the Scrapmuch? DT, I was given the opportunity along with the rest of the team to create a page using the current Sketch at Stuck?! combined with the current Colour Challenge from Scrapmuch?
Make sense?
You can check out all of the creations from the Scrapmuch? DT over on the Stuck?! blog (lovely they are too!), but here's my effort.
Together
Before I continue with the deets, here is the Sketch......
and here's the colour combination.....
Pretty nice huh?
So for my page I went a little 'artsy', in other words I had a little play with some mixed media......more so than usual I guess.
The background started with a subtle wash of blue watercolour, followed by stencilled modelling paste, stamping and some paint splatters.
I managed to get a little wood on there and some of my recent chipboard winnings from Creative Embellishments, which I covered with a pale pink embossing powder.
A stand alone cluster of pretties here.....
And the main group around the photo.....flowers, die cut, clothes pin, cheesecloth and more chipboard.
I finished the whole thing with some pencil drawn circles and a few dew drops here and there.
So, do you feel like a challenge? If you combine the two challenges and link up on both the Stuck?! and Scrapmuch? blogs, you could be in with a chance of winning two prizes!
Can't beat that!
I'll be back again sometime this week so till then have a good one,
Jayne.x.
Good evening.
Here I am catching up on this weeks post for............
Carolyn has chosen this weeks challenge and gone for a 'Home is where the heart is' kinda thing and I'll admit........I struggled with this one!
I couldn't quite decide which way I wanted to go, as it's open to your own interpretation. So after ummming and errring for quite a few days, I happened to catch sight of a little colouring my eldest daughter had toiled over.
An image from Saturated Canary that was completed coloured in red, white and, blue.
Perfect!
I shamelessly copied the idea of an 11 year old and came up with this........
Created in the colours of my Homeland.......the red, white and blue of the Union Jack!
So, are you feeling a little crafty! Why not create your own interpretation of this weeks challenge and link up over on the Little Red Wagon blog. The Girlfriends have some crafty goodness waiting there for you too.
I'll see you bright and early in the morning for this weeks Sketch-y Friday over at Scrapmuch?
Till then,
Jayne.x.
The starting of a head cold for me today, shared with me by my darling daughters, so I feel sorely tempted at this precise moment to lay my head down right where I sit and probably drool a little into the keyboard........but NO!
On with the show and a layout today.
For the last couple of weeks I've been working on two new DT Kits for Two Scrapbook Friends, so I'm starting with a collection called 'Truly Scrumptious' by The Paper Loft. I might be persuaded to launch into a rousing Mary Poppins medley, if only my throat weren't quite so sore.......saved by the bell I guess!
Anyhow, for some reason I had a real roller coaster ride of inspiration when completing my last four pages........first one eh OK, second liked it, third hated it, fourth loved it.......get the picture?
So today you're stuck with....."eh OK".
Better than "hated it' I guess!
I should clarify the reason for it being 'eh ok', and I'll do just that in a moment (hint: it was my own doing!) after I've posted said culprit.
Kisses
There's actually quite a lot I do like about this one.........love the photo of course - hubby and eldest DD.
Every time I look at it, it seems as though she's in the midst of an 'awwwwww shucks' moment, whereas in reality it was a typical tween mid 'what are you "doooing" kinda thing!
I quite like the effect of the Pearlescents from Bo Bunny, which I worked over a doily stencil using a palette knife. Also the raised border edge, which was cut using my Silhouette.
I love the switch of cheesecloth, spritzed with a couple of shades of mist to help co-ordinate.
Also love the layered border strips and the chipboard heart, roughly covered with a little yellow embossing powder (my old/new scrapbooking fave!)
Fussy cut popped hearts.....not my fave and not entirely as I envisioned but I can live with them.
Now we get to the real reason for my self inflicted 'dis'like of this page.
Upon returning form the store with this collection in hand, I had a few ideas running through my head and wanted to jump right in there. I had decided to use a little water colour on the corners of the paper, and knew I should prep the page with a little Gesso first to prevent that horrible wrinkly page effect.
Nope......too eager to get on with things, no time (or patience!) to sit around waiting for stuff to dry........let's go.....water colours and stencils it is!
Closely followed by that horrible wrinkly page effect when things eventually dried out (with a little help from a heat gun!), then made worse with the use of my iron to try and flatten things. Of course this meant the page only curled and wrinkled more.
From then on it was a downward slippery slope of 'eh' ness trying to make amends for my foolishness eagerness in the first place.
Ah well,lesson learned and I'll take heed from the things I do like.
Moan over with for today. I think it's probably time for a warm drink and Advil!
Tomorrow is Wednesday which means I'll be back ready for a new challenge over at Little Red Wagon.
Enjoy your day and I'll see you then,
Jayne.x.
This week over at .........
.....the Girlfriends and I are all getting in shape!
Basically meaning Jan would like to see 'shaped' cards.......no squares or rectangles allowed, and if I remember correctly she did stipulate to the DT that we couldn't use circles either!
Booo!!
So, call me a cheater but I knew my Silhouette would be doing the work for me on this one. I headed over to the Silhouette store to peruse the hundreds of card designs (and I mean hundreds!) and an hour or so later finally decided on this........
I could have chosen loads really, but I knew my girls would get a kick out of this.
Funny thing I realized when taking the photograph - I scrap in my bedroom and must have subconsciously created this purse to compliment my decor......hence the beautifully co-ordinated props!
If you're feeling the urge to get into shape, why not get creating and link up over on the blog. The Girlfriends have of course been busy conjuring a hearty amount of inspiration for you.
I'll see you Friday with........Oh I don't know but something I'm sure!
Have a good one,
Jayne.x.
Hi there, it's Wednesday which means another challenge over at........
and this week Tracy would like to see some Girl Power which means dig out everything girlie..........bling, flowers, lace, sequins etc. etc.
Here's my effort:
Yep, lots of girlie goodness right down to the glitter on her dress.
This little cutie is coloured with Copic's and I wish I could tell you where the image is from but......I can't!
It's a stamp I've had forever and I have no clue who made it. My guess is Some Odd Girl but who knows?
Why not join in with our girlie challenge this week......just link up over on the blog and don't forget to check out what the rest of the Girlfriends have been up to.
I'll see you soon,
Jayne.x.
