2017 Scrapbook Page

Towards the end of the year I always like to do a few wintry layouts and one layout to celebrate a few memories from the year. Here is the one I did for 2017 but of course it can be adapted for any year.

Here is a bit more detail

and before anyone comments, I know the photos are not of this year but my printer has packed up lol. Lets hope Santa is reading this xx

This Picture Says It All

Fantastic stamps and dies from Stampin Up and so very easy to use. Made a very simple scrapbook page but I love it.

Using the black in for the background flowers really worked well and I added a little bit of sparkle by putting black sparklers into the centre of the flowers. 
I printed out two identical photos, one in black and white and one in colour and then cut out the colour picture of my focal point.
Loving making my pages at the minute xx

Wild Child

I've seen loads of Dream Catcher cards and layouts recently so I thought it might be nice to make one for the Scrapping Your Family class and of course it was a fantastic excuse to use the Distress Oxides again.

The dream catcher itself was made using florist string which held its shape nicely. The best thing was that everyones looked completely different. Here are a few pictures taken on the day. The first two show how the dream catcher looks before the photo was added.

and here are a few of the rest. Don't they look fantastic.

Well done everyone. These all look amazing. xx

Love That Smile

Normally when I am asked to do a male layout I head for the deep blues and greys but I decided this month brighter is better and this was the result.

The beauty of this one is that you can use it for anything.....a celebration maybe or just for a favourite photo.
The star banner was first cut with scissors from the bottom of a sheet of paper

and then detail cut with a sharp knife.

The tags were added behind the photo to allow for hidden journaling.

The little red hearts made up the rest of the detail made by drawing around a stencil. Hope you like it xx

The Great Outdoors

I'm back again, well behind as usual but with so much to share. This is a recent layout from class, the idea taken from a beautiful layout I spotted on Pinterest and just adapted to suit the style I wanted.

The fantastic colours of the new Distress Oxides made this layout and everyone really enjoyed the stamping and colouring.

The letters were also coloured using the ink pads as were the butterflies and the simple white paper flowers finished the circle nicely.

I did try using white cardstock for the journaling however the black worked much better and helped tone down the busy background.

In this next picture you can see where I dropped one of the inked stamps which is where I positioned the white flowers. Just to show how accidents don't have to spoil the final effect.

The stamping in the middle was done using the largest stamps first and then gradually filling in the gaps with the flowers getting smaller and smaller.

Layout two coming soon. Please leave a comment if you have the time. It's nice to know there is someone out there watching xxx

Sisters

I've put a black frame around this one so that you can see it but I have added the original at the bottom of this post so that you can see the difference.

This was the main layout from Saturdays Scrapping Your Family. Molding the paper flowers and shaping the petals in such a way that a cup was formed in the middle of each flower. This helped to hold the micro beads in place while the glue dried.

Both stamps are from "49 and Market" which I bought from the Artist Trading Post. I think one was "Gabi's Loose Thread Stamps" but I cant swear to it. 

The "laugh" and "love" die cuts are Katie Skiltons Sizzix Dies (662098)

and "Sisters is die cut using Docraft's Script alphabet (XCU504081)

The flowers were made using an old EK Success punch which unfortunately gave up the ghost in class. I can't complaining though, I have used it for many years so well worth the money.

And here is the original as promised, unframed and very bright lol.

Back to cards tomorrow xx

Lisbon 2016

I am still adding to my travel album so I thought it was about time I started catching up. These lovely bright and cheerful papers were ideal to show off the photo of me on the funicular in Lisbon. The graffiti was amazing.

There was a lot of sewing on this one much to the delight of the class lol

and hand cut bunting

and I made sure that I added my journaling before class in the hope that everyone would add theirs too. Of course everyone could choose their own title and doodle as they wished. Loved this one.
More tomorrow xx

One in a million

So hard to photograph this finished layout because of the mute background colours I used but this is the best I could get. 

The layout was made for class and the techniques for this one were using wired string to make an embellishment for flowers

I know those little flowers are fiddley but I still love the effect they make.

 Technique two was using lace flowers in their natural state.

 Techniques three. colouring Dazzlers with a bronze Stazon pen for the centre of the flowers

Not everyone chose orange as their colour palette but every layout the class made was unique in colour and design. Loved doing this one xx

Great class today

and everyone did so well. There were two layouts to work on but at 12 noon I made everyone stop so that they could watch how to finish off their white layout and make it look more like metal. You can see the process on www.newnanny.blogspot.co.uk but here is the finished layout.

and of course some of the close up detail.

It's a great technique and one to work on. Think I might try it with a brighter blue next time or maybe even a different colour. Watch this space. xx

Our Lovely Weather Girl

Saturdays Scrapping Your Family class was a great opportunity to use the new Ranger Distress Oxide Pads. I made two layouts (the other one will be posted tomorrow) and I asked which was made using the new inks. Everyone got it wrong because they chose this one. There are two techniques on this layout using the new pads but the majority is made using the normal Distress Inks.

The sun is the Distress Oxide

and the stamped splat

but what stood out was the picture frame which took on a old distressed wood look and it was so very simple to do.

The more I play with these inks the more I love them.x

A Mothers Love

With Mothers Day nearly upon us I thought I would make a layout to celebrate my mum. Believe it or believe it not that little dot in the photo is me. Can't believe I was ever that small.

For the decoration this time I used lace borders and flowers.

The background for each photo was made with scraps of material applied with soft gel medium.

and to finish I coated the paper frame with gold texture paste.

I've already made the main card for Wednesdays Card Class so I'm hoping to have some time to do some mixed media projects later this week.
If you have a few minutes to spare pop across to Julies Design Blog to see some of the projects I made while I was on the DoCraft Design Team. They will be on the blog over the next few days. 
Thank you for looking. I appreciate any feedback or comments. xxx