Scrapping Your Family Post 3

So the third part of this special class was a mini book. As we were limited for time I pre-made all of the mini book blanks (you can find these in my shop on NuMonday, The Kit Cafe)
Here is the closed book with its belly band keeping it closed.

I hope to do a quick Facebook live soon showing how this little book opens out but for now here are a few photos. 

I will be running a workshop at the NEC this Saturday with my good friend Mags Woodcock. The workshops are £6 each so don't forget to book your places. xx

Live for the moments

I have been itching to use these Tim Holtz stamps and after a trip to Beamish I had the pictures I needed. 

I am really into cutting out photos at the minute mainly because it seems to highlight the focus of the page.

All of the saying are part of the stamp set. I am using them in my journal quite a lot as well.

This is my favourite of the set, a man on a tightrope.

Back to cards tomorrow. Have a great a great day xxx

Catching Up...

I have just come back from a lovely break in the sun so I thought I'd better get the blog up to date before classes start again.

This first layout is called 'Blossom like a butterfly'

The actual paper is so beautiful it really didn't need a lot of embellishment so I started the class off by adding the watercolour around the photo. It was interesting to see that everyone used different colour mixes but they all worked with the paper.

Some of the watercolour was held back, watered down and used to colour the white flowers to match the flowers on the paper.

The white bike was painted with acrylic paint and the date of the photo put on the chain cover. To finish we added little gemstones randomly about the page.

The leaves were also die cut in white and coloured using watercolour paints. Enjoyed doing this one. xx

Minibook for June 2018

When a new little one joins the family there are hundreds of photos taken by all of the family. I wanted to keep a book per year for not only my Great Niece but also for all of my grandchildren. The thought of making all those mini books filled me with dread until I saw and bought Eileen Hulls Wrap Around Journal Die. 

This is the Mini book I made in Class as part of the Scrapping Your Family Special Edition Class.

Instead of an elastic closing I used a belly band Decorated with washi tape, die cut flowers and a stamp with the month on.

The cover of the book was covered in blue cardstock and the edges reinforced with washi tape. This is the back of the book.

I kept the inside really simple. I used Eileen Hulls Passport Die and cut eight double pages which i made into 4 little books and added using the elastic spine.

Here are just a few samples of what is inside

I made full use of the 7 Dots wording strips which I had in my own stash

and here you can see the pages standing upright. Although I haven't shown it these pages are all added using the black elastic i added to the spine.

I have already made 6 more of these and there are definitely more needed lol. x

Our Mermaid

The last of the class layouts today. Again the main focus was on the handmade embellishment, this time the beautiful mermaid.

The little sea horses were stamped onto the page  as were the bubbles which were then topped with stickles to make them sparkle.

The die cuts were all coloured using pro markers

and I also added some stickles onto the mermaids tail.

Still loving these papers x

Sun, Sea, Sand

This is the first from the July Scrapping Your Family class. 

The idea was to make embellishments from scratch on each of the two layouts made in class. In this one it was the under the sea creating a scene through a porthole

The flying fishes were stamped, cut out and then added using 3d foam pads.

The additional star fish were also stamped and cut out

and the wording was done in a silver glitter alphabet which was also part of the kit. x

Choices, choices

It is funny how panic sets into a room of scrapbookers when they are given a choice of papers lol. This is what happened in class but I had to do two layouts because I had promised a male and female layout.

Here is the female one

This picture is of a lovely lady who is on one of the design teams I'm on. We met in person for the very first time at a local craft show but it was like meeting an old friend. The layout is simple and easy to follow.

All of the hearts 

and lettering were hand cut (notice the tiny words printed on some of the letters)

and the tiny hearts were punched out.

Layout two was the men's one although it could equally be used as a travel layout

Luckily the wording for this one was on part of the paper and went really well.

The circles were again hand cut

as were the tiny little hot air balloons. Loved all of the papers this time. x

Laugh

Layout two was making a background from stamps.

We used the A4 background stamp from AALL & Create which is super amazing and you can find it HERE. If you look closely you will see I coloured in a small amount of detail with a wet glue and embossing powder.

Using glue means that the gold dried raised and made it look really cool.

Adding the coloured hexagons finished off the page. What would I do differently next time?  I think I would heat emboss all of the background and use watercolour paint to add a colour tint to the page.xx

Wanderlust Beach Layout

I just fell in love with this beautiful range from Graphic 45. Absolutely captured the feeling of sun, sea and sand and so easy to use. This was the main layout for Junes Scrapping Your Family Class. 

Loving those sea turtles fussy cut from one of the papers in the kit

and of course the amazing stamps of suitcases, Camera and leather bag, not from Graphic 45 but from Penelope Dee. The stamps are so detailed that even a beginner can colour them in. We used water colours in class.

The camera aperture was just right to add a photo. I will definitely be buying more of Penelope Dee's stamps in the future. I bought them from "Snazzy Stamping and Scrapbooking Ltd. There is no online shop yet but you can find them on facebook HERE and you can order via facebook site. x

Create Layout

I very rarely do a layout about myself but I saw this paper and I just had to use some pictures of me. This was a layout for Scrapping Your Family last month. All of the wording was fussy cut from one of the papers.

It was great because the words were not only for paper crafting but also for sewing etc so everyone got to choose the hobbies they wanted.
The photos are of me at one of Martas classes run by Sue Tucker in Coventry I think. She holds amazing classes with artists from all over the world. If you are interested  check out Artist Trading Post

Even the buttons were punched from paper.

Loved the nice bright colours on these papers.x

Me and my dad

I have been wanting to use Tim Holtz paper dolls ever since they were released and this second layout for Scrapping Your Family was the ideal opportunity to include them as the layout was all about my husband and his dad. Here is the second layout for the class.

The three paper dolls are just right to make this page more masculine and to suggest the past.

The negative was a clear stamp, stamped on acetate with stazon ink and then cut out. Passport size photos were then attached behind.

I will add journaling however as it is going in the family album I will do it later.

Trouble is, after using them once I can't stop lol. Watch out for more projects using these inspired tiny people. x