Reminisce vacation

So first I showed you the scaredy cat rappeller (me) and now I'm scrapping my adrenaline junkie who loved the rappelling and he'd do it again, unlike myself. Once was enough!

The background paper is a Reminisce design.  Loved the title on the bottom left.  And if you don't want the same title on the other page just flip it over.  It is the same pattern minus the title. I backed my layout with navy cardstock because I wanted to add some mixed media and the Reminisce paper is a lighter weight.  It would have totally wrinkled and buckled with the paste and sprays on it.

The 'GO. SEE. DO.' paper is a Simple Stories page, as is the Explore piece.

I found a feather floating around my scrap room so I glued it down along with some punched leaves, Prima flowers and thread held down with random brads.

I always find a spot on my layout for vellum.  I punched some leaves out of the white vellum and glued it down with some green cardstock leaves.

Used some journaling bits from my stash.  Love the 7Gypsies tissue paper.

 

Thread seems too be a big trend in scrapbooking at the moment.  I see it everywhere. With all the vines and ropes hanging in my photos I thought the thread could be kind of symbolic.  Not sure that I'll use a lot of thread in my layouts, but I like it here.

 

 I searched through my brad box to find a selection of brads that would work with my colours and I used them to attach my thread to the page.

Check out the Vacation section the next time you are in Unforgettable Memories.  There are some great lines no matter where you went or what you did for holidays.

A sketch challenge

I love the sketch at Once Upon A Sketch this month. And stretching it into a two pager works too.

Here's the sketch...

And here's my layout...

 

Lots of Prima on this layout, and various scraps of patterned paper I had lying around my desk.  I love the strips of jewels.  Unforgettable Memories has 6" lengths and 12" lengths. The ones I used on this page are 6" purple bling.

 

 

If you are scrapbooking this weekend and are looking for some inspiration there are lots of sketch blogs to check out.  Try Once Upon A Sketch for a great sketch and lots of creative ideas.

Lots and lots of spray inks

This background was supposed to be for the layout I blogged in my last post.  The colours for the challenge at The Color Room were pink, red, green and white.  I decided the background, while I loved it, did not work for my photos and I ended up putting this aside.

Want to know how I did the background?

1. I started with two pieces of lime green bazzill cardstock
2. sprayed it with pink, red and green mist
3. sprayed it heavily with water to soften the colours
4. used a 12 x 12 vine mask and sprayed with white mist 
5. moved the mask randomly around the layout and misting with green
6. flipped the mask over onto the page so the ink on the mask stamped on my page
7. stamped around the edge of my page with my $3.99 Kaiser stamps and green ink
8. added some strips of washi tape along the left edge
9. rubbed green metallic ink around the edge on top of the stamping

Layer after layer after layer and I have a gorgeous background!

I used some butterly diecuts and punches as masks and swiped white paint over them.

This is what my page looked like once I pulled off the butterfly diecuts.  I also did some random stamping with a Prima stamp and my Kaiser stamps that are such a great deal at Unforgettable Memories. The circles are made with white paint on a lid.

I layered papers and punched vellum under my photos. And see the light bulb washi tape.  Such a neat design.  Wander around Unforgettable Memories and check out all the different washi tape designs.

The 'friend' sticker sheet is Flair Designs.

I used the big butterfly diecut on my layout as an embellishment.  It was originally purple, but is not thickly coated with white acrylic paint.  I punched a vellum dragonfly and glued it on top.

And look how I finished off my butterfly masks;  Prima flowers in different sizes. Love how it looks!

And here is the finished layout...

A September challenge

I loved the colours in the latest The Color Room challenge.  Green, red, pink & white. When I saw the inspiration picture I immediately thought of the white BoBunny patterned paper I've used to matte my photos with. 

More trampoline pictures.  Again, not great quality ~ a little blurry and not well composed, but they bring back memories and that's what scrapbooking is all about.  Our trampoline has just been taken down for the very last time.  The frame is twisted, springs are missing and the mat has lost its bounce.

My apologies for the lousy photos.  It's gloomy outside and I can't get a crisp shot, but you'll be able to check it out in Unforgettable Memories shortly.

My favourite part of this layout is my butterflies.  I used a butterfly cutout as a mask, with white Making Memories acrylic paint. This is a great idea for stickers, diecuts, and chipboard pieces that you have in your stash.

I used a script stamp and pink ink beside each butterfly. And some pink splatters randomly around the page. On the left side of my layout I layered patterned paper, 1/2 a doily, text washi tape and some pink bling.

Look at the joy on my little boys face as he jumps! I used a big Bazzill brad to attach my Making Memories journaling page. 

Another one of my butterflies.  They turned out so great.  I punched some smaller butterflies out of pink vellum and added some pink bling to their bodies.

Love the Prima bling flower stems. I've tucked a couple of white feathers I found floating around my scraproom, under the bling.

This challenge was posted September 27th and is open for 2 weeks so you all have time to do this challenge with me. Check it out on the Colour Room.

UNWIND

Is everybody ready to do some scrapbooking this weekend.  It's going to be tough to stay inside with a weather forecast we've been waiting months for, but I have a couple pages planned.

Here's a double pager I just finished last night.

I built this one on a couple of 12x12 sheets of tan coloured Bazzill. The photos are of my family walking around Victoria.  We do a lot of walking when we're in Victoria.  There's no snow! Ever! It's wonderful!
My journaling is on pages of a Smash note pad.  Check them out when next in Unforgettable Memories.  There is a great selection of designs and themes!

 

My title is an old rubon I've had in my stash forever.  It's a Making Memories one.  They last so well.  Some cheaper brands I've bought have ended up losing their stickiness and I've had to toss them.

I layered tags, a frame from an old sticker sheet, rubon letters, Smash pad pages, and black Maya Roads snowflakes. 

A punched dragonfly, chipboard, bakers twine tied around a couple of stick pin leaves and sticker words are some of the embellishments I placed on my page.

I just love these black Maya Roads snowflakes.  There are quite a few in the package so I will be using them on a few more wintery pages.

Happy New Year

 It is very rare that I overlook a paper line from Cosmo Cricket.  I love Cosmo Cricket.  But I completely overlooked this line, Twenty Three.  But when I printed my New Years photos I just knew this was the line to use.  Works perfectly I think! 




 I purchased this paper for the above New Years pictures and had some left over.  This photo was the next one and since this paper was out I decided to run with it.  Turns out this is my new favorite layout of 2013.  Although the year is new, I love the simplicity and negative space on this layout. 

Destinations

These layouts are from a kit I created in 2011.  I used the paper from the Destinations line from Simple Stories.  I enjoy using Simple Stories.  They have a great selection and paper for any scrapbooking need.    

Can't wait for the new releases to start arriving at Unforgettable Memories Foto Source!