Days Gone By

Hello crafty friends and a big welcome to my blog. I would like to share with you one of my DT posts for this month over at A2Z Scraplets. 

This page is of my Mum and Oma (Grandma), a photo taken quiet some time ago  but one I love of the two of them. They were always so happy together and I was always happy when I was with them.  We love shopping and eating lunch out.

Over at the A2Z Blog you will be able to find my tutorial on how I created the effect I have on the floral chippie. The title I left raw as I felt it went so well like it was.

 

Floral Frame #2

Days Gone By title.

Other products I have used besides the A2Z Scraplets are -
Distress Stains - Mowed Grass
                       Faded Jeans
                          Antique Linen
Inka Gold Rub - Graphite
                              Old Silver
                         Apricot

Inka Gold 3D Stamp Paint - Moss Green Metallic
Kaisercraft Patterned Papers - Betsy's Couture Collection
49 and Market Paper Flowers - Shimmer and shine - Amber Meiange
Modeling paste

I hope you have enjoyed popping in and please don't forget to leave me some love so I know you called. Happy Crafting and I hope your mojo flows. xxx

You Sparkle

Hello crafty friends and welcome to my blog and my second post this month for Let's Get Sketchy. As always we have a great sketch for you to follow. 

I love this sketch and I decided to scrap my youngest son Harley. He sure isn't so young now like in these photos. 

 

I hope you like my page and please hop on over to Let's Get sketchy and join in with the months two challenges. I would love t see what you come up with. 

Happy Crafting, I hope you all have a great Australia Day.

xxx

Nothing is Impossible

Welcome to my blog and my DT post for A2Z Scrapletts. I enjoyed doing this double page and making it bright to keep in with this months moodboard challenge at A2Z being bright and summery. 

Now for my journal pages.

I used some Dylusions paint in the stunning bright colours that are in the moodboard and made sure that my Dylusions- Dyan Reaveley stamp was in keeping with summer. She sure is decked out in summer cloths looking cool with the sunglasses. 

This is a great chippie for either a title or journal words. The butterfly at the edge of it I have stamped and fussy cut out. 

Because my pages are so busy I decided to keep the chippies simple so they would standout. For my wording - NOTHING is impossible I chose to colour it with a dark burgundy Distress Marker.

For the Flourish I have used two different colours of green acrylic paint. First I solid painted it with a bright green and then I went and dry brushed on some aqua/green.

I think to do the chippies this way it makes them pop out from all the busyness around them.

 

   

 

Now for some more closeups and some of the other products I have used to create the page.

 

Products -

Dylusiond Paint

Archival ink

White journal Pen

Stamps

Stencils

Colour Markers

Texture Paste

 

 

Thanks for stopping in and please make sure you hop on over to the A2Z blog for loads more inspiration from the DT. Also join in the challenge with us by posting your page on the A2Z Facebook page. I look forward to seeing your creations. 

Happy Crafting xxx

Never stop dreaming Riley

Hello everyone, I'm back at my blog today to share a page that I created at Heather McMahon class on Saturday in Ballarat.  You can find so many wonderful creations over at Heather's Scrap Room blog and it is just beautiful creations. 

The class was so much fun with great technique to learn in creating our own background. 

I have used a photo of my son Riley that was taken last year. Now for some closeups.

I hope you have enjoyed stopping in and please check out Heather' Blog and keep your eyes peeled for her classes because they are so much fun and inspirational and there is always something new to learn or just a different way of using a product you may not know. 

Happy Crafting xxx

Journal pages - Dream

Hello crafty friends and a big welcome to my blog. Today I'm sharing with you my double journal page that I created in a class taught by Rhonda Crawford in Ballarat. I hope you like it, I love the brightness of the pages.

 The products I have used are -

Liquitex Basics Paints - Bright Aqua

                                     Light Blue

                                                Medium Magenta 

                                            Brilliant Purple

Mont Marte - Lemon Yellow

                 Cobalt Blue

Dylusions Paint - Black Marble

White Journal Pen

Archival Ink - Moonlight White

Dylusions Leaf Stamp

Dylusions Stencil & Mask - Jay and Ben

Dylusions Die Cuts

Thanks so much for popping in and please leave some love. It's great knowing what people think. For those still on holidays, enjoy. Happy Crafting xxx

 

Cards - Thinking of You and Love

Hello Crafty friends and welcome to my blog. It has been awhile since I have been able to post with the beautiful Meg's Garden papers, flowers and many other products. 2017 has been a hard year for my family with my son being extremely ill, my dad having some horrid heart issues and I have been sick as well. It has seen all three of us throughout the year spending some time in hospital. 

Meg and the team have been a huge support to me and so understanding. I must say though it was great getting behind the desk and working with the beautiful French Chic Papers. They are so beautiful with soft colours.

This is the first of two cards I would love to show you and the products I used to create it.

 

 

French Chick Artist Card Pk1

Circle Doily

Pale Pink Rose

Small white flower (20pkt)

Wooden birdcage

Brown ink

 

 

 Now it's time for my second card.

 

 

  French Chick Artist Card Pk1

 Antique Pink Nylon Lace

Flowers

Filigree Strip

Mini Square Doily (I have cut the outside of it off so as to still 

see the beautiful flowers on the patterned papers)

Brown ink

 

 

 These are the beautiful French Chic papers that I used designs two of, there are 

four other designs I can't wait to create with.

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed popping in to look at my DT cards for Meg's Garden. Make sure you hop on over to the Meg's Garden blog to see the other creations from the Design Team members. There are beautiful products to see and wonderful inspiration. 

Your Wings Were Ready

I wanted to share with you today my DT canvas created for A2Z Scraplets.

This is my beautiful Mum and the title is sad but so true. If you are looking for that special title for a loved one then yo can find it along with the others I have used and so many more over at the 

A2Z Store.  For loads of inspiration and to see many different ways to work with you chipboards head on over to the A2Z blog. You can also join in with the monthly challenge over on Facebook. 

The three chipboard I have used are all created using the same method. I first coloured them with a Distress Marker and then with my fingers I have rubbed over them with Viva Inka Gold. Not covering the whole chipboard. With the frame and title I used two colours and the vine I have used two plus some Viva 3D Stamp Paint, again with my finger (as I didn't want to stamp in it). I used this to make it a little different to the others as it had Metallic in it.

 

Some of the other products I used are - 

Dylusions Paints

49 Market Flowers

Moderling Paste

Diamond Stencil

Black Ink Pen

White Paint

Brass Heart

 Script Stamp

Archival Ink - Jet Black

Viva Inka Gold

Distress Markers

It looks like there are a lot of different products but trust me that's only because I have used different coloured Dylusion paints (Which I rubbed on with my finger) and Viva Inka Gold in different Colours which you also rub on with your finger. 

I hope you have enjoyed popping in to see the closeups and also to find out what other products I have used to create my canvas. I hope you all have a great weekend and please keep popping back I some more creations to show you real soon.

Happy Crafting xxx

Christmas - Journal page

Hi and welcome to my blog and my final posting (maybe lol) for today. I would like to share with you a double journal page created at a class taught by my lovely friend Rhonda Crawford.

I had fun doing this page and when doing it the day was very hot and I must say there was nothing about doing a snow page that made me feel any cooler lol. 

I do sometimes wish I could be in a place with snow for just one Christmas, never know it might happen one year. Maybe one of my boys will move and I will have to go there :)

Some of the products used - 

Dylusions Paints

White Gesso

Versa Marker Pad

Opal Essence Embossing powder

Die Cuts

Glitters - Opal, Green, Silver, Gold, Light Blue, Mauve

Black and White Journal Pens

Archival Inks/ Distress Inks - or Ink Pens

So for me now it's off to the craft room. So many things I want to get done. You never know there might even be something new on my blog tomorrow if I don't get interruptions from the boys lol. If not you now know the reason.... Kids (lucky I love them so much) I'm in hope with this heat they will decide the outdoor spa is a good place to be. 

Happy Crafting.

Happiness

Hi and welcome. I would like to share with you my post for Creative Inspiration. I just love this sketch that Bev Code has created and we would love to see you join in with us. 

This young man is my son Harley taken when the two of us went out to lunch together. I love doing everything with my boys but one on one time is awesome as well. 

The products I have used to create this page are - 

White Cardstock

TCW Stencil

Scrapmatts Title and Chain Chippie

Distress Marker - Black

 

October Afternoon Patterned Papers

Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy

Dylusions Paint & Sprays - Postbox Red , Squeezed Orange & Lemon Zest

Kaisercraft Gel Pen - Black/grey

Kaisercraft Clear Stamp - Script

I hope you have enjoyed popping in. Please call again, I love getting visits. 

Happy Crafting xxx