Do You Love Red Flowers?

Hi there everyone it's me Kerry with you today to bring you another LO from the great Pink Paislee Spring Jubilee collection.
This paper was very bright for me and I didn't know how I was going to use it. Once I started adding bits and pieces I fell in love with it. Here it is:

I especially love this red Manor House flower which Jo sells at her shop              [http://www.scrapbookit.com.au/online-shop.aspx] they are just beautiful and she has a lot more flower styles in stock.  I have also used a white rose bud and have inked the edges [ it doesn't show up that well in the photo, but I'm very happy with it]
These photo's were taken at my daughter's 21st and the theme was flowers as she is a florist so I have been enjoying all these wonderful flowers.
Well don't forget to give this months challenge a go and remember you have plenty of time left as it doesn't end until the 14th of June. Just send your entries to Jo - joanne@scrapbookit.com.au

Until next time.

 Bye

 Kerry.

Pinwheel Toppers

Hi Again!
This wintery weather gives me the perfect opportunity to do my 2 most favourite things....

~bakin' and cardmakin'~

I have kept with the pinwheel theme of my card challenge and made these cute little pinwheel toppers for my cupcakes, once again using the American Crafts, Amy Tangerine Paper Range. For the cupcake wrappers I have used my favourite colour cardstock 'bubblegum' by Kaisercraft.

Joanne at Scrapbookit has all your coloured cardstock needs available either on-line or in store.

How is your card going? I hope you are finding this challenge a fun one. All you need to do is e-mail a photo of your card to Joanne by the 14th June to be in the running for amazing prizes.

Well, I'm off to eat a cupcake! Lol!
Janene
xo

Happy Sunday at the Weekend Market

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

Rebecca back again to bring you a few more projects created with the absolutely stunning 'Weekend Market' range by Bo Bunny. My design team kit this month was full of wonderful papers from this range, it was very hard for me to take them to the paper slicer and start cutting them, alas the tough job was done. Be sure to check out the Scrapbookit store to take a look through this excellent range.

Here is a ribbon box I put together and embellished with stickers, papers, ribbon and a funky little bottle cap. I have used Tim Holtz, Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo to ink to grunge up all the wood. Have you tried Distress Inks? I am not sure where I would be without them.

I also had enough papers and items left to make another layout to show you all. I took some photos and turned them sepia to blend in with the papers. Jo gave me a Kaisercraft lamp post in my kit, I painted this with Artiste Acrylic Pain (Linen), then inked it with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. After this all dried I got out my sanding block and roughed it up further.  Photo edges have been distressed, inked and mounted on foam tape.

Thank you all for stopping by for a look, enjoy your Sunday.

Rebecca

Basic Grey - PB & J

Hello, Mel here on this lovely Friday morning!

While you are settling down to read this post I am busily preparing for a presentation I am doing at the Sandhurst Diocesan Conference.....wish me luck! I really truly and honestly wish that I was in my own little world scrapping but sometimes life is not as we want it to be.....maybe I can just talk to them about scrapbooking and not technology.....:0)

Bec has presented us this month with an awesome challenge. I have thoroughly enjoyed it and I have dabbled in techniques that I rarely use. Thanks Bec!

The requirements for this challenge are:

1 6x4 photo

Circles

Distressing

Banners (1 or many)

Stitching (even just a little)

It is always sooo exciting to open up our kits sent from Jo. She is always getting in the newest paper collections and lots of other embellishments, tools and products. Make sure you head over to the online store regularly to check them out.

Well, I was extremely blessed to receive the lovely collection from Basic Grey - pb&j. It was so easy to use and there are some gorgeous colour combos you could play with.

I was so tempted to stick with the blues and do a masculine page.....however I took a step into the deep end and played with the more aqua colours. The photo doesn't show the true colours and it does appear to be blue but believe me it is more aqua.

My layout is of Brayden and his Nanna's. It was my very first Mother's Day and for my Mum her very first Nanna's Day. Jan has older grandchildren but a special day for her too as her other grandchildren are significantly older than Brayden.

Here is my take on the challenge....

I have as you can see used all patterned papers in my layout. There is no cardstock. Isn't it great when you have double sided papers that are plain with small amounts of texture? It makes matching cardstock a non event.

I have distressed everything - except my embellishments. I used a distressing tool to do this - just an inexpensive model. Jo has some Tim Holtz Distressing tools instore - click here to grab yourself one. You could also use the electric ones, a nail file or some sandpaper. I scrunched the pb&j - Toasted paper (reverse side) and used some of the absolutely gorgeous Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Broken China brushed across the creases. I love it and the effect that it gives!

I have made use of the Daisy Mae paper from pb&j to cut out my embellishments and have also embellished using the pb&j title stickers.


Do you love my fence? Well that is a Kaisercraft Vintage Fence Clear Stamp...it is just gorgeous. I have done some stitching behind and through the banner as well as on the left of the red strip of patterned paper...hand sewn too! Not to mention those gorgeous Fabric Thickers that I have brushed with some of the Tim Holtz Distress Ink just to remove the starkness.


Now for the card challenge....Janene requested that we use pinwheels on our cards. I love pinwheels and have used them previously but again maybe something I had almost forgotten about.
I decided to also incorporate some distressing and some banners.
I have used the  lovely collection from Basic Grey - pb&j again. Isn't it wonderful when you can get two different looks from one paper collection?

I used some Kaiser Cardstock for my card base. I also used some scraps of the pb&j collection - I am starting to get better at making cards with my scraps!!

To make my pinwheels I cut some squares, folded on the diagonal and cut into each corner the same distance. I have glued the corners into the middle and hid the joins with some of the gorgeous little resin flowers Jo has in store at Scrapbookit.

A bit of Bakers Twine tied and some of the gorgeous Glitter Thickers to finish it off. 

A simple, easy and quick card.

Well, I hope you have enjoyed my post. If you haven't seen the rest of the Design Team's work for this month make sure you scroll down and check it out. Most importantly, make sure you get your entries into Jo by June 14. 

I can't wait to see what you create and be inspired by you.

Thanks for visiting....don't forget to leave us a comment....

SPEND SOME TIME IN ECHO PARK

This months challenge is a great one . It was set by a fellow design team member, rebecca. We were asked to create a layout using four main criteria. These were some wonderful ideas that helped to stimulate my creativity. So get your scrap brain going and join us in this challenge. The criteria were as follows :

  

               BANNERS ( 1 or many )

               STITCHING ( a lot or a little )

               DISTRESSED EDGES

               CIRCLES

And the photo was to be a 4 x 6 inch. Mine is more a square photo but it really worked with collection I was provided with. Speaking of scrap supplies, Jo sent me some wonderful papers and embellishments to work with. 

Firstly my layout, I am happy with the finished product . 

For this layout I used Echo park ( mini theme ) Dearest collection kit that contained some wonderful papers. The other items were :  Thickers chipboard letters stickers by American Crafts

                                                  Pink trim

                                                  Liquid pearls rouge color by Ranger

                                                  Paper flowers

                                                  Kaiser card stock

                                                  Red twine

All of these great products are available at the scrap bookit store, the link is :

                                                  www.scrapbookit.com.au/online-shop.aspx

There was also a great card challenge for this month as well and it was set by another design team member, Janene. We were to create a card design using pin wheels. I loved this project as I have rediscovered my card making mojo and I hope to see some of your creations to. For this challenge I made a masculine themed card using my other collection I was sent. I hope to send this to my Father.

For my card I used Echo park ( mini theme ) Family Man collection kit,  I really liked the colors of the papers. I also used some star brads and kaiser card stock available at the link posted above.

Please join in these great challenges and share your wonderful creations. Until my next post keep creating and happy scrapping.

Cheers, Andrew

Pink Paislee Please!

Hi there everyone it is Kerry here once more with some goodies for you to look at.

I received a great pack this month with Pink Paislee Papers. These papers aren't what I would pick as they are very busy papers, so a challenge it was. As I gave it some thought ideas just came flooding in and I'm rapt with the finished result.

The challenge for this month is:  

Banners (1 or many)
Stitching (even just a little)
Distressed Edges
Circles
1 x 4” x 6” photo

I have scrapped a photo of my gorgeous Niece Chelsie and she would be pleased as her favourite colour is pink. Here is what I have created:

The banner was already printed on my Pink Paislee Celebration Paper, I added some more by cutting them from an old book and inking the edges. These flowers from Jo's shop are fantastic they are Manor house and are so reasonably priced too, so I had to go buy more this weekend.

Now for the card challenge this month was to create a card using pinwheels. This is a first for me  pinwheels so I googled to find one and worked out how to cut, fold and glue, so here it is:

 

I used the Kaiser Craft, FINE & SUNNY COLLECTION from last month as I had left overs and thought the clouds went well with pinwheels. I distressed the pinwheels and inked them too.

Well that's it for today, be sure to get your entry's into Jo:   

joanne@scrapbookit.com.au before the deadline, 14th of June.

Hope you all have a great day

 Until next time.

 Kerry

 

'you bring out the kid in me'

Firstly, a big 'well done' to those who entered last months challenge and congratulations to Rhonda Monshing and Anita Hamersley for your amazing entries. Hope you enjoy your prizes.

Hi, I really hope you are excited about this months card challenge to use PINWHEELS. The challenge is about having a bit of fun and to bring out the kid in everyone. For my card I have showcased the colourful Amy Tangerine Range from American Crafts, with its fun and vibrant paper selection.

I have used this style of pinwheel as it works well when not using double sided patterned paper. For the centre of my pinwheel I couldn't resist using the cutest little resin flower eva!

Here's a closer look at that cute flower!

And a closer look at the cabochon I have added for some extra dimension, along with a 'hearty' button.
Entries for this month's challenge must be in to Joanne by the 14th June.
Looking forward to seeing your 'pinwheel' card creation.
p.s. have fun!
Janene
xo