Explore - Scrap the Boys Challenge February 2018

Hi there, hope you are finding some creative time this weekend.

Today I am playing along with the Scrap the Boys February challenge

 

I took inspiration from the moodboard and theme to create this layout of my youngest little guy at the beach at Arrawarra.

Lots of painting, stamping, washi tape and stitching to create my background.

I have added in a cute flair badge from Funky Flair Studio.

Some cute chevron wooden pieces from Kaisercraft, enamel stickers from Heidi Swapp and sticker from Cocoa Vanilla Studios.

The gorgeous title piece is from Flutterby Designs.

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping

Flowers...on a boy layout?

Scrap the Boys have challenged us to use flowers on a boy layout this month. I don't usually use flowers on my boy layouts (unless I am in the photo and then its a full on flower bomb) so this was a bit different for me.

My background uses a Tim Holtz Distress Oxide in Faded Jeans and I have stencilled some Colour Blast in Steel. I love the splattery (yep that's totally a word) look that you get with oxide inks and water.

I used the Summer Fun kit from Funky Flair Studio adding in some white diecut flowers and leaves layered under my photo.

So what's your opinion? Flowers on a boy layout yes or no?

Happy scrapping

Hello Mister Awesome #Rediscoveryourstash

I am still playing along with the fabulous challenges by Sara Scraps and Khristina Sorge in the 30 day Spending Freeze Rediscover your stash challenge on Facebook.

Challenge No 6 was to use wood veneer. Khristina posted a gorgeous inspiration layout by Tegan for Paper Issues.

And here is my version

I used the wood veneer from Cocoa Vanilla "You Rock" with a few extra stars and arrows thrown in from my stash.

I used the packaging from the Collection pack for the strips across my layout. It was just too cute to throw away.

I layered in some extra papers from the collection and it was done. 

I am loving the challenges in the Rediscover Your Stash group. There are some great ideas to use products differently to how I normally would. Always good to try new things.

I hope you get some creative time this weekend.

Happy Scrapping

30 Days of Sketches Day 1 "That's My Boy"

Christy from Christy's Beautiful Life on You Tube has a great project happening this month with 30 days of sketches.

Each day she releases a new video using a new sketch and she has some great guests along the way too.

The first sketch by Laura Whitaker really caught my eye.

I am still using the remains of my Cocoa Vanilla You Rock collection from Scrapping Clearly. This collection is so versatile and I have really enjoyed working with it.

I loved the strips and fun circle elements on the sketch. I added in some teeny wood veneer stars from Flutterby Designs. They are so cute and just perfect for sprinkling about on a layout.

I also added some sprinkles with mist Heidi Swapp Colorshine in Navy and Studio Calico Mr Huey in Sherbert) and a wee bit of stamping in black ink with a texture stamp.

Are you playing along with Christy's 30 days of Sketches?

Should be a month full of inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy creating

Wild Boy - Colour Blast Jan 2018 Challenge

Hi there,

This month's challenge in the Colour Blast Creative Corner group on Facebook is to use Colour Blast products on a black cardstock background using the following sketch.

I loved this sketch - so fun and versatile.

I started with the required black cardstock background and stencilled some Colour Blast paste in Steel using a Dylusions Stencil. Once that dried my next step was to try and bring in some more colour so I added some smudges and fingertip circles of "Just Blue" paste together with a teeny circle stencil. Lastly I added some smudges of Tangareen Dream. I love how vibrant the colours are on black cardstock.

Once my background was dry it was time for my paper layers and embellishing. I started with the Cocoa Vanilla You Rock collection.

I built up my main photo layers with a negative frame and some black punchinella .

Then it was time to embellish with plenty of the wood veneer from the You Rock collection plus some stickers and chipboard.

My title uses a funky wood veneer alphabet from Thickers combined with a chipboard sticker.

I felt like the layout needing some framing so I added a line around the edge with a Posca Paint Pen and some splatters of white mist and taa daa finished.

Thanks for checking out my layout today.

Will you be playing along with the challenge?

Also, did you know Colour Blast have started a subscription kit? The first kit ships in February and I am so excited to start building my Colour Blast collection. At the moment all I have are the Colour Pastes (which I adore and have nearly emptied) and one lonely Colour Spray, so the kits are going to be brilliant for me.

Hope you get some creative time over the weekend.

Happy scrapping

Rediscover your Stash - Spending Freeze Round 3

Some of my favourite You Tubers, Khristina Sorge and Sara Scraps, have an awesome month long challenge going; the gist of the challenge is to be using your stash and having fun along the way.

They have some awesome challenges happening all month in the Facebook Event they have set up.

The first challenge was this super cute sketch:

As soon as I saw it I knew it would be perfect for some of the Cocoa Vanilla You Rock paper scraps I had left on my desk after completing some DT projects for Scrapping Clearly (spoiler alert I am working with You Rock in January - happy dance).

This was a fun layout to create, although I have to admit sewing those straight lines between where the paper squares are was a challenge. I am much happier sewing squiggly lines.

I added some black splatters with a stamp from Darkroom Door and then sprinkled some mists (Colour Blast "Sunset", Studio Calico Mr Huey in Sherbert and Heidi Swapp Colour Shine in Navy)

All the embellishments are from the Cocoa Vanilla You Rock range as well: the Accessory Sticker Sheet, Chipboard Stickers, Wood Veneer, Rubber Tags and Diecuts.

So what are your scrappy goals this year?

I have a couple but the main one is to use more than I buy this year.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy creating.

White with 1 - January 2018

I am so excited to share my first Design Team layout for White with 1.

The January challenge is a mood board featuring the gorgeous Blue Bayou colour.

I was inspired by the stripes and the washed out blue on the pots.

I started with a white-washed woodgrain patterned paper from Kaisercraft. 

I added some misting with Heidi Swapp Colour Shine in Navy and then stencilled over the top with texture paste. I added a little more mist and some extra stencilling with an alphabet stencil from

Kaisercraft.

It was looking a little too blue for my liking so I added some splatters of Studio Calico mist in white.

I cut down my background piece slightly before mounting it onto blue cardstock and adding some machine stitching for extra texture and to help frame the layout. I love to rough up the edges of my papers with a distress tool (or my fingernails) for extra interest.

This was a real stash busting layout. I keep my random embellishments, flowers etc in plastic containers sorted by colour, so I grabbed out my blue and white containers and started pulling embellishments I thought would work with this cute photo of Sam with my hubby and myself at his presentation day.

In the mix I have added:

* hand dyed crochet doilies

* cut apart phrases from Flutterby Designs

* flair badge from Funky Flair Studio

* tile word phrase from Lil Davis Designs (am I the only one still holding on to some of these??)

* number sheet from Collections

* diecuts from the Indigo Skies collection from Kaisercraft

* puffy camera sticker from Amy Tangerine

* miscellaneous flowers (the denim one is divine)

* my all time favourite newsprint tags from American Crafts

* and last but not least a white doily.

I added my title with white foam thickers from American Crafts and added my journaling with typed strips. I am lucky enough to have been given an ancient typewriter from my Great Uncle. It is awesome but I will quickly have to figure out where I can get replacement ribbons. Any tips please let know in the comments.

I hope you will play along with us this month at White with 1.

Can't wait to see what you create.

Happy scrapping

Scrap the Boys December ..Christmas Maybe

Hi there,
This month's inspiration piece at Scrap the Boys is just gorgeous. Check it out:

So cute right! The layouts by the Design Team this month are just stunning as well.

I tried to achieve a similar look to the tree with my Dylusions Mists. Of course it went horribly wrong as my colours starting mixing so to salvage the layout I decided to go crazy with the buttons, brads and other embellies. The end result was pretty cute (the cute little guy missing his front teeth doesn't hurt :) 

And a bit of a closer look

This was such a fun challenge to play along with.

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Scrapping

Lisa J

Scrap the Boys November

Hi there scrappy peeps,

This month's challenge at Scrap the Boys is a moodboard

And here is my effort, starting with a Kraft background and Dylusions paint in Cut Grass.

And a bit of a closer look.

This was a lot of fun to make and I always love it when I get some old stash used (like the 7 Gypsies Black Photo turns used here).

Happy Scrapping

Lisa

Funky Flair Studio July Challenge

Funky Flair Studio have a cool graphic moodboard for their challenge this month

And here is my entry

The Wild flair badge is from Funky Flair Studios.

This layout was one I struggled with... it never quite went how I was picturing it. Can't love them all I suppose.

Are you playing along this month?

Happy Scrapping

Lisa

Show us Your Stuff July Challenge

The July challenge at Show us Your Stuff is a gorgeous nature inspired moodboard.

and here is my layout:

I captured a selfie with a very inquisitive camel at the Hunter Valley Zoo in June.

My background is a brick stencil and Colourblast paste in leather and some Tattered Angels Spray in Riptide. Handmade items are a chevron from Charms Creations and Flair badge from Cut and Paste. I have added some tags from 7 Dots Studio and wood veneer from Kaisercraft and Flutterby Designs.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Scrapping

Lisa

July Scrap the Boys

July at Scrap the Boys the challenge is a great sketch by Laura Whitaker.

I stuck pretty closely to the sketch with my interpretation using three photos and the large banner element in the background.

The photos were taken in the car with the sun streaming through the windows so not the best quality but I really wanted to document this stage in my little guys world.

I have used lots of papers and goodies from Cocoa Vanilla Studios You Rock collection to complete my layout about my little guy and his plushie obsession.

I have also added in a little cut apart phrase from Flutterby Designs and some of their wood veneer stars. The little cork arrow was from American Crafts.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Scrapping

Lisa

June Kraft Plus Challenge

The month of June features a pretty cool challenge at Kraft Plus challenges: Kraft plus one other colour of your choice.

Being a Mumma of four boys the obvious choice for me was blue.

I used the gorgeous You Rock collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studios (part of my amazingly generous prize from Scrapbooking Delights last month).

Love these pics of my little guy in his big brother's hat. He thought he was very cool.

The kraft patterned paper I have used was from the Basic Gray Basics collection back in 2009 (eek).

Have you entered the challenge this month?

Thanks for stopping by

Happy scrapping

Lisa