He's Got Swagger

Hi there,

Today I am sharing a layout created for Funky Flairs Studio using the awesome Wild One flair set.

I created my background with Dina Wakley paint in Night and then added a little stencilling with a crackle stencil and Dylusions paint in White Linen.

I stamped my background with my fresh out of the packet Dina Wakley stamp set Grungy Stars. I think I might have a new fave. Love stars for boy pages. I added a bit of extra stamping with an old Kaisercraft grid stamp.

I also added some gyprock tape and washi tape to my background for extra texture and interest. Next up I created some paper layers around my photo using Shimelle's Go Now Go collection and a newsprint tag from American crafts. 

And then it was time to embellish.

I have used:

Potty People and tab wood veneer from Studio Calico
Star wood veneer from Flutterby Designs
Word strips and letter stickers from Flutterby Designs
Denim star embellishment from Charms Creations
Enamel stars from Shimelle, American Crafts
Black Enamel thickers from American Crafts
and of course two awesome flairs from Funky Flairs Studio

Happy scrapping

Lisa J

White with.....Toffee Crunch

It's a brand new month and that  means a new colour challenge at White with 1. This month the colour of choice is Toffee Crunch (doesn't it sound delicious).

An added bonus we get a sketch to work with from Page Maps

I stuck very closely to the sketch. It takes all the guess work out of it.

I decided to go with an outdoorsy theme to scrap these pics of my little guy and my sister's puppy exploring while we set up camp.

The wood veneer frame is from Amy Tangerine and the leaves are from Kaisercraft.

The cute little tabs and word strips are from Flutterby Designs.

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

Happy scrapping

White with 1 - Crispy Lettuce

It's March already.. How did that happen?

But what could be more perfect for St Patrick's Day scrapbooking then the March White with 1 colour challenge - Crispy Lettuce.

We also have a moodboard for added inspiration

The moodboard brought the outdoors to mind for me so I found two recent pics of my little guy in the backyard playing away (sadly the grass is now crunchy brown instead of that beautiful green. We badly need some more rain here).

I have used all sort of bits and pieces from my stash to create this layout:

The gorgeous X and O are from Charms Creations.

Cute Tabs and star and heart wood veneer from Flutterby Designs

Rubber Charm Camera from Dear Lizzy

Journalling Spots from Jillibean Soup

Wood veneer "Fun" title unknown

Buttons, brads and enamel dots unknown

Cardstock American Crafts.

I cut the circles from paper offcuts using mainly Echo Park.

I hope you join in the fun at White with 1 this month.

Happy Scrapping

Lisa J

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

White with 1 - Feb 2018

Woohoo it's a new month which means lots of new challenges.

The White With 1 challenge this month is a sketch combined with Sizzling Pink. 

 

I decided to scrapbook some goofy snapchat photos of myself 

My background has some paint scraped across using Dylusions in Bubblegum pink. Next I added some washi and gyprock tape for added texture. I used doilies for the circular elements of the sketch.

I painted a gorgeous chipboard circle element in white and cut it up to use in all the different sections of the page - (2Crafty Star Bubble Set).

I have added a puffy sticker "Laugh" and some hearts which were from Heidi Swapp.

I added in some cut-aparts from Flutterby Designs.

The stitched circle stamp I have used in my background is from Kaisercraft. 

Please feel free to ask me if you would like details on any of the other elements on my layout.

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

Happy Scrapping.

Coffee....sweet elixir of life

My family know there is no talking to Mummy in the morning before her coffee. First coffee then words.

So naturally the Kraft Plus challenge was calling me this month...Kraft plus a gorgeous coffee inspired mood board. Love!

First step coffee. I brewed a nice dark cup of coffee then set about splashing and painting it onto my background. I followed that with some stamping with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in brown using an alpha  to stamp out some coffee inspired words and also some coffee rings from a Darkroom Door stamp. It looked very effective (and smelled great too).

But as you can see it was mostly covered in the end.

I used lots of bits and pieces from my stash including the large coffee cup wood veneer from Flutterby Designs. I had been saving it for a while now - it's just too cute.

A little typing to finish my title..."There is no better therapy than coffee with a friend".

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy scrapping

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

Flawsome

Hi there,

Today I am sharing some layouts created with products from Flutterby Designs.

This was a class kit designed by the amazing Anita Rodway  but my layouts kinda morphed in a different direction.

The first layout "Amazing" features a gorgeous black acrylic title.

and a closer look at the paint and stencilling in the background.

And the second layout "Not even diamonds are perfect".

The Everyday etc cards in this collection are just stunning. 

Anita is the queen of colour and the Flawsome Collection featured in these layouts is just beautiful.  Click here to check out the Flutterby Designs shop.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy scrapping

Kraft Plus December

Hi all,

The Kraft Plus challenge this month is so pretty...just so much to be inspired by.

I was immediately drawn to the circles, the pretty pastels and the teal table.

I used a gorgeous Kaisercraft paper that is a woodgrain with peeled teal paint (love it) to frame my layout. I broke out the sizzix dies and dusted off my circle cutter.

I have used Everyday Etc cards from Flutterby Designs to fill my circles and added some wooden circle tags from Amy Tangerine. I finished off with a few buttons and brads to add to the circle theme.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Scrapping

Lisa J

White With 1 November

Hi there,
It has been a while between challenges for me but I was determined to give this month's White with 1 challenge a go.

How bright and cheery is this colour - it just makes me happy.

Here is my layout:

I started with Dylusions Paint in Pure Sunshine spread with a credit card on my background and layered a Tim Holtz stencil with some texture paste and stamps from Kaisercraft. I loved the contrast of the blue in my photo with the background.

I built up some layers of patterned papers from my scrap basket (there is even some Sassafrass Lass in the mix).  I have used some of my Flutterby embellishments and some bits and pieces of wood veneer to finish off.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy scrapping

Lisa