Today I have a page I made using some of the leftovers from the page kit I shared a few days ago – and of course I raided my existing stash too and pulled some of that in too! I also decided to play along with the monthly challenge at Hey Little Magpie Facebook group and made sure I included hearts in my page!
With a big panel of the rainbow themed paper left I knew I needed to scrap the rainbow themed photos of the hubby! So I started with that as the vertical stripe down the page and edged with the reverse with the orange and pinks.
I then added in the teal and green colours from the other papers leftover. Triangles/arrows from the leftovers also came in and then I just had a play with other stash from Kingston crafts bits and those 49th & market leaves and some bits from the old Lollipop box club kits.
The main thing however became the title and I faffed for a long time until I came across these ransom style stickers which I thought would work with such a long title!
So I went a little overboard for this next project for my Kingston Crafts design team as I couldn’t decide which shrink plastic pieces to use and whether to make one 12×12 scrapbook page, and 8×8 scrapbook page or just to go a little off the wall and make a little mini journal style scrapbook for some our pics from Menorca … so yes I went with that!
I started by playing with shrink- colouring things and cutting them out and shrinking them – then I cut some papers from the summer collection pack and some white from the everyday cardstock collection. I already had my mini photos cut ready to use and then started arranging things loosely how I might want the pages.
Next I had to decide on what construction I fancied for the pages to sit on – in my head I wanted a little flip book so it could sit on a shelf and change the view whenever I wanted to look at a different page!
So out came the junk recycling – you know the packaging from having had craft supplies delivered which I am very guilty of ordering! I always save packaging as you never know when it will come in handy! It needs to be sturdy obviously but doesn’t need to be pretty as it will be covered by the pretty papers! I decided to use the fab rainbow stripe paper for the back of each of the panels as it then coordinated with all the panels.
I decided to use the wide red tape to adhere the papers to the junk card bases – this way I knew it would be secure and wouldn’t warp!
Once all four were covered on both sides I used my cropadile to punch holes in the top so I knew where the book rings would go and then started with the decorating and sorting out each page!
I had lots of fun putting each page together … this is the point where I was almost finished … but did add in some other touches once I had popped them together with the book rings.
I added in some hand drawn lines and frames for the extra words I had added and some little journaling elements like the where and the when!
I also added some card Candi to this page…
… and some additional shrink wrap icecreams I could resist adding to this one!
I know I still need to add journalling but decided I would add that to panels on the back of each page as the main point is to have the front visible on display. I will add that later… for now these are with Martin ready for going on display. When I get them back I will add the journalling to finish off.
Hope you like this fun project – I am really pleased with how fun it is and a different way to do some memory keeping!
Hello! I did some more scrapping – this time one of the page kits I bought in January from Hey Little Magpie – and although the layout stayed similar in terms of the sketch I totally changed the page by changing the background from a white 12×12 to grey. I’ve saved the white piece for using with leftovers and instead made what was quite a romantic page into something a bit more masculine to fit the photo of my hubby!
The papers retain the cheerful feel but I added in the modeling paste brick stencilling and lots of dark grey splatters to grunge up the page.
The picture is of my hubby in the Valhalla bar in York enjoying a pint after we had been out in the rain most of the day walking the walls around York.
I brought in the mixed alpha from an old papermania masculine set but mixed in with the cute glossy puffy stickers from the original kit it still works well.
A fun page and really enjoyed mixing up the kit to make it feel very different from the original inspiration.
This is why I love page kits – you can totally go with the original design – you can mix it up and do something different but keeping with the sketch – or just do your own thing with the kit and go your own way completely!
Once again I’m joining in with the UK stampers forum decorated tag swap – and like last month I’m also using up papers from the magazine collection I have although this time I went for full on background with more of the mandala papers.
Sorry this first photo is a bit of whiteout but it is partly due to all the shine on the tag! Once I covered the tag (which I made from recycled packaging) I added some stripes of adhesive tape and then the gilding flakes. I love the fun shine and glamour this provides – and it’s so easy!
Just don’t sneeze or cough near the flakes!
Next I heat embossed in gold the Beautiful Flowers image from Simon Says Stamp – a favourite of mine (thanks for Amy from Prairie Paper and Ink) – I did this directly onto another panel of the mandala paper (yes that’s another piece used!) and cut it out. I then glued that direct to the background – so there is the shiny embossing over the background covered with gilding flakes too! No wonder I’m struggling to photograph this tag!
Then I added two of the individual flowers which I heat embossed onto white cardstock and cut out – these are at least a little easier to distinguish! I did add some scraps of white cardstock underneath to give some subtle dimension.
Then I embossed the main sentiment from an Altenew set onto some rust coloured cardstock leftover from the cards I made for the beginning of the month.
I also added a sub sentiment just stamped in black onto the white cardstock.
I added some doodles using a brown pen to the sub sentiment and the edge of the background elements on the tag. I also added some spotty dark brown card candi for embellishment.
I finished the tag off with a few bits of string and the sequined ribbon and a brown wax melt heart image which was on the desk from playing with the wax melt kit from Kingston Crafts!
A fun and shiny tag! Those flowers are just gorgeous and love how the mandala paper became an interesting mix of the colours on the images.
It’s a two blog post day because in addition to first of the month it’s a Saturday and so time to share some scrapping! It’s also been a very busy two weeks in my new job so I am grateful for the weekend and getting some crafting time today (full disclosure this page wasn’t made today but I am trying to get ahead a little on the blog posts to allow for the busy working weeks where there isn’t energy or time for crafting!)
Stash busting is the name of the game with this layout and I had fun making it!
I used some random papers from the stash and then lots of the 49th & Market spice kit bits and pieces. I also added the distress oxides in the background and some rub ons (again 49th & market).
As much as I love how this came out I think it is time to put the rest of the 49th & market stash to one side and try and play with something else!
But it is difficult when the artwork is so pretty!
Back to that pouch of patterned papers from old magazine kits and this time only managed to make use of two pieces – but those mandala papers are just so beautiful!
This time I went cover plate mad for the cards to add some different interest and texture to the backgrounds. I used a rust coloured cardstock and cut out the two Altenew cover plates – I did have to make a little adjustment to one to make it fit the 5×7 card blank with a snip down the middle which the patterned paper element covered up!
Both cards I chose some very old Lily of the Valley digital stamps that I must have coloured several years ago (I’m guessing around 8 years ago) and they’ve been sitting in the stash waiting for their moment to shine!
I fussy cut them out and the colors of the peach and creams were perfect for the patterned paper element.
For this one I chose an anniversary sentiment with the die cut from Crafters Companion. Again I’ve owned this for many years and occasionally I grab it to play with as it makes a lovely fancy element for the sentiment!
I did raise the sentiment up a little with some strips of scrap cardstock behind them and then inlay the anniversary with white so it stood out on the patterned paper.
The second card I thought made a nice thank you card. I used a pre stamped and die cut Waffleflower sentiment.
I really love the mandala papers but they aren’t the easiest to use as they are such a focal feature in themselves but I think with the addition of that rust coloured cardstock it helped to tone them down a bit more.
For both cards I embellished with some sequins – cream for one card and peach for the other.
Really happy with these beautiful and very cute cards.
Next month going to have to use more than two pieces of the papers in the pouch as they really won’t get used up quickly if I only use two per month!
This year I’ve set myself the challenge to make a masculine card every month! This is definitely a challenge given that I don’t really like creating things that aren’t really ‘pretty’ – but I do have to give cards to the men in my life so it’s a good plan to get some done!
I have decided this will also be a series on my YouTube channel so please go check out the process video I made!
I made a fun distress ink background with stencils and the indigo blu stamps. Then I created the two panels for the slimline cards.
I then heat embossed the lightbulbs for the focal points in detail white and the same in the background using the baked texture Seth apter powder.
On the second panel I also added some patterned paper that I inked up too!
I also inked a panel for the inside with stencilling and stamping to link the front to the inside!
Love how these came out – and actually all things considered – I quite enjoyed making them which is a surprise given I don’t like making boy cards! 🤪
Well I managed to do the February page of my calendar before January finished so I’ve got that to share with you today.
As with last months the idea is to use old stash – especially stamps – and give them a little bit of love… and love is the right word for this month as I went with hearts for theme (valentines and all that!) …
I actually started with the Tim Holtz collage paper which I’ve not used in forever so I grabbed some of that to put on the background of the card panel I had cut. Then I added gelatos to make the washy colour. I hadn’t used gelatos in a long time so it was fun to play with them a little.
I also stamped with a grey gelato too but it was just some random script text.
Next I added the white gesso stencilling through a Bramble Fox Club kit and also some splattering.
Once that was dry I added the Paperartsy stamping – the angular hearts and the spirals. I added those in black versafine.
Then I added the Paperartsy text heart stamp which I had stamped and cut out from another piece of card so it was bright white on the panel. I then inked the edge to frame it.
All the Paperartsy stamps were designed by my lovely friend Darcy and that text heart will always be one of my favourites.
Love how this looks and now February is all ready for in a few days time to turn over the page.
But for now I will keep enjoying the Swallowtail from last month…
Hello! Time for another design team contribution for Addicted to stamps and more and I decided to dive into that pouch of digital stamps that have been printed for ages and just needed to wait their time before I got around to using them.
And this time it was this cute Lily of the Valley image!
I teamed it with some cute papers from the Spring Slimline papers from Kingston Crafts and then played with die cuts to make a cute card.
The die cut wreath from Natures Prints and then some pierced blooms flowers became the frame for the backdrop.
I then used the large birthday die for the sentiment with the shadow. I stacked the birthday twice to give it some dimension.
Then I found the Waffleflower die that cut the happy and stacked that twice too and added a peach layer underneath.
The image I coloured with promarkers and then fussy cut the image out.
I added a strip of tape to the horizontal panel and added some gilding flakes to it- to be honest it’s not that visible for the final card but I really wanted to make something shiny!
Love this textural card with those die cuts and love the gentle colours of this card!
Now off to see what everyone else did for the challenge of using stencils and/or die cuts.
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