Wonga

This photo is of the moon rising as the sun sets at Wonga Beach

I hand made the flower using stamping up card stock in both Early Espresso and Bravo Burgundy.

the leaves are made out of Wild Wasabi card stock using the die cut Little leaves

the letters are all multi layered and daubered with Bravo Burgundy and gesso paint.

I used the 1" and 3/4" Circle punches as the base to make the swirl flowers

the new Big shot die Lattice adds a nice effect.

most of the flowers and leave have all had gesso and gold paint add to them

 to create the look that you see.

have a scrappy day creating.

I Have

I have

Well I have created something quite beautiful with the help of my big sister.

This layout is her design.

My Sister Susan was here all the way from Holland.

and while she was here she taught a class of 10 ladies, 

some of her wonderful ideas and this beautiful layout

I was lucky enough to be one of them.

the flowers are all made out of a paper called Fan Fair

I used Island Indigo card stock as an accent colour

and the green used is called Gumball.

The fox and the rabbits are from a wonderful stamp set called Storybook Friends.

The cake used in the bottom right hand side of the layout is from the stamp set  called Make A Cake.

the Antique brads add a nice touch.

The I Have was cut using the new Typset Alphabet Bigz die set and Fan Fair paper.

the  leaves to the bottom left side of this photo are stamped with 

the leaf branch from Day of Gratitude Stamp set.

1" circle punch used to create these swirl flowers

some of the leave are embossed using an embossing folder

called Textured Impressions.

the trim used below the I HAVE was made from Scalloped tulle ribbon in crumb cake edged with champagne glass glitter, topped with the edge of a paper doily sizzlits die cut using Island Indigo card stock.

then a strip of designer series paper called fan fair then hand stitched with a similar coloured thread. 

As I have grown older I've learnt that pleasing everyone is impossible, 

but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.

have a scrappy day

Beautiful Lady

This photo is of my Mum on her wedding day.

I wanted to play with idea of white on white.

I started with Stampin Up Whisper White card stock.

distressed all the edges then using a Very Vintage jumbo stampin wheel heat embossed white embossing 

powder.

to create little hidden features I dry embossed white card stock using the vintage wallpaper folder. 

stitched white threaded around the edges and with another layer of white card stock used scallop trim border punch to create a beautiful effect then crystal effected the edge.

the photo I used is the original photograph from the wedding so I had trouble with the integrity of the card backing the photo I over came this by using thread to secure the photo over adhesive of some kind. 

And as I didn't want to stick anything to the photo so even the letters are placed on a strip of window sheet.

 

there is about 35 little leaf branches cut out of white card stock using the little leaves die,  lol crazy I know but I used them to adorn the edges.

I made canvas flowers using the Big z large die Fun Flowers they are painted with gesso priming  paint to add texture and stiffness and used Antique brads as their centres.

I made the butterfly s  with canvas using Beautiful Wings Embosslits.

it doesn't show up in this photo but I add dazzling details to the tops of the butterfly s and the scrolls on either side of the flowers are wooden die cuts paint white then clear glass beads glued on top.

most of the products used in this layout are found in the Stampin' Up catalogue. 

I've linked this layout to Make It Monday 

Have a scrappy day.

The Beach

My two little boys Edward and Ethan at the beach.

Thank You

I am

Truly grateful to have met you all.

A special thanks to all of you ladies and man who took the time to create such beautiful swaps for the I am Stampin'up Convention.  I truly am thankful for all of your ideas.

Have a Scrappy Day

With Love

    

Hopefully my absence hasnt been too noticeable I've been so busy making my swaps for a stampin up convention that I have just attended.

I was a bit neigtful of my blog. I made 400 swaps.

For those of you that are unaware of what a swap is it is the front of a card that you have designed and make you then swap it with another paper lover for one that they have design. 

Let me share my swap with you.

To make this little delightful swap I have used a lot of different products.        
Stampin'up  Classic ink pads
 -Cherry Cobbler
 -Always Artichoke        
 -Early Espresso
The Stamp set Called Field Flowers from the Stampin'up range and three diffident colored  card stock  Stampin'up  
 -Very Vanilla                             

 - River Rock
 - Soft Suede. 

I took piece of vanilla card stock and using the base flower from Fields of flowers made a mask (a stamped image that you cut out to use as a protector so that you dont get ink where you don't want it) I made three then I placed them on another piece of 6 1/2cm by 13 1/2cm Very Vanilla card stock where I didn't want to see my steam of my flower then I inked my steam from fof stamp set (Fields of flowers) with Always Artichoke my fav color at this time.
Then using Cherry cobbler ink I stamped the base image of the flower where I had left the voids from the masks. Using a  stamp-a-ma-jig and  top flower layer stamp from fof set, I layered the flower with Early Espresso ink. After doing that I cut my image into three,  all about 6 1/2cm by 4 1/2cm each.  

Then I took a piece of River Rock card stock 6 1/2cm by 4 1/2cm embossed it with Square Lattice embossing folder using a big shot.
Using a dauber, daubed  the edge and embossed pattern with Early  Espresso ink.    
I cut a thin strip of cherry cobbler 4mm and attach it to a piece of always artichoke denim ribbon, raped it around the river rock card before attaching it add a small piece of very vanilla card stock 2cm by 3cm with hemp twine With Love stamped on it and distressed with Early Espresso ink. Then I took all four pieces attached them to a piece of Soft Suede card stock 7 1/2cm by 21cm sewed the edges to complete the look.

Hope you liked it and have a Scrappy Day                    

Lads will be lads. . .

Simon and David my two handsome nephews.

It's nice to create your own masterpiece from scratch. I started with a piece of whisper white 12 by 12 card stock, then using the stamp set called The Open Sea, I embossed the left hand side of the page with black and the right hand side in clear.
I sewed along the edges with grey cotton then stamped splotches in basic grey ink using a stamp from the stamp set called French Foliage then using a wonderful device called a Color Spritzer and a Stampin' Write Marker sprayed a touch of Pacific Point blue and Rich Razzleberry ink around the page and combining the Frost white shimmer paint and rubbing alcohol  and a few drops of basic grey ink in a spray bottle then lightly spraying the page, its not overly clear in this photo but the page has a light grey shimmer. From there I distressed the edge of my photo then backed the photo with a designer series paper from the Pocketful of Posies range. I used the same paper to punch out 4.4cm circles to create the swirly flowers at the top right hand and bottom left of the page.

For the title I used a wonderful stamp set called  Letter It, combining it with an ink color called basic grey and a light spray of shimmer paint.
If you are wondering where you can get all of these awesome products that I have been writing about in this post, they all came from the Stampin' Up Range, of which I am a huge fan.
I hope I have given you some more ideas and ways to incorporate stamping into your scrap lay outs.

Have a Scrappy Day.