A Year In Time - May 2012

 

Of course the month of May is associated with Mothers' Day.  Even though there are family birthdays in May, including my husband Craig's, I decided that a photo of my mum and I would go well with the colours of the may pages.

Here is what I did to create this page

1. Mounted the photo onto the back of the March( because the colours matched) cut apart page from the Graphic 45  Place In Time 8x8 pad  and distressed the edges.  
2. I adhered a doily to the base page.I used two pieces of card from the Core'dinations 6x6 Vintage Collection pad   and embossed them using a dots and text embossing folder.  I sanded he dots one for a more distressed and prominent look. I inked the text embossing to make it stand out more . These were adhered onto the base page and the mounted photo went on top.
3. I punched some flowers from the Core'dinations card and front he papers in mauve/cream colours and layered the mauve card ones to make roses. I added a small rose to the centre of the patterned paper ones and added these , along with postage stamps from the May cut apart page , some punched leaves.
   
   
   
4. I added some Want To Scrap Pearls - Lavender  around the flower cluster and on the flourishes in the top left and bottom right hand corners.
5. I chose a matching label sticker from the Graphic Place In Time Stickers sheet and added it to the top right hand corner along with the year using the numbers from the Graphic Place In Time Alphabet Stickers sheet
6. Using a word from the Alphabet sticker sheet and letters =I formed the title and placed it under the photo.
   

OTHER ITEMS USED - FROM MY STASH



 

doily

brown ink

flower punch

embossing folders

fern leaf punch

small roses

  

Hope this has inspired you to create a Year in review album , if you haven't already got one started.

I am off to post the June page now .. then I will be up to date !! 

I will post a little tutorial on how to make the punched roses on this page in the near future as they are super easy to make :)

Stay tuned .....

Sharon xoxo



Trinket Box

Looking around my scrap area I seem to be accumulating a small mountain of leftovers, many from the wonderfully kits supplied by the generous Veronica from Wild About Scrap so I am on a mission to use up these bits and pieces in this ever growing scrap pile and what better way than to create a tiny little Trinket Box. These can be used as gifts but I love this one so much I think I might add it to the shelve and store some little charms in!

Taking some of the flowers, twine, pearls and charms in my scrap pile.

Using left over DS paper off cut, some lace and a small box from the shop.

Cover the box with paper, sand and ink edges to give the aged vintage look and apply lace around the edge either by using glue or some other adhesive.

Arrange small blossoms, twine, gauze, pearls, buttons and charms.

Sweet little Trinket Box fit for a little Princess to keep her treasures in :)

and quick to make!

Thanks for stopping by and pop back soon as I am sure more projects are coming :)

Sue xx

You Are Loved Layout

 

Wow how is it July already?? Here in Melbourne it has been pretty darn chilly of late so really no excuse not to be scrapping and creating right ??  Yes.. if only work didn't get in the way !!!

Veronica recently organised for a new kit to be sent to Sue and I .  The Layout above is the first creation I have produced with the lovely materials and products that were inside that pizza box !!!

 

Products available in the store that I used are

 

Pink Paislee Cottage Farms Patterned papers - Market and Bushel

Carta Bella Well Travelled patterned paper - Postage

Authentique Renew stickers- elements

Pink Paislee Cottage Farms- photo frames

Petaloo Penny Lane Ruffled Roses- Silhouette

Petaloo Penny Lane Darjeeling Dahlias - Red/Fuschia

Prima Printery - Flower market paper flowers

Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam - Pink Lipstick

 

Other items from my stash

black staples

text print tissue paper

chipboard letters and flourishes

twine

dark red paint

brown and black ink

flag banner punch

 

Love the colours of these papers from the Pink Paislee Cottage Farms collection - and Veronica had matched them so well with the flowers .. from abroad - not a bad accomplishment !!

 

Here's basically what I did

I distressed the edges of 2 pink and two newsprint pp rectangles, inked them and adhered them in position.

Mounted the photo onto printed text tissue paper and scrunched the edges and on it went.

Loving banners at the moment so punched some flags out and attached them to some twine with staples

 

 

I weaved a piece of tissue paper through the photo frame, tucked it under the pink and over the newsprint pp, attached with staples and added the word elements

 

Placed some yummy flowers down the side of the photo.

Painted the title chipboard letters and chip flourishes with red paint . Then gave them 2 coats of the Glimmer Glam - this is gorgeous stuff !! It has little bit of glitter

which don't show up in the photos but the beautiful frosty sheen it adds does.

 

 

I dried it with a heat gun on low and it bubbled a bit on the letters - but I really like the effect :)

 

The flourishes were tucked in with the flower clusters and the title adhered along with the smaller letters from the element sticker sheet.

 

And there you have it !!

 

DO have a look in the store for these products as they are just a bit gorgeous !!!

 

Off to see what else I can create .....

 

Sharon xo

April - A Year in Time

For April's page I have used a montage of photos from Easter 2012. I decided to uses object photos, Easter eggs, Easter cake - made by my sister, Easter flowers and chicks that were on some gifts.  It sure is challenging to fit the photos on these smaller pages and using non people photos seemed a good idea this time. 

1. For this page i started with the back of the Foundation April page from the Graphic 45 A Place In Time pad.
2. I mounted the 4 mini photos onto two pieces of cardstock from the Core'dinations Vintage Collection pad. I edge punched the green card.
3. I added some of the lovely green trim from my DT pack and some flowers - Prima Hello Pastel Collection and some tiny roses from my stash.
4. Also scattered around the photos are some Want 2 Scrap's Say It with a Bling silver rhinestones.
5. The title was added next - using letters from the A Place In Time Alphabet sticker sheet.

 

I used a tag from the May cut aparts page as it had colours to suit my page and a tag and word  from the sentiments sheet These were written on and then added to the page with two decorative pins through the tag holes

Items used from my stash were - ink, punch, roses, pins

Hmm now what did i do in May last year, May is a big month for me Mother's Day, birthdays .. off to have a look at  my photos.

Sharon

xxxx

April - A Year in Time!

Another month for my A year in Time Album, this time April. Still a little behind but hope to catch up real soon by doing an extra month this time round. I hope you are enjoying the album so far, I am having a lot of fun playing with all the fabulous products from the Wild About Scrap store!

As soccer is a big part of my eldest son and husbands life I thought I would dedicate April to this, being as it's the start of the season. He has been playing since he was 7 years old and I am thrilled and proud that he still plays today! My husband watches a lot of the EPL on the telly but is also involved in training and match games with my boy. Keeping with the distress theme of my album I had a play with paints for this months page. Normally I love to distress my edges with TH distress inks but as I have been playing with art journals I have rediscovered the wonderful texture and versatility of paint. So I had fun getting extremely messy! I did however try to keep this months page more grunge and boyish but as you can see some flowers just sneaked they way in lol.

 1.  Using the reverse of the G45 April foundation A Place In Time page I cut and distressed all four edges and adhered it to a piece of contrasting yellow bazzill.
2.  Spritzing with some diluted gesso and DA Oceania paint I splashed, added droplets and flicked paint over and around the page. Using an old softdrink top I added white gesso circles and allowed to dry.

3.  Using the coordinating cut apat from previous months which were left over I chose some green patterned floral paper, a tag, and a postcard which I distressed. Also using a MS scalloped edge punch on a piece of Donna Salazar patterned paper strip, inking the edges with TH distress ink Vintage Photo, a heart shaped lace doily and more core'dination cardstock which I stamped with Prima Script cling stamp.
4.  Arrange and layer all pieces under a small landscape photo which has been matted on Core'dindations cardstock and distressed. I also added a blue arrow from Kaiser.
5.  Adding a few flowers from Petaloo and Prima. (just can't help myself! don't you agree a layout isn't quite finished unless it has at least one or two flowers)

6.  Lastly I finished with a handmade calico banner which I stamped with the Prima Script cling stamp, threaded with jute.

 Here is the completed page again, I really like the messy look and the feel, I hope I have inspired you to experiment and get a little messy when you are creating, you wont regret it :)

Thanks for stopping by, please pop back soon xx

Sue xx

A Year in Time - April

Hello everyone and welcome to my April - A Year in Time page.

 

When sick with the flu recently I was getting bored of repeats on TV so I started watching some YouTube videos to get some new ideas and inspiration.  Wow, there are some clever people out there....I don't know where they get their ideas from.  Anyway, this layout was partly inspirted from one of the Prima videos.

 

This layout gives a quick overview of Easter in Sicily...or in Taormina anyway.  Easter here isn't driven by chocolate (the Easter Bunny can have a bit of a break in Italy), but is a religeous experience with the main events being the decoration of the churches and an extremely solemn procession through the streets carrying statues and candles.  Traditions going back for maybe hundreds of years.  It is definitely a special experience.

 

 

List of products:-

 

Graphic 45 A Place in Time - April Foundations & Cut Aparts papers;

• Ranger Claudine Hellmuth Studios - Gesso;
• Prima Doodle-Deux - Lace Ribbon;
• Prima Flowers;
• Buttons;
• Bird Charm;
• Tim Holtz idea-Ology - Type Charms & Label Letters;
• Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist - Pearl, Tokyo & Lobster

 

For something different, the Cut-Aparts paper has been torn into pieces, distressed and glued to the Foundations paper in a randomish fashion.  I also included some from the March paper. The Prima lace ribbon was added next.

These papers and ribbon were then lightly painted with Gesso which allows the pattern to be seen throug, but in a muted fasion.  Once dried, I sprayed the entire page with Glimmer Mist Pearl, which gives the Gesso a lovely pearly sheen. 

The 2 other Glimmer Mist colours - Tokyo & Lobster - were added by removing the sprayer from the bottle and flicking the end over th3e paper to give a droplet effect....in some parts it smudged, but overall I like the effect.

The photos were then added along with the flowers, buttons & bird charm.  With the title added last.  To help the flowers blend into the background Gesso was lightly brushed across all flowers & the charm. 

I hope you like my April page.  I'm sorry if this post isn't written overly well as my brain is still mushy from this flu!  As they say, "tomorrow's another day" so hopefully I'll be healed soon.

Happy scrapping everyone!

Veronica
 

"Silhouettes"

For the past week I've been house-bound with the flu and getting bored with sleeping and watching TV reruns I started watching some of the Prima videos on YouTube...They are a great source of inspiration if a little long.  I'm going to exceed my download limit this month for sure!  The designers are truly clever and I've already stolen a few ideas and there are more I can't wait to try out.

For this layout I've used a somewhat crazy layering technique.  It looks difficult, but was surprisingly easy and I really love how it turned out....I'm sure I'll be using this technique again!

I love this photo. I took a series of them and I'm sure I'll be doing more layouts using these photos. I love how you've got the colours from the sun as it's setting behind Mt Etna and just the shadows of the people (and dog) in the foreground. 

 

 

 
 List of products used:

• Graphic 45 - Secret Garden Collection;
• Dusty Attic - Corner Scroll;
• Ranger - Adirondack Paint Dabbers - Espresso & Butterscotch;
• Ranger - Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Tea Dye;
• Prima Flowers;
• American Crafts - Thickers;
• Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist - Summer Glow.

 

"Crazy Layering" - I'm not sure if there's a better name, but this is the name that came to me and seems to suit this style.

 

The layered papers come from one entire sheet of 12x12 pattern paper.  In this case I substituted 1/3 sheet for another pattern paper to add some colour to the mix.

 

Take your sheet of pattern paper and cut roughly into thirds.  As the edges are going to be distressed you don't need to make exactly straight cuts if using a knife.

 

The first 1/3 I cut in half giving 2 x 6" long pieces, the rest I randomly cut from 2 1/2" to 5" wide. 

 

Distress all edges with a distressing tool and then ink with distress ink.  This helps to give the layering definition and to raise the pieces slightly from each other. 

 

I arranged the 2 largest pieces first and then tucked the different size pieces under (or over) until I got a shape I was happy with. 

 

Carefully flipping the stack over, I carefully glued each piece in place. Further dimension can be achieved by using foam tape between the layers.

 

 
I am also getting braver with clustering of flowers.  I can see I'm going to run out of flowers quickly using so many at once, but I really love the effect of having a bunch of flowers together on the layout.
 
The Dusty Attic corner scroll was painted with the Ranger Paint Dabbers - entirely with Espresso then random dabs with Butterscotch.
 
To finish off, Glimmer Mist Summer Glow was flicked (by taking the sprayer out of the bottle and flicking the end) over the edges of the layout, and a squirt over the title.

This entire layout was done in less than an afternoon - a record for me.  I can take days to complete a page.  However, with all the layering it appears quite complex.

I hope you like my layout and maybe gained some ideas for your next project!

Veronica