The Scrapbook Garden - Happy Birthday.......21st

This is my 3rd layout for kit 4 for

the Scrapbook Garden

It shows my grandparents and my Aunt Edna as she

celebrates her 21st birthday.

As many have pointed out, the photos are entirely

different from those celebrating a 21st birthday these days.

For this layout I used the

My Minds Eye, Market Street 'Happy Birthday'

tapestry paper and title

gorgeous paper and fab title card.

I love the way the paper has a slight red colour across the edges

very delicate, it looks as though its been brushed with distress ink

and it softens the paper even further.

I took the tag and using some Bazzill French Vanilla cardstock

(which is an all time favourite of mine as it goes with everything)

and cut myself 2 more tags the same size.

I coloured them down with Distress ink

and concentrated alot more on the edges

to give a similar effect to that on the paper.

I added my journaling to one  and Ednas name

and 21st to the other.

I used thickers for the 21st and inked the numbers

with the same distress ink so it all blended in.

Next using the French Vanilla card again i cut a similar tag

this time I rubber stamped an old fashioned

cake stand with cup cakes on it, and added

various shades of stickles to the cakes to give the effect

of frosting.

I inked the edges of this tag also so that it matched the others

Next i used some Prima craftable flowers

I put 2 together with a brad and inked the edges of the bottom one with the same distress

ink, just a little so it still kept its delicate look.

I matted my 2 photos with the french vanilla cardstock

and added them to the layout.

and thats it..........

Edna died just as I was born, I never met her

I wish I had, my grandmother always said I was sent to replace her

I would like to think thats true.

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The Scrapbook Garden - Keep Smiling

This is my 2nd layout for design kit 4

for The Scrapbook Garden

I used 2 photos of my Dad and my son while they were

on a day trip to family in Leeds.

I started with some 12 x 12 Bazzill French Vanilla

and also some Glitz Design -Afternoon Muse

Carte Postal

I tore up the carte postal and added it to the corners of the french vanilla.

Next I added my photos which i matted

on Bazzill Guacamole and also some matching paper 

from the Basic Grey Sweet Threads paper pack  

Next I added some Prima flowers  which went

beautifully with the paper, and some punched leaves of my

own from the guacamole paper , and some tiny hearts cut from the basic grey

paper which i had used for the matting.

Once again I cut my journaling a little more fancy

than usual and used a double matt.

I used thickers letters for the title and inked them down with some

green distress ink

And thats my layout, I hope you like it .

The papers match beautifully with the photos and the flowers

Im very pleased with the finished result.

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The Scrapbook Garden - Smile Jaqi

This is my 1st design for the Scrapbook Garden kit 4

This month each designer has a weeks showcase , one

item each day and this week is my week so there will be a post each day to

show the pages ive made with this months kit.

I started with this gorgeous 12 x 12 Glitz Design Afternoon Muse

paper named Polka .

The colours are gorgeous my photo doesnt do it justice.

I had the idea to use only half of the paper

i took some Bazzill French Vanilla 12 x 12 cardstock

and layed some sequin waste down one side.

I used a double width to create a wider area.

I joined it so that it made a pattern down between the 2 layers

if you want a continuous pattern you need to lay the sequin waste

up a hole so that it runs alternate dots when finished.

I used a selection of distress inks in colours that blended

with the polka paper

Next i added my polka paper

I coloured some thickers letters with distress ink

and added some stickles glitter glue to give it a little sparkle

I used a card form my own stash with 'Happy times'

on it but added some thickers flowers coloured

in the same way as the title

I stamped a doll border on some french vanilla cardstock

using one of the distress inks id used to colour the

sequin waste, i used this to tie in the fact i have a doll in my hand

in the picture.

I punched out a few flowers and inked those also

I cut my journalling slighlty shaped as i

thought it helped to soften it on such a pastel layout

And thats it ........

Im really please with it, as always lovely papers to work with

and the colours were fab.

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back each day this week and see what else ive been up too.

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Just For Fun - Anything goes

This is my entry for this weeks

Just For Fun

which was 'Anything goes'

I made this for my friend who had a photograph

of herself with her sisters with these fabulous masks on them,

and she was stuck for an idea to show the photograph.

The design came together brilliantly and I titled it

'Girls Just Wanna have Fun'

which is exactly what they were doing .

I added some rubber stamped masks which I got from Scrapz and a stamped chandelier on a tag to help add a little glitz i dotted some stickles on the masks.
 I used Bazzill Random Striped Glaze - Pomegranate  which was an excellent base
for the gold and glitz of the layout.
The large mask was from a scrapbooking magazine featuring a range of masks and backing papers all in that theme.

Thank you for stopping by my blog as always its much appriciated.

JFF - Steampunk

This is my entry for this weeks Just for Fun

which is Steampunk.

How on earth it turned out as light as this I really dont know ...............
I inked my atc with distress Inks then added the cogs using a Tim Holtz mask,
stamped on my Victorian Gentleman, added this lovely key which was from Scrapz
(Karen has a fantastic range of charms , just perfect for every occassion) and some grungeboard wings inked down with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink, and finally my quote.

Like I said it was my intention that it would look alot darker than this.......but it wasnt meant to be .
Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you have a lovely weekend.....think of me im working

The Scrapbook Garden - Birthday Book

This is my 8th design from the Scrapbook Garden

kit 3

Ive tried to make this birthday book completely

from papers form the Basic Grey Sweet Threads pack.

With the exception of the actual book which was made

with my Bind-it-all , some Prima flowers

in vintage green some liquid pearls of which you can find a fab selection here

and some rubber stamped quotes from my collection

all of the pages have included die cut shapes using the

Basic Grey Sweet Threads paper pack.

Ive often been asked to make a mini book that is ready

 to just accept some photographs by people

who are not crafters, but then thought this was

actually a good idea to make to give someone as a gift

enabling them to choose their favourite pictures to be included in it themselves.

The pages dont need alot of decoration like a Scrapbook

just something to enhance the photos , whatever the size.

I used a bind-it-all perspex cover so that the design

on the front page could be seen.

I thought a birthday book would be a good idea

as I for one am always forgetting birthdays .

I started by punching the holes in my pages , I chose black pages

so that the colourful papers from the Basic Grey Sweet Threads

stood out well.

I cut out some months of the year to put onto the alternative pages

to record the birthdays .

I decided to make these pages all very similar and added

the flowers and some punched butterflies to each

of them. I added the liquid pearls to the centre of the

flowers and left them to set overnight.

I also cut a selection of long tags to have between the pages.

I decided to put my quotes on these just in case

when the photos were added the quotes didnt quite match up.

I fastened them into the bind-it-all wire and placed them at

various heights in various pages. I also added some ribbon to them to finish them off.

I then went on decorating the pages with various die cuts using the

colourful papers.

I tried to keep the die cuts to a minimum

leaving plenty of room to add photos if needed

I finshed by adding a handmade label to the back cover.

Im pleased with my little birthday book Im sure it will come in very handy.

I imagine I will make more of these for little gifts

Thanks for stopping by my blog as always its

much appriciated.