September creating for Scrapmatts

  Hello there! How are you today? It is Spring and my garden is singing with blooms and bees and I love it!

So I have a layout with a spring feel to it to share with you today. In September there is in Toowoomba a Carnival called "the Carnival of Flowers' and there are many private gardens as well as the Parks that are especially prepared for this time. For todays layout I am using a photo of my Daughter sitting in front of a beautiful bed of Lavender taken quite a years ago during the Carnival of Flowers.

and I will share some closer views of the lovely Scrapmatts products I have used.

I stenciled some leaves onto the background for some interest.. I had some Federations Corners that I painted with white acrylic paint and popped them in the corners of the background page.. I also wiped some white gesso around the edges with my finger. The leaf spray was painted with water colors.. I did lots of layers of the water colors to bring up the color.

This is a close up of the layered Design, the bottom piece was painted with the purple and the top piece was painted with white.. It makes a lovely contrast. My title came from the Assorted Words pack.

I thought this Flower sprig worked well on my page.

On the other side of my photo I used the Lavender Spray and those sweet little butterflies were from that pack too.

and my layout.. 

humm I can almost smell the lavender!! 

Thanks for coming by, I do appreciate each visit.. I hope you are keeping well and safe.

Until next time..

Kraft+ September - Inspired by Laura Horn

 Hello there! Well Spring has sprung! We have had warmer days and a couple of little showers and the gardens are singing!! Time to also pop up the new challenge for Kraft+ (check out the blog here!!!) which is one that is sure to get you creating something fun! and it is..

Now if you are like me I did not know who this was, but after checking out Laura Horn Art on Youtube than I had more knowledge of this wonderful creative artist.. I found she used words like 'mark making' 'acrylic layering' 'textured layers' and she used circles, dots, lines, brush strokes. So that is what i used on the back ground of my page.. 

some closer views..

Lots of acrylic paints, textures from mesh, lines from paint pens.

Then I added some stencilling.. lots of fun!

I then put my photo down began to embellish around it..

and my finished layout..

Such a lot of fun... You can check out the Kraft+ Design Team inspiration on the blog HERE!!! and also pop over to the Kraft + Community page on Facebook to join in with us! 

Thanks for coming by today.. I have a few things going on privately and I know many are doing it tough with lock downs.. I hope you get some time to create or do what makes your soul happy.. for me that also includes getting out in my garden..  Take care and see you next time..

August Scrapmatts Creating.

 Hello there, I do hope you are keeping well..  Some places are in lock down and some places have some restrictions easing a bit... wherever you are, I hope you are keeping well..

I have to pop up the creating I did for my Scrapmatts Design Team work for this month.. I have been getting out in my garden so my blog has had to wait!! and I am going to be lazy and copy my blog post from Scrapmatts to here for you to see!!

I have a layout that I created using a photo of two of my Daughters. I was wanting a soft pretty page to show off this precious photo. 

I began by adding some soft details with a stencil and a white ink pad by simply dabbing the ink pad on the stencil and the color comes through the other side.. 

I did some fussy cutting and layered my photo and framed the photo with a Floral Frame..

I popped some little roses on the frame that was colored with the white ink pad that I used for the stencilling..

I also popped a sweet little flower on the page border which I think is so elegant and looked so pretty going down the side of my layout..

and my layout.. 

Cherish Moments.

A row of lace at the bottom of my photo finished off my page beautifully.. This photo was taken on my eldest daughters Wedding Day last year... I hope it has given you some inspiration for your Scrapmatts creating.

And here is a list of the Scrapmatts products I have used on my layout.

Lace 

ST9027 Damask Stencil 

CB6013 Floral Frame 02 

CB2001 Page Border 01 

CB1189 Scrapwords 01 

Well thanks so much for coming by and thanks for leaving a comment..  I do appreciate each one..

Take care, and until next time..

August Challenge for Cocoa Vanilla

 Hello there! how are things? I do hope you are all doing as well as can be.

I have surprised myself by getting a layout done for this months challenge over at COCOA VANILLA which is to be inspired by this fabulous mood board..

I was inspired by the quote... Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can..

I found this fun photo of my Grandie and just had to use it.. All the papers and embellishments are Cocoa Vanilla.. It was a lot of fun to create!!

some closer views.

I have created layers and I lifted up some embellishments with foam squares.. I did a little bit of stamping on the back ground page for some added interest..

I fussy cut some floral elements from the papers..

I love how different ranges go so well together, and I have used colors to match my photo..

Happy..

I am happy with how this turned out.. such a fun moment to scrap!! I will pop my layout up on the 

COCOA VANILLA FACEBOOK COMMUNITY PAGE 

Thankyou for your visit.. and thanks to those who leave a little comment.. I appreciate each one..

I hope your day is going well.. take care.. until next time..

Kraft+ August Challenge - Inspired by Pie Graphs

 Hello! Goodness how are we in August already? I dont know!!!

But here we are and it is time to put up the new challenge for KRAFT+ on the blog and this month we are also joining in with SCRAP THE BOYS (make sure you check out the blogs for  the designers for their inspiring layouts...) and it is...

To be inspired by Pie Graphs..  and on a base of Kraft..

Well I created a big pie graph for the base of my layout and began creating..

some closer views..

I did some stamping on the back ground for some grunge and cut some die cuts from various dies..

By a happy accident the cogs look like little pies too..

Unique..

This is a fun challenge and I hope you get some time to join in with us..  you can pop over to the KRAFT+ Community Page here to pop your layout up, or even the SCRAP THE BOYS CHALLENGE on Facebook .

Thanks for popping in, and thanks for the lovely comments too.. I appreciate each one.

Take care where ever you are.. until next time..

Scrapmatts Creating for July

 Hello there! Here we are in the second half of the year.. Are the days going as fast for you? The weeks seem to fly by and here I am back on the Scrapmatts Blog again to share with you what I have been creating using some fabulous Scrapmatts products.

As we are halfway through our aussie winter, I thought I would warm us up with a beachy layout..  There are quite a few new releases for our Beachy creating in the SCRAPMATTS ONLINE STORE .  And I had some fun with  new stencils on my layout..  and I remembered to take some photos of my back ground as I created...

I used an old piece of sponge and watercolor paint and I dabbed the color over the stencil for the base for my layout.

This stencil reminds me of the ripples of the water in the rock pools along the beach..  

Then I did some stamping and added some splats in a different blue to the back ground.

Then I used another beachy stencil with texture paste and added some fabulous texture. How cool are the shells!!?

When the texture paste was dry I embellished my layout with chipboard and fussy cut flowers around my photo.

I also cut some old netting to add to the texture..

I left the chipboard netting and shells in the raw state and popped them under the flowers. Feel free to cut the chipboard into the pieces you want for your embellishing.

The shells have such great detail!! I love em!

and my layout.. 

And there is only word I could use to title this page and that is paradise... sigh.. dreaming of those beach days!! At least we can remember those moments and put them on a page to cherish.

(Copied from the Scrapmatts Blog Post I did!)

I hope things are well with you, and please stay safe.. Thanks for coming by and thanks for the lovely comments you leave me.. Until next time.. 

Kraft+ July Challenge - Graphic Layering.

 Hello there,

Well here we are entering the second half of the year  turning the calendar over to July!! At the moment I am in lockdown and so I hope to get some creating done..haha.. I can dream!! But first I must share my layout for the Challenge over at Kraft+ on the Blog which is .....

Graphic Layering.. humm I had to go and google what that meant and it is simply stacking various images graphics or text on top of one another... that sounds like fun right!!? Or you could also be inspired by this amazing mood board and great colors!!! so off I went and began creating.. 

I started by punching out circles of different floral patterned papers and layered them up on my Kraft cardstock..

I also cut some doily's and popped them under the layers and cut out some butterflies and added them as well.. lots of layers!!

There is also some fussy cut flowers from the papers and some stenciling on the back ground..

and my layout..

Lots of layers!!

You can check out the Design Teams inspiration over on the BLOG HERE!!!!  so many different interpretations to inspire you! and then pop over to the Kraft+ Community Page on Facebook  to join in with us!

Thanks for coming by, thanks for the lovely comments.  I hope you are keeping well wherever you are reading this from! until next time...