November Challenge!

Hello and Welcome to our November Challenge here at Scrapbookit.

This month the papers that I got to work with reminded me a lot of Spring, which is where I got the idea for this month's challenge. So for this month the Challenge is to use the Quote

'Live Life in Full Bloom'

and to include three(3) things on your Layout that begin with the Letter S! Easy right...

Here is my Layout.

I have worked with Ultimate Craft's 'Bohemian Bouquet' paper pad. I have used the quote across the top of the page and  I have written this with a permanent marker.

My three 'S' are:

Sunshine Colour Blast shimmer cubes

Stamping-Butterfly

Stencils

I started my layout by making a patchwork background with different colour blue papers out of the paper pack, I then used a butterfly stamp with some Colour Blast Shimmer cubes in the Sunshine colour and applied these to my background as well. I fussy cut the flowers down the right hand side of the page and added some of the butterflies that go with the paper collection.


The large piece of paper behind my photo I sprayed with some Dylusions Spray, added some more of the Colour Blast Shimmer Cube in Sunshine and then I added some texture with some Colour blast texture paste and a script font stencil.


The dream catcher wood chippy is also from the Ultimate Craft collection, I covered it with some Ken Oliver Crafts Liquid Metal in Yellow Gold and added some glossy accents over the top and finished it off with some twine.

The little word stickers I have used from a Kaisercraft sticker book, I found these matched really well and was happy with the final touch it made to the page.
The little flowers are from Cocoa Vanilla.
All of the products that I have used on this layout are available from www.scrapbookitshop.com.au.   Jo has such an amazing range of products in her online shop, I can highly recommend that you have a look.

I hope that you have enjoyed my Layout and my challenge for the month.

I look forward to seeing all of your entries.

Thanks for stopping by Jane xxx

PEEK-A-BOO

Welcome back to www.scrapbookit.com.au!
Have I got a Layout for you! I Love this Layout so much the colours are so Vibrant and I had A LOT of fun making this page.




I have used a lot of mixed media in this Layout as well as some layering of the gorgeous Echo Park That's my boy paper range. This is such a Fun range to work with for all those boys pages that need scrapping!

To start my Layout I applied some water directly onto my white cardstock, I then applied some Dylusions Ink Spray in the colours Periwinkle Blue, Polished Jade and Calypso Teal sprayed this on to make "puddles" added a bit more water to let it run, then mopped up the excess with some paper towel. I love the effect I have gotten with these inks. The colours are just AMAZING!

When I was happy with my colours I applied some Gesso randomly with my Kaisercraft Cogs stencil, I added some stamping with some Black Stayzon ink and the Retro Kaisercraft stamp then added some doodling around the page with my Sharpie permanent pen.

I have added a few sheets of the Kaisercraft Basecoat then some of the Echo Park That's my boy paper range to give me a bit more colour to the layout.
I doodled around the edges of the paper added some stickers from the sticker sheet and added the yellow words which were from my stash.

Jo has such a large range of all different products in her shop, if you haven't had the chance to have a look lately hop online and go to www.scrapbookit.com.au to grab a bargain and replenish your scrapbooking supplies.

Jo will be up in a few more days with another awesome layout to share.
Have a look on our Scrapbookit Facebook page for the links to our blog, you can also message us with your entry if you are unsure of how to post it to our blog.


Thanks for reading Jane xxx

Happy Birthday Gina.

Hi! How is everyone going with their challenge layouts for this month? We would love to see some more entries in, you could be the winner of a very generous Prize pack from Jo @www.scrapbookit.com.au! I am all packed and SO EXCITED about our upcoming retreat this weekend.. Only 3 sleeps to go and I Cannot wait.
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Here is our challenge for the month.

I have done another Birthday Layout, this one is of my niece's 1st Birthday which was 16 years ago! I felt old scrapping this picture, it seems only yesterday that we were waiting for her arrival.

I have used the Photo Play Party Girl paper again, it is so easy to work with and really great for all of the girly pictures that might need scrapping.

Here's my Layout.

I have used a lot of the different pattern paper as well as cutting out one of the cut apart sheets, the little cluster down the bottom I have made by using a variety of different stickers from the sticker sheet as well as some stickers scattered all over the page.

For my background I have used some black cardstock which I have sprinkled with some gold Heidi shine, it's a little hard to see on the picture but it looks quite effective with the other papers.

The kid's have had a few birthdays to go to this month so I made a few really quick cards with some of the leftover paper and stickers.
To make these quick cards I have simply  used a 12x12 piece of cardstock which I have applied Gesso to then I have used all different colour Dylusions Ink Sprays using the packaging technique and then I finished it off with some gold Heidi Shine Spray.
I then cut this paper up into card size pieces and adhered to a card, I then added a few stickers from the photo play Party Girl paper, a doodley border then it was finished a very quick easy, yet effective birthday card made.

I hope you have enjoyed my Layouts this month, I look forward to sharing some of  my finished layouts from the retreat over on Jo's Scrapbookit Facebook page over the next month.
Until then Happy Scrapping
Jane xxx



Celebrate Party Boy!

 Good Morning Everyone!

How nice is it that Spring has arrived? 

How perfect is this month's challenge for Spring...just what we needed to get out of the 'winter blues'

Jo has set a sketch and a very trendy mood board to inspire us this September. All you need to do now is head to your crafty space and create!
Here are the prompts for this month...

Jo has given me the gorgeous, bright Photo Play ~ Party Boy papers to create with this month.

They are so vibrant and lots of fun to use.

Here is the layout that I have created...

How gorgeous was my boy back then? Still is :)
These photos are from his 7th birthday party and the papers are just perfect for highlighting this special day for him.

There are two parts of the mood board that I took inspiration from for this layout.

The first was the circle pattern.

I started my layout by creating a background of different coloured circles using, yes you guessed it...my most favourite product at the moment, Colour Blast Shimmer Cubes.

I just love that I can create such vibrant, shimmery shapes with this awesome product.

I have used Apple of My Eye, Fire Engine, Singin the Blues, Just Blue, Sunshine for the circles. I have used some Dusty Charcoal to splatter the background.

The outline is done with a fine liner.

The second part of the mood board I took inspiration from was the cute little bunting at the bottom of the mood board. I have used some elastic twine and small parts of the patterned paper to create some bunting under the photo.

How cute is that little face???

I have used the gorgeous patterned paper and the Sticker Elements from the Photo Play Party Boy Collection to embellish and complete my layout.

I have also used this collection to create a birthday card for my nephew...

How gorgeous are the colours in this collection?
If you love them as much as I do why not jump online and order a pack from Jo? Great value and so many ways to use this collection.

Don't forget to get creating for this months challenge and the chance to win a prize pack. All you need to do is to use the mood board and sketch to inspire your creation and enter by emailing joannecaird@gmail.com; attaching your entry using our Inlinkz or by uploading your photo to our Facebook page. We can't wait to see your entries!

Look forward to sharing more of this collection with you later in the month.

Melx

Something Out of Left Field!

Hi Everyone,

I am here today to share the last of the Design Team posts for this month. 

The months are going by so quickly. It is a little scary really.

Anyway, I have been creating with the gorgeous Photo Play - French Flea Market designed by Julie Nutting. This collection is just gorgeous.

I used it to create this card...

I have used the patterned papers and the stickers. I have elevated some of the stickers using some foam tape to create some dimension.

I have also created another layout which is a little different this time round.

I have again used some of the patterned papers from the French Fea Market collection. I have chosen the more neutral and cream/bone coloured pattern papers and created the background to suit the photo.

Here is my layout...

To create the background I have used a variety of products including the Colour Blast Royalty, Lovely Lilac and Rose Petal Shimmer Pots, KaiserMists in Winter Grey, Blackberry and Wisteria, the Sweet Violet Purple Teal Magicals, Colour Blast Velvet Shimmer Dust, Colour Blast Royalty Embossing Powder, Dylusions ~ Ink Spray ~ Slate Grey.

I finished the background by adding some of the Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder in White Pearl. This is very cool. It is, however, very hard to see in these photos. It leaves the background with a gorgeous pearl shimmer. A nice effect! 

I have also used some of the Kaisercraft Clear Doilie Stickers. I love how they have come up on this layout.

A few flowers from the collection to finish off. 

One of the flowers is a coconut Kaisercraft Paper Bloom which I have used the Royalty and Lovely Lilac Colour Blast Shimmer Cubes to colour it.

Here are a few close up photos of this layout...

I finished up using a few Kaisercraft Clear quote and word stickers.

Well, I hope that you have enjoyed exploring my layout. I definitely enjoyed creating it.

You still have a few days to finalise your entry for this months challenge. Have you got your entry in?

Be sure to get it in for the chance to win a prize pack from our store.

Finally, the...most....exciting....thing....this.....week!!! Eeeekkkkk!!!!

We have added a three night option to our retreat, which is coming up at the end of September. How can you resist that? A 3 night getaway, in the beautiful North East Victorian town of Bright and you can scrap to your hearts content. Have you considered joining us???

Looking forward to hearing your comments on this post...I am not a frequent user of purple, so would love to hear what you think of my attempt to embrace something new. Leave your comments here or on our Facebook page.

Have a great day!

Mel x

August Challenge!

Hello and Welcome to our August Challenge. I have been luck enough to set this challenge for you all! I have had a lot of fun working on it and I hope that you all do as well..

So the challenge for you all this month is to use 3 things from the Tic Tac Toe provided, you do not have to have three in a row just any three that you choose, the next criteria is to use one of the quotes on the picture below, this quote can appear anywhere on the page big or small just as long as its on there is fine.

I have once again managed to create an extremely BUSY layout, I have used A LOT of different products including mixed media, paper, chipboard, clear stickers etc, etc...

From the Quotes I have chosen to use the words Live, Love and Laughter, this goes well with my layout of my two children having fun playing with the hose on a hot spring day!

This is my Layout.

I have started by using one of the pieces of paper from the 12x12 Photo Play Paper, Seeds of Kindness paper pack that I was given to with, I then added some white Gesso to the middle part of my layout and the started working on my background which was done using numerous different Kaisercraft Stencils and some Colour Blast Colour Paste in the colours Royalty, Rose Petal, Bling and Apple of my Eye.

I have also added some stamping to the background using a variety of different stamps and inks including some Tim Holtz Distressed Ink in Cracked Pistachio. I have added some of the Kaisercraft clear butterfly stickers to the background as well as some of the Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder in the Silver Dream.

I then cut out various different papers from the paper pack and layered them, I fussy cut quite a lot of the flowers out of one of the patterned papers and added my my Live, Love & Laughter heading which was from a Kaisercraft clear sticker pack.

I have then added the Wow chipboard birdcage, which I painted in some white Gesso then I added some Ranger Distress Oxide in cracked Pistachio then applied a layer of Glossy Accents.

I finished off my Layout by adding some of the stickers from the sticker sheet and a slight splattering of some Tim Holtz distress spray stain in Tarnished Brass.

I had so much FUN with this layout using all of these beautiful products which are available from @www.scrapbookit.com.au, if there is anything you need but cannot find on Jo's website she will be more than happy to help you out with any queries!

Have you payed your deposit yet for our upcoming retreat?? Its going to be such a great weekend! I look forward to seeing some new and old faces...

I hope you have enjoyed my layout and challenge for this month and I will be back a little later in the month with another layout using this amazing paper range!!

Until then Happy Scrapping

Jane xx

June Challenge

Good Morning,

Welcome to June, yes already.

 Time is flying by, we have had such a busy time here at Scrapbookit with another successful retreat with lots of laughs, great classes, and lots of projects completed by the wonderful girls that joined us.

It's my turn to set the challenge this month so I thought I would do something just a little different.

We all have those 6x6 paper pads in our stash for those cards we are going to make one day! Well I want you to use them up on your layouts, Yes only papers from your 6x6 stash, only Geometeric shapes and some chipboard are the requirements this month.

I hope you have fun with it :).

Here is my layout I created using the papers from the new Prima 'Love Clippings' range. 

This paper pad has some beautiful 'chic' pages full of lovely flowers and my title 'Giggles' is from the alphabet stickers that are in the pad. My chipboard is from Dusty Attic and  coloured with new ColourBlast Paste 'Blush' I have used the paste with a new 6x6 kaisercraft stencil to create my lines.

Entries for the challenge close on June 30th and can be emailed to joanne@scrapbookit.com.au, added from your blog via our Inlinkz tab in the side bar, or you can upload them to our Facebook page.

Looking forward to see your take on my challenge,

Have a great day

Jo.

A Sneaky Post....YOU ROCK!

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

I am being a little sneaky today and have jumped on to share with you a really fun layout that I have done recently!

If you follow us regularly you would know that we just had our Autumn Retreat in the beautiful Victorian town, Bright. It was a heap of fun (as it always is)! A huge thank you to Jo for her planning and organisation of the weekend...it was superb!

I ran a workshop on the weekend using two of the newest Australian products on the market...Colour Blast Shimmer Pots and the Cocoa Vanilla Collection 'You Rock'!

I have stopped by to share with you the process in creating my layout that I used in the workshop. The ladies that joined me were a little unsure to begin with but in the end I believe that they were all very impressed with their creations. They were all very different to mine...which I love...our aim was to have a play with the product and to delve into our own creativity not to create identical layouts!

If you would like to follow with this process you will need the following products which are all available on the Scrapbookit Online Store (http://www.scrapbookit.com.au/online-shop.aspx) 

*White Cardstock 

*Cocoa Vanilla 'You Rock' Ephemera

*Cocoa Vanilla 'You Rock' Washi Stickers

*Colour Blast Shimmer Cubes - Sunshine, Tangareen Dream & Just Blue

*Colour Blast Colour Paste - Sunshine, Tangareen Dream & Just Blue

*Gel Medium 

*Kaisercraft Mini Template - Woven
*Kaisercraft Mini Template -Rough Grid

I have also used plain water colour paints in my background. 

Here goes...I hope you enjoy!

Step 1: Planning

Whilst this may change at the very end...I always like to have a bit of an idea in my head as to what I would like my finished project to look like. Often it dramatically changes but that's ok.

I took my Cocoa Vanilla 'You Rock' Ephemera and sorted through the pieces and placed them roughly with my photo to create a bit of a plan.

Step 2: Let's get messy!

Now that I had a plan in my mind it was time to create my background. Prior to this project I had had a play around with the products that I was using, especially the new Shimmer Cubes from Colour Blast.

The first layer that I created was using the plain water colour paints.  It doesn't matter what water colour paints you have, they all work! The only difference being possibly the intensity of the colour or quality of the colour...saying that the most expensive aren't always the most ideal. I have a variety of options and what I looked for was the colour matching with the Shimmer Cubes. 

I started with the lightest colour first...I used a makeup sponge to apply the colour.

  

 It is important to remember that the more water that you add the lighter the colour on your page and then obviously the less water the darker the colour.

You may also need to add a few layers to get the colour that you are looking for.

I continued adding the two other colours. I didn't dry the colours in between to allow for a little blending to occur. I also often squeezed the sponge and colour onto the page to make puddles that I allowed to dry naturally.

I tried not to go overboard with this water colour background as I knew that I would be adding to this the Shimmer Cubes colour.

Once happy with it I dried it off before moving onto using the Colour Blast Shimmer Cubes.

Step 3: Colour Blast Shimmer Cubes

I followed a very similar process but this time I used a larger water colour brush.

The Colour Blast Shimmer Cubes are so easy to use. You can spray water into the cube or you can wet your brush/sponge and collect the colour.

Again, I layered the colour to get the intensity that I liked and I also squeezed the water and colour from my brush to make puddles. I was able to create drips of colour by doing this.

The shimmer is hard to see in photos...but it is absolutely gorgeous!

Step 4: Gel Medium and Shimmer Cubes

I decided to add another texture to my layout using Gel Medium and the Colour Blast Shimmer Cubes. Basically I used a small amount of Gel Medium and some of the Shimmer Cube 'Just Blue' and mixed them together on my craft mat.

Try not to use too much water in this process as it takes away the texture from the Gel Medium when it dries.

Once the colour is mixed through I applied it to my layout in random places using one of the new Kaisercraft Mini Templates - Woven.

 

  I allowed this to dry.

Step 5: Colour Blast Colour Paste and Splatters

I then used another of the new Kaisercraft Mini Templates - Rough Grid with the Colour Blast Colour Pastes. This is the darker colour squares that you can see on the page.

The last thing I added to my background were some splatters using the Colour Blast Shimmer Cubes.

To do this make sure you add plenty of water to the colour and flick your brush around the page.

  

A few tips with the cubes...(From the Colour Blast website)

*Make sure that after you have used them that they are completely dry before replacing their lids.

*Do not expose them to direct heat...they will melt. If you find that they melt, take the lid off and allow them to dry out before replacing their lids.

I was pretty happy with how it was looking with my photo...

I then added all of my Ephemera back on and started to adhere it to the page. I found it was easier to use a strong glue rather then double sided tape as the page had lots of textures and was a little warped!

 I also added some of the washi stickers (which don't feature in this photo).

After I had put it all together I decided that I needed a couple of feature areas close to the edge of the page to finish of the layout. I also went around the squares from the Rough Grid Template with a black pen to highlight them.

Here is the final product...

Well, I hope you have enjoyed today's post featuring Cocoa Vanilla 'You Rock' and Colour Blast Shimmer Cubes...I am so addicted to these products at the moment :)

Be sure to grab these products from the online store and share your layout when you are done on our Facebook Page! I love seeing what others have created.

If you were in the workshop on the weekend I would love it if you could share your gorgeous creations with everyone on our Facebook page.

I will back on Thursday with my next share for this month.

Have a great afternoon!

x Mel x