Remember.

Remember.

Hello and welcome to my second blog post for April. I have once again used the BoBunny Penelope paper range for this layout. The brown and blue colours in this paper range threw me a bit so I decided to add a little bit of purple to help tie all the colours in with my photo.
This is what I came up with.

This photo is of my husband's grandparent's at our wedding almost 15 years ago. They are both extremely special people and I loved how this photo went with this particular paper range, hence the reason why I used it.

I started with a piece of Kaisercraft cardstock, added another piece of cardstock over the top and tore the paper in a few places and added an embellishment under the tear. I then used all of the different patterned paper and tore them as well to create my background. I used my Kaisercraft die and stamp set to make some of the flower and butterfly embellishments and I then coloured these in using some Dylusions paint in the Crushed Grape which I also diluted down a bit.

I did some more fussy cutting of the blue flowers and then added some of the small Kaisercraft blooms and a purple felt flower.

I also scattered around some small wooden hearts and finished my layout with some purple splatters.

The Remember chipboard was from my stash and I painted it with the Crushed Grape paint and then added some of the Glossy Accents over the top to make it shiny, I love the effect this gives.

Do you have your entry in yet for our April challenge? You could be in the running for a gift voucher to spend at www.scrapbookitshop.com.au

We can't wait to see what you can come up with.

Thanks for stopping by Jane xxx 

Best Friends

Hello, Can you believe that it is April already? Not to long to go now until our Autumn retreat!

We have enjoyed a really great Easter, we spent some time camping on the mighty Murray river and now we are enjoying school holidays here in Vic.

The Layout I have done today is called Best Friends and is a photo of my twin sister and I and her eldest child, this photo was actually 12 years ago but it brings back a lot of good memory's so I decided to use it for my challenge page this month.

 This month I have worked with the BoBunny Penelope paper range. Wow what a challenge that was! I'm pretty happy with the end result though. I have started my layout applying a thin layer of Gesso with a palette knife, I then mixed up a little bit of the Lindy's Magical Shaker in the Lederhosen Laurel with some water on some plastic and used the packaging technique to smear this across the page, next I used my Dylusions spray in Fresh Lime and added some droplets over the top.
If you haven't guessed by now my colours that I NEVER work with are blue and green! I couldn't help myself though and HAD to add a little bit of pink!

I have done quite a lot of fussy cutting of flowers out of the paper range and I really like how they have turned out creating a bit of a frame around the photo! I have also used the Kaisercraft Flutter Dies and Stamp set. I have to say that previous to me using these I wondered what the point of having a die and stamp set together but I am totally converted!! I loved being able to cut the shape out with my Sizzix then just stamping the image onto it. I am very impressed and will be sourcing some more images like this in the future.. With some of the flowers and butterflies I have watered down some of my Dylusions paint in the Bubblegum pink and painted the stamped image, I have done the same with the Dylusions Spray in the fresh lime. I love the effect this has added to the page.

With my bigger Butterfly and big pink flower I have stamped them directly onto an old book, cut them out and then painted them once again using the Dylusions Bubblegum pink paint.

The little words down the bottom of the page I have stamped onto a circle shape then added it to the cluster down the bottom. I have added a few of the Kaisercraft Pearls to some of the middle of the flowers, my Title I have used some of the American Craft word stickers then finished my layout off with a Doodly border! I really Love how this layout ended up, at the start I thought it may have turned into a disaster but now I'm really happy with the end result!

Thanks for taking the time to look at my Layout, have you got your entry in yet? A $30 voucher to spend at the wonderful www.scrapbookitshop.com.au could be all yours!

I will be back again a little later in the month with another layout!
Thanks again Jane xxx

June Guest Design Team Member

Welcome to June,

Today I'm here to welcome our guest design team member

Jane Garner.

Jane has designed a great challenge for us this month so I hope you all can join in and have a chance to be part of our team for a month. All entries are due by June 30th and can be emailed to joanne@scrapbookit.com.au or linked in the side bar via Inlinkz.

Okay here is the crireria for Jane's challenge:

1. Use the word SUMMER on your project.

2. Use Texture and Tags

3. Use the colour YELLOW

4. Follow this SKETCH.

Here is Jane's sample for her challenge using BoBunny 'Lemonade Stand' range, 2Crafty chipboard, and Colour Blast Embossing powder.

Thanks Jane, I will be back later in the month to showcase Jane's other project she has created for us.

Until then

Happy Scrapping

Jo.xx

Together is my favourite place to be too!

Morning everyone and welcome to Scrapbookit on this gorgeous Sunday morning!

I am back today to share with you another project for this month.

As you have seen all month we have a wonderful challenge set by Jo this month.

To enter in this challenge you need to create a layout using the sketch below. Your title must be "Together is my favourite place to be" and you must use Gold on your layout.

For this layout I have created I have used two of the challenge rules. Firstly I have used gold on my layout and secondly I have used the title. I have used some aspects of the sketch but not all.

Here is my layout...

I have again used the gorgeous Bo Bunny - Star Crossed paper collection. It is just so easy to use. Make sure you pick some up at Scrapbookit, it is perfect for your next project!

I started off by lightly spraying my background paper with Colour Bloom Antique Gold spray mist.

I have added gold to my layout in a couple of ways...

1. The gorgeous little stars (above the top left of the photo) and the word smile - these are Heidi Swapp sticker words. I just had to use that word smile to draw attention to my gorgeous son's smile!!

2. I have used a gold versamark ink to add colour to the texture in the background.

I used a Kaisercraft Quarters template and modelling paste to create the initial texture. Then, once dry, I repositioned my template and lightly wiped over the texture using gold ink.

How cool are my hexagons? I used a template to cut them from 'Express It - Sticky Barc - Cherry' paper. This product is awesome...it actually feels like bark.

Here is a closer look at these features.

I finished off my layout with some Kaisercraft Washi Tape and some Kaisercraft Alpha letters. I tied some black wire around one of the hexagons and I outlined all of my letters with black fineliner to make them pop!

I included a little note to my son as my journalling around two of the layout edges.

I just love this photo and I am so excited with how the layout turned out. It definitely rates as one of my favourites!

All of these gorgeous products you can purchase at Scrapbookit. Either jump online, send Jo an email or give her a call. She is always so helpful with any requests you may have.

Make sure that you get your entry completed and linked in for your chance to win. Remember you need those 3 elements...

1. Use the sketch

2. Include the title

3. Use gold

All entries must be linked in by March 30 (that's tomorrow)!!!
If you can't add your link to the blog make sure you email it to Jo and she will pop it in the gallery for you.

Well I hope that you have been inspired to give this challenge a go...

I will be back tomorrow to share one last project with you using this gorgeous Bo Bunny range.

Until then...happy scrapping!
Mel x

Card #4 by Mel

Welcome to Friday!

The final day of the week and the last of my four cards for this week.

As I said yesterday, this collection gives so many options for different colour projects.

Today, I have combined the sepias and the pinks to make this card titled...

'Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful'

I just love that quote...Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful!

Today I used a Natural Kaisercard and Envelope, patterned paper from the Bo Bunny Madeleine collection, Kaisercard ' Ballet', Combo Stickers and a Fiskars edge punch.

I have fussy cut the roses along the bottom edge from a piece of the patterned paper.

Well, that is it! 4 Cards in 4 Days. 

I hope you have enjoyed receiving a new card each day because I have loved sharing them with you.

Please don't forget to get your entries in for our January Challenge...you have until the 30th!

And, finally our Autumn Retreat! To be held in March (13-15th) in Harrietville. We would love you to come along and join in the fun!

Make sure you pop back in over the next few days and weeks to see what the rest of the lovely Design Team have come up with for Tic Tac Toe January Challenge.

Have a safe and restful weekend and make sure you get some crafting in, even just a quick card from this collection.

I look forward to seeing your creations.

Mel x

Card #3 by Mel

Welcome to Thursday and Card #3!

Another card using the Bo Bunny Madeleine Collection. I have really loved the versatility of this paper collection. My layout on Monday focussed on the pinks in the collection. I followed this up on Tuesday in my card. Yesterday the sepia sort of colours made an appearance and today the mint greens and pinks.

I started with a white Kaisercard. I have used one of my favourite papers in the collection for my background. I backed a sticker from the Combo Stickers with some 'Ballet' Kaiser cardstock.

I fussy cut a gorgeous cage from the patterned paper and added some grey/white twine.

I used some foam tape to adhere the Believe sticker from the Combo Sticker sheet.

This is what I finished with...

Have you entered this month's challenge?

It really is as easy as ABC or Tic Tac Toe.

Choose one line of this Tic Tac Toe to base your layout on. Your line can be diagonal, vertical or horizontal.

When you have completed your layout link it in to the Challenge Entry section in the right hand column of our blog or email a photo to Jo (joanne@scrapbookit.com.au)

Entries are due by Friday January 30th for your chance to win a prize from Scrapbookit.

Looking forward to catching up with you tomorrow for the last card installment.

Mel x

Card #2 by Mel

Welcome to Wednesday everyone!

Today I am sharing my next card with you using the Bo Bunny Madeleine Collection.

I have also used a black Kaisercard, some twine (maroon and white), Kaisercard 'Ballet' cardstock and some Combo Stickers from Bo Bunny.

The little rose I made by hand using a flower punch, adding some twirled flower wire behind it.

Again, all of these products can be purchased from Scrapbookit.

Have you heard about the Scrapbookit March Retreat?

March 13th - 15th 2015 in Harrietville.

For more info contact Jo...joanne@scrapbookit.com.au

See you here tomorrow for the next card instalment.

Mel x

4 Cards over 4 Days!

Welcome to Tuesday!

I have decided to share with you over the next 4 days 4 cards that I have made using my kit.

So today I am sharing with you the first card...

I have used the BoBunny Madeleine Papers, a Kaisercard, some white cardstock, a gorgeous flower from Manor House Creations, some pearls that I have cut from the Pearl Swirl by Flourish with a Bling, some twine (grey and white; pink and white), Kaisercard 'Steele' cardstock and a gorgeous stamp (The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.) by Darkroom Door using Versamark Black ink.

All of these products can be found at Scrapbookit. If you can't find them in the online store make sure you pop an email to Jo and she will help you out. 

Make sure you pop back in tomorrow to see my next card.

Mel x

Adore Forever...

Happy New Year Everyone!

Welcome to my first post for 2015! I hope that everyone has had a wonderful festive season and a great start to the New Year. 2015...Wow!

As this post goes live I am on holidays with my family in Moruya just near Batemans Bay in NSW. We have spent some time in Avoca Beach, then Canberra and this is the last week or so of our summer holiday.

I love holidays. I hope you are all having a break no matter where you are and that you are staying safe. All of the fires in SA and VIC at the moment are devastating. If you are affected please know our thoughts are with you all. 

This month at Scrapbookit, the beautiful Brenda has provided us with the challenge, a tic tac toe!

I love tic tac toes because you have a little bit of variety with what you can do and if you are like me you can be a little naughty and slip in a few extras from the grid!!!!

Here is the tic tac toe grid that Brenda has set up for us...what a great selection!

I have decided to use one of the diagonals...'Flowers, Journal (more than a few lines) and Stencil' as my main focus for this layout.

Here is what I came up with...

This is my gorgeous Nan who turned 85 last year. I used an app on my iPhone called 'Color Splash' to remove the background colours on this photo and just have the main focus of the photo coloured.

As always, Jo has challenged me with an awesome pack of goodies. As you all probably know girly papers and I rarely cross paths but Jo never lets me get away with sitting in my comfort zone and that is what I love most about designing for Scrapbookit...I am forever challenged!

My pack included the Bo Bunny paper collection 'Madeleine.' Such gorgeous papers that include pinks, greys, mint greens and maroons.

I started this layout with a piece of Coconut Kaisercard which I sprayed with Heidi Swapp Colourshine 'Blush'...my first deviation from the grid (whoops!). I then used the Tim Holtz Layering Stencil 'Doily' with some moulding paste in random places around the cardstock. Once dry, I swiped the raised moulding paste with Burgundy Versa Colour Ink. Here are some close ups of the stencil work.

I then used some of the patterned papers to create a patchwork effect behind the photo. Some of these squares I have raised and punched a decorative edge. All sqaures have been inked using the Kaisercraft Grey Ink.

I have mounted the photo on some patterned paper from the collection and some Kaisercard 'Steele' cardstock.

I have also fussy cut some leaves and a birdcage from the patterned paper to add to the features on this layout.

The next part of the grid that I have used is 'Flowers' I have used a mix of Manor House and Kaisercraft paper flowers to create a flower cluster on the layout.

I have also stamped some Burgundy flower stamps from my pack. Another of my deviations - stamps! Also in my pack was a word stamp 'Adore' which I also stamped in this area using the Grey Kaisercraft Ink.

I have also added some Pearl embellishment swirls from Flourish with a Bling to this cluster.

Here is a close up of the cluster...

The last feature of my layout taken from the Tic Tac Toe grid is the Journal (more than a few lines). Journalling is such an important feature of scrapbooking layouts. In years to come I want people, especially my son, to look at these layouts and to know and have access to stories and people who are part of his past.

However, being that this requirement was 'more than a few lines' I didn't want the story to be the feature of this layout. I wanted the photo to be the focus. So I decided to hide my journalling. Behind the photo I have created a pocket using some foam tape and another piece of cardstock. I cut a piece of Kaisercard 'Ballet' with a tab on the left hand side and inked the edges with Kaiscraft Grey Ink.

This is where I journalled.

On the tab I used the Bo Bunny Combo Stickers for the word 'Forever.'

Here is a close up of the journalling card behind the photo...

And to finish a shot of the layout with the journalling card pulled out.

I hope that this has inspired you to join in our challenge or to purchase some of these great products from the Scrapbookit Online Store...www.scrapbookit.com.au

If you can't find what you are looking for send an email to Jo and she will help you out. She is always more than happy to help you out with all you need to get your scrap on!!

Make sure you pop back again throughout this week to see what else I have created using this Bo Bunny collection.

Until then,

Happy Scrapping!

Mel x

Special Moment

Morning everyone and welcome,

Well another month nearly over, can you believe it's nearly Christmas!!!  Have you done all your shopping yet? Don't forget Scrapbookit has Gift Vouchers available for all your crafty friends.

I'm back today to share a layout I completed at the Retreat (yes my 1 and only haha) but using some of the new products available in store.

I have used an older range of BoBunny papers 'On the go'. To add some texture I have used the Prima stencil  and some 'Viva Inka Gold Graphite', The WOW chipboard cogs have been covered with 'Lindy stamp Gang Gold Embossing powder and the Kaisercraft title has been sprayed with the Prima Colour Bloom spray 'Cobalt.  A spray of Distress stain 'tarnished brass and I was happy with my result.


Thanks for dropping by our blog for your inspiration, I will be back with next months challenge and a sample of new stock that is in store.

Happy scrapping

Jo Caird

Christmas Project

Hi everyone, it's Cindy here again to share with you another project, this time around a tiled front page for those Chrissy Albums

I created the tiles using chipboard covered in the Silver & Gold Bo Bunny Christmas range and for the base of the layout I used Co-ordinations Core Color Cardstocks and another of the papers from the gorgeous Silver & Gold Bo Bunny Christmas range.      

Of course you can get all of these great papers from Jo

I created the title using the Scrap FX title Spirit of  Christmas, and covered/coloured this with the  sparkle n soft shining emerald, to give it a velvety sparkle finish. I used the sparkly thickers for the remainder of the title.

The flowers are carefully separated Green Tara flowers, as there were only two green flowers in the pack, it's a great way to make them spread further and also to get different sizes for your projects. I brushed a small amount of Gold Glitzin Glamour glitter glue onto the flowers for a bit of sparkle.

 I created the rosettes using this gorgeous gathered gold metallic ribbon that Jo stocks.... great for creating rosette flowers, so quick and easily... teamed the ribbon up with some scraps of lace for the centres with a gold pearl brad.... and to create the rosette, I added a gold double ended tassel...

I hope you are all working on your December challenge projects, (you can find full details of the challenge here) I can't wait to see what you come up with...

I would like to wish you and your families a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year.

Till next time

Happy Crafting

xC 

Scrapbookit Retreat - October 2013

Hello Everyone,

What an absolutely wonderful weekend had by all!

We started arriving on Friday. Some of us believed that they would never get the car packed the same way again on Sunday afternoon...however, the unloading and settling in did not take very long at all. It was lovely to catch up with old friends and great to meet some new ones.

Throughout the weekend there were plenty of laughs (actually some of us complained of sore sides at several points), plenty of scrapbooking, some spending, plenty of eating, some drinking (cordial only!!!), great conversations, music and some of us even took a liking to singing aloud!!

We were blessed to have Melissa Kennedy from Kaisercraft join us. She ran a class for us using one of the newer paper ranges “Hidden Treasures.” With plenty of distressing, inking, tying, mounting, layering, tucking, journalling, hiding, sticking and dabbing we created two gorgeous single layouts. Thank you to Melissa for running the class, for sharing with us and for having a laugh with us, we had a ball and thoroughly enjoyed it.

We had a halloween themed dress up on Saturday night and even did some 'Trick or Treat' scrapping.

Here is Jo, Brenda and I...

 and the whole gang...

Our venue “Mountain View Retreat” was great. Our hosts were very kind to us all and provided us with plenty of yummy food, plenty of warmth (especially when Friday night was a little chilly) and smiling faces! Thank you so much to the team at Mountain View Retreat for your hospitality.

All in all, a wonderful weekend. 

A huge thank you to Jo for organising and running the retreat. They are always wonderful weekends and I, personally, know the hard work you put into the event behind the scenes that we all need to thank you sincerely for Jo! 

A huge thanks to Rhonda for running the shop and keeping the tallies for the weekend and for helping with the set up on Thursday night and Friday. An endless support to Jo - thanks Rhonda!

A huge thanks to all those who assisted with the pack up. Especially to Lyn and Kerry, who stuck around and packed the already full car with products to transport back to the shop. Also, a big thanks to Andrew (Jo’s partner) and Brittany, Casey and Lachie (Jo’s children) for all of their hard work with transporting the shop and setting and packing up...you guys are awesome!

I was lucky enough to run a class on the weekend too!

It was a Christmas Card class, featuring three cards using the gorgeous Bo Bunny “Elf Magic” or the Bo Bunny “Silver and Gold” collection.

As I explained to the class on Sunday, our original intentions with this class was just to make the ‘Trinket box’ but felt that we needed a couple of extra cards for good measure. 

So here are some photos of the trinket box card...

What a wonderful little gift box and card! I can imagine buying a beautiful piece of jewelry to place in the box, writing on the easel card and then tying a big bow around it and placing it under the Christmas tree.

I have also made this trinket box card twice before for my niece and nephew. They loved the chocolates that filled the box for their birthdays!!

The next card is the Envelope/Tag card.

Basically, all I have used is my Kaisercraft card and envelope. I have decorated the envelope and then cut the card in half to create a tag to hold my message inside!

Something a little different!

The final card is a very basic card. I have used 1” squares, distressing and scrunching to create the background.

If you like these cards and want to give them a try, I believe Jo has some packs in the shop with a full set of instructions. Drop her an email and she can get one to you.

Well that is all for me today! I hope you have enjoyed hearing about our wonderful weekend and have enjoyed looking at my cards.

Make sure you pop back in to check out the new challenge for November and also to hear our new Design Team news!!

Until then, happy scrapping,

Melxx