Love You

Hey Everyone...Mel here!

It is time again for me to share with you a project that I have been working on for this months challenge.

I have stuck to the challenge requirements for my second project this month.

Jane has set the challenge this month...

* We need to use the mood board for inspiration

* Use a mixed media element

*Use the word LOVE somewhere on your project

*Include some fussy cutting

Here is the layout that I have come up with...

Before I go too much further...let me tell you a frustrating story!

I had planned out my layout, then I completed the mixed media background. I allowed the background to dry...for about 4 or 5 days (only because I was so busy that I didn't get back to it).

I put the layout together and was really happy with it...that was until I saw the 'missing piece of patterned paper'

Have you ever completed a layout and after everything was stuck realised you left a piece off? Well, this was me with this layout!!!!! So frustrating.

Not much I can do about it now!!!

I have used the 49 and Market 'Vintage Artistry' paper collection.

To create the background I started by using some Moulding Paste and the 6x6 Kaisercraft template 'Fern'

Once it had dried, I used some Colour Blast - Colour Mica Powder - Espresso and some Colour Blast Shimmer Cube - Leather randomly around the background.

 

I also used the Tim Holtz Distress Crayon - Peeled Paint and the Prima - Art Alchemy - Antique Brilliance - Red Amber paste for highlighting.

I used some Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain around the patterned papers.

I fussy cut all the butterflies and the floral leaves and sprigs except the one left over flower I had from the last layout which was cut using the Uniquely Creative Metal Dies Bloom Outlines.

 

In my little embellishment cluster I have coloured a piece of fern from the Uniquely Creative Lace with some Leather Colour Blast Shimmer cube and highlighted with the Peeled Paint Distress Crayon.

 

I have finished my layout with my title....love you....which I have used some Thickers - Rainboots Puffy Letters for this. I have also added some tiny word stickers from Cosmo Cricket and Heidi Swapp's Memory Planner Stickers.

I hope that you have had a chance to enter this months challenge...it is a fantastic challenge!

If you haven't entered yet....hurry...you still have time...who wouldn't want a chance to win a voucher for the Scrapbookit store???

Can't wait to see your entry!

~Mel~

You and Me!

Hello and welcome to my second post for the month.

I have had a lot of fun with this layout once again using the 49 market cottage life paper pack.

Here is my Layout.

 I have started my layout by using a piece of the patterned cardstock and one of my Dylusions brick wall stencils and have then added some Ranger distress oxide in the colours Barn door and

Cracked pistachio. I layered lots of different patterned paper under my photo as well as using my die cutter machine and Kaisercraft die and placing these around the page as well.

I have fussy cut the ladder and some of the flowers from the patterned paper then added some cocoa vanilla flowers that were in my stash.

I still had some of the gorgeous Uniquely Creative lace butterflies left from the last layout so I added some of them to my page and fussy cut some butterflies out as well.

My little word stickers were also from an old cocoa vanilla range that I had.

So far this month we have some excellent entries which is so great to see.

For your chance to be in the running for a voucher to www.scrapbookit.com simply complete a layout using our challenge criteria and email it to us here or even easier just upload it to our Scrapbookit facebook page.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Jane xxx 



'Love'

Good Morning

Welcome to Scrapbookit and our Spring challenge set by Jane this month. 

Quiet often our DT girls set their monthly challenge before they get the monthly kit that they work with, so when I looked at Jane's challenge I thought how are these criteria's going to work with the 49 and Market papers I had given out would ever work? As you have seen the girls have been outstanding in the projects they have created. I am so lucky to have them on my team.

So here is how I took on the challenge and created this layout.

I have used the 49 and Market 'Heirloom Botanicals' range and fussy cut the bottom border raising it up with foam tape. For my  mixed media element I have added the circles from a kaisercraft stencil and sprayed several Heidi Swapp sprays in the background. I also blended some Distress Oxide inks through another stencil to give the flower images.

To create my title I have cut the word using a We R Memory keepers Mini Alphabet punch board and then stamped over the letters with a DarkroomDoor Music stamp.

These beautiful lace butterflies are from Uniquely Creative and I have just coloured them with sprays. The stickers I have used are from the Amy Tangerine sticker book.

So let's see how you create with Jane's challenge, entries close on September 30th so still time to get your 'LOVE' on the page. You can send your entry via email to joannecaird@gmail.com, add it from your blog to our Inlinkz tab or just upload it to our Facebook page.

Have a fantastic weekend

Jo 

Girly Afternoon!

Well, spring has sprung and even though it isn't saying it on the temperature gauge it definitely feels much warmer!

I am here today to share with you my take on Jane's fantastic September challenge.

The challenge is to take inspiration from the mood board; to use the word LOVE somewhere on your project; use a mixed media element and do some fussy cutting.

For my project I have been inspired by the flowers, butterflies and the aqua colour.

Here is what I came up with...

I love this photo of these two great ladies and I on their last visit. We had a lovely afternoon visiting some of the wineries and tourist places in the area.

I have used the gorgeous paper collection by 49 and Market 'Vintage Artistry'...a very user-friendly collection. I started with one of the patterned papers, the Distress Oxide 'Old Paper' and a Kaisercraft template 'Roses' to add some interest.

I then added some Heidi Swapp Metallique Texture Paste 'Teal' through the template. This is my mixed media element and the colour from the mood board.

I layered some pattern papers behind the photo and embossed one piece using the Kaisercraft Embossing Folder - Tiny Roses.

I also added some clear doilies that I had in my collection.

I then went to work on the posy of flowers at the bottom of my layout.

I have fussy cut flowers from the 49 and Market papers and I have also used the Uniquely Creative metal dies 'Bloom Outlines Die.'

I painted some of the die blooms with Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint in 'Light Patina' and 'Vintage Rose'

A couple of stickers from my stash and the layout is complete.

I hope that you have enjoyed looking at my layout today - cannot wait to see your entries this month...

~Mel~