It's December

Good Morning

 and welcome to Scrapbookit for our December challenge.

Well are you getting into the Christmas spirit?? The DT girls have shared some great idea's and I'm here today to share my take on Jane's Christmas challenge. Gee when I went looking for Christmas photo's I found I didn't have to many so I am going to make sure this year I get the camera clicking because it really is a wonderful time of the year to make memories.

I found up these adorable photo's of ,My Rudolph',  this month I am using papers from the 6x6 paper pad from Couture creations 'Highland Christmas' by Sue Smyth. I have started with my white background, not that much of it is left showing. 

Using a Kaisercraft stencil I have added lots of stars and baubles with the Nuvo mousse.  My tree was a lovely gift from one of my card class ladies and I have matted my photo's with some tissue paper. Some cute stamps and Heidi Swapp letters finished off the page just right.

I also created a really grungy Christmas layout that I wanted to share.

Starting with a white background I have used my Geli plates to create my background. Its a bit hard to share the true colours and textures but there is lots of reds, golds and greens. The stars are actually navy and the baubles are silver. I have used some Nuvo Glitter paste to add the saying ' The possibility of a miracle Believe'. Some Kaisercraft wooden embellishments and 2Crafty chipboard around my patterned paper.  Again my title is from the Heidi Swapp letters. 

Here's hoping you are getting organised for the Big day and get a little time to join in our challenge, you could be in the running for a $30 voucher to top up your craft supplies.

Happy Scrapping

o.

November challenge

Good morning and welcome to Scrapbookit.

Well can you believe we are into November and our year is nearly gone.Things have been slowly getting back to normal after our fantastic Spring retreat was a great success. Plenty of laughs were had at our Saturday night 'Hippie Night', I'm sure you have seen some photos of our antics.

This month it is my turn to set the challenge, so I thought since it is still spring I thought that it would be a great idea to create a project using these criteria.

• Fun (Photos)
• Flowers (As many as you like)
• Five embellishments.

 ( Could be ink, paste chipboard, wooden,string,washi tape, buttons you get the idea).

This month the team are creating with papers from a 12 x 12 paper pad by Creative PL, each pad has 100 pages so great value.

For my challenge layout I have added some texture in the background using the wonderful 'Nuvo Mousse Paste'. I have used 2 different stencils, the Kaisercraft one has the bigger flowers in pink and the other is a Tim Holtz with tiny flowers in teal.

I have cut some fine flowers and my title with my Silhouette, for the centre of my flowers I have added some buttons, sequins, and some bling. I have added some chipboard and wooden embellishments that I have coloured with Heidi Swapp Colour Shine. 

Of coarse the photo's are from our super fun 'Hippie' night at our spring retreat.

So come on and have some fun!! Entries can be added via Facebook, Email, or your personal blog by the 30th November.

The winner will receive a $30  voucher, remember you have to be in it to win so I look forward to seeing your FUN.

I would also like to wish a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kerry ( the cool hippy with the pink glasses), I hope you have a wonderful day today.

Happy Scrapping

Jo Hanna.

It' Saturday!!!

Good Morning

Welcome to Scrapbookit coming to you from our spring retreat today. Waiting for the sun to shine but it's not looking promising.

I am back today to share some more projects that I have created with the Authentique 'Sea Maidan'.

How could I not scrap beach photo's with this gorgeous paper range? Adding a little texture behind the sections and then I added some foil to a Heidi Swapp foam title to complete a quick page that is full of graphics.

This page has plenty of texture using a Kinder Kreations template and the Nuvo texture mousse to create the mermaid tail scales. Layers of paper and some stickers from the range just finished it off.

Well back to the retreat fun, looking forward to sharing some class photo's and some of the antics we will get up to.

I hope you join us for our challenge this month because you could be in the running for a $30 voucher.

Have a great weekend

Jo.

'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 

Happy!!

Good Morning and welcome back to Scrapbookit

I hope you are staying warm on this wet wintery day I am on the blog today to share some more layouts I have had fun creating with the Doodlebug Design range 'Hello'

Firstly I created a background with the Tim Holtz 'Distress Oxides' adding some circles with a blending tool and then spraying with water to get the spreading layers.

I am loving the bold colours and prints in this range and the die cuts are just perfect for creating clusters. I have also added some sticker's from the range as well.

My second share today is a layout that I have used the patterned paper as my background, I then added some Vicki Burton paint to add a little subtleness.

I have added  a Sizzix  rainbow die which I coloured with my Copics, I also added some Cloud's from  a new die from Uniquely Creative. Lots of fun die-cuts and stickers from the range. 

I also covered my Scrap FX title with the Nuvo Gilding Flakes for some sparkle.

I really hope you get some inspiration from the Design Team and get a chance to enter our monthly challenge, 'IMAGINE' if your entry won a $30 voucher to spend on more crafting supplies. Entry is so easy and we would love to see your projects , you have until the 30th August.

Stay Dry and Warm,

Happy Scrapping

Jo 

August Challenge

Good Morning,

Welcome to another month here at Scrapbookit, can you believe how quick the year is travelling by and a very happy birthday to all the Horses out there ( I know I will spoil my boys just a little more today :) ) .

It's my turn this month to set a challenge for you to get your mojo moving and get you Scrapbooking and making memories.

For the month of August I would like you to 'IMAGINE' that's right just take inspiration from the word 'Imagine' . For example using the word in your title, use a quote, use products that lead your imagination to somewhere special.

Here are a few idea's so have fun!!

My DT inspiration for you was great as I got to create with the 'Doodlebug Designs' Hello range.This is a great range with lots of bold graphics and a great mix of colours. 

I have used lots of the 'odds & ends' pack  to create the cluster around my photo, using the 'Dusty Attic' chipboard for my title I covered it with some Nuvo Guilding flakes that are now in stock. I found up some older Cosmo cricket alpha stickers to use the quote in our example. 

So I hope you join us this month, entries can be uploaded via our Facebook page, email me at joannecaird@gmail.com, or add them via your blog to our Inlinkz on the side bar. You have until August 30th to be in the running for a $30 voucher from the Scrapbookit store. We really need lots of entries to have a winner. 

Can't wait to see your take on challenge, enjoy your week.

Jo Hanna.

I AM a cheeky devil.

Good morning 

Welcome back to Scrapbookit, hope you have time to grab a coffe and join me as I share a couple more projects I have created using the Simple Stories 'I AM' range.

Firstly is a cute page using a photo of Zahli and the wonders of Snapchat filters, don't you just love these fun photos.

For my background I have used some Colour Blast Paste ' Deep Water' through a stencil, I sprayed some muslin with some Prima Color Bloom. I have then added some stickers from the range as my cluster.

Secondly I completed a page with a Selphie photo which I don't do very often I must admit. I had just had my hair cut and coloured and wanted to take a photo of how the hairdresser had done it, ( because I can never get it to look the same).

I purchased a new die cut from Sizzix that had theses great stars and ribbons in so I wanted to use them on a page. My large stars are little shaker pockets with the off cut stars in side. I have added some stickers to my title card.

Well there you go a little bit more inspiration ideas to share, I hope you get a chance to get some scrapping done and maybe even use a selphie.

I would love to see some more entries in this months challenge, it's a beauty set by Mel. It's not hard as she has given you so many options to add to your page, go on have a go!

You have until July 30 to upload your entry either here, via email or on our facebook page.

Looking forward to a great weekend and an awesome day tomorrow at our ALL DAY CROP, hope to see you then.

Jo Hanna.

I AM!!

Good Morning everyone,

Welcome to Scrapbookit and our July challenge.

This month I am creating with a great range from 'Simple Stories' named 'I AM'.

It is just beautiful with lots of florals and a touch of rose gold throughout the papers and stickers in the range.

Here is my take on the challenge that Mel has set for July.

For my splattered back ground I have used some Prima 'Color Bloom' sprays.I have used  the subtle pink and yellow and then added some silver Distress stain spray as well. My household item used was some scrunched up cling wrap to move the sprays around on the page a little.

For my stripes behind my photos I have used all the edge strips from the patterned papers ( You know the bits you usually cut off and throw away :) ) , I just thought it was a great way of getting lots of colours and patterns onto my layout.

I have added some heart stickers, die cut hearts from some Kaisercraft Sparkle paper, some fine thread and my title is a WOW chipboard piece which I also coloured with the Distress Stain spray.

I hope you get a chance to join us this month, I know lots of our kids are on holidays so its a busy time but make sure you take some 'ME' time and get crafting. Entries don't close until the 30th July so you have lots of time to get scrapping.

Remember you can add them from your blog into our Inlinkz tab, send them to me via email joannecaird@gmail.com.au or upload them to our Facebook page anytime.


Enjoy the rest of your week,

Jo Hanna. 

On top of the world

Good morning,

I hope you are enjoying this month's challenge set by Jane. I really found this sketch fun to work with. This month I am creating with the latest release from Cocoa Vanilla Studio 'Boy's Rule' and if you have seen this range it is Awesome!! So many great pages have been shared and I am loving all the elements that come with it. (All available in the shop).

Even though this range was designed for all the 'Boys' in our lives it is so versatile that you can use it for any photo.

Here is my take on the sketch:

So I might have cheated a little and have used 3" photo's and squares instead but it's all about interpretation right??? 

The two extra elements of the challenge I have used is some Kaisercraft Washi tape and ink/paints.

One of the new items in this range is the new clear sticker's which I have used and love them.  On some of my spare squares I have added some Vicki Boutin paint  and used my ink pen to frame some squares.

I hope you can join in the challenge, you can be in the running for a $30 voucher from SCRAPBOOKIT. To enter your project you can add it to the Inlinkz on the side tab, email it to joannecaird@gmail.com.au or add it to our Facebook page. Entries close 30th June.

Enjoy the rest of your long weekend

Jo Hanna

Kaisercraft - Misty Mountains

Good Morning,

I hope you are all having a relaxing Sunday morning? I'm off to have a wonderful day with some friends at a local winery, but first I wanted to share some more pages I have done using the Kaisercraft range Misty Mountains.

Using some beautiful papers (even though they are purple), some Darkroom Door stamps, Green Tara flowers and the embellishments from the collectables pack this page came together and I'm happy.

This page is very simple but I thought it worked well with the photo. I have added papers from the 6' paper pad which have lots of gold elements to them. I have used a kaisercraft stencil with Colourblast paste to create my background.  The title and elements are from the collectables pack in the range. 

Don't forget to join in our monthly challenge (details in the sidebar) , we have had some lovely entries so far. You could be in the running for a $30 voucher from www.scrapbookitshop.com.au.

Enjoy your week ahead and get crafty

Jo.

Havana Nights FUN!!!

Good Morning everyone and welcome back to the fun at Scrapbookit.

March is slipping past at a fast rate so have you joined the fun of our monthly challenge??

I am back to share some more layouts I created with the Kaisercraft 'HavanaNights' range. This is certainly a diverse range of papers with floral's, mosaics,and lots of colours. 

This cheeky photo just suited the blues in the mosaic page that I used as a big frame. I used the sticker strips from the range to add a background for my photo. The words are from 'Dusty Attic' and I have just sprayed them with the Prima Colour bloom and also flicked it around to create the dots on the page.

 I loved creating the background of this page using Dylusions paints, inks and the Heidi Swapp texture paste. The stencil is from Dusty Attic and the stamp is a Kaisercraft one.

Last but not least is this funky page with all the fussy cut flowers from the page. I have added lots of dimension with the collectables in the range. 

 All of these products are available instore, so if you would like to get creating drop by the store or send a message and I will sort out all your scrapping needs.

Don't forget this Saturday the 24th is Crop Day from 10am til everyone leaves. Just $10 for the day.

Also you have until the 30th March to join in our great challenge for the chance to win a $30 voucher .

Have a great week,

Jo Hanna

Hearts xxx

Good Morning,

Welcome to Scrapbookit and the start of another week, hope you all had a wonderful weekend and had the chance to get crafty.

I am here to share my interpretation of the great challenge that Jane has set for us this month.

It's all about 'Shapes'

*Use circles, hearts, rectangles and triangles on your layout or card or journal page  * Make reference to a shape in your title ie, Circle of life, Follow your heart, You're a Star etc, etc..  AND  *Include on your Layout, card or Art Journal a Technique OR Product that you have never tried before..

Okay so I have focused on the Heart shape for my layout but have plenty of other shapes in my background using the paper range Kaisercraft 'Havana Nights'. The paper hearts are cut/punched from the range and I also used some stickers from the range.  

Yes more wedding photos, but hey you work with what you have right.  The chipboard is from the ScrapFX range which I have sprayed with Prima Color Bloom 'Sorbet' and then added some artalchemy Opal Magic wax to make it a little subtle.

Although I didn't add a new technique I did play with this new product that is available instore. It is from Heidi Swapp and its called Metallic Texture Paste 'Teal', I just loved it as it is so smooth and was really easy to spread through my stencils. My title is the stickers which both refer to my hearts.

So I hope you are going to join us this month because you could be in the running for a $30 voucher to our online store. Entries close 30th March.

Just like our winner from February, 

Congratulations Tracey B,

Please message me at joannecaird@gmail.com for details of your prize.

Have a great week everyone 

Jo. 

Welcome to our last post for February.

I am here to share a couple of layouts I have done using the Kaisercraft 'Open Road',

 The patterned papers in this range are wonderful for backgrounds, I have toned it down a bit with Colour Blast Artist Ink so that my stamped images would show a little better. I have coloured the ScrapFX chipboard piece with Inks as well. 

Yes I even managed a double layout with some photo's from our trip to Craigs Hut on our honeymoon. I have added lots of stickers stamps and used the stencil from this great Aussie range. I  used the Colour Blast Artist Ink through the stencil and highlighted the stamp quote also.

Well we have a couple of days for you to still join in our monthly competition, so why not give it a go. You could win a $30 voucher from www.scrapbookitshop.com.au .

Things are busy in the store at the moment as we gear up for our May Retreat but the girls will be back next week with another fantastic challenge. Look forward to seeing what you all create. Have a wonderful week.

Jo Hanna

XXX

Open Road - Kaisercraft

Good Morning,

Welcome to Scrapbookit, it seems that I haven't been here for so long. I hope you have all had a wonderful break over the festive season and the children are all settled back to school. 

My break has been anything but wonderful as I had a serious fall from my horse on christmas eve and have spent the last 6 weeks trying to recover. Slowly but surely  I am getting there.

I have managed to do some scrapping and have done the great challenge that Mel has set for us for February. This month I created with the Kaisercraft range ' Open Road', which I have really enjoyed. All the Aussie elements and grungy feel to the papers it suited my photo's just right.

So here is my take on the challenge using a photo from my honeymoon to Merrijig, 

So of course my honeymoon was romantic and the three colours I have used Blue, Green and Brown created with the Artist Inks from ColourBlast. The stickers are from the range and my title is from Country singer Steve Azar because everybody needs a little sunshine always.

 

The three colours of Artists Ink I used were Lime, Walnut and Oasis. I am loving the way that they bleed and blend together and to add splatters to your page is easy.

Scrapbookit has the full range of the new inks and there is a great variety as the girls have focused on this month.

I hope we have encouraged you all to enter our challenge, you could be in the running for a $30 voucher from our store www.scrapbookitshop.com.au .

Have a great weekend

Jo Hanna

XXX

Yay!! Its Friday.

Good Morning everyone,

Yay it's Friday and I am back to share some more projects to inspire you to have some 'Me' time and get some crafting done before the man in the big red suit arrives.

Our challenge this month is to scrap aproject with 1: A black background, 2: Photo's with NO PEOPLE, and 3: Just follow the Pagemaps sketch, to easy so why not join in to be in the running for a great prize pack full of the latest releases in store. 

This month I have been creating with the latest range from Cocoa Vanilla ' Bohemian Dreams' so here are a couple of more layouts.

 Although this page if fairly simple I just love how it turned out. With the background paper from the range it makes the photo the focus for sure. 

I have framed the photo with all the wonderful word stickers that are available and then painted my title word with ColourBlast shimmer cubes.

My second page I have kept with the challenge theme and used a black background which really makes my flowers from a Prima template with ColourBlast pastes 'Deep Water and Snow white' really pop on the page.

I have added the frame, flowers and tag from the emphera pack and also added some of the stamped images as well. The new stamp set in this range is really sweet. 

I hope you have enjoyed my shares and I look forward to seeing your entry for this month. 

Have a wonderful weekend

Jo Hanna xx

Welcome to December

Good Morning

Welcome to December and a new challenge at Scrapbookit.

This month it is my turn to set the challenge, I hope I can inspire you to take some time to get crafting and join us to be in the running for a great prize pack. 

My details for this month are to 

1. Use Photo's with NO PEOPLE

 

2. Use a black background

 

3. Follow this sketch from pagemaps.com.

So as you all know I got married last month so I have bundles and bundles of photo's to get scrapped. Here is the start of many more to come. 

This month I am creating with the latest release from Cocoa Vanilla 'Bohemian Dream'. This range is so full of beautiful florals, with lots of embellishments, a new stamp set, chipboard words and stickers.  I have added some Dylusions paint on my background and have coloured my chipboard title with Colourblast shimmer watercolours.

I also have been busy making some cards, colouring with my copics. This range has lent itself to add some beautiful touches to my cards.

Entries for this month are due by December 30th, you can send them through to joannecaird@gmail.com, upload them from your blog via our Inlinkz tab in the side bar or you can add them to our Facebook page it's so easy. 

Looking forward to seeing some entries (as we only had 1 in November) this month.

Happy Scrapping

Jo Hanna.

It's Monday Morning!!

Good morning everyone,

I hope you are enjoying your Monday morning, as my post goes live I am enjoying the last day of my honeymoon in the mountains.

Today I would like to share my second post using the Kaisercfraft 'Mint Wishes' range.

In this layout I have feautured the timber papers.

The chipboard featured is from Scrap FX which I have just coloured with different sprays. I have used some of the collectables and stickers from the range to finish it off. I think the photo says it all.

And it wouldnt be a christmas range without making some chrissy cards. So here are a couple I made with some wooden embellishments, stickers and the collectables.

Don't forget our massive giveaway running this month, all you have to do to be in the running for a super prize pack is:

1. Visit and send us a comment at the new website www.scrapbookitshop.com.au

2. Leave a comment on any of the posts here on the blog during November.

3. Bonus: If you comment and follow us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/scrapbookitshop

 

 

 

Happy Scrapping

xxx

Jo Hanna