Sunday, 12 July 2009

I have been lucky to play with.....


The Fancy Pants Mixed Media Bracket Book and I love it!!!!! It is open for so much playing and different types of creating. I used the Scenic Route Grafton range of papers to make it a real boy style book but it would also be gorgeous in pinks too.

I have printed off a variety of my favourite pics of the boys through their life together. I couldn't decide on an event so decided it would make a nice quote/inspirational book for them. I found gorgeous quotes on the net and included them in amongst the photos.


The front cover uses up a variety of old chipboard letters. A little bit of paint and ink too.
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The inside cover uses Scenic Route Grafton Carr St and the gorgeous Carolee Creation Tiny Stickers.

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This is one of the printed acetate pages. I have added rubons and stamped with staze on so the most of the felt page underneath can be seen.
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The felt page has simply been stitched and had some felt shapes added. The felt pages are lovely and thick allowing you to sew through both sides or only through one layer so that the stitching does not show on the other side of the page. The green stitching cannot be seen on the other side of this page. I have also stitched the photos on which has left stitched oblongs on the reverse side.
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This page has again used the very cool Grafton range paper. It makes for a very economical book as these papers have been reduced in price in the shop. I chose to cut the paper just smaller than the page and ink the edges of the chipboard.

I really like the colour of chipboard left naturally and so I just dry brushed some paint onto the page to add texture. It also has rubons and odds and ends from my stash.
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A simple back page using the stickers again and a sharpie pen to write out a gorgeous quote.
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This book will be put together using the rings provided in the pack, I have tied a variety of ribbon scraps to them. Pauline and Adrienne are punching the holes for me using acrop- a- dile.( something I will be adding to my shopping cart now!!)

Keep an eye out for another piece of inspiration using the bracket book. I will be posting it up soon

Monday, 6 July 2009

Man Friday challenge-ends 10th July

Man Friday 26/6/09

by scrapdizzy

I thought I would get a layout done of my two eldest boys!!! I just couldn't decide on which photos so I printed them all but small. This page journals how hanging with dad to do the lawns is a great achievement for Oli;he struggles with loud noises.
I have used a variety of old scraps for this page but at last I have found the guts to use my much loved fancy pants felt shapes. So I challenge you to do a man page using some felt. yep that is all just use felt some where oh and of course no frills, bling and flowers!!!!

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and a cool one from Pauline
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and Bev's very cool layout of the trains just over the road from me

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I look forward to seeing all your layouts in the gallery

Just a few more days to get your layouts in the gallery. cannot wait to see them.

Friday, 3 July 2009

Shabby Chic challenge - ending 17 July 2009

Hi everyone hope everyone has had a great week and looking forward to the weekend and school holidays ( I can't believe this term has finished and we are into the second half of the year).

Onto the challenge - this has proven to be a popular challenge and will be remaining the same as before. This week the challenge is to do a shabby chic layout with earth tones AND include a bird/s somewhere on the layout. Please post your layouts in the gallery by midnight on the 17th of July to be in to win a RAK from the shop and if you do three other challenges during the month of July you are also in to be In the Spotlight.

Here is my example - I did not buy the Webster paper for these photos but when I rediscovered the paper in my stash I saw it matched the old sheet in the photo - its so cool when you find a matching paper for a photo.

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Belle shaped paper, Websters paper, Prima flowers and leaves, K and co paper clip,Green Tara flowers, collections owl, pearl brads, lace

and here is Heidis gorgeous layout that you saw some sneaky peeks of

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products used:
Worldwind Cardstock,7 Gypsies PP,Tim Holtz Grunge Board,Basic Grey Chipboard Alphas,Rosa Moka Tiny Black Alpha Stickers
Prima flowers and leaves,Zva Tiny Rose Buds,Lace - Random,Collections Chipboard Bird
and Annelies beautiful layout

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Products used: Bazzill swiss dotted cs&kraft cs sprayed w "creme de chocolate" glimmermist, corrugated cardboard, Fancy Pants die cut kraft pp, scrap pp, Prima flowers, K & Company paperclip, Tattered angels chipboard sprayed w "creme de chocolate" glimmermist, twine, alphas fr AC & Pearlmaker.
and an awesome layout by Pauline

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There is a token bird on the brad on the Green Tara flower, heehee sneaky one! Prima flowers

Have a great week
by Beverley

Thursday, 2 July 2009

Sadly we have to say goodbye to Tracy le Roy from our Design Team. We thank her for all her hard work and outstanding contributions she has made in the past six months. Tracy, we wish you all the best in the future and we shall all greatly miss your 'Tracy trademark' layouts!! :HUGS:


Then we need to say a big welcome to Liz Hicks who has been sitting in the wings as a Guest Designer for some months. Liz has accepted our invitation to become a fully fledged Design Team member from 1 July 09!!! Welcome Liz, we are excited to have you on board. Read more about Liz on our website!!!!

Delys and Annelie have both accepted another term with the Scrappin' Patch Design Team, and together with Beverley and Heidi will continue to inspire and challenge us all!!! Ladies, thank you all for your enthusiasm and creativity in the past months. We are looking forward to lots more fun!!!

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Scrap Tech Tuesday - Make your own Flowers

Hello everyone. Recently, for the Bazzill Challenge, I made a big pink flower from Bazzill to go on my layout. Here is a reminder of what the flower looks like:

I was happy with how it turned out, and thought I would share with you all how I made it. I needed a card for my Sister's upcoming Birthday, so I made two smaller flowers and came up with this:
These flowers can be made in any size, and are great on cards and layouts, and the best thing is, they can be made from half a piece of Bazzill and some tools that most of us have!

To start with, I used a half-piece of Bazzill white cardstock - I like the texture on it. I then stamped the Bazzill randomly with a script stamp and Brilliance black ink. I sprayed Glimmermist over the card - you can spray lightly or heavily, depending on the look you want. I like a distressed look, so sprayed reasonably lightly. (If you don't have any Glimmermist, you could use coloured Bazzill, or you could simply use a patterned paper instead, and distress it. Or you could use white c/stock and ink it to your desired colour.)

When the Glimmermist has dried, you need to cut some petal shapes from the cardstock. I used my Slice diecutting machine to do this, with the Basic Shapes 2 card, but you could just cut a petal shape - rounded at one end and pointed at the other - from card, and use it as a template. For the card, I cut 4 flowers, 2 at 1.5 inches, and the other at 2 inches.

I then distressed the petals, by scrunching them and inking the edges. I then rolled them over a pencil, as shown above, to add dimension.

The next step is to start layering the petals, as shown above. I started with a foam dot for dimension, then placed glue dots between the layers.
I adhered 5 petals in each layer, alternating the placement as shown below.


To finish, slightly scrunch and bunch the flower, as shown above, to curl the petals and add dimension, then add a brad, bling, pearl, etc, to the centre. And there you have it! Here is a closeup of the flowers:
To make this card, I used the following product from the shop:
Bazzill cardstock - white
Prima paper - Sasha
I hope to see some handmade flowers on your layouts in the future!





Tracy L

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Scraptech Tuesday-Ribbon Dyeing

This week I thought Id teach you about ribbon dyeing. I often just buy white ribbon and then I dye it to whatever colour I want. I also do this with flowers too and there is two ways I do this. Image
The first way is I grab a plastic bag (I use the snaplock bags as they are easy to slide). I open up an ink pad of the colour I want to use and simply press the ribbon onto the ink pad like this. (I use the bag for my hand to go in and not get messy- you could also use a rubber glove). I then leave the ribbon to dry.ImageImage



The second way is using a re inker bottle or any liquid ink. I use the snap lock bag once again. I pop the white ribbon in the bag and add a few drops of liquid ink to the bag. Image
I rub the bag in between my hands until the ribbon is all covered in ink. I also usually put a white fabric flower in to dye that using this same technique. Very easy and reasonably mess free :P3: For a more muted look I also use sponges and dauber the ink onto the ribbon. I use this technique on lace as well! Oh and as a general rule, I probably only use full ink pads rather than versacolour spots because they are foam pads and might get damaged after awhile.
So give it a try next time you want your ribbon to coordinate with your LO and you have no matching ribbon.

Delys

Monday, 22 June 2009

It's time for another Multi-photo Challenge, Ladies! This time, I would like you to use at least 5 photos on your page, and as I always like to read the story behind the photos, you MUST include some journalling somewhere - and it must not be hidden!

Here is my take on the challenge:
Products used (click on the item to be taken to it in the shop):
Heidi Swapp ghost shapes butterflies (yes, they are there, difficult to see in the pic, but they look great in real life - I've covered the wings with Kindyglitz and placed Kaisercraft bling down the bodies)
Kindyglitz - Crystalina
BG Urban Prairie Elements Stickers (sold out sorry!)
and a couple more fabulous layouts to inspire you, from Beverley:

and Delys:
From Delys: "I've used Fancy Pants Summer Soiree paper as my background, My Little Shoebox - Sugar High transparency, and one I made myself. AC Thickers and SU stamps. This is my sisters new rescued dog.. very ugly but he's lovely!"

My Little Shoebox transparency - Sugar High (sorry, sold out!)
Please upload your lovely creations to the gallery here by next Monday 29th of June. And remember, you need to enter at least 4 challenges to be in the running for Scrappin' Patch's next Artist In The Spotlight.
Have fun!!

Tracy L

Friday, 19 June 2009

More Collage Press Inspiration by Beverley

With the rest of my Collage Press Kit I have done a couple more layouts - just loved these papers especially the Knave of Hearts Line.

Here is my final Knave of Hearts Layout

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I decide to go Shabby chic with this one as the paper just suits this style and lots of others.

Products from the shop used on this layout are

Knave of Hearts Diecut rings
Knave of Hearts Queen Paper

Other products - Basic Grey Marrakech Chipboard Alphas and chipboard shapes, Prima and green Tara flowers and leaves, metal word, felt bird, Doily,glimmermist.

This next layout is using the sweet shoppe range - my daughters kindy has a tradition that they make themselves a cupcake on their last day at kindy.

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This has hidden photos in a cardstock fold just another way to include more photos - here is the layout with the fold open

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Products used

Sweet Shoppe Hey Cupcake Paper
Sweet Shoppe Fruity twists paper
Basic Grey offbeat element stickers
Knave of Hearts Diecut rings
Pink Paislee alphas
Carolees creations alphas

Other products - buttons, Basic grey Ambrosia chipboard, American Craft Thicker alphas, flowers

Thanks for looking
:)
Bev

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

Basic Grey - Wisteria

Hello everyone!! I have been playing with some Wisteria papers from Basic Grey lately, and this is what I have come up with:





These papers are so pretty and subtle, and I just had to cut out those roses and leaves. Following are the products used on this page:


Basic Grey Wisteria papers - Primrose, Wind Chimes and Tea Lights
Bazzill Embossed Cardstock - Leaves White
Delish Designs Flocked Alpha Stickers - Brown
My Little Shoebox Tiny Alphas - Cream
Tulle - Truffle


And another layout, also using Wisteria letter stickers and glazed brads:



And a list of all the products used:

Basic Grey Wisteria papers - Primrose, Wind Chimes and Tea Lights
Basic Grey Wisteria letter stickers
Basic Grey Wisteria Glazed brads
Bazzill Swiss Dots Embossed Cardstock
Kindyglitz - Crystalina
Slice Diecutting Machine - Noteworthy Card


This has to be one of my fave Basic Grey lines. Thanks for looking!









Tracy L

Monday, 15 June 2009

Shabby Chic Challenge ending 22.5.09

Hi there and heres what a few of us have been up to for this months Shabby Chic Challenge!

For this challenge Id like you to use Pastel colours...which I think are particularly suited to this style.
Heres what weve been up to for this challenge..
mine using Bella Bella Bellezio paper.
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Pauline did this beautiful Pink pastel LO.
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Beverley this gorgeous Blue and very precious photo..
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Heidis given us this stunning LO...absolutely gorgeous!!
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and finally Annelie with this lovely yellow number...
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Check out the gallery here http://scrappinpatch.co.nz/coppermine/t ... ?album=145

to see all the details and to also upload your creation into by Midnight on the 22/6/09.
Have fun with all that lace and buttons/bling!!
Delys

Friday, 12 June 2009

Design Team Inspiration - Sweet Shoppe Papers by Collage Press

The other set of papers in my kit was Collage Press's Sweet Shop Line. This is a great quality paper and has beautiful colours.

Here is one layout I have created so far

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I have used the Naturally Sweet paper as a background and three of the diecut rings from the Knave of Hearts range by Collage press. The journalling spot is also from the sweet Shoppe Range. The diecut rings are on special in the shop at the moment.

Also from the Shop
Pink Paislee Enchanting elements.
Carolee Creations mini alphas

Pink paper, lace and pom pom trims are my own.

Now with my kit a got some felt pieces and buttons and I made the cupcake using them. I did some SEWING :shock: and did a blanket stitch around the whole cupcake as well as some straight stitches - it was fun!!

Design Team Inspiration - Knave of Hearts Papers and diecut rings by Collage Press

Here is some inspiration for you using the gorgeous paper and diecut rings from the Collage Press Knave of Hearts line that were part of my kit this month.

The papers are excellent quality - not thin and are double sided. Some of them have background pages at the back similar to Basic Grey. The diecut ringsare also very cool and I have used them on these layouts too.

In the first layout I have used the outer border of the rings and have adhered it to a twelve by twelve transparency. I have used one and a half of the rings and the crafting strips paper which is also very versatile.

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I have also used a Pink Paislee chipboard tree element from the fascinating set.
Other products Zva creative black bling strips, mixed alphas(painted), grungeboard flourish and a prima flower.

With the next layout I went with my favourite style and used the other half of the diecut ring from the previous layout and an offcut from the crafting strips. The paper I have used is the Knave of hearts lovable one and have used it as a mat and used my cuttlebug to make the leaves and butterfly. The background paper which was also in my kit is Maltilda paper by Melissa Frances.

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Other products from the shop
Prima bling
and thanks to Heidi my new Favourite - Pinecone ink

Other products from my goodies -prima dandies (flowers), music paper, tag,twine,Fontwerks journal tag,Basic Grey and Rose Moka alphas, brass clip and Making Memories transparencies.

I will also show another layout soon using this line of papers - it is drying off.
See you soon
By Beverley

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

Design Team Inspiration - Amy Butler Lotus Diecut Paper - Butterflies

In case you hadn't noticed, I am a little bit of a butterfly fan... in fact, check most of my layouts lately, and you will probably find a butterfly somewhere! So I was very happy when I found one of the Amy Butler Lotus Butterfly Diecut papers in my DT kit this month. This paper is extremely good value, as it has an amazing [b]30 [/b]butterflies on it, in coordinating colours of blue, green, pink, red, cream and grey. The butterflies are all lightly embossed, and all a bit different. They are just lovely, and I really enjoyed creating the below layouts.

On this page, I used 2 of the butterflies as masks. I put temporary adhesive on the printed side of the butterfly, stuck it to the page and Glimmermisted, then gently removed the butterfly masks, and rubbed off the temporary adhesive, and I was still able to use the butterflies on another layout. I then used the diecut sheet with the butterflies removed, as a stencil, placing it over the masked butterflies, then applied swirl rubons. I very gently used a kraft knife to cut around the inside edge of the stencil, ensuring I didn't cut into the background paper, only through the rubons, to make sure the rubons stayed put when I removed the stencil. It is a very effective look. I then also used 2 of the pink/red butterflies on the page. Check out the pic below for a closeup of the rubons on the masked butterflies.


I used the following products on this page, available in the shop:
Amy Butler Lotus Butterfly Diecut papers
Melissa Francis Paper - Matilda
Glimmermist - Graphite
Prima Flocked Transparency
Zva Swirls - Jet
My Little Shoebox Mini Alpha Stickers - Cream


I used 18 of the butterflies on this next layout:


First, I painted a round circle on the background page with cream paint, then adhered the body of each butterfly around the circle. I bent up the wings, then applied Kindyglitz for some sparkle. I then added the photo, title, journalling and ribbon bow inside the circle, and the page was complete. And look at all those gorgeous butterflies! Below is a closeup of the Kindyglitzed butterflies:
I also used the following product on the above layout:

Basic Grey Ambrosia Paper - Ebony
Kindyglitz - Crystalina


Here is my recent "i create" layout, on which I added one of the butterflies, using a black pen and Kindyglitz for the finishing touches.



And after all this, I still have some butterflies left. I'm sure you will see them on my next few layouts!







Tracy L

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Picasa Photo Editing

This week I thought we would do a bit of a technique on photo editing. For this Im using Picasa which is a free Google photo Editing programme which I like because it is easy to use.
Today Im going to show you the Retouch button on Picasa as it is very easy to use and is a lot of fun. When i took these photos my DD had a friend over to stay so i showed them what theyd look like with no freckles (for the friend)and with freckles for my DD! My DD also had a zit that I removed which she was most impressed with and although I would normally leave it like that I thought ..whoa this would be a useful too for those times when we want to look our best...hmmm opening a can of worms here Id say! lol
So how to? here is the original photo. Image
1. I click on the retouch button.
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2. Click on the brush size tool to have a large area or small area that you are going to retouch.
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3. Click on the area in the photo that you want to fix.(Ive clicked on the friends freckles).
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4. Click onto another area that will fix it (i have gone to my DDs skin to get the fix).
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It might take several attempts to fix it. Save your photo fix at the end before printing (which you can undo later as it only saves it in Picasa not in your Picture files on your computer.
Heres what i did ..
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I removed the zit, put freckles on my DD and removed some of the freckles from the friend. (I actually totally removed them all-not shown here)
and just as an aside. Both girls thought it was fun but the friend didnt want to lose the freckles (even though she hates them) and DD didnt want the freckles but was happy to lose the zit! So before you hit delete picture (because you dont like it), have a play around with the retouch tool. But beware....this is addictive!
Delys

Friday, 5 June 2009

New Projects using the Prima Paper Stack - Breathe

Hi everyone, here are my latest projects from my DT kit this month, and they are all made using papers from the lovely Prima Paper Stack - The Breathe Collection, available here from the shop.
For this layout, I pretty much only used the papers with an added ribbon and bookplate with brads from my stash. I cut out the flowers from one of the papers, layered them at the bottom of the page, then after stitching around the page, I Kindyglitzed and added Dimensional Magic to the flowers. I printed the journalling on one of the papers, and used another paper to diecut the title using my Slice. I machine stitched over the title for dimension.

The colours in these papers are perfect for beachy and sunny day layouts, so for this page I used the papers as background to my beach photos, and also made some lollipop flowers from them, adding Kindyglitz for sparkle. I stamped and diecut the journal block from the yellow paper, and used my new Fiskars Effervescence Border Punch on one of the paper edges.

I also made a card using leftover bits of the paper, my sewing machine and a few extra bits and pieces:

The collection is great value at $27.90 for 24 papers; that's less than [b]$1.20 per sheet![/b] And all the papers are coordinating, so you have heaps of options.

On the Beach layout, I also used a couple of stickers from the shop, as follows:

- Delish Designs Flocked Brown Alpha Stickers here
- Kaisercraft Rhinestones Petals Mint available here
- Tiny Alpha Stickers from my stash, very similar to these ones here

Thanks for looking!
Tracy L