Project Life week 33.

Basic Grey
Hello everyone! jip another week of being MIA - i have been in the studio for 7 days solid photographing for a magazine - yip...me...myself and i and some studio lights *gasp* photographing for a magazine! and so another dream comes true - another bucket list thingie can be crossed off - not permanently but just as it finally happened. off course i am not happy with all the shots but there are some that just made me all warm and fuzzy inside! i love what i do!
but in the meantime - here is week 33 of PL. i combined some PL cards with some home printed and designed cards and then some patterned papers by Basic grey and Simple Stories.
i am not an orange kind of girl but somehow it has grown on me in PL. it seems there are a lot of oranges in the kits. the nice thing is that you can go as colourful as you want and mix and match to your hearts content!
in the meantime i am trying to catch up on life. i have also ticked off another lesson learned in life - hopefully! just say it, never mind what they think, just say it - because as i learned yesterday if you don't you will pay a lot more in the end if you don't!
wishing you a wonderfully creative weekend! may it be colourful and joyful either way. be back on monday with more shares and more layouts!

Scrapbook Challenges sketch 255.

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it's been a while since i played along and managed to upload to Scrapbook Challenges. but i still love my position there and love the amazingly talented girls and designers on the team. this week's sketch is inspired by a place mat found on Pinterest - and the talented Chanell turned it into a sketch for us
i used mostly scraps from the Sunshine in my soul range of papers by Glitz, Simple Stories, stamping and washi tape. layouts using scraps are still my favourite - economical and using all those pretty bits and pieces instead of throwing them out!
i even added a dotty paper from Project Life in the mix. the little camera sticker is from the Simple Stories range with a little diamond added for some sparkle.
the dots on my background is a stamp - i stamped it directly onto the background and then added some colour selectively using my water-colour paint.
i made some very tough decisions this week - and with some loving support from my DH we will get through even the toughest of times. but as i suspected when you give God and opportunity to open bigger and betetr doors in your life, you sometimes have to walk away from your comfort zone. but human nature is a funny thing and sometimes walking away is very difficult until you do it. so excactly 12 hours after i took action the first door has opened - and may i add....
it's one that i am very passionate about!!! here's to serving a MIGHTY GOD and many more miracles! Thank you from the bottom of my heart and never forsaking us!

form meets function - petaloo floral recycled journal

American crafts

I am a list maker. I am always writing things down and making lists of things to do, buy or ideas. So this also means I have loads of notebooks all around the house, in my bag, next to my bed and in the car. So naturally when I have the chance to make a cute little notebook using left-overs and pretty stuff then I jump at the chance. I also like using things that I can repurpose into a functional item.
 For my notebook I wanted to make a pretty cover using a few supplies, but mainly the pretty Petaloo flowers. I particular favour the jewelled Florettes and Gypsies in the range. The flowers are beautiful and delicate with amazing colour – but not too bulky for my style of scrapping. I like the fact that even when I use them on my layouts they can still comfortably fit into the page protectors without making my albums bulge at the seams.


But back to my little notebook.
 I used an old book to create my cover. I simply tore off the existing cover from the book and used my big guillotine to cut off the spine part and also trimmed down the top and bottom edge for a slightly smaller cover.

I now have 2 parts – a front and back cover. I used ordinary white cardstock or thin paper for the inside pages. I cut them slightly smaller than the outside covers and then punched a set of holes into the pages using an ordinary office hole punch. For my cover I used the inside punched holes as a guide and drew guide circles on the inside of the covers, and then punched the holes using my crop-o-dile. The cover was decorated using a Celebr8 oval frame that I embossed using AC embossing powder. I inserted a printed vintage photo inside the frame and then finished off the bottom of the frame using a combination of the Jewelled Florettes and Jewelled Gypsies from Petaloo.
These pretty flowers are indeed a basic scrapbooking necessity – they are one of those products that can turn something simple into something spectacular in a few easy steps. A must have for your basic stash and your next pretty project. There are loads of designs and colours available in the Jewelled range – perfect for all your crafty needs.

Products used
Celebr8 Equi Card Swirl Antique Frame [MB-4001]
Jeweled Florettes - Pink, Fuscha, White [C1350-229]
Jeweled Gypsies - Peach, Fuschia, Lavender, Pink [C1357-222]
Jeweled Gypsies - Rasberry Sherbert [C1357-229]
Jeweled Gypsies - Fairy Wonderland [C1357-233]
VersaMark Watermark Ink Pad [TVM-001]
ZING! Metallic Embossing Powder 1 oz Lavender
all these goodies are available from The Wholesaler. For your convenience you can place your order and have it dropped off at your local scrapbook store!

boyish impressions using Knee Highs & Bow Ties.

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It's the month of celebrating boys and men, so there are loads of boyish things happening around my work space!
Being a boy mom (to 2 boy dogs) I am always on the lookout for beautiful boyish looking products, papers and stamps. Now I don’t just always use them for the dogs and my mister although very handy - they come in very convenient for my little nephew. The problem is that there are not always beautiful boy products available on the market – but thankfully manufacturers and designers are starting to cater more and more for the male figures in our lives.
 The Knee Highs & Bow Ties range from Basic Grey is wonderful and so very versatile. The range includes cool cars and beautiful bugs which enables you to make loads of pages in either theme – I can go bugs for my dogs and cars for my little nephew – how cool is that. Just take the sticker sheet for instance – there are loads of cool banners, cars and words to use and then twice as many bugs and circles for more layouts and cards. Bang for my bucks!

 This week’s project is a layout, but what I really loved about the layout is that I could use the ‘BIG’ silhouette stamp to create fun accents on my layout. What makes the stamp so much fun is that you can incorporate it so easily and simply by changing the product you use to stamp with you can change the look of your project. I used my all-time favourite ink pad for stamping the dark brown images – Versafine Vintage Sepia. I then punched circles out of the stamped cardstock and used them across my layout.


About Versafine ink pads
Versafine is an extremely wet ink – so you need to apply it the right way and you will get a perfect image every time.
If you battle to stamp this is the ink pad for you – it’s a soft on the stamp ink so transfers the images beautifully and easily, even if you have arthritis in your hands and fingers.
Versafine is an ink that will give you extremely fine detail even with the most delicate of stamp images, but also works perfectly with bolder images and lettering.
You are able to watercolor or marker over and it won't bleed – yeah!
Versafine is a natural oil-based pigment ink that dries instantly on matte cardstock and can even be heat set with a heat gun on smooth slightly shiny cardstock.
Versafine Inkpads will last 3-5 times longer than regular inks which make them very economical.
To view the sxs head on over here



Products used
AC Cardstock 12x12 Textured - Rocky Road [AC NATURALS 71466]
Basic Grey Knee Highs & Bow Ties Double Sided Paper - Freeze Tag [BG 415]
Basic Grey Knee Highs & Bow Ties Double Sided Paper - Kick the Can [BG 4159]
Basic Grey Knee Highs & Bow Ties 6x6 Paper Pad [BG 4165]
Basic Grey Knee Highs & Bow Ties Element Stickers [BG 4166]
Basic Grey Knee Highs & Bow Ties Cling Stamp - Cars & Trucks Silhouette [BG CG603]
VersaFine Ink Pad - Vintage Sepia [TVF-54]
VersaMagic Dew Drop Ink Pad - Thatched Straw [TGD-31]
VersaMagic Dew Drop Ink Pad - Sea Breeze [TGD-37]

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