Creative Inspiration - Week 25

Hello all. 

Back this week with a layout I have created using this photo freedom kit by Echo Park.

I must admit that since I have started to play around with these Photo Freedom kits on behalf of Mad About Scrappin I have fallen in love. I really enjoy the flexibility of these kits. I love the fact that you have the choice as to how you create with these kits. I do wish that I had discovered them earlier.

So here's this weeks layout I have created.

I decided this week to select one of the colour schemes from the kit to play around with. I them chose the 4'x6' portrait layout photo pages and the 4'x6' journal cards in the colour scheme I had chosen. I wanted to make the journal cards the feature of this layout so printed my photos off as black and white and then mounted them onto some graph journal cards in my stash. I have added a little washi tape and some word stickers to finish them off. 

Now I liked the colours of the journal cards however I really wanted to tie the different patterned journal cards together to give them a uniformed look. To do this I played around with Photo shop Elements and some photo brushes on a blank 4'x6' template I have. I then printed the journal cards with matching brushes in black. By printing on this colour I have found that the black really pops. 

To add a little bit of embellishment I have glimmer misted some die cut frames from Mad about Scrappin to give them a worn metal look. Little hard to see it them have a little shimmer to them too. I then layered them on the journal card with a paper doily and some butterfly die cuts I have had laying around in my stash for ages. I loved adding the final touch of random pearlized sequins in various sizes. 

For my title card I have used some Studio Calico alpha stickers as the main title and then some smaller Kaiser craft alphas to finish off the quote. I felt the quote finished off the layout nicely. 

I love the feel and look of the end layout. It has a little bit of dimensions without being too dimensional.

Most of all I loved printing the journal cards to suit my need. I can see myself doing that again. I feel that it has helped make the journal cards more usable to my needs. Plus it created a completely different feel to the layout by using more feminine brushes.

Have you alter something to suit your needs?

Why not give it a try.

Till next week.

TFL, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 24

Hello all. 

So starts another weekend. 

Here in Adelaide, South Australia this weekend is due to be a wet and miserable one.

Whilst this might be bad for some I see it as an opportunity to lock myself away and scrap. 

Wet Weather = Perfect Scrapping Weather

So today for some inspiration on behalf of Mad About Scrappin I have been playing around with this Echo Park Photo Freedom kit again.

Here's what I have created this week. 

I must say that I really am finding this kit very versatile. This week I decided to go with the boy feel of this kit. It has been a little while since I have created a layout of my son so I felt it was time to get busy.  I like the fact that the kit has a mix of 12'x12' patterned paper AND 12'x12' sheets of journal cards. It means that you have a choice and can mix it up with how you work with this kit. For this layout I have used a mix of the 12'x12' patterned paper and some of the 4'x6' journal cards. 

By mixing it up with washi tape, bakers twine, a couple of brads and a studio calico puffy sticker I was able to embellish this page quite quickly. I mixed it up with my title by using a wooden word as the main part of my title and then used alpha stickers mounted using 3D foam to finish it off. Helped to create a bit of interest on the layout I think.

I even managed to get a bit messy with this layout by adding some Mr Huey ink splodges here and there. I then finished the layout off with some Studio Calico cork chevrons. They helped to add a bit of texture to the layout. I love these too and am really impressed with the quality of them.

Quite happy with the end result of this layout. 

Sometimes it fun to mix things up a little. 

Have you tried to do that yourself lately?

Till next week.

TFL, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 23

Well.. so starts another month.

With this month brings a new kit to play around with on behalf of Mad About Scrappin. 

This month Leanne from Mad About Scrappin has sent me this fun Photo Freedom kit to play with from Echo Park.

When I received the kit I was excited to see it in real life. It is such a fun paper range. I can see that this month I am going to have so much fun with it.

So.. here's the first of many layouts for you from this kit today.

I wasn't quite sure what to do with my first layout. I was going to do my first layout as a pocket page however I was finding that my scrapping mojo had disappeared this week. Too much of a busy week with study and spring cleaning leaving me feeling rather worn out. I have to admit too that this layout took me about 3 hours to do which is rather unusual for me. I just couldn't get things happening to start with and found myself pushing pieces around the page for what seemed like forever till it finally came together.

 By taking a different tack to this layout and creating little bits and pieces about the page I found it finally starting to work for me. I think perhaps I found it a bit too much working with so many different patterns this week. However by using the black and white to tie it all together it finally seemed to fall into place.

I love these little chevron bags too. I have used one as a base for a tag for my title. It has added a bit of texture to my page I think. I also like to create a title using a mixture of alphas and stickers. It create a bit of a feature of the title.

To finish this page off I played around with a mixture of embellishments. I love the buttons I go from the last Mad About Scrappin sale. They are nice and bold in colour and have added that little bit of pop to the layout. I added some Studio Calico cork shapes and Evalicious puffy stickers

I am quite happy with how this layout has turned out. 

It did take a bit to come together but I am glad that I kept at it.

Have you ever struggled with getting a layout to work ?

Till next week.

Get creative.

TFL, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 22

Hello all.

Hard to believe that we are twenty two weeks into this year already. 

Has been a quieter week around my household with the weather turning wet and miserable at the start of the week. However that has left me with getting some inside jobs done around my house AND some time for scrapping. So I got stuck into creating for Mad About Scrappin. 

This week I have created a few cards for you. Have a birthday this week and also wanted to send a card to someone to let them know I was thinking of them.  

 Now I decided to use up some scraps from some Teresa Collins - Memorabilia paper range that I had left over from earlier this year. I am trying to clean up all my scraps at the moment and find that using them for making cards is perfect. 

For the first card I wanted to create something a little feminine from this paper range. By stamping onto the left side of the patterned paper using some dove grey coloured staz on I have added to the background without it being too bold in colour. I have then inked and layer a chevron journal card and a piece of a die cut frame I had in my stash. I then clustered some flowers together and added a greeting to finish off the card. Super easy by quite effective.

Now for the second one I had to create a card for my nephew. It's his birthday and I must say I always seem to struggle to create a masculine card. However this time around I must say I am most impressed with this card. By layering some of the papers and then added some twine held on with the brads I am quite happy with the look of this. I then cut a pennant and mounted it horizontally with 3D foam tape. Then I added some bits and pieces from my stash including the really cute wooded star from Mad About Scrappin. I then finished the card off with the greeting and it was all done.

Have you created cards lately?? 

Do you need to clean out your scrap stash ?

Why not give some cards a go.

Till next  week.

TFL, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 21

 Welcome back to another week of Creative Inspiration on behalf of Mad About Scrappin.

With my study deadline looming this week I decided to get this weeks Creative Inspiration sorted nice and early. So I took advantage of some free time on Sunday to get creative.

However... my creative time didn't quite go as planned...

Unfortunately my printer ran out of ink!!! Always the way. So I decided to keep going with my plan to scrap... I just had to rethink how I was going to scrap this layout a little as I knew I would have to add the photo later. The funny part is though that when I actually went to print the photo I was going to use after the layout was complete... I ended up using a completely different photo of a different daughter. 

Anyways... here this weeks Creative Inspiration.

I have run out of the yummy Chickannidy paper range I was using. So I was in a flap trying to find some paper from Mad About Scrappin to use. I had grabbed this Kaiser paper rage from a Mad About Scrappin sale a while ago and had forgotten I had it. I love this  range, Through the Looking Glass. Very whimsical and fun to play with with the bold dark colours. 

 This paper range also had a great matching sticker sheet that I had grabbed to play with too. I loved being able to use the sticker accents to embellish my layout. I used some 3D foam dots to give some of the stickers a bit of dimension. I love these old tickets I found in my stash too. Amazing what you find when you go through all your bits and bobs.

I finished off the layout with this packing tag I found that was pre-stamped in my stash. Added some of the floral stickers, some with 3D foam tape to layer them, and some garden twine to the tag.

I love playing around with ink and creating this layout.

Still think it is funny that I ended up using a different photo.

Do you add photos to your layouts before or after embellishing ?

Till next week.

TFL, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 20

Hello all and welcome back.

Well it has been a busy week in my household with Mother's Day and my Mum's 60th all in one week. 

Top that off with a busy week of family stuff and I have once again been flat out with little time to scrap.

However.. I did manage to squeeze in a bit of time to scrap in the last day or two using the last pasts from this paper range by Chickannidy Crafts.

Here's this weeks share on behalf of Mad About Scrappin.

I have decided to create a layout using a Project Life Photo sleeve as the bit and pieces I had left weren't really big enough to create a 12'x12' layout. Plus I really wanted to scrap a few different photos and still struggle to show case more than one photo in a normal 12'x12' layout. This would be another reason I think that I like scrapping multiple photos this way. 

I have cut the white patterned paper to 4'x6' and then printed it with a digital brush as seen it the bottom of the white card above. I then cut some vellum to the same size and layer it over the top to mute the pattern just slightly. I have also layered vellum on the title card for the layout. This has added a bit of texture to the card.

 I have printed a digital quote onto some vellum to another journal card. Then layered some washi tape and finished it off with some Studio Calico cork board chevrons. 

I love the dimension they add to the page.

Lastly I have used some of the quotes from one of the 12'x12' pattern papers to add mini title on each 3'x4' card using 3D foam tape then finishing off the title with some Kaiser alpha stickers. Then finished off with some Studio Calico cork board arrows and cameras and I was done.

I love how this layout has turned out. I haven't had to pick just a few photos to use by scrapping them this way and I now have a cute layout to remember the fun day we had at the zoo.

Well.. better get back to playing catch up.

Have an amazing weekend.

Get Creative !

TFL, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 19

Good Morning All.

Hope that you have had a good start to the month of May.

I have been squeezing in a quick morning of scrapping using some more bits and pieces from this paper range available at Mad About Scrappin.

With Mother's Day this weekend I have been busily creating a card especially for my Mum. 

Have done something a little different this time around with this paper range by Chickaniddy. Rather than focusing on the obvious colours on this paper I have decided to focus on the yellow in the centre of the little blue flowers. I have used a very vivid buttercup yellow from my paper stash to create a 5'x5' size card especially for my Mum. I wanted the card to be nice and bright feeling. However I felt that the navy flowers were a little too dark for what I was chasing. By teaming this with a Project Life bright yellow 3'x4' card I have been able to really brighten it up.

 To then tie in the blue I have added a die cut and glittered butterfly in the same dark blue tones and the navy flowers of the base flowers. I then added some lighter contrast flowers the soften it up a little and create a feminine feel to the card. I love adding flowers to cards as it adds dimension quickly. 

Well off to get the rest of Mother's Day celebrations prepared for my Mum.

To all the Mother's and Grandmother's out there...

I wish you all a magical Mother's Day.

Till next week.

M x