Creative Inspiration - Week 34

Just a quick one this week,

as I have been buried under a pile of scrap booking products madly scrapping my tail off.

Once again this week I have been able to get creative with this MME kit - Market Street - Nob Hill which Leanne from Mad About Scrappin has lovingly sent me.

This is the SUPER quick layout I hipped up last night in a mad rush to this all sorted before it got too dark to take a proper picture.

Matted this layout onto some white card stock and the added some matching white card stock hearts to add an extra pattern to the background. Then I layered some of the matching papers before matting my photo in some more white card stock. I like having the hearts there as they tend to draw the eye across the page.

I then have mixed it up a little with the journalling and the title using a mix of work stickers and some alpha stickers. I have created my title using a mixture of chipboard and alpha stickers mounted on a gold banner sticker from the pack. Once again I mounted the banner on white card stock to tie it all together.

To finish off the photo and add a little bling I have added a gold arrow paper clip. However I have added a matching flair from my stash to match with the greens in the patterned paper.

Okay.. tie to wind down and relax before getting the last of my scrap booking commitments completed. 

Get creative this weekend.

TFL, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 33

Welcome once again.

I am very excited to be able to share with you what I have been up to this week.

I have been lucky enough to be playing with this new kit called Market Street - Nob Hill by My Minds Eye.

I absolutely love this kit !!! The colours  in this kit are amazing. I also love the metallic foil papers. I wouldn't normally be one to use metallic foil papers but with these colours it really is quite striking. Once again I love that this kit comes with matching stickers. It makes finding matching embellishments to use super easy.

But anyway.. here are the two cards I have created this week using this paper range.

Both cards are different in feel but use the same paper range. That is what I like the best about using these types of kits. The different feel you can get from using different paper choices. It means that you can use the paper range for a variety of scrap booking styles too.

For the first card I have kept it simple. I wanted to create a quick card for a friends daughter. I wanted to create something a little bit different and this is what I came up with. The card is 6'x6' in size and made of Kraft card stock. I have used a Project Life Kraft card as the main part of the greeting and worked from there. The edges have all been inked and I added in once of my favourite paper bags from Mad About Scrappin. I then finished off the card with some garden twine and a wood veneer pennant banner made by American Craft available from Mad About Scrappin.

For the second card I have created a more feminine feel using the floral options in this paper range. I have matted the darker floral onto the sunshine yellow paper and then used Kraft as the card base. I have picked up the green of the leaves on the floral paper with the green ribbon I have used. Now I love the die cut frames however sometimes find the white just doesn't match what I was doing, so this time around I have coloured it black with a sharpie pen. I have mounted it one to some cream mesh and added some flowers to match. I finished the card off by used one of the matching stickers mounted with 3D foam as my greeting. I love the bold look I have ended up with.

Have you created some fun card lately?

Till next week.

Get Creative.

TFL, M x

A New Challenge!!!!

How exciting!!!!

As another month starts comes a new challenge at Mad About Scrappin.

However with the new challenge comes a bit a change too.

This month we have a colour challenge !!!!

This is the super yummy palette that we have had to play with!!!

OMG!!! this was so much fun to play with too.

The best bit about this is that you can use the colour palette to create ANYTHING you like.. AND you don't even have to use all the colours... or you could just use the photo as inspiration for what you create!!!!

This month I have created a layout using this colour inspiration.

Here's the full layout.

Yes.. once again I have gone  crazy..lol..

I am not quite sure why I can't just keep it simple and do the basics.. I seem to find a thrill in being able to drive myself nuts. This layout was actually created using 3x4 Project Life cards as my base.

Yes.. I know that it doesn't look anything like 3x4 cards... 

I created the shapes by cutting up 6 different cards into 1 1/4" triangles in the chosen colour scheme. I them adhered one of each of the coloured triangles together to form each shape onto scrap paper. I created 13 shapes from 78 triangles !!! YES !!! very tedious task but I am most happy with the end result.

Using a mix of matching acrylic embellishments I have added another dimension to my page. I had some ticket stubs in my stash that matched perfectly too so I have accented them with some washi tape. 

I finished off the page with some matching sequins and black chipboard hearts. 

I had so much fun creating this layout that I already have plans to play around with the triangle look again. 

Yes... I know CRAZY!!

Look forward to seeing what everyone creates using the colour palette this month.

Don't forget to leave your link on the Mad About Scrappin blog.

TFL, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 32

 Hello all.

Back again this week to share with you what I have been up to on behalf of Mad About Scrappin.

I am finally at the end of this amazing kit by Simple Stories - Under the Stars.

I think I have used this kit for so many more layouts that what the kit is actually themed for. 

Here's this weeks layout I have created.

This week I have create a pocket page. I like to challenge myself sometimes... 

who am I kidding.. 

ALWAYS.. 

Well this week was no exception. I wanted to create a 12x12 layout using a pocket page as the basis. This did prove a little challenging as I was limited with how I could place things. 

To tie it all together and make it all uniform I split the layout in half. I then used the same paper for all the pockets on the right and the same on the left. However to tie it all together I have used some book pages and randomly adhered them to add a bit to the background.

I used one of the matching journal cards for my title. I added a bit of washi tape that matched to add a bit to the journal spot. Then created my title using larger alphas and then the matching alpha stickers from the paper range. 

I am still in love with adding a small paper bag to my page. This layout I have used a see through paper bag as the patterned tag shows through which adds to the embellishment cluster. Then added some washi tape and some garden twine to the tag for texture. I added a matching word sticker from the set using some 3D foam tape. Then finished it off with some wood grain enamel dots.

I added a bit of ink spots to the layout to mix it up a little. 

Had quite a bit of fun making a bit of a mess with this layout.

Certainly challenged myself with the pocket page this week.

Till next week.

Get Creative.

TFL, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 31

Hello again.

With the weather here being terribly cold  and the kids being back at school, I have had a chance to be able to get some scrapbooking done.

I am ALMOST at the end of this Simple Stories Under the Stars kit.

I found this week that I was drawn to the bolder colours in this kit and wanted to make them the focus of this weeks layout I have to share with you.

I find that I still struggle at times to create a more masculine layout. I also find that I struggle sometimes to create a simple layout with few embellishments and tizziness. So with that in mind I sometimes challenge myself to keep it simple.. that less is more. 

I love washi tape too so this layout was perfect to be able to play around with some to create a border for this page. 

No I have played around with a few punches on this layout. It has been a while since I have used them and wanted to add a little bit of extra to the plain lines of this page. I have added a bit of ink splats to this page too teamed up with some of the stars from the matching stickers and some Studio Calico wood grain enamel dots.

I was lucky enough too to be sent some WOW die cut cards to play with as well. Now I must admit that some of what was die cut on the cards I found a little difficult to work with.. However ever up for a challenge I decided that I was going to get them on this page if it killed me. So I added some matching washi to them and them tucked them behind the photos where I was happy with them. As you can see above I have used the diecut heart one as part of my title as I felt it worked well for this page. I have mixed it up again for the title on this page with some alpha stickers and a word sticker from this kit. I them finished off the layout with some of the matching stickers in this kit.

Super easy and quick too.

Have you set yourself a challenge lately when creating ??

Till next week. 

TFL, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 30

Welcome back to another week of sharing.

I hope that you all have been able to get creative lately.

I have been having some fun again this week creating a layout to share with you on behalf of 

Mad About Scrappin using the Under the Stars kit by Simple Stories again.

So here's this weeks share...

Have had a chance to play around with my camera a little this month with family being all together for part of the school holidays here in Adelaide. 

I love getting candid photos just as much as getting the perfect photo. 

This layout I have created this week showcases a few candid photos I took. 

I have kept this layout fairly simple because I wanted the photos to be able to tell the story. I also decided to just use a few of the colours of this kit for this layout. I find that by doing this it helps me to use up the kit and look at it from a different perspective. This layout I have teamed the navy blue, white and lime green with some plain kraft card stock. 

Once again I have played around with a little kraft paper bag to add some feature to this layout. By teaming it with the lime green and a white tag it has tied it all to the base layout but created a few layers for texture. 

I have also added some of my favourite Studio Calico cork shaped camera using 3D foam tape to mount them. 

Now.. I have also used some Studio Calico wood grain enamel dots for the first time. I have used a similar product a few years ago and I loved them them... I can say that I am a fan of these too. 

They are super easy to use and add that little extra without being too dimensional.

I love this kit too as some of the journal cards in the pack make perfect embellishments. I have tucked on behind this photo and then added my title to it using a mix of larger  and smaller alpha stickers. 

I then finished it off with a Studio Calico cork board arrow... 

Note to self... order more!!! 

They are so much fun to add to layout.

Have you capture some fun moments lately ??

Why not have a play with your camera and see what you get.

Till next weeks share.

TFL, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 29

Back this week to share with you something a little different I have created using the Under the Stars - Echo Park paper range.

So this week I have created a few cards to inspire you. I must say it was a little challenging to create them with a house full of kids as it was school holidays and the word "MUUUMMMM" seems to be a constant every time I sit down to create. So I managed to get these done to share with you.

I have to say that I did find it a little challenging to create these cards using this paper range. However I persisted and am quite happy with the bold results.

For the first card I have kept it simple. Mixing it up with a kraft die cut card and some of the matching Echo Park stickers. I have created a bit of dimension in this card by adhering my title  and the bunting using 3D foam. I have also added a bit of washi to add that little extra. 

For the second card I had this bold lime ribbon that I had got in a mixed embellishment pack from a Mad About Scrappin sale that matched perfectly with this range. I also added a plastic doily and some floral stickers using 3D foam from my stash to finish off this card.

Sometimes finding time to scrap may be a challenge.. however if you keep it simple you will find that you can get something done real quick.

Till next week.

TFL, M x