Creative Inspiration - Pocket letter fun

Well... the weekend just flew by.. this time of the year is absolutely crazy and no matter how much I say that I will stay on top of things things it just doesn't seem to happen. 

Anyways... I have been playing with some more of the Summer Vibes paper range by Simple Stories.

I have had to wait a little bit longer than I had hoped to be able to share as I had created this pocket letter using some of the paper for a swap. The pocket letter has arrived safe and sound at it's destination in New Zealand so I am able to share now.

The pocket letter was for a summer themed swap. I was at a bit of a loss as to how to take this theme at first. Then the kit arrived and I knew that it was perfect for this. I was going to do my usual and decorate each little pocket however I had this idea of creating a picture divided into each of the pockets. I also know that I wanted to create a sun to signify summer. So with that in mind I cut five of one pattern (hello paper) and and four of the matching paper (aqua floral). 

The fun part came when I created the sun rays. To make it easier I used some re positional tape and adhered the pocket page to my mat leaving 2mm spacing to allow for cutting. I then layered the mellow yellow card stock rays and some matching washi till I was happy. I added the centre of the sun last to cover where the sun rays overlapped in the bottom left. To add a bit of sparkle I glitzed it up with some gold sequins from my stash.

To continue with the summer theme I added a title using some medium sized alpha stickers and some old beach themed stickers mounted on 3D foam to add some depth to the pocket letter. Super fun and easy to do too. I added all the goodies to go with the pocket letter into little bags and put them on the back of the pocket letter so that they didn't take away from the sun I had created. 

Lastly I have also managed to create a quick belated birthday card.  

Once again I have had a male birthday card to create. I always seem to put these off as I always seem to struggle pulling it all together to give them a masculine feel. I have used some kraft card stock as the base for the card. I have then matted some of the camera patterned paper from the Summer Vibes paper range onto some black card stock. 

Then it was simply a case of adding some embellishments to finish it all off. I have added a mini silver dot paper bag as the base for embellishments and then layered a mix of washi tape, die cut arrow border and a hash tag die cut which I then finished off with some garden twine. I then added my greeting and the card was all done.

Well... hope that everyone has a super week.

Better get back to sorting out some more goodies to share.

TFL, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 27 2015

Hello everyone.

Yes.. I know that my posts on the blog have been a little quiet over the past few weeks. 

Unfortunately life has gotten in the way of my craft time and really just haven't had a chance to scrap at all. Quite sad really as I did miss scrapping.

Anyways... I did manage to get some scrapping done yesterday.. I was suppose to be studying and getting my last gap assignment done but took time out to get a pocket letter done that I owe and then I kinda ended up making three! 

Now... I have been playing with the scraps from a kit set to me by Leanne at Mad About Scrappin. It has this super yummy and cute paper range Tangerine Adventures MME Jubilee.

I promise this week to show you the layouts that have been created to go with this kit which comes with FULL instructions on how to create the layouts!!!

So here's two of the pocket letters that I created with this paper range.

 For both of the pocket letters I have used the paper range as the base for each pocket. Then it was a case of finding pits and pieces to add a bit of pop to each pocket. I have used a mix of bits and pieces from my stash along with some added goodies from several Mad About Scrappin sales. 

I find that the mini paper bags from Mad About Scrappin provide super quick and easy pockets for the design. I am then able to hide little goodies in them. My favourite would be the kraft paper bags with the coloured letters. 

The other thing I have found with pocket letters is that they are a great way to use up the scraps of a kit. The paper is cut to 2.5' x 3.5' in size so finding scraps to fit is easy. Especially when you mix up the pocket colours from a matching range.

Well better get back to study so that I can play catch up on scrapping next week.

Till then.

Happy Scrappin, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 24 2015

Oh My Goodness!!! It has been freezing here in Adelaide, South Australia this past week.

Perfect weather though to be scrapping away with some more of the Wild Berry paper range by MME I have been playing with for Mad About Scrappin.

This week I firstly created a few cards from bits and pieces from the product range. 

We have had a few birthday here over the past week so I have been busily creating cards.

Here's the cards I have had fun creating.

Both cards were super easy and quick to make. 

I kept them simple as things have been a little crazy here. 

The first card was for my Auntie's birthday. I stuck with the black and white colours from the paper range on a black card base. I then teamed it up with a silver doily and a large satin ribbon. I then played around with a digital image I have printed onto some canson paper. I then coloured in with some mepxy markers and added some clear dew drops to the centres of some of the flowers. I adhered it to the card using some 3D foam tape to add dimension

The second card was for my daughters friends 8th birthday. I loved the heart pattern from this range. I then played around with this teaming it up with white card stock and a white doily on a recycled card base. I then added a big white satin bow. Once again  I then played around with a digital image I have printed onto some canson paper I hand coloured with my mepxy markers to match the colours of the hearts on the pattern paper. To finish her off I have added a bit of sparkle with some iridescent glitter to her wings. 

 The cards were then finished off with some medium sized alpha stickers to add the greetings I wanted.

Lastly I had fun creating another pocket letter using some of the MME paper range. 

Super fun and bright. Focused on the floral theme of the paper range and teamed it up with the hot pink dots. I managed to find a few washi tapes that worked perfectly with this paper range to finish it off nicely. Cant wait to get it into the post to my pocket pal.

Well off to get some more scrap work done.

Till next week.

TFL, M x

Creative Inspiration - Week 9 2015

Hello all.

Back this week to show you the last layout I have created using the last bits of this kit sent to me by Leanne at Mad About Scrappin.

So here's the layout I created ...

I had fun with this layout mixing up the patterns a bit. I have tied it all together by using a piece of kraft card stock as my base. I stamped the base of the kraft card stock using a graph clear stamp randomly using my hand as the block for it. 

I have layered it up a little for this layout using a mix of the patterns from the pack, a paper doily and some graph project life journal cards. 

I then finished it off with a washi tape boarder to finish it all off. 

I have mixed up the title a bit using a some of the matching alphas stickers from the set and word I have printed onto card stock which I have hand cut. I have then added a coat of dimensional magic to add some gloss and dimension.

I mixed up the embellishments a little with a mix of word stickers from the kit, a digital image I have printed onto white card stock, a kraft journal spot and some chalk board pennant flags I purchased at a Mad About Scrappin sale. 

Lastly just to show you that I do use up all my scraps...

 I created a pocket page (trading card size) for a pen pal over in America.

I love these pocket pages and such a great way to use up all the teenie little pieces I just cant part with.

Well.. till next week.

Have a creative weekend.

TFL, M x