Getting a bit summery with Mad About Scrappin

Feeling very bright and summery at the moment with all the sunshine and warm weather here in Adelaide at the moment.

 

Mind you I must say it has been a welcome relief from all the warm weather to be able to hide away in my scrap room and play.

 

Once again I have been lucky to be able to put together another kit for you to play with  on behalf of Mad About Scrappin.

 

And YES.. once again it was hard to choose what to put in the kit. However going with the summery feel I chose some bright paper by My Mind's Eye to play with.

 

Now I am not really much of an orange and yellow person but these papers were crying out to be played with. Plus the fact I love to be able to challenge myself too to create something just that little bit different too.

 

So here's the kit I have created for you and was released at the Mad About Scrappin Flog It Friday Sale.

And these are the layouts and card that I created using the goodies from the kit.

 

 

 

Remember that you get the FULL instructions to be able to create the layouts yourself.

 

The kits are available exclusively to Mad About Scrappin.

 

Head over to the Mad About Scrappin to see what other goodies are in store.

 

Happy Scrapping, M x

 

New Adventures with Mad About Scrappin

Wow... what a busy start to the year it has been here.

 

My scrap room is finally all settled and sorted. Now you know what that means... plenty of space now to scrap to my hearts content!

 

To top off a sorted scrap room I have been lucky to be able to put together a couple of kits for Mad About Scrappin.

Now.. it was extremely hard to choose exactly what I wanted to play with because there is so many goodies in the store I just HAD to have...lol.

 

So.. here's one of the kits I have put together for you this month...

Full of yummy My Mind's Eye paper AND I have created some fun flowers for you.

 

The kit comes with FULL instructions for you to be able to create these layouts and card for yourself.

 

YES... I even give you the instructions on how to create these super easy and fun flowers too !!!!

 

Here's the layouts and card you could make yourself.

 

 

But you had better be quick because there is limited kits left.

 

Get scrapping and head over to the Mad About Scrapping shop.

 

TFL, M x

Making a mess but having fun

Hello Everyone.

 

Michelle here from Adelaide, South Australia.

 

I am super excited to have been invited back to play along with you all at Mad about Scrappin.

 

I have been having a bit of fun this month so far mixing it up with this months challenge.

I think when I see the word challenge my eyes light up and my brain seems to tick over.

so for this month's challenge I got to work creating a layout of my eldest daughter.

 

Now.. I have just recently moved house and am slowly getting rid of piles of packaging and cardboard from new furniture I have bought. Bearing that in mind I have some of the packaging to be of use for future scrap booking projects... that is much to my children's disgust. "More cardboard packaging to find a storage place for!" they said. lol

 

So for my technique as part of this month challenge I have recycled some of the cardboard packaging as my base for my layout. To the base I wanted to add some texture and have managed to do this using a few layers of paper napkins adhered directly to the cardboard base with a glue wash. The key is to use a paint brush to apply the glue wash, be gentle and not worry about wrinkles as they really do add to the effect!  Plus the best bit is that because the recycled card was quite thick it was able to work well with the glue wash and napkins without warping when it dried.

 

After the base had dried I then applied a wash of watered down paint and then got busy with multiple colours of glimmer mist to suit the paper I had chosen to use. The glimmer mist helped to highlight the scrunched napkins. Plus the glimmer mists also gives the base of the layout a slight shimmer when the light hits it.

 

The last technique I have used is hand cutting. I actually find hand cutting quite relaxing..

Nuts I know!

Because I was in the recycling mood AND because I just couldn't find the right flourish that I light I decided to mix up a few of my wooden flourishes and trace off the bits I liked onto recycled card till I had a flourish I was happy with. I then used my craft knife to remove the excess card stock and then coloured it with glimmer mist till I was happy with the colour.

 Super easy and at least I got the exact flourish I wanted.

 

 

Super happy with the end result. I got to recycled some of my packaging AND got to get messy creating in the process.

 

 

Why not play around with the challenge this month and see what you can create.

 

TFL, M x

 

 

Challenging myself

Hello again.

 

I am back to share with you a layout using some goodies I was lucky enough to be able to play with on behalf of Helmar and 7 Dots Studio.

 

Now... to share a little secret with you all about me.. very rarely do I use a full sheet of patterned paper as a background for my layouts.. Yes.. I am a little frugal when it comes to patterned paper. I find it very difficult to use a whole sheet of patterned paper for a background.

 

However just for something a little different AND because I have realised after just having moved house recently just how much paper I ACTUALLY have, I thought I would challenge myself a little.

 

So with that in mind I set to work using the "Hopefully" paper range by 7 Dots Studio. The hardest part I had on starting was actually deciding which side of the paper to use !

 

Using my Helmar Adhesive Tape Runner to adhere the larger pieces together certainly made my job just that little bit easier. Plus the fact that it was held in place nicely for me to be able to add a hand stitched border without the worry that the page would fall apart as I was stitching.

The rest of the layout came together easy with the help of some Helmar 450 and Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots. Both products are a match made in heaven for the fiddly bit you want to add to your layout such as twine and small strips of paper.

 

Must say that it was super easy to create dimension on the flags with a little help from Helmar 450 and a paint brush... I folded the centre of the flag over the fatter part of a paint brush to curve it. added a dab of Helmar 450 to the ends only of the flag and secured them to the page where I wanted them. Once I could see that the flag had been secured I removed the paint brush. The end result is that the flag looks like it is flapping in the breeze.

 

The only issue I had when creating this layout was that I had run out of dimensional magic to put on my title. Well... I solved that problem quickly by adding a thin layer of Helmar Gemstone Adhesive to my title with a paint brush. It dries clear and has left the title with a nice glossy accent. Super easy and a great alternate use for such a great product.

 

Products Used:

Helmar 450 Quick Dry

Helmar Adhesive Tape Runner

Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

Helmar Gemstone Adhesive

7 Dots Studio - Hopefully -  Paper Range

7 Dots Studio - Hopefully - Sticker Range

 

Why not challenge yourself today to play around with products you wouldn't normally use.

 

Happy Scrapping,

 

M x

Bright and Summery Fun

Hello all.

While I was busily cleaning up my scrap booking supplies I had found some of this digital paper left over from a layout class I taught a while ago. Now I loved this paper and still do.
It has such a bright and bubbly feel to it.

So with that in mind and a cute photo I found of my daughter, Kiah, at the beach from Easter I hadn't played with yet and I got creative. With  little help from some punches, wooden flower templates, mixed stamps and some of my favourite Helmar products my job was made super easy.

Now because I really didn't have a huge amount of the paper left  after I had created the layout I decided to stock up my card stash with a few cards that could be used for any occasion.

So with a few wooden flowers used as templates I created these bright and summery feeling cards. By using a bit of Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots it was easy to create a bit of dimension to the cluster of flowers.

This one I used up left over bits to make strips that I adhered to a scrap of white card stock using some Helmar Acid Free Glue before stamping on it randomly to create the base. Super easy way to use up all your scraps.

Have you cleaned out your stash lately ?

Amazing all the bits and pieces you find when you do.

Products Used:

Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

Helmar Acid Free Glue

Helmar Tape Runner

Helmar Gemstone Glue

Helmar 450 Quick Dry

TFL, M x

In ABSOLUTE heaven !

This week Helmar and Darkroom Door have teamed up.

 

Now.. what I can say about this is... OMG I have been hiding under a rock lately that's for sure !!!

 

Why oh why have I not discovered Darkroom Door products before !?!

 

I was in absolute heaven when my Helmar Design Team goodies arrived with some super yummy rubber stamps and word strips in it. Now I am in love with their products so much that I know that my stamp collection is just going to go through the roof soon!

 

Now as some of you may know I absolutely LOVE butterflies...

 

and guess what arrived in my pack...

Yes.. these super yummy stamps!!!!

 

Was absolutely beside myself that I had to play with the straight away.

 

Now once I had created my base for my layout using some texture paste, paint and then glimmer mist I sealed the base of the layout using some Helmar Crystal Kote Fixative before I rubbed the base with  some ink to help the brick pattern shine through the base. once this was done I sealed the whole base with some Helmar Crystal Kote Matte Varnish. It too any unnecessary shine out and seal everything nicely.

Once the paper doily and paper had been adhered to the base I had created, using my Helmar Tape Runner and Helmar Acid Free Glue, I set to work embellishing the layout.

Now that is where my new Darkroom Door stamps came into play. Super easy to use and just perfect for what I had in mind for this layout. Using a few scraps of patterned paper I was able to stamp some butterflies and then cut them out by hand. The best bit about the butterflies though are that they are so life like looking. I think they almost look like they are flying on my page. To give the butterflies that little bit of dimensions and also to help adhere them to the different layers surface I had already created with the twine and chipboard swirl I used Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots. It meant the the butterflies could be adhered without any worries about an uneven surface.

 

To finish off the layout I really didn't want to do any huge amount of journalling. Now the perfect thing I found to use was the word strips by Darkroom Door. I was able to chose the words to suit what I wanted to say. I cut them out and inked each word. They were then scattered throughout the the twine and chipboard and adhered there using some Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots to give them some dimension. Super easy but every effective I think.

And here's the layout in full.

 

I had so much fun playing around with both my Helmar and Darkroom Door products.

 

Don't forget to check out the rest of the amazing creations the rest of the Helmar Design Team have created using these too products.

 

Products Used -

Darkroom Door Rubber Stamps - Wings DDRS091

Darkroom Door Word Strips - Kimono DDWS023

Helmar 450 Quick Dry

Helmar Crystal Kote Fixative

Helmar Crystal Kote Matt Varnish

Helmar Adhesive Tape Runner

Helmar Acid Free Glue

Helmar Gemstone Glue

Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

 

TFL, M x

Just because.. Spider fun

Hello all.

Once again I have been busy on the card making front. This past month and upcoming month bring lots of birthdays. However.. every now and again I like to be able to create a card to send to someone special just because. We all live very busy lives and sometimes we don't tell those that mean a lot to us that we are thinking of them.

Over the past few months I have been very lucky to get to know a very special boy. I had found some goodies while at the shops the other day with him in mind. Now.. I didn't want to send the goodies without popping a little card just to let him know I was thinking about him.

So with all this in mind I got creative with some goodies from The Robin's Nest.

Now the Hot Flame paper range was perfect to create a card with a masculine theme.

Products Used -

Black Cardstock

Chili Flame Border

Damask Black and White

Mens Dew Drops

Garden Twine

Metal Spider Web Embellishment

Why not get creative and send a card to someone just to let them know that you are thinking of them.

TFL, Mx