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Caz sharing some Brisbane pages

Hi scrappers,

Caz here with you today. In december I was lucky enough to egt the chance to go to Brisbane to see Bon Jovi and to make my Brissy trip twice as special I got to meet some very dear scrappy friends I had met via the internet. I am making a Brissbane/Jovi album so am going to share a couple of pages with you that I have not shared yet.

 

The large star is a pack of various sized star scraplets

 

I wanted this page to be very simple and the multitude of stars painted in silver with silver kindy glitz looks nice in real life.
 
Using the gorgeous scraplets border of cogs

 
The opposing page with more cog scraplets.

 

 

These are some of the lovely people I was blessed to meet. Using corner scraplets as fan like embellies.

 
 
And all the lovely kiddies using the Backyard BBQ scraplet. I wanted to keep this album simplistic but I think the scraplets have added a nice touch.

Thanks for stopping by

Happy scrapping

Caz

 

Back to Basics

Good Morning scrappers,

Today I thought I would show you a basic way to dress up your scraplets and co-ordinate your Layout.

I have chosen the  bold word 'Son' to cover in patterened paper, its easy.

All you need is some strong glue ,your paper of choice, scissors, pen and some sand paper.

Firstly trace your shape on the opposite side of your paper, cut and paste. To finish off just sand your edges to give a definate finish.

There we go, basic, but a great way to bring your scraplets and your page together.

Happy scrapping

Jo Caird

HOLIDAY IN TAHITI PROJECT by Monica Burns

 

Hi everyone!

Back again, this time to share my latest project: scrapbooking my son and his partner's holiday in Tahiti on the romantic island of Moorea staying in one of those beautiful  overwater bungalows..... exquisite photos and perfect a2zscraplets combined to take me on a wonderful creative and inspirational journey that was so very, very enjoyable! The panorama photos were just so appealing that I had to include them too on the layouts. Sit back and enjoy the viewing....

a2zscraplet title and Doodlet 14.

  

A2zscraplet title and bee and flower ....engraved shape

A2zscraplet Paradise theme set.

(Journalling space for them to fill in.)

Title: Sunkissed

Theme set: Endless Summer

Title: Beach Beauty and Flourish 64

Title : Life's a Beach

Title: Paradise

Title: Fun in the Sun

Lastly I've included this one of my nephew and his partner having a whale of a time at Sun City in South Africa.

Happy scrapping and I look forward to sharing my next project with you in July.

Monica Burns

xox

Creating in readiness

Creating individual embellishments can be time consuming. I sometimes set aside a day to sit and create embellishments so that I can have them on hand when putting together a quick card, page or otp at retreats or crops.

Today I am going to share with you a couple of the techniques I use on my chipboard and then I store these away for future use.

1. Napkins & Beads

I always pre-prime my chipboard unless I am using it raw.

Then add glue to the parts you want to add the napkin to. Press the napkin onto the chipboard.

I tear off the excess round the edges and neaten up with a knife if I have to. Then i have added another contrasting napkin to this project.

 

Next add dimensional magic glue to adhere your beads. Place the beads on and leave to dry.

 

Finally I have used dimensional paint for the body, and below is the final product...

2. Vintage butterfly using Tim Holtz distress embossing and inks.

This next butterfly is quick and easy.  Take some music paper. Add glue all over the chipboard and adhere your paper. I have torn the excess off as the paper was so old and brittle… you may need to use a knife for some of the fiddly parts.

After this I used my Tim Holtz tea dye ink to highlight and blend in the edges and higlight the butterflies wings.

Next I took my versamark inkpad and added it to the edges of the butterflies wings – then I poured Tim Holtz distressing embossing powder to this.

 
All embossed and now time to rub off the crystals….

The final step I used was to add a few squirts of Moonshadow glimmer spray to finish off the vintage feel to the butterfly.

i hope this has given you food for thought to pre-create - i love having so many options ready for me when i am creating... especially when time is a big issue these days.

have fun creating 

tracey