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Scrapbook Layout using my favourite colour
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is: Favourite Colour The theme for this month has been decided by the talented Delys Cram. When I saw that this month's theme was I knew straight away what my scrapbook layout using my favourite colour would be. Some of you may know that I like pinks and purples as they are used in my branding but my absolute favourite colour is Melon Mambo. I even have this colour polo tops for my craft stalls, classes and of course On Stage...
A Simple card for any Occasion
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop This month's Theme is Occasions For my project this month I wanted to make a simple card for any occasion. I decided to use the card that I made for my Saturday Scrapbook Challenge. Each month I share a scrapbook layout and the following week I share my scrapbook layout. The following week's I share a simple card for any occasion and then a stepped up card with ribbon, embellishments, die cuts etc. July's Scrapbook Layout which I used for my...
How to make a Summer Picture
Welcome to this month's Tech4Stamper Blog Hop This month's theme is Summer Fun I am please to be able to show you how to make a Summer picture. I saw a very similar project on one of the Facebook Groups I am part of. Unfortunately the photo was not watermarked so I cannot give credit to the person who thought of this wonderful idea. I started by cutting a piece of Basic White card stock to fit the frame. Next I cut another piece of Basic White card stock for the image. How to make the...
Scrapbook Layout – Queen Elizabeth II Jubilees
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is: The theme for this month has been decided by the talented Julia Quinn When I saw this month's Scrapbook Layout theme of Numbers I immediately thought of Queen Elizabeth II Jubilees. In the UK we have been celebrating our Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee. This will be the fourth jubilee I have been able to celebrate and we will probably never see a diamond and platinum jubilee again. Finished Scrapbook Layout - Queen...
Scrapbook Layout using Maps
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is: The theme for this month has been decided by the talented Sharon Dalton. When I saw this month's scrapbook layout theme was maps I had a choice of making a scrapbook layout either using a road map, Ordinance Survey map or a venue map. As I am trying to make a scrapbook album of things I have done with my granddaughter I decided to use a venue map. We are luck that we have a small zoo that is also a conservation charity just...
Simple Stamping Birthday card
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop This Month's Theme is Birthdays For my project this month I wanted to use the Oceanfront stamp set to make a simple stamping birthday card which I could make in a short time. I started by scoring a sheet of A4 Basic White card stock in half along the short edge. Next I cut the card stock at 14.85cm along the long edge and made 2 card bases. One I put away for another day. How to make the Simple Stamping Birthday Card. Next I cut four 9cm x...
Scrapbook Layout using Vellum Butterflies
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is: The theme this month has been chosen by When I saw the them for this month I did have to google different ways to use vellum. As my logo contains a butterfly I decided that I would make a scrapbook layout using vellum butterflies. I was very unsure how the velum butterflies would work out but still gave it a go. How to make the vellum butterflies for the Scrapbook Layout First I decided to use Vellum A4 card stock and the...
Card using Paper Piecing Technique
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop The theme this month is to CASE one of our Stamptastic Friends For this blog Hop I decided to CASE a card that my good friend Heather Thomas made using the Paper Piecing Technique. Heather is a fellow demo who loves colouring in and what better way to relax than to stamp and image and colour it in. You may be wondering what CASE actually means. Well it is when you Copy and Share Everything from a project or card. Here is Heather's card using...
Using Blending Brushes for flowers
Welcome to the Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop The theme this month is 'What is your favourite Stampin' Up! Tool There are lots of useful tools from Stampin' Up! but my favourite has to be the blending brushes and using them to colour in flowers. In my blog a few days ago I used them to make a scrapbook layout using only 3 colours well this time I had all 52 colours to choose from. I saw this idea on Ginny's facebook page and just loved how real the pansies looked. I cant wait to see what Ginny...
Scrapbook layout – Colour Challenge
Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop The theme this month is: The theme for this month's scrapbook layout has been decided by Mai Chapelain. I love doing Colour Challenges as I often do not think that the colours chosen will actually look good together. How wrong I am? I was pleased to be proved wrong with this Colour Challenge for my scrapbook layout. When my daughter got engaged a couple of years ago her first words were 'Mum, I will not be asking you to make my wedding stationery'....
