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Scrapbook layout using a sketch For my blog today I decided to make my scrapbook layout using a sketch. Sometimes I struggle with how I want a scrapbook page to look. By using a sketch it makes it a lot easier to do produce a scrapbook layout.. I needed some closure on my car accident just before Christmas 2019 and what better way than to scrapbook it. I had a rough idea as to what dies I wanted to use and this sketch gave me the ideal layout. First I decided to use the Garage Gears Dies as my...
Kre8tors August 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Kre8tors Blog Hop The Theme this month is Anniversary August is always a very busy month for me card wise as most of the family's birthdays and anniversaries are this month so this could not be a better month to make an anniversary card. With Anniversaries in mind I decided to choose the Have a Hoot stamp set and matching dies from the August - December mini catalogue. I love how you can do various themes with this bundle apart from obviously Christmas and Halloween....
Stamptastic Friends July 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends blog hop This month's theme is 2020-2020 In Colors This is an exciting time in the Stampin' Up! year as in June SU release their NEW Annual Catalogue. Not only do we get a chance to see the new products but we also get to find out the 5 In Colors for that year. The NEW In Colors this year are: Magenta Madness, Misty Moonlight, Just Jade, Bumblebee and Cinnamon Cider. These 5 colours will be available until the end of May 2022. I decided I wanted to...
Kre8tors July 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Kre8tors Blog Hop The Theme this month is a Tropical Nights Colour Challenge using the photo below I decided to make a set of cards using the stamp set Whale Done and to produce 3 cards for a Beginner Stamper, a Casual Stamper and an Avid Stamper. First I found some 13.5cm square cards and envelopes, then I cut 3 13cm squares of Rococco Rose card stock to make a may layer. Next I cut 3 12cm squares of Whisper White card stock to stamp onto. Beginner Stamper Card I...
Stamp ‘N Hop July 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Stamp 'N Hop This Month's Theme is 'In Colors' This is an exciting time of year when Stampin' Up! release their 5 new In Colors. The In Colors for 2020-2020 are Magenta Madness, Cinnamon Cider, Misty Moonlight, Just Jade and Bumblebee. For my cards I chose to use Bumblebee, Misty Moonlight and Magenta Madness card stock for my card bases. I then cut Whisper White mat layer for each card base and a mat layer using the Flowers for Every Season Designer Series Paper. I cut...
Stamptastic Friends June 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop The theme for this month is #simplestamping Simple stamping is where you have a stamp set, ink pad and some card stock. So for this blog I chose the Forever Fern stamp set, the NEW In Color Just Jade, both ink pad and card stock, and Whisper White card stock. First I made a 10cm x 10cm card base using the Whisper White card stock. Then I cut a 9.5cm x 9.5cm mat layer using Just Jade card stock. Next I cut a piece of Whisper White card stock...
Stampin Dreams June 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Stampin Dreams Blog Hop The theme this month is favourite Designer Series Paper This month I had no questions over what DSP I was going to use. I received my order last week and as soon as I saw the Whale of Time DSP I just wanted to use four of the papers to make a 12x12 layout. So that is just what I did. I used the four scenery papers and slightly cut them down to fit onto a sheet of 12x12 Night of Navy card stock so there was boarder around each piece. These I then...
Scrapbooking Global June 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Scrapbooking Global blog hop As you can see the theme for this month is Brand New and what better topic to fit in with the release of the NEW 2020 - 2021 Annual Catalogue. For my layout this month I fell in love with the Zany Zebras stamp set and whilst sorting through some photos to scrap with I found one of my children with models of Zebras. I wanted a leafy effect to my layout so I chose to use the lovely Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper. I used one for the...
Kre8tors June 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Blog Hop This month's theme is Masculine Following on from my Kre8tors Vlog last week I am continuing the theme by using the same designer series paper from Flowers for Every Season DSP to make my Father's Day cards. I decided to use a technique that Bruno Bertucci introduced and is a great way to make scraps of designer series paper go further by cutting them into strips. I decided to stick the scraps onto a Basic Black card layer before sticking onto a Whisper White...
Colour Combo June 2020 Blog Hop
Welcome to this month's Colour Combo June Blog Hop The three colours we have been given this month are Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo and Soft Sea Foam. I decided to use the NEW Jar of Flowers stamp set to make two cards for this blog hop. I used Gray Granite ink pad to stamp two sets of flowers onto Whisper White card stock and stamped the jar using Soft Sea Foam ink pad. To colour in the flowers I used a mix of blends and ink from the matching ink pads. Next I punched out the jar using...
