'Stash Buster'

Happy Wednesday everyone!

It's Amy here popping in with a 'stash busting' blog share today.

I think its fair to say that - as papercrafters - we tend to collect a lot of goodies that we love!

So this post is focusing on using scraps of paper and combining them with embellishments.

The beauty here is that I have combined several ranges from the Scrapping Clearly store. 

I managed to create a variety of embellishments ready to be added to any of my scrap projects.

Some of these vary from tags to note cards to decorative pieces to place next a photo.

I put together a range of masculine and feminine goodies - that way I could have a good variety in my stash ready to go.

I used the following fabulous products from the Scrapping Clearly store - Fancy Pants Designs 'Joy Parade' paper and embellishment collection; Simple Stories - 'Carpe Diem' papers; and Pink Fresh Studio 'Escape the Ordinary' range.

For the bits and pieces I used - Heidi Swapp enamel shapes and tags; Studio Calico Washi Tape - Seven Paper; Me and My Big Ideas puffy stickers 'The Happy Planner'; My Mind's Eye 'Good Vibes' enamel dots; Pink Paislee gold puffy stickers; Mambi Sticks - puffy stickers; Bella Blvd 'Zebra' buttons; Um Wow Studio layered stars painted with Dina Wakley 'Sterling' paint 

The twine is from my stash and I have placed some gorgeous Charms Creations handmade goodies over some of the layers,

It was great making these goodies - and now they are ready to go.

Here are some close ups.

Thank you for popping by,

Amy

Bright Little Gift Cards

Hi there Scrapping Clearly fans! I hope you are keeping warm and getting plenty of craft time. 

I have here some bright gift cards to share with you.

I trimmed down heavy white cardstock to size 8.5 cm x 8.5 cm (to fit my envelopes). 

Then I used...

• Dina Wakley paints (in Ruby, Magenta, Tangarine and Lemon) for both the background and stencilled shapes 

• Dylusions Dyalog stencil - 'Stencil It' and 'Border It'. These are new in the store - OMG! Fabulous to use!

• White and black pens from my stash. However, the store has Posca paint pens that are ideal.

For embellishment, I used Mambi Stickers, Fancy Pants Designs Puffy Stickers, and some handmade embellishments from Charms Creations. 

Finally, for the sentiments, I used both Tim Holtz Idealogy Collection Small Talk and Mambi Stickers.

It was a lot of fun creating these small but bright card. My highlight was using the new Dylusions Dyalog stencils. 

Have a look at these close ups!

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope it left you feeling inspired to do some more crafting.

Ciao for now,

Amy

Love Life Scrapbook Page - With Karyn Schultz!

Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies,

It's Karyn here, 

Today I'm sharing a scrapbook page with you :)

Have you seen all of the fabulous new papers available in the Scrapping Clearly Store? I've fallen in love with all of the Ella and Viv papers and the Paper Arts papers. They are quite different from the papers I'm usually attracted to because they have a mixed media look. Check them out - I'm sure you will find some (or all lol) in your shopping basket just like I did!!

For this page, I used the Ella and Viv Graffiti red white and blue paper.

I started by sticking torn strips of book paper (an old dictionary actually) and muslin, in sections to my page using gel medium. Then I added some stencilling, corn cob 6x6 with white gesso and Dylusions old school numbers stencil and black DWM paint.

Next I added some stamping using Carabelle Studio Scribbles in my journal stamp set and various coloured ink pads. 

     

I added some chipboard painted with black gesso and paper flowers, along with Mambi chipboard stickers and Tim Holtz Ideaology small talk word stickers. 

Lastly, I added some splatters of blue, red, and black paint from Prima Watercolor confections - the classics. 

Here are some close-ups.

I love how I could build extra layers on the paper yet it still felt cohesive. 

How cool are these Mambi chipboard stickers - my new favs! 

I love the depth of colour and vibrancy that shows in the splatters of blue, red and black paint from Prima Watercolor confections - the Classics. 

Remember our combined challenge for April, how's your entry going?

Upload it here when you're finished to be in for a chance of $30 to spend in the shop, maybe get some of those amazing new papers!

Thanks so much for stopping by 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Planning for August in my Happy Planner - With Karyn Schultz!

Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!!! 

It's Karyn here and today I have my "August Planning" to share with you, made using the fabulous MAMBI Happy Planner, Classic, The Best is Yet to Come and MAMBI sticker value pack - watercolor available in the  Scrapping Clearly Store.
I start by collecting the supplies I intend to use (remember to limit what you have on your desk to reduce decision making time lol). In this photo I have laid out all of the yummies in my Planning DT kit. But in the end I further limited myself to only the sticker pack and paper clips.

I organise and resize my photos in MS Word then print out on an A4 sheet of paper using an EPSON XP-600 and Ilford photo paper. Each photo used on the weekly spread is 3.7cm wide x 6cm tall, and in the monthly spread 3.7cm wide x 3.2cm tall. 

After positioning my photos on the page I started to look through the sticker pack. This pack is amazing, there are 30 sheets of planner goodness here. If you love planning then I would definitely recommend these sticker packs. The stickers are lovely and thin so dont bulk up your planner like patterned paper does. And the stickers are easy to write on! 

The first pages for each month include a section to record monthly goals, important dates, and a "currently' list - I love these prompts!!

Here is the LHS page of the calendar for the month. I've added a quote from the sticker pack and some hearts along the left edge.

Here is my the LHS of my weekly spread for 31 July - 6 August. This week included a number of vet visits for our pets (just annual checkups) and me teaching at a local All Day Scrap!!

I've mainly used stickers from the sticker pack along with some paper clips and binder clips. 

Here is my the RHS of my weekly spread for 31 July - 6 August.

I love the selection of stickers and the ability to mix and match elements. 

Here is my the LHS of my weekly spread for 7 - 13 August. This week included a transition day for Jessica at her new school, and the first of Rachael's birthday parties!

There are a number of sheets of clear background stickers - how cool is this font and quote! 

Here is my the RHS of my weekly spread for 7 - 13 August. 

Aww, how sweet!! 

Scrapping Clearly products I've used include 

MAMBI Happy Planner, Classic, The Best is Yet to Come  
MAMBI sticker value pack - watercolor 
American Crafts gold bowtie paperclips 
American Crafts fancy binder clips 

Thanks so much for stopping by
Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn