Triangles Galore by Leonie Neal-Dawson

Hello scrappy peeps,

Leonie with you today sharing this page full of triangles.

I generally like to layer square or rectangle pieces of patterned paper under my photo's

but the day I scrapped this page I was feeling tired of that and wanted to do something a little different.

Do you ever feel like your pages are looking all similar in design?

Need something to change things up a bit and re-ignite your creative spark?

Well some small triangle pieces in the Fancy Pants Golden Days Ephemera pack

lead to all the triangles on this page.

I cut five different sized triangles from several of the patterned papers in the Golden Days Collection. With 2 of each design in the 12x12 collection kit I had no qualms about cutting into papers because of that old scrapbooking dilemma of 'saving the favourite papers for that special page'. I'm sure we've all been there!

I added some cardboard and foam tape under some of the triangles to add more dimension to my page.

The Golden Days collection is based on a Fall/Autumn theme, the colours and patterns aren't too 'girly' and I like the organic textures like the woodgrain patterns and cork shapes. Great for boy pages like this one. You can see some of the puffy sticker leaf shapes above and the cork shapes below.

The Golden Days collection also has the cutest pack of leaf-shaped paperclips and I included one of these on my photo below.
See those little woodgrain triangles on the pic below they're the ones that inspired my triangle theme on this page.  Do you ever get inspired by one small embellishment and it influences the design of a whole page? Let us know in the comments.
Some faux stitched lines around some of the triangles and handwritten journalling completed my page.

There you have it, a quick easy page to whip up.
Perhaps during the upcoming long weekend?

Thanks for stopping by today,
happy crafting,

Leonie Neal-Dawson. 

Hello Gorgeous Cards with Cork by Tania

Hi everyone! Today I've made a cute set of cards with the Heidi Swapp HELLO GORGEOUS papers. These have been such a pleasure to work with, so versatile!!! For something a little different, I thought I would incorporate these cute Cork pieces from Teresa Collins' Life Emporium range. (There are over 20 pieces in the pack!)

I'm being very frugal with these papers and using every last morsel! The black floral strip is the cut off strip from one of the papers. I made it stretch to all 3 cards, even made a tab out of it with my tab punch.

On this card, I used a yellow Gelato crayon & a water brush to add some colour to the flowers. I've backed the cork embellishment with some of the patterned paper scraps to highlight it!

My sentiments all came from a cute Alphabet Sticker pack from Prima. The ribbon you see is cut from those lovely Kaisercraft Ribbon Roses, which I am getting very good mileage out of!!

To finish off the cards, I added a few gold sequins!!! Hope you like them and I have inspired you to make some cards today!!! Happy Crafting!!!

Tania

Teresa Collins, Life Emporium Mini Album by Tania

Hi everyone,

It's my turn here today, lucky last post for the month!!! Hope you all had a lovely Easter!

I had so many pages left in my Teresa Collins Life Emporium paper pack, that I decided to make a cute little mini album and scrap a day spent with my parents while they visited over the Christmas & New Year break. 

I surfed my Pinterest boards for a little tutorial and came up with this one from Paper Vine!

You start with 8 pieces of patterned paper, each cut to 4" x 8".

Next, you fold all the pieces in half, with the side of the paper you want to show, on the inside, then glue the pieces together, back to back to create the pages! (Make sure your folds are always aligned.)

When all pieces are dry, round the corners with a corner rounder punch!

Cut another piece of paper to 8.5" x 4" for the cover, & round the outside corners.

Make two score lines, at 4" & 4.25", to create the spine for your book!

Glue your cover to the front of book 1st, then glue the back, do not glue the spine!

That's pretty much it!!! You now have a mini book ready to decorate, and you will find the quality of these Teresa Collins papers is beautiful, and when doubled up, they make very sturdy pages.

I used the Life Emporium Decorative Stickers, label stickers, cork/wood dots and the cork pieces to decorate my album! Here's a few of the inside pages!

I hope I've inspired you to create your own little mini album. So quick and easy, and when you have a few pics you want to scrap, for a special occasion, it's a great little keepsake! Using a kit or a paper pack means you will have all of your papers and pages coordinated for a cohesive look!

Till next time, Tania :)