Tis the Season by Tracey B

 Hi everyone

Although my go to base is white card stock I couldn't go past this sweet Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss Bloom  for this layout based on this month's mood board.

Love the addition of aqua to the traditional Christmas colours.

I added some impasto paste through a circle-ish large floral stencil and when dry drew around the shapes with a couple of stabilo pencils and then added water with my water brush.   I added a bit more colour with Prima water color Confections.

I matted my photo with WRMK patterned paper Crush (Best Friends & Twittered pated)

I used the elastic from a Jane Davenport charm set (couldn't find the charm!).   Initially I braided it but didn't like it so unpulled it and stapled it on in a rough circle using my longarm stapler.

I added some Heidi Swapp chipboard and some Kaisercraft Pocket stickers.

Hop you enjoy this moodsketch and get lots of time to play.

cheers

Tracey

Yay!

Hi everyone

This post is a little late but I was too busy last weekend in Gundagai being amazed by the super talented Birgit Koopsen and finally used my Gelli plate that I've had for about 3 years!   Stay tuned for some LOs featuring some Gelli printing. 

It did get me thinking though about all the old stuff in our stash.  
I'm going to make a determined effort to use some of it up, combining old with new.
Here' the start...  

For this LO I broke out some really old Rub-ons (I'm sure everyone has a stash somewhere).   It didn't matter to me that they were old and weren't going to come off cleanly.   I was after a grungy look and they just added another layer to my background.

I've used some Heidi Swapp Pineapple Crush paper (Good Vibes & Aloha), Some Colour Blast Paste (Stormy Weather) and a mousse through a couple of different stencils  and some Distress Ink (Tattered Rose) and some Distress Oxide (Picked Raspberry).  

I've sewn on some old Heidi Swapp acetate letters (similar to these Ghost letters) for my title for a bit of added interest and then finished off with some Heidi Swapp Chipboard Stickers, Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss puffy stickers, a flair from Fancy Pants and a couple of bradz from Simple Stories.

Hope you're getting plenty of crafting time (and staying warm!)

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Where to next? - by Chloe

Hello there scrappers!  How are you liking our fabulous September challenges?  I loved the colours of the mood board this month ...

I love pinks and yellows together - and adding green just seems perfect for Spring :)

I'm still scrapping photos from our trip to the Zoo last year! LOL 
I love this candid moment of map checking ... we had to make sure we saw everything!

I have used a mix of a couple of ranges for this page:  Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss and My Mind's Eye On Trend 2. 

The flowers from the board inspired me ... what element inspires you? Hope you can play along!

Products used:
My Mind’s Eye – On Trend 2 Collection – Journal Cards
Sequins - Studio Calico – Green
Designer Desktop Essentials Clothespins – Beautiful

Lovely - with Chloe

Hello scrappy friends!  I'm here to share my last project for the month ... and guess what - I used the sketch again!  I shuffled paper for ages until I decided to use the sketch again - my page fell into place so easily!

Lovely -

I have used the Citrus Bliss range again ...

I cut my title from one of the Citrus Bliss – Instagram Cards 4 x 4 - perfect!

Products used:
American Crafts Gold Arrows – Paper Clips
Citrus Bliss – Instagram Cards 4 x 4
Citrus Bliss – Foam Glitter Stickers
Sequins - Studio Calico – Green
Designer Desktop Essentials Clothespins – Beautiful

August sketch - by Chloe

Hello scrappers!  Who needs some sketch inspiration today? 

I simplified the sketch quite a bit, only used one photo, and added a cluster to suit my style.  Instead of the splattering, I used patterned paper as my background.

You'll see I kept the main elements the same, the strip up the top of the page and down the bottom ...

And I moved the title to the place of the 2nd photo ...

I hope you'll play along with our challenges this month!  It's a fun sketch to use!

Products used:
Citrus Bliss – Foam Glitter Stickers
Citrus Bliss – Instagram Cards 4 x 4
Citrus Bliss 12 x 12 – Sour
Citrus Bliss 12 x 12 – Squeeze
Sequins - Studio Calico – Green

An Acrylic Album - With Karyn!

Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!

It's Karyn here today with a different kind of crafty project to share with you. It is an Acrylic album! This is a fun project to make that is perfect for a gift or just a special way to document an occasion. The album is an exclusive to Scrapping Clearly and they have a fun range of various shapes.

I've used a sequence of photos of my girls taken at a photobooth near the cinema we go to. Each photo is quite small but is perfect for this sized album. 

I love that the albums are clear - printed transparencies are perfect to use and still maintain pages that you can see through.

I've used a pack of Basic Grey journalling cards and transparencies as well - these were perfect mats for my photos.

Word stickers in various colours and textures make this sort of project more achievable and look fabulous!

Puffy shape stickers are also fun embellishments for the pages.

I have a "less is more" philosophy for my crafting - I dont like to cover up all the pretty patterns!

I had so much fun making this album and have plans for many more - why dont you try one too. I'd love to see :)

Scrapping Clearly products I've used include

Scrapping Clearly acrylic album, small scallop 
Basic Grey journalling cards and transparencies
Hambly Screen Prints transparency - printers type teal 
Pink Paislee Citrus bliss flamingo transparency 
Heidi Swapp teal glitter stickers 
Heidi Swapp black word stickers 
Heidi Swapp favorite things puffy shape stickers
Pink Paislee "Cedar Lane" gold glitter paper arrows

Thanks so much for stopping by
Karyn xx

A Sweet Life

Good morning Rikki here with my last post for the month..... seriously where has the time gone? Anyway this layout I think is going into one of those my favourite categories, I love the warm tones, the golden touches and the photo just makes me happy!!! Have you got a layout like that?

Love using the Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss Instragram 4x4 card transparency, its perfect to use in your negative space in your photo without taking anything away from the photo.

Who doesnt love gold? These Studio Calico Lemonlust Doilies are stunning and great value with 3 different sizes in one pack, so why dont you grab some for your next project? They are in store now!!!

  Cut your Instagram Frames in half to add an instant layered effect to your layout.

Citrus Bliss 12 x 12 – Cirtus

Citrus Bliss – Instagram Cards 4 x 4

Lemon Lush Gold Paper Doilies

Till next month have a creative day

Rikki

xxxxxxx

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So Pretty

Good Morning Rikki here today to share some transparency love!!! I am sure many of you like myself love a good transparent sheet of paper but struggle whether with ideas or should I use it all or will I hoard it because its beautiful.....

Just a handy tip Pink Paislee they have a plastic protection layer on it, dont do what I did and stick everything down (yes and sewn it down) and realize that ohhhhhh you can peel it off !!!!!

Something nice to do is make a shaker box with a transparency from the Instagram 4x4 cards, just grab your sewing machine and stitch it on....

Citrus Bliss – Instagram Cards 4 x 4

Citrus Bliss – Chipboard Stickers

Lemon Lush Gold Paper Doilies

Till next time have a creative day 

Rikki 

xxxxx

Soaking up Sunshine

Good morning, Rikki here this morning, bringing you another layout using the fabulous Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss. This range has so many varying patterns perfect for those who love the pink, green, grey or yellow so the combinations are really endless. 

The Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss has the best pack of Instagram 4x4 cards, the combinations are endless, use just the frames, or the large title cards or the transparencies !!!

Love, love the Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss - Chipboard stickers; there is so many pieces to choose from.

Citrus Bliss – Chipboard Stickers

Citrus Bliss 12 x 12 – Seeds

Citrus Bliss – Instagram Cards 4 x 4

Till next time have a creative day

Rikki 

xxxxx