Winter Wonders

Again, these are my MCC class layouts. How wonderful are these Bo Bunny Papers??!! The were a lot of trouble to get but they were sooo worth it. :)

I love the pictures of my kiddos. It's not often we get snow here so when we do the cameras are out in force! These pictures were actually taken in February, and I think it was the first time we had gotten some snow here in the midlands.

I made the snowflakes with vellum and stickles. Very effective, don't you agree?!

A close up of how glittery and lush the papers are:

I stuck this cardstock sticker onto some backing card and then mounted it on 3D foam dots. I prefer the dimension it gave to the layout.

MCC October Workshop

Well it seems the only time I get to do layouts lately is for my classes. This was our October Class.. and of course they were Halloween themed.

The Basic Grey Eerie papers were just such a treat to work with. My 'batman' was not impressed that I used his photographs on the class layouts, but he got over it, lol.

Here is a close up of both the grungeboard pumpkin & bat. I inked the bat with momento tuxedo black and painted the pumpkin with Copper paint dabber.

 

MCC September Workshop

My class layouts this month were made using the super fun Prima Animal Bash Collection (Eager, Tickled and Celebration), giant tags, adage tickets and much more. 

I used 4 photographs on each layout; three passport size and one 3x5".The giant tag on layout 1 is for journalling. The adage ticket is by Tim Holtz. I added star dust stickles to the clouds on layout 2 to make them pop.

I also used the stitched charms, from the Prima Animal Bash range, on both layouts and on my card. These are fantastic little embellishments with a world of possibilities. I cut out some of the animals from the Celebration and added them to the layout using 3D foam dots, to give the layouts some dimension.

 

With the leftover papers, some red & white cardstock and another stitched charm I made a cute birthday card.

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Next month's crop/class will take place on Oct 18th and we will be making a double Halloween layout. We will also be using up our scraps on a mini-project - more details on that later.

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Spaghetti Face & A Football Star

Just a quick post as I'm fighting a flu today and have zero energy. I made both of these layouts last week using BG Ambrosia which is fast becoming a favourite for me :)

Now I'm off to do a quick blog hop and then bury my head in a Lemsip and hope the meds kick in quickly.

PaperPlay Challenge - Week 16 - Flying High

This weeks Challenge was set by Jackie

The challenge is to use Wings on your project, Birds, butterflies, fairies whatever you like as long as it has wings.

This week I did a tag for my challenge entry.

How I did it:
I distressed the background with Fired Brick, Antique Linen and Broken China distress inks and stamped the swirls using Brushed Cordoroy and then brushed some Rust Perfect Pearls across it before it dried fully. I used crackle paint on the wings and heart and used a heat gun to both dry it faster, and to curl the wings up. I glued the wings onto the tag and then the heart onto the wings. I'm not sure what brand the sentiment is as it was sent to me by my dear friend Dee Dee. When everything was just about dry I spritzed the whole tag with copper Glimmer Mist and again used the heat gun to dry it off.

Tag ingredients: (all linked items are available at Pez-A-Doodle Designs)
Tim Holtz - Grungeboard Wings & Heart, Crackle Paint,- Fired Brick, Old Paper Distress Stickles - Fired Brick, Distress Inks - Fired Brick, Antique Linen & Broken China
Swirl Stamps - Inkadinkadoo
Perfect Pearls - Rust
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Copper.

Once I had that one finished I did another -


This time I applied a TH Mask and distressed the tag using Faded Jeans, then I removed the mask and applied Fired Brick. I spritzed the whole tag using glimmer mist. Then I distressed the edges of my patterned paper and glued it to the bottom of the tag.. then added a little bit of ribbon, a button and a tiny tag onto which I stamped a cute bird from the Inkadinkadoo Flourishes.

Layout with minibook & Card

We had our Midlands Crop last Sunday!! I really missed not having one in Feb (due to Crafteire) and it felt like forever since the January crop. It was a great day, with lots of laughs as usual. We were even treated to some very tasty cupcakes, brought along by one of the girls.

Here is the class layout. I did a single layout with a 6-page minibook incorporated onto it and from the kit leftovers I made a card!!! The mini book is held closed with a Basic Grey magnetic snap.



The card was made out of the spare pieces of paper and the die cuts in the kit. The only thing added was a button!!!

These papers were such a treat to work with. A touch of ink on all the edges just brought them out perfectly.

Tags...

I've not shown many of these but here are the most recent tags I've done. I love working with TH distress inks and experimenting with the colours!! I've used blending, distressing, stamping and embossing on both of these tags.

a close up of embossing....

Love Letters

This is another layout from Crafteire. I adore these papers (Little Yellow Bicycle - Love Letters) and find them a treat to work with. The little pockets are holding journalling tags with the names of the Best Man, Maid of Honour, etc...

I am making my way through another project right now, a Mini-Album & Fold-Up Folio, from the same range. It comes as one big die cut sheet and everything you need is included on it. It's a cute and quick project (when you've got the time to do it of course, LOL).

Crafteire Mini Book Kit

This is the K & Company mini book kit that we were given on arrival to Crafteire. It was so quick and easy to make and I used only what came in the kit. I love how it turned out :)


I think these kits were somewhere around €5 each to buy and personally I think they are worth every cent :) TFL!

Crafteire Weekend

I had an absolutely fantastic time at Crafteire last weekend!!! A whole weekend of scrapping, chatting and not a kid in sight :)

The Friday night challenge was exactly that.. a challenge!! But I won :) :) Here is the layout I made.. I think the sweet Magnolia image is what clinched it for me, lol

And here is the prize I won.. which I adore!!!! It's an EK Success Shadowbox Coaster Set. 4 mini layouts later and I had a wonderful ornament for my sitting room :)


This is a layout from one of Annamarie's classes.. I just have to decide on a picture for it now. haha!!


And this is Karen.. sucking in half the room.... on the other hand.. I'd better not post that pic ;)

I have loads more pics to share, but not enough time at the moment!!!