Hello...

Back again today to show you another layout I completed using the Millie And June Collection.
This collection is bright and fun.

Never Too Old for Mum

The paper and ephemera can be found here:

Millie And June Collection papers
Millie and June Ephemera

Here is a close up:

Thanks for stopping by today....

Using up those left over bits of Paper....

Hi All...
We all have that stash of bit of paper, to much to chuck away so we keep hold of them... for "one day" and that day never seems to come and we end up with a huge pile of miss matched papers from lots of companies, left over words and embellishments.
Well today's the day to pull that stash out and use them...

Firstly sort through the papers and find the ones that create a complimentary colour scheme. I went for aquas and yellows for a summery beach layout. My papers come from Cocoa Vanilla, KaiserCraft, Jillybean Soup and a few randoms ( these papers are mostly leftovers from kits)
Once you Have worked out the papers you can put it all together.

Happy Camper

Good afternoon scrappy peeps, today I am sharing my second layout using the fantastic April Crop Kit, chock full of My Minds Eye 'Happy Camper' papers, die cuts, stickers and chipboard stickers. Ihave still so much left over there's another couple of layouts to come for sure....

This is a photo of my youngest son when we visited Wilson's Promontry last month. We went on a walking adventure to locate the ting Yanakie Station Cemetery (there are only 5 bodies buried there). I just love history and learning about it close to home is even more fascinating!

Here are a few close up shots - I adore the die cuts in this set - many of which are seen in this layout. I added some Distress Ink to the edges of the layout and some Dylusions paint splatters to complete the layout and to keep with the 'nature' theme.

I hope you like the layout and will check out the may kit options available in store NOW!

Sunshine - by Elisa Ablett

Hi Crafters,

Elisa here from the Design Team with my latest share, a beach inspired layout using the versatile, vibrant Studio Glazes by Tsukineko (link to Glazes in shop) and Colour Blast Australia Shimmer Sprays and Pastes.

If you place an order online with Shop and Crop Scrapbooking at https://www.shopandcrop.com.au/ don't forget to place your discount code EA5 in the spot provided upon checkout!! 

Here is my finished layout - 

I have included a few photos to show you how I started my mixed Media Background and how I used the Glazes on Acetate to make my stained glass circles. 

Firstly, I grabbed my trusty Colour Blast Shimmer Spray in Tangareen Dream and Colour Blast Colour Sprays in Mocha and Carribean. Take the lids off and splatter each colour onto your page by gently tapping the plastic tube where you want your colour to go. I decided to keep mine on the right side of the page and leave some white space on the left. Put aside to dry. Once dry I used a black marker and a wave stencil (use the marker to trace around the waves in the stencil) to add some neat black waves to my design. Then add some Colour Blast Texture Paste in Bling with a dots stencil in the areas that you are going to put your acetate stained glass circles.

So to start I wanted to show you what the Tsukineko  Stazon Studio Glazes look like on paper and acetate but they can also be used on other surfaces including beads, acrylic, glass, metal, wood and other non-porous surfaces. You can use stencils with them and they have a handy pen like feel to them so you can lovely thin lines with them, perfect for creating faux stain glass effect.

Drying times can be lengthy if applying a thick layer, so either use thin layers and a light heat with a heat gun from a distance or you'll have to wait it out...

Shake the bottle before each use and I also gave it a little squeeze to get rid of air bubbles before squirting onto my page. It is not food safe or dishwasher safe so a wipe over with paper towel is all you need if completing ceramic or home decor projects...it is also not waterproof so you may need to seal outdoor projects to protect against exposure.

  

To create the circles i used on my layout, I used two pieces of acetate, i then squirted my chosen colours onto one side and then put the second piece over the top and then you can just smooth and rub over with your hand or use a brayer (lightly). Pull your acetate pieces apart and you get great patterns and texture on your acetate. Dry thoroughly.

Once dry using either circle punches, or circle dies or even just circular objects from around the house (trace around and fussy cut circles out) cut circles out of your acetate in a variety of sizes. Below is a photo of the acetate held up to the light you can see the 'stained glass effect' I just added a little glue to the back of the circles and glued them to my layout.

Here are some close ups of the layout for the finer details and the shine !

Lots of lovely colours in the range of the Studio Glazes at the Shop, head on over and have a look!!

Thank you for stopping by the blog today.

Elisa xx

Hello...

Its been a busy couple of weeks with 2 daughters celebrating their birthdays.
We will just get back to normal and then it will be another busy time with school ending and Xmas.

Today I wanted to share with you a layout I completed featuring Fancy Pants.

You & Me

You can find these papers here:

Millie and June Collection

Here is a couple of close ups:

I have used a heart template and some texture paste over the Foil Paper to add interest to my layout.

thanks for stopping by today...

Summer Layout With Anita Bownds

Hi there,

Anita here with you today sharing another layout this week I've gone with a summer theme 

Using the colours blue,pink and yellow 

I started with white cardstock and trimmed half an inch off 2 sides and backed it with 

Blue patterned paper 

And machine stitched around the border 

Then using some colour blast colour shimmer spray and colour spray I flicked it across the page

Then let it dry before adding my paper layers

And using one of my cut files I added the pink behind the cutfile and popping a blue flower in the centre of it with some cotton threads 

you can find my cutfile set here

I used a tab to add the words just us girls 

And under that I put my title summer

And I also added a few little stars from the alpha sheet with the flicked colour spray to add 

More points of colour 

I tucked in a little tag adding a little more colour to the top of the photo 

I hope you have enjoyed my layout inspiration this week 

Don't forget to check out the shop and crop website 

and get $5 dollars of your purchase when you use the Code AB5 during checkout !

Thanks for stopping by the blog today 

Xx

Octobers Winner ......

Good morning, Rikki here today to announce last months winners I do I would like to say a very big thank you to those who entered last months sketch your work is amazing even though there where only a couple of entries it didnt make it easy to pick.

But first lets have a quick look at the entries...

And now for .....

Honourable Mention:

Virginia Carlow‎

And Octobers  Winner:

Rosemary Jean Hanson

Congratulations, can you please contact the Shop and Crop Facebook page with your Name and Email so we can organize your store voucher.

Dont forget this months Challenge :

So why dont you give it a go, to go in the chance for a store voucher. It very simple to enter just load your take into the album here;

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.348861575447313&type=1

Rules: 

For your chance to win the store voucher you must load your entry into the corresponding album before Midnight 31st October 2016(EST).

Your entry is to be exclusive to the Shop and Crop only.

Your entry be based on the challenge and not incorporated with other challenges

Thank you once again for those who participated, we cant wait to see what you create this month.

xxxxx

Hello....

Its going to be a busy month for our family with 2 birthday celebrations.

So I thought I would make some birthday cards for these occasions.

I have used the Fancy Pants Millie & June Paper Collection for my cards:

The puffy stickers are so cute and add dimension to your work:

I have these two cute cards as well:

You can find this collection here:

Fancy Pants Millie & June Paper Collection

If you love to make cards, this collection is great plus the added bonus of some tags is so simple and easy to use.

Until next time..

Sailor Girl layout with Anita Bownds

Hi there,

Happy Wednesday Anita here with you today 

sharing a layout using life is beautiful by fancy pants designs 

I must say I really am enjoying playing with this collection as a rule I don't really play with black 

but something about bright Colours with it has just got me hooked lately ..

I started with a photo of my daughter Kara dressed in her navy uniform 

And the black and white stripes just spoke to me and I had to use it

Along with the floral patterned paper and I decided that yellow black and pink would be my Colours 

That I was going to use and I wanted to add my floral cutfile in some way on the layout 

you can find my cutfile here

As I wanted the photo to be the focal point of the layout I cut the silhouette cut in half

And add to each side tucking them under the photo layers

I wanted to add a few more followers across the page with rhinestones centers 

And to break up the white with little flicks of black using colour blast road base colour spray

And adding another pop of colour with the fancy pants designs alphas

I hope you have enjoyed my layout inspiration this week 

Don't forget to check out the shop and crop website 

and get $5 dollars of your purchase when you use the Code AB5 during checkout !

Thanks for stopping by the blog today 

Xx