Once Upon a Time....

Hello crafty friends, Sarah here today with the most magnificant Echo Park Paper Co. - the Once Upon a Time Prince collection. My first layout above uses patterned paper from this collection as the background with some Colour Blast colour paste, Snow White applied. The shine and shimmer of these pastes are gorgeous - the range can be purchased in store here.

The Once Upon a Time collection can be purchased in store by clicking here. The decorative brads, enamel shapes (the words prince charming on this layout) and ephemera are just adorable. To finish the layout off, I added a few splatters of yellow and white paint to pick up on the stars in the background paper. Lets take a closer look at some of the elements used on this layout.

For the second layout, I immediately saw the paper fan and knew I wanted to use a photo of my son from a recent holiday. In order to bring some texture to the page, I added some cotton behind the fan and the die cut in the top right corner. On holiday, my son was pretending the hose was a sword (isnt the imagination great!?) and of course he is full of adventure, so this collection is just his style.

The 'Royal Kingdom' patterned paper i just LOVE. The shiny elements within the paper highlights just the right areas and is not too overwhelming. I knew I had to use a large piece, so this layout shows it off quite nicely. The cut apart card is a nice accent to the main photo of Mr 3. Lets take a closer look at some of these embellishments.

I hope you enjoyed these layouts and I look forward to seeing your creations using this Echo Park Paper Co collection. For a $5 discount, dont forget to use the code SR5 at the checkout.

Once Upon A Time From Echo Park

Good Morning All.

Deena here with you today.

 

This week I had lots of goodies from the Echo Park Collection - Once Upon A Time. I have stickers, lots of yummy papers, chipboard accents, enamel dots, all sorts of good stuff which can all be found in the SHOP.

 

 

I decided to do something a little different this time, one of the papers had a couple of awesome quotes and I decided to put one of them in a photo frame. I actually used gesso for what it was meant for, a primer. I cover the frame in some paper and added elements from the stickers and chipboard.

 

 

 

I also created three different cards

 

This card I created as a little gift card, so its about half the size of a normal card but can still be written on in the inside.

 

 

If you would like to make any purchases from the shop please use the code DO5 to receive a discount.

 

Happy Creating



Moodboard challenge & Dino Friends with Sarah Rosse

Hello crafty friends, Sarah here today with two layouts for you. The first one is inspired by the July moodboard challenge as pictured above - have you given it a go yet? I had this background that I had started some time ago (I like to use a piece of cardstock to swipe brushes of left over paint on to), so I just add to it with colours that matched the moodboard. Using a stencil and ink from my stash I added some interest to the background. I also used a stencil and texture paste to add some further dimension for the background. The large range of stencils from Shop and Crop can be found in store here. Lets take a look at the layout;

Whilst the background is quite busy, I like the grungy look of it - kind of messy like my son's journey to find boxing - something he loves to do. The photo had a white border (also as per the moodboard) and matted with various patterned papers from my stash. The title - 'Follow your Dreams. They know the way.' was again inspired by the moodboard. The colourful letters used here were from the Echo Park Paper Co Dino Friends collection. This collection can be purchased in store here. The second layout for today has been created using the collection mentioned above - the Dino Friends collection by Alisha Gordon, created by Echo Park Paper Co.

The double sided patterned papers in this collection were used for the layout base and matting for the photo. This photo is of my 3 year old son trying on a dinosaur dress up costume that his older brother once wore to kinder. It's still a little big for him but nevertheless, he was still happy to pose for a quick pic. I used Dylusions paints in three shades of green to give some texture to the background, particularly around the photo area. The range of Dylusions paints can be purchased in store here. I added some white gesso around the edges of the laout and some green punchinella under the photo mats and top corner embellishment to give some extra interest on the page.

The Dino Friends collection come with a fantastic array of cut apart cards and element stickers. There are brads (I havent used them for so long and it was fun to revisit them) and they are just the cutest with a lot of bling for the diverse range of layouts and card ideas you could create with this collection. The Dino Friends collection can be purchased in store - if you click here, this will take you to the entire Echo Park Paper Co range (just one of my fav companies stocked by Shop and Crop Scrapbooking!).

I hope you enjoyed these layouts and you will give the July moodboard challenge a go - there's always great prizes to be won! Until next time....

Thank you, thank you, thank you

Hello crafty friends!

It's Donna here, and I do have a lot to be thankful for, but the title of this post is due to the fact that three of the four cards that I'll show you today are thank you cards. It seems that I was on a roll!

If you are interested my take on the Inside Inspiration July Challenge, make sure you read to the end of this post. I've included details and my take on the inspiration image for your perusal!

I give a LOT of thank you cards. It's really nice to have these sitting in my stash of cards, so that I'm always ready to give them away. It's particularly pleasing to get some masculine cards for my stash.

This week I've been playing with the Once Upon A Time range from Echo Park. This is a great range, with a strong medieval theme. If you have a child like one of mine, who spent several years of his childhood planning to be a knight when he grew up, this is wonderful for scrapbooking. Today, however, I've made some cards.

For this first card, I've used the mosaic tile paper and accented it with a watercolour panel. I used one of the colours in the paper, and painted two layers of watercolour paint, before spattering it with the same colour paint in a darker concentration. I then stamped the sentiment in a bold font. This is a great way to use ANY patterned paper, even very different papers to this, like cutesy papers. Just choose your favourite colour or colours from the paper and have a play. Let each layer dry before you paint over it. Here's a close up of the layers of paint.



Next, I made a shaker card, perfect for a young boy or girl who's into dragons.



Using the dragon paper as a background, I cut a frame from another contrasting paper from the range and added coordinating sequins behind the window panel. The little tag below the frame is one of the gorgeous Enamel shapes that are available in the store. Look at how glossy that tag is!

This next card is a great way to use up scraps of paper that you may have leftover from scrapping. I have used five different papers from the  Once Upon A Time range, as well as Enamel dots and Enamel shapes. They all coordinate perfectly, which saves a lot of rummaging for the correct colour of embellishment. (does anybody else do a lot of this?)

By popping the tags up at different heights and adding the enamel pieces, I was able to get quite a bit of dimension in this card. 

Now, as promised, to the Inside Inspiration Challenge. 

This is the gorgeous image that is the inspiration for this month. There's so much there to choose from- the colour scheme on the bottom left, the silver circles or the individual letters of the typewriter, the polaroid style photos, the look of the hanging elements or the world map in the bottom right, the idea of following your dreams - the list goes on, and your entry doesn't have to look like any of these pictures, as this is just a springboard for ideas. You can stay close to it if you wish, but you don't have to. Make sure you get yourself added to the Inside Inspiration Facebook group so that you can enter and win a credit to the Shop and Crop store.

I took inspiration from the apricot and grey, as well as the silver in the typewriter image to create this card, using one of my favourite techniques, which is Copic colouring. 

Although the overall look of this card is grey and apricot, if you look closely at the main flower, you can see purples, blues, browns, oranges and yellows. This kind of colouring is like therapy!

If you have enjoyed these cards, and would like to see more of my work, feel free to visit my Instagram page, where you can find lots more cards.
Don't forget, you can save $5 at the Shop and Crop Store using the code DL5.
Until next time, happy crafting. 

Donna

Once Upon a Time ...........

Hello there!

Tania joining you today to share a couple of layouts and a card using the gorgeous Echo Park Once Upon a Time Collection which was just perfect for a little special someone in my life........

The papers in this range are all so pretty it was hard to chose which one to use first, but this gorgeous Peachy coloured paper with the shinny gold writing won out, LOVE it!  I added some Snow White Colour Blast Texture Paste  through my favourite Kaiser Bubbly Mini Template just to keep that sparkly look flowing throughout my page! I embellished the page with lots of matching embellishments from this collection and finished it off with a couple of flowers from my stash.....

Here are some photos of the gorgeous embellishments that will compliment your pages perfectly!

Some close ups...

For the second page I decided to use this pretty polka dot page and add a little bit of floral too.  I randomly tapped on some Kaiser Mists  with a brush just to give a little shimmery subtle look in the background! Again I finished off the page with the matching embellishments (pictured above) and a couple of flowers from my stash.....

Some close ups....

My final share for today is a card I made using my leftover scraps, chipboard pieces and enamel shapes! Lastly some flowers from my stash.....

Well that"s all from me today, I do hope I have inspired you a little, and if you have your own little princess well this collection is just perfect for you and can be found in the Shop and Crop store here.

Thanks so much for visiting, Tania xx

Once upon a time...

Good Morning!

Well, I don't know about you, but its been a wet couple of weeks at our house, which has meant lots of scrappy time! Today I'm going to share with you a couple of layouts featuring Echo Park's 'Once Upon a Time - 'Prince' collection.

Now, I'm not sure if you noticed, but we are a little short of Princes in our house, so I borrowed some pics from my neighbours! They are the cutest!

I got a little messy on the background, with some Gesso, and some Colourblast watercolour cube in 'Singin' the blues' (mixed with white paint to make that gorgeous pastel blue), and some navy ink. I added some texure with a Kaisercraft stamp and some Stazon ink.

From the collection, I included the striped paper on the bottom half of the page, the enamel dots, and some die cuts. I then added some thickers, and wood veneers from my stash, as well as some gorgeous flairs from Cocoa Vanilla.

For my next layout, I used the awesome tree paper from the 'Prince' collection. My kids, nieces and nephew, had just gone on an epic 10k bush walk and I thought this paper would work for those pics.

I used some gesso to quieten down a section of the page, and then used the Echo Park Noble Knight stencil with some white texture paste for added dimension. The red strip of paper is from the Echo Park 'Pinstripes' collection.

I added some die cuts from the collection, as well as some Layered Stickers and enamel dots. From my stash I added wood veneers, flairs, thickers, stickers and twine.

I love the way both these layouts turned out! Thanks for stopping by to check them out.

Big Loves,
Tam x