Dec Week 4 layout for Being Scrappy...

Hi Everyone!

Merry Christmas.... I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas day yesterday. We certainly did, spending the day (and night) with Lee's family who are only 20 mins away from us. We opened presents, ate lots of good food, drank quite a bit and played board games until late - my favourite sort of Christmas! Then yesterday Lee, myself, his brothers and partners did our traditional Boxing Day walk up to a lovely pub in the countryside for a festive lunchtime drink... it definitely had to be mulled wine for me!

Anyway this week's Kit is perfect for scrapping those Christmas photos, I had a cute photo of my friends four kids from 2002 that was perfect!

I used the green Bazzill as the base for my layout. Then cut a 6" x 12" strip of the red Bazzill and border punch both of the long sides (I used a star border punch for mine). Attach this towards the bottom of the green Bazzill.

Cut a 5" x 8" piece of the pale green Bauble paper and a 4.75" x 10.25" of the Christmas Tree paper. Ink the edges with green ink and stick to the layout.

Cut a 9.5" x 1.5" piece of the green Stripe paper, ink the edges and stick down. Mount a 6" x 4" photo onto some of the red Bazzill and attach to the layout.

I used some of the buttons and fibres to embellish around the photo.

Add a title (I raided my stash for mine!), and finish off with some journalling.

This fab Kit is available for a limited time from here, don't forget to pop on over to Nicki's blog to see what she did with the Kit.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Dec Week 3 layout for Being Scrappy...

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I had the fun Amy Tangerine papers to play with this week and had some photo's of our friend's cute daughters playing together that went perfectly!

 

I used the 'Krist's Craft' paper as my layout base as I liked the splodgy paint and doily images. Then cut the following pieces from whatever papers you prefer: 6" x 7.5" and 2" x 7", and a 5" x 5.5" piece of the pink Bazzill. Ink all of the edges with black ink and layer up as shown in the photo. Add a 6" x 5" photo (trimmed down from 7" x 5") to the right. Mount a 6" x 4" photo to any on of the patterened papers (don't forget to ink the edges!) and attach to the left of the layout with foam pads.

Then add your embellishments! I used a mix of the fab matching stickers that came with the Kit, some of the manufacturers strips that I cut from the bottom of each paper, staples and some dots that came from the alpha I used (which was from my stash).

To finish off add an alpha (from my own stash) and some journalling.

Want to see more layouts made with this Kit then just have a look at Niki's blog here...This Kit is available for a limited time here.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Dec Week 2 layout for Being Scrappy...

I loved this week's Kit from Being Scrappy, it contained the fab papers from the This and That range by Echo Park which were perfect for this photo of Lee's Dad meeting the artist Alwyn Crawshaw when we were in Mundesley.

I used the caramel Bazzill as the base for my layout, then cut a 9" x 11" piece of the green 'Numbers' paper and stick this down towards the bottom of the layout (ink the edges first with brown ink). Next cut 1.5" x 11.5" (fans) and 4" x 11" (wood) pieces of the 'Vintage Fans' paper, ink the edges and attach to the left side of the layout. Then cut a 5.5" x 4" piece of the crossword 'Journalling Cards' paper, ink the edges and attach to the bottom right.

 

Attach a 5" x 7" photo but only stick the two sides and the bottom as I included some hidden journalling that I tucked behind the photo.

Staple a piece of the ribbon down to the left of the photo. I also added a bit of washi tape from my stash.

Add some embellishments to the bottom right of the photo, the buttons were also from my stash.

I cut a couple of the cards from the 'Journalling Cards' paper (ink the edges) and attached a punched tab top to each of them. These were then tucked behind my photo.

Finish off with a title, I picked a variety of alphas from my stash for this!

Pop on over to Be Scrappy to pick up this Kit, and if you like a good deal have a look at the great value monthly subscription available. To see more layouts have a look at Niki's blog here.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Another scrapbook class...

Hi Everyone!

I was at another of Niki's classes last weekend and she had 4 fab layouts for us to do...

The 'Chocolate in Bondi' layout used some photos of me in Bondi from our visit to Oz back in May...

Next was 'The Gap' layout and I used a photo of Lee again from our holiday to Oz...

'Happily Ever After' was a double layout and I used photos from our good friends Phil and Helen's wedding back in 2007...

The final layout was 'Beach Baby' with some cute pics of Eliza that I took when we were visiting the Draycons in Sept...

 

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Dec Week 1 layout for Being Scrappy...

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The Being Scrappy Kit for this week included the pretty aqua green patterned papers from the Chapter One collection from Kaisercraft (though they do look a little more blue in my photos!). As I am still working through some of my older photos I had plenty to choose from... this one was from one of the work Conferences we have, and was at the Awards night on the final evening. 

 

I used the aqua green Bazzill as my base. Then I cut the shaped patterned paper in half and stuck it to the bottom half of my layout (I inked the edges first with black ink).

 

Use one of the manufacturer's strips to cover the join of the diecut paper, but save some to use to line one of the layered pieces of  patterned paper that sit behind the photo.

Then cut the following size pieces in whatever of the patterned paper that you like and layer up as shown in the photo above - 2.5" x 7", 4" x 6.5", 4" x 1" and 10" x 3". Ink all of the edges first with black ink.

Add a title using the My Mind's Eye Alpha that came with the Kit, and then finish off with some handwritten journalling below the title.

If you like this Kit you can purchase it for a limited time here, and don't forget to pop over to Niki's blog to see the layouts she made with the Kit...

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

November Week 4 Layout for Being Scrappy...

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For this week's Being Scrappy Kit I had the pretty 'Tigerlily' collection from Kaisercraft to play with, including papers and a good selection of matching die-cuts.

I am still working through some of my older photos and had one of Lee and I on a gondola in The Venetian hotel from our trip to Las Vegas in 2007 that I thought went perfectly!

 

I used the soft orange Bazzill for my base and then cut a 5" x 12" piece of the 'Peach' paper which I attached towards the bottom of the layout. Then I used a manufacturers strip from the bottom of one of the papers to edge the bottom and top of this 'Peach' paper (you will need to cut it into pieces to fit either side so work it out first before cutting!).

 

 

Cut 6.5" x 12" and a 5.5" x 10.5" pieces of the 'Pomegranate' paper and stick the largest one (orange side up) to the left side of the layout and stick the smaller one (black side up) just over it to the right.

Add some of the die-cuts to embellish and write in your journalling.

Finish off by adding a title, I used some Thickers from my own stash.

This Kit is available for a limited time from Being Scrappy, to see more layouts made with this Kit pop on over to Niki's blog to see what she did!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

November Week 3 layout for Being Scrappy...

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This week's Being Scrappy Kit contained the fun 'Hello Summer' papers from Echo Park that are perfect to scrap your holiday pics! I picked one from some years back of a holiday Lee and I had in Walt Disney World, we were enjoying the lazy river in Blizzard Beach.

I chose to use the orange side of the 'Doilies' paper as my base. I then cut two 1" x12" strips of the yellow Bazzill which I border punched to resemble watery waves. Cut a 7" x 12" strip of the 'Butterfly Sky' paper which I stuck down towards the bottom of the layout, with the two yellow Bazzill strips framing each side.

I mounted my 7" x 5" photo onto the orange Bazzill and stuck down onto the patterned paper.

With the Kit you get a fab sheet of stickers that match the Echo Park papers, so I picked a variety to embellish my layout. The bunting was my favourite! 

 

Finish off with a title, I used a Thickers alpha that I had leftover from a previous Kit!

This Kit is available for a limited time from Being Scrappy, do pop on over to see what Niki did with the Kit!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

November Week 2 layout for Being Scrappy...

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This week's Kit contained the brightly coloured papers from the 'Doodle-Deux' range by Prima. Now just recently I have been digging into some older photos and found some fun ones from a trip to Walt Disney World that I went on with my sister in 1997! I love the way that the background is blurred and gives a real sense of movement, not sure that we were loving it that much!

Here is the finished layout...

I used the 'Alpha-Bytes' paper as my background as I thought the circles and swirls went perfectly with us spinning on the Mad Hatter's Tea Party ride! Then I cut a 9.5" square of the red Bazzill, inked the edges and stuck down to the 'Alpha-Bytes' paper.

I cropped two photos to 5.5" x 3.5", and one to 3" x 3.25". Cut two pieces of the green Bazzill to 3.25" x 3.5" and mount the smaller photo onto one of them. Cut 2 x strips of the 'All-Overs' paper to 0.75" x 9" and ink the edges. Then stick all of these pieces down onto the red Bazzill square. Add a button that has been threaded with twine.

Cut a couple of thin strips of the red Bazzill, and along with a few pieces of one of the manufacturers strips (from the bottom of the papers) stick these to the top right and bottom left of the layout. Don't forget to ink the edges. Add a couple of the pretty buttons that come with the Kit, tieing some twine through first... can't have naked buttons!

Finish off with a title... I use some black Thickers from my stash and the black Kaisercraft Mini Alphas that come with the Kit. Don't forget to add some journalling to your blank square of green Bazzill!

This Kit is available for a limited time here, have a look here to see what else Niki did with the Kit.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei

GoGo Getaway Oct 2012 Part 2...

Hi Everyone!

I promised I would come back and share the rest of the layouts that I managed to complete outside of the GoGo Getaway classes. Firstly there were some fun Sketch Challenges for us to play along with and I managed to do 3 of them, we had to use the Sketch along with a specific manufacturers range.

The first one was using 'The Sweetest Thing - Honey' papers from My Mind's Eye, and I had a cute pic of Eliza, the daughter of friends of ours that went perfectly...

The second one was using 'The Sweetest Thing - Bluebell' papers from My Mind's Eye, and I used a pic of Lee and I relaxing by the beach in Mundesley...

The last Sketch Challenge I did was using the 'Woodland Park' papers by October Afternoon, and again I used some sweet pics of Eliza playing...

 

The final challenge I played along with was one where we had to scrap a page with 9 facts about me, but leaving a space for a photo... as there was also a challenge to guess who was who!

 

 

I did actually complete another 4 x layouts but they were for Being Scrappy Kits so they will appear weekly on my blog throughout Nov!

 

Thanks for looking!

Kirei x