Oct Week 5 layout for Being Scrappy...

Hi Everyone!

This week's Kit from Being Scrappy nearly stumped me as it contained the halloween themed papers 'Lost & Found Halloween' from My Mind's Eye and I really didn't have any spookily appropriate photo! So after digging through all of my older photos I found some that were perfect but nothing to do with Halloween... they are from a weekend in Prague that Lee surprised me with just before Christmas 2008. He had planned it for 6 months and it was perfect, topped off by the fact that this is when he proposed!

I used the orange Bazzill as the base for my layout but first I gutted it leaving just a 1" frame. To this I stuck down a 11.5" square of the caramel Bazzill. Cut a 4" x 12" strip of the glitter strips 'Hallows Rounds' paper and attach this to the bottom of the layout.

I mounted three 3.5" x 3" photos onto a 9.5" x 3.75" strip of the orange Bazzill. Then mount this onto a 4" x 9.75" piece of the black patterned 'Hallows Halloween Ads' paper and attach this to the layout.

Mount a 3.75" x 5.75" photo onto orange Bazzill.

As the embellishments that came with the Kit were all Halloween related I had to change them so that they were more appropriate for my layout. So I took the three 'BOO' banners and punched a small  circle from the glitter 'Hallows Round' paper and stuck this over each letter. I then threaded them onto some linen twine and attached this to the top right corner.

I took the layered skull doily sticker and removed the skull, then used this as a corner feature under my mounted photo.

Finally I took the 'Happy Halloween' sticker and covered the words with a piece of the caramel Bazzill so that I could add some journalling. I also added some strips of the caramel Bazzill under the main photo that I also used for journalling.

To finish off I added a title using alphas from my own stash.

So if you like what you see this Kit it is available for a limited time over at Be Scrappy, and do pop on over to Niki's blog to see what she has done with the Kit!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Oct Week 4 layout for Being Scrappy...

Hi Everyone!

Apologies for the lateness of this post, I thought I had done it but obviously hadn't! Anyway this week's Kit from Be Scrappy featured the brightly coloured 'Bubblegum Hills' papers from Kaisercraft, so decided a photo of Lee and I on our honeymoon in Hawaii was just perfect!

I used the orange Bazzill as the base for my layout, then cut an 11" x 4" strip of the coloured floral 'Tropical Twist' paper and stuck this to the left side. Then cut a 12" x 1" strip of the pink 'Tropical Twist' and attach this to the bottom just over the first strip. Cut a 5" x 8.5" piece of the blue Bazzill and stick this down over the other two pieces and finally cut a 9.5" x 5.5" piece of the green floral 'Apple Spritz' and stick this down.

Mount a 6.25" x 4.74" photo to a piece of the orange 'Apple Spritz' paper and stick this down. 

Add some ribbon and some hand-cut embellishments (I cut circles and a butterfly from the 'Tropical Twist' paper). Attach the crystal flourish and the butterfly to the blue Bazzill.

 I finished off with a title from my own stash!

This Kit is available for a limited time, pop on over to Be Scrappy and have a look at the great value subscription offer available. To see what Niki created from this Kit go and have a look at her blog here...

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge #82 - Sketch

Hi Everyone!

We had some lovely entries over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge for last week's 'DIY DSP' (create your own patterned papers)... thanks to everyone who entered!

So this week we are back with another fabby Sketch Challenge for you!

Here is what I did with it...

And a few close ups of the detail...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Paper: Regals Designer Series Paper
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Antique Brads, Ornament Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Nestabilities (non SU!)
Stamp Set: Delightful Decorations

Why don't you give this week's Colour Challenge a go, and don't worry if you don't have a blog as we do accept email entries!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Oct Week 3 layout for Being Scrappy...

Hi Everyone!

With this week's Being Scrappy Kit I had the 'En Francais' papers from Prima to play with and I knew the perfect photos to go with them. On our trip downunder we visited my mum and dad in central NSW and went out for the day to visit Hill End which is an old goldmining town and I have plenty of pics of the old buildings!

I used the linen look side of the 'Sampleur' paper as my base. Cut a 4" x 10" piece of the 'Billetes' paper and ink the edges. Then carefully cut around some of the edge of the flowers in the bottom left corner, just enough to tuck this piece in.

Stick down a 6" x 4" photo to the base. I then mounted a 6.5" x 4.75" photo onto some of the red Bazzill and then attached this to the base overlapping the other photo slightly (only the bottom and sides were glued as I wanted to tuck a ticket in behind it) .

Attach some of the manufacturer's strips (from the different papers) and ribbon to the bottom of the photo.

Cut some of the tickets from the 'Billetes' paper and layer them up around the bottom left of the layout. I used some leftover circle ribbon and Mini Alphas from another Kit to finish this off.

Use one of the long tickets for your journalling, staple a piece of ribbon to the top.

Add your title, again I used some leftover alphas from a past Kit.

Have a look here to see what Niki made with the Kit...

This Kit is available for a limited time from Be Scrappy...

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Paper Arts on Tour weekend Part 2...

Hi Everyone!

As promised here are the final 3 x classes that I did at the fab Paper Arts on Tour weekend...

On Saturday evening I did a class taught by the talented Elaine Rolf and made this...

Close up of the layered frames that were cut from a sheet of patterned paper...

We stamped the edges of the house box...

Showing the details inside one of the sections...

Onto our last day and on the Sunday morning I attended a class run by the funny Penny Kafai where we made a lovely detailed 12" x 12" layout...

The centre panel actually folded out to show more photos...

Close up of the pretty embellishments...

My final class of the weekend was with the lovely Rachael Elliot where as to be expected we spent a lot of time fussy cutting papers that were then layered up to create this stunning 12" x 12" layout...

Some close ups of the detailed fussy cutting and layering...

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge #81 - Theme

Hi Everyone!

This week at Simply Stampin' Challenge we were tasked with... DIY DSP (designing your own patterned paper!). So I pulled out an old favourite 'Circle Circus' and got stamping!

A close up of the stamped background...

 

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Ink: Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade
Accessories: Island Indigo 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon, Word Window Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch
Stamp Set: Circle Circus, Teeny Tiny Wishes

So after last week's more challenging 'Colour Combo' why don't you give this week's 'DIY DSP' a go, and don't worry if you don't have a blog as we do accept email entries!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Oct Week 2 Layout for Being Scrappy...

Hi Everyone!

Here is my layout for this week's more masculine themed Kit from Being Scrappy, it contains papers from the 'This and That' range from Echo Park. I had plenty of photos of my husband Lee that were perfect to go with these papers...

I used the light brown Bazzill for my base, and then cut up a variety of the patterned papers to use under the photo: 10.5" x 6.5" of 'Border Strips', 5.5" x 3" of 'Primer', 12" x 2" and 4" x 6" of 'Vintage Boy'. Ink all of the edges and layer up as shown in my photo. Mount a 7" x 5" photo onto some of the 'Primer' paper and attach this to the main layout.

Then I cut a couple of strips from the 'Border Strips' paper and one of the word cards from 'Primer' and layered these up around the bottom of the photo along with some of the stickers that come with the Kit.

I also added some washi tape from my stash.

To finish off I added a title using some alpha stickers from a previous Kit (that matches these papers) and some from my stash.

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

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Paper Arts on Tour weekend...

Hi Everyone!

I am finally getting round to posting some pics of the classes I did at the fab Paper Arts weekend I went on at the end of Sept. It was the first scrapbook weekend that they had put on and I had a fun time, catching up with old friends and meeting new ones... as well as going to six great classes and trying techniques I wouldn't normally do! Here are the first three classes I attended...

The first class was on Friday evening and was called 'Inspirational' run by the very arty Michelle Jackson-Mogford! We made a 2" x 12" layout using papier mache and Inka Gold, lots of messy fingers!

We covered pieces of the chipboard in toilet paper and once it was dry painted it with Inka Gold paints.

On Saturday morning the lovely Lisa Saunders showed us how to make a paper bag mini album. I love mini albums and this one was perfect for some of our honeymoon pics...

The front and back covers were made from the paper bag and the handles were used to tie all of the pages together. Each of the pages were made from 6" x 6" papers stuck together.

 

Later on the Saturday I had another class with Michelle, this was another 12" x 12" layout with you guessed it more messy fingers due to stencils and paint!

We painted through stencils and distressed old book pages...

Painted with the edge of a plastic cup...

And stuck vellum letters on with paint...

 I have three more projects to show you so I will get them posted soon...

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x