November Week 4 Layout for Being Scrappy...

Hi Everyone!

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

November Week 1 layout for Being Scrappy...

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This week I had the very pretty feminine 'Chanteuse' papers from Kaisercraft to play with and as one of the sheets had some lovely sayings and headings relating to mothers I obviously had to use a pic of my lovely mum! I was going through some of my older photos and found this one from 1997 that was perfect for the papers...

I used the 'Soprano' paper as the base for the layout. I tucked the photo and some of the papers under the mirror and flowers to the left of the paper so carefully cut around the edge (from top of mirror to almost the bottom of the flowers).

Select some of the sayings and words from the 'Marcato' paper and cut out (I used 4), just make sure that you have a piece 6" x 4" left to cut out as you will use this as a mount for your photo (pink side).

Cut a 10" x 4" piece from the 'Eco' paper and then layer these and your photo up under the cut edge of your paper and stick down. Add the previously cut sayings and words (one is tucked just under the photo), stick some down with foam pads to add dimension.

Finish off with a title using the pretty sparkly Thickers one that came with the Kit.

To see more ideas with this Kit have a look at Niki's blog here... and to buy this Kit pop on over to the Be Scrappy online store where it will be available for a limited time.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

GoGo Getaway Oct 2012...

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I can't believe it has been a week since the October GoGo Getaway, as always it was a fab weekend of scrapbooking and catching up with my lovely crafty friends! Hi to Niki, Donna, Rachel, Dawn and Jean!

Lorraine and Janice put together a wonderful weekend with lots of thought and lovely details. Each Getaway they take the feedback from the previous Getaway and make it even better (if that is at all possible!)... We had some great classes to choose from (7 in total over the weekend, with 3 choices for each!). So armed with my photos and scrapping tote I was ready! Here are the end results of my classes..

Busy Bees with Lorraine Ablett...

The hexagon effect is very on trend right now...

Alpha Mail with Nicola Kerridge...

We used a real envelope and air mail stickers...

Loving the use of alphas to spell out a title...

Riveting Stuff with Pam Thorburn...

We used denim fabric to make the little banners...

And to cover the frame...

Fresh & Funky with Nicola Kerridge...

Can you believe we stamped with a potato for the leaves and a bunch of celery for the roses...

Handle with Care with Janice Warren...

All hand stitched by me!...

Waxed Lyrical with Sam Ball...

We ironed wax beads onto the various papers to give a vintagey effect...

The Domino Effect with Rebekah Day...



We stamped on a domino and coloured it in...

So that was all the classes I did over the weekend... however I did manage to do finish some more layouts so I will post them later in the week...

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x