Storyteller - Happy

I've seen quite a few grid layouts recently so decided to have a go at one.  The thing that I like about these small squares is that you can pack them with all sorts of bits and build them up, the bit I am less keen on is trying to get them lined up correctly!  For this one I ended up making myself a 1" L shaped piece of card and then added in a 3/4" strip too once I got to the middle squares!

For this page I started off with the Vicki Boutin stencil that you can see in the photo.  I used a white piece of card and chose some distress ink colours and randomly inked them all over the page (there is a think strip of it in the picture too).  I then added some spritz of water and a little bit of gold spray too and then cut all my squares out.  With my background paper done I then selected little bits of paper from the Storyteller collection to add, adding torn edges, brown ink around the edges and punched stars.  I created a little shaker with some printed acetate and sequins and and embellishment frame.  I then just hunted through my box of goodies for buttons and wood veneers, anything that I thought would work and build up each square.  I used one of the library cards from Storyteller for my journalling.  Lots of fun to make.

Storyteller Mini Album

Tucked in with my design kit this month was this let gem, a beautiful tag book which is pretty much done for you already.  All you need is photos and a few embellishments and you are off. I decided to use my photos from a trip to Venice 2 years ago as I still have hundreds of them and this was the perfect place to add them with lots of journalling.

All the die cut pieces and even the shaker are ready made for you in the kit, I added a few chipboard stickers and a few Storyteller papers in too and that was about it.  The jump ring is huge so if you wanted to make extra tags you can easily add more.

I hope you enjoyed a little flick through my memory book.

Vicki Boutin Storyteller

 Hello everyone - Dolly here and some project to share with you made with Vicki Boutin Storyteller. 

I love the collection because it is such an unusual and perfect mix of naturals and orange and beautiful teals and florals and images. It is a really beautiful collection and good for so many different themes too. 

Here are three of my projects with some of the collection 

I captured a very special moment on our Route 66 trip - for those of you who are Eagles fans ... Standing on the corner in Winslow Arizona

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am sure you were expecying kitten pictures -w ell this is Koda and he just worked well with the teals and the ochres

 

 

 

I couldn't resist the little birds in the collection. 

And the florals worked so well with the kraft cardstock

 

 

Do check out the collection in store - it is beautiful and versatile

January Virtual Crop Class 3 with Mel

 Hello everyone, welcome to my first class of 2021. 

This month I worked with the Heidi Swapp Old School papers, I just loved the colours in this collection and really enjoyed making my pages.

The first layout is here:

Click Here to download the free instructions and see the other layout.

I hope you have enjoyed todays classes, don't forget to share your projects on the ATDML # Create Facebook page.

January Virtual Crop class with Kaisercraft and Ann

Happy Virtual crop day you lovely people - hope you are wrapped up keeping warm on this chilly day.

I have a warm set of layouts for you today using Kaisercraft papers and ephemera pack to brighten your day. There will be lots left over and plenty of opportunity to vary these up and make them your own which I hope you will do.

Instructions for the three pages I made with the kit can be found HERE and even if you don't have the kit hopefully you will be able to get some inspiration for your next project.

Have a great day, I am off to play with my Hello Today year long project!

Virtual Crop Class 1 with Karen

 Hello everyone and I hope you are coping with 2021 so far. I think the continued restrictions are hard on everyone but as a community I feel we are lucky because our scrapping is so good for our mental health. 

I hope that you enjoy this class and I have two pages for you, with a whole mess of bits left over too so you can play after class. 

I was keen to show that the collection is suitable for heritage style scrapping and most definitely not heritage based. 

It will be no suprise to you that my new additions feature in one of the pages this month- any excuse eh! 

The collection is very versatile and I can't wait to see what you come up with. 

You can find the instructions HERE and I do hope you will share what you make in our gallery. 

Have fun and stay safe 

Dolly xx
 

January Sketch Challenge

 Welcome 2021 and welcome to another year of inspiration from your atdml design team.

We'll be having a monthly sketch challenge to start and there will be an album for you to share your pages over on our Facebook page.

I'm kicking off the challenge for January with this sketch and my layout example. Look forward to seeing you all joining in and filling the gallery with your memories.

I used Pink Fresh Studio Oh What Fun and some Cocoa Vanilla Christmas papers too over a star stencil background using texture paste.