Getting Romantic with G45.

Hello, hello - Karen here with a quick blog post featuring a little memory album I made for a friend who got married last week.

When Jill sent me some items from the Enchanted Forest range I thought it would be ideal to make a little mini book, for Michaela, as she is a drama teacher and very romantic.  We had just worked together on several Shakespeare plays and the characters on these papers reminded me of those.

In my box of goodies I also had some G45 Policy Envelopes which I decided to incorporate into my album.

I used my Silhouette to cut the pages, cover and bindings and then set to making my album.

Michaela was delighted with her little keepsake book and strange to say, as someone who says they don't like working with G45, I loved making it.

Bo Bunny - Butterfly Kisses.

Hello, Karen here and I have a little tutorial using Bo Bunny - Butterfly Kisses.  Now I must confess that I bought this paper to use for the class at my crop and this tutorial is part of a series we are doing which is a mini-project life.  Every month we scrap five photos from the previous month and by the end of the year we will have an album which is a snapshot of 2016.  That is why the title of this page is June, We scrap one large photo on the left of a pair of pages and four smaller photos on the right.

To make this page you will need:-

• Bo Bunny Butterfly Kisses - Petals
• Bo Bunny Butterfly Kisses - Springtime
• Bo Bunny Butterfly Kisses - Joy
• Bo Bunny Butterfly Kisses - Delight
• White Bazzill Smoothie
• A couple of pages from an old book
• 4 large white pearls
• A white doily
• White letter stickers - die cut title

You will also need punches/dies to cut the flowers and leaves. 

Photo requirement – one 5in square photo 

To Make Your Page

1. Cut ½ inch from the top and left of your ‘Petals’

2. Stick the large piece of ‘Petals’ paper to the centre of your pieces of white cardstock.

3. Cut the shaped piece from the left side of the ‘Springtime’ paper and adhere to the left of your page.

4. The doily is placed ¼ in from top of your page and 1 ¼ ins from left.

5. Cut a piece of ‘Joy’ 7 ins square and a piece of ‘Springtime’ 6 ins square.

6. The 7in square is adhered 1 ½ ins from right and 2 ½ ins from bottom and the 6 ins square is adhered in the centre of that.

7. From the book paper cut 4 sets of flowers, from the green side of the ‘Springtime’ cut 12 leaves and from the purple side of ‘Springtime cut 4 flower centres.

8. Assemble your flowers and one is placed at the top left on the doily and three are placed at the bottom right of your page. Add your leaves.

9. Cut three butterflies from the small squares on the ‘Delight’ paper and add to your flower clusters.

10. The title as added at the top right of your page.

Bo Bunny - Love & Lace. Mini Album

We celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary recently, just about the time I received my DT kit from Jill.  When I saw the Bo Bunny Love and Lace collection I knew it would be perfect for making a little album to put some of our photos in.  A little reminder of happy times spent together.

It was very easy to make - I used a pre-designed Silhouette file (check it out on my blog).

Products used:

1 piece of red and 1 piece of black cardstock.

Love & Lace Affection

Love & Lace Forever

Love & Lace Lace

Love & Lace Combo Stickers

February DT Makes - Karen

Hello, hello

I can't believe that yet another month has flown by!

My February DT kit comprised two Simple Stories ranges - Live in Color and Pumpkin Spice.

I was so inspired by the Live in Colour range that I made 4 layouts in very quick succession.

I have used the Pumpkin Spice to make a patchwork style layout and have another 'on the go' but haven't gotten around to finishing it - hoping to find the time tonight

Pumpkin Spice - Stitched Together With Love

Mel and Jill sent me some lovely gingham papers, from the Simple Stories, Pumpkin Spice range,  in my February DT kit.

Apple Cider Gingham

Pumpkin Spice Gingham

As soon as I saw them I thought of patchwork quilts (something I intend to try this year).  I cut 8 brown and 8 yellow squares measuring 2 3/4 in.  I then drew a pencil square on my white card 1/2 in in from each edge, alternated my gingham patches inside the drawn square and outlined each one with faux stitching.

Next I used this paper to cut out 12 pumpkins and used pop dots to attach these to the gingham patches - leaving the four in the centre blank.

Pumpkin Everything.

I used my Silhouette to design and cut a photo mat, using the sketch pen option for the writing and hearts and finally added my photo.

From This to That - January 2016 Edition

This month Jill sent me a selection of papers and stickers from Echo Park's The Story of Our Family. I believe that Ann did a class using these papers at the last retreat and don't you just love those cute little owls.  They featured on several of my pages this month. 

I also had some Simple Stories - We are Family wooden elements.

The first page I made was to document Gracia's new hair colour.  I can't believe how lovely and natural it looked but then again her hair was that colour when she was a baby, before it went dark blond.  I used some washie tape to make a banner and some flowers and doilys from my own supplies.  

Next I made a page which featured a photo taken earlier in the month, before the kids went back to Newcastle.  This was at the start of a lovely walk.  Unfortunately it absolutely poured with rain all the way and in the 'after the walk' photo we are all soaking wet!

We met up with our best friends, who happen to be mother and daughter too, just after Christmas and had a mediocre breakfast.  Seeing Eileen and Hannah more than made up for the food and we spent a lovely day together. For this page I used several of the word stickers from the sheets.

My next page was inspired by one of the cut apart pieces and some words from one of the sticker sheets.  A photo from our Boxing Day walk.  I used three of the little wooden people and framed the large owl sticker with a little wooden frame. 

For my final page I wanted to challenge myself to use a very small photo as more often than not I scrap 5 x 7 photos - I love pages with just 1 big photo.  This page has a 2 x 3 photo and the size was determined by the size of the sticker frame that I wanted to use.  I tried to keep it quite clean and simple but then got carried away with layering and stickers as I usually do.  I used the little wooden flowers and 'WE ARE' from the Simple Stories wooden elements and the word 'family' was from my own supplies.

So there are my DT pieces for January and I'm now waiting in anticipation to see what Jill has for me for February.

December Virtual Crop Class 1 - with Karen

 Hello, hello and welcome to another virtual crop.  Can it really be December? 

As we are approaching Christmas and are all very busy, I made three very quick and easy layouts using Simple Stories - Sweater Weather.


The first 'Hello Autumn' utalises several elements cut from various papers and was made in under 30 minutes so an extremely quick project.

My next layout took a little longer as it involved gutting card and making a photo mount but should be achievable in a short time frame.

 My third layout is also a simple one and when I saw the chipboard shapes I immediately thought of a photo I had taken, several years ago, of Gracia splashing in a puddle.  At the time I had a thing about taking asymmetric photos but thought that the shapes were perfect for making splashes on my page.  I wanted to use the cute foxes and squirrel, cut from the various papers in the kit, on my page too.

Instructions for my projects can be found here and if you pop back at 12:00 you will be able to download Ann's fabulous class.

November DT Projects - A Bit of Pick & Mix

Hello, hello lovely scrappers - can't believe that November has been and gone and we are well into December!

Last month, at the retreat, the DT were given carte blanche to choose our kits for November and I chose papers and stickers from Pink Paislee - Cedar Lane and Bo Bunny - You're Invited and added some Prima Flowers and a Simple Stories 'The Story of Us' ephemera pack.

The Cedar Lane was perfect for some photos we took whilst walking in Jesmond Dene park when we visited Newcastle recently.

 

I then made 'Love Your Selfies' - a title pinched from Mel's retreat class, and 'I Am Grateful' and was pleasently surprised at how the look of this paper range could change by using different coloured background cardstock. 

 

The final page I made using Cedar Lane was a very simple one, utalising the drawing function on my Silhouette and using a 4 x 4 photo that I had lying around on my workspace for ages. 

I knew we were planning on visiting the Durham Lumiere and that there would be plenty of photos (not as many as I had hoped as it absolutely bucketed down with rain to the extent that even with five layers of clothes on I was wet through to my undies! 

I chose the Bo Bunny paper purely with the intention of showcasing my proposed photos. 

 

 One of the papers I chose was this one which has lots of shapes and speech bubbles and this one which has a black and white sun burst.  To make my page 'Cheers' I only needed to add a couple of the shapes and speech bubbles and some card stars and it was finished.  The black of the sun burst was perfect for my journaling. 

 

Next I used the paper range for what it was intended for - documenting birthdays and celebrations and made a page featuring Gracia's 21st birthday cake and card from April 2014.

 

My final page features a photo taken in the summer when Gracia and I went to see the Proclaimers in concert.  They are one of my all time favourite bands and I was so excited to see them.  As the journaling says, they are only the third live act I have ever seen and it's all down to Gracia's influence and her insistence that we go on 'adventures' at every opportunity.

So there we are, nine layouts which was entirely down to how much I loved the papers I picked.  Why don't you pop on over to the DT Gallery to see what the other designers have done this month?