Hello Quake Shakes

Just loving that Sketchabilities is back 💖

Here's the July sketch...

And here's my take on it...

I love this Cocoa Vanilla paper, it didn't need much in the way of mixed media, just a few extra spatters to tie it all together. And the cut file couldn't have been more perfect! So going to miss this place, those shakes were the all time best 😞

Winter is Coming

I'm really not a winter fan, except it gives me more time to read some of my favorite books!

Winter is Coming is the motto of House Stark, one of the families on which Game of Thrones is centred, so I documented my love of this series on my page 😄

This is for the new type Scrap Our Stash challenge, here 'tis...

This new 7dots paper range was perfect for it, I just added a little white paint, Colourblast shimmer and paste (with a Tim Holtz stencil) and a few diecut snowflakes. "winter" was a Lorilei Murphy cut file from  Hip Kit Club. The wolf head was a clip art that I fussy cut.

 

Thanks for the look!

You make me so proud

Hello scrappers!

I've made this page with the magnificent Magnolia Jane collection from Heidi Swapp (available at The Paper Teapot) for the March Zebra challenge.

I couldn't get past the influence of black and white, plus stripes - so this is what I came up with!

I also used one of the new Tim Holtz stencils, I love these cute little stencils, so easy to use and they don't take up much room at crops 😉

The photo was at Breanna's graduation from High School, which she achieved with merit (meaning she received a year 13 subject prize also). 

I just couldn't be more proud of this kid and her achievements!

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Lucky Catch!

This photo is from years ago when we stayed up in Picton over the Xmas holidays. It was Bre's first catch, off the wharf at Waikawa Bay. Don't you love the look on Shiloh's face too?? Just hilarious!

I made this page as inspiration for The Paper Teapot DT September challenge, which is to use this book cover as your inspiration...

The background paper is a very  old Amy Tan one, but apart from that it was all Cocoa Vanilla Colour Me Happy, and the flair was from the Hello Sunshine range. The cut file is from Silhouette Studio.

Thanks for looking!

Million Dollar Smile

The braces are off and the smile is worth the dollars :) Loving the purple hair too! ;)

This was a chance to try out the new Bazzill Basics Plastic Paper available at The Paper Teapot here ... Its kind of like using a more robust vellum, beautiful colours and translucent.

 

You can emboss it...

 Die Cut it....

 Punch it, or roll it for flowers - sorry I didn't get a close up of those!

 You can also run it through your Silhouette - on a slow setting, high with the blade to make a cute little Easter Bunny Box like this one..

I used mini glue dots to piece it together, you can't really see them, but otherwise you could use vellum tape or spray adhesive. 

Other credits: Cocoa Vanilla Papers and embellies, Blue Fern chipboard title and Typo wood veneers.

Go on - have a play too!

It's a Good Day

Look at the size of these ice creams - they're a whole meal!

This was a stop at Darfield on the way out to a picnic in Glentunnel. We had been to this shop before, and we'll definitely be back again!

Another Cocoa Vanilla layout - hmm there seems to be a trend emerging - this time using the Life is Beautiful collection. Most of the collection is still available from The Paper Teapot here.

The only additions to that was the Silhouette cut file, and a hand dyed doily.

Don't forget to leave a comment and share it if you love it!

Better the Devil we know...

We don't really celebrate Halloween, especially as it's also Marks birthday but last year the girls all got together to go Trick or Treating and were right into it.

 

 

I used Amy Tan patterned paper, Papervine Washi Tape, Stickles, Glimmermist, Kaisercraft Stamps: Jolee's Boutique embellies and Jillibean soup wood veneers, plus a Maggie Holmes doily.

 

The sketch was an old one from Sketchablities.

 

Thanks for looking, leave a comment if you like it.

Be Free

  Shiloh and her bestie Shannon wanted me to take this photo of them at Scarborough, love how it came out <3  

 

Here's a wee close-up of the detail...

 

 

I've used the current sketch from Sketchabilities - These always give me a great headstart on my layouts...

Why don't you check out their challenge blog here - there's still a few days to go with this one!

 

I also loved the colours from the mood board at Scrap Around the World - Especially the "Moody" blues and pinks - this is the board that I used for my colour inspiration...

 

And I love the quotes that are often included in the mood boards too :) 

 

I had a fun time playing with heaps of multi media products on this page - starting with a water colour wash for a base, adding mists, Prima Microbeads,  Mica Flakes, Crackle and ordinary Texture paste, Gelatos and BoBunny Glitter pastes. I've been waiting for the right layout to use my wonderful WOW chipboard heart frame  - and this was it finally! Most of these products are available from Joanna at The Paper Teapot

 

Hope you like it - leave a comment if you do!

Matey (matey...matey...) aka Bobby

Bobby Walkinshaw was one of Dad's best friends once he moved to Invercargill after the war.

Originally they worked together at Richardsons Builders but then went to Ocean Beach, where at one part they asked Dad to fire Bobby. He wouldn't, so they left together and went to Steel & Tube. This photo was taken in the tea room there in the 1960s.

Bobby used to call Dad "Matey", except that he never just said it once, it was always "Matey Matey Matey". I can remember whenever he came to visit us after we left Invercargill he loved to play cards, share many a flagon with Dad, rub his hands together all the time with the cold (really? it was Nelson, and he had come from Invercargill!) and generally drive Mum crazy lol.

 

I love love LOVE this paper - Scrap Yard from Kaisercraft...I'm sure this won't be the only page from this collection! And it's all available here from Joanna at The Paper Teapot.

The Barbed Wire Chipboard is from 2Crafty, and the cog wooden veneer is from WOW.

Also LOVE the Prima Mica Flakes which I have set into the coloured gel. The gel, flakes and veneers are also all from The Paper Teapot.

Here's a close-up for you

 

I hope you like this - have fun creating with it like I did!

 

 

Sisters And Besties

I was really excited to be invited to be part of The Paper Teapot design team, and this is my first official project as part of the team :) All the papers and the wooden veneers are part of The Archivist collection from Prima (available here) and the stencil is from Prima also (here).

 

My mother and her sister Mollie became more and more inseparable after Dad and Uncle Bert died. Although they always looked alike, and sounded somewhat alike, they even began to take on each others mannerisms. The photo on this page was taken in Invercargill at my brother's, while they were down there for Uncle Tom's funeral.

 

I used a really cool sketch from Scrapping Our Stash Challenge for March, this is it...

 

plus part of the challenge is also to use gold, which I did by brushing gold wax over the stencilled pattern, and wrapping gold thread around some embellies.

 

I hope you like it!

{Love this} Biker Chick

I've got to say I was more than a bit nervous when Bre wanted to take Flossie out for the first time this summer. I paced round and round the driveway for a couple of minutes then went and got my camera and waited for her. And waited. And waited some more. I think she took the scenic route on purpose. Finally she arrived home with a big grin, and has taken her out again a few times since.

 

 

I loved playing with this layout - probably the only chance I'll ever get to use pink on a layout with number one daughter!

 

I used the March sketch from Stuck?! Sketchs - I just love the multi photo sketches as you can tell a whole story in the pictures. Here's the sketch

 

 

I started off with a home made stencil and some texture paste mixed with acrylic paint. The patterned paper is an old favourite Amy Tangerine from American Crafts. The chipboard and wood veneers are WOW, and the flair is from Paper Vine. I've been waiting to use that little pink scooter sticker for about 5 years, and good grief - there's also vellum, left behind from when I used to use it on nearly every single layout!

 

Hope you like it!

 

 

Bad Kitty

I'm lucky enough to get breakfast in bed most Sunday mornings, time to read a chapter or two over a good coffee :)

Usually I also share my space with one of our two fur-babies, Patch who always makes herself comfy at the end of the bed, but also eyeballs my bagel - must be the cream cheese lol.

This particular morning she had also snuggled under the blankie and her look was rather evil I felt, enough to make me keep my plate close at hand anyway!

 

This was my first page that I have played with my new Silhouette cutter, it took me a while to work it out, along with a few swear words when I lost everything but I eventually managed to make the circle frame with the kitty head incorporated. Hopefully I can remember what I did for next time!

 

Apart from that, it was quite a simple layout for me using mostly Snap! products, chipboard from WOW, Flair from Paper Vine and Heidi Swapp words.

 

The edging was just Versamark Ink with KaiserCraft stamps.

 

As always, thanks for looking, and feel free to comment...