It's that time again!

 Well its nearly the festive season again and here's some inspiration to get you into that festive spirit.

 

Hopefully we have all caught up from last Christmas before this one comes around!

 

 

 

Hi from Susan....as the cool weather sets in, it is a wonderful time to stay indoors and scrapbook! I hope my layouts and the great Memory Maze Design chipboard pieces give you that inspiration.

BEAR BUM!

We live by the beach so our grandchildren are fast becoming water babies! They love swimming and playing in the sand. The "Bear Bum" title was perfect for this layout. I drew the sun on the back of a piece of patterned paper then cut it out. I distressed the edges then inked them to create shadowing.

The banner was covered with paper and the edges were inked to match in.

As soon as I saw the sheet of feet I knew what to do with them..... I coated them with PVA glue (runny white glue) then presses them into sand. Once they had dried I coated them with dimensional magic to seal in the sand and make them look wet.

The words in the title were painted with Radiant Rain in teal zircon with Glitzee Glue in aqua over the top.The bear was painted in nutmeg with Distress Stickles in vintage photo and antique linen smudged together over the top.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS

Bear Bum (so603)

Feet Set (so766)

Triangle Banner

OTHER PRODUCTS

Kaisercraft - Tropicana-coastline, collectables, paper leaves, hessian flowers, Radiant Rain, Dimensional Magic, twine, glitter glue.

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CHERISH

Embellishing with chipboard doesn't have to be an expensive time consuming effort ( unless you want it to be!). It still looks good with a couple of coats of paint.The frame was decorated to reflect the colours in the paper and the floral headpiece of the flower girl. (The photos aren't the best because they are original ones of me as a flowergirl in the mid 60"s!)

The wreath was painted with Distresss Crackle paint in weathered wood. When dry I glued on the flower layers. A quick, simple but effective finish for the chipboard

The heart banner as well as the 2 small hearts I cut off the ends were painted with gold paint.

I changed the colour of the rhinestone word with alcohol ink in orange as I wanted the contrast with the blue colours.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS

Vintage Lace Frame (vow003)

Heart Banner

OTHER PRODUCTS

Paper flowers & roses, Kaisercraft - Marigold collection-mustard, rhinestone word, alcohol ink. gold paint, lace, rose ribbon.

LAUGH, FUN

I chose the backing papers to highlight the feathers which I cololured to match in with the paper! The background sheet was plain cardstock that I sponged with bubble wrap dipped in black acrylic paint. I machine stitched around the edges.

The feathers and the cogs were inked in maroon, blue and grey smudges beside each other and blended in using a small sponge. Glitter glue in crystal was applied over the top and when it had dried I coated it with Dimensional Magic.

These cogs were inked the same as the ones above. The other embellishments on the layout were chosen to bring out the colours in the cogs and feather. There was a lot of fun to be had making this layout.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS

Micro Feathers (so747)

Cogs Multi Pack (so091)

OTHER PRODUCTS

Plain cardstock, bubblwrap, black acrylic paint, cotton, Kaisercraft timber letters,ink, glitter glue, dimensional magic.

It was fun this month to try a few different techniques with the chipboard to customise them to fit in with the layout themes. I hope you have fun with yours too!

Craft Room

Here is the first layout I have done in my temporary craftroom(photo below).

 The background is reversed masked-I used the mask in the usual way on a different layout then I flipped the mask over onto this sheet and let the ink soak in. Dimensional pearls were dotted around the flourish. The paper strip was embossed then rubed over with ink. The acrylic word and button were coloured with alcohol ink.

Here is my temporary craft room sort of set up. A lot of my stuff is still in boxes and will be staying there until the house is renovated. It's hard to choose what things are most important and the things I will need. I keep thinking of things and going through ALL the boxes!

Travelling Scraproom

Here is a layout I made in my camper. Luckily it has a big seat where I can spread out! It is amazing how with 3 containers & a small table how much you can actually do. It is a bit of a pain to pack up all the time but at least I get the chance to still do some scrapbooking. The layout is of my granddaughter in her new jumper. I used rubons & stamping on the background. I painted the chipboard swirls with black paint & then lightly misted them with pink glimmermist to make it prettier.

Travelling Scraproom

Here is a layout I made in my camper. Luckily it has a big seat where I can spread out! It is amazing how with 3 containers & a small table how much you can actually do. It is a bit of a pain to pack up all the time but at least I get the chance to still do some scrapbooking