Celebrations

Hello again everyone. It's that time of year where we have a sigh of relief that the Christmas madness is over and then comes along "back to school" madness!! January is all about Celebrations and my layouts are all about birthday celebrations.

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY

This is a double layout that I made and I wanted it to have the clean and simple look about it then using the chipboard pieces as the main feature .

The swirls was undercoated in a cream acrylic paint and when dry, Plaid glitter paint was applied over the top. The words were sprayed in purple spray mist.

The speech bubble was coated with Distress Stain in Black Soot and the words were painted with Plaid glitter paint......quick, easy and effective.

The star frame was cut in half then coated in Distress Crackle Paint in Brushed Pewter. The small star was painted with Plaid glitter paint.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS

Thank Heavens for Little Boys   GO248

Pinked Star Frame (set)   LO263

Speech Bubble (set)

Birthday Party   CO123

...............................................................................................................

18TH

My niece is now 21 so I thought I should really catch up a bit with her 18th birthday photos!

This layout is a bit "girly grunge" and it was good that I can alter the chipboard to suit the colours that I wanted.

The swirl and the 18th were both sprayed with purple mist. The 18th then had a light spray of gold over it to make it sparkle.

This heart arrow was simply sprayed with pink glimmermist. I also used this colour to colour the white flowers so they would all match.

Sometimes when life becomes a bit hectic, layouts can become simple and easy to make without stressing out about not finishing anything. So have fun and play.....

Happy New Year

Wishing you all a happy and blessed 2014. Now for some fun!

ADORE

My niece is adorable so I wanted to make this layout for her with bright colourful embellishments and paper.

The word and the butterflies were painted with Smooch in taffy, sassy pink, grape soda, sugarberry, pool and top coated with Smooch in illuminate to give them a shimmery finish.

The banner was covered in paper and the edges were inked. Twine was glued to the top of the banner.

 

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS

 

(so130)

(so759)

banner flags

Other Products

Bazzill white swiss dots, twine, flowers, handmade flower, Bella swirl, resin embellishment, washi tape, patterned paper.

..................................................................................................................

A LITTLE DIRT NEVER HURT

 

For this double layout I cut the cog frame in half on the diagonal. If you find double layouts difficult to make, try imagining them as one big page to have a nice balance to them.

The arrows were painted with Distress Stain in Brushed Pewter then Distress Stickles in Gunmetal was applied over the top. The bike riders were coated with Distress Stain in Black Soot.

The cogs were painted with Distress Stain in Brushed Pewter and the edges dabbed with Distress Stain in Black Soot.

The title matched this layout perfectly. It was base coated with Radiant Rain in Yellow Rose. The word dirt had Distress Stickles in Vintage Photo smeared over it. The other words had Smooch in gold painted on them.

The frame was base coated with Distress Stain in brushed pewter then texture paste was applied over a mask to give it raised texture. I then dabbed distress stain in  green and copper onto a craft mat and rubbed the stain onto the frame and raised parts using my finger. Messy but fun!

 

Memory Maze Products

 

(zo048)

(kw005)

(lo199)

Bike Riders (so093)

Other Products

Paper Inklings-Freestyle Motorcross, texture paste Distress Stain, Distress Stickles, brads.

 

I hope you have an inspirational year full of craft and friendship.....

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Well this is it....the year is almost over. We wish everyone a safe New Years Eve and wonderful things for 2014. I am looking forward to a few new changes and challenges next year and having fun while I am doing them! So what are your New Years resolutions or are you like me and don't make any! LOL! I have found a saying that suits what I intend to do, so here it is.
"Life is about using the whole box of crayons!".........and the paint and pencils too!

Merry Christmas

Wow only 1 sleep to go!!!!! How excited is everyone? My Christmas celebrations will be lasting over a week as we catch up with family and friends..I can't wait.

Memory Maze Designs keep coming up with such great designs and I love all their Christmas ones. I've been catching up on some old photos before the ones for this year are taken.

NAUGHTY OR NICE?

Both of the titles on this layout suit my husband and our sons!

Both of these titles go together quite well and the Santa stuck in the chimney was perfect to fit above our own fireplace in the photo! The frame was wrapped in Washi Tape.

This title comes already coloured in the green and applied glitter glue straight over the top. The tree was coloured in with marker pens then gems were adhered on it.

The Santa piece was coloured in with marker pens then coated with crystal glaze. The "snow" is Stickles in Picket Fence.

 

This title was painted with Smooch in Siren, Green and Solar Gold.

The swirl was misted in gold then embossed in patches with gold embossing powder. Clear Utee was embossed over the whole piece to make it nice and shiny.

All these pieces were quick and easy to do and very effective.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS USED

Santa let me explain KW006

Naughty or nice CO093

Tree CO096

Santa in Chimney

Frame

Swirl LO057

 

Other Products used

Kaisercraft Christmas Carol collection-Away In A Manager, Graphic 45 Christmas Past- Letter to Santa

......................................................................................................................................

CHRISTMAS

I love the snowflake frame with the inner frame as part of the set. As Christmas in Australia is hot I decided to make the colours I chose warm and not the cool ones normally associated with snow.

The frame was misted with Perfect Pearls Mist in Heirloom Gold then sprayed in patches over the snowflakes with Radiant Rain Mist in Persimmon and Solar gold. Small pearls were stuck in the middle of the snowflakes.

Since the frame is quite elaborate I kept the embellishments simple to balance it all out. I sprayed white flowers with the same mists so they would match in perfectly.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS USED

Christmas Frame

Other products used

Flourish With A Bling-Chloe-Antique Gold, Green Tara

.........................................................................................................................

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

 

The frame was coated with Adiriondack dabber in pearl and the window in Distress Stain in black soot with Distress Stickles in gunmetal. The top part of the frame was covered in Petal Soft in polar white to make it look like snow had settled there. The snowflakes were base coated in Distress Stain in Brushed Pewter and Stickles in frosted lace were applied over the top. The Merry Christmas is already coloured so I  applied Distress Stickles in clear rock candy over the top.

 

 

Wishing everyone a very safe and Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2014.

Christmas Wishes

Wishing everyone a safe and very Merry Christmas.

I hope you all have some special memories to cherish this season......

and remember to photograph it all!!

 



December Goodies

It's how many days 'till Christmas!! I love this time of year and always take lots of photos so now I have a few Christmas albums. I have found that Memory Maze chipboard features in a lot of my layouts as it is so easy to work with and you can do so much with it.
Best Buddies
As I often take series of photos I like to make double layouts to fit in all the photos. These photos are of my husband and grandson and I love the interaction they are having.

I layered the fussy cut flowers with the chipboard pieces to create a frame around the photos.

This word banner is part of a set of 9 banners. I used marker pens to colour it in....quick and easy!

The large lily was coloured in with a marker pen to give it a base coat of colour then painted with glitter paint. The center was embossed with embossing powder.

The 2 corner pieces are from a larger set so you get lots of wonderful pieces. I embossed this with Distress embossing powder then embossed in patches with the glitter embossing powder for a rustic look.

Another quick way to embellish the chipboard is to ink it in one colour and then ink the edges in a darker colour to give it a shadow effect.

Memory Maze Products used

Lily (150x150) LO060

Swirl corners ZO029

Best Buddies SO048

 

Other Products Used

Kaisercraft Rhinestones & Just Believe-Hymn & Glisten, Christmas Carol-Away in a Manager.

.......................................................................................................................................

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

Each Christmas I like to make a decoration or two for our home. I used the same base piece for each of these decorations but did a girl and a boy theme. The other chipboard pieces are not Christmas themed but were painted to fit in with the decoration colours.

The decoration on the left was base coated in Distress Stain in brushed pewter. The frame was painted in Smooch-taffy and the swirl in Smooch-grape.

The decoration on the right was base coated in Distress Stain in tarnished brass. The star was made from a banner that was cut down and bent to create the star frame. It was coated with Radian Rain in spiced pumpkin. The small plaque was painted with Adirondack Acrylic dabber-snowcap. The numbers and the crown were painted with Smooch in blue and gold.

Memory Maze Products Used

Christmas Candel SO108

Frame

Small Swirl

Banner

 

Other products used

Ribbon, holly. paper flowers and angel.

 

With only a couple of weeks until Christmas I hope that these help to bring the Christmas spirit to you. Have a safe and Merry Christmas.

24 Days To Go

This is the inspirational picture from Archiscraps for their December challenge. The added criteria is Christmas.

 Here is my take on this layout.

I used gingerbread as inspiration for the colours in the layout and the thin cork reminded me of gingerbread.

Happy scrapping and remember to take lots of photos this Christmas season.