Bible Journaling - 1 Corinthians 13 (Child Free Friday #10)

Hello, I have something a little different to share today for my 10th Child Free Friday Video.  I stated Bible journalling a couple of months ago, and I was totally inspired by Shana Noel and Illustrated Faith.  I ordered a Journaling Bible (English Standard Version), and after patiently waiting it arrived after about 6 weeks after I ordered.

This Bible is especially for journaling, I have another Study Bible that I use for everyday and church use, and I also read different versions on my iPhone.  For this entry I was inspired to create from 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, which is all about love.  I stated by using white gesso, then stamped with Stazon ink, punched hearts from a Dear Lizzy washi tape book, more stamping with Distress Ink, and finally water colour paints.  

I also journaled and outlined the washi hearts.

I highlighted the subject verse with water colour paint.

Here is my video:

Thanks for looking!

Father & Son (Child Free Friday #8)

Good morning!  I'm getting excited here because its nearly Spring, which has got to be one of my favourite months of the year.  I had my 8th Child Free Friday video up on Saturday (I was late).  It's another wedding reception photo, and features my Father-in-Law and his Dad.  

I had found an old partially used Paper Bakery kit when I was tidying up my scrap space.  Its a spring themed kit, and I probably didn't use it because it would have been Autumn her in NZ.  I added some extra embellishments.  Because my photo was so dark the kit was perfect and I played with mixed media (water colours, texture paste and ink).  I wanted to feature my favourite paper in the kit behind my photo, so kept it big.  I used an Authentique ledger paper for my background.

I even stamped my title with some new letter stamps from The Warehouse (NZ), they were literally about $7 and stamp like a dream!  The ampersand is from an old Studio Calico stamp set.

I placed the Elle's Studio cut-aparts down the side and machine stitched them  down.  I popped up the right side of each with pop dots.  

Here is my process video:

I hope you enjoyed.  I'll be back later today!

Hello Bump (Child Free Friday #7)

Hello again!  Last Friday I shared my 7th Child Free Friday process video.  I cheated a little this time and scrapped a photo of me pregnant with Azaria (she's now 6)!  She's in the photo but not!!  I used my July Hip Kit (which I'm powering through).  The colours in this kit are so summery and delicious, and perfect for my abundance of Summer photos from earlier this year!

I'm trying to be more creative because I didn't get the embellishment add on for July.

Here is my video:

Bless you and have a great day!

Sam's Summer Snaps (Child Free Friday #6)

Hello!  Well I've been totally snowed under with work and missed a Child Free Friday process video. So last Friday I finally had time to record my voice over and shared my layout.  It was about some photos that Sam (aged 7 at the time) took on my DSLR last Summer in our local gardens.

I used my June Hip Kit, and this time focussed on using up some of the ephemera to draw the eye into the photos.

Love this little embellishment cluster!

Those chipboard stars are so perfect for this layout!

Of course I had to frame those little cuties!

And here is my video:

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Thanks for looking!

Love & Fun (Child Free Friday)

Hi there!  If you're a subscriber to my YouTube Channel you'll know that every Friday I share a process video with a layout that doesn't feature a photo of my kids.  It's Sunday now, but this Friday I created a layout with a kit from my stash that I made for a challenge that Jill Sprott is hosting on her blog.  Its called the Ms. Pacman Challenge 2015, and includes scrapping at least 3 projects from a kit made from your own stash.  The following are the requirements of the kit (taken directly from Jill's Post):

1. Eight pieces of patterned paper scraps and four specialty paper/"other" paper scraps -- no complete sheets allowed. 
2.  No more than one yard of trim, with no individual piece measuring more than 11" in length.
3. One sticker sheet, with a catch: at least one sticker must be missing from the sheet.
4. A pre-2013 alphabet set (the old challenge asked for a pre-2010 set, but I figure, three years have passed, so we can compensate for the time change).  If you don't have a set this old, aim for your oldest. 
5. One opened package/container of scrappy product.    
6.  One unopened package/container of scrappy product.
7. One roll of tape.   
8.  One item or package of product from a company that no longer makes scrappy products (the old challenge required a JBS product, which could still apply to this updated version).
9.  Six journaling and/or Project Life cards (if you don't have individual cards, you can cut them from a journaling-card-style patterned sheet or use a printable, if you wish).
10. Unlimited cardstock, adhesive, and "technique-type product" (e.g. stamps, stamping ink, paint, mist, stencils, embossing powder, etc.).     

I'm going to add a few more items:

11. A wild card item. Include anything you've been wanting to use (regardless of whether it is old or new, opened or unopened).  The time is now. 

12.  A nearby item. Grab something from your desk or craft area that is within arm's reach. This will be fairly easy to do if you are a mess-maker like me. If you are super-organized and have no items within reach, then head for the nearest drawer or bin, close your eyes, and reach blindly. The item that you retrieve will be the final addition to your kit. 

So here is a photo of my kit:

Its literally taken from my scrap bag and some of the embellishments I've had for years.  You can see the full kit in my video below:

I went to scrapbook at a friend's house on Thursday night, and made two layouts with the kit, one of which is for Lets Get Sketchy, which I'll be sharing tomorrow.  This is the third layout I made, and I also videoed it for my Child Free Friday series.  Then to give honour to Jill for her fabulous kit challenge, I decided to scrap lift this amazingly beautiful and heartfelt layout of hers:

So here is my take on Jill's layout.  I scrapped another wedding reception photo.  I started off with her concept of paper layers and banner through the middle, then I let the layout take a life of its own with my embellishing.

So happy to use this lovely burlap heart that a friend made for me.

I kept my natural chipboard raw, which really balances the of rest of the layout, and I had lots of fun with my sewing machine!

You can watch my process video below.

I loved this challenge, thanks for looking!

I Am (Child Free Friday)

Happy Friday!  I have another Child Free layout to share with you today, and this is an unusual one for me because not only am I in it, but I took it so its a true selfie!  I used some new papers that I purchased from Artfull Crafts on our way through Timaru from Dunedin to Christchurch last week!  I got some Dear Lizzy "Fine & Dandy", and Simple Stories "I Am".  All embellishments are from my stash, and boy oh boy it felt great to get them on a page!

The photo is a quick selfie that I took in our local park during our summer earlier in the year.  The flair buttons are from Happy Scatter.

The words in the "I Am" 6x6 pad were perfect to layer over the black and white stripe.

I added pink ribbon to the cute black and white paper clip!

Here is my process video:

Thanks for looking and have an awesome weekend!

Just Plain Wonderful (Child Free Friday)

Good morning!  It's Friday, which means time for another layout that doesn't feature my children!  This week I decided to scrap this beautiful photo of our current favourite Summer holiday destination - Lake Wanaka, which is only 45 minutes away from home.

I used my May Hip Kit again, and this week really wanted to make a simple layout that would let the photo and title shine as the main features!  The heart paper from Dear Lizzy Fine & Dandy was perfect as a backdrop for my photo.

I saved these thickers from last month's kit and I was so happy to use them for this layout.

Love the combination of the tag, machine stitching, the little "To-Do" die cut from last month's kit and the gold photo corner!

This label was perfect, because Lake Wanaka really is a paradise to us!  I managed to get gold ink on my photo, but inspired by Adele (Inkie Quill) I decided to go with it!

You can watch my process video below:

Thanks for looking! 

In This Moment (Child Free Friday)

Happy Friday!  Hope you are ready for the weekend!  Its been a crazy day here in Queenstown.  We've had mega frosts, and then in the early hours of the morning we had heavy rain resulting in extreme black ice.  The police shut the road into town so our kids didn't get to school until 11am!

I have my second Child Free Friday layout to share with you today, and its the first layout I've made with my May Hip Kit.  Its another page for my informal wedding album, featuring photos that the guests took at our reception with disposable cameras.  This is a photo of my flatmates prior to getting married, and I love that this photo captures us having a laugh!

I used some thickers from last months kit.

Gold Colourshine was the perfect finishing touch.

My top right cluster, and why not add another pineapple embellishment!

Here is my process video:

Thanks for looking and have an amazing weekend!

Friends (Child Free Friday)

Good evening!  I was looking through a big stack of photos trying to decide what to scrap next when I suddenly came to the realisation that 99.9% of my photos are of the kids!  So I decided to remedy the situation by starting my first ever series on my YouTube Channel called "Child Free Fridays.  The purpose of this series is to challenge myself to create more layouts for my scrapbooks, which will also achieve my goal of finishing some albums.

My first layout is for my informal wedding album. We got married nearly 12 years ago, and back in the day we had disposable cameras on the tables at our reception for the guests to use.  The deal was that they had to leave the cameras for us to develop.  We got a really good stack of photos, and I've been slowly (over about three years) working my way through scrapping them.  

This layout is of Shaun and his best man and groomsman.  I'm down to the last scraps of paper and bits and pieces of my April Hip Kit, so it was a good challenge to try and use some of them up.

I used a metalic mint gelato in the background, and I was so determined to use up two of the Amy Tangerine frames.

I'm loving those Amy Tangerine gold thicker words, and it was good to pull out my India ink for this one.  The "Together Fun!" was cut out of one of the papers.

I created a small cluster at the top left, and doodled a border around the edge, again!

Heres my video, I also include a quick flip through of my wedding album so far.

Thanks for looking, and have a blessed weekend!