One Paper, 3 Layouts!

Hello! It's week two of the school holidays here and I wanted to share with you three layouts that I made with the same piece of paper from my May Hip Kit.  It was this paper from Dear Lizzy "Fine & Dandy" called Lets Party.  I really wanted to focus on the striped side, and rather than use it as a full background or layering piece I really wanted to feature it on three layouts.

I made all of these layouts while we were on holiday in Christchurch last week.  Shaun had to go for a coference so we decided to tag along too!  We stayed at a holiday home, and I just set myself up on the dining room table while Brielle was sleeping,  and in the evening once the kids had gone to bed.

For my first layout I cut apart some of the stripes and then adhered them with the white cardstock background between them.  This created a central focus which was perfect for my photo and embellishments.  I had this funny photo of Azaria posing on the deck at Lonestar Restaurant in Wanaka.  She actually has no idea why she was posing of saluting!  It was also the perfect layout to use the flamingo.

For my second layout I used a piece of the paper on the bottom third of my page, added my photos and build my composition around them.  The photos were taken on Boxing Day when Shaun's brother and family came up to visit.

For my final layout I used the final piece of the paper that was remaining from cutting the stripes for the first layout.  I used two photos of Shaun and I with Brielle, and did the package technique with water colours in the background.    I kept this one really simple, focussing on the photos and with minimal embellishment.

I hope you enjoyed these layouts, I loved creating them!

She Loves Lemons!

Good evening, it's Saturday night here and I quickly wanted to share a layout featuring a heap of lemons!  My May Hip Kit contained a lot of Pink Paislee's Citrus Bliss collection, and when I say them I knew I had the perfect photos to actually use them within theme (something I hardly ever do!).

Azaria loves lemons, and when we were in Wanaka earlier in the year I was able to snap several photos of her sucking on a lemon from her lemonade.  Perfect photos, and not at all staged for all these products!  I figured, hey might as well get them all on the page!

I used some watercolour paint, mists and India Ink on my background.  In order to use up all the themed embellishments I made my own epoxy stickers by punching out some of the lemon slices, and I created clusters.

I loved mixing letter stickers for my title, and I especially love those multi coloured chipboard thickers!

I hope you enjoyed looking at this layout because I had a blast creating it!

Also, we are having a Design Team Call over at Lets Get Sketchy.  This is such a fabulous team to be on, so do head on over and check it out if you're interested.  Applications are being selected until July 24, and you need to create a layout based on one of the two sketches shown on the blog post.

Have an amazing rest of your weekend!

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!

Hair By Sam (Sketchabilities)

Hello again so soon! Yes two posts in one day because I really wanted to get this layout onto my blog, and I wanted to keep it separate from my first post!

I made this layout with the latest sketch over at Sketchabilities, and this is my first time playing along!  I've made the sketch work for me because the photo has Brielle looking to the left (of the page), so I wanted her to be looking into the page, not off it (hope that makes sense!).  Sam (aged 8) did her hair with a loom band one day, so of course I had to get a photo, because how often does a big brother do hair styles?!  I used my May Hip Kit.

I loved layering up my papers, and then added some of my favourite embellishments.  This leaf cut was left over from another layout.

I really challenged myself to do some stamping on this one!  At first I wasn't sure about those thickers, but I love how they work with this kit.

And here is the awesome sketch.

Thanks for looking!

Just Add Water (Stuck?! Sketches)

Hello!  I'm playing along over at Stuck?! Sketches today, and I'm not sure if I've already shared, but I'm on a real sketch kick at the moment!

This sketch was awesome, and I made it work for 4 photos of Brielle being cute in the bath!  I used my May Hip Kit and had a blast using all the fun embellishments!  

I went a bit full on with mist splatters on this one, I almost didn't know when to stop!

And yes those home made epoxy stickers are from patterned paper, totally inspired by Adele from Inkie Quill (on YouTube)!

I'm really into outlining and stapling at the moment!

And here is Laura's super fun sketch.

Thanks for looking!

Lovely (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello!  Its time for the first reveal for July over at Lets Get Sketchy, can you believe the year is more than half over?!  This week we had a pretty sketch by Brenshevia, with banners, white space and splatters.  I used my May Hip Kit (I'm trying to get caught up with my kits), and scrapped a selfie I took of Brielle and I during our recent snow storm.  The photo is a little over exposed because of the intense brightness of the snow behind us.

I loved that this sketch could be used to feature white space (creating a layout with a lot of breathing room), and I decided to use white cardstock to really play up my splattering.  Everything is from the kit except for the doily, "lovely" sticker,  glassine bag, and silver gems.

I used my pink gelato to colour the wood veneer, and I love using those acetate Dear Lizzy shapes by stapling them.  The triangles are with Molding paste and the Triangle stencil by Happy Scatter.

Lovely layers, including some waste chipboard behind my photo.  I used glossy accents to glue down the acetate heart, which worked really well.

A close up of our #nomakeupselfie!  I added the doily and glassine bag into my layers for added interest

And here is the awesome sketch!

Make sure you check out the LGS blog to see what the other DT ladies created!

Thanks for looking!

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!