OTP - Dress for jewelry display

A little bit of practical crafty fun.  I have been missing my earings. ..cos the are stored in a jewelry box.  So I thought let's get them out where I can see them.

And here is the finished product.

Thanks for popping by.

Elle

ATC: Pink Christmas

Another swap with Swap bot,  this one's theme was Pink Christmas.  

 I used a really cut die from Whimsy Stamps.   Overall I kept this ATC pretty simple because I wanted to focus on the sleigh.

Love Christmas and this chance to share the joy.

ATC - Halloween theme

Continuing my current interest in ATC's, I signed up for another few swaps on Swap bot.

This swap had an easy theme at least I thought so til I realized I don't have much Halloween themed stuff....but I made do and love the finished cards.

Two recipients each to receive one ATC each.

Hope they like them.

Elle

Memory File - Project Life, Snap and Heidi Swapp..my style!

Oodles of photos to follow.  

With all my scrap supplies in transit from Oz to the US.  I have been keeping my scrapping simple.  Enter Heidi Swapp, Project Life and Sn@p Studio's.   With supplies from all three, plus my nifty  pocket photo printer,  and Costco photo service this is is my first Life in the US scrap file.

The picture above is the cover, still a work in progress..but I like where it is going.  Sorry the picture is a little blurry...

When it opens up I have a smaller flip file of the left.  This little folder captures a day trip as we checked out Connecticut.  On the right is a little tribute to my two Labs who have traveled to the USA with us..it was a big journey for them.

These next pictures show  our day at the Submarine Museum.  These pages use Sn@p stick in plastic pockets.  I LOVE these!

   

 

I have used Heidi Swapp Memory files and embellishments.

You can see some Tim Holtz embellishments hiding on these pages.

Project Life mini kits along with Sn@p pockets are an awesome way to add extra stuff to pages.

For this page I used a simple card technique, so I could capture show a few photos of my girls and tell the story of their move to the USA.

As part of getting a new car, I had temp plates first in New York State and then in Connecticut.  So to do that I used some Tim Holtz hardware.  And under you can see where I saved a map given to my by the Hire Car company when I first got to New York.

I kept the little paper bag (that I asked for, hehehehe) when I purchased a few souvenirs at Liberty Island from our trip to see the Statue of Liberty.  It's a great scrappable.

Not only do I have a great scrap page I also have a cool pocket to keep things in.

I used every surface to add notes and brochures.

Again another paper bag that makes for a great memory.  This is the food section of my file.  So I have lots of brochures and some pictures....I Love how this came together.

Dont you just love these Sn@ap these photo flips!  These are from a variety pack.

And used with project life it is so quick to add journalling.

And as you can see here you can just keep open the brochures to see more brochures...cool!

I hope you enjoyed this look at my most recent project.

Thanks for visiting!

Prima Art Venture 2014 - The missed opportunity, the kits and finally the glee

I booked early for the California Prima Art Venture scheduled for January this year and I can tell you I was excited for the better part of six months, I anticipated the event with glee...  But as luck would have to have it...I never made it to LA in January .  This was pretty disappointing but life happens..

Luckily for me, the people at Prima were awesome, they sent me all the goodies from the retreat.  And those goodies came today.  Opening the box was soooo exciting, inside were these awesome pizza boxes which look totally cool and have one thinking how to reuse them - they certainly cant be discarded!

Five project kits in Pizza boxes, each kit focused on a different Prima Collection...more detail about each kit in posts to follow (I plan to work through them kit by kit).  Each of these kits includes an instruction sheet fro the project - I did see lots of great goodies like stamps and stencils as I browsed the boxes. 

The last kit was in a big plastic bag - I am pretty sure this is the kit from Finabar's class and she is not an instruction kind of gal...I am told that class was more hands on and visual...no worries I can have lots of fun with that.  This kits had not 1 but 4 stencils...Yippee ( More Happy dance), a book and embellishments...ooh!

Also in my big box of goodies were some gifts from Prima.  An awesome canvas tote full of goodness like an Ingvil Bolme distressing tool and craft knife (both formally on my wish list - pretty cool), scissors, two bottles of Glue (scotch and fabri tac), pop dots..

Also a Prima bag brimming with more goodness, paper pads paints, ink pads, flowers, embellishments, mediums.

Needless to say...I have lots of projects to work on now...

Happy crafting

Elle

Junk Journal - The journey to 2013

Hey...More about my junk journal journey - This is a big post as I detail my smash book, junk journal journey.

For my first smash book (that's what it started as) I used a cheap art book, I think it cost 2 dollars.  It had a nasty black plastic cover.

To make it more mine I covered the cover with tissue paper and lost of white pearlised paint and a big ribbon which I also painted.  That's where I left the front cover...as least for now!

On the inside (and I did this much later after I had been using the book a while) I spritzed with some Lindy's Stamp gang sprays...well actually on the inside cover I dripped the spray on more then sprayed...but on the back cover I sprayed.

On the first page I made a note that this was my first smash book and that it would hold anything that I couldn't be bothered to scrap.  And that could be anything...which you can see from wrapping paper from a gift to a metro pass.  And I didnt give any thought to keeping things in order.  AS I found stuff it went in.  Witch was a great chance to pop in little memories about the items.

Even from early on some pages I really like and others I wished could be better...but the purpose of this was to not lose the little mementos I had kept.  And I started to enjoy writing the stories that went with them,. 

About Now we also decide to make a big move, and started cleaning out the house ready for packing...this resulted in two things.  Heaps more stuff for the book and the realization I am a pack rat..sigh 

Even as the pile of of old bits and bobs grew, I was creating new moments as we painted the house and made arrangements to move and that's when this started to evolve into what I am calling a junk journal.  I use that phrase to describe the adhoc nature of capturing mementos from the past while noting current happenings.

One page might be a receipt from Girl Guides camp (a long time ago..) and it could be right next to a ticket from a movie a few years back.

I found myself popping the current days polaroid picture (I love the instant gratification), a the receipt for garden supplies with notes about the progress of our plans in the book in between pages that had things from trips a few years ago.

I kept a copy of an old bank statement and one of my early pay slips, and the junk journal gave me a quick place to record the the history of the document or the memory it brought back. 

Where do you keep old pet records...some of my mine found a way into this book and golly it felt good giving them a home.

I mentioned in a previous post how my junk journal has also become my first art book...and I have to say the pages with the pre prepped backgrounds really pop.

Lost of pages are multi layer, ie things open to show more...

Since I started this journey I find myself keeping more small things that I can quickly pop in with notes to remind me why I kept it.

I think my next junk journal will be more current (I think most of my old keepsakes are pretty close to in, or will be int he last few pages in the book) but I really loved  this journey and the memories it let me relive.

I would recommend Smash booking or junk journal to anyone.  It is fun in a different way to scrap booking.

I am already working on creating the basis for my next junk journal...it will be in a post soon.

Thanks for popping past and if I helped inspire even one person to try this journey I will feel pretty awesome.

Happy craftin!

Elle

Smash Book / Junk Journal - Art Pages

I am fairly new to smash book or journaling.  But over the last several months have got much more involved. 

But this is about how my smash booking has revolved into a junk journal and an art book.

When I started I stuck my bits and bobs on the blank pages.  But then I started thinking those pages needed a bit of a boost.

That's when I started to play around with the art book concept.   This gave me an excuse to play with no set outcome...and I did.  I filled the last few pages in this book with background that pop with colour and fun.

The pages which are all ready for my to journal lures little moment.  But the fun was in playing with my paints sprays and stencils....

Off to fill some of those pages.

Craft happy.

Elle

Layout: Frontierland

Note:  No papers were harmed (burnt) in the making of this layout!

Introducing...AJ.

This is one of my favorite moments from our recent trip over seas.  The gorgeous Prima (Craftsman collection) journal card tucked in behind the photo tells the tale of stumbling on the this Canon In the Disneyland Theme park.  I noted how AJ always wants me to pose and he is forever taking my picture...sigh. But this time I got him in on the action and boy did I get some great shots.

The tickets stubs reflect the date (hidden at the back), the Who (AJ), What (Defending Disney), Where ( Frontierland) , and then the third one is filled in to say Disneyland, Jan 2013.  The banner has Frontierland spelt out in stickers, AJ tells me the title almost looks like a Fort!

Tis a little bit strange..I have used chipboard in two layouts this weekend.  I love using Chipboard but struggle to find it in my local stores... Am very surprised to have found two pieces in my small collection that both made their way into a layout on the same weekend. :P

Supplies:

Paper:  Kaszazz
Cardstock: Kaszazz, and some scrap Bazzil (Kraft)
Metal Embellishments:  Tim Holtz Idealogy
Journal Card:  Prima - Craftsman
Stamps:  Tim Holtz
Letter stcikers:  Prima Roasarian
Chipboard/Wood:  Kaisercraft
Dies:  Tim Holtz - Tattered Banner, Ticket Strip, Harlequin Border

Challenges:

About a Boy - Introducing

Layout: Capture the Magic

Back from holidays, unpacking complete.  Craft room re organisation complete!  I might have brought home a few things...  And the other big things is I stopped past Office Works with my trusty SD card and printed off 452 photos, plus three in a larger photo size.  So when the weekend rolled around and overtime got cancelled I decided to jump in and start scrappin the memories.

This layout is extra special because the actual layout started at CHA in an awesome workshop at the Clearsnap booth.  Following is a picture of the project.  But since I don't currently scrap in the 8' by 8' it was a fun to take the class layout and make into a 12' layout and at the same time start using some of those photos...

Huge thanks to Cathie Allan who designed this project and the Clearsnap team for giving me the opportunity to take part in one of their workshops.

Supplies:
Clear Snap tool and supplies including: Ink; Colorbox pigment inks, Smooch and Top Boss Emboss.  White Card stock.
Stamps:  Impression Obsession
Dies:  Spellbinders

My additions:
Embellishments:  Vintage crochet doily's, Lace trim, Prima Flower
Chipboard:  WOW
Word Stickers: Tim Holtz - Chit Chat

Challenges:

The Pink Elephant Challenge - Lift it

Off The Page: Creative Card Crew - Red and Gold

Are you ready for a challenge?  I found this weeks theme of Red and Gold over at Creative Card Crew to be a real challenge.  I had a few false starts before this project just all fell together.

We are lucky to have Scrapping Centre on board as the sponsor for this challenge.  Play along with us for your chance to win a voucher to buy your canvas and other crafting supplies from Scrapping Centre,


Supplies:
Mini Canvas
Gold Texture paste
Word Stamp
Flowers
Trinkets
Muslin
Red silk paint
Glossy accents - to glue it all in place
Gold paint to paint the little easel.


Thanks for popping by to visit.

Elle

Card - Wishing You

Supplies:
Martha Stewart Punch around the page, Mpress Dies, Whimsy Stamp and Die, Mazy Art Digi
Pro markers, Distress Ink Pad, Flowers, Ribbons, Hat Pin

Challenges

Dream valley challenges - Anything Goes
Paper Play Time - Anything Goes

Through the Craft room Door - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - More then One punch & or Die cut

willow sketchie challenge - Sketch provided

Stamptacular sunday challenge - Recipe Challenge

Challenges 4 everybody - Anything Goes

Paper take weekly - Ribbons or Pearls

Loves rubber stamps challenges - Fun with ribbons

Make it Monday

Hope you all like my cute little card.

Hugs

Elle