Holiday Fun!

Today I have  2 pages from October in my "SMASH*ing 2014" Journal (using the Tasty SMASH* folio). There are photos from the recent school holidays when we went to the cinema to see "Planes - Fire and Rescue" and we went to Port Adelaide to the Maritime and Aviation museums.

On these pages I've used the Freckled Fawn August and September OHDEERME kits - the journalling stamp is a great way to frame any journalling on your pages.

I made the calendar using MS Word - A great way to record our daily activities.

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Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Fabulous Friends!

Last year many of my friends had 40th birthdays. This photo is from Sharyn's where the theme was "Red and Formal". Dont we all look so glamorous!!

I've printed this photo out a number of times in b/w and made gifts for friends but i hadn't done one for myself. So I decided to print the photo in colour and keep my papers to b/w and add a few red embellishments. 

All the papers are from the Studio Calico Printshop collection. The embellishments are all from D-lish Scraps, some from the "Simply Fabulous" October "Just Add Paper" kit, as well as lots of other yummy goodies.

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Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Sydney!

Today I have  2 more pages from September in my "SMASH*ing 2014" Journal (using the Tasty SMASH* folio). 

In September John had his 50th birthday and we celebrated by spending a family weekend in Sydney. It was awesome! Even just the fun of going on an aeroplane and train and staying in a motel. We enjoyed eating out and seeing all the famous Sydney sights. Rachael loved the wax museum and Jessica loved the Aquarium.

On these pages I've used the Freckled Fawn August and September OHDEERME kits - the stickers and stamps are some of my favourites.

I love not having to use any patterned paper in my SMASH* books. The fun and quirky background pages are perfect on their own!

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Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Hold My Hand!

Today's scrapbook share is a page I made using mainly the September OHDEERME kit from Freckled Fawn. I've been subscribing to these kits for a few months now and I love them. Some of my favourite goodies from this kit are the stamps and the cute little flair.

The photo's used here were taken on Father's Day then we took a picnic lunch to the River Murray.

I  started by using a paintbrush to watercolour green and blue Dylusions inks on white cardstock (that had been primed with clear gesso).

Once the page was thoroughly dry I layered paper (from the Studio Calico Printshop collection) and a silver paper doilie under my photo. All the stamps and embellishments are from various OHDEERME kits - they are so easy to mix and match!

The paperclips are also other favourites of mine.

Thanks so much for stopping by
Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Currently Me - Weeks 42-43!

Today's crafty share for you is two more pages for October in my "Currently Me 2014" SMASH* journal. On these pages I've only used the My Paper Balloon October embellishment kit - How cool is that gold! I've also used the gorgeous Currently card (free digi download) from Kristin at Rukristin, and the stamps under the photos are from Kellie Stamps.

The first photo is of Rachael and I on a family day out, the second photo is of some new plantings in our garden.

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Crafty Hugs xx

Sweet!

Jessica loves to write us letters. We get them most days. She often wakes up in the morning and goes straight to the craft table and starts on a project (not at all interested in getting ready for school!!). When she wrote this letter and added a colourful rainbow I knew I should display it on a scrapbook page - how cute is the spelling :) 

I had some colourful paper (from the Studio Calico Printshop collection) that resembled a rainbow so I used this as the background then added a small amount of embellishments so as not to distract from the sweet letter. 

The embellishments are all from D-lish Scraps - I really love the "Journal its" wordfetti!!

Thanks so much for stopping by
Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Currently Me - Weeks 40-41!

Today's crafty share for you is two pages for October in my "Currently Me 2014" SMASH* journal.  On these pages I've used the My Paper Balloon October embellishment kit. This is another fun kit with splashes of gold and sparkly teal. I especially love the yummy Evalicious flair and paperclips!!

The first photo is of Jessica and I taking her bike for a ride on the bike track. The next photo is a family car selfie!!

In addition to the kit I've used a Currently card (free digi download) from Kristin at Rukristin, and some October Afternoon roller stamps. 

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Crafty Hugs xx

Photo Bomb!

Today's scrapbook share is another project I made for the recent D-lish Scraps cybercrop (see the Scrap Suite facebook group here). One of the challenges I did was "make your own patterned paper - and add a heart". This challenge was perfect for me - I love making my own background paper, so here is my page.

The photo was taken on a family holiday to Sydney. My family love to do silly photo's and photo bombing has become a favourite of late!!

I started by using a paintbrush to watercolour yellow and orange Dylusions inks on white cardstock (that had been primed with clear gesso).

Once the page was thoroughly dry I added strips of paper (from the Studio Calico Printshop collection) under my photo, then I added lots of D-lish Scraps embellishments .

Finally I journalled around the edge of my page.

Thanks so much for stopping by
Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn