Saturday, December 24, 2016

Documenting Christmas Cover Page - With Scrapping Clearly!

Merry Christmas everyone!! Only 1 more sleep! Are you all as excited as I am??

Today I'm showing you the cover page of my Documenting Christmas Project Life Album. I know I'm very late in starting this album, but better late than never!!

I've used lots of Christmas products all available in the  Scrapping Clearly Store.
I've used the Heidi Swapp "Christmas" Project life kit as the foundation for my cover. This kit contains lots of acetate overlays and fun wood veneer. I've also used Teresa Collins "Candy Lane" chipboard elements  to add dimension to my page.    
I added some of my signature paint splattering on some white cards. This time I used Prima Watercolor confections - shimmering lights. These paints are amazing - you absolutely must buy some (or maybe even all of the colour collections!).
I created a sequin pocket using my Fuse.
White card, gold paint splats and an acetate overlay - perfect :) 
Scrapping Clearly products I've used include

Heidi Swapp "Christmas" Project life kit   
Teresa Collins "Candy Lane" chipboard elements    
Teresa Collins "Candy Lane" washi tape    
Teresa Collins "Something Wonderful" sequins    
Becky Higgins project life pocket pages design Y  
Becky Higgins - white project life cards 
Prima Watercolor confections - shimmering lights 
WRMK Fuse 

Thanks so much for stopping by
Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Create Your Own Dreams - With Imaginarium Designs!

Today I'm sharing a scrapbook page I made for the Scrapbooking Memories Masters competition. Although I didnt make the Masters cut this page received an Honourable mention and appeared in the latest Scrapbooking Memories magazine. The theme for the page was to use an unconventional material - I've incorporated an old record and a CD. I've also included lots of gorgeous Imaginarium Designs chipboard.
My background was made in my signature style of watercolour painting with some added texture of silver texture paste through a stencil. 
Following the circular shapes of the record and CD I've cut lots of circles of different sizes in patterned paper.
I've painted all of the word chipboard pieces with the watercolour pan paints and the chrvron and heart chipboard with silver paint.
Finally I added some paper flowers as accents on the page.
The papers are from the KaiserCraft Sea Breeze collection - I love the colours and patterns!
Imaginarium Designs chipboard I've used includes 

Loolabelles chevrons #2: Code IDDL0022
Nats hearts : code IDD0043
  

Love grow hello : code IDW0083

Everything Everyday today : code IDW0082
 Totally adore wonderful : code IDW0080


Create Your Own Dreams : code IDP0191


All of my photos have been printed on an Epson XP-600
Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Monday, December 19, 2016

Christmas Planner - With Imaginarium Designs!

Today I have a Christmas planner/organiser I made using lots of gorgeous Imaginarium Designs chipboard. This was a recent Christmas class I taught at Seriously Scrapbooking :)

Every year I make a planner like this to store all of my Christmas lists - Christmas cards, Christmas gifts, gifts we received, calendar dates, Christmas day plan etc. I carry it with me everywhere in the leadup to Christmas - pretty and practical!
It is A6 in size and is made by adhering card bases together. I wont go into all the detail in this post but you can see a previous tutorial here. I've incorporated a sequin pocket which I love!All of the chipboard is painted gold - I love traditional colours at Christmas.
Inside I've attached a number of printouts (made using Word on my PC). You could replace this with photos instead. I've also attached a number of chipboard and metal accents to each page.
A calendar is always a useful addition to any planner.

Imaginarium Designs chipboard I've used includes 

Christmas 2016 - new release

Stars : Code IDT0036 

All of my photos have been printed on an Epson XP-600
Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Christmas Project Life - With Imaginarium Designs!

This month over on the Imaginarium Designs blog we are showcasing Christmas projects. I have a Christmas themed Project life spread made using photos from Christmas 2015, Paper House Productions papers and lots of gorgeous Imaginarium Designs chipboard. This was a recent Christmas class I taught at Seriously Scrapbooking :)
Here is a close up of the LHS. I love the traditional Christmas colours of gold and red with pops of green. The main paper I've used is "Home for Christmas" from Paper House productions. I've used the snowflake acetate sheet and the Project life card element sheet from this collection.
I've painted all of my chipboard with a gold acrylic paint (Prima Finnabair Art Alchemy acrylic paint). The title is attached to snowflake acetate along with some gold sequins.   
I've created a sequin pocket using more of the snowflake acetate, sequins and my Fuse to seal the pocket.
Here is a close up of the RHS.  
I've printed a series of photos from Christmas day. These are of Rachael opening her "salt and vinegar chips" that were hidden in an icecream container - too funny!!  
I've cut elements from the paper to embellish my cards and added paper strips, word stickers and adhesive gems. 
 Imaginarium Designs chipboard I've used includes 

The Wonder of Christmas: Code IDP0152


4 Christmas trees: Code IDT0009
 All of my photos have been printed on an Epson XP-600
Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn