SMASH*ing 2014!

At the start of this year I decided against doing a SMASH* Journal for 2014. I was so far behind with my 2013 journal and it all just seemed to get too hard and too much. But then last week I sat down and looked at my journals for 2012 and 2013 and I knew I had to do one. 

I'm keeping this journal much simpler than many of my past journals. Firstly I usually spend way too much time on each page and also when I use too many papers and embellishments the book gets so fat and difficult to work with. 

I chose the Tasty SMASH* folio to use - I love the quirky pages and colours and with many of my photos being about food it was the perfect choice! I'm including a calendar of our monthly activities, and I am doing 6 pages per month. 

On these pages I've showcased stamps from the Kellie Stamps March release the Cozy and Magical stamp sets.

I've also used elements from a Studio Calico Ephemera Pack and Dear Lizzy diecuts.

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Crafty Hugs xx

Currently Me - Weeks 8 and 9!

Here are 2 more pages in my "Currently Me 2014" journal. I'm really finding it fun to record my activities and feelings and include more regular photos of myself - it will be great to look back on at the end of the year!

Products I've used include: Kellie Stamps "this is my mad house and I love it" from the My Home stamp set, "I am" and "reading" from the Currently stamp set, and "twenty fourteen" flair; Stampin' Up! Epic Day This and That Journal, washi tape, designer series paper, stickers and hexagon punch; Currently card (free digi download) from Kristin at Rukristin.

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Crafty Hugs xx

Currently Me 2014 - Weeks 4-7!

Following on from yesterdays post here is weeks 4-7 of my "Currently Me 2014" journal. Although I'm not a fan of my handwriting I like to include it and make it a feature of this journal. Again I've kept embellishments to a minimum - although I had to include a few doilies on the first 2 pages!

Products I've used include: Kellie Stamps "Proud Moment" wood mount stamp, "Places we'll go and the people we'll see" from the Summer mini stamp set, and "Happy Camper" and "Hello Sun" flair; Stampin' Up! Epic Day This and That Journal, washi tape, designer series paper, stickers and hexagon punch; Currently card (free digi download) from Kristin at Rukristin.

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Crafty Hugs xx

Currently Me 2014 - SMASH* Style!

I don't know about you but I seem to spend all my time scrapbooking and SMASH*ing photos and memories of my family and friends but never myself! So when I saw how Kellie was doing a "Project My Life" I wanted to do something similar - in my own SMASH*ing style.

About a year ago Stampin' Up! released their own version of SMASH* books and I had to buy it all (lol) but 12 months on and I still hadn't used it. So I decided to use this as the basis for my "Currently Me 2014" Journal. The journal is smaller than a SMASH* journal and it has larger rings on the spine - which I actually love!! I'm also using the coordinating papers and stickers -which is great for my "keeping it simple" philosophy for this book

I'm doing a week to a page and on each page I'm filling out one of these fabulous free digi download Currently cards from Kristin at Rukristin. I'm also including a photo of myself!!

So far I've kept up with this - but am behind with the blogging. I will also be keeping my blogging simpler and only having one photo of each page, I'm hoping that this will make it all more achievable for me!

Here are the first 3 weeks of 2014. I'd love to hear from any of you that do something similar :)

Products I've used include: Kellie Stamps "Rate this day" from the Cozy stamp set, "All you need is chocolate" from the My Home stamp set, "out and about" from the I made this stamp set, "January" light wood veneer, and 2014 from the Awesome flair set; Stampin' Up! Epic Day This and That Journal, washi tape, designer series paper, stickers and hexagon punch; Currently card (free digi download) from Kristin at Rukristin.

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Crafty Hugs xx

Some Birthday Cards!

Last month I made some backgrounds for scrapbook pages using mists, stencils and stamps. I loved the look so much I thought I'd make some cards using the same techniques.

For the first 2 cards I used the remaining goodies from my Lilac haze Just Add Paper Kit from D-lish Scraps. 

For this 1st card I used one of the nested frames (sprayed with purple Dylusions), a flair, lavender resin butterfly, aqua bitty bloom, and a purple cabachon Resin Flower. 

For the second card I used a chevron button, purple mini metal flower, lavender bitty bow, purple resin flower and aqua bitty bloom.

For the 3rd card I used a large seagreen Old Fashioned Rose, green cabachon Resin Flower, an aqua Viola, and a funky heart Wooden button.

For my last card I used one of the nested frames from the Lilac Haze Just Add Paper Kit (sprayed with teal Dylusions), a blue cabachon Resin Flower, a largeseagreen Old Fashioned Rose, , an aqua Viola, an aqua bitty bloom, and a funky heart Wooden button.

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Crafty Hugs xx 

Hello There!

Today I have another scrapbook page showcasing some of my mixed media skills lol! I wanted some earthy tones to go with the photos from a wildlife park but I also wanted to jazz it up a bit with some fun papers.

I started by spraying my page with some brown, black and blue Dylusions sprays. I didnt really like how it turned out so I put my papers over most of it. I then added a few different stencils with texture paste, then some stencils with inks.

I tore some paper for the top and bottom of the page. If you look closely you will see that it is all from the same piece of paper and also my paper pad was only 6x6 - but I dont think you can really tell. 

I layered lots of paper under my photo as well as adding a paper doilie, chevron bag and shipping tag (all staples for me!). I used the Basic Grey "Nook and Pantry" paper pad - a very old one that I found in my stash and I am trying hard to use it all up!

Now it was time to add lots of D-lish Scraps yumminess! I used a cream Forget Me Not, white Daisy, yellow polkadot button, yellow Crocheted Mini Bloom, a wooden deer button and a yellow resin forget-me-not.

I also added a yellow wooden daisy, white bitty blooms, Freckled Fawn wood chips hearts, arrow, birds, & clouds.

 

Along the bottom I added Freckled Fawn dew drops silver arrow paperclip, chevron Journal Spot, Ticket Tab, and stamped the date with my Pebbles roller date stamp.  

I had some little chalkboards in my stash so I wrote the title on with a chalkboard pen and I attached with some string from my stash and a mini peg. Then I accented with a wooden asterisk, a yellow Resin cabachon and a pink resin 2-toned daisy.

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Crafty Hugs xx

Grungy Birthday Card!

Last month I made a number of Scrapbook backgrounds using sprays, stencils and stamps. It was so much fun that I also made some cards using similar techniques. I love how this card turned out - I always find it hard to make cards for males!

I've used some Kellie Stamps products on this card: Arrow flair from the Hello Sun Flair set; the "Happy Birthday" stamp from the Birthday stamp set; and the arrow stamp from the You are the best stamp set

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Crafty Hugs xx

Isn't She Lovely!

I've finally had some time to myself to do some Scrapbooking and I have thoroughly enjoyed it! Lately I've seen a few pages being done with white embellishments on black paper - I think it looks stunning!! So I gave it a go myself.

I printed out a black and white photo of my daughters year 7 graduation to keep with my black and white only colour scheme.  

I wanted to add some large white paint splats so I thought about my photo placement and did these first. I used some white paint I had in a squeeze bottle with a sponge dauber on the top. I made sure there was plenty of paint on the dauber and spritzed it with water, then splat really hard on to my page. I will warn you that this is a messy business and although I had a 3 sided cardboard box that I do my misting in I really needed a 4 sided one as paint went all over me and behind me on the wall and floor!! Then I also added some little spats of white Dylusions from the spray bottle.

Once this had all dried I added my embellishments - all from D-lish Scraps.After I attached my photo I added some silver star mini sequins and clear sequins. I like to scatter the sequins across the page (to give a random look) and dot glue next to them, then I use a Clever Sequin Pick-up Pencil to place the sequins on the glue - easy.

I also added some white embroidery thread that I had tried to scrunch and knot randomly, and a white Forget Me Not.

There is some gorgeous coloured wire in the D-Lish store at the moment. I have bought all of the colours! It is so easy to bend and I made this gorgeous "lovely" title for my page with the silver wire. I like to write out my title on paper first then you can easily bend the wire following the shape of your writing. 

I also added a flower from the All That Glitters Just Add Paper kit, another white Forget Me Not, a white mini PVC doilie, and a charm from my stash..

Finally I added some KaiserCraft Mini Alphas and another white Forget Me Not.

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Crafty Hugs xx

Year 7 Graduation Dinner!

The March release from Kellie Stamps  is out TODAY!! Yay!! The 2 stamp sets are Magical and Cosy. Today I'm showcasing some of the Magical stamps. 

The photos on these pages are of my daughter Rachael getting ready for her year 7 graduation dinner - isnt she gorgeous!! She has grown up way too fast. 

These pages in my Holiday SMASH* book were perfect so I continued with the gold theme for all my embellishments. 

The flowers, paper doilies, bag and tag are from my stash. I've used stamps from Kellie Stamps - "magical" and "So happy" from the magical stamp set; "Proud Moment" the wood mount stamp; and the "you are amazing" from the January light wood venneer flair pack. 

 

I'm also participating in the Scrapbook Creations February Inspiration board challenge (here) which has a gold challenge!

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Crafty Hugs xx

Coffee Date!

These photos on this page are are of my eldest daughter Rachael. Being the eldest she misses spending time with just her and me, so on this day we had a special Coffee Date together.

The background of the scrapbook page I'm showing you today has been created by spraying mists, stencilling with inks and stamping -  using the gorgeous purple and teal colour scheme. 

Many of the embellishments used on this page are from the Lilac haze Just Add Paper Kit from D-Lish Scraps.

I've also used some of the gorgeous stamps from Kellie Stamps.

I've matted my photos over some KaiserCraft patterned papers and a white paper heart doilie from my stash. I used some stamps from Kellie Stamps "BlahBlahBlah", "coffee date", and "love you" from the Best Friends stamp set and the coffee beans from the Tea For Two stamp set.

I used lots of goodies from the Lilac haze Just Add Paper Kit on this page.

In the top right corner I added a nested frame from the kit that had been sprayed with teal Dylusions. I also added one of the flair, a lavender resin butterfly, an aqua bitty bloom, some purple twine, and an adhesive pearl - all from the Kit.

In this cluster I've used a violet old fashioned rose, a purple mini metal flower, lavender bitty bow, self adhesive pearls, aqua bitty bloom, chevron button, and purple resin flower all from the Lilac haze Just Add Paper Kit. I also added a chevron Journal Spot and a teal flower from my stash.

I added a title using some Thickers that I had painted with purple and teal Dylusions - I just love how they turned out! Finally I added the date using my Pebbles roller date stamp.

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Crafty Hugs xx

An Elf Moment!

Yes, I know it seems like Christmas was an eternity ago and I should have finished and blogged these photos in December - but It didnt happen. I'm still showing them now because I really wanted to show off (again) the fun stamps I used by Kellie Stamps, the Elf mini 2013 and the Christmas Tradition stamp set - both are still available in the store. Remember to use the code "KELLIESTAMPS" to get 15% off your Kellie Stamps order when you spend $10 or more.

I've continued keep the pages in this folio (the Holiday SMASH* folio) relatively simple and the basics for most pages were paper doilies, bags and tags (for journalling), die cuts from Pink Paislee Snow Villiage collection & Studio Calico Magical collection, gold numeral Thickers from American Crafts, stamps and wood veneer.

On this page I've used stamps from Kellie Stamps - "Funny little elf", "The Elf", the circle Elf and "Cheeky" from the Elf mini 2013 stamp set. 

I've added white & green bitty blooms, green and red star mini sequins, Freckled Fawn gold arrow and dew drops, all from D-Lish Scraps. Lastly I've added an APOCD elf flair, a Prima wood veneer Christmas tree, and a brown & green flower from my stash. 

On these next pages I've used stamps from Kellie Stamps - "oh christmas tree", "christmas time is beaut", "moment", and "party" from the Christmas Tradition stamp set.  

I've used another of the gorgeous Elf flairs from APOCD - arent they just gorgeous! They come in both boy and girl elf varieties - I had to have both!!

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Crafty Hugs xx

Just Be You!

For today's scrapbook page I've creating another fun background by spraying mists, stencilling with inks and stamping. But this time I've used purple and teal - colours from the Lilac haze Just Add Paper Kit. I often use teal but I rarely use lilac/purple. Now I'm in love with these colours!! Once again I just love the look of my background so I just added some embellishments and tags - no patterned papers! 

These photos are of my youngest daughter Jessica. She was playing in her cubby house kitchen making me a sawdust muffin - I captured these with my zoom lens while she was busy. 

I used lots of goodies from the Lilac haze Just Add Paper Kit on this page - I just love these kits, everything is coordinated - makes scrapbooking easier!

In the bottom right corner I added the date using my Pebbles roller date stamp. I sprayed one of the nested frames from the Kit with purple Dylusions and added some strips of washi tape and an adhesive pearl (the purple polka dot tape and the pearls are from the Kit).

In this cluster I've used the aqua shabby chiffon flower, a violet old fashioned rose, lavender resin butterfly, purple mini metal flower, lavender bitty bow, self adhesive pearls, "lovely" Journal It tag, and flair - all from the Lilac haze Just Add Paper Kit. I also added a white Daisy and a Metal Filligree leaf

In a cluster at the top of the photo I added a white Azalea, a blue Cosmos Daisy, two small Metal Filligree leaves, an aqua Viola, and a purple cabachon Resin Flower. I also added a dragonfly button from my stash.

I layered my photos on a white paper doilie, a glassine bag and tag from my stash. The purple twine is from the Lilac haze Just Add Paper Kit. I used some stamps from Kellie Stamps on my photos - "I love you to the moon" from the Mothers Day 2013 stamp set and the arrows from the You are the Best stamp set.

I added a title using some alphas from my stash and attached an aqua bitty bloom from the Kit. 

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Crafty Hugs xx

Christmas SMASH*ing - Still Going!

I was very happy to finish my Christmas SMASH* journal by the end of January! It has taken me a while to get it all photographed and blogged. 

These pages show more of the adventures of our elves Elfie and Sparkle. They had a sack race with Jessica's toys (she was not impressed and immediately removed some of her favourites from the race lol), they rode in Barbies carriage, Elfie got all tied up in the toilet paper, they had a tea party and tried on some of Rachael's high heels (dont you just love the colour!).

I tried to keep most of the pages in this folio (the Holiday SMASH* folio) relatively simple and the basics for most of the pages were paper doilies, bags and tags (to hide my journalling), die cuts from Pink Paislee Snow Villiage collection, diecuts from Studio Calico Magical collection, gold numeral Thickers from American Crafts, stamps, enamel dots and wood veneer.

I love adding stamps on my photos and pages, here I've used some from Kellie Stamps - "Funny", "Elf", the circle Elf and "Cheeky" from the Elf mini 2013 stamp set.

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Crafty Hugs xx

Sweet Child Of Mine!

I've just loved creating backgrounds for my scrapbook pages recently. I've used a similar technique on this page as for my last post with spraying, stencilling and stamping. I just love the funky grungy look and didnt want to cover it up - I've added no patterned papers! 

I've used pink and orange on this page - colours I would not normally use with photos of Rachael but it just seemed to work. I love this photo of Rachael. I get these looks all the time. She wont pose for any of my photos but will take plenty of selfies herself!

I layered my photo over a white paper heart doilie, chevron bag and tag (from my stash) then I added lots of yummy D-lish Scraps embellishments. The pink fabric tape is from the Neon Pop Just Add Paper Kit. 

I wrote my journalling on a chevron Journal Spot and clustered a pink 30mm Double Crocheted flower, a white Forget Me Not, white Lilly, orange Cosmos Daisie, pink Polka Dot Heart Button, funky heart Wooden button, and pink neon resin heart.

For the title I used a Heidi Swapp word sticker and my Motex tape writer with pink tape. I also added a Heidi Swapp Happy Day arrow sticker and pink Wooden Shapes sunglasses.  

Around the photo I added a silver freckled fawn paperclip, some Washi (on the tag), rainbow Tickets and black Tiny Girl Cabochon. I used a stamp from Kellie Stamps "you make me smile" from the Just for you stamp set and the chevrons from the Hello arrows stamp set.

In the top left of the page I added some neon Freckled fawn Dew Drops and Acrylic Splat Beads. On the top right of the page I added a Ticket with the date stamped using a Pebbles roller date stamp. I then clustered a pink crochet flowers, an orange polkadot button, and a pink Moustache Bead.

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Crafty Hugs xx