Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed - With Imaginarium Designs!

Today I have a scrapbook page to share using lots of gorgeous Imaginarium Designs chipboard. 

I've used this photo of Jessica showing me her new front teeth, with a fun title of "Bright eyed and bushy tailed" to go with the cheekiness of both Jessica and the photo! 

As well as lots of fun chipboard I've used the November/December scrapbook kit "Leila" from Scrappy Canary for this page. Using a kit is a perfect way to limit the craft supplies available for a page and I find that it then speeds up the crafting process :)

I've used some Glimmer Glaze on these heart chippies. I love that glimmer glaze has an inbuilt brush in the lid (just like nail polish) so it makes using it less messy and quick - although it does take a while to dry. What I often do though is to stick the chipboard on my page raw and finish the page, then add the glaze.

I've also added some glaze to the baskets on the balloons and one of the "balloon" parts, for the other 2 balloons I've stuck patterned paper over the top and sanded around the edges.

This phrase was perfect as a title - I sprayed it with some blue ColorShine.

Around the photo I added some Maggie Holmes ephemera from the SC kit.

"Hello beautiful" is from the Dear Lizzie roller stamp - I love these stamps!!

Imaginarium Designs chipboard I've used includes 
Hot Air Balloons : Code IDT0010

 

Nats hearts : code IDD0043

Bright eyed and bushy tailed : code IDP0164

I print my photos on an Epson XP-600 printer. 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Documenting Christmas, Dec 16-23 - with Scrappy Canary!

Today I'm showing you more pages of my "Schultz Christmas 2015" Documenting December Album (for December 16-23) made using the Document December kit from Scrappy Canary.

This first layout is for December 16-19. 

Here is a close up of the LHS. The photos on this page included some haircut selfies, Elf antics, fin with the Wii and nail polish time!!

My favourite cards are white - I love the simplicity. These die cut words are some of my favs too :)

Here is a close up of the RHS. Jessica loved visiting Santa - she was even brave enough to give him a hug! She asked him for a purple tennis racket with kitties on the frame.

The next layout is for December 20-23.

Here is a close up of the LHS. This was a busy weekend with my family Christmas party and the childrens Christmas church service.

I love adding the fun diecuts to my cards!

Here is a close up of the RHS. We baked our own gingerbread and made gingerbread houses and star trees - the gingerbread was so yummy!!

All of my photos have been printed on an Epson XP-600. 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

You Inspire Me - With Imaginarium Designs!

WooHoo, I have exciting news!! I'm on the Imaginarium Designs Creative Team for 2016! It is such a pleasure to be creating for this amazing Australian Company and I'm looking forward to a fabulous crafty year ahead!!  

Today on the ID blog I have a scrapbook page to share. It is titled "You Inspire Me" and includes a photo of my mum and I.

I've chosen some of my favourite colours for this page - blue/teal and brown, and they coordinate perfectly with the colours in the photo!

I started by watercolouring my background. I love to use my childrens watercolour pan paints for this. I also used the same watercolour paints on the chipboard with an ombre effect - see the darker brown to light brown on these "branch and leaves" chippies.

I love the words and phrases available at Imaginarium Designs - they are perfect for titles. If you are anything like me you will find it hard to come up with ideas for titles so to have them ready made saves me time!

These stem and leaves chippies are a new fav for me - I love the delicate yet modern look of them, here I've used them to frame my photo.

I love using doilies on my pages - they add a subtle touch without being too obtrusive. 

I've added a strip of washi tape along the bottom of this page and some handwritten journalling.

Imaginarium Designs chipboard used includes 
Branch and leaves : Code IDDN0013

Nat's hand drawn stemmed leaves : Code IDD0045

You Inspire Me : Code IDP0077

I print my photos on an Epson XP-600 printer. 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Documenting Christmas, Dec 12-15 - with Scrappy Canary!

Today I'm showing you more pages of my "Schultz Christmas 2015" Documenting December Album (for December 12-15) made using the Document December kit from Scrappy Canary.

Here is a close up of the LHS. I love the red & cream colours with a splash of gold!

The woodgrain paper is some of my favourite as are the gold numbers and stars! Rachael has a photo wall in her room - the elves joined in and took a selfie on her instax!

The diecuts from the Shimelle ephemera pack in the kit are so fun!

Here is a close up of the RHS.

Our elves spent the day in our fridge - was way too hot for them!

I've done lots of layering on this card.

All of my photos have been printed on an Epson XP-600. 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Documenting Christmas, Dec 8-11 - with Scrappy Canary!

Today I'm showing you more pages of my "Schultz Christmas 2015" Documenting December Album (for December 8-11) made using the Document December kit from Scrappy Canary.

Here is a close up of the LHS. I had lots of photos for these 2 days!

Our elves were very cheeky here - printing photocopies of themselves!

Rachael and I enjoyed a girls lunch together along with some Christmas shopping!

Here is a close up of the RHS. Less photos here so I could highlight more of the pretty papers and embellishments!

I fussy cut the tags from the patterned paper - perfect for extra embellishing.

The weather is far from snowflakes here - but they are still fun to add to the cards!

All of my photos have been printed on an Epson XP-600. 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Documenting Christmas, Dec 4-7 - with Scrappy Canary!

Today I'm showing you more pages of my "Schultz Christmas 2015" Documenting December Album (for December 4-7) made using the Document December kit from Scrappy Canary.

Here is a close up of the LHS. The larger 6x4 cards are cut from the paper pad. I like making my own cards this way - a great way to use up all of the paper I seem to "need"!

When you cut down a piece of 6x6 paper there is a 2x6 strip left - I like to join 2 together to make another card - no waste :) I've also used some of the star stickers, the gold twine and a wood veneer from the kit. Our elves were cheeky this day and playing in my jewellery collection!

There are a few gold foil words in the kit - just beautiful, I wish there were more!

It has been incredibly hot here this summer so slip-n-slide fun is a must!

Here is a close up of the RHS.

I've used more of the diecuts and wood veneer on these cards - this train is cute, as were our elves making a shoe train!

Most of my journalling has been hand written, it is quicker and I prefer the look for my DD.

All of my photos have been printed on an Epson XP-600. 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn