Scrap the Boys March Challenge

I just LOVED this challenge currently up on the Scrap the Boys Challenge blog!

                                        COLOUR COMBO- GREEN, BLUE & YELLOW 

The colours are just so lovely and can be taken so many different ways.  I decided to go quite clean for me this time with regards to 'styles'.  I actually designed my layout some time ago but just hadn't had a chance to stick it down.

Here is the final layout which is my take on the challenge:

When I was sticking down the layout that I had designed weeks ago I didn't realise I had put the twine to the side, complete with enamel dots on there ready to go.  I photographed the layout, and sent it off as my DT take on the challenge.  I then cleaned up and guess what I found!  Yes the twine.  It is funny how much a bit of twine can bring focus to a pic.  

I had it on there for a reason when I designed it and when I look at both photos I can clearly see what a difference a bit of twine can do.  Given this I thought I would share both with you so that you can see the difference it made too.  

To create this layout I used yummy Bazzill Card Shoppe Collection teamed up with Kaisercraft's 'Confetti' collection - such a versatile collection and the following Spellbinders® dies:

                        

 

                               IN-013 Rainy Days                          S5-131 A2 Matting Basics A                                                           

Hope you enjoyed my share today and come over to Scrap the Boys to play along with us!

Spellbinders feathers feature

Each month Spellbinders® features a particular die and one of the Design team members provides inspiration and instructions for 3 projects, one beginner level, one intermediate and one advanced.  This month has been my turn to share projects using the new Feathers die set.  Oh how I love this set!

The first of my projects are a set of earrings that are SO easy to make.  Perfect as a gift for someone special or simply for yourself!  These can be made with any of the coloured foils available from Spellbinders®!  

The next of my projects is this Dream Catcher inspiration card.  I teamed up the feathers die set with some Lacey circles and the new Labels Thirty-six - love this set!  There is some fun layering and stencilling on this card.

The last project is a Scrapbook layout of my boys.  I just adore this pic of the two of them that I captured at the playground one day.  The background is created using my Tinby Designs Metallic Melts, just LOVE how that comes up on the dark background.  Lots of fun layering on this again, threading in and out to create added interest.  Takes a bit of patience but always worth it!

I teamed up the feathers with some circles and super ellipse Spellbinders® dies.  

You can check out the full list of products used on these projects, as well as full instructions to give them a go yourself on the Spellbinders® Website.  

There are LOADS of projects in the featured tutorials section all with instructions, so make sure you take a look around!  

First Faber-Castell Guest Design Team post

I was so excited last week to see my first post go live on the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft blog.  I was so inspired by the new products they shipped to us for making the guest team and had so much fun creating this layout with them.  

You can check out my full post and a video on how the layout came together here.  

I used the following Spellbinders dies when creating this one:

IN - 024 Birds on a Wire                       IN-015 Shoot!                     S5-191 Decorative labels 

                                                                                                                    Twenty-eight   

     

I also used Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A to die cut some old X-Rays to create the frames around the photo.  The cute little wooden star buttons and twine are available from Craft Queen.

Here are some detail shots of the layout so you can get up close in the mean time :)  

Hope you enjoyed my share today, and I will be drawing my Facebook contest winner REAL SOON!  

xxxBBT

Melbourne Scrapbook and Papercraft expo

WOW what a weekend!  I had so much fun teaching, inspiring and talking to so many ladies over the weekend.  Making new friends and catching up with old.  I was very busy with 2 classes  for Craft Queen back to back each day, followed up by a presentation on stage sharing my Scrapbooking journey and tips for scrapbooking.  Here are the few photos I managed to take or have taken :)

Here is a pic of my Tutors display - I never see my work displayed like this at home so it was nice to see it all come together.  I had lots of fun decorating my letters for the display too.

Here are some close ups too

Each day I gave a presentation about my Scrapbooking journey, talking about being on design teams, and sharing tips for scrapbooking their memories.

 I taught two classes a day at the expo featuring Spellbinders dies, the features of them, using them and even giving some away in each class!  Thanks Spellbinders!  We also had lots of fun with Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts products in the class so thanks as well!

I also got to meet and chat with the adorable Emma Lou Beechy from Heatfelt Creations, definitely a highlight for me!  

Thanks to everyone who popped past and said hi and especially to the lovely ladies that booked into my classes, it was wonderful to get to know you all and have some fun together!

Happy Valentines day - cards and video to share

Today I have my very first blog post up on the Spellbinders blog.  Would love you to check it out and see how I created this sweet card perfect for valentines day or any other moment worth celebrating!  

Check out the full post here

I have also had a video go live on the Spellbinders You Tube channel.  this is the sweetest page, so I hope you enjoy the video showing how it comes together!

Another Valentines day Card to share :)  I made this with the same foil heart die cut that you can see how I did it on the Spellbinders blog (link above)  I used the lovely heart paper from the Glitz Design 'Wild and free' collection that you will be seeing some more of next week in the form of layouts - so stay tuned for that!

I am also entering this into one of their monthy challenges which go up weekly with AWESOME prizes up for grabs!  I LOVE their collections, so this was a no brainer!  Check out the details of their challenges and have some fun taking part yourself!  HERE  I'm entering week 2 with this card below.

Love how the black pops on this one!  The alpha stickers were a perfect team up with the heart paper to create the perfect contrast.  

Also, just a little reminder that bookings for my classes at the Scrapbook and Papercraft expo are now open and spots filling fast.  They will both be fun classes and you will be learning lots of different techniques, there will be giveaways in each class and we will be focusing backgrounds, layering with spellbinders dies and design.  I have even done all the die cutting for you to save time, but will demo and you can have a go as well if you haven't done it before. So much to share!

I also have a bit of a giveaway happening on Facebook, so check out my page for details here

Check out all the details here for blog post including sneaks of the 4 layouts created over the 2 classes :)

Scrap the Boys February Challenge - DT take

How exciting, the new challenge over at Scrap the Boys is up!   I love the challenge for this month which is really a fantastic prompt to make sure we scrap those important memories.

Head on over for all the challenge details and LOADS of inspiration from the Design team.

Here is my DT inspiration take on the challenge.

I had fun creating this one while we were away and although it took me a couple of goes on the background I love how it came :)  I had lots of fun on this one with paint, Faber-Castell Design Memory Crafts gelatos, inks, stamps and stencils.  Of course there are some yummy spellbinders dies on there... I created the frames by nesting Classic rectangles large and small for fine rectangles :)  

I'm so glad I was prompted to capture this memory!

Also, just a little reminder that bookings for my classes at the Scrapbook and Papercraft expo are now open and spots filling fast.  They will both be fun classes and you will be learning lots of different techniques, there will be giveaways in each class and we will be focusing backgrounds, layering with spellbinders dies and design.  I have even done all the die cutting for you to save time, but will demo and you can have a go as well if you haven't done it before.

Check out all the details here including sneaks of the 4 layouts created over the 2 classes :)

Spellbinders Gallery Art

Ever wonder where all this work I have been creating over the last few months for Spellbinders™ is.... well some of it goes into publications, some for advertisements and then some goes up in the Art Gallery which is chock full of LOADS of inspiration all with information on how they are created!  Yes a gallery full of instructions!  Some of our work is used in other areas, but these are the main three.  So I have recently had a couple of projects loaded up into the Gallery so I thought I would share them with you today... one I think will be an long time favourite!

The first of my shares is a beautiful altered high heel I created what seems like AGES ago! Yes it does take a while before our work is more public as there is so many different areas it could end up.

For so long I had this vision in my head about altering a show and including a metal tip, probably because I adore beautiful shoes even if I don't often get a chance to wear them.  This shoe stared out as a deep red leather shoe but with some major altering ended like this.

Here are some detail pics of the shoe:

There was just so many details I thought a collage would be perfect.   You

To create the shoe I used the following Spellbinders™ dies

• S4-190 Labels Four
• S5-086 Bitty Blossoms
• S5-159 Gold Labels Four
• MB6-007 Susan Lenart Kazmer™ for Spellbinders® Dresses Two
• MD2-007 Media Mixáge™ Dresses Two
• MM1-002 Media Mixáge Foil Pack One
• MM1-004 Media Mixáge Aluminum
• MP1-001 Susan Lenart Kazmer for Spellbinders Ephemera Papers One

You can see a full supplies list over at the gallery as well as catch the brief tutorial here to help you get creative with your own shoe.

I also have a second project in the gallery which is this simple but sweet card.  I just loved the softness of the colours and how it came together.

For this project I used the following Spellbinders™ dies:

S5-192 Diamond Effects

S6-008 Exquisite Labels Eleven

You can catch up on the tutorial to help you create your own version of my card in the Art gallery here

I hope you have enjoyed my share today, and I have inspired you to get a little creative with the items around you!

If you are interested in learning a little more about Spellbinders™ dies I will be teaching at the Melbourne Papercraft expo 21-23 February.  Bookings for classes open on Wednesday 29th January at 12 midday.  You can catch all the details in my previous post here.

Once Upon a Sketch - January Challenge

While away on my holidays I got some time to create while everyone was having chill time on various stops we did along the way.  I fell in love with this sketch and while Once Upon a Sketch is a challenge site I have admired for all the amazing and beautiful layouts created by the design team and participants in the challenges - not to mention the awesome sketches, I just hadn't found the time last year.  Well this all changed and I got to have a play and take part this month.  This is my take on the sketch challenge for January:

The theme for inspiration was 'lesson learnt' and I guess it stuck in my mind that I'm learning to accept that my youngest little man is growing up too, becoming less of a toddler every day.

This is the sketch for this month's challenge.  You can see loads of more inspiration from the amazing design team as well as all the details to play along here.

For those that don't really understand sketches, they are basically like a map of where the elements of the layout go.  Some use them more as an inspiration starting point or others a way of having fun following a design getting creative with the elements on their own layout while trying to stick to the sketch.  The latter would be me... I love that they push me to try a different placement, add something extra somewhere where I wouldn't have thought to or sometimes trying to come up with something creative to represent an element in the sketch picture.  

So if you ever have a creative block or simply want to be pushed creatively I think giving these types of challenges a go.  They are also fantastic for beginners not knowing where to start as often trying to copy a layout can be very overwhelming at times.  

I had fun creating this layout with texture paste, paper from Fancy Pants Designs, Pink Paislee, Echo park, Carta Bella™ and Bazzill®; Craft Queen™ twine, The Crafters Workshop stencil, Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Lemon, Mint and Mango Gelatos® and PITT® Pastel Pencil 1122-140 some My Mind's Eye™ enamel dots, Heidi Swapp & Basic Grey® alphas and of course the following Spellbinders™ dies:

WOW that is a mix of products lol - almost deceiving how many different brands I used on this one to achieve the look I wanted!  Maybe a little because I was challenged by only the supplies I had taken with me in the caravan on our holiday!

Here are some detail pics so you can see all the texture and fun I had while changing the elements up a little.  

Hope you enjoyed having a look at my take on Once Upon a Sketch's challenge for January and think about taking part too!

Oh and just an update Scrapbook and Papercraft expo in Melbourne where I will be teaching two classes isn't open until WEDNESDAY 29th January at noon. 

Sorry in my previous post I said it was the 23rd as that is what the website had (incorrectly) I have updated my post but thought people might not know... Click here for post and links to the website :)