Some More Scrapbook Layouts

This first one uses some Club Scrap papers and cardstock I have had since shortly after I started scrapping (about 9 years ago). The ropey letters are Provocraft (also from a long time ago) and Dress It Up buttons. The pictures are taken from the forshore. I was playing with settings on my camera and this is what I got...not necessarily the best, but I like them.



I was haveing some fun with my circle cutters on this next one. The cardstock is TLC, and the patterned paper is KI Memories. The epoxy stickers are part of a pack I picked up at the dollar shop. I cut the letters with a Fiskars Shapecutter.




This Dads Day layout uses some cardstock from my stash, TLC patterned paper, TLC rubons and a TLC chippy shape. The typewriter letters are punched from a HOTP paper and the brads are from my stash.



This next one is my new favourite layout. The cardstock is from my stash, the patterned paper is Fancy Pants Designs (I just love this stuff), the chippy shapes are from Collections, the blue chippy letters are from my stash, the pink chippy letters are Scenic Route and the heart brad is from Creative Impressions and the ribbonand ric-rac are from my stash.



This was a quick one, not too fancy. Bazzill card, letters cut using a Fiskars Shapecutter and ribbon from my stash.

Well, that's it for now. I'll share more when I have more!

What I've Been Up To

I've been slack with posting, but with good reason. I have been busy creating. So today, I'm going to take the time to share my latest looming projects. Up first is a scarf and hat set I made for my gorgeous daughter. Be kind, it is my first ever project on my new round looms. They are made with Moda Vera Dazzle, in the Blossom colour. Because it is a bulky yarn, I used a single strand.

The scarf is twelve stitches wide and I'm not sure how many rows long, but a lot. I used three balls to make it. The hat was done on the second largest loom. I didn't make a brim because I like the way it looks rolled up at the bottom. The little flower was a crochet embellishment I picked up on sale at Spotlight for only 50 cents (regular price was about $4). I was going to crochet something to put on it when I found this one.

This is my gorgeous girl modeling the fashion scarf I made for myself. It is my second ever looming project and I so love the way it turned out. It is made with Moda Vera Medley, colour no 54 (which is pink, red and green). I fell in love with this yarn when I first saw it and I just had to get some. I made the scarf with a single strand of yarn. It is 14 stitiches wide and I used three balls to make it.

This is a close up showing this amazing yarn. I can't wait to get some more in another colourway to make another one!

This is a winter hat I made. My first hat, but third project on my round looms. I made it on the largest loom so it fits me, but is a bit big for my girl. Her pony tail kind of fills it out though.

The brim is made with Moda Vera Flurry (not sure of the colour because I can't find the ball band but it is pink, rose, silver and charcoal grey), 1 strand, and Moda Vera Wisp, colour 48 (which is a lovely charcoal colour with little shiny flecks), 1 strand, held together. The Wisp is one of the softest and prettiest yarns I have ever seen. I have some more of it in a soft pink colour to make something for my girl. Anyway, I get distracted. As I said, I used one strand of each for the brim, I worked about 12 rows then made the brim then I changed to two strands of the Wisp to work the rest of the hat. I worked about 20 rows or so, not exactly sure, but I got to the end of the ball so I did the gathered top and finished it off.

Below is a close up of the hat, just to show you how soft and pretty the yarn is.

That's it for today, but I have to tell you I will have more the share very soon.

Friday Fun

I have been exceptionally inspired this week, which has been a nice change from recent times when I was sure that my mojo had gone walkabout permanently. I'm still working on all the photos I got printed before Christmas, and the 200+ photos arrived yesterday from Snapfish. Boy am I going to be busy. I haven't forgotten that I told you I had another yarn project to share either. I have probably one more evening's work to go on it then I will snap some pix and share it here. In the meantime, here are some of the layouts I have been working on this week.



This layout uses some Chatterbox papers I have had for ages, Bazzill cardstock, a Bella blossom, Heidi Swapp chippy letters and ribbon and rubons from my stash.





This layout of my wonderful hubby uses KI memories paper from that giant pack I have been working my way through lately, cardstock from my stash, Heidi Swapp chippy letters, saftey pins from Creative Imaginations, and fibre and ribbons from my stash.

This one of my gorgeous daughter uses mostly scraps from my scraps bucket, so I'm not really sure who made the papers, other than the 'K' which is a scrap of Bazzill Bling cardstock. The rubons are TLC and some I picked up from the $2 shop, Heidi Swapp photo corner, the chippy bits are from collections, painted with MM paints and then coated with Kindyglitz for some sparkle. The phototurn and ribbon are from my stash and the sticker is from a pack I picked up at the $2 store.

Most of the papers and embellishments used on this layout are from a Heidi Grace pack I picked up at Big W. The exceptions are the black cardstock, chippy letters and stripey ribbons, which are from my stash, and the flowers which are from Petaloo.

The spring layout uses Basic Grey papers (I'm so addicted), flowers from Prima, a TLS sticker, Eyelet Factory eyelets, Kaisercraft rhinestones (they have some really nice bling at the moment) and ribbons and cardstock from my stash. I cut the title letters using the Fiskars Shapecutter my wonderful hubby got me for Christmas.

That's it for now. I hope you have a great weekend. I promise I will put up some pix of my yarn project as soon as it is finished.

Scrapbook Layouts

I've been busy trying to catch up on my layouts before my huge photo order (230 prints) arrives from Snapfish. I still have about 80 or so photos to get through from the last lot before I can start on the new ones. Anyway...enough of that...here are the layouts.

The first one uses paper from KI Memories, prima flowers, letter stickers from American Craft, stickers from Pebbles Inc and brads and a scrap of cardstock from my stash.


This layout featuring my gorgeous furbabies uses TLC paper and cardstock, embossed stickers from Marcella and Dress It Up buttons. I used a template to cut out the letters.


The next one uses Cherry Arte paper, some very old Bazzill cardstock from my stash, Bella flowers and brads, American Craft letter stickers and some lace and ric-rac from my stash.




The next two use Daisy D papers, Bazzill cardstock, a Kaisercraft flower, ribbons, rubons and a button from my stash. The letters were cut with a Fiskars Shapecutter.

This layout of my lovely daughter making me mother's day brekkie uses papers from a Brenda Pinnick pack I picked up at Spotlight. The flowers were made with a large funky flower punch and circle punch for the centres. I cut the letters using a Fiskars Shapecutter and hand cut the matting for the letters.

For the ducks layout I used more Brenda Pinnock papers (not from the same pack though), Bazzill cardstock, a scrap of hand made paper, EK Success letter stickers, Petaloo flowers and some ric-rac from my stash.

The Koolewong layout uses more of the papers from the KI Memories pack, Collections brown typewriter alphabet and rubons, photo turns and brads from my stash. I did some penwork with my trusty white gel pen and a cirle template too.

And last, but not least, one of me! I used some papers from the DCWV glitter stack I got for Christmas, DCWV cardstock and glitter mat stack, ribbon, chippy letters, gemstones and iridescent flowers from my stash. I should say, these photos (as my journaling states) are among the very few of me with my hair dyed a chestnut colour. I didn't like it so dark so after a couple weeks I went back to blonde.



Have I bored you yet? LOL. I guess that will do for this installment. Till next time...have a cuppa ready for me!

Look What I Made!

I haven't been doing any scrapbooking because I've been busy making this for my gorgeous girl. Isn't she lovely? Okay, so I am biased.


I got the pattern for free here (http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/60485.html). If you want to download the pattern, you will need to sign up for an account. It's definitely worth it because they have stacks of really cool patterns.

I made it with Anchor Magicline No. 2 cotton in the pink colourway that I picked up on sale at Spotlight earlier this summer. I made a size medium for her, but if I had it to do again, I would make a medium, but make the bra cups in size large and modify the pattern accordingly. This is because the cups seem a little small and don't seem to cover as well as I would have liked at the sides. My version is also two rows shorter than the pattern calls for because I ran out of yarn (they only had so many balls in the sale bin). I didn't worry about it being about 3cm shorter because it is an adult woman's pattern and my girl is only 11 and not yet adult height, although she is taller than a lot of the shorter women I know.

I'm in the middle of another project, which I will share when I have finished and taken some pix.