Scrap-a-Doodles Design Team 2014 Audition

 It is nearly midnight and by the skin of my teeth I am taking the plunge to audition  for the first ever Design Team for our own local Scrap-a-Doodles!!! I have been a loyal customer of the Pretoria store and with a branch now only a few minutes away...I am in Scrappers Heaven...

I am showing these 5 pages, trying to show that I am a little bit of Mixed Media and a little Shabby Chic kind of scrapper. I would dearly love to be able to teach my fellow South African friends to not be afraid of different mediums and enjoy the different products that are available these days...

Good night and the best of luck to all who send in an application!!!

Be Happy and Smile...July Scraps of Elegance Kit

This page is made for the Round Robin that is going on at Scraps of Elegance facebook page...These photos were taken in the Botanical Gardens during our vacation on Mauritius in 2007.

Using Kaisercraft's Telegraph Road collection; Memo and Parcel, I first spread some Gesso on my background paper and dried it with my heat-gun. I then sprayed the Lindy's Stampgang Flat Fabio in Cafe au Lait and allowed it to dribble. I used flowers from Petaloo and chipboard pieces from Dusty Attic...

The chip boards were all coated with Gesso and painted with the Lindy's from the colour Add-on, Flat Fabio; Cafe au Lait and  Cest la vie Cherise and Peony Scarlet Red Starburst Spray. I painted them with crackle paint and rubbed some brown in into the cracks once they were dry.

The metal  birdcage was also Gesso'd and coloured with some alcohol ink.

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After drying the first layer, I created the pink effect by spraying the red ink onto a craft sheet with some water and took a plastic bag to pick up the ink and pressing it onto the page....the result is this lovely water coloured effect.

I also stamped with a Kaisercraft stamp and the Heidi Swapp stamp from the kit.

I used some white embossing paste from Studio 490 to stencil and embossed it with Lindy's Embossing Powders Chateau Rose and Orange Creamsickle.

I used the Dusty Attic sketch for July and the following Lindy's Sprays;

Peony Scarlet Red Starburst

Cafe au Lait Flat Fabio

C'est la vie Cerise Flat Fabio

To view more of the Design Team work, please visit our Scraps of Darkness / Scraps of Elegance Blog...

Celebrate...A card for July's Scraps of Elegance...

This card is made with most of the products available in the Creativity add-on from the Chasing Rabbits kit from Scraps of Elegance.

I made a little flap in the top layer to create extra interest to the card, the paper I used is a sheet of Marion Smith's Mad Tea Party collection, Rabbit Hole.

Using a card from the Mixed Media cards from Strathmore, I coloured the flap by spraying a layer of Lindy's Cafe au Lait Flatfabio from the colour add-on. Once dry, I used a stencil and an ink pad to create the star-burst effect. I then sprayed droplets of C'estla vie Cerise Flatfabio. I also used a Crafters Workshop mask and Studio 490 embossing paste.

The colouring was done using the Watercolour Pencils from Fantasia. On the frame I stamped with the Heidi Swapp stamp and coloured with some blue chalk.

The title is one of the Heidi Swapp word stickers...

Thank you for visiting my very short post today...

Kits and add-on kits are available from the Scraps of Elegance Store...

Fabulous You...July SOE Kit 'Chasing Rabitts'

Today's page shows some of the gorgeous elements we received in the 'Chasing Rabbits' July kit from Scraps of Elegance...The photo is one of Chantelle...

I used the Mad Tea Party collection from Marion Smith; Roses R Red and Wonderland. I did some punching, fuzzy cutting and layering. Also used some stickers from the Kaisercraft Storyteller Sticker Sheet.

The flowers are from Petaloo, Fuchsza Burlap Blossoms and Teal Botanica Blooms.The little resin Angels are from Prima...they are the word sets...I bought all the words but find them to bulky for a page, now I'm going to tuck all the adorable angels all around my pages...The wooden leaves are also from Prima, inked with a little Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.

I am so inspired by the gorgeous pleating that one can find on Marilyn Rivera's pages...if you are not familiar with her work, please visit her blog, Treasuring Memories  and see how she transforms paper into masterful drapes...

In the kit we received a packet of watercolour heart shaped Tags from Heidi Swapp. I coloured mine with the C'est la vie Cerise Flat Fabio spray by Lindy's Stampgang from the Colour add-on. I wanted a mottled effect, therefore I sprayed it on a dry card, dried it and sprayed a second layer. I also used the beautiful stamp from the embellishment add-on, also from Heidi Swapp, with the Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. Using the same colour palette gives amazing detail without one colour over-powering the other.

Another Heidi Swapp addition to the kit are these sticker words...They have a lovely embossed look to them.

If you are not subscripted to the Scraps of Elegance Kit club yet and would love to receive it each month...I would strongly advice you to do so, for the kits are really jam-packed with goodness and the add ons are sold out the minute Melinda posts them...

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Thank you once again for the visit...leaving you with this thought for the day...

Some people, no matter how old they get,

never lose their beauty,

they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.  

~Martin Buxbaum~

32 Years Together....July sketch for OUAS...

Today I am sharing my DT page for the July sketch challenge from Once Upon A Sketch...Our journalling theme this month is 'Numbers".

I chose a wedding photo of me and Georg, we will be married 32 years this coming Sepember.

I used papers from Blue Fern Studio called Blue Fern Garden, In Bloom and Signature. It is my first time working with the paper and am really loving it and wish it was available here in South Africa! My chipboard is my ever popular Dusty Attic and the flower is from the new Petaloo range of Burlap flowers...

Seeing as the theme is Numbers, I used the Measured Stencil from Ranger with some Broken China Distress Ink on the background and did the masking with the Mini Bingo mask from The Crafteres Workshop using Studio 490 translucent embossing paste with Oakleaf Olive embossing Powder from Lindy's Stampgang.

My clock-face was inked a little and randomly embossed with a little clear UTEE.

I first coated the chipboard with gesso and after drying inked with several green Distress Inks.

After painting the frame I embossed with Reindeer Moss Green, also from Lindy's.

Thank you for your visit...

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, 

trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity.  

The order varies for any given year.  

~Paul Sweeney~

Scraps of Elegance July Kit ~~~ Chasing Rabbits

It's July....meaning a new Kit is released by Scraps of Elegance!!! It is called 'Chasing Rabbits' and is filled with gorgeous Marion Smith Designs, Mad Tea Party Collection..

The Mad Hatter: "Have I gone mad?"

Alice: "I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are"

We were certainly mad about Marion Smith Designs' Mad Tea Party collection, and just knew it would be perfect in one of our kits! We hope you will love it as much as we do...

Main Kit

Patterned Paper Add-on

Coordinating Paper Add-on

Floral Add-on

Colour Add-on

Embellishment Add-on

Creativity Add-on

July Scraps of Elegance Sketch

 Links to Scraps of Elegance places of interest....
 Scraps of Elegance Kits
 Scraps of Elegance Blog
 Scraps of Elegance Facebook Page

Looking forwards to see what everybody is going to create with this months Kit...Happy Scrapings!!!

Happy Birthday card....

Good Morning Blog friends....

Having a few male birthdays coming up soon, I created this masculine card that I am sharing with you today. For this card I used two embossing folders from Couture Creation.

One of our newest ranges is the Marriot Collection which includes this beautiful, detailed Wire Barbs embossing folder. I also used an earlier released folder from the Who What Wear collection, Driving Miss Daisy. I also used two sheets of Patterned Papers from the Sew Jo Paper Pad.

I taped a piece of  foil to a piece of cardstock and embossed it with the Wire Barbs folder. I then coloured it with three colours of Alcohol Inks. I used it as a border strip and also as a small tag on the card.

For the car I used a light blue and black sheet of  Core Color cardstock from Core'dinations. My sanding was of course done with my Couture Creation Sanding block. I layered the wheels with 3D Foam Dots and also layered the doors. I also used a little Black Glitzin Glamour Glitter glue on the roof and wheels of the car.

Items used on this card....

The Marriot Collection

CO 723676 Wire Barbs

Who What Were Collection

CO 723663 Driving Miss Daisy

Sew Jo Paper Pad CO 723545

3D Foam Dots

Double Sided Tape

Foam Mounting Tape

Sanding Block

Non stick scissors

Glitzin Glamour Glitter Glue, Black

The Happy Birthday Chippy is from Imaginarium Designs   IDP0079

Thank you for your visit...Happy Scrappings....