Pages Just for FUN!

Hi All,

Just showing a few pics of pages I created just for fun, as I found myself with some unheard of spare time!

The first features my big 'fella Kodey all dressed up for his Senior Formal, but do you think I could get a nice shot of him? I guess the excitement of the occasion got to him, well that's one excuse anyway....just down right uncooperative that's more like him!!!

Anyways here is the page:

  

A few Scrap FX goodies in this one including not only chippies but the hash stencil also!

I thought this one was going very badly, as the red I picked was turning a shade of pink before my eyes....not a good thing for my teen! So adding the yellow/gold toned that down to my relief!

Now on to the next one featuring my Niece Brayden:

I used the new Large Love Circle Frame, Heart Confetti Stencil, Months of the Year, 2014 on this one and an old fave the Paris Alphabet, all from Scrap FX.

So that's about it for me for now I have had fun!

Thanks for dropping by, and remember, do more of what makes you HAPPY!

Another Page for Scrap FX

Back again with another page created for Scrap FX. 

This time using these awesome background stamps.

 Triangle Maze Stamp

Dot Stamp

These are just fabulous to use just ink up once and stamp away for lots of background goodness.

The teeny circles are from this Build a flower stamp I actually cut mine into individual stamps for easy use.

Build a flower Stamp

Here is the page featuring my little brothers' family who live in the USA, miss them all to bits!

I used Lindys Stamp Gang sprays for the colour and some pigment ink pads with the stamps.
The embossed title is a new mini wordlet, just love the square shape of these:

Once again used a teeny banner combined with the 2014 pack. 

The banner I painted black and outlined with a white paint marker...so easy!

The Mica Flakes and Glitter I added to finish off the page, I used gel medium to adhere them to the page they seem to stay put!

I embossed the 2014 and the smallest of the Lots of Love Hearts (another chippy I just cannot get enough of!)

So once again that is all from me, till next time, do more of what makes you happy!

Playing with ScrapFX!

Hi everyone,
just thought I would share a page I created for ScrapFX using the new releases for the month. My favourites this month would have to be these too cute  mini banners, months of the year, days of the month and finally the 2014s in different fonts.
They all combine so well together, I am so sure I will be turning to them again and again because look how awesome they look on a page!

They all combine so well together, I am so sure I will be turning to them again and again because look how awesome they look on a page!

I have also used this fabulously crazy circle embellishment, that looked a little like wire once I treated it with embossing powders.

This is a cute mini wordlet that I used with the same embossing powder as the crazy circles.

Did a little more stamping with some Kaiser and Glitz stamps and went crazy with a pencil and sequins.

Used the number collage stamp and rediscovered the old Make a Flower Stamp to create the background. The texture was done with the hash stencil and molding paste.

So that is it from me for now. Will be back with my other page shortly!

Check out all the new stuff for the month here at Scrap FX.

Till next time, I hope I have shown how cool these new products are, and inspired you to create!

Lindys Stamp Gang October Colour Challenge

Phew!! Just finished in time to pop it in the October Colour Challenge at Lindy's Stamp Gang! Here is the Scheme:

Pretty cool colours I say! 

Here is what developed:

The Lindys products I used were: 

Black Orchid Silver 

Clam Bake Beige

Royal Peacock Fire

Cape Cod Coral

I used embossing Powders on the Chipboard pieces and the background:

Midnight Pewter Obsidian

Golden Angel Wings

The Chippies are from Scrap FX and the patterned paper is from Fancy Pants.

I used the new Background Stamps from Scrap Fx to create the embossed background and the Crackle roller Stamp from Clear snaps also came into play because.... well....it was on my desk!

Love those new mini banners and months, I can see myself reaching for them again and again!

Well I guess that is it from me for now!
Till next time, thanks for dropping by all!

Finnabair Inspired Canvases

Apologies everyone have been a wee bit slack in getting back to this creative spot!
I have been busy though, finally completed 2 Finnabair inspired canvases (love her wonderful work) for my nieces' birthdays and they are now on their way to the US, crossing fingers they get there in one piece!

So I thought I would give a little peek of them finished.

The girls are twins but are such individuals so I wanted to make each canvas a little different.
So here they are:

I have used a chipboard phrase by ScrapFX for each, just love how fine they are and yet you can still put plenty of product on them. I have embossed both phrases with Lindys Stamp Gang embossing powders and they have come up a treat.

  

Here are some close up shots:

There are loads of bits and pieces as you can see, some are metal and plastic and if you look closely there are some ScrapFX goodies in amongst it too.

 

 So that is about it for me for the time being,
till next time,
take care all,

Creative Process Blog Hop

Hello Everyone, I have been tagged by the lovely, and extremely clever, Claire (Luckie) a fellow Scrap FX Design Team Member to participate in this Creative Process Blog Hop. So what is this I hear you say? Well it has been going for a while now (as I found out when I tried to tag a few other arty folk for this post) and it entails answering a few simple questions to get to know me a little better, then I will tag some other crafty peeps to keep it going the following week.
So here goes:

What am I working on now?
Currently I am working on a 50th Birthday card for a dear friend and a couple of canvases for my twin nieces that have been inspired by the awesome talent of Finnabair. I love creating these canvases but my room has suffered terribly and as a result it looks like a bomb has hit it!

So next on my list of things to do would be to clear a surface or two!

How does my work differ from others in my Genre?
This is a tough question to answer... I try not to stick to any one style for long, or compare my work to others. I just love trying all sorts of techniques and am inspired by so many other wonderful designers and artwork everywhere I look! I often just play till an idea develops and comes together. One thing I do struggle too do is to stop .... white space is elusive most of the time so I admire those minimal designers and there ability to keep it simple!!!!

Why do I create what I do?
I have inherited the crafty gene from my Mum who is pretty handy with the sewing machine (she comes from a long line of seamstresses and bead workers) unfortunately I am not much chop with needle and thread so I turned to glue, paper, paint and scissors!
I made cards for years before I did my first scrapbook page, then my obsession for papercraft really took over.
My passion for scrapping started when my first little fella' was born (he will be 17 this year), I started by making mini album as a pressie for my Mum. Back in the day there were no scrappy products but I did have plenty of stamps and embossing powders in my stash and I have not looked back since!
I love to create and I really get grumpy when I do not get into my room, (the rigours of life get in the way). I hate to have to do housework before hiding away to get messy!
So getting back to the question.... I do tend to ramble sorry.... I do what I do for me, primarily, it soothes my soul so to speak. I do love to record special family moments. It warms my heart when I see my boys having a sneak peek at my albums even if they are having a giggle!

How does my creative process work?
It all starts with a photo if I am scrapping, or an idea or technique I want to try if it is something else off the page. Sometimes if I am stuck I just start tidying my room and something sparks an idea and off I go getting all messy again! I get inspired by everything around me from magazines, advertisements to graphics on TV and of course there is Pinterest....we won't even go into that obsession with the little time wasting tool!!

Ok, that is me done, now it is time for me to tag some other creative types to answer the same questions, the 2 I have chosen produce some awesome work that I love and I hope you will enjoy a visit to their Blogs too.
The first is Elisabeth who can be found here, she does some absolutely beautiful work and is a fellow Scrap FX team member. She can best be described as a neat and pretty scrapbooker and card maker, but she also has been getting her grunge groove on lately.

The second arty friend I will tag, is Cindy, her creative home is here. Also an FX Design Team member and whips up some amazing backgrounds on her scrapbook pages and her off the page projects have so much detail to admire.

Lindys Stamp Gang September Challenge

Hello all, take a peek at the new colour challenge at Lindys Stamp Gang, the colours are just fabulous, so much so I had to do something for it even though I did not have all the colours for it!
Here is the challenge pic:

The colours I used are: 

Danny Zukos Denim

Buccaneer Bronze

Ocean Breeze Blue

Cleopatras Copper Embossing Powder
Madonna Robe Blue Gold Embossing Powder

Here is my page using an old photo of my little brother and his girls. I even used some flowers...really got my girlie groove on!

I started with a Scrap FX stencil, Squares and Circles.




I cut out the flowers using a Heartfelt creations Die (and matching stamp) out of old book paper and coloured them with the sprays.



The title is a Scrap FX wordlet treated with the embossing powder and a quick spray to tie it all together.

I used some leftover  frames with embossing powder and also added the copper powder to parts of the background also.
So that is about it for me for now, Thanks for dropping by!