Wildflower

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Today I am up on  The Mad Scrapper Blog with this fun layout of myself on my recent holiday checking out this wonderful clothing store in downtown Sumner. My goodness I could have bought this Stetson along with numerous other items of clothing and boots!

I have used papers from 49 and Market along with touches of Simple Stories, ephemera is a mix of Dusty Attic, Green Tara and my collection of memorabilia a full list can be found below.

Here you can see I have used 2 papers tearing and the brown at an angle showing the white core which I ink before adding it on top of the lighter card. As you can see I have stitched a full row and two shorter ones to the edge. Over on the left I added a half inch strip from Wildflower collection because in the brown paper there are touches of blue. I inked and distressed all the edges.

I have had this Teresa Collin's Journal Tag since 2008 and thought it fitted in nicely after I inked it and matted it on to the same blue as the left edge.

The used vintage artistry essential frames under the photo and placed it on a foam sheet for dimension, you could also use cardboard packaging like Janine shared a short while ago. I had some vintage rubons left over so I tucked them around the photo top.

Bottom left cluster is a mix of a dress form, flowers, stickers and stash busting stuff

In this photo of the right bottom cluster you can see I have added a leather tag, flowers, a sticker, brass pen nib and Dusty Attic feather pins. The sentiment is cut from a journal card from Simple Stories. I have also added pearls and gems around the page.

I just love how this layout came out, as you can see in the photo we were having such a great time.

I hope I have inspired you today to maybe print a photo in sepia just to switch things up. 

Pop in to see Janine and check out all her papers to see something that will match with your photograph she's bound to have the perfect one. If not go to The Mad Scrapper  Thanks again for stopping by.

Sue.

Here is a list of products used :

Wherever - Jetset 

Vintage Artistry Serenity - Quiet Moments

 Distress Ink Pad - Salvaged Patina Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain 

Wire Dress Form #5 

Feathers – by Nuneka 

Cherry Blossoms - Ochre Tones 

Royal Posies – Ocean Jade Paper Flowers 

BLACK RHINESTONES 

Aleene's Original Tacky Glue 

Scor-Tape - 1/4" Double Sided Tape 

Art Foam A4 Sheet - Sage  for under the photo

I used Simple Stories journal cards & stickers from their Wildflower collection, you may still have some if you bought it.

49andmarket Vintage Artistry Essential 4x6 file frames and Everyday Rub-ons

 

Happy 50th

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Today I'm sharing a pretty birthday card over on The Mad Scrapper Blog using the recently added Maja Design Mum's Garden collection.

I start by choosing the papers that I may use and as you can see I have picked 2 plain and 3 patterned papers, all of which are double sided. If you have never tried Maja Design papers I would urge you to give them a try because they are beautiful and they are thick.

 

I start by making a 7x7 white card blank and then I add my first paper with the hearts distressing the edges first. Then using a fancy deckle edge nesting die set I cut a darker green and topped with the floral paper. I added foam underneath for dimension. Apologies for these last 2 photos it was so sunny they just came through a little dark.

I missed the next 2 sizes of dies and cut another green and topped with the heart paper. Then I added the sentiments on top. I knew I wanted to use some glitter and thought the 50 had to be done in it. I used a bright pink to cut the fan leaf and green and glitter for the sprigs. I tucked them under sentiment mat.

I have used flowers from Green Tara and pearl stamens to make a cluster at the top left. I also added a tiny flower by the daughter flag.

You can see the layering here in this photo. Sometimes I use foam other times just a piece of light card from a cereal packet. I also used some Nuvo drops around the layout.

A closer look at the dimension around the top cluster.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope I have inspired you to try out these papers, they make beautiful cards as well as layouts. 

Do stop by and say Hi to Janine and checkout the collection for yourself if you can't make it in person  go to The Mad Scrapper  

Sue.

Here is a list of the supply's I have used:

Monochromes - Mum's Shades - Peony 

Monochromes - Mum's Shades - Leaf 

Mum's Garden - Plants 

Mum's Garden - Lush 

Mum's Garden - Long Talks 

Pastel Flowers - Rose   I actually used the Botanical pack but these are a excellent substitute 

Pinkfresh Studio Card

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Today I'm sharing a card I have made using this beautiful set of stamps, stencils and dies from Pinkfresh Studio which Janine is now stocking at The Mad Scrapper  . There are a few different sets available in store/online. I will admit I passed them by when they first came in but boy did I make a mistake because they really are wonderful. This is the card I made for The Mad Scrapper Blog and a full list of products is below.

This is the set I used it is called Be Fearless from their latest release and Janine is carrying others so do check them out. If you are going online do put in the full Pinkfresh Studios into the search bar. As you can see I have the stamp, stencil and die all come individually and they are perfect for both cardmaking and scrapbooking.

The stamp is in one piece so all is stamped at one time, the stencil works the same way and it has 5 pieces allowing you to get great shading. Below you can see my first try. I started by lightly stamping the image then I coloured in using the stencil and then I restamped the image straight over the top to give a much crisper finish.

These are the colours I used and can be found in store.

I made a 8x6 card blank, then I created a mat using marshmallow and a stencil inking through with 2 of the colours above. Then I took a Spellbinders die (which I've had for years!) using the marshmallow I cut a frame and another out of candy floss to go under. A stitched oval was placed in the centre then I attached it all to the card with foam under for definition.

Here you can see how I have used all the flowers to make clusters around the right side of the frame. To finish off I added 3 colours of pearls and a sentiment from my stash.

Just look how pretty they are after you have coloured and cut them out.

I did try another colourway and made another little card and look how many I still have left. I stamped the image twice both times because you can always keep them ready for another time. The stamp set comes with 2 large sentiments which have dies and another 3 which do not.

Thanks for stopping by today, I do hope you will go over to check them all out they are gorgeous, I can't wait to try different colour options out.

Sue.

Here is the list of supplies:

Pinkfresh Studio Clear Stamp Set - Be Fearless  

Marshmallow 

Candy Floss/Smoothies 

The Crafter's Workshop  I used a cross hatch by Gabrielle Pollacco

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Kitsch Flamingo Tim Holtz 

Distress Ink Pad - Worn Lipstick 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Fired Brick 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Mowed Lawn

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Twisted Citron 

3 Amigo's

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Today it's my turn to share over at The Mad Scrapper Blog and I'm sharing this fun layout of my 2 crafty cousins Karen and Alyson on a great day out in Seattle recently. Whilst I was there we went to lots of places together and I called us the 3 Amigos. We always started our day with a photo and made sure to capture lots more memories 

I started by taking Whatever Solid- paper 3 and a sheet of navy I cut the green down to 11 1/2 and offset it on the blue. A full list of all I've used is at the bottom of this page. I decided to use a sketch for this layout just so each holiday page wasn't looking the same. Below is the sketch and as you can see I have flipped it so I can add my photos top to bottom.

The first thing I did was to select the papers for my banners I included the 1/2 inch strips from the green but using the opposite side showing the darker green. Then I gutted the centre out of Solid-paper 2 along with some navy, cream and turquoise. Because some of my strips were not long enough I have a gap in the middle. I layed them out and chose which ones I wanted to stitch through doing so I then stuck them down.

 I adhered my 3 photos to a piece of black and added foam underneath for dimension, I also pulled out some laser cut lace pieces from previous collections and tucked one along each edge just to soften it.

I pretty much followed the sketch by adding 2 clusters and a area for journaling. I also added some rub-ons about the page to fill any gaps. I have used 49andmarket and Green Tara flowers.

I typed my journaling and added it to some black making a banner edge. I have also used some Serenity chipboards about the page too.

A closer look shows extra pearls, a open leaf and puffy hearts.

The laser cut lace, banners and puffy hearts.

The 3 Amigo's I typed and added it under the luggage label. The little cameras I'm in love with and the little family label I have had as long as I've been scrapbooking which is coming up to 28 years soon.

Thanks for stopping by again today, this collection of papers are travel themed but to be honest stretch much further with their rich tones, pop in and check them out instore or go to The Mad Scrapper  and see them all there.

Sue.

Here is the list of supplies used:

Wherever - Colored Foundations 3 

Moody Blue / Smoothies 

Wherever - Colored Foundations 2 

Coastal/Canvas 

Cherry Blossoms - Ochre Tones 

Royal Posies – Ocean Jade Paper Flowers 

Royal Spray – Ocean Jade Paper Flowers Mini Flowers -

 Bright Blue Tones 

Fernwood - Focused 

ARToptions Spice Rub-Ons 6"X8" 

Cocoa Vanilla - Happy Days Puffy Hearts

49andmarket-Serenity Chipboard

49andmarket- laser cut lace

Scrapbooking Show.

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Today you find me over on  The Mad Scrapper Blog with another layout from my holiday in the USA.

This layout shows us at the scrapbooking show held in the area I was staying at Puyallup. I have used papers available from Janine along with snippets of the show guide and cool phrases off a sheet of paper I bought there (you will see them popping up in any more layouts I share!) a full list can be found below.

I have kept this half sheet of Kaisercraft Crafternoon paper for some years and I just new I wanted to use it here, I pulled the pale green to use as my boarder but not before I gutted out a portion from the left to use as mats. I also used a half sheet of Summer Porch take flight paper to which I added distress ink through the tapestry stencil as I thought it looked a little like the pattern on my top. I also added the merchandise strip off Plum Grove - blossom with added stitching on it to hide the gaps where the papers were joined.

This photo shows us arriving at the show all excited to get in we were ten minutes after the doors opened!  This is Karen and myself looking all fresh. You can see I've added a skinny strip of the merchandising strip off take flight because it was in red, white and blue.

I printed my journaling to make sure I could get plenty down.

This is Alyson and myself at the end, we'd been there for 7 hours! I think if someone could they'd have come back again tomorrow (Karen). Our bags were full of some excellent goodies 

Here is my stash, they wouldn't take photo's of theirs because it was twice the size of mine lol. The phrase is off the merchandise strip off the crafternoon paper I thought it was quite apt. Lots of vendors gave away badges to keep or fridge magnets one even gave away a decent tote bag.

Once we got back to Alyson's we opened a bottle of wine along with chips n dips and sat in the sun. Then it was time to go in and check out or stashes. Such a wonderful day I just had to preserve it on a layout.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope I've inspired you to get down your memories on a page along with memorabilia you've saved of the day. Do call in to see Janine for papers to go with your event if not then go online to The Mad Scrapper  and see her full selection there.

Sue.

Here are the items used today:

Aloe Vera/Canvas 

Blossom/Canvas 

Summer Porch - Take Flight 

49andmarket Plum Grove-Blossom

Kaisercraft-Crafternoon

Finnabair Tapestry stencil

Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Dried Marigold 

Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Tattered Rose 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Tattered Rose 

 

Seattle 2024

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Here I am on The Mad Scrapper Blog today sharing my first holiday layout when I visited family in USA and we made a visit to Seattle. The weather was beautiful and sunny as we walked along the sea front stopping to take photos.

For this layout I have used the beautiful Summer Porch collection from 49andmarket. I have the full collection which includes an extra patterned paper on the reverse side of the front cover, which is the blue mat.

Firstly I trimmed the Splendour sheet to 111/2 and distressed the edges and because I love to I added stitching just above the printed lines in red and black floss. I gathered together a selection of Chipboard bits from the Summer Porch and Serenity collections that I thought I may use along with fussycut flowers from the Day Dream sheet, you can see all in the photo below.

Here you can see how I have added a couple of the journal cards as well as a fancy mat in grey under the photo also some muslin for texture. All edges were distressed and the photo was lifted using some cardboard from my delivery box (thank you Janine)

Once I was happy with the placement of the photo I started to make my clusters using the fussy cut blooms tucking in other bits and pieces 

Here you can see I added a couple of postage stamps and another phrase from a older kit.

Here you can see the top smaller cluster along with some of the stitching. I added some teeny tiny red gems around the layout

There were beautiful planted areas along the front with plenty red and white flowers which is why I chose this sheet to use. The paper ribbon used is again from an older collection

To finish off the layout I used flat sequins in soft green and tiny red gems. I hope I have inspired you to breakout the collection and not just use it for beach themed photos. Do call in to see Janine at the shop to checkout all the beautiful papers and embelishments she has available, if you can't make it go to The Mad Scrapper  online store.

Thanks for stopping by again today

Sue.

Here is a list of the products used today:

Summer Porch Collection Pack 12"X12" 

Summer Porch Chipboard Set 

Ash/Canvas 

Muslin cloth from Janine

Serenity chipboard set by 49andmarket

 

Ice Cream Wednesday

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Today I am up over on  The Mad Scrapper Blog with this cute layout of my sister's granddaughter Eleanor who spends Wednesdays with them most weeks. As they live by the coast on the better days they take a trip out and if it's not to chilly she loves to have an ice cream. This photo was taken just after she had finished the most enormous 99!

I started by taking a sheet of 49andmarket Spectrum Sherbet collection (my last from the collection) cutting it down to 11 then I added some hand stitching to each of the slices leaving threads hanging off the edge. I distressed the edges and matted on to black. Then I found some red and white dot paper to give a playful boarder. I took the photo and matted it on to black with foam underneath for lift.

Because Eleanor's skirt has strawberries on it I grabbed the strawberry paper by Maja Designs and cut out a heart which I decided to make into a shaker so the top is made from Monochromes- Coral I added little strawberry shaker mix in to it. I also cut lots of different dies using Bazzill basics and a full list is at the bottom. The ice-cream cone die I have had for years and I think only the 2nd time in use!! The Love You is cut from a 49&market spice paper and matted on to their green.

Once I was happy with my collection of ephemera I set about putting the layout together. Of course you always need a few more bits and this is where the tickets were added from the Strawberry Lemonade Ephemera kit and the little arrows.

I also used some snippets from the sticker sheet of Simply Stories Wild Flower and Boho Baby collections.

Here is a closer look at the ice-creams as you can see I cut out another this time a Mivi

I like to where possible add a little hand written journaling and this will help her in years to come remember what went on. To finish off I added some flat sequins in candy colours about the page.

Thanks for stopping by again today, I hope you get chance to call in a see Janine at the shop and check out all the new goodies which are arriving weekly if not do as I do and visit The Mad Scrapper  online.

Sue.

Here are the items I used today: 

49andmarket Spectrum Sherbet paper and

Strawberry Lemonade Ephemera pack.

Snippets from Simple Stories Boho Baby and Wildflower sticker sheets.

Strawberry paper by Maja Designs

The above are now out of stock but you may have bought them and are looking for inspiration to use them so hopefully I have achieved this, below are still instock.

Blackberry Swirl/Smoothies  

Lemon Sherbet/Smoothies 

Carrot Cake/Grasscloth 

Cherry Splash/Smoothies 

Fawn/Canvas 

ARToptions Spice - Colored Foundations 3 

Monochromes – Special shades – Coral