Perfect Day.

 Hello,

Today I'm sharing another layout for The Mad Scrapper Blog and this time it is of my sister and her hubby on a recent visit to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in Rome. On this particular day they visited the Trevi Fountain and were able to get this lovely photo of themselves.

As it was such a sunny day I knew exactly which paper collection I would choose, yes Happy Days by Cooca Vannila. There is a full list at the bottom.

I started by taking a white Bazzilli card and adding a blue/sea looking paper at the halfway point. I took the rays stencil and inked through to the left of the centre line, then I made up my mats to go under the photo from pieces of the collection.

Then I added the heart strip across the join and added the photo to its spot. I added some funky foam under to allow me some clearance for tucking things underneath. I had sat and fussy cut a sheet of the flowers out as well as the fruit when I first received the collection so I had those ready to go. Some I added a piece of card behind for dimensions. I put the flowers down then added the little sentiment strip from one of the cut apart sheets. I also decided to trim the page down so I could add a nice bright boarder to it.

The right side I added a couple of lemons (well I thought I would!) along with some ephemera from 49andmarket. The top right flag banner was added because I felt that corner needed a little something and I topped it with the phrase.

This next photo shares a closer look at the bottom right little cluster I made up with more flowers from the kit as well as more 49 ephemera. I did a little bit of journaling but made it read like Jayne had written it.

This last photo shows the couple of banners added along with the Paradise sentiment. I found a little camera to add to the page which I added after I had splatted some distress ink around the page. To finish off I added some of the last few puffy stickers I have left.

Thanks for stopping by again today. Hopefully I have inspired you to use a holiday snap you have somewhere on your phone or in the draw.

For your supplies you can pop in to the bricks and mortar shop or do what I do and go online at  The Mad Scrapper  Janine has lots and lots to tempt you.

Sue

Here is a list of the supplies I have used on this page:

HAPPY DAYS - FEEL GOOD 

HAPPY DAYS - JUICY FRUIT 

HAPPY DAYS - LUSH BLOOMS 

HAPPY DAYS - SUNSHINE LOLLIPOPS 

HAPPY DAYS – PUFFY STICKERS  sold out but you may already have them

Avalanche/Grass Cloth 

African Daisy/Grasscloth 

Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Rays 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Squeezed Lemonade 

Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Dried Marigold 

49andmarket beach/sea pattern paper (sorry I can't remember what it was as I'd removed the manufacturer strip.

49andmarket Sherbet Strawberry Lemonade Ephemera Bits

Joys of December

 Hello,

Today I'm sharing a project I have made for The Mad Scrapper Blog and I will be gifting it to my sister who is the manager of her Community Centre in Westmoor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She loves Christmas and most of all putting together the events calendar to run up to the BIG day! She has a journal to take her through the days with every last thing documented.

I have started by taking one of those thin MDF stars available in stores and painted the edges cream and then drawn around it on my chosen Christmas themed paper. A list of products used is at the bottom of this page. I used 2 coordinating distress inks through the Dusty Attic stencil which I randomly placed around the star.

Then I decided to stitch around the edge for texture and add lots of rub-ons around but not where I knew my frame would be. I used just basic wet glue to adhere the paper to the MDF.

Once it dried overnight I gathered together what I knew I wanted to be my main focal point and started to add them to the star using foam and cardboard behind to give dimensions and to allow me to tuck things under the edges.

One of the things that happens every year is a letterbox arrives in reception for the children to post their letters to Santa and as long as they put in an address they will receive a hand written reply. So when I found this perspextive letterbox in my stash I knew it had to go on.

Most of the other goodies on here are from the ephemera pack and flowers by 49andmarket with some additional bits from my stash. These include the snowballs, glitter stars and the ribbon rose. I wanted to have an extended strip from the frame across to the other side so I added a small piece of the red frame which I had saved from last year which allowed me to stretch out my cluster.

I tucked a ticket with the holly jolly sentiment at the top which gave me something coming out from each side of the frame. I also touched the edges of the frame with glitter glue for sparkle.

The last thing I added was the boots sticking out from under the bottom with a touch of glitter to the soles. I haven't yet but will add some string or ribbon to the top to allow it to hang.

I hope you have enjoyed this project and it may inspire you to do something similar for your home or office. Janine has lots of Christmas collections coming in to store along with some already available so why not pop in if you live close or as I do go online at The Mad Scrapper  .

Sue.

Here is the product list I have used:

Peace & Joy – Yuletide 

Dusty Attic Geo Star Stencil 

Distress Ink Pad - Lumberjack Plaid 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Broken China 

Royal Posies – Tomato Paper Flowers 

Vintage Artistry Ephemera Bits

49andmarket Holiday Wishes Rub-On's

Enchanted Petals - Parchment

Sweet Photo Shoot.

Hello,

Today I'm sharing a layout on  The Mad Scrapper Blog using the lovely collection recently released by Simple Stories who were working with My Minds Eye on this Wildflower collection still available in  The Mad Scrapper  store.

I will tell you what's happened here in this next photo. I trimmed down the plaid paper and distressed the edges, then I added the stitching to the corners because I had cut a circle and stitched all around it and stencilled some flowers on it but when I placed it down and the photo on top it just didn't look right so the circle hasn't made it but I couldn't do anything about this stitching so there it stays!!

I mounted the photo on to some pink card giving a nice nod to the flowers around the girls. I knew I wanted to use the BIG sticker from the sheet that comes with the pad but didn't quite know where I was going to place it so I put it on white paper and cut tightly around it. One of the sheets is full of pretty top tags so I added one of those with the tiny bit of journaling on it. The photo has a piece of chipboard under it which allows me to tuck embellishments underneath.

 

One sheet of paper is covered in these beautiful pink blooms along with smaller individuals and leaves so I sat and fussy cut the lot. That meant I could make my big bold clusters out of them. I chose to make two and added to the top right and bottom left of the photograph. Some lay flat and others had foam pads under for dimension. The you and me is off the sticker sheet too.

Here you can see the bottom cluster and the placement of the tag which I added the same green floss to. I have also used some flowers from the Floral Bits pack.

To finish off I added some pink and blue Kaisercraft pearls from my stash. Complete bliss is a sticker too.

Thanks once again for stopping by. I hope I've inspired you to dive in and fussy cut some of those big floral papers that come in collections because they work so well together. Check out the other papers and embellishments Janine has in that go with this collection.

Sue.

Products used today available in store:

Wildflower Collection Kit 12"X12" 

Wildflower Die-Cuts - Floral Bits 

Parakeet/Canvas 

Chablis/Grass Cloth 

 

Beach Days Are Best!

 Hello,

Today I am sharing another layout for The Mad Scrapper Blog and it shows my cousins adorable girls at the beach on Anglesey this last half term break.

I am joining in with the 49andmarket sketch challenge for July with this and you can find the sketch below along with the products used. Now I have used an older collection of which I know Janine was very busy with and could well be sold out but then you may be like me and have some left in your stash because it was very extensive. I gathered all my possibilities together before I made a start. Is that something you do? I know I generally do but never use it all!

I chose my main paper and decided I wanted to mat it on a pink to pop the colour of the fishing ne the girls were using, so I trimmed it down but in a wonky style. I added a selection of rub-ons around the page.

The sketch called for an image of to one side so I took one of the miniature postcards from the ephemera pack and trimmed it down adding some florals and another phrase.

I made this cluster for the bottom right corner including another sweet rub-on.

I matted the photo on to a piece of world map paper in the pink area, tucked a touch of green which I punched with the notebook punch. The pink layer on the right is from the laser cut pack. Another rub-on just above the sentiment is perfect for these two as love nothing better than to check things out together.

This photo shows how everything is loaded on top of each other so plenty of depth. I added pink, amber and glittery blue Nuvo drops around the page to finish things off.

Thanks again for stopping by, I hope I have inspired you to use up some of those extensive kits. Check out the others Janine has available in  The Mad Scrapper  if you are lucky and live close by pop in, I know she will be pleased to see you.

Sue.

Please find the list of products used and the sketch:

Chablis/Grass Cloth 

Vintage Artistry Beached - Journal Cards 

ARToptions Alena Rub-Ons 6"X8"

Spectrum Sherbet - Solid - Cotton Candy

Vintage Artistry Beached Collection Ephemera

Vintage Artistry Beached Collection which includes 2 sheets of Laser Cuts

Love this life!

 Hello, 

Today I'm up on  The Mad Scrapper Blog with this double page layout of my husband competing in this years Radio Controlled Model Yacht Global Championships which were held in Fleetwood in May.

He was so pleased to qualify as he has only been sailing these boats since late 2018 and there were skippers from around the world in attendance. Because the boats are in many different colours and it was such wonderful weather the photographs are lovely and bright to I chose to use the colourful collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio  Happy Days.

I chose to follow a sketch for this layout because I needed to show many photos and sometimes you just need a hand with layout don't you think? Here is the sketch.

As you can see I have followed quite closely, cutting up the papers so as not to waste precious paper. I have also added a little sailing boat stamped image but most of it has been covered by the papers but not to worry. As you can see I flipped the stripes on the bottom strips for a little contrast.

Here you can get a better look at the lefthand side. I have trimmed down the photos to allow them to be mounted on to some dark grey paper. The top photo shows the course they will follow, all those little cubes represents a gate or the start and finish line. This was tweaked daily due to wind strength or direction. That's my hubby with his boat and all other photos will show it in action.

I have chopped up journaling cards to give cute sentiments to dot about. I have also added puffy hearts and the championship sticker.

Here is a closer look at the right hand page. Again with more action shots. I have added his fleet board strip on top of the flag banner and the host sailing clubs sticker too. More cute sentiments and a fabulous perspextive title embellishment by Bramble Fox  to round things up.

Thanks for stopping by again today, I hope I have inspired you to chop up your papers to make great backgrounds for your layouts.

Stop in at The Mad Scrapper  to see all the lovely collections Janine has available you're sure to find something that will suit your theme.

Sue.

Please find the links to the store products:

HAPPY DAYS - LITTLE BLOSSOM 

HAPPY DAYS - FEEL GOOD

HAPPY DAYS - SUNSHINE LOLLIPOPS 

HAPPY DAYS - FLUTTERBY 

HAPPY DAYS – PUFFY STICKERS 

Dolphin Gray/Smoothies 

Chiffon/Canvas 

Beautiful.

 Hello,

Today I'm sharing a layout I have made for The Mad Scrapper Blog using beautiful papers from Maja Designs. A full list can be found at the bottom of this post.

This layout will be a gift to my dearest friend as it shows her daughters wedding dress before she wore it back in September last year.

When I saw this photograph I knew I wanted to use it but had to wait for it to come on over to me and I knew the paper collection I would use.

I was lucky enough to win the challenge over on the Dusty Attic Blog earlier this year and I chose amongst other things this wonderful 12x12 Hearts chipboard so I cut apart a few sections and gesso'd them up and inked using distress inks.

Here you can see where I have placed them. I took the photo and matted it on to 2 papers and tucked foam under to stabilise it. I also added some vintage lace to the bottom.

The Beautiful is a laser cut from Avesta by 49andmarket and I placed a pearl under the B for stability also if you catch sight of a side view you wouldn't see layers of foam or chipboard.

This is the flower cluster I have added right on top of the paper where the flowers live you can see I have added a twine bow, puffy hearts and pearls.

A closer look at the mats which have been inked and distressed, I also added more Rub-on butterflies and lots of Nuvo Drops.

Another look at the flower cluster.

And yes another look where you can see more pearls.

Thank You for stopping by today. I hope you like what you have seen and maybe you will try something similar with a beautiful photograph. Janine has lots of beautiful papers and collections to choose from over at The Mad Scrapper  unless you are lucky enough to drop in. Just tell her Sue sent you!

Sue.

Here is the supply list:

Autumn Poem - Tranquility 

Autumn Poem - Gossamer 

Autumn Poem - The Rose 

Autumn Poem - Solitude 

Finnabair Stencil 6"X9" - Iris Tapestry

Rustic Bouquet Paper Flowers - Cranberry 

HEAVY GESSO WHITE – 2OZ TUBE 

Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Tattered Rose 

Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Worn Lipstick 

Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Mowed Lawn 

Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Iced Spruce 

Distress Ink Pad - Tea Dye 

HAPPY DAYS – PUFFY STICKERS 

Avesta laser cuts, acetate leaves, royal spray flowers in orchid and essential rub-ons by 49andmarket.

Pearls, lace and Nuvo drops from my stash.

Dear Friend Birthday Card.

Hello,

Here I am today sharing a birthday card I recently made for a lady to give her dear friend who will be turning 60! I also know this lady and I am aware she loves flowers on her cards, so I have chosen papers, ephemera and paper flowers from 49andmarket all available from The Mad Scrapper  I have also added items from my stash.

The card is a 5x8 inch bright white card blank and to that I have added Boysenberry and then a piece of Viken-Slendid paper but not before stitching in deep purple floss and distressing all edges. I then took another narrower strip stitched along one edge only and added deep white lace so it hung over the right edge adding it to the card with foam for dimension.

Then I took the laser cuts and started adding them around the panel so I could build upon it with the paper flowers etc. The big turquoise flower is an old Prima one and because of the gold I added the leaves with gold on which I thought was a nice touch.

I printed out the sentiment and added enamel sparkly dots around along with a few Prima pearls. I also removed the brown stamens and added my own lilac ones. A couple butterflies dotted about and the card is finished.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I have inspired you to use your scrapbook papers for luscious card making too. Janine has loads of beautiful papers to drool over and you are sure to find something to suit your occasion. 

Sue.

 Boysenberry Delight/Smoothies 

ARToptions Viken – Splendid 

Majestic Bouquet – Marble Paper Flowers 

Enchanted Petals - Twilight