Scrap The Boys DT - "You & Me" October 2018

Hello Scrappy Friends, welcome back to my blog today where 
I'm sharing a DT layout for

Scrap the Boys

You can take this challenge anywhere you want, 
as long as it showcases one of your Boy's/Men and you.
Too easy! - take a look at what the DT have created for your inspiration.

This challenge encouraged me to scrap a photo of my Husband and me; something I rarely do, as I mostly scrap about the Grandchildren.  The photo was taken in 1995 almost a quarter of a century ago. Yikes - no wonder my bones ache! 

The paper was a total splurge when we called into Ballarat on the way home from Melbourne.  I called into the Imagination Factory and fell in love with this paper by Alexandra Renke. The water colour flowers took my eye and I just had to have them.  I think they look lovely with the photo. 

As the paper is busy I wanted to keep the page simple.  I  "smooshed" various shades of Tim Holtz Distress Oxides to create a marbled look on the title.

The title is a cut file from Silhouette Studio.

The die cut border is from Uniquely Creative and the little date tag is an oldie from Heidi Swapp.

I hope you will feel inspired to play along and be eligible for a prize 
or a Guest Design Team Spot.

I appreciate your kind comments and so enjoy reading them.  Thank you.

Scrap Matrix DT September 2018 - You've been framed.

Welcome back to the Scrap Matrix challenge where this month

the theme is You've been framed.   You can use any kind of frame, or multiple frames, big, small or in between.

They can be in clusters or lined up in rows. 
Have you been framed for something you didn't do??  
We'd love to hear all about it, using frames of course!

Take a look here to see what the rest of the team 
have created to inspire you.

I've attempted a double layout, something I've not done for years!

None of this series of photos is strong enough to use on it's own, but as a group, I think they tell the story of our family's love of Summer, the Beach and Cricket quite well.

The idea for the design began with this stamp set from 

Paper Artsy SSG09

I was inspired by the frame which I planned to use for journalling and also the naive clouds, the suns and the summery, beachy words.

The left side page.

The right side page.

I chose two sheets of paper from Pink Fresh studio, 

Escape the Ordinary Collection, "Transform"

and cut out the centre to form a frame for each page.

Still on the framed theme, and using a die from my stash, 

I cut four frames for the four small photos on the left page.

Next, I hand drew some frames around the landscape shaped photos, 

I was inspired by the stamped journal frame.

The title is from Mambi Chips. The one I used is not in stock right now, but click on the link for something quite similar.

 

I stamped the little clouds onto some water colour paper and used 

blue and white water colour paints from my stash to colour them.

I coloured the little circles around the borders with 

Tim Holt Oxides distress inks, Twisted Citron and Salty Ocean.

To tie the two sides together, I added a small green stamped tag on the right of the photos using Tim Holtz Archival Ink, Jet Black.

I added stamped words directly onto the photos. 

To emphasize the stamped titles, I swished a bit of water colour paint through the words, hoping that it would't go everywhere!

The black chipboard circles are also from Mambi.

I stitched around the the frame with white thread, to add another frame and some definition to the page. 

As the pages were in the great outdoors with a natural theme, I wanted to keep them crisp, clean and simple, so I mostly avoided mixed media in the background and just added stamping.

Thanks for calling in today, I hope you find time to play along, 
just add your entry to the Scrap Matrix Shares page in the corresponding folder; don't forget to let us know what Scrap Matrix products you used and what inspired you.  You could be in the running for a $30.00 gift voucher from the generous Vicki Christensen and perhaps a Guest Design Team spot down the track.

Sympathy cards

Welcome back to my blog on this cold day, it's only 10C as I type this

and I'm longing for Spring to arrive.

I've been experimenting again with Tim Holtz Distress Oxides and some under utilized stamps, to create a couple of Sympathy cards.   I'm not confident about what's appropriate when making cards for this occasion, but do like to use colour.

See what you think.

For this one, I used a Stampin' Up set "Thoughts and Prayers 1 of 2"

The inks are Fossilzed Amber, Spiced Marmalade and Peeled Paint.

And for this one, the Gum Tree is from Darkroom Door, "Gum Trees".

The inks are, Vintage Photo, Wilted Violet, Faded Jeans and Worn Lipstick.

Thanks for your visit, I'd love to know your go to theme for Sympathy cards.