Canvas - Scrap Africa Mood Board Challenge no.67

Hello Everyone

We have a gorgeous, new mood board at Scrap Africa and being a new year, with new thoughts and aspirations, this is a lovely, inspirational board! ;-)

What does 2016 hold for you?

What are your hopes and desires?

I created a canvas for this challenge.

I created this canvas, so that I can look at it everyday and remember and focus on this sentiment.

If I had to choose a word for 2016, then it would be "Focus".

When I saw this on Pinterest I just knew that I had to use it for my sentiment.

I used some pieces from 7 Dots Studio, which were perfect for this piece "Be Happy Today"

and 

"Love Yourself" and "Keep it Real"

The chipboard pieces are Celebr8.

We would love for you to play along and there are some yummy goodies from BoBunny up for grabs too! ;-)

Maybe play along here.

Have a super Friday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Denise x

Cards - FabScraps Teens Collection

Hello Everyone

I am sharing some more FabScraps projects today and these 2 cards are currently being displayed at CHA.  It was so exciting to see some of the photo's on the FabScraps FB page yesterday and see some of my projects there....really so very honoured and thankful! ;-)

So here is the first card.

This Teens collection is really funky and fun and admittedly, at first, I was unsure about this collection.  But after creating some projects, I was thrilled by this collection and some of my favourite projects were made using this collection. I will share those with you, over the next couple of days.

Supplies List:

Patterned Paper: FabScraps #Teens Free Range C80 004

#Teens Journal Pack: MC80001A

#Teens Stickers: Speech Bubbles ST80 001

Die-Cut Gray Chipboard : Cogs DC80 013

Chipboard: Stars

Cardstock: White

3D Adhesive Foam

Fine tipped pen: Black

Stamp sentiment: Follow Your Dreams

Black pearls

Pigment ink: Grey and Black

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of white cardstock 29,5cm x 13cm and fold in half.  Distress and ink the edges with grey pigment ink.
2. Cut a piece of #Teens Pattern X paper, 13,5cm x 13,5cm and distress the edges.
3. Cut a piece of #Teens Pattern fingerprint paper, 11cm x 12cm and distress the edges.
4. Stick down the X patterned paper, at an angle to the card, as per the photo.
5. Stick down the fingerprint patterned paper, at an angle to the X patterned paper, as per the photo.
6. Colour the chipboard cogs with black pigment ink and fussy cut 3 circles from the Free Range pattern paper.
7. Stick the cog chipboard onto the card, as per the photo.
8. Stamp the “Follow Your Dreams” sentiment onto the blue speech bubble with black pigment ink and ink the edges with grey pigment ink.
9. Raise and adhere the speech bubble, as per the photo.
10. Outline the star chipboard pieces with a fine tipped black pen and adhere, as per the photo.
11. Raise and adhere the 3 fussy cut circles and add the black pearls.
12. Lastly add the hand sticker.

This was the second card that I created.

Supplies List:

Patterned Paper: FabScraps #Teens Free Range C80 004

#Teens Journal Pack: MC80001A

#Teens Stickers: Speech Bubbles ST80 001

Die-Cut Gray Chipboard : Cogs DC80 013

Chipboard: Stars

Cardstock: White

3D Adhesive Foam

Fine tipped pen: Black

Stamp sentiment: Follow Your Dreams

Black pearls

Pigment ink: Grey and Black

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of white cardstock 29,5cm x 13cm and fold in half.  Distress and ink the edges with grey pigment ink.
2. Cut a piece of #Teens Pattern X paper, 13,5cm x 13,5cm and distress the edges.
3. Cut a piece of #Teens Pattern fingerprint paper, 11cm x 12cm and distress the edges.
4. Stick down the X patterned paper, at an angle to the card, as per the photo.
5. Stick down the fingerprint patterned paper, at an angle to the X patterned paper, as per the photo.
6. Colour the chipboard cogs with black pigment ink and fussy cut 3 circles from the Free Range pattern paper.
7. Stick the cog chipboard onto the card, as per the photo.
8. Stamp the “Follow Your Dreams” sentiment onto the blue speech bubble with black pigment ink and ink the edges with grey pigment ink.
9. Raise and adhere the speech bubble, as per the photo.
10. Outline the star chipboard pieces with a fine tipped black pen and adhere, as per the photo.
11. Raise and adhere the 3 fussy cut circles and add the black pearls.
12. Lastly add the hand sticker.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I really so appreciate your comments and love.

Denise x

Cards - FabScraps Serenity Collection

Hello Everyone

Sorry for being missing in action for a few days.

I so love having my brother here and it's really so great to spend time with him and the family and sadly he left yesterday evening but now at least, my life can get some normality again! ;-)

I have some cards to share with you, from the soft and beautiful Serenity Collection from FabScraps.

Here is the first card.

I upcycled an old scarf to provide some softness for this card.

Supplies List:

Patterned Paper: FabScraps C77 002 Cherished 2; FabScraps Harmony 2 C77 004

Journal Pack: MC77 001A

Blooms: 4 – 1 small, 2 medium sized and 1 large

Die-cut leaves

Cardstock: soft teal and 2 greens

White Pearl

White Lace

3D Adhesive Foam

Greeting Stamp & writing stamp

Pigment Ink – Versa Magic Sahara Sand & Brilliance Pearlescent Ivy

White Gel Pen

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of soft teal cardstock 30cm x 16cm and fold in half.  Use Sahara Sand to ink all the edges.
2. Use Sahara Sand pigment ink and the writing stamp to stamp from the top right towards the middle and from the bottom left towards the middle.  Don’t use an acrylic block, but just press down with your fingers to stamp.
3. Tear a 9cm x 16 cm from the stripey Harmony 2 patterned paper and ink the edges with Sahara Sand. The 9cm edges are straight and the 16cm edges are torn.
4. Stick down this piece in the middle of the card, not gluing the torn edges completely to the edge, so that you can tuck some lace underneath, as well as turn up these torn edges.
5. Fussy cut 3 envelopes from the journal pack elements, as well as some stamped circles and the butterfly circle and a small butterfly. Ink all the edges and arrange as per the photo.  The 3 envelopes are raised with 3D foam.
6. I recycled an old scarf for my lacey elements, but any petty lace will do and must be tucked under the torn edges of the stripey paper and glued in place.
7. Stamp the sentiment with Brilliance Pearlescent Ivy on the writing side of the Harmony 2 patterned paper.  I used a fairly white-ish part, so that my stamping would be clearly visible. Cut out the stamped sentiment and ink the edges with Sahara Sand.
8. Use 3D foam to adhere the sentiment across the 3 envelopes. 
9. Place your blooms, on the right hand-side above the sentiment, layering them up. Also add the die-cut leaves, which have been highlighted with a white gel pen.
10. Add some more lacey bits inbetween this cluster, for softness.

I also made a tag from this beautiful collection.

I had received this crocheted doiley in a prize pack and loved that it was the perfect fir for this tag.

Supplies List:

Patterned Paper: FabScraps C77 006 Peaceful 2, FabScraps C77 002 Cherished 2

Stencils:  FabScraps DS35 005 Jungle Twine

Journal Pack: MC77 001A

Blooms: 2 medium sized blooms, 1 green and 1 orange

Cardstock: white

Die-Cuts:  3 Ornate circular die-cuts, 1 very small (approx. 2cm diameter), small (approx. 6.5cm diameter) and 1 medium (approx. 10cm diameter)

Brown Pearls and a brown brad

White and cream lace

3D Adhesive Foam

Crocheted doiley – approximately 7.5cm diameter

Greeting Stamp

Distress Ink – Tea-dye

Pigment Ink – Jumbo Java

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of white cardstock 11,5cm x 18cm and distress the edges and ink with tea-dye distress ink.
2. Cut a rectangle 10.5cm x 16,5cm of Peaceful 2 patterned paper and distress and ink the edges, with tea-dye ink.
3. Stick down this Peaceful 2 rectangle onto the cardstock.
4. Place the Twine stencil over the entire tag and again, using tea-dye distress ink, ink over the entire patterned paper, ensuring a fairly even coverage of ink.
5. Cut an ornate circular die-cut, approx. 10cm in diameter, from the Peaceful 2 paper, using the dragonfly side. Cut another smaller circle die-cut from the Cherished 2 paper.
6. Ink the edges of these circles with tea-dye and then stick them down, the bigger one top left, just so that the left hand side of the circle just overlaps the left hand side of the tag.  The smaller one, bottom right and slightly tucked under the larger one. The very small one, raise with 3D foam and tuck under the medium doiley, top left of the tag.
7. Cut out the “Just for You” circle from the journal pack goodies and adhere, using the 3D foam to the centre of the larger doiley. Also add the crocheted doiley and secure with glue.
8. Add the white lace, under the medium sized doiley and the cream lace for the tag holder, using the brown brad.
9. Add brown pearls and layer blooms, as per the photo.
10. Lastly stamp a “greeting” in the top right hand corner using Jumbo Java Pigment ink.

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope you have a super, scrappy day!

Denise x

Christmas Gift - BoBunny Cardstock and Bling

Hello Everyone

I am sitting her in my study with the roof fan going and really hoping that we will get some rain this afternoon. We have had a heat wave for the last 2 weeks or so, with temperatures going up to 39C, virtually every day.

It has been incredibly hot and have had very little rain!!

We could really do with a little cooling down!! ;-)

Anyways....

I gave my Mother a Christmas present this year, which I just slightly altered with some cardstock and some bling from BoBunny.

Here's what it looked like before alteration.

I punched some doiley circles with a Martha stewart circle punch for the inside.

I then added some BoBunny pearls.

For the outside, I added some ribbon around the edge and then some deocration on top.

I added some blue pearlescent too....which was really such a cool way to add a little bling too.

Just a few little touches can make quite a difference.

My Mom loved it, so I was really pleased about that.  It is sitting on her dressing table in her room! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a super evening!

Denise x

Adventure - FabScraps Jungle Collection

Hello Everyone

I have quite a few FabScraps projects that I must share and so will be posting these over the next few days! ;-)

I used the Jungle Collection to create this mixed media page.

Here are some close-ups.

I also have a full tutorial below.

Supplies List:

Patterned Paper: FabScraps Jungle Pattern C78 002; FabScraps Jungle Tropical Flowers C78 006,

FabScraps Tropical Pattern C78 008; FabScraps Jungle Forest C78 004

Stencil: FabScraps DS35 005 Jungle Twine

Stickers: Jungle Mist Vinyl Stickers ST78 002

Card Kit: Jungle Mist MC78 001A

Cardstock: Corrugated white; Brown; Watercolour paper

Stamps: Websters Jump Rope Background stamp; Impression Obsession Leaf Stamp

Die-cut: Brick pattern

3D Adhesive Foam

Pigment Ink – Jumbo Java, Niagara Mist, Hint of Pesto, Tea Leaves

Acrylic Paint: White and Citrus Ranger

Newspaper print Washi tape

Gesso

Photo: 8cm x 10cm

Blue beads (small)

Crackle paste

White Glue

Instructions:

1 Cut the brown cardstock to 30cm x 30cm and distress the edges.

2.      Cut the watercolour paper to 29cm x 29cm and distress the edges and ink with jumbo java.

3.      Cut along the pattern lines, approx. a 10cm to 11cm width piece of paper, from the wavy side of the Tropcial Patterned paper.

4.      Completely cover the back side of this piece with white glue and adhere to the centre of the watercolour paper, as per the layout photo.

5.      Cut a piece of 7cmx14cm piece of the Jungle Patterned stripey paper and the same size piece from the Jungle Tropical Flowers paper.

6.      Adhere the tropical flowers paper 6,5 cm down from the top of the page, on the left hand side of the wavy patterned paper piece.  Adhere the stripey piece 8,5 cm down from the top of the page, towards the right hand side of the wavy patterned piece, overlapping the tropical flowers block.

7.      Using the jungle stencil, gesso down the pattern lines, from top left down to bottom right, in a diagonal fashion. Allow this to dry.

8.      Using your spray bottle, spray liberal amounts of water over your gesso areas.  Add little drops of citrus paint onto these wet areas.  Now spritz more water into these little drops of paint, so that it starts to run.  Pick up your page and move the paint and water around, so that it runs in between your gesso stencilled areas.  Allow this to dry.

9.      Do the same process, as above, around the edges of the patterned paper.

10.  Matt the photo with the corrugated white cardstock, tearing the edges for a rustic look.

11.  Raise and adhere the photo to the centre of the 2 blocks of patterned paper.

12.  Die-cut the brick pieces from the brown cardstock and randomly add little clusters around your photo, as per the photo layout.

13.  Randomly stamp with the Websters background stamp along the edges of the patterned wavy paper with Niagara Mist pigment ink. 

14.  Randomly stamp with the leaf stamp, in the 2 different green shades of pigment ink, also along the edges of the wavy patterned paper.

15.  Fussy cut some leaves and fronds from the Jungle Forest patterned paper. Raise and place these, in and around the photo, as per the layout photo.

16.  Add crackle paste and glue to adhere the small blue beads, to the top left of the wavy patterned paper and the middle bottom of the photo. Scatter them, so that they are not solid blobs.  Allow this to dry.

17.  Add highlights to the edges of the bricks with white acrylic paint.

18.  Cut the die-cut tag from the card kit in half. Ink the edges with Jumbo Java and adhere as per the layout photo.  Tear strips of the Washi tape and place over these die-cut halves.

19.  Stick the Adventure sticker onto white cardstock and trim.  Use the leftovers to stick along the washi tape, creating layers.

20.  Adhere the Adventure sticker to the top of the page and write some journaling on the bottom of the page.

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

 Have a super evening!

 Denise x

Winter - 7 Dots Studio December Challenge

Hello Everyone

I had some time to play and create yesterday and have been wanting to play along with the 7 dots studio challenge for ages. 

Here is the December challenge.

And here is my take on it.

I really love this page and how it all just came together.

This is a close-up of the journalling and tells you what the page is about.

Our winters in South Africa are really mild, compared to the snowy and icy winters of other places.

So yes, we certainly have very chilly mornings and evenings, but the days are very mild and we still love going to the park, feeding the ducks and Joe has a good run around.

For this page I used bits and pieces from various 7 dots studio collections, Yuletide, Lost and Found and Cold Country. I also used some Blue Fern Studios chipboard pieces.

Here are some close-ups.

I used some beads and white sand to add texture to the background.

Well thanks so much for stopping by!

I really do so appreciate your visits and comments!

Have a super Sunday!

Denise x

Birthday Boy - Scrap Africa Sketch Challenge no.66

Hello Everyone

The 2nd day of January 2016!!!!!! I am still pondering this new year and wondering about what it will bring for me! ;-) Anyways, I have some creativity to share with you, a page for the new Scrap Africa sketch challenge! ;-) 

Here's the sketch.

Here is my take on it.

I did a very boy page for this challenge and love how it turned out! This photo was taken on my son's Birthday 2 years ago.  I took him for a surprise picnic in the park, after school.  It was such a super afternoon! ;-)

I used some Blue Fern chippies, lots of stamps and paint and papers and stickers from Echo Park.

We would love for you to play along.  The challenge goes until 14 Jan.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a super day!

Denise x