Masters Entries 2013

It seems I have forgotten to share last years Scrapbooking Memories masters entries on my blog. I was going through some layouts today to put them into albums (as it's long over due) and I found them still packaged from when they were returned.

I was lucky enough to have my OTP project published in the masters issue as an honourable mention, which is always a pretty awesome feeling. However I am pretty happy with my 3 layouts that didn't quite get there. Here they are:

Materials: AC Cardstock; Kaisercraft collectables; Tim Holtz distress ink; Dymo labeller; AC Thickers; Other - stencil

Materials: Kaisercraft paper, collectables, pearl flourish; kraft cardstock; Manor House creations flowers; Dymo labeller; AC Thickers; other - texture paste, washi tape.

Materials: Manor House Creations flowers; Scrapmatts chipboard; AC Thickers; Other - paint, onion bag, double sided tape centre.

 

It must be getting close to masters for 2014. I am undecided if I will apply this year. It's fun for a challenge I suppose, trying to think creatively with the criteria. I like a good challenge.

Kaisercraft Design Team 2014 Entry

Hello

I decided to apply for the 2014-15 design team, as it is no secret I have always loved Kaisercraft products. Here are a couple of projects I have created for the call:

 

This pair of cards uses supplies mostly from the Kaisercraft Snap mini paper pad and some Kaleidoscope collectables, along with Scrapmatts chipboard, D-lish scraps embellishments, and Tim Holtz distress ink.

 

This layout is a double created with a traditional scrapbooking page, combined with a pocket scrapbooking plastic sleeve. I actually didn't have a plastic sleeve design to suit the idea I had in mind so I sewed together two 6x12 sleeves and stitched up pockets as I wanted. Not perfect, but pretty easy to create your own design. The traditional style page is on the left and the pocket page on the right.

 

 

Created using Kaleidoscope papers and collectables, with Scrapmatts chipboard & a Piece of Cake Designs flair.

 

And a mini album. This one was a good effort. It took me about 2 hours from start to finish, so I am pretty impressed with that. I decided to make a mini album of mine and my husband's relationship as a gift for our upcoming anniversary. Love, engagement, marriage and baby. Our story so far!

 

 

Created using a Kaisercraft tag wood album and the mini pad and collectables from the Limelight collection. Other materials were Scrapmatts chipboard, lace, flowers, dymo labeller, AC Thickers.

 

 

Here are a couple of the pages up close:

 

 

Ok now Kaisercraft... pick me... pretty please ;)

 

Thanks for visiting!

Double Layout - Family Holiday

The Kaisercraft blog Saturday sketches are back and after a trip to Spotlight yesterday for fabric, I did happen to come home with the Getaway edition of the Kaiser Captured Memories project life style cards. And this actually inspired me to want to do a scrapbook layout instead of PL.

So I decided to join in with the January sketch:

It was a bit of a last minute decision and I ran out of sunlight before I had time to photograph so please mind the not so great photographs.

I actually decided to turn this into a double page layout since I had lots of photos to include from our recent holiday. And thanks to the film strip element, it was the perfect time to use one of the Scrapmatts film strip chipboards. I added little photos in behind it. Love the way it turned out.

I used quite a mixed bag of Kaiser collections. Captured moments-Getaway, Velvet Ensemble, Timeless classics 12x12 pad, Picked pear Then a few bits of Scrapmatts and some Thickers for the title.

I actually found this double a little challenging lol It took me 2 sittings to complete as I got frustrated at it last night but am happy with the end result now.

Thanks for popping by

Holly x

Scrapmatts September DT creations

Hello everyone,

One of this months DT challenges at Scrapmatts was something bright and colourful... perfect! I would once have cringed at the thought of doing something like that as I used to prefer darker/neutral colours and a shabby chic style but how things have changed. These days colourful is my favourite way to scrapbook :)


Materials: Echo park papers; Jillibean soup polaroid; Dymo labeller, Scrapmatts chipboard; FF dots; mini stapler; WRMK Stitcher; twine.




And some Christmas ATC. I can admit even now I don't really understand the purpose of an ATC but I created some anyway lol Not sure if I got it right but at least there are lots of cute little scrapmatts just perfect for these little ATC chipboards.


Scrapmatts chipboard; Kaisercraft mini pad

Thanks for visiting.

Holly x

Only 104 days til Christmas

Does that sound a little scary?


Not that far really. It tends to sneak up quick so at least us design team girls get to be a step ahead with a few Christmas projects to share in the lead up.
 


This month is also about something new. Like new sunnies...



And a close up of those cute banners... covered in patterned paper.

Materials: Kaisercraft papers, AC Thickers, Dymo labeller, twin, Scrapmatts chipboard.


And a card (sorry about the sideways pic):

This year was my hubby's first father's day and he was actually only home for the last few hours of it unfortunately. But still special :)

Other than the chipboard, this card is made from left overs from my Polly! PL kits. See, totally multi-purposeful ;)

Thanks for stopping by

Holly x

Amazing Memories & Project Life Wk 15-16

Hello

Here is a quick layout share.

This one was one of those random late night moments when inspiration hit and I'm happy with the outcome. I worked backwards compared to my usual layout method. Usually I pick a photo and then work from there. This time around I picked papers, and just sort of slapped it all together and added embellishments, then a photo to suit, then some more embellishments. It came together fairly quickly as a result. Rare for me... I'm the slowest!

Materials: Kaisercraft paper pad; Scrapmatts chipboard; D-lish scraps doily & washi; Tim holtz distress ink; Dymo labeller; Glimmer mist; other - handmade embellishments from etsy (can't remember seller).

And a quick Project Life update

Week 15

Week 16

Insert - p1

Insert p 2

Thanks for visiting

Holly :)

My Best Friend's Wedding

Hello

 

On the weekend one of my best friend's married her partner of 9 years. It was great to celebrate along with them, especially since I've known both of them since we were in fact 9 when I started at the same primary school. My friend loves bright colours so the day was beautifully decorated with rainbow colours and butterflies. And of course she looked stunning.

 

Below is the wedding card I made for them

 

 Materials: Kaisercraft mini pad, collectables, card, bling & flower; Scrapmatts chipboard; Tim holtz distress ink; D-lish scraps washi tape; other - thread.

And some wedding pics:

 The beautiful Bride Kelly

 

 Me, hubby and daughter

 

The bridal party after they have been announced as Mr & Mrs

 

The wedding was intended to have been a surprise wedding, disguised as a 30th birthday and I had the honour of making the invitations for the party. My friend isn't great with secrets though so there probably wasn't anyone left at the wedding who didn't know they were coming to a wedding lol

 

Hope they are enjoying the start of their honeymoon today :)

 

Holly x

Bright Eyes

Hello everyone,

This layout I am sharing today was inspired by some super cute pics of my daughter. The other day she was just chilling out in her rocker and I decided to have an impromptu photo shoot to practice getting better pictures with my camera. Afterall, I think great photos play a big role in great scrapbooking. While not every photograph you scrap will be perfect, because life isn't always perfect, it is nice to try and have better odds in capturing good pics and that comes down to getting to know your camera. My camera and I still have a lot to learn about one another... but we're working on it.

I really need a 50mm lens to get these up close shots as they are harder with the big DSLR lens, but I still love the end result for a novice!

And of course complete with a fab A2Z scraplets title - Bright Eyes. All other materials are Kaisercraft, except the flower, which is D-lish scraps, and the Dymo label journalling.

Thanks for visiting

Holly

Birthday Mini Album

Hello

Today I want to share with you a very quick and easy project I put together for a birthday present on the weekend.

We were invited to a 2nd birthday party and the invitation said 'Please no presents'. But it hardly feels right turning up empty handed to a kids birthday party. So at about 8pm the night before I decided a mini album could be good, so the parents could put in some favourite pics from the day and perhaps pass on the album once little Mr 2 is old enough to appreciate it.

And let me tell you, it is a good thing this was a quick and easy project to do since my own little miss 3 months decided sleeping was unneccessary that night so I got about an hour and a half to work on the album and that was actually all I needed. Phew!

I kept it pretty simple due to my time restraints. The album is a Kaisercraft wood album, so pretty much you can just use the pages/wood pieces as templates to cut out your patterned paper, stick it on and embellish as you please. In this case, my embellishments were a combination of Scraplets (of course), American crafts thickers and some collectables die cuts from Kaisercraft. The collection is the Kaisercraft Save the date range, which is designed for parties.

Thanks for looking.

Holly :)