"Tulips" by Amanda Hartmann

Hello AAS fans!   Welcome to February.... I decided to scrapbook flowers - tulips to be exact! I used some simple background work and used the Jillibean Soup collection - You make MISO happy.  

I started this page with a piece of white cardstock.

Next I placed a 12x12" Kaisercraft Mandela Template on the page, and lightly spritzed it with Dylusions Ink Spray in Lemon Zest.

When this was completely dry, I added some splatters of Colour Blast Shimmer Spray in Blush, from a fine brush. Pink and yellow is a great colour combo!

With the background done, I was ready to create the page.

I started my stacking paper behind the tulip photo. I used Jillibean soup papers: Dashi and Miso Paste.

In the top corner I added a die cut from the Pea Pod parts pack.

For the title, I layered 3 words from Foam stickers pack. This makes quite a feature. On top a placed the word "Tulips" using Pinkfresh Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers.  Diecuts and epoxy stickers were also tucked around the words.

 Diecuts and Epoxy stickers were placed in different spots to finish the page.

I hope you get flowers in February - if you do, take some photos and scrap them!

Thanks for looking,

Amanda

Products used:

White Cardstock

Wide range of Kaisercraft templates here

Dylusions Ink Spray - Lemon Zest

Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray - Blush

Jillibean Soup - You Make MISO Happy Paper - Dashi

Jillibean Soup - You Make MISO Happy Paper - Miso Paste

Jillibean Soup - You Make MISO Happy Pea Pod Parts

Jillibean Soup - You Make MISO Happy Epoxy Stickers 60P/kg

Jillibean Soup - You Make MISO Happy Foam Stickers

Pinkfresh - Indigo Hills 2 - Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers

Forever with Websters Pages by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone
This week I've a layout to share created with the very pretty Love is in the Air  & Changing Colours papers by Websters Pages:
Forever

For this layout I created a mixed media background with my Dylusions Paints to co-ordinate with the flowers in the Bouquet Branch papers. 
I then took my papers and layered them up with some torn edges to add some texture.  I've used a mix of the two newer Websters Pages collections and some leftover HS Emerson Lane I used recently. 

Some soft flowers and leaves to embellish as well as some stickers and finishing off with the beautiful gold title. 

Thanks for stopping by Till next week
Fiona x Products Used: Websters Pages Changing Colours - Bouquet Branch  Websters Pages Love is in the Air - Butterfly Websters Pages Love is in the Air - Sweet Fragrance Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane - Dalila Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane - Cardstock Stickers Cocoa Vanilla Studio Wild at Heart Rubber Charms Green Tara Flowers (leaves only) - Tea Roses Cream Green Tara Cherry Blossoms White MME Bliss Acrylic Stickers Dylusions Paints - Rose Quartz Dylusions Paints - Peony Blush Dylusions Paints - Squeezed Orange Doily Dark Green Leaves

You Rock My World using Photo Play A Day at the Park by Kerryn Fry

Good morning everyone. Today I'm sharing my second page created with Photo Play A Day at the Park. Again, the colours matched really well with the photos and I could adapt some of the embellishments to suit my page. The photos are Mr 14 and a half, getting his groove on at his end of year concert.

The background of the Kraft cardstock has been covered with Distress Ink,

using Tim Holtz Layering stencils Concerto and Shifter Stars.

A sheet of music paper was a great addition to the paper layers.

I've then used paper scraps to create the layers of patterned paper to the side of the photos.

The collage of photos were double matted with both black cardstock and yellow paper.

Then using some stickers from the sheet and hand-cutting some stars,

I've created two clusters for the top corner and bottom of the page.

I have matted the stickers with black cardstock

and popped the stickers and stars on foam tape.

The 2 Crafty title You Rock My World was so perfect for this story.

It tied all of the stars together and the 'Rock' was exactly what he was doing.

The words were painted with Candied Apple 

and the star with Mustard Seed.

I have stamped with gold ink and a script stamp,

backed the star with white paper and finished with Dimensional Magic. 

The 2 Crafty Guitar was the final piece.

I have hand painted it and given it a thick coat of Dimensional Magic.

Love how it looks!

More hand cut stars were added around the title piece.

I loved creating this page and telling the story.

Thanks for visiting the blog today.

Have a fabulous weekend, hopefully plenty of creating.

Please join us again on Monday for Fiona's next project.

Products Used: Bazzill Kraft Cardstock Bazzill Raven Cardstock Photo Play A Day at the Park - 3x4 Cards Photo Play A Day at the Park - Multi Dot/Yellow Photo Play A Day at the Park - Multi Stripe/Dots Photo Play A Day at the Park - Rd Stripe/Dot Photo Play A Day at the Park - Oh Boy Photo Play A Day at the Park - Element Sticker Sheet 2 Crafty title Your Rock My World 2 Crafty Guitar Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Concerto Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Shifter Stars Distress Ink Distress Paint Dimensional Magic

"Friendship" using Webster's Pagesby Amanda Hartmann

Hello AAS fans!   January has flown by! I hope you are getting back into the routine for the new year and  that includes some time to scrap!   Today I am sharing a page I created using the Webster's Pages Collection - Changing Colours. I scrapbooked a photo of me, with my Dutch friend. On a recent trip to the Netherlands,  I found a craft shop and found some Dutch words in chipboard. I used one on this page.  The rough translation of "Een bijzonder", is "A Special", so my page title is  "A Special Friendship"!     My base paper is titled: Bouquet Branch, I love the warm wood tones.   When I love a paper range and cannot decide on which papers to buy, I often buy a paper pack.  In this range I got the 8x8" Paper pad. I used these 8x8" papers to finish my page.   I layered papers with florals, the wood pattern and pinks & oranges, directly under the  photos and as well as in a panel at the back.  

I cut some squares from a paper from the paper pad, to place on either side of the photo.
 I machine stitched across the page to tie this all together.

Next I did some fussy cutting... I found a paper with birds and leaves and I cut them out.
 I sprinkled them across the page, with some white enamel dots, taken from a Pinkfresh set I had.

"Be silly, be honest, be kind" - a great description of our friendship.

Finally for the title, as mentioned, I used the Dutch chipboard and in English, I wrote "Friendship", using Pinkfresh Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers. (Note: I love these alpha sticker packs - so many letters, great colours, so versatile for so many pages! Get them in your shopping cart! LOL).

Thanks for looking today!

Amanda

Products used:

Webster's Pages - Changing Colors Paper - Bouquet Branch

 Webster's Pages - Changing Colors 8x8" Paper Pad Pinkfresh - Indigo Hills 2 - Enamel Dots  Pinkfresh - Indigo Hills 2 - Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers  

Sweet with Simple Stories I Am by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone
This weeks layout I have created using Simple Stories I Am collection: 
Sweet

For this layout I have chosen a black and white photo so it pops against the busyness of the background paper. I have also matted the photo with a plainer patterned paper to help with this effect. 
I've fussy cut some butterflies from the patterned paper to co-ordinate with the I Am chipboard stickers. 

Love the Rose Gold Phrase thickers pack - looks great against the black and adds some nice shine to finish off the page. 

Thanks for stopping by Till next week
Fiona x Products Used: Simple Stories I Am paper - Making it Happen Simple Stories I Am paper - Choosing Happiness Simple Stories I Am paper - 4x6 Vertical elements Simple Stories I Am paper - 4x4 Elements Simple Stories I Am Chipboard Stickers American Crafts Thickers Chill Phrase Stickers

Love You using Simple Stories Kissing Booth by Kerryn Fry

Good morning everyone! We are literally cooking here in South Australia this week, but at least I've had a good excuse to stay indoors and scrapbook. My page today has been created using the gorgeous collection, Simple Stories Kissing Booth. I've picked this collection for the great colour match to the photo, and it also worked with the love theme of the papers. This is a much younger photo of my niece  who I took to the zoo a few weeks ago.  

I've started the page with a Kraft cardstock base.

After roughly planning the page design, I've worked out where to add the colour to the background.

I've used a leaf stencil with Bundled Sage and Iced Spruce Distress Oxide Inks first.

The second layer is a heart stencil with Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany and Tattered Rose.

I have hand cut some flowers from the Smitten paper 

and used them to create clusters on the page.

They have been given some dimension with foam tape.

The 2 Crafty Lattice Leaves were base-coated with gesso

and them coloured with Distress Oxides Bundled Sage and Iced Spruce.

I've finished them with a rough coat of Dimensional Magic.

They have been randomly added to each flower cluster.

The paper heart and sentiment were hand-cut from the 4x4 Elements page.

Both pieces have been lifted with foam tape.

The 2 Crafty word #Cherish was also covered with gesso

and then inked with Tattered Rose Distress Oxide.

I've heat set the Tattered Rose layer 

and then added Aged Mahogany Distress Oxide around the edges.

Again I have finished with a layer of Dimensional Magic.

The 2 Crafty title Love You was given a two tone effect.

Starting with a base coat of gesso,

The words have been inked with Aged mahogany Distress Oxide.

I've then added Tattered Rose to the heart 

and blended the join between the two colours.

With some gold ink and a script stamp,

I have randomly stamped the chipboard before adding the Dimensional Magic.

Thank you for visiting the blog today, I hope you have enjoyed the process of my page. Have a fabulous Australia Day weekend and please join us again on Monday for Fiona's next project. Products used: Bazzill Kraft Cardstock Bazzill White Cardstock Simple Stories Kissing Booth - 4x4 Elements Simple Stories Kissing Booth - Smitten Simple Stories Kissing Booth - Love & Adore Simple Stories Kissing Booth - Love Day Simple Stories Kissing Booth - 4x6 Vertical Elements 2 Crafty title LoveYou 2 Crafty #Cherish 2 Crafty Lattice Leaves Distress Oxide Inks Dimensional Magic

"Go See Do", with Penelope Dee, by Amanda Hartmann

Hi again!   Last year, I had the chance to travel to the Netherlands again (my third visit), but this time my husband came with me. It was our first trip away without the kids in a long time. We really enjoyed the experience together. Here is my first page to share from the trip. I used the Penelope Dee "Wanderlust" collection. It was a perfect range to start documenting our trip.   Here is my page:  

I started with 3 paper layers for the base. At the back was the Journey paper, then Kraft paper, and on top the Adventures paper. I inked all the edges black.

This Adventures paper was a mix of patterns and designs, like an antique scrapbook. I decided this pattern made an interesting backing! Perfect!

For the photo, I mounted it with a few different layers: Black cardstock, more Journey paper, and Kraft paper.

The last major element to my page using the Penelope Dee collection was using the Wander paper. It had strips of black words. I decided to hand cut some of these and scatter them on the page. These black words really pulled the page together!

Around the photo, I used a 2 Crafty Messy Frame. And I got messy colouring the chipboard with a mix of gesso, sprays and inks. I worked until I got the colours right to match the page. I finished with some Dimensional Magic and some old Prima Mica flakes.

In the top left corner of the photo, I used a 2 Crafty Hot air balloon. It got the same paint-mica flakes - Dimensional magic treatment.

Next to the photo, I created a journaling spot. I stamped a circle journal spot on the Journey paper and hand cut it and tucked it under the corner of the photo.  You can also see how I used the hand cut black words from the  Wander paper to embellish the page.

Through out my page I scattered some diecuts (in black & gold tones) from my old pack of Pinkfresh Escape the Ordinary collection.

For the title, I inked black some 2 Crafty words- go, see, do- taken from the Travel Mini Word Set 1. I placed them in the top right corner of the photo, layered on the messy frame with some black words and diecuts.

I finished the page with some gold and black ink splatters.

  Thank you for looking today!   Amanda

    Product Used: Penelope Dee - Wanderlust Paper - Journey Penelope Dee - Wanderlust Paper - Adventures Penelope Dee - Wanderlust Paper - Wander Kraft paper Black cardstock Dimensional Magic 2Crafty Frame Messy Squares 6" 2 Crafty Hot air balloon 2Crafty Travel Mini Word Set 1 Dylusions Ink Spray - Black Marble Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray - Bling  

Choose Happy with Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane by Fiona Johnstone

Hello
Back with another layout created with the beautiful Emerson Lane collection by Heidi Swapp. 
Choose Happy

For this layout, I created my background using the leftover paint from my previous  page - I may have made a bit too much!   This then inspired the colour choices for the rest of my layout. 
Then I have added some paper layers and matching Heidi Swapp embellishments. 

Recently I decided to sort through my ever growing stash of ephemera and sort it into colour groups - making it much easier to find something to co-ordinate with my page and helping me to use up my stash.   I've mixed some other vellum pieces with the vellum in the Emerson Lane ephemera pack.

Products Used: Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane paper - True Stories Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane - Dalila Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane - Harrison Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane - Restoration Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane Ephemera Diecuts Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane Cardstock Stickers Dylusions Paint - Lemon Zest Dylusions Paint - Fresh Lime Dylusions Paint - Black Marble Gold Vellum Circles - Crate Paper Star Sequin - Crate Paper Ephemera Gold Heart White Cardstock

Enjoy today using Photo Play 'A Day at the Park' by Kerryn Fry

Hi everyone! Today I have created a page using the collection, Photo Play 'A Day at the Park'. Always love red, yellow, black & white together, these colours were perfect for the page that I had planned. This collection is based on a Mickey Mouse and Disneyland, but you can always find enough element to suit your page. This is my Dad and the photos were taken at the Railway Museum, where Dad was able to drive a train for his birthday. He loved every minute of it.

I've started the page with a 12x12 sheet of Kraft Cardstock.

It's my usual starting piece, but I think it works really well with these colours.

The background effect was created with Distress Oxide Inks

and Tim Holtz Layering Stencils.

I have used Fossilized Amber with the bricked stencil 

and Black Soot with the stitched stencil.

The colours have been randomly applied to frame the papers.

I have hand cut multiple stars from the different patterned papers,

giving them all a small border as I cut them out.

The Sticker Sheet had some great elements to add to the page,

they have been backed with Black Cardstock or patterned paper. 

The four small photos have also been backed with black cardstock.

The tag has been punched from the patterned papers

and I have added a bow with some string to embellish the top of the page.

Love how the string frames that particular photo.

 Most of the embellishments have been lifted with foam tape

to create extra layers and some dimension..

This week the chipboard has been given a very simple makeover.

The 2 Crafty Wire Stars have been covered with gold ink,

layered around the frame to form a base for the title.

The 2 Crafty title Enjoy Today has been inked in black

and stuck down to the stars.

I have used the sticker frame to highlight one of the photos.

It has been stuck onto black cardstock 

and then popped on foam tape.

I have created to journal strips from patterned paper scraps,

I have matted the strips with the yellow patterned paper to define them better.

The hearts were stickers and I have added them to some black cardstock

and then cut them out.

Lots more foam tape added to lift these elements.

That's this page finished and I've already started another page with a completely different theme. Have a fabulous weekend, stay cool and happy crafting! Please pop back on Monday for Fiona's next page. Products Used: Bazzill Kraft Cardstock Bazzill Raven Cardstock Photo Play A Day at the Park - Element Sticker Sheet Photo Play A Day at the Park - 3x4 Cards Photo Play A Day at the Park - Multi Dot/Yellow Photo Play A Day at the Park - Multi Stripe/Dot Photo Play A Day at the Park - Oh Boy Photo Play A Day at the Park - Red Stripe/Dot 2 Crafty title Enjoy Today 2 Crafty Wire Stars Tim Holtz Layering Stencils Distress Oxide Inks