Merry Christmas Santa!

Merry Christmas everyone in Blogland!! Hope you have a fun-filled day, with lots of yummy food and Christmas cheer. We will celebrate Jack's 11th birthday this morning, make a fuss, give him his birthday presents and then move onto the Christmas celebrations. We try and make it a big deal for him, as hard as it is sharing your birthday with Christ. This year will be a very quiet little family Christmas for us, and that's ok.

Here is Design Team layout I created for SCRAPPINGCLEARLY, based on the sketch for this month. Here is the sketch:



Here is my layout created using the gorgeous Heidi Swapp Christmas range- Oh What Fun!

There's a little Smooch Spritz ,(silver), behind the photo layers, I have a tiny bit left in the spray bottle and I'm making it last as long as possible!

I did some fussy cutting from the 12x12" papers. (holly) Not my usual forte, but liked the way it turned out.

Finished off with some computer journaling in red, and swiped the edges of the strips with some red chalk ink!
I have so many more Christmas photos that need scrapping, will have to make the most of the rest of these very cute papers.

Scrappingclearly September sketch

Happy Saturday everyone!!! I love being a Design Team member, it opens up so many possibilities and sometimes challenges me to move a little outside my comfort zone and try new things. Well this month's sketch at Scrappingclearly, is designed by me. The first one I have ever done, and I have to say it's a little addictive!! I have lots of experience with layers in Photoshop and thought I would use that. As it turns out, I am exploring the mountains of possibilities within Microsoft Word, and that's where I created this sketch!

Here is my take on the sketch, using the gorgeous Starshine range, by Shimelle and American Crafts.

I love working with a sketch, it makes life so much easier when scrapping. I've cut alot of my embellishments from the patterned papers, there's a few little wood veneers from Studio Calico on there & some Heidi Swapp and Carolees Creations alphas.

Can you notice the shiny Colour Blast Colour Paste stars on there?? I made my own stencil for those, see below!!

Thanks for looking!!!
Have a great day!!!

Scrappingclearly August sketch, Design Team layout

Today I'm sharing my DT take on the Scrappingclearly August sketch. This one is another created by fellow DT member, Chloe. I totally love her sketches!! This one looks like this:



My new Design Team kit consists of Maggie Holmes, Open Book and Shimelle Starshine this month, soooo many gorgeous papers and embellies. I've used mainly the Open Book and a touch of Maggie Holmes Bloom, and a few fussy cut flowers from one of the Shimelle papers. If you visit the Scrappingclearly Blog, I have a detailed description of all the other products used!!!!
Here is my layout:

And here's a few close ups for you!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope I've inspired you to play along with their sketch this month!!!! You can upload your link to the SC blog or on their Community Facebook page, for a chance at some great prizes.
Tania

Kraft Plus march challenge

• So I was lucky enough to accomplish 2 layouts on my days off. Funny story...The sketch I decided to use for my previous layout below, YOUR LAST BOMBIES FROM TOP ROCK, was a Page Maps sketch by Becky Fleck. I have loads of her sketches in my collection. When I looked at this month's Kraft plus challenge, I did a double take and realised they were using the same sketch! SPOOKY. I don't think I've ever used the same sketch twice in a row before, but the fun part was I turned the sketch on it's side and played around with placement of things a little and only used one photo! I'm happy with the result! So here's the sketch from Kraft Plus !

And here's my take on the sketch!

I've used some of my Heidi Swapp Project Life cards & chippies from the Glitter kit!!! (No escaping the glitter in this baby!) Assorted washi tapes, sequins, Francheville enamel dots, Arrow Stamp, A Heidi Swapp sequined arrow, love these!!! A little Heidi stamp, chippy and some glitter on glue dots!!!

I don't think I have ever used so much bling on a layout before, but I like it!