Deco Swap - 3rd Swap

My third swap for the Scrapbook Sisters Deco Page swap was Jannine and as my theme is birds she created this beautiful humming bird for me.

Jannine's theme is In Bloom so after seeing Pam Thorburn's tutorial on her blog I decided to decorate the page with a rose image from a napkin. Well, after lots of modge podge, acrylic paint, crackle paint, embossing powder and a bit of glitter I had my finished page. Unfortunately it curled up a bit so the photograph isn't so good - I didn't dare put it in the scanner!
I'm looking forward to my next swap, the theme is quotations.

Basic Grey Challenge 33

The challenge this week is a colour combo challenge – black and grey +1. Well. I chose my +1 to be lilac and here it is……..

I used black cardstock for my card base and then added a piece of Scarlett’s Letter – Fate for my grey layer. I embossed a smaller piece of black Core’dinations with by Cuttlebug and sanded it back to reveal the lilac core. I layered this onto lilac Bazzil cardstock and dampened and rolled the edges of it. I love this Gorguss Girl stamp which I coloured with my lovely set of Derwent watercolour pencils in a little wooden box which DH gave me at Christmas. I didn’t have any lilac flowers so I used the watercolour pencils to change cream ones to lilac. After some lace and a charm from my stash the card was done.

I am really enjoying taking part in Basic Grey Challenges and it pushes my creativity. This card even prompted a hug from DH – he must have been impressed!!!

Basic Grey Challenges

As soon as I found this blog I knew that it would be right up my street so got making for this weeks challenge. This weeks challenge is to use this sketch for you creation.

……and here is the card that I made using Basic Grey Periphery papers and a Crafty Individuals bird stamp. The flowers in the top left corner has a little chain with a leaf charm hanging from it. I hope you like it.

A few more layouts

Scrap Attacks and Shop Crops at Scrapbook Sisters are always a great opportunity for some serious scrapping and I usually manage to create about three  or four layouts. Here are some that I have made recently using various patterned papers that have been lurking in  my craft room for several years and needed using up.

 

 

Deco Page Swap – Bev’s Page

Look at this little  beauty from Bev for my bird theme. It is made with real feathers and even has a shiny black beady eye. I love the little tufts on top of  his head and Bev has also used one of my favourite Heidi Grace stamps around the edge. Thanks Bev, incase you haven’t guessed – I love this little birdie!

In Miniature Class…….I love ‘em!

Each month at Scrapbook Sisters Karen comes up with another brilliant idea for the “In Miniature” class. We all wait with anticipation to see what our next project will be. “In Miniature” has now become so popular that Karen is repeating each of the classes. Do book a class if you get a chance.

This is my Carousel book that we made in a In Miniature class a couple of months ago. I used photographs of  a day out in the lovely city of Bath last year. 

Look Into My Eyes………sign the ‘fession!

Julie and Karen  have loved the Haribo advert where the little girl interrogates her dad telling him to “look into my eyes” and she is going to get him to “sign the ‘fession” and after a hilarious evening at a Scrap Attack watching this and various other adverts Julie used “Look Into My Eyes” as the name of a class.

We made an acetate scrapbook page and used several different techniques. The acetate was dabbed around the edge with gesso and then punched with different sized holes. There was then a great deal of piercing holes and stitching a circular frame.

The acrylic die cut flowers were decorated with white Stazon and Liquid Pearls.

…..and torn paper flowers with bead centre to finish.

It was a very enjoyable project and it looks great on my dinning room wall and some new techniques tried out as well.