Learning is AWESOME | D-lish Scraps

Hello Friends! I'm back today with a new layout share for D-lish Scraps featuring THIS months Just Add Paper kit - Off the Wall. Such a cool kit to work with, and even though its kind of a Boys kit, it still totally works with photos of Leila that are a little less girly. 

 

A few months back Leila's class celebrated all things Alphabet, with the children all dressing as their favourite letter. Leila chose to go as the letter Z and kept telling everyone she was a Zebra HAHA (There may have been a very last minute late at night sewathon to create the T-shirt she wanted to wear lol)

I created the layout using 2 photos grouped together and slightly off centre, with the title to the right with a chunk of journalling underneath. I added 2 main clusters diagonally across the layout, and a smaller sprinkling of bits to finish off the design triangle. All pieces used on the layout come from the CURRENT Off the Wall Just add Paper kit. 

Heres a closer look at the kit and contents, along with the Inspiration board to match

Now a closer look at all the D-lish bits n bobs 💕💕💕

Everything I've used on the layout is from the KIT, with the exception to the new and AMAZING faceted Enamel dots. You can find them HERE - They're SO cool! That RAD flair is pretty awesome!

I loved these exclusive cut files! Such a great layering piece for someone who doesn't like to get too messy with backgrounds. Gives a slight texture to a page where its needed. I also added pieces of torn tissue paper, some of the green washi tape and some fun turquoise hessian under the photos.

Love LOVE loved this silver sparkly smiley face! Although I wasn't too impressed when I noticed I'd accidentally splattered it with Color Shine lol Happens all too often 

I layered the face over some more tissue paper, washi tape, hessian and a piece of the Creative Cut. I tucked in the green polka dot star flair and added a button star and enamel dots to finish off the cluster.

I coated the entire "Awesome" veneer piece in silver glitter paste, then felt it needed an extra colour so I pained half with some delusions paint, then some more glitter paste over the top. I combined this with some white letter stickers from my stash to create the title, and drew around the white letters so that they stood out more

Lastly I added some handwritten journalling and a few too many splatters of black Color Shine around the layout and called it done. 

Thats all for my share today, Thanks so much for stopping by!

Until Next time, Happy Scrapping

Michelle xx

Hello Mister Rad | Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Hello scrappy friends! It's Michelle back today with a new layout share featuring the fun masculine You ROCK collection. For this layout I've actually gone for a full on boy theme, including a fun photo of my sweet Nephew. I really should scrap more photos of him and all the funny faces he makes!

I started the layout by trimming down my cardstock to layer over the "Galactic" paper leaving a thin dark border around 3 edges of the layout. Next I worked on the main focal point of the layout by gathering scraps from previous layouts, arranging them randomly under the photo and cutting a couple of the bottoms into banner/fishtails. The papers used are This Way, Stripped & Night Sky .

To the left of the photo I've arranged a few die cuts, stickers and pieces from the "Random" cut apart paper to create layers and my title. I also added in some fussy cut stars from the "Starshine" paper and stapled them down to keep them in place.

As I do with most of my layouts, I've raised the photo and its layers up with some foam. I really like the dimension it gives to my layouts and the shadowing does help to make things stand out a little more.

Under all the layers I added some small strips of the fun new decorative Washi Tape. This added a little extra colour where it was needed to help balance the colours around the page. I popped a rubber charm onto the photo and a flair button to the right, layered over a tag sticker from the accessory sticker sheet.

I didn't want to add too much to the remainder of the layout so I created a simple cluster at the bottom left corner using another fussy cut star, some stickers, die cut pieces from the ephemera pack and then scattered some of the enamel dots around the different clusters to tie it all together.

Lastly a few lines of typed journalling and a splattering of black ink and the layout was complete.

Well, thats all from me today. I hope this has inspired you in some way to get creative with this fun masculine collection.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!

Michelle x

Happy as Larry | D-lish Scraps

Hello Scrappy friends!! I'm back today with a new layout share for D-lish Scraps that I made over the weekend at an amazing retreat I attended. Was such a wonderful time, and I even got to meet a few fellow Team members in real life, plus plenty more Inspiring creatives! Didn't get too much creating done though as I spent a lot of time talking or pushing papers around lol and most layouts I needed to add more to once I got home after forgetting certain things when I was packing.

The layout I've chosen to share today was based on my sketch from the July Cyber crop challenge. I really liked the base design of the sketch and it was a perfect way to kickstart my scrapping inspiration over the weekend. 

I scrapped a photo of Leila from a few weeks ago while we were trying to enjoy the school holidays. This poor mumma was struck down with a dreaded head cold/ flu virus that wiped me out the entire 2 weeks off, so Leila spent quite a few days rotating between books, creating in her art book, loads of Screen time and playing with toys. Her favourite pastime is definitely screen time .... mixing it up between Youtube toy reviews, ABC for kids app and her Mathletics school app. Fun times!

Heres another look back at the sketch, which I rotated clockwise for a vertical design. I can't help it, I'm addicted to flipping and rotating sketches!

I ended up spreading out the embellishments to create a diagonal design, and added in an extra cluster of goodness to balance it all out.

Here's a closer look at all the pretty bits n bobs...

I've used most of my favourite embellishments in these clusters, choosing colours that complimented the papers from the Life is Beautiful collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio. I turned the Bitty Bow clip on its side and slid it onto the photo, then created a cluster to the left using a Little Birdie flower, paper flower, flair button, ombre wordfetti and some of the stunning NEW faceted enamel dots

As always I've added a lace doily within the layers of papers under the photo. I love the soft delicate design they add to a layout. I chose to use a Black & White photo as there were so many colours within it that would clash with the colours I chose to scrap with. I've also tucked in some strips of pattern Journal It cards to the top of the photo (blue & yellow)

To the right of the photo I created a smaller cluster using a gold sequin bow, wordfetti piece, more faceted enamel dots, paper and Little Birdie flowers. 

Along the bottom of the layout I've grouped together some Journal It's (circle & hello my name is card, a strip cut from a yellow speech bubble card Journal It, Happy Day journal It ticket from a mixed pack I've hoarded for so long), more flowers the same as the other clusters, a butterfly Creative Cut and some more faceted enamel dots. Other pieces added into all the clusters are from the ephemera and sticker sets within the Cocoa Vanilla Studio Collection.

Lastly I created a large title using the "Happy" word creative cut (from the Script Words set), and some white Puffy Alphabet stickers. I added the stitching for some detail, but to also ensure they stuck for good. A few lines of typed text journalling and then some splatters of gold ink and the layout was complete. 

Well thats all from me today, thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope this has given you some form of inspiration, and please be sure to share yours with us in the Scrap Suite on Facebook.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!

Michelle x

You're Weird & Wonderful | Scrap the Girls

Hello! It's the start of a new month, which always means its time for a NEW challenge at Scrap the Girls. This month was another challenging one, but it all turned out great in the end!

All shades of grey were needed, and a fun photo of Leila to match.

I started with the title in mind - large, different fonts and types of alphas. I used 2 different fonts in Silhouette Studio, cut them out and backed with some grey pattern paper from my stash. All pattern papers were in my extras stash without name strips so I've got no idea where they came from lol

Next I figured out the photo and the layers under neath and matched them up with the pattern paper around the edges of the layout. A good mix of greys used to ensure balance across the layout.

Here's a look at the mood board we had to be inspired by. Apart from the colours we needed to use, I chose the You're Weird slogan on the t-shirt to base the title from.

Here's some close ups...

The photo I chose was of Leila earlier this year, being her usual fun self. I love capturing little moments like these that don't necessarily have a meaning, but are always fun to look back on.

I've made the feathers using pattern papers and a feather punch by Fiskars, and dipped into my D-lish stash to finish off the clusters either side of the layout. Here I've used a flair button, forget me not flower (and another I can't remember the name of) enamel dots and a glitter thicker asterisk to finish it off.

Along with the cut file words, I've added some puffy alphas from D-lish Scraps along with some older Basic grey stickers to create the title. I stitched through the stickers to keep them adhered to the page for years to come.

Love these sequin bows from D-lish, and those white flowers are the perfect touch to balance out the greys. 

Thats all from me today, thanks so much for stopping by!

Be sure to stop by the Scrap the Girls blog to see what the other team members have created!

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!

Michelle xx