Bathing Beauty.. Jot Magazine Mood board August 2015

Hi Everyone, 

Today Im sharing a page I've made for the August Jot Magazine mood board. 

Loving the mix of blues within this board. I thought it was going to be a challenge for me to not use Pink, but I think I managed pretty well. I've stayed true to my style, and had lots of fun in the process.

 Bathing Beauty is made up of something old, something new, something borrowed and so much blue! 

Old pattern papers from my stash that Ive been holding on to for 'the right page' teamed with New Dish Scraps embellishments and I borrowed mums sewing machine quite some time ago, and am yet to give it back

 Rather than hand writing the journalling like I normally do, I've opted for typed journalling on vellum using my typewriter

 A mixed alpha title, using up some thickers from my stash. Ive had both these packs for quite a few years, neither of them opened up lol

 I went straight to my D-lish stash for embellishments, plenty of pretty ones to chose from

and lastly a close up of some smooshed (is that even a word) modelling paste that I found wrapped up in my desk drawer. No idea what colour it was that I used from my Color shine collection to make it like that, it was from a few months ago

Thanks for stopping by, More to share soon for another current scrappy challenge

Happy Scrapping

Michelle x

New Christmas Traditions

Hello Fellow crafters

Today Im sharing my take on the February Jot Moodboard. 

I was super excited to have won last months challenge with my Happy Birthday Leila layout

This month Scrappy Canary are the sponsors of the board. So although I am ineligible for the prize, I still wanted to join in the fun!

LOVE is in the air for this board 

I wanted to tie in as many colours from the palette as I could. I was inspired to use the pastel green and pink, the black and white and the splashes of darker pink/red. I found all these colours within the Love Notes collection by We R Memory Keepers. 

Ive used cards from the Albums made easy kit, and layered them up with vellum and papers from the 12x12 paper pad

Ive done minimal embellishing with 1 single heart from a Dear Lizzy thickers pack and the cork XO circle came from the WRMK cork sticker pack (which I've recoloured using Red Color shine)

Sewed straight through the thickers to adhere them to the page, and add a finishing touch to the page..

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed my take on this months board :)
Happy Crafting
Michelle x

Happy Birthday Leila

Hello everyone!

I hope you're all enjoying your week. Today I thought I'd drop in to share yet another Birthday layout :)

I'm slowly going back through Leila's older photos and picking out those that work with current Scrapbooking collections. My most recent favourite collection being Dear Lizzy - Serendipity

This layout was inspired by the January Mood Board Challenge over at Jot Magazine. Ive not actually entered any of these challenges before, but thought this would make a great start!

Inspiration for the layout came from the colour palette, the confetti, twine and sequin shaker pocket.

I started the page by making a full page shaker pocket. 

 Using white cardstock as the backing, plain vellum for the front and strips of pattern papers for the top and bottom edges. I sewed around 3 sides, before tipping in a bag full of silver sequins of all shapes and sizes. 

After sewing up the last side, I played around with the position of the twine. I settled for roughly looped across the bottom of the photo. 

 To finish it off, I've added a mixed alpha title (currently my favourite way to add titles to a page) and a few different hearts. Minimal embellishing so as not to distract from the photo :)

Products List 
White cardstock
Plain vellum
Studio Calico white Doily
Dear Lizzy Serendipity Good Vibes pattern paper
Dear Lizzy Serendipity XOXO pattern paper
Dear Lizzy Serendipity Muliti Colour Thickers - 'Ooh La La' 
Dear Lizzy Serendipity Printed Foil Thickers - 'Royal' 
Dear Lizzy Serendipity - Die cut cardstock pieces
Doodlebug Designs Teensy Type letters - Swimming Pool
Doodlebug Designs Doilies - Swimming Pool & Cupcake
Lavender & White twine from stash
Heart stickers from stash
Silver mixed sequins from stash

Thanks for stopping by
Back in a few days with more creations
Happy Scrapping
Michelle x