A ladies diary layout

Good day bloggers!!

Over at Scrapbook Challenges earlier this month i did sketch 321.

Here is the sketch:

This is my layout for the Sketch Crew:

i used the gorgeous ladies diary range from Graphic 45, paper and chipboard as well as flowers and brands from their stapels range.

I distressed the papers and used the paper as journalling tags. I didn't matt my photo, but sanded it instead.

My little girl is growing up so fast, i can't believe she is 3 and a half already. Such a sweet child, i love scrapping these pretty pictures of her!

Hope you are able to capture your precious moments to and create a beautiful album to reminise over in years to come.

Happy scrappy weekend.

Zoe

Update and a layout

Happy weekend Bloggers!

August and September have been such hectic months...... between sick family members, sick myself, work overload, and life in general i have missed my precious blog.

I have been doing lots of scrapping though, with my sister, alone and with some friends - although my wish is that the scrapping on a wednesday night with my friends would be possible each week. love those gals!

Here is last week's sketche from Scrapbook Challenges, and my layout to go with them.

Sketch 311

 

 

 

My layout - Timeless Memories. 

 

 

My gran passed away earlier this year, at the ripe old age of 93years. My folks went to the UK and i was so pleased when my mom returned with a shoebox of photo! They are in really good condition, most with the photo information on the back. This one is a picture of my gran and my dad. there is no date on the photo but i guess my dad is about 4 years old - making the pic about 1947/1948.

 

This is the start of my heritage album. bliss with gorgeous graphic 45 papers and lace. The tickets are from Tim Holtz and the 'timeless memories' transparency is from Tracey Slaven - Scrapper T.

 

I enjoyed this sketch very much. If you play along please be sure to share your layout on the SBC Gallery.

 

We have a long weekend here in South Africa. Monday is Heritage Day, which means 'Braai Day' (or in other words Barbeque Day!) Lets hope the weather holds.

 

Have a scrappy weekend friends

 

Zoe

xxx

Use your stash - alphabets

Hello

We are having a lovely long weekend here in South Africa. Thursday was Womans Day and the schools closed today, making it a 4 day well deserved break.

Over at Scrapbook Challenges it is my turn to a challenge. And its 'use your alphabet stash'. Remember that August theme is 'vacation', so i have done 2 examples.

Here is the first example layout I did:

The ABC of striking a Pose.

I used my alphabet stickers as an embellishment cluster. I used various colours and fonts on a white background.

The strips of paper framing the 2 photos are offcuts in my stash.

The Second example is using various alphabets is to create a feature of your title. Here again I have used left over alphabet stickers, in various fonts and colours.

Those Summer Days

As with all the August challenges, including Sizzling Summer of Sketches, I am using leftovers, offcuts and many old things from my stash. Its a great way to get some quick layouts done, and using your stash at the same time.

Please pop on over to Scrapbook Challenges and take part in the challenge. And don't forget the daily sketch for Sizzling Summer of Sketches.

Have a fantastic weekend

Scrappy Love

Zoe

scrapbook challenges - sketch 305

Dear Bloggers

thank you for visiting today. If you are looking for a sketch challenge, pop on over to scrapbook challenges for this weeks latest sketch. Sketch 305 is due in on Sunday.

Here is my take on the sketch:



I used a sepia photo together with the 'fabulous' range by simple stories. i fussy cut the bottom border, made a photo mat, misted my doilie and cut the tags on the side and the tag behind the photo.

the bottom strip is a quote from dr Seuss: "today you are you. that is truer than true. there is no one alive who is your than you." just love it!

The alphabet stickers are from the same simple stories range.

Here are some close ups ~

The sketch in question is:

Hope you enjoy playing along with this sketch. Be sure to upload your take on the sketch to the Scrapbook Challenges gallery. There are also many challenges going on too - will keep you busy and give you lots of inspiration!!

Have a scrappy week everyone!

Much love,
Zoe
xx

sketch 304 - picture perfect

welcome!

thank you for dropping by my little corner of creativity!

this week's sketch at scrapbook challenges is sketch 304. see it here:

Here is my take on the sketch. I had to rearrange things around a bit to fit into my embellishments, which is the point of a sketch isn't it?

I used the Bo Bunny Razz Matazz range, which i have kept for about 2 years. I knew the paper would be perfect for my sister, who is currently a professional photographer on a Royal Caribbean Cruise liner. I am so proud of her, but do miss her terribly. But that will all end soon - as SHE IS HOME THIS WEEK! :) 

There is a journalling card with some thoughts for her. i fussy cut out the cameras from the paper to use as embellishments.

I distressed the background pages, and inked everything. The photos were sanded, in order to 'pop' off the page. (love that technique). Doillies are so popular at the moment, and i left this one white, but usually ink or mist them to blend more. 

I had a small camera charm which i've kept for years, and i knew it would be perfect on this layout. The border punch i used on the cardstock on the right was my fiskars punch.

Please pop over to Scrapbook Challenges to view all the wonderful layouts by the other design team members. You can upload your take on the sketch to the gallery.

Remember the weekly sketch is up every Monday, so you have until Sunday night to complete this sketch.

Have scrappy fun!

Zoe
xxx

Simple Stories Layout - U R Fabulous

Happy weekend Bloggers!

We are away for the weekend and having a wonderful break from reality. The weather is gorgeous and such a warm winter day.

I love the new Simple Stories FABULOUS range and did the following layout with the new range. I don't usually use so many stickers on my layouts, but i just loved how they added so much to the papers and gave the impression of layers and embellishments.

I finished off with a few new Prima flowers and 2 gorgeous pictures of Morgie. These were taken earlier this year, when she was in the mood for posing (which isn't often so i take full advantage when i can!! )

Here is the single layout.

Hope you are all having a wonderful relaxing and crafty weekend!

Much love,

Zoe

Layout - Play. and Mask Technique

Good day blogger,

Here in the Southern Hemisphere winter has set in and this week has been nothing short of freezing with gale force winds and terrential rain. In fact it is still raining! I'm looking out the window at it coming down and I feel so warm inside. Perfect day for crafting no doubt....

Here is a layout I did with some Prima masks, flowers and 6"x6" papers. I love these pictures of Morgan, which were probably taken summer 2011 when she was about 18 months old (I usually can judge by how much hair she has, or in this case lack there of! :)

I used a plain white cardstock paper for the background. When using masks i opt for smooth cardstock. I then spray misted the top left hand corner with the Prima mask and Enmarc mists, as well as the bottom right hand corner with the other mask.

The flower cluster contains various Prima flowers and a few chipboard pieces. 

After misting i layered the 6"x6"papers on the page and then sprayed 2 doilies in green (to break the pink a bit).  The title 'play.' was also misted in the same green spray mist - Avocado Pear by Enmarc. Next came the photos, which i sanded the edges to help them 'pop' off the page, and lastly the flower cluster along the bottom and left hand side.

Its weekend, which means family time, relaxing, crafting, lots of eating and here in South Africa - RUGBY! The English have come to South Africa for a 3 test series and the first one starts today and the last test is here in our beautiful city of Port Elizabeth. We have the most awesome stadium, in my humble opinion.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Sorry I've been missing in action a bit - time really does fly, doesn't it!

Scrappin' love,
Zoe

Layout - Wonderful

Dear Bloggers,

How are you all today? Happy Mothers Day to all you special woman who are mothers, grandmothers, mentors, community mothers, sisters and aunts! Aren't we blessed with our precious little ones?

Here is a layout i did with the new Prima range, Sun kiss. I love these pictures of Duane and Morgan, taken last year. The sun was just going down and the light was such a gorgeous colour. It is like having sepia photos in colour!

There is a lot of fussy cutting, distressing and inking going on. Here are some closeups:

The clusters are made from Prima Flowers, chipboard, fussy cutting some butterfiles and bees, and resist canvas pieces. Not sure if you can see in the picture, but I painstakingly cut out 10 small bees! 

I tried the Resist Canvas embellishments, which I hadn't done before. I used some spray and then distress inks. I'm quite pleased with the way they came out. Here is the process I used:

This is the resist canvas before altering it.

I used an Enmarc Spray (Avocado) as well as Distress Inks (Vintage Photo and Wild Honey)

After spraying the canvas, i wiped the distress ink over the spray and kept going until I got the desired colours. Then ink the edges for dimension.

I love the colours on this Sun Kiss Collection, nice and bright and summery!

Here are the supplies I used:

Sunshine Path paper 844172

Sun Kiss Collection paper 844202

Sun Dried Paper 844233

Chipboard 555283

Chipboard 555306

Resist Canvas 554675

Flowers Lucerne 555702

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. Hope you enjoyed your visit.

Much Love and Happy Scrappin'

Zoe

xxx

Prima BAP April - Cherished

Good day Bloggers!

Are you also taking advantage of the public holidays and also enjoying a 5 day weekend? Glorious glorious is what i say! Friday and Tuesday are public holidays here in South Africa, and many people (including me) are taking today off too - making the weekend Friday to Tuesday. (If only every week was like this :) )

So with all this free time did you manage to get any scrapbooking done? I am pleased to say that I did and here is my take on the Prima Build-a-page challenge for April.

Here is the Prima sketch:

A close up of the flower cluster. I used different flower ranges and some chipboard pieces to create the effect:

Here is a close up of the distressed 6"x6" papers used, as well as the paint effects.  I used 4 different 6x6 papers for the background, and added a stip which I used my American Craft border punch on as well as some chipboard pieces and a doillie:

I used paint on a Prima mask which gave a nice texture to the page.

The bottom of the photo was framed with a Say it in Crystal ribbon and bling border, which I cut to fit the A5 photo I used. The title - cherished, is from the chipboard pack I used.

The sketch was great and although i didn't add all the journalling stips I'm pretty pleased that I followed it quite nicely.

Since it was a Prima challenge I used only Prima products, not that that is ever a problem! They are:
12"x12" - Botanical Garden
6"x6" pad - Nature Garden #950194
Chipboard pieces #555313
Say it in crystal border - 553968
Mask - # 554644
Prima Flowers:
Lucerne Sun kiss #555702
Lucerne Meadow Lark # 556143
Perle Bebe En Francais # 555962
Essentials Pixie Glen

Hope you enjoyed the sketch and my take on it.

Thank you for stopping by.

Happy Scrappin'

Zoe
xxx

My Minds Eye Challenge #33 - Princess

Good evening blogger friends

I really enjoy the sketch challenges and always plan to do every one i come across, but yes time constraints do halt that idea!

Here is the latest MME sketch:

And here is my take

I used a Tim Holtz mini mask and Ranger ink for the princess crown.

Supplies used:
My Minds Eye paper -
the background and photo mats are mme single papers, from a very old range
Lost and Found, Mareket Street "Princess" princess crowns paper

other bling
Prima millicent en francais vine #556068
Prima champagne rose gracie #546786
Prima bristo blooms ruby #553067
Prima Perle bebe en francais #55350
Kaisercraft paper blooms coconut F640

i'm pleased with the way the layout has turned out. really enjoyed this challenge

thank you for stopping bye

Happy scrappin'

Zoe

a moment

I love this picture of Morgan, have used it so many times! it was taken last year, 22 January 201,1 at Aunty Janice's wedding. Morgan was a flower girl and wonderful Heather Stevens was the photographer and snapped this shot of her while we were all getting dressed. it is a real candid shot and just so perfect.

I used Graphic 45 papers for this layout, yummy communique range. I absolutely love their papers and always try to show people that you can use them in so many ways. i know a lot of scrappers don't want to/don't like to or don't know how to play with and experiment with their papers. i use everyday, coloured pictures and don't always scrap with a vintage style.

Here are a few close ups:

The red flowers pick up the photo mat and i thought the flower cluster just finished off the page nicely. For the g45 staples flowers i used the tim holtz distress blending tool and added some colour to them with ink.

Stamping is great on lo, adds interest.I also stamped around the photo mat, on the shaped vanilla cardstock. I alternated between stamped clock and rubon. i used the g45 ribbons to add texture to the page. the postage stamp is fussy cut and raised with foam tape to add dimension.

the hidden tag hold journalling of the day when Morgan was a flower girl. the border detail is punched with my new Knock outs border punch - just loving them!

i really didn't like this layout when i started, just wasn't coming together the way i imagined. After adding a few textures, dimensions and flowers it started to look like something! Guess the trick is to keep at it, play around with different elements until you find the one that fits. And remember, there really are no mistakes and very few 'rules' in scrapbooking - unleash your innerself......

Supplies used:

Graphic 45 Communique - On the Dot 4500061

Graphic 45 Communique - A Fine Specimen 4500059

Graphic 45 Communique - Postage 4500067

Graphic 45 Staples - Flowers 45000230

Graphic 45 Staples - Trims 45000232

Kaisercraft Jounal Tags - 13th hour

Kaisercraft Rubons - 13th hour

Kaisercraft Stamps - Tic Toc C5796

Kaisercraft Paper blooms - buttercream F629

Kaisercraft Mini Paper blooms - Ruby

KI Memories Alpha Rubons

American Crafts Black Cardstock

American Crafts Vanilla Cardstock

Enmarc Blooms - Black

Thanks for popping by!!

Happy Scrappin'

Zoe

Life Layout

I wanted to do a layout that spoke to the trauma we had been through, but without dwelling on it or making it a 'negative layout'. i could just have framed a black piece of cardstock if i wanted to!

since i don't do layouts of myself that often (and we should, do as i say not as i do!) i'm always telling people to preserve the memories of themselves too, coz one day your kids are going to want to see you too - not just themselves growing up. after all you are a very important part of their lives

Right, back to the layout. As i was saying, i don't scrap myself often so i thought something that refelected my personality would be good start. Pink, bling, happy, flowers - thats me! I put hidden journaling behind the photo, where i wrote a little letter to my daughter so its there, but very subtle.  i called the lo 'life' because these things happen and not just to other people. i would have called it 'surviviour' but that didn't fit in!

i embossed the alphas with bronze utee, to match the mirror embelishment.

I spritzed the vanilla cardstock, used for the photo mat

Products used:
Prima Sweet Fairy Collection double sided paper - Wind Chimes 843021
Prima Antique Mirro 551100
Prima flowers - painterly petal hydrangeas 533472
Prima flowers - flower market pixie glen 553227
prima Say it in pealrs - clear swirl 535780
Prima packaging
Prima Pebble

American Craft Cardstock - Vanilla
Dazzles Rose Petal
Wooden swirl
Heidi swap journal tag
Cut offs and buttons from Just a Girl
American Craft Ribbon 58231Ruban Premium

hope you enjoyed this layout.

Happy Scrappin'

Zoe

little mom layout

I love this picture of Morgan, its quite old now but as she is growing so fast and she is becoming a real little girl and the maternal instinct of looking after her 'babies' is growing too! its so sweet to watch and always amazes me that we don't teach our girls to do this, it just comes so naturally. Very heartwarming!!

I took a piece of white cardstock and sprayed with dazzels (by Enmarc) - Brick Red colour.

Patterned paper used - Graphic 45 (yummy!!)

Hallowe'en in Wonderland - Jabberwocky

ABC Primer - Bedtime stories

G45 - but i cut the tile of the paper off and no idea which range it comes from!

Flowers:

Prima flower market printery #553265

Prima Essentials printery #552527

Petaloo mini canterbury assorted browing #1823.303

Ribbon - G45 trim staples

Bling - Prima Swirls Clear #535780

other - leaves and ink

happy scrappin', hope you are creating a new masterpiece

xx

Picture Perfect

Double layout

 Hi Everyone

What a wonderful weekend its been, but can Monday be almost here already?

Morgan starts a new school tomorrow. She is going from a small creche, with about 5 kids to a schoolwith 100, not sure she understands what i've told her!

Here is my latest effort. A double layout using stunning pics of her and some paper from my stash.



Prima flowers, Enmarc chipboard, prima swirls




American Crafts ribbon, cricut cut title, Tim Holtz tab die cuts

 I designed this layout and was so pleased with the way it came out. We went to Knysna in August and had a lovely time as a family. When we went up to Knysna Heads we encouraged Morgan to sit on the rock and  pose! first time ever that she agreed to do anything like this. I was pleasantly surprised with the way the photos came out!

The American Craft ribbon is just gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! I think it really complimented the page nicely. The paper I used is all My Minds Eye, Bohemian Range (that i've used a hundred times over but can't get enough of it!) The flowers are an old Prima range and the swirls are also Prima.

I cut the title - Picture Perfect, with my Cricut (Opposites attract cartridge) and the tabs on both pages were cut with my Tim Holtz tab edgers, on my Cuttlebug machine, also with the MME Bohemian Range offcuts.

This layout is special to me and i'm so thrilled with the way it came out!

Hope you all had a stunning weekend. Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Scrappin'

Zoe
xxx