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

Altered photo frame

Good day bloggers,

Today is my birthday *happy birthday to me*!!

I was given this photo frame many years ago, as an engagement present. I really like it and one day Morgan broke one of the panes, and i was really sad. But it seemed like a good opportunity to alter it into something useful.

Here is the Frame Now:

And Some Close ups:

The Swirl and bling is a Prima Say it in Crystals swirl. The ribbon trim is American Crafts and the word tile is very old, from my stash.

I used prima packaging for the backround, as well as the clock. The flowers are all from Prima. 

The baubles hanging with the flowers are from a Christmas card i received, and had kept in my stash for many years!

And this is the Frame before I scrapped it. There were 2 glass panes, and you slid the photo inbetween them. So when one pane broke, the frame is unusable in its original form. 

Have you done any home decor or alterations? I am really please with the way this came out. Sure I will be trying the home decor alteration again, soon.

Have a scrappy day everyone.

Much love,

Zoe
xx