Inspiration station!

My little girl bought this tape from a craft store - very chuffed with herself.................and it was only hers - I may only use one little piece on a  layout:).

The idea was perfect for a single photo I wanted to scrap for a while but it was just a pretty photo, no story to tell, no memories - just pretty!

 I created my washing line with baker's twine (simply tie a bow on each end and staple to your page) and used the thicker craft pegs - I split the pegs as they were just too thick for fitting snugly in an album. After struggling with the look I realised the pegs looked odd without the silver wire piece on top that makes a clothes peg a clothes peg:) - solution..........I snipped of the end pieces from the peg "spring" and added them to the pegs with dimensional glaze and voila! perfect. A few hand-cut t-shirts from matching paper (freehand draw them and cut out) and some pearls for trim, a title from card stock (also just draw freehand and cut out!) with a little dimensional glaze to lift the title and it's perfect!

I loved the look of the paper and didn't want to 'over' embellish the page - simply added matting to my photo in a co-ordinating print and two folded "fan" embellishments with rolled bakers twine centres just to tie it all together.  Distressing the photo mat gives the page a bit of dimension and adds texture.

Why not find something that's not really 'scrapbooky' and make a layout inspired by it?

Happy scrappin'

Chocolate roses............

I have decided that working with chocolate and scrapbooking are my favourite hobbies:)

This cake was oodles of fun - chocolate ganache filling, handmade truffles and chocolate clay roses (can't take credit for the red roses, those were so perfectly made by our amazing Lord:)  plus squiggles on my chocolate sleeve....................mmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........need I say more.......

Groovie June.

It is playtime again at Groovie Covers!  This is the book cover to use as inspiration for June!  Since joining the design team I've been looking at book covers differently:) - suddenly I see compositions of colours and fonts I would never have noticed before!

This is my take on the cover.  My little princess made a beautiful Protea at school and she bought me the most beautiful black Arum Lilies for Mother's Day.  She told her Daddy that is what she is buying and NOTHING else will do:).  I used teeny weeny letter stickers from Kaisercraft directly on the photo and it reads : " you are still the best gift of all!"

I used the teeny stickers around the edge of the circle as my journaling and added ruffles of tissue paper for a bit of dimension on the page.  A few chipboard flowers on top of the die-cut creates a lovely 3-D effect and the bling photo corners just round the page off.

Play with us using the June cover as inspiration and stand a chance of winning a RAK:)

Happy scrappin'

All about me:)

A friend had a bday last year - we were helping to set up the venue when I decided to alter the mood and give everyone a laugh!  My little girl got the hair and glasses in a package from "far-away" Grandpa and Grandma - I found it in the car after dropping her at Granny for the night.................just what I needed:)

We all had a good laugh and it was fun to do something seriously silly for a change!

I loved layering different elements and papers in the page - I wasn't scrapping at home so created all the ribbon and elements with the paper on hand!  Little fuzzy cut birdies in the corner ties the page together and the funky colours and elements suit the photo perfectly!

Why don't you capture a silly moment and scrap it so your children can one day have a laugh - even when it's at your expense:)

Happy scrappin'

Favourite colours!

The final product:)

I've decided to bake a cake for my Mom this Mother's day!!  I also decided to try something new and challenging!

I've never covered a cake, never used Royal Icing and certainly never piped before (especially not black on white!).

In the end I really LOOOVE my cake!  I even used the dry brush embroidery technique on my cake, piped swirls and created faux stitch lines with piped dots on my top tier.  Everything on the cake was made by my own hands - even the beautiful flowers! - okay, I'll stop ringing my own bell ;p

The best part - I have the perfect black, white and pink patterned paper for the photos:)

Happy Mother's Day and happy scrappin'

I love the versatility of a single circle punch!!

Simply punching circles from your print and cutting in halve will add a lovely border accent to any card or project (especially if you didn't pack your scallop border punch for the class:))

The font running both vertically and horizontally adds interest to the card and draws the eye to read some of the sentiments!

Try using your punches for scrappy things they were not really designed to do!

Happy scrappin'