Design Team at Scrapbook Fantasies.

Welcome and Happy 2013.
A fresh new year brings with it exciting new opportunities and endless possibilities.
I have recently been enjoying the weekly layout, card and sketch challenges online at
 "Scrapbook Fantasies" and also at "My Creative Slice" . I find these are a great way to challenge yourself when you begin to run out of creative ideas. If you are into scrapbooking or would like to start, pop over and check them out and have a go. They are so much fun and you get to check out what other Scrapbookers create as well. There are also lots of bonus prizes on offer too.

My lovely friend Alicia, owner of Scrapbook Fantasies recently invited me to join her Design Team. Which involves creating Scrapbook Layouts and Cardmaking with new paper collections. I gratefully accepted the invitation and I couldn't wait to get started. Make sure you check out the other talented design team members Alicia , Mar, Candy and Paula's lovely work also.

The first range that I got to work with is the Kaisercraft Suga Pop Collection which is being released in February 2013. The colours are lovely to work with and the gorgeous owls (who doesn't love owls) birds, hearts, egg/oval shapes and flowery patterns make it work well with many different photos and themes.
Perfect for Valentines Day, Easter, Baby, Feminine and surprisingly Masculine style layouts and cards.
I think it's also the first time I've used Kaisercardstock which I found to have a lovely soft texture which was great to machine stitch on.

These are the following layouts that I created using the Kaisercraft Suga Pop range.



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Also the 6" x 6" cards I created using the same range.

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The following layout and cards are created using the Kaisercraft Pickled Pear and Magnolia Range which are the January monthly page and card competition kits that can be purchased from Scrapbook Fantasies.
I love how the the kits are coordinated and ready to go. All you need to do is find the perfect photo and play around with it until it all falls into place. Also great to use if you are just starting out scrapbooking, short of time or overwhelmed when choosing papers from the huge range to compliment your photos.

The January Monthly Page Competition Kit.
The black bow was made by ripping the lovely black tulle ribbon flower to pieces. Yes I know very delicate work here. I also used a circle/bubbles template, texture paste, yellow mist and turquoise ink,black ink, machine stitching,butterfly punch. I also loved the challenge of using floral papers to make my baby boy layout work.

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The January Monthly Card Competion Kit.
This kit contains a generous amount of cardstock and patterned papers and I managed to make two cards.
The birdcage is made using the Kaisercraft birdcage template and texture paste. Then rubbing pine cone and gold ink pads over the top lightly. The flowers have all been fussy cut and layered using thick double sided tape.



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 Thank you for stopping by.

Card, Cushions and Mixed Media.

Just sharing a few things I've been creating recently.



A card for the Scrapbook Fantasies VIP November Challenge.



Some Cushion Covers.

 The top cushion is for Mr 5 who is obsessed with animal print. We used some fabric that Granma bought for him to make a cushion for his bed. He's hoping for a pair of pajama shorts to match. I don't know where this animal print obsession has come from as it's not my kind of thing. But I'm happy to go along with the 'jungle theme'. lol.

The brightly coloured cushion was a patchwork experiment. The corners don't meet up but I'm sure with practice and patience and the right tools this will become easier. Miss 7 seems to have taken a shine to this one and it now lives amongst the many stuffed animals on the end of her bed.

The bottom two cushions were made for our outdoor lounge chair on the back verandah.
 

Experimenting with Mixed Media on a note book cover. Drying time between layers is quite painful when your head is full of ideas. Maybe the idea is to have a few mixed media projects on the go.

 

 

Alicia's Card Sketch Challenge October.

I've been having a go at a few challenges lately. It's a great way to get motived after not Scrapbooking and Cardmaking for some time. I haven't been organised enough to post photos of the finished layouts but they are done which is the main thing. I'm happy about that.

 

I've been reorganising my papercraft desk area (yes I hear you, it's an endless task) so that I can easily use the tools and supplies without the drama of digging through chaos to find something to use. My desk work area is on a wall at the end of the garage. Right next to the most used door in the entire house. Not the ideal place when 3 sets of small hands with curious fingers pass by several times a day. It's apparently also the perfect place to accumulate everyones belongings as they pass by.  

 

My Cuttlebug is now at arms length with all its accessories close by. My clear stamps are in a cute little box all lined up waiting to be used. Inks, ribbons, flowers etc all have their own homes. It's a great feeling to know that it's done. I wonder how long it lasts?

 

Cuttlebug at arms length.

 

Clear Stamps all lined up ready to use.

 

Alicia's Scrapbook Fantasies Card Sketch Challenge for October using the signature colour purple.

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 Products used are

-Cardstock-Bazzil x 2 shades of purple and Kraft.

-Patterened Paper-doublesided-'Fabscraps High Tea Garden Party'.

-Template-TCW-Bricks.

-Ink-Versa Color-Voilet.

-Stamps-(Penny Farthing Bike and Lace Trim)-Kaisercraft 'Miss Match'.

               (Lots Of Love)-Docrafts-Papermania-'Birdsong'.

-Ric Rac-Purple Sparkley

-Twine-Black and White.

-Flowers-unknown.

-Buttons-unknown.

 

Can you believe that I didn't have much purple to work with? Not sure if it's because I'm not really drawn to purple when purchasing papers or the fact that a number of people around me love that particular colour and I've used it all up to make birthday cards. Anyway I popped into the shop to get a few papers to add my collection just in case.

 

Loving my new stamps recently purchased from Scrapbook Fantasies too. I've been looking for a bike stamp for little while and just had to get it. I also think the brick wall template might get a bit of a workout on my layouts in the future too.

 

I need to work on my photography and cropping skills. Yes natural light might also help.

Practice makes perfect right????

 

Cheers, Shell.