Project Life……

Morning Dear Reader, today i am going to share with you a new craft that i have picked up lately.  I have been a stamper for 20years now and scrapped for about 5years but i dont have a lot of time to do the involved pages that i enjoy doing when it comes to traditional scrapbooking so i find that i end up falling behind and then the photos either sit on the side or dont get printed at all.  Step in Project life by Stampin’ Up!

Now i could have used any of the many Project life kits that are out there but i wanted it to match the colours that i have so when SU brought out their version in their colours thats when i thought i would give it a go, as i wouldnt need to go shopping to find colour matches as they where already in my stash

This was my first layout of an art exhibition i went to at Kew Gardens, in 2005, i started by slipping in the photos and cutting the ones that needed cropping to fit, then filling in the gaps with some of the cards from the kit.  I think this one is the everyday adventure kit. 

I added the journaling after i took the photo, so quick and easy.  It wont replace the way i scrapbook but it will certainly work alongside so that i can get our memories into books rather than just on facebook!

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie x

This and That… Dad Book

Good Morning Dear Reader; I am looking forward to a lazy Sunday morning, pottering around cooking and making the rooms ready as we have family staying as tomorrow we have the Tour de France coming through our town and we are all planning to go together to see it come through.

Today i am sharing another This and That book with you, i love these books they are along the same lines as a smash book and are really good for on the go scrapbooking, I often take them with me when we go out and a roll of washi tape and then i can stick bits in that we picked up along the day.

This book was for my husband from the girls for Fathers’ Day.

I have used the retro fresh T+T from SU but instead of inking the grey front cover, i covered it with DSP also from the retro fresh range.  I took the binding off in order to fully cover the book cover.

Tomorrow i will share with you a picture tutorial of how to cover the book.

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie x

Journaling….

Morning Dear Reader, now does the title of the blog strike fear in to you or are you okay with the whole Journaling thing?

I think a lot of the time we over think the whole journaling thing.  Its personal preference really, but i do think its nice that in years to come our great grandchildren will know what our handwriting looks like.  Even if you only write the date and place where the photo was taken, that IS journaling.

A friend of mine had an upsetting incident at a crop day where she was berated by another scrapper, because she choses not to journal on her pages and doesn’t always add a title either.  Now not only do i feel for my friend a public telling off doesn’t help anyone but no one should tell you how you should preserve your memories. 

I am in two camps with my journaling on my traditional pages i rarely journal, i like the photos to do the talking.  But in my mini books and journals i tend to journal a bit more. 

Here are some examples of my journaling.  This is the inside of my Star This and That.  I don’t plan it to any degree i just collect together the photos from that day and any extra bits like tickets, postcards etc.

Then i just start with adding the date on the photos, including the location. And any bits you can remember about the day, such as funny things that were said or something that went wrong.

That is why i like the journals because they are quick to put together i tend to do them either the day after or even the day of the event {depends on if Boots are open ; ) }

My quick tips are the same as when we had to do comprehension at primary school :)

When, Where, Who and What.

very simple but gives you enough details to create a great page.

I hope that helps, or maybe it was just me waffling again.

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie x

Star This and That Book

Good Morning Dear Reader, i hope that this post finds you well?  I think i am doing pretty well with blogging all month.  So last week i said that i had had two this and that books that had sat unloved until inspiration struck, and once i had done the first one i had to do the other for my girls and all the days out that we have planned this year.

Now like most small people my girls are slightly obsessed with the film Frozen so maybe i was channelling the film a little with my colour scheme. 

 

But of course i didn’t want to cover it with snowflakes so i went with Stars, some of these stars are from the simply stars stamp set, another is from the perfect pennants stamp set, I also punched some stars and inked through with versamark ink. I heat embossed the stars using silver and pewter embossing powder and also in iridescent powder.  I used gorgeous grunge and some of the SU light blues to build the background again over a white craft ink base.

Here are some close up’s

 

I love how the different powders catch the light in different ways.

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

Papaya Collage This and That Book

Morning Dear Reader, i hope that this post finds you well?

A few weeks ago me and Mr.C went on a trip to London, a mini break if you will {how grown up!} and we took lots of photos, we couldn’t believe our luck a night away just the two of us for the first time since our honeymoon!  Anyway i needed some thing to put my photos into, so i turned to my this and that book.  Now i have had two this and that books since they come out and i kept looking at them and inspiration didn’t strike but all of a sudden i had a plan for this one!

And here it is

I wanted it to have a romantic feel so i went for grungey – vintage.  I did a lot of work on this cover and i didn’t plan things too strictly i just went with the flow. Starting with the cover, I covered it in white craft ink to give me a good base then i started sponging with various brown inks before getting out the stamps. I layered image over image and some i even heat embossed.

It took time but i really love it, i finished off the spine by tying knots of ribbon around the binding.

I hope you like it now i just have to fill it : )

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

Scrapping on a Weekend…..

Hello Dear Reader Happy Saturday, i hope that this post finds you well. I plan to spend the whole morning crafting as i have a few cards to make for my husband’s Nan.

So today i am sharing with you a scrapbooking layout using the soho subway papers {my last one for now ;) i promise} where as some of my other layouts using these papers are fairly feminine this layout is much more masculine.

I ripped the map page and adhered it to the base cardstock so as to make the pocket for the luggage labels for journaling. Then simply added a sanded layer of co-ordinations cardstock and then my photo mount. A few splodges from the gorgeous grunge set; which is never off my desk let me tell you; and we’re done.  Now just to catch Mr. C with the camera so that i can add the photos to my layouts!!

Have a great weekend

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

Scrapbook Saturday….

Good Morning Dear Reader, i thought that i would get back in the swing of showing my scrapbook layouts by sharing them on a Saturday.  So here’s my first one;

This layout is on a white base, i really like white bases its such a clean look and a great place to start a pared down layout where your photo’s take centre stage. The crisp cantaloupe layer is co-ordinations cardstock that i have sanded to show the white core, i have layered this with a pleated piece of DSP from the Soho Subway collection {i said i loved  this paper lol!}topped with a couple of lengths of linen thread to add some texture. 

The frames are from the papaya collage stamp set a great one for layering images, they were all embossed.  Now that doesn’t mean that i have tons of colours of embossing powder in fact i have clear, black, and two types of silver.  Yet i still managed to emboss in colour on  this page and the trick to doing this is to versamark your stamp before you ink with your colour choice which then means you can emboss with clear powder and have any colour of embossing that you want without buying tons of powders that you then have to store.

Well i hope that you like this layout, have a lovely weekend and i shall catch you soon.

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie.xx 

Happy Day…..

Afternoon Dear Reader; lovely sunny but crisp day today and this morning i even managed to get some stamping done this morning before the school run.

Today i would like to share with you a scrapbook layout from my recent scrapbooking class that i case’d from Lyssa i really liked her layout so adapted it to the papers that i was going to be using.

It is no secret that i love the Soho Subway DSP i have used A LOT of packs since the annual catalogue launched; it is such a versatile set as it can be used for masculine projects as well as ‘pretty’ up for the more feminine projects.  The layout was mostly made of scraps left from other projects.  The layout also used gorgeous grunge and happy day stamp sets.

I hope that you liked today’s project; If you would like any purchase the products used to produce this project then please pop along to my online store {button in side bar} or contact me at craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie. x

Sunday Scrapbooking.. Hello There

Good Morning Dear Reader; how are you today? Its very wet and gloomy today and our front path has flooded so i hope the rain stops soon or i shall be swimming to the car when i go out later today ;)

Today i have some layouts to share with you using the gorgeous Soho Subway papers from the Main Catalogue; I think these are my current favourite papers i love that you can use them for so many occasions and they are perfect for masculine themes as well as more feminine ones.

This page was made by using 3inch squares of the different DSP’s and then laying them out tile style with white mounts for the photos.  You can see that i have also used a piece of Co ’ordinations cardstock which i embossed and then sanded to show the white core.  On the pink floral tile i searched the remaining DSP for the pattern repeat so that i could line it up with the mixed bunch punch and then popped the punched section exactly above the original to give a simple but effective embellishment.

Must dash now as i am out this afternoon with some fellow demonstrators crafting this gloomy afternoon away; which is for me one of the best parts of being a demo is the network of fellow paper enthusiasts that i now know and count among my very dear friends.

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie. xx

Swallowtail pudding. . .

Morning Dear Reader; Just a quick post to share a scrapbook layout i did in the gorgeous new in colour Pistachio Pudding.

 

The gorgeous big butterfly is the Swallowtail stamp, this is a HUGE stamp and i have to admit one of my favourites; as is the set i have used for the page title it comes from the set Happy Day which i find has perfect sentiments for scrapbookers.  I have also used the smaller butterflies from Papillion Potpourri i love the simplicity of the one colour on the white it will let the photo really do the talking i will have the photo printed in black and white to go on the layout.

If you would like any purchase products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

A few more Scrapbook layouts . . .

Hello Dear Reader; another grey day another scrapbook post from me :)

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This one is fairly simple a nice large photo mat on a bit of inked DSP with a rolled edge, and the bit that i trimmed off from the Dsp i turned over crumpled and inked for a pop of colour across the page.  This is why i love double sided DSP as you can turn your scraps into focal points.

Talking of using up scraps this uses the bit of DSP that i had ‘gutted’ from behind the layout above photo matt.  Basically if something is to be covered up you can cut out the DSP with a scalpel or trimmer and then use it elsewhere because who will know its not behind the mat?  And then you have another bit of DSP for another layout :)

This is the last layout i made using these papers Fan Fair this layout uses elements that were part of a sheet of the DSP such a quick way to make up a page.  This page also has a sneak peak on it from the new Annual Catalogue that is coming next week {!} can you guess what it is??

If you would like any purchase products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

A postcard from . . . . .

Morning; Dear Reader; another dark and wet one here for the start of Wimbledon its quite chilly i was even tempted to light the fire!  Today i plan to do a bit more crafting and possibly settle down with a good book.  First i am going to share another layout from my Saturday crafting. . .

  

This is from the same papers as yesterday Fan Fair even the embellishments were cut from a piece of the DSP, i plan to pop a photo of the Rhine River that i took whilst in Mainz last year for the Stampin’ Up! European Convention and title the page ‘A Postcard from Mainz’ once i have got round to printing off my photos!  Digital is all well and good but i always seem to take ages to get them printed off now!

If you would like any purchase products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

A Little Distressing…..

Hello there Dear Reader; hope that your Sunday is going well?  We have awful weather here today for June it is rather windy and grey out so perfect time for curling up in the Pj’s and crafting {i know any excuse!} my two favourite things.

Yesterday i spent the day with my very dear friend Sue in the morning i attended her techniques class and in the afternoon we sat and played, for me that meant scrapbooking.  I used some of the retiring papers Fan Fair that will be leaving us at the end of the month.  They are a great set for travels and a bit vintage, and on that note i knew exactly what i needed to do to this particular page;

As you can see i have distressed it a little!  I did pre warn Sue that i was about to screw up the piece of paper that she had just given me but gave no warning to the other ladies, some of whom thought I'd gone completely potty!  I screwed and smoothed this piece of paper many times before adding liberal amounts of ink to pick up the folds and creases I'd made i then went on to do the same to the banners behind my photo mat. I really enjoyed making this page and would recommend a bit of scrunching and screwing to anyone it makes a great talking point! ;)

Don’t forget that the retirement list is out and if there is anything you NEED on it then you need to get in quick with your orders as things are selling out already!!

If you would like any purchase products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

Mr & Mrs

Hello hope you are all well? On Saturday i decided that i was going to get stuck in to some scrapbooking.  I have not done a lot a scrapbooking its something i pick up and then don’t do again for ages.  At Peterborough the other weekend we used a Simply Scrappin’ Set called Tickets and Tags and i had lots of it left over so i thought i would scrap a picture of me and the lovely Mr.C as it was not too feminine a set and i really liked it.

 

Here’s a close up at an arty angle.  My favourite bit is the pearls put together into a flower for the middle of one of the big flowers.

I used the self adhesive die cuts that come with the kit and three of the designer papers and a Basic Grey 12x12 sheet that come in the kit.  These kits are fantastic value they come with 8 sheets of 12x12 cardstock,  6 sheets of 12x12 designer paper, and 3 12x12 sheets of adhesive die cuts for only £18.95!  All i added was some pearls and the adhesives.  I used the
Timeless Type Alphabet Dies for the Big Shot to cut the letters for the title.  

 

 

{All products used SU: Tickets and tags Simply Scrappin’ Kit, pearls, Timeless Type Alphabet Dies}

If you would like any products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

March Events

Hello, hope you are well?

Just a quick post to let you know that the next meeting of the Craft Group is Tuesday March 6th 2012 7.30pm-9.30pm.  This is a ‘bring your own’ group so please bring along whatever you are currently working on.  The cost is only £3.00 and will be held at my home {address supplied on reservation of space} please email me to reserve your space so i have an idea of numbers.  New members and Beginners always welcome.

The next paper craft class in the diary is ‘Cupcakes’ and is on Wednesday March 28th 7.30pm-9.30pm we will be making 3 projects on a cupcake theme.   The cost of this class is £10.00 including all materials to complete the projects and payment is required in advance so that i can order the materials.  Last day of booking is Wednesday March 21st.

Also i have had a request for a Scrapbooking Club, i would love to add this too my diary of events if there is enough interest, please let me know if this is something that you would like to do.

 

This is a page i made recently at a Team Stampin Day, using the FREE Hostess papers, ask me how you could get your hands on these gorgeous papers

Don’t forget here at Stampin’ Up! we are in Sale –a – Bration so until March 31st every order over £45.00 qualifies for FREE products ask me for more details.

If you would like any products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.x