Blessed

Hi all,

I don't get much time with the shop to add to my blog anymore. Its a shame but life is sometimes just busy.

I have a little time and thought I would add a page or 2.

This is one of my beautiful family taken a few years ago now.

I love the colours in this collection Art Decoria from ScrapBoys which is available in my shop. Click the Scrapboys link.

This was a class I taught and love the drama of it

      
                                                        Thanks for stopping by

                                              Cheers

                                              Carol

Beauty

                    Welcome to my little blog

 Today I want to share a canvas that I created recently for a class in my shop. I love this photograph of my granddaughter " Eliza" that I captured.

 

    I have used the ScrapBoys collection " Bird Romance "  for this canvas. 

I cut strips to layer up in the background then I fussy cut the flower cluster to add to the background in and around the fences. Prima flowers and 2Crafty Chipboard heart to frame the photo. 2Crafty chipboard vines and leaves were added around the flowers too. To colour these I use Stamperia Leather spray (My favorite colour to use)

                                             

                                 A couple of close ups .......

I hope you like my project

and thank you for stopping by

Hugs

Carol

Beautiful Moment

Hello and welcome to my little blog.

I don't seem to have much time with the shop and life but I will try to post a little more often. This is my goal and hopefully I can achieve it.

So today I would like to share this layout with you all.

This is one of myself, hubby and youngest son at the history park in Ballarat Victoria. taken a few years ago now.

I can't remember the papers I have used but they have been distressed with ink to vintage them to a lovely brown color. I have used a Finnabair stencil to add t=some texture on the background

I made the large cog using one of Finnabairs mould and added some texture paste for dimension. I love Stamperia's leather colour spray which I used on all the cogs.

Clocks were painted and finished with Finnabairs wax in Aged Brass

 Finshed the layout with a mix of 49&Market and Prima Flowers.

Thanks for stopping by 

Cheers

Carol

 

Beauty

 Hi all,

this is a recent layout that I am teaching at my shop for the month of November. This is my gorgeous granddaughter at her dancing class. 

I love the purple on her dress as it goes perfect with Lavender Love from Couture Creations.

I have used Couture Creations " Lavendar Love" for this layout, Stamperia white texture paste, some roses and other purple flowers, 2Crafty chipboard. 

I hope you like the layout

thanks for stopping by

till next time

cheers

Carol D

Treasure the Little Things

Hello everyone,

today I am here to share a recent class that I taught at 

The Scrapbookers Confetti Box

 in Swansea, NSW

This photo is of my granddaughters all dressed up for Halloween. I love to do pages that have dramatic contrasts and I think this one achieves that.

I have used Gesso on the white cardstock and then using a red paint and paintbrush painted circles to create the background. So easy and you can use so many colours to achieve this look.

Punched around the edge and then adhered it to a black piece of cardstock. I added some stenciling with Stamperia white paste and then some red paint splatters and finished it off with some black stamping..

2Crafty chipboard painted black, circles, stars, cogs and title painted in silver.

Matt the phot in black and I had some red pattern cardstock that I could add layers behind the photograph.

I have then layered up the flowers, cogs and stars around the frame and the last thing that I always do is add the title.

I hope you like this one

Thanks for stopping by and till next time

Hugs and kisses

Carol

 

Your First Breath Took Ours Away

Working from home today so what a perfect time to share another layout for you all.

This one was a recent class with a twist. I created the layout in the class and everyone followed along. 

No previous idea's, no idea where it would go but I think it turned out well. I hope you feel the same.

This is a special photo of my son with his first born. A gorgeous little girl for my growing family,

 

For this layout I used Couture Creation papers Seaside Girl, 2 Crafty chipboard, a mix of 49 and Market and Green Tara flowers, Distress Oxide Sprays, Finnabair Art Stones and some pretty shells to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by

till next time

hugs and kisses

Carol

Family

It's been such a long time since I have been able to post on here because like most of us just super busy.

So today I would like to share with you all a soft vintage layout that I completed for a class recently featuring of sepia photograph of my family members.

I have used Blue Fern papers, laces, doilies, chipboard from 2Crafty, Prima Flowers and embellishments by Prima and Kaisercraft. 

Lots of layers create a gorgeous soft vintage look.

Thank you for stopping by

Carol

 

Morning everyone on this very wet day here in NSW.

Sitting here thinking about all the sadness that is going on at the moment and my heart goes out to those suffering in Ukraine and of course the floods that are happening in Australia.

So hopefully this might bring a little smile to your face

 Unicorns are such a special creature for most little girls and this one was created for my granddaughter. Stenciling, texture paste, Finnabairs liquid paints, chipboard, resin and of course flowers galore.  

Doing a mixed media piece is a little different for me but looking at my works I actual do alot of them but never show them. I will in the coming posts. 

Thanks for stopping by

Carol x

Hello and welcome back.

This is a layout I created last year for a class in my shop but with COVID restrictions it was never held. Hoping that I will be able to hold the class this year sometime.

I wanted to use lots of bits and pieces, a real shabby looking layout for a simple but gorgeous photo pf my eldest.

I am over the moon how well it turned out.

So these are some of the products used"

Mintay papers

Prima flowers

Kaisercraft frames

AALL & Create stencil

2Crafty chipboard

Thanks for stopping by

till next time

stay safe 

Carol x

 

Hello and welcome to 2022. Its been such a long time since I have been here but a busy shop and busy family life makes it hard to get everything done.

So for the start of the year I have created this layout on the newest arrival to our family, our beautiful twin grandsons.  The gorgeous little men arrived at the start of September and with COVID I was not able to meet them till Christmas. Having 2 means no sharing is required, which is a great bonus. I am sure you will be seeing more of them in the future. 

For this layout I have used the Scrapboys paper range Bedtime Tales.

 I loved the soft green and creams in this one which just went perfect with the photo.

2Crafty Chipboard, Finnabair Waxes and liquid Acrylic paints and lots of flowers from different collections. I love to use my stash up when creating.

A few close up for you 

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Carol
 

My Girls

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by.

Today I'm sharing an older layout that I did for a very special lady which I hope you can grab a little inspiration from.

I haven't had time to do a lot of crafting lately, why?? because I am  in the middle of relocating my little scrapbook shop into a bigger and hopefully better premises. We are planning to be open in the New Year so as you can imagine I am very busy. 

Enough about that lets get back to the layout.
 

I have no story of the photo as I did do this for a friend for her wall.

The paper is an older one from 49&Market as are the flowers. I used some lace and doilies in the back ground too. A little stamping to finish off the page and this was a very simple layout for me.

The lady that this was for was over the moon with the finished page with her gorgeous grandchildren in the photograph.

Cheers and till next time

thanks for stopping by

Carol

My Book of Family

Hello all and welcome to my little blog.

Today I have something a little different than my usual scrap booking. 

 I am sharing with you an altered book that I did with one of my favourite photographs of myself and my children. 

A few years ago we did a photo shoot which was a gift for me for Mother's Day from these special humans. Its was the best day, us girls got our hair and make up professionally done. The photographer came up with some fun poses which in the end has us all in stitches.

 Taking an old hardcover book and altering it to create a beautiful keepsake was just so much fun. Adhering all the pages so that they fall just the way I wanted them to look. Adding the flowers, metal trinkets and chipboard pieces. These are great projects to use all those bits and pieces that you have lying around in your craft room.

Next I covered everything with Gesso. I added the colours using Prima sprays. 

 Finished it with some extra flowers.

 

Now to find a stand for it. 

 

Thanks for stopping by

 

Cheers 

 

Carol x

Summer

 Its Monday Creations time again.

This week has gone by so quickly and I realised that its not long now till Christmas. I wonder how many of you ave got all or some of your Christmas shopping done. I know I have only got a couple of gift so far.

Today I am sharing a photograph of myself and my eldest granddaughter Emelia aka Milly with you. My daughter, myself and my 2 granddaughters went on a trip for a couple of days to Norah Head lighthouse on the Central Coast of NSW. We had a fabulous time exploring the beach and taking some great photographs.

The papers used for this layout are from Maja Designs    

I've used chipboard from Dusty Attic, WOW, 2Crafty and Kaisercraft. The flowers are from 49&Market and Prima.

 

Some close-ups and further details....

 

 

 

The chipboard has been covered with crackle paste to give it a lovely crackle effect. I love using the Stamperia one because it crackles beautifully when you heat dry it.

                                             Love the seagulls from Dusty Attic.

Prills and Finnabair Art Stones always finish a layout beautifully. The title and some of the chipboard leaves were inked with Stamperia leather spray and the blue is Perfect pearls in Patina Blue.

 

Thanks for stopping by

Cheers

Carol x

Having the Time of our Lives

 Hello everyone and welcome to my

                           Monday Creation.

Today I went a little different with a darker look to my layout. I think its important to be always pushing your boundaries, trying new styles as you would try new techniques. I usually go with a contrast or very soft colours so I hope you like this one.

 I love this photograph of Poppy and Eliza (middle granddaughter) taken a few years ago now. Eliza was and still is fascinated with doing hair. Maybe hairdressing is in her future. Although Poppy doesn't have much to play with he was still a great sport sitting and allowing her to try.

The papers are from a very old 49 &Market range that Ive been saving for who know what. Don't we all do that. Finnabair stencil is one of my favourites and I used some gold Icing paste to add texture to the background. 2Crafty chipboard heart frame, Finnabair metal embellishments and the gorgeous 49 &Markets flowers are just perfect to finish it off. 

There are lots of layers in this one and I will explain some of them in the closeups.

Prills (the small stone like balls) would have to be my all time favourite embellishment to use and here I have added them to the background but also took a piece of brown wire stem, added some 3D adhesive to the end and rolled it in the prills. I love this effect. Finnabairs metal grungy hearts are just a stunning add the finish it off.

The cogs are a great way to add a little masculinity to a feminine layout. Black Gesso and then some Vintage Gold and Copper wax from Finnabair.

The Dusty Attic leaf chipboard was coloured with Prima spray and then I embossed randomly up the centre of each of them,

I die cut some leaves and chicken wire to add some extra texture to the layers but went for a contrast colour. The doilies were inked with Prima spray.

 
 Thanks for stopping by

till next time, keep safe

 Carol x 

Love

Hello and welcome back to my little blog and my " Monday Creation "

I know I am a little late but sometimes life just gets in the way.

This is a photograph of my hubby (Pat) and myself that we had done with a professional photographer in a National Park near where we live. I love the natural look of the photo.

 I love using Blue Fern Studios papers and this one is Jane's Memoirs. Isn't it just gorgeous paper?  I have used an aall and create stencil lightly on the background with modeling paste. Lots of paper layers behind the photo.

I used a couple of 49& Market frames, some very old square chipboard pieces I found in my stash, 2Crafty chipboard, Dusty Attic chipboard and of course gorgeous flowers from 49 & Market to finish it all off. 

I coloured the gauze with Prima spray and added some Art Stones to finish off the layout. I have fallen in love with Ranger's Perfect Pearls mica powders to add a little colour to the background to bring the whole layout together. 

Thanks for stopping by

and please leave a little love

Cheers

Carol xx

Moment

 Hello everyone and thank you for stopping by to have a look at my 

                       Monday Creation.  

 This is a special photo of my daughter and hubby at my son's wedding several years ago. Wedding are so much fun and you can definitely see the love and happiness on their faces.

 I absolutely love Blue Fern papers. They are so nice to work with and the textures in the papers are divine. Ive used several of their papers for the background and the layers. Lace, flowers finished the layout.

Close ups and some extra details....... 

 I love to add words to the clusters, It's a fantastic way to add extra meaning to your story.

I started off putting down some clear crackle paste (Stamperia) on the background paper, I love how it crackles with the heat gun. All the chipboard pieces were covered in white crackle paste and left to dry. Once dry I coloured them with several different inks.

The title was left flat and painted with Ceramcoat paint which is my favourite. I die cut some small leaves and added Art stones to finish it off.

You can see the beautiful crackle in this picture and I added a Prima Mica powder with water to add colour to the background.

Thank you all for stopping by

I hope you are able to grab a little inspiration from my creation

Till next week

Cheers

Carol xx

Me and My Mum

 Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by. Today I am so happy to share with you all my Monday's Creation Post.

This was the last one for the collage of scrapbook pages that I have been working on but I'm not happy with one of the layout the I completed earlier. I love the layout but It just doesn't match the rest of the 6 layouts. So next Monday I will create another one.

 This layout is my daughter " Kyra" and her 2 daughters, Emelia and Eliza taken at a family wedding where the girls were flower girls. Its is one of my favourite photographs of them. 

 

Ive used beautiful Blue Fern Studio  papers for the background with some ScrapBoys

papers for the layers. Some stenciling with crackle paste on the background. I love to use Stamperia crackle paste when I create as I have found it's the only one that " fine " crackles with a heat gun. I used the same on all the leaves and flourishes. The flowers are from my stash, 49&Market, Prima and Green Tara.

 

You can see that really "fine" crackle on the leaves here. Lots of gorgeous layers. Rather than butterflies I went for these very cute little dragonflies.

 

 

The heart chipboard that I used for the frames was coloured with Finnabair's wax in Rose Gold. The trellis was embossed with copper embossing powder. To bring it all together I have inked with Perfect Pearls ink sprays. I had forgotten how much I love their shimmery colours and will definitely be using them more often.

Thanks again for stopping by

and 

I hope you take a little inspiration from my creation

Cheers

Carol

Happy Moments

 Hello everyone and welcome back to my Happy Monday Creation.

Yes I have decided to call these "My Happy Monday Creation" The reason why, I have Monday's off so I spend the day creating in my craft room. No shop work, no class requirements, no using anything in particular, just creating. Letting my projects come to life, evolve as I add a little of this and a little of that.

I am creating a series of layouts to add to a wall in my home. This is number and its my son Wade and daughter in-law Kelsey.  The series will have every one of my immediate family in them.

I hope you like this one as much as I do.

               For the papers I have used the new Maja Design papers, Miles Apart. I just love the softness of Maja's papers and they are beautiful to work with. The chipboard pieces are bits and pieces from my personal stash. Flowers are from Prima I love Prima flowers and these are just stunning. Ive used  stencils by  Finnabair to add some texture to the background first. 

                                         Some Close-ups

                            I've embossed the title to make it stand out a bit more.

               I have coloured the Art Stones with some dark red paint to add a little pop. I made the heart out of resin, added some lace, stamping and some dark green ink from Color Blooms to bring it all together.

I hope I have inspired you a little with this layout and I look forward to next Monday to bring you another creation.

Thanks for stopping by and please leave a little love 

Craft to make you heart smile

Cheers

Carol xx
 

Fabulous

 Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by. Its Monday and here and my day off from my Scrapbook shop.

So what do we all do on our day off? Craft of course.

As I have each Monday off I have been doing some scrapping just for me. No class layouts, no constraints just a free flowing scrapbooking.

This photograph of myself and my daughter was taken about 4 years ago at my son's wedding and is one of my favourites of us.

I have a challenge site The Confetti Box Gallery

Each month we have a new challenge and this months is Hello Spring. I used the colours, the flowers and of course the little bird as my inspiration for this layout. 

                                      Septembers Challenge
 

I hope you get some inspiration from the layout or maybe come play at The Confetti Box Gallery

 

Ive used some older Blue Fern paper in this layout. Teamed it with 49&Market flowers, 2Crafty Chipboard, Finnabairs stencils, Tim Holtz Dies, Bo Bunny Dies and lots of gorgeous little embellishments from my stash.

A couple of close ups for you

 

Hello little birdie

 Thanks for stopping by

till next time

" do what makes your heart happy "

Cheers

Carol

 

XOXO

Hi and thanks for stopping by.

Today I am so happy to be able to sharing my latest layout with you all. Having a craft shop that is open 6 days a week doesn't give me many days off so to have a day to myself to just create is so precious to me. 

 I decided not to create for a class but rather to create just for me to have fun and push my boundaries of what I would normally do. So this is the end result and I am over the moon happy with the result.  I am so happy with this layout that I can see me taking my creating this way in the future.

This is a special photograph of myself and hubby on our wedding day some 12 years ago now. It was a very hot day in Queensland and our beautiful old car had no air conditioning, just all windows down, we melted.

I loved the colours in this photo and used the colours in the bouquet as my inspiration. 

 

Ive used very old Blue Fern papers for the backgound. Tearing and punching the edges before placing them down. A little bit of stenciling with crackle paste. Lots of pieces and embellishments on this layout are old and I hunted through my personal stash to complete it.

 

                                      You can see that there are many layers to this page
Ive used Stamperia crackle paste on the chippy and I love how this crackles even when using a heat gun. 49&Market, Green Tara and Prima flowers, 2Crafty chipboard, Dusty Attic chipboard. The wire bud stem is that old I can't remember where I got it from.

                         I just love flowers and they are on nearly every layout that I do.

So many beautiful embellishments from the Finnabair Art stones, Melange pebbles, Bud stems from Green Tara, bits of old lace, gauze, hand made resin angels (which are hard to spot) so many little hidden gems.

I then finished it off with Couture Creations Mica powders which are my new fav thing to play with, The shimmer in them is just fantastic.

Well thats about all I can share with you today and I hope I have brought a little inspiration to you. So till next time, keep crafting and I will see you all again when I have something special to share.

Cheers

Carol xx