" Love You "

Hi all this is another one that I created for D-lish Scraps recently.

D-lish Scraps

I am slowly getting through all the posts that are waiting to be published.

This is a photo of my youngest granddaughter Eliza. The photo was taken at her day care centre for the yearly photos. There are so many details to look at in this one, lovely soft colours

which is something I don't use often.

I distressed the edges and random punched edges and then inked them.

Where I punched the edges I have added some lace to poke out.  

All the chipboard was painted in white.

The background is a mix of texture paste with stenciling and 

script stamping with my Gelatos, I also added some pink spray and splashes 

of green ink.

I love the little birds and these resin heart frames are gorgeous especially

when you add a quote to them. Don't you just love the 

gorgeous zip hanging down?

Love this flourish which I cut in half and added each piece to 

either side of the photo. Lots of layers and some doilies added.

I found some cut outs in my stash and inked them in the same

pink ink at the edges of the layout. Plus the little fairy.

This is such a cute title from Scrap FX. 

Lots of roses with soft green leaves which you can get form D-lish scraps.

Some of the items used;

From D-lish Scraps:

Chipboard title and flourish

Green leaves

roses

doilies

resin heart

other items

plain cardstock

Kaisercraft cutouts

Kaiser stamps

Cremacoat paints

Little wooden birds

Ranger zip

lace

Thanks for stopping by

till next time

Keep on scrapping

Carol xx

" Mischief Maker "

Hello and welcome back to my blog.

Today is another layout as part of the Design Team at  D-lish Scraps.

I get to create 3 layouts each month for D-lish and I only have one more month with this amazing store and even more these awesome ladies.

Today layout is inspired by the August mood board at D-lish. Pop over and have a look its a beauty.

These are my 2 eldest children. You know how each family has at least one child that always seems to play up when the photos are being taken, well I have all 3 in my family. All of them will never let an opportunity to play the fool for a photo get past them.

This was my youngest and their youngest brothers 21st birthday party and they decided to pose for some more memorable photos. I don't think they ever though I would scrap them.. WRONG!!

How much does the title suit this layout??

I have torn the main paper into three sections and placed it on the green cardstock. I used some texture paste and a stencil to make the chandeliers on the background.

The main cluster is positioned like the sketch in the mood board.

My Motex writer in use again, love this toy.

All chipboard has been rubbed with Bronze Inka Gold.

Fussy cut out some flowers and entwined them with my other flowers.

I used ScrapFX cogs also coloured with the bronze Inka Gold.

Lots of layers of papers and doilies behind the photo.

The pearls were a last minute inclusion and I think they soften the page.

I got the entwined metal hearts a few years ago now and I use them heaps.

I love these little butterflies which were on left over paper

in my stash. I fussy cut some out as they matched the 

colours perfectly.

The heart in this photo is from Scrap FX too and I think

it looks so pretty with the cogs, flowers and the butterfly

This is the fantastic mood board for the month of August

there is still time to get your entry in..

Some products used...

Card stock

pattern paper

pearls

Green Tara flowers

ScrapFX chipboard

Inka Gold paste

D-lish embellishments

Kaiser cutouts

Thanks for stopping by 

Till next time

keep on scrapping

Carol xx

" Thank Heaven for little Girls "

Hi and I hope your all having a 

wonderful day so far.

Today is day two of  my three  D-lish Scraps Design Team posts. 

Pop back tomorrow to see the last one of my three.

Well this is one very special layout.

The family of the little girl in this photo were devastated by the recent floods in the Hunter Valley. 

Sadly her family lost absolutely everything including all their cherished photos except for a couple of this little one.

I was asked if I would be interested in donating a completed layout to the family of course I jumped at the chance to do it.

So this is it..

I decided that the layout needed to be all things girly but as I was on a retreat I was limited in what I had with me. So it would have to be ribbons and bows with flowers and butterflies oh and I forgot the lace and ladybugs.

I stenciled some butterflies onto the background and added colour with my Gelatos. Fussy cut out some fans and flowers from some papers that I had with me. All the chipboard was painted white and then added glitter. Used my Big Brushes to add stamping to the background.

I used the polka dot ribbon to put a big bow under the photo and I love the interlocking hearts what I added to the flower cluster at the bottom of the photo. Die cit out some green leaves to poke around the flowers

Distressed edges and then smudged Gelatos for colour. The butterflies I covered in Perle-pen and a couple of the flowers I had to colour with Gelatos to match the colour of the layout.

I splattered Gelato colour all over the page too.

Lace flowers behind the photos and those pretty fans.

I tried to match the colour of her dress to the overall

colour of the layout.

I so love using those sweet little ladybugs on my pages especially when I create

 beautiful flowers clusters.

Some of the products that I used;

plain cardstock

Gelatos

lace

D-lish, chipboard, title, flowers, butterflies

Prima and Enthaily flowers

Kaisercraft cutouts

Ribbon 

glitter

Stencil

Thanks for stopping by

till next time

Keep on scrapping

Carol xx

" Let the Good Times Roll "

Well hello everyone and thank you all so much for taking the time to have a peek at my little blog.
Today I am very happy to share with you a layout that I recently did at a retreat in the beautiful Hunter Valley, NSW for D-lish Scraps as part of the Design Team.

We were all lucky enough to have the very talented Lisa Oxley teach us this stunning and very colourful technique at the retreat.

Of course this layout was completed using all the beautiful embellishments from D-lish Scraps

On a blank piece of cardstock we stamped the outline of the lady. 

Then using Dylusions we added the wonder rainbow of 

colour down the page.

Once I had dried the layout I used my Water colour pencils to add 

all the beautiful colour to the lady and make her come alive.

D-lish have some fantastic flairs and the one in this photo was just perfect to document this retreat.

As is the case at most retreats you have the traditional 

group photo and this retreat was no different.

I am second from the left. 

I must say it was an amazing bunch of ladies and I think that

 everyone had the best time.

Because of the bold colours of the Dylusions I decided to do all the chipboard in black to pop it off the page. I matted the photo in black, green and the striped paper.

Lots of stamping with the matching distress inks.

Lots of D-lish flowers but I placed them to match the colours of the Dylusions. 

The black flourish chipboard from Scrap FX is magical winding through the flowers.

D-lish have some really pretty flowers and other embellishments

and are so worth having a look at when you are in the market

for some top quality embellishments.

Some of the products used;

white cardstock

Archival ink

Distress inks

Dylusions

D-lish- flowers, chipboard, flair and title

gel pen

Water colour pencils

thanks for taking a peek here

have a great day 

and till next time

keep on scrapping

Carol xx