moving blog

Spent a wet afternoon trying to sort out my blogs and have decided to have just the one that covers my cards and scrapbook pages etc., hopefully I will be better at posting more often!

Here's a link to it

Using old stash

This page uses some very old K&Co Addison papers and stickers, slowly getting through it all!!

Have a great weekend 

Totalpapercraft February kit

In this kit we had papers and die cut sheets from Bundle of Joy collection from Kaisercraft. I did two pages one suitable for a boy and one for a girl

Totalpapercraft kit for February

Single kit uses Kaisercraft Suga Pop and included a mask, which I draw around in the first page

Sponged through and embossed on the second page

Flower stamps are the Flower Shop set from Stampin'Up.

More layouts using Totalpapercraft kits

This was the christmas kit layouts

January's kit layouts, first the single kit. I managed to get 2 layouts from this kit using Kaisercaft Botanical Odyssey

Double layout kit used Kaisercaft Hummingbird.

Back tomorrow with February's kits

A post at last

With Facebook and Pinterest my scrapbook blog has been badly delegated so I will post as much as I can over the coming days.

Here are some of my layouts using Totalpapercraft kits from last year:

Back tomorrow with Christmas kit layouts and some of the 2014 kits.

Totalpapercrafts kit June Kit #1

So I am way behind in posting my pages so I have a couple to show today and tonight...now I have finally got my photos printed, I will complete the other layout I did.

Junes single kit was Echo Park Birthday Wishes, I used the left overs and came up with 2 single layouts. I used the Kraft cardstock as the base for each and I brought the Element sticker sheet that went with the range.

Hopefully back tomorrow with something else made from this kit and then I can bring the blog upto date with the 2nd June Kit

 

 

Totalpapercrafts May kit # 2

These pages I designed using Karen's kit #2 for this month. I had a go at making a pin board effect for the background. The flower embellishment is made from Wow powder, I am loving this product and have made myself a fabulous ring using this mould.

 

The papers in the kit come from the Kaisercraft Charlottes Dream collections and come with a Prima alphabet.

 

With the scraps I had left I designed this layout, using some more Wow powders and moulds for the buttons. The tag is a Spellbinders die and the "smile" stamp is from Autumn Leaves. The bunting dies are from Stampin'Up as is the Finishing Touches edgelits on the top and bottom of the page. The flowers are a Sizzix set and the doily Spellbinders. I used a few pearls from my stash on both pages.

 

 

 

Totalpapercrafts May kit #1

This months kit is from Teresa Collins Memories range, first kit of the month is a double layout . This is my version of Karens layout...so love this collection.

 

 

Photos are from the retreat I went to with Lyn in March, we both competed in some challenges and both won!! 

Happy National Scrapbooking Day

Today I am spending it the best way in the company of over 30 lovely crafty friends. They may not all be scrapbooking, some are card making and some will be doing their wonderful altered art pieces but it does not matter...its playing with paper and glue,being creative and having a fabulous time doing it is all the matters.

I do have a page to show you today, photos were taken at the retreat I went to recently.

 

Papers and stickers are all from the For The Record Documented 2 range and the flowers we made at retreat using twine and cork, looks great on this page.

 

 

Have a fabulous weekend...bank holiday for us in the uk and the weathers looking great....I hope you get some time to craft

 



 

Websters Pages layouts

What with facebook and pinterest my blog has become alittle neglected so today I am sharing some layouts done with a kit we were given at our recent A trip down memory lane retreat. First layout is based on the instructions from the wonderful Mel, I just altered it slightly because I wanted to add an extra photo.

 



 

then with the papers and stickers I had left over and some more cardstock,  I managed to design

this page. I added some Stampin'Up ribbon and a few pearly buttons.

 

 

The papers and stickers are all Websters pages Modern Romance.

 



 

 

Totalpapercraft April kit 1

Here is my design using the first of this months kits from Totalpapercrafts. The papers are kaisercraft 75 cents and the kit includes a pack of wooden leaves.

 

I coloured the wood pieces with Distress ink. If you are subscribing to Karens kits through me then you will get the instructions for this layout and her own design included in your kit this month.

 

I am trying to be good and use up all the leftover pieces from the kit instead of putting them away in my crate, so with the addition of another piece of Kraft cardstock I made this.

 

 

This time I painted the wood with Picket Fence Distress stain, so easy and mess free! I typed my title on a piece of Safmat and attached to layout....I had forgotten just how good this stuff is.

 

If you are interested in receiving these kits from me, email me for details.

 

I will be back soon with an alternative layout from Karen using this kit.

 

 

 

 

 

Totalpapercrafts March kit 1

The Totalpapercrafts club is now up and running, I am still using the smaller hall until I can guarantee more ladies are coming regularly to cover the hall cost. So if you are interested let me know and I will save you a space. Details of where we meet/cost/times etc are on the side bar.
The next kit is kaisercraft 75 cents and as soon as I recieve my instructions from Karen the layout will be posted on here. If you would like to subscribe to the kits each month and cant make the club nights, kits can be reserved for you. Payment for the kits will need to be made through paypal and as karen is moving to Cornwall there will be a deadline for payments to be recieved, so she can post the correct numbers to me.

Here is the layout from March's first kit, using the Prima Engraver range.

 

Every month there is a double and a single layout kit, the flowers were made with the Sizzix Paula Pascual Flowers framelits die set and although they have a script stamp in the set I used the script stamp from the Engraver collection to stamp over the die cut flowers for speed. I used some tiny Jessie James buttons for the centres. The kits included a Prima wooden stamp and we made our own washi tape by stamping onto tissue with Black ink and sticking a piece of double sided tape to reverse. Its a brilliant effect and can be easily designed to fit any page colour combo you are doing by using coloured inks and distressing the backgrounds of the tape. If you make more than you need then simply roll up and hold with a paperclip and store safely in a box so it does not get squashed.

 

 

 



Craftwork cards kit

Today I am showing you the layout the ladies did last month with their kit from me. I managed to get some lovely papers from Craftwork cards, in the softest purple/plum/mushroom shades...very unusual. I created 2 single layouts...the first one

 

The first one uses lots of the die cut that came in the kit.  I used some Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms dies to create the flowers and leaves and the flourish across the top is a d'lite Spellbinder die. The journaling stamp is from Prima and came in the kit. The flourishes are from an old Inkadinkado gemstone flourish set and I included some lovely pearls from the Hobby House to embellish the layouts. One of the papers is covered in typewriter letters so I used 2 sizes of circle punches to create the title. The stamps on the tickets is from an set I have had for years and its without the casing so I cant remember whose it is but there are plenty of ticket stamps on the market now.

 

The second layout

 

 

uses the same items, I cut the circles on my EK Success circle cutter and the lace was wrapped around the ticket die cuts. The ribbon is Perfect Plum taffeta from Stampin'Up! brads are from Bazzill.



Totalpapercrafts March Kit 2

From this week I am now running the Totalpapercrafts club for Karen as she is moving. This is the first kit we are doing, the kit includes a sheet of cardstock, 4 double sided patterned cardstock, some ribbon and a bottle of Maya Mist. The paper range we are using is Prima Lyric and this kit design is for a single layout. Suitable for many themes of photos, I went with a photo of my son and my daughter-in-law on their honeymoon in Bali. Photo size is a 6" x 4" landscape and mine has a white border.

 

 

My resolution for a while now is to not put away in a crate, bags of left-overs from previous kits with the promise to myself that I will do something with it another day.....does not happen and hence why I have a crate full of leftovers. So if I think theres enough to get another page out of a kit I will post on here what I have done.

 

 

All I have added is an extra sheet of white 12x12 and the use of a Tim Holtz Floral Garland Sizzix die, its one of the long strip ones. For the leaves I used a Martha Stewart Branch punch.

 

 

To do the doily effect I had some die cut Cheery Lynn doilys from a die I borrowed from a friend and I just sprayed the back with some Crafters Companion stick and spray and positioned the doily on a piece of card I had left over. Gently spritz with the spray in the kit and I repeated again in the other corner. I love the result and if you dont have any doily dies then you could use a paper doily that are easily available now in craft shops and are very inexpensive. I literally have a few odd tiny scraps left...very satisfying..lol!!

 

If you are interested in receiving Karen kits or attending club nights please get in touch

 

I have just completed another Totalpapercrafts kit from March which I will post tomorrow....using my absolute favourite range at the moment Prima Engraver.