Take 2

Theres a story behind this layout.....it was a class I did at my last ATDML retreat.  Last class of the weekend and I rushed the spraying with Tattered Angels sprays.  I never got around to finishing it and everytime I picked it up I liked it less and less....I had gone a bit overboard with the spray!!  So this week I took all the kit leftovers out and had another go.  I have some Tattered Angels sprays so I used a green instead of a bright pink with a Tattered Angels mask just in the middle but also covering the material tag that I had in the kit. With the pieces of Prima cardstock I created the rest of the layout.  The flowers were done in the class, we used canvas and Tim Holtz Tattered Rose die. The canvas pieces were stamped and sprayed as well. I cant remember whose border punch that was but suspect its a Martha or a EK Success.  The only thing I added was the little tickets and journaling panel.  The lace was cream but I sprayed that turquoise and the leaves are one of the new Stampin'Up! sizzlet dies. 

Much happier now and another bag out of the crate!!





Retreat layout..using Girls Paperie

Another layout from last years retreat with ATDML, the papers were Girls Paperie and the class was designed by Debbie Jewell.  Not my usual type of layout, but I am really pleased with this one, but thats what I like about going to retreats you do classes you would not normally do.

Engagment layout

Made myself sit and put some final touches to some layouts yesterday, this layout was a class at the retreat I went to in November.  The papers are from Pink Paislee and they were plain with a embossed design all over them.  They were coloured using distress ink, did not make a note of colours..sorry! The using a tissue to buff off the ink sitting on top of the resist.  I used subtle colours on mine to fit in with the photos. The frames were on another sheet which we cut around and coloured again.  The flowers were Prima and the small butterfly was Martha Stewart, the lovely large one a Marianne die. The You to me label was from My Minds Eye, not sure on the tickets, could be Tim's.  I added the "yes" onto the ribbon, that was from a pack by 7 Gypsies and some pearls I think were Prima. Not Sure what the flourish was as it came in the kit but probably Sizzix.

Have a lovely Sunday!

Life Stories

Another one of Mels kits from my retreat last month.  This uses the fabulous Life stories papers from My Minds Eye.  We made the flowers from circle punches and added pearls to the bunting and the flower centres.  Very soft and subtle layout ideal for heritage photos.....the pics are of me by the way...aahhh!!

Details of my next class on the 15th May are on the side bar, we are doing the beautiful Pink Paislee Queen Bee range of cardstock and you will be doing 2 single layouts.

Basic Grey Kioshi

Due to me not having the correct photos for a class at my retreat I ended up taking the kit and doing something myself. I really like this collection from Basic Grey...was not to sure at first but its lovely subtle colours and works well with black and white photos. I took some of the elements from the layout the class did, like stitching the hearts together and mounting the flower on cardstock in the top page, the rest of the design is my adaption as my photos were wrong orientation as well.
 
Hope you having the lovely weather like we are here, back at the weekend with this month class layout....I still have spaces on Saturday {details on side bar} or spare kits if you cant make it.

Cosmic Shimmer

Another class layout from my retreat that used Cosmic Shimmer's. Must admit I have quite a few of these bottles in my craft room that have never been touched but now I am looking forward to having a play!! They were sprayed through a May Arts template and I used a very light colour first then went over it with the blue/green colour and finshed off with the bronze colour. I felt it needed a simple layout on top so I just added some of the lovely Prima vines and a Prima stamp for the journaling. The title is done with some black glitter thickers.

Have a great weekend!

Meeting Shrek

Finally found some time to do a page today... it was a kit so it was much quicker than making up my own layout. It was a dawn Evans kit from A Trip down memory lane crop yonks ago....I changed the layout slightly as I had a different sized photo. Unfortunately I threw away what was left of the papers so I dont know who made them...the circles are chipboard circles that I painted and the alphabet is Scenic Route. I made the photo corners with a EK Success punch and the circle behind the title are cut with Nestabilitie dies. Think the photo goes great with the papers and its one I have had since 2005...so at last it has been scrapped!

My Minds Eye

This is the last layout I have to show you from the retreat...the papers are MME French Flea market and the class was taught by Suzanne Torr. I think this is probably my favourite from the weekend. I love the torn look that is so popualr at the moment and those pearls and sequins are sewn on.

Retreat

Apologies for lack of blogging but I have been busy busy busy with layouts and kits I cant show yet as they are for classes and I have been away on a retreat this weekend. I can highly recommend the retreats put on by Mel and the team from A trip down memory lane. The hotel we stay at is brilliant and the food lovely and plenty of it....its just exhausting scrapping all that time...but I love it!!

I am going to be showing you what I got upto whilst I was away over the next few days.....first my canvas. This was done with the brilliant Suzanne Torr, I have never done a canvas before even though I have a stash of them waiting to be done in my cupboard. The papers are Making Memories Paper Rouge range, the smaller hearts I cut on the cricut and the title is white chipboard thickers from American Crafts.

You make me smile

This is the layout I did with Anna Bowkis at A trip down memory lane retreat last year...as I said yesterday its not my usual style but I really love this page, so does Emma. It may be hard to tell from the photo but the layout is actually on half a 12x12 sheet of acetate...something very different. Anna is a lovely lady and I just wish I had her talent for taking photos...if you want to see some of her work click here. The papers are Cosmo Cricket Hello Sunshine and Hambly transparency. You did not get the flowers in the kit so they are from my stash.

Tomorrow I have some more left overs from Pebbles inc.