Thursday 4 December 2014

Scrapbooking - Kit #03 - Layout share "Relaxing in the Dirt"

Hello fellow crafters. Today I have the fourth layout that I created using the kit I created in August, "Kit #03 - CSI Case File #136" - CSI Case File #136".  This layout was quite a challenge, as I wanted to experiment with mixed media.  The mixed media component of this layout was inspired by Nicole Jones aka nicolejones911 on YouTube.  It eventually came together and I love the colours used and I will be using this stencil, gelatos and modeling paste again.

Below the photo is a link to my YouTube process video for those of you who may be interested in how I put the layout together.


YouTube Process Video

Cheers FiLoMa

Thursday 27 November 2014

Scrapbooking - Kit #03 - Layout share "Baptism"

Hello fellow crafters. Today I have the third layout that I created using the kit I created in August, "Kit #03 - CSI Case File #136" - CSI Case File #136".  I really struggled with this layout and nearly gave up, particularly in doing the process video.  I found I was struggling with the pattern paper I selected and the colour.  Yellow is just not a colour I would normally choose to work with, but I persevered and eventually just started sticking stuff down.  It all came together in the end and I am very please with the results.  It reminded me not to give, with a little bit of effort you can, for the most part, salvage something that you thought was lost - LOL!!!!

Below the photo is a link to my YouTube process video for those of you who may be interested in how I put the layout together.


YouTube Process Video

Cheers FiLoMa

Sunday 23 November 2014

Scrapbooking - Kit #03 - Layout share "The Pink Room"

Hello fellow crafters. Today I have the second layout that I created using the kit I created in August, "Kit #03 - CSI Case File #136" - CSI Case File #136".  This layout is very very pink and that was the point of it. The plan was to capture how growing up I had a very pink room filled with dolls.  I did not like the colour pink when I was little and though I didn't mind playing with my Barbie doll, I was much in to other dolls. I just seemed to collect them, or probably more accurately my mum collected them for me. My mum still collects the odd doll now and then today, but I am not a big doll lover.  I do, however, now enjoy the colour pink. In fact, it would now be one of my most favourite colours.  I had fun adding the Julie Nutting Prima dolls to this layout and playing with some mixed media.

Below the photo is a link to my YouTube process video for those of you who may be interested in how I put the layout together.


YouTube Process Video

Cheers FiLoMa

Tuesday 18 November 2014

Scrapbooking - Kit #03 - Layout share "Love"

Hello fellow crafters. Today I have the first layout that I created using the kit I created in August, "Kit #03 - CSI Case File #136" - CSI Case File #136".  This layout is quite simple compared to what I normally create, but the picture lent it self to simple.

Below the photo is a link to my YouTube process video for those of you who may be interested in how I put the layout together.


YouTube Process Video

Cheers FiLoMa

Monday 3 November 2014

Scrapbooking - Kit #02 - Layout share "Look Tessa...."

Hi fellow crafters, I've back with another layout as well as a process video.  This layout captures the arrival of a new kitten into my home in late 2005.  Both Connor (RIP) and Contessa were fascinated with this new arrival and looked like they could eat her up.  This is what led me to give it the title "Look Tessa mum got us a live meal".

The layout took me just over an hour to complete and I really enjoyed making another process video for fellow crafters to watch.  If you don't want to watch the video, the photo is below. If you do want to watch the process video, it is below the photo.



YouTube process video

Cheers FiLoMa

Sunday 2 November 2014

Scrapbooking - Kit #02 - Layout share "Birthday Smiles"

Hi fellow crafters, today I'm sharing a scrapbook layout of myself and my deceased dog Connor.  This layout primarily consists of pink colours, as I decided to focus on me in the photo rather than Connor.

This is the first scrapbook layout I've done in about two months.  It was a little hard getting into the groove, and this is why I do not have a process video.  The layout took me about an hour or so to complete, as I did some elements in stages through out the day.

I'm really happy with how it turned.

Cheers FiLoMa

Monday 25 August 2014

Scrapbooking - Kit #04 - Counterfeit Kit Challenge (CKC) August 2014

Hello fellow crafters. I have decided, albeit possibly a little too late in the month, to participate in the Counterfeit Kit Challenge (CKC) for August.  Well, to tell the truth, I'm not sure if I will actually participate in the challenge but more I have used the CKC inspired kit, Studio Calico's Penny Arcade, as the inspiration to build my kit.  The colours are not what I usually work with, but I did want to challenge myself and use up some of those pattern papers that perhaps I would not usually gravitate towards.  Below is a photo of the Studio Calico kit that created the inspiration, a link to my YouTube video and some photos showing my kit contents.


Here is a photo of the Studio Calico Penny Arcade kits - Scrapbooking, Cardmaking, Pocket page and the three add-ons.

 Studio Calico - Penny Arcade Kits

Here is a link to my YouTube video, showing the kit in more detail.


Here are some photos of what I pulled together for my kit.

 Cardstock
 Pattern Paper
Photo shows both side A and B
 Element & Alphabet Stickers
 Thickers
Embellishments

What I have not shown is the other embellishments such as sequins, enamel dots, doilies, stamps, die cuts and other items that I would normally put into a kit. I will use this additional items, I just didn't take a photo of them. I do consider them stock standard for a kit I would put together.

I plan to do process videos and layout shares from this kit. I hope you will check them out.

Cheers FiLoMa

Scrapbooking - Kit #03 - CSI: Case File #136 (August 2014)

Hello fellow crafters. I have decided, albeit possibly a little too late in the month, to participate in the CSI August 2014 challenge, case file #136.  Well, to tell the truth, I'm not sure if I will actually participate in the challenge but more I have used case file #136 to inspire me in building my kit. I just love the colours.

I used the case file #136 'evidence' to guide me on the pattern paper and embellishments, but I did pull in other items that don't match the evidence description. What I do not have to show is the mixed media products that I will pull in, but I suspect that I will use my stencils/masks, gesso, modeling paste and paints.

Below is a link to the CSI Ning website, a link to my YouTube video where I show the kit in detail and photos of my cardstock, pattern paper and embellishments.

Here is CSI Case File #136.
 CSI: Case File #136

You can see my YouTube video here.


Here are photos of my cardstock, pattern paper and embellishments.

 Cardstock
 Pattern Paper
Embellishments
Cheers FiLoMa

Saturday 23 August 2014

Scrapbooking - Kit #02 - Layout share "Strathrannoch"

Hello fellow crafters. I'm back with another layout involving me and my pony Smokey.  I did struggle a bit with this layout, but as you can see from the photo below, I layered a few pieces of pattern paper and then added minimal embellishment clusters.  I'm really happy with how it has turned out, especially considering I don't usually work with the colour yellow. However, true to form, I found a way to incorporate some pink into the layout LOL.  If you would like to know more about how the layout came together, please consider watching my process video. The link is below.

Here is a photo of the layout.


Here is my YouTube process video.


Products used:
  • Cardstock: Stampin' Up!
  • Pattern Paper: Basic Grey "Carte Postale" / American Craft "Best of" / Grace Taylor "Millie's Garden"
  • Project Life card
  • Spray: Mr Huey's Silver
  • Embellishments:
    • Studio Calico wood veneer
    • Amy Tangerine Bits ephemera pack
    • Maggie Holmes Flea Market ephemera pack
    • Sequins
    • Francheville Cork stickers
    • Buttons
    • Simple Stories alphabet stickers
    • American Craft Thickers
    • Doily
    • homemade enamel dots

Cheers FiLoMa

Friday 22 August 2014

Scrapbooking - Kit #02 - Layout share "Smokey" and "First Gymkhana"

Hi fellow crafters. Today I have a double page layout to share with you. I don't usually do a double page layout, but the photos I wanted to show case worked really well together and I felt the best way to do that was through the double page layout.

I have used cream cardstock, that I splattered with a few different spray mists. I made my own filmstrips to put my photos into. I fussy cut the horses and the different quotes around the page.  I did struggle to do this double layout and I believe it is because I'm not use to doing them.  I'm pretty happy with the layouts, but there are somethings I'd do differently, for example ensuring there is no gap/wasted space near the title on the right page layout.  Anyway, I have done a process video if you want to see how the pages came together.

Here is a photo of the layout.




Here is the YouTube process video.


Products used:
  • Cardstock: Bazzill "Walnut Cream" / Brown - possibly American Craft or Paper Accent
  • Pattern Paper: Close To My Heart Vellumn "feathers" / Grace Taylor "Millie's Garden" / Bo Bunny "Modern Miss" / Teresa Collins "Summer Stories" / Upikit #270083 and #270084
  • Stamps: Inkadinkado #99540 Horses
  • Sprays: Dylusions "Melted Chocolate" / Mister Huey's Pretty Pink
  • Project Life cards
  • Embellishments:
    • Heidi Swapp Dreamy ephemera pack
    • Buttons
    • American Craft Thickers: Dear Lizzy and Jewelry Box
    • Stickers: MME Miss Caroline "label"

Cheers FiLoMa

Monday 18 August 2014

Scrapbooking - Kit #02 - Layout share "Bungendore"

Edited 26 October 2014 - updated title to correct spelling of Bungendore.  Photo also updated in Picasa, which is linked to the photo below.  YouTube video has not been edited.

Hi fellow crafters. I'm back with another scrapbook layout. This layout again has a lot of pink, but I have managed to tone it down a bit with some cloud paper.

The base is a pink cardstock, which has a piece of chevron layered on top, followed by the cloud paper and a strip of vellum with gold dots in the centre.  Both photos have been matted on to pattern paper with two embellishment clusters, bottom left and top right.  For more details on the layout, please watch my process video.

Here is a photo of the layout.


Here is my YouTube process video.


Products Used:
  • Cardstock:  Stampin' Up!
  • Pattern Paper:  American Craft Amy Tangerine "Sketchbook" / Crate Paper "Best of"  DCWV "Lady Couture" stack / Close To My Heart vellum
  • Stamps: CTMH Flight of the Arrows Flair
  • Project Life card
  • Tim Holtz Picked Raspberry distress Ink
  • Heidi Swapp Color Shine Pink and Teal
  • Embellishments
    • Stickers: MME Miss Caroline "label" / Prima Anna Marie "Journalling Spot" / Simple Stories "Fabulous"
    • Paper Xtra: bling
    • Doilies
    • Heidi Swapp Dreamy ephemera pack
    • Maggie Holmes Flea Market ephemera pack
    • homemade enamel dots
    • Studio Calico wood veneer
    • American Craft Aqua foam thickers
    • Creative Memories Pink small stickers
    • Francheville Cork glasses
    • Chipboard

Cheers FiLoMa

Tuesday 12 August 2014

Scapbooking - Kit #02 - Layout share "Smile"

Hello fellow crafters. I hope you have been having fun crafting. The layout that I'm sharing with you today is quite simple and I have used an old photo of myself.  Since pink seems to be my colour of choice these days, I have gone to town on this layout.

The base is plain cardstock that I have splattered with pink and mustard color shine mists and then layered a number of pattern paper pieces on top of the cardstock and under the photo.  The majority of the embellishments I believe are from the Maggie Holme Flea Market ephemera collection pack.

I have added a Project Life card at the bottom of the photo and the embellishments have been clustered around the left side of the photo.  The title "smile" is American Craft thickers in an aqua colour.

The layout took me approximately 40 minutes and I have a process video to go with it.

Here is a photo of the layout.


Here is my YouTube process video.


Products Used:
  • Stampin' Up! cardstock
  • American Crafts Pattern paper "Best of" collection
  • Close To My Heart (CTMH) Vellum
  • Project Life Sunshine core kit 3" x 4" card
  • Simple Stories 4" x 6" overlay
  • Embellishments:
    • Maggie Holmes Flea Market ephemera collection pack
    • Studio Calico wood veneer
    • Homemade enamel dots
    • Buttons
    • Camera paperclip
    • American Crafts foam thickers 'Aqua'
    • Washi tape

Cheers FiLoMa

Sunday 10 August 2014

Scrapbooking - Kit #02 - Layout share "Nonna"

Hello fellow crafters. This layout is of my Italian granmother, Mery (RIP).  It is a favourite photo of mine even though Nonna didn't like it. I think she looked beautiful and she felt she looked old.  Nonna was 75 years old when this photo was taken.

The base of the layout was using BoBunny C'est La Vie pattern paper. I gutted the centre then mounted some American Craft tan cardstock on to the BoBunny base.  The gutted BoBunny paper was then used as a background mat.  I have a piece of American Craft acetate on top of the BoBunny striped paper.  The photo is mounted on to brown pattern paper and several embellishments have been layered around the photo.  The word 'beautiful' is a Silhouette die cut.  I have used washi tap in the top right and bottom left and sprinkled brown and blue sequins around the page.

Here is a photo of the layout:

Here is my YouTube process video:

Products used:
  • BoBunny C'est La Vie pattern paper
  • American Crafts Polka Dot party acetate
  • Grace Taylor Millie's Garden
  • American Crafts cardstock
  • Silhouette die cut 'Beautiful'
  • Tim Holtz Walnut Stain distress ink
  • Embellishments
    • Teresa Collins brads
    • Maggie Holmes flea market ephemera
    • Gold doily
    • Sequins
    • Heidi Swapp Dreamy ephemera
    • washi tap
    • Creative Memories alphabet stickers
    • Buttons
Cheers FiLoMa

Sunday 3 August 2014

Scrapbooking - Kit #02 - Putting the kit together

 Hello fellow crafters. I really enjoyed putting my first kit together, see "Scrapbooking - Kit #01 - Putting the kit together", that after taking a months break from scrapbooking I'm back with this second kit.  I followed the principles outlined in my blog post "How to create your own scrapbooking kit".  However, with this kit I decided to limit my quantities and created many small kits to make up the overall Kit #02.  To help me with this, I looked at, and took into consideration, the Scraptastic Kit Club and Hip Kit Club kits.  In addition, I also included the Citrus Twist Kit Club, specifically their Pocket Page kit.

I plan to work on this kit for the  month of August, and even possibly September. I will post layouts as I complete them and I will be trying to do a process video with the majority of the layouts.

I broke my kit up into seven categories, that being:
  1. Main Kit
  2. Cardstock Add-on
  3. Pattern Paper Add-on
  4. Embellishment Add-on
  5. Stamp Add-on
  6. Colour Add-on
  7. Pocket Page Add-on
Here is a link to my YouTube video:

Main Kit

I included three different coloured cardstock, two of each colour.  I can't recall the companies, but I believe that it is a combination of Bazzill and Stampin' Up!.


The pattern paper consists of the following companies and paper collections:

  • BoBunny: Modern Miss, C'est La Vie and Smoochable
  • American Crafts: Best of, Amy Tangerine Cut and Paste and Sketchbook, Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm
  • Basic Grey: Serenade

Since I pre-cut all the cut sheets that I have in my collection, I could not include one complete 12" sheet.  Therefore, I went through my stash and pulled out several 4" x 6" cut outs.  These cut outs were from three different companies.
American Crafts - single sided
Ruby Rocket
BoBunny

The ephemera pack is Heidi Swapp's "Dreamy" collection. This collection includes acetate & cardstock pieces.
 Acetate pieces
Cardstock pieces

I included the following embellishments:

Flair Buttons - Heidi Swapp
Wood Veneer by Studio Calico
Homemade Enamel dots
Washi Tape
American Crafts Glitter Foam "Aqua"
Creative Memories alphabet/number stickers
Silhouette die cuts
Doilies

Pattern Paper Add-on

The pattern paper add-on, consists of the following companies and collections:
  • BoBunny: Modern Miss
  • Basic Grey: Cart Postale
  • Crate Paper: DIY Shop - single sided
  • American Crafts: Amy Tangerine Cut and Paste / Best of - single sided
  • Ruby and Hazel: Gone Typo

Cardstock Add-on

The cardstock consists of six colours, two of each colour, one 12" x 12" vellum and two A4 vellum.  The companies are Bazzill, Stampin' Up!, Close to my Heart, Paper Accents, POW, Gemstone and American Crafts.



Embellishment Add-on

The embellishment add-on consists of cardstock, pattern paper, alphabet stickers, element stickers, washi tape, thickers, enamel dots, chipboard, stickers, pocket page cards, brads, buttons, wood veneers and cut-outs.  Here are the photos of my selection:


Cardstock - Stampin' Up! and American Crafts
Pattern paper
Echo Park: Yours Truely and Beautiful Life
Grace Taylor: Millie's Garden - single sided
Glitz Design: Cashmere Dame
 4" x 6" Project Life Cards - Sunshine collection
 3" x 4" Project Life Cards - Sunshine collection
Webster's Pages
Prima
American Crafts
Heidi Swapp and Delish
 Wood Veneer - Studio Calico
 Washi Tape
 Buttons
 Chipboard
 Homemade enamel dots
 Brads
Cut-outs from a 12" sheet

Stamp Add-on

Two stamp sets were included with this add-on as well as two ink pads, specifically American Crafts Amy Tangerine Accompany, Close to my Heart D1578 Flight of the Arrows Flair, Tim Holtz Walnut Stain and Peacock Feathers distress inks.


Colour Add-on

This add-on included Heidi Swapp's mini pattern stencils and two of her color shine mists, specifically Mustard and Pink.


Pocket Page Add-on

The pocket page add-on includes 4" x 6" cardstock and pattern paper cards, 3" x 4" pattern cards,  6" x 6" patter paper pad, Silhouette die cuts, wood veneers, flair buttons, alphabet/number stickers, element stickers, label stickers, label cut-outs, enamel dots, doilies, tags, stamp set, washi tape, 4" x 6" overlays, ephemera pack, cork pieces and paper clips.  The majority of this add-on has photos, but I did forget to photograph a few items.  These can be viewed on the video.

4" x 6" cardstock pocket page cards
Becky Higgins 4" x 6" Project Life Cards - Horizontal View
Becky Higgins 4" x 6" Project Life Cards - Vertical View
Becky Higgins 3" x 4" Project Life Cards - Vertical View
Becky Higgins 3" x 4" Project Life Cards - Horizontal View
Simple Stories 4" x 6" Overlays
Heidi Swapp 6" x 6" Paper pad
Simple Stories 12" Elements Sticker sheet
Creative Memories alphabet/number stickers
Simple Stories alphabet/number stickers
Mostly Maggie Holmes Flea Market ephemera pack
Wood Veneer - Studio Calico
Kaisercraft "Calendar" stamp set
small doilies
Francheville cork pieces
My Mind's Eye label stickers
Washi tape
Silhouette die cuts
camera stamped on vellum and gold heat embossing
label cut outs
tabs
mini tags
Cheers FiLoMa