Showing posts with label Scraploot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scraploot. Show all posts

Monday, April 09, 2012

A beautiful day for Prima…

Hopefully you’ve all been able to fit in some scrapping time over the long weekend! I’ve been spring cleaning our bedroom cupboards and celebrating hubby’s birthday, so the scrapping time has been minimal but productive.

This week I showcase you some Prima goodness again. I am having a blast with this paper and the wedding pics from my brother and new sister in law’s wedding.

I haven’t used multiple pics in a while but wanted to capture these 2 individual shots of them on one page. I cut down two 6”x4” ones that I had already printed to save wasting them.
 
 
 
 
Don’t forget to check out the Scraploot online store and pick yourself up the following supplies for this page.

Cardstock – Sand 
BI Guipure Lace - Cream
Jenny Bowlin Stick Pins - Cream
Jenny Bowlin Doily Flowers - Cream
Jenny Bowlin Chalkboard Alpha Stickers - Black
Kaisercraft paper blooms
Kaisercraft Pearls – Chino
SI Magic Mount White
XP 6mm Double Sided Tape
XP Clear Gel Glue
Prima – Ingvild Bolme Chalk Ink
Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint
Miscellaneous shipping tag & brown journaling pen

Enjoy the rest of the week and don’t forget to have a go at the great sketch challenge happening on the blog at the moment.

Happy Scrapping!

xx Renae

Monday, April 02, 2012

Munchkin....

As you can probably figure, I simply can’t go past a photo of my adorable nephew and what a great opportunity with this gorgeous Jenni Bowlin range. This week I bring you a simple step by step page to have a go at.
You will need to head over to the Scraploot online store first to pick up the following:


Now let’s get you started….. 
1.       Using your black cardstock, cut a photo mat in the middle of the page. Alternatively, purchase a second sheet and use that for your photo mat. Adhere magic mount to the back of your photo mount.
2.       Using the Jenni Bowlin Red Black Extension IV "Accessory Sheet" cut a piece from the red dot side measuring 15cm wide x 6cm high. Distress and ink. Place 2cm from the left hand side and 4cm from the top of your cardstock.
3.       Using the Jenni Bowlin Red Black Extension IV "School Dress" sheet, cut a piece from the text side measuring 25cm wide x 20cm high. Distress and ink. Place along the right hand edge of your card stock and 3cm from the bottom of your card stock.
4.       Using the Jenni Bowlin "Lacy Border" paper cut a strip 29cm wide x 5cm high. Distress and ink. Place along the right hand edge of your card stock and 6.5cm from the bottom of your card stock.
5.       Using the Jenni Bowlin Red Black Extension IV "Accessory Sheet”, take the red/cream rectangle part and cut a piece 14cm wide x 6.5cm high. Ink. Place 1cm from the right hand edge of your card stock and 6cm from the bottom of your card stock.
6.       Using the Jenni Bowlin Red Black Extension IV "Multiplication" sheet, cut a piece 13cm wide x 3cm high from the black side. Distress and Ink. Place along the right hand edge of your card stock and 5.5cm from the top of your card stock.
7.       Place your photo 7.5cm from the left hand edge and 9cm from the bottom of the cardstock.
8.       Ink the 2Crafty chipboard pole and cut in half. Place either half along the left hand and bottom edges of your photo map, leaving approximately 1cm gap from the mat. Place rhinestones along chipboard. 
9.       Create your photo cluster in the bottom left hand corner of your photo mat. Take 2 large black flowers and layer. Place a large red flower just off centre of the black ones. Layer black plastic flower directly on top of red one. Place red pearl trinket through mini cream flower and adhere flower to middle of black plastic one. Taking 3 cream medium flowers, scatter under the larger flowers to create a fan effect.   
10.   Take a piece of black string and create a loop effect along the right edge of your photo. Fasten to page with staples. Place 2 butterfly stickers near the loop joins with magic mount. 
11.   Create your title with the letter stickers. Finish with a coat of Glossy Accents to create an epoxy look to the letters. 
12.   Finish your page with journaling and a coat of Glossy Accents on your chipboard.
I hope you have enjoyed this week’s page. Stay tuned for more DT work throughout the week and have a go at the April sketch challenge while you are at it!

Happy scrapping!

xx Renae

Monday, March 26, 2012

A Day of Love...... a wedding and gorgeous Prima!

Welcome to a new week, I can’t believe that March is almost at an end. To kick off the last week of the month, I bring you something from the beautiful Prima range….. I know how you all love Prima!

We celebrated my brother in law’s wedding last weekend and as soon as my husband (yes, my husband) saw these Prima papers, he commented how perfectly they complemented the theme and colours from the wedding. And yes, I must admit, he was spot on! I have used a black and white photo so as not to distract from the gorgeous papers, but if you happened to see some of the pics on my Facebook page, you will know how well matched they are to the wedding (for those that haven't, I have plenty to share in my scrapping over coming weeks, so you won't miss out!).

So with out further adieu, I bring you some inspiration from the new Prima Nature Garden Collection…..

I love the romantic feel of the papers in this range and the soft colours. As the paper is so detailed, I have made a feature out of parts of it to embellish the page. I’ve used the existing sized pieces of the patterns in the paper and cut them out and inked the edges, then finished with some Magic Mount and it has given an instant feature to part of the page.
I also wanted to continue a bit of a butterfly effect that was featured on the papers, so I found 2 different sized butterfly punches in my stash at home and punched out a few and layered them. I gave the edges a light inking and curled up the edges and clustered around the flowers.  
 
Looking to recreate this page? Head over to the Scraploot online store and pick yourself up the following supplies…


I hope you all enjoy the last week of March. Don’t forget to keep your eye out for more inspiration here on the blog during the week. Until next week, happy scrapping!

xx Renae

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Store Update... New Products Available Now

It's been extremely busy around here in the last few weeks with so many gorgeous products arriving that we had pre-ordered. So just in case you missed what has come in... here is a round up for you of what is now in stock.
From Authentique we have 2 collections....


From Glitz Designs....

From Simple Stories we have 3 new collections....




From Bo Bunny we have 5 new collections




And from Echo Park 2 new collections...



And finally 2 collections from Prima


Lots of products have been running out the door, and with so many to choose from its not surprising. To check out a particular collection, click on the name below the image above and it will take you directly to the store, where you can view the entire collection. Or if you would like to check out all our new products in store, click here
I will be back later on in the week with the cardstock match ups for these new collections.

Rach xo



Monday, March 12, 2012

Treasured Memories....

Welcome to my last page featuring this beautiful Bo Bunny range. For my last feature, I bring you a touch of green.

I have used a varying mix of shapes and templates on this page to change it up. The lovely black and white photo I have used is a favourite of mine from our friends’ wedding last year. We had such a lovely weekend up at Jonah’s relacing and celebrating with them. They are truly beautiful friends. We were fortunate to travel together earlier last year and had so much fun!

 
 
 
 
To recreate this page, stock up on the following at the Scraploot online store.
Enjoy the rest of your week and stay tuned for more design team goodness throughout the week!

Happy scrapping!

Xx Renae

Monday, March 05, 2012

Always and Forever

Welcome to a new week! I hope you are surviving in this crazy weather. With the weekend rain, it was a great opportunity for you to get some scrapping time in.

This week I bring you another page from the gorgeous Bo Bunny Enchanted range. Make sure you head over to the Scraploot online store to pick up your goodies before you make a start on these instructions. 

My beautiful photo subjects are long time close family friends and my brother’s best friend, at their wedding early last year. They were married just before we left on our overseas trip, so we were so glad we could make it. It was a very emotional and special day, it was like watching my little brother get married all over again. They also just gave birth to a gorgeous little girl that I have yet to visit, but from all the pics I have seen, she is just adorable and no doubt will be a subject of many of my layouts down the track!

So to get you started, pick up the following supplies:

And now let’s get started with putting this together. It’s all about layering and using those left over pieces of paper.

Let’s get started with the paper and cardstock.
1.     Start off using your Wine coloured cardstock as your base and ink the edges. You can also create a mat for your photo at the same time. If you don’t want to get fussy with trying to cut it out of the middle of your cardstock, then grab yourself an extra piece of cardstock. 
TIP: To make my layouts slide into my album easier, I cut my cardstock down to 30cm x 30cm before I start. Then my bulkier pages don’t take forever to try to squeeze in and I don’t get frustrated trying! 
2.     Taking your “Fairytales” paper, cut 2 pieces measuring 5cm wide x 8cm high. Distress and ink. Place the first piece 8.5cm from the left hand side of your cardstock and 0.5cm from the top. Place your second piece 7cm from the right hand side of your cardstock and 0.2cm from the bottom.
3.     Taking your “Dots” paper, cut 2 pieces measuring 6cm wide x 5cm high. Distress and ink. Place the first piece 5cm from the left hand side of your cardstock and 3cm from the top. Place your second piece 4cm from the right hand side of your cardstock and 1.5cm from the bottom.
4.     Taking your “Romance” paper, cut 2 pieces measuring 5cm wide x 5cm high. Distress and ink. Place the first piece 3cm from the left hand side of your cardstock and 6.5cm from the top. Place your second piece 3cm from the right hand side of your cardstock and 3cm from the bottom.
5.     Taking your “Rose” paper, cut a piece 22cm wide x 19cm high. Distress and ink. Place directly in the middle of your cardstock.
6.     Place Magic Mount to the back of your photo mat with your photo and place tis directly in the middle of your page.

Now let’s get embellishing!

1.     From the sheet of chipboard shapes, take the flourish and place this at the top left hand cluster of layered paper.
 2.   Take your chipboard Fleur de Lis and ink. Adhere this to the bottom right hand corner of your large piece of paper. Once it is adhered, finish with a coat of Glossy Accents.
TIP: Unless you leave it to dry for a few hours first, it’s always easier to add any wet products like Glossy Accents, after the item is stuck to the page.
3.     From the sticker sheet, take 3 different sized square shaped tiles. Add Magic Mount to the back of them and then stagger them from the bottom right hand corner of your page.
4.     From the sticker sheet, use the “Always & Forever" sticker. Add Magic Mount and adhere to the top right hand corner of your large piece of paper. 
5.     Next up, your flower cluster… this will all go to the bottom left hand edge of your photo.
-        Using one of the White Prima flowers, place this on the bottom left hand corner of your photo.
-        Using a square brad, place this diagonally under it.
-        The take another White Prima flower and place this diagonally next to the brad.
-        Then start layering with the Prima paper flowers. Using 3 patterned pink flowers, scatter them around the bundle you have created. You will create almost a circle with the flower cluster. The larger of the pink flowers has a black one just peeking out from behind it.
-        Then add a Scraploot trinket pin sticking out the top of the cluster and a sticker tag from the sticker sheet with a little bit of journaling.
-        To finish it off, take some Kaisercraft pearls and scatter them around the flower cluster. I have put a few on their own and then a cluster of 3 tiny ones here and there.
Thank you for joining me this week. I hope you have enjoyed putting this together. Stay tuned for more exciting designs from the Design Team and don’t forget to check out all the new goodies and pre orders on the online store.

Happy scrapping!

xx Renae

Friday, March 02, 2012

10.03.12 Insert Photo Here

Happy Friday everyone !
Something a little different from me today...
A layout that it is a gift for my BIL and his new wife (well she will be next Saturday) !
Felt a bit surreal making a page without a picture and using a date yet to come !
But the Bo Bunny Enchanted Collection was the perfect range to use.





Congratulations Rex & Jess...hope you have a long and happy marriage !
To make this gift layout, grab the following from the Scraploot Store:

BB Enchanted Glitter Paper - Glitter Cutouts; Love
BB Enchanted Brads
BB Enchanted Layered Chipboard
BB Enchanted Trinkets
BB Enchanted Follow Your Heart Cardstock Stickers
ASS Textured Cardstock - Black
GT Flowers - Apple Blossom Red
AC Thickers - Rockabye Glitter
Scraploot Vintage Trinket Pin
SUL Guipure Lace - White
2Crafty Chipboard - Damask
Other: Dymo Label; Plain Paper

Until next week, Happy Scrapping !

Monday, February 27, 2012

Happily Ever After...

This week I bring you a very white focussed page with a mix of black and a tiny touch of orange/beige to make the page pop.

The Enchanted range from Bo Bunny is gorgeous and gives you something different to work with every time you look at it. I chose some rounded edged stickers for this one and continued the theme through with my paper and cardstock. Then to make it stand out, I left the photo mat and photo with the sharp edges.

 
 
 
 
Feel like giving this page a try yourself? Then head over to the Scraploot online store and pick yourself up the following:

I hope you have been enjoying the Bo Bunny range that we have been showcasing for you. Keep an eye out next week for my step by step instructions page… until then, stay inspired with the rest of the creations from the Design Team.

Don’t forget you still have a few more days to submit your entry for the February sketch challenge competition. We’d love to see your creations.

Happy scrapping!

xx Renae

Monday, February 20, 2012

Wedding inspiration... something blue...

With all the weddings we went to last year, we have plenty of photos and the wedding ones work so well with this gorgeous Bo Bunny Enchanted range, so I wasn’t short of photographic inspiration!
This week I bring you a page with a blue twist….. try using a different colour as your base for the layout and incorporate the black and white elements into it.
 
For this layout, I have used the patterned paper and added additional elements with the chipboard shapes and stickers and given them a lift by using magic mount of the back of them. It just helps to add that extra dimension.

Check out the following items over at Scraploot to get you started.
XP 6mm Double Sided Tape
American Crafts Memory Marker Ash
Inkssentials Glossy Accents
Tiny shipping tag
As you can see from the close ups, I have also used some Glossy Accents on one of the stickers to highlight it.
 
 
 
A few little things as simple as adding some Glossy Accents and Magic Mount, can create a lift to your page and add dimension.

Enjoy your week and I hope you have some time to relax and scrap.
Happy Scrapping!
xx Renae