It's Big - It's Exciting - Stars in their Eyes 2012

This is your time to shine and scrap like a 'STAR designer' !!!!. You have all heard about this comp on TV, and we have created a scrapbooking version. Each of our wonderful DT girls have chosen a STAR for you to emulate over the next nine weeks.

HOW IT WILL RUN

The competition will be launched on Wednesday morning, 9 MAY 2012 with the first STAR being revealed. Each Wednesday morning a new STAR designer will be revealed by one of the DT girls along with layouts in their classic style. Your task is to design a layout in the style of the STAR, (not a scraplift of the designs displayed), and upload it to the gallery (a link to the album will be included each week.) by the date specified. You will have until midnight the following Tuesday to submit your layout. All submissions will be revealed together at the end of the week. You must be a member of our gallery in order to view and submit layouts for this competition.

JUDGING

They will then be judged by the STAR. Each week points will be awarded for first (4 pts), second(3pts) and third (2pts), and all other entries will receive 1 pt. At the conclusion of the competition the one with the most points will bag the STAR prize, with second and third receiving a consolation prize.

PRIZES

We have a HUGE prize package of goodies for you - pics will be revealed in Week 3. .

So what you need to do now is to register here by Tuesday 8 May 2012. You have to be a member of the forum to gain access - just fill out the short form and we will approve you pronto!!!

October Afternoon Inspiration

As part of my Scrappin Patch Design Team kit this month I was lucky enough to work with the gorgeous Farmhouse Range from October Afternoon.

Here are two of layouts I have done so far using these gorgeous papers...

and I have a done step by step instructions for the layout below which you can check out on the Scrappin Patch Blog

I'll be back towards the end of the month with some more projects I've been working on.

TFL & Happy scrapping

Anything Goes

OHHHH what a fun challenge this week over at Challenge Me Happy, you can do anything you want to,
 I have created another layout using the new Manor House 6x12 PP's.

I have used the My Private Happiness Paper - Creative Dreams, as my main sheet, and then cut some circles from the My Private Happiness Paper - The Most Beautiful Moments.  I tried out some texture paste using my Prima Brick Mask, then once dried I used some soft pink Tim Holtz Distress stain over the top using a wet wipe giving it a soft tone.  Absolutely thrilled the way the brick work came out....

  

For my title I have used a Chipboard Title "Everyday Moments" from 2 Crafty and sprayed with Chalkboard Glimmermist, to compliment the blues in the pattern papers.

To give the layout a bit of dimension, I have used some foam tape under some of the circles, and added a little Prima Daisy flower.

Great Challenge - loved doing this layout, I am sure I will using more texture paste on my layouts.

Happy Scrapping

April Sketch - Scrappin Patch

WOW I cannot believe today is the 1st of April, and day light saving is finished, it doesn't even feel like we had a summer this year, and now the dark short days begin, frosty wintery morning, and hopefully beautiful sunshine during the day, maybe even a snow drop or two again.....

Annelie Maddock created this wonderful sketch for the Scrappin' Patch April Sketch Challenge, it's such a great clean design to work with.

Here is the sketch

and here is my example

 

Products used :-

On the Bright Side - two - Grey Paper (as my base)

Die cut Tags from On the Bright Side - Two 

Bella Boulevard Alpha Stickers (Big Ones)

Fancy Pants Childish Things Stickers (Small Red Ones)

Crafter's Workshop Stencil to create the paint splatters

Black Brilliance Ink

Washi Tape

Chipboard Circle covered with Ribbon

To create the paint splatter  -  I used the Crafter's Workshop Splatter Stencil, and rubbed some Black Brilliance Ink over the top to create the splatter design.

You have until midnight on the 30th April 2012 to upload your layout in the gallery to be in to win.....

Mad about GELEEZ

Emma absolutely loves the new crafty Geleez... she has collected just about all of them, today we went and bought her the collection pack, which came with sooo many more to colour in.  Perfect photo for me to use my new Fuji Instant Camera, and instantly I had my printed photo....

Anyway I decided to use the photo to create Sketch # 201 over at Creative Scrappers.  So here is my example..

 

I used the new My Private Happiness Paper - The Sweetness of Life (by Manor House) as base main feature, one small 6x12 sheet of paper on Bazzill Cardstock, that's all.  I have created some little banners with the bottom section of paper, and backed it onto black cardstock to make it POP.

 

Really great sketch to work with nice and clean and simple, and absolutely loving those new Manor House Papers.....

TFL & Happy Scrapping

 

Make your own embellishments

Back from the Scrappin Patch retreat, it was great to catch up with everyone, and once again it was a fabulous weekend away.  Didn't actually get that much scrapping done, managed to finish my SMASH Album (Trina's Class) and then did two Exploding Boxes (Megan's class).  A great weekend away though.....

This fortnight's challenge over at Challenge Me Happy is to create your own embellishments, something I have been doing alot of lately.... so it suited me perfectly.

  

I have used the My Minds Eye Bright Side range of papers for this layout, absolutely love the Orange, Teal and white together - they complement each other so well.  I bought the whole kit as it was alot better value for money, and of course everything matches....

For my handmade embellishments, I made my own banner and looped it through with some black / white twine and in-between to give a little dimension - added some random buttons.

My second handmade embellishment, I have used some Packaging from Pink Paislee London Market Jumbo Numbers - oooh la la they are gorgeous - anyway I cut around the back of the packaging and popped it up with some foam tape, and popped a handmade banner underneath it....

Here are a couple of other layouts using the same range of papers, and I still have 3 full sheets of PP left.....what a bargin for $21.00 for the kit over at Scrappin Patch.  You get  9 patterned papers - one of each design, and one 12 x 12" sheet of diecuts.

 Here is a little close up - including some WASHI tape on this one layout,














 and this one includes a October Afternoon Tin Pin.... love those toooo

Absolutely loving this range, I bought the blue / red one as well, sooo still have lots of scrapping to get done.

TFL & Happy Scrapping

Brochure with a difference

Emma had a project to do where she had to create a travel brochure of somewhere she would love to visit.  Instead of doing normal small tri-fold brochure she decided to re-cycle a scrapbooking PIZZA BOX as her brochure.

The destination chosen - NEW YORK, what better way to present the brochure, as we know there is alot of Pizza eaten by New Yorkers....   here are a couple of pic's of her project

THE FRONT COVER

THE INSIDE RIGHT HAND SIDE

THE INSIDE LEFT HAND SIDE

THE BROCHURE OPENED UP

SIDE VIEW OF THE BROCHURE

The idea behind the black / yellow check around the box is the taxi cabs are all yellow (well in them movies they are - not sure whether they are in real life) maybe someday Emma will be able to see for herself.

Very proud Mum, so I had to share....
TFL
Heidi