My Country Boy

Hi there! I hope your week has been going well.

I have another layout to share from this month's "Wish Upon A Star' kit from Scrappy Chat Designs..

This is a simple layout with some interesting techniques.

To see the techniques I used, hop over to Scrappy Chat Designs here.

I really love these kits and I hope you can join the Scrappy Chat girls soon!

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Live The Life

Hullo there!

I'm back with you today to share a layout I made for Scrappy Chat Designs using the gorgeous 'Wish Upon A Star' kit. This is a stunning and really versatile kit. 

If you read Fiona's post a few days ago here you'll know that four of us Scrappy Chat Design Team members met up at the escape2create retreat on the weekend before last. We had a blast! Some of us had met before but some hadn't so it was great that at least four of us could get together.

Of course, I just had to work on my Scrappy Chat layouts there and here's what I came up with:

This kit is so versatile - you could make either male or female layouts with this or do as I did and make a travel page. I love the Greek Islands and every time I make a layout of our trip there I'm transported straight back to the sunny beauty of them. Aaaahhhh.

I got a bit arty with this one, using paint, punches - and string! - in different ways. Those of you who are members will be receiving a Tech Sheet soon! I love the title - it's so appropriate.

I really can't recommend these kits highly enough. You get three full instructional videos and enough product to make at least three layouts each month. Many of the products you can use over and over again too. You also get Tech Sheets and extra support from the whole Scrappy Chat Design Team.

For further info email orders. scrappychatdesigns@gmail.comn or check the website here.

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

By the Sea in April

Hi there!


Have you seen the new mood board at Scrap Around The World yet? What an inspirational beauty! You can find this month's challenge here. Make sure you check out the rules here.

Here's the very inspirational and beautiful mood board by Hera Sugitani:

It's enough to want you go digging out those holiday pics, isn't it! That's exactly what I started to do until I remembered some photos that my brother sent me from his recent trip.

Here's what I made:

I was just thinking to myself that this layout is for Scrap Around The World and it's about a photo taken on a remote beach in Western Australia. That's one of the great things about an international scrap site - we get to see gorgeous photos from all over the world!

I really love this photo. I love the silliness of half of my brother's head and his car in stark contrast to the sparse scenery. I wanted to enhance that feeling of space so I kept this page uncluttered. I created the background with watercolours and highlighted the triangular design with a pencil. I added starfish across the top of the page and just sprinkled a few beads around then added some thread for a bit of texture without detracting from the pic.

I'm not normally one for hand-cutting alphas as I have sooo many chippie ones as well as Thickers, but I really wanted this size and the Webster's Pages paper was perfect. I used some gorgeous Dusty Attic chippies to add a few highlights but still kept the layout sparse to match the photo.

I hope you can enter the Scrap Around The World challenge this month. Don't forget we have heaps of prizes!

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1ST PRIZE
$50 worth of product from 13@rts
{A selection of the products shown below}

13arts is a Polish manufacturer specialising in scrapbook papers, embellishments & artistic mediums. See our store HERE where we ship worldwide! Our blog HERE is full of inspiration & we have a monthly challenge where all our welcome!
Follow us on Instagram HERE, Twitter HERE & Facebook HERE & remember to follow us on Pinterest HERE too!!
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2ND PRIZE
$40 gift certificate from Creative Embellishments!



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It is our mission to offer fun & inspiring products that can be added to any project to bring out your inner creativity! In the near future we will be expanding into other mediums such as acrylic & stencil embellishments.

We also custom cut for individual orders & have a wholesale store for retailers, kit clubs & classes. Do your shopping HERE! If you own a store register for our wholesale section HERE. Be inspired by our blog HERE & follow us on Instagram HERE & Youtube HERE.
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$30 worth of CHIPBOARD from 2Crafty Chipboard
{not necessarily exactly what is shown below but a GREAT selection!}

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OVER $25 worth of product from 7 Dots Studio!

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$20 worth of product from UmWowStudio!
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Shop with us HERE, follow our blog HERE & LIKE us on Facebook HERE! Follow our boards on Pinterest HERE & Youtube HERE!!
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6TH PRIZE
17.50 Euros worth of products from Danafix, France. {Exactly as shown below} Ciao 5+1 set “Vampire Knights”.



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7TH PRIZE
$15 worth of product from Studio75 {Exactly as shown below}


Studio75 is a Polish manufacturer of scrapbooking papers & items such as chipboard albums, notebooks, spiral bindings & magnetic sheets. We have our own online store HERE, a bustling Facebook page HERE & a highly inspirational blog HERE - come & visit us - let's connect!
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8TH PRIZE
15 Euros worth of product from Scrap-Unlimited {you will receive a surprise selection of BEAUTIFUL goodies!}

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$15 gift voucher from Mixed Media Place

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10TH PRIZE
Over $15 worth of product!! Courtesy of our design team!
{This month from Jelissa Mei}

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Scrapbook kit from SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE KIT CLUB Random Winner will always receive the previous month's kit from Scraps of Elegance, valued at a whopping $36.95!!



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The deadline for this challenge is THURSDAY 30th APRIL 2015.I hope you like my 'open space' layout.

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Playing with Stencils at escape2create Retreat

Hello again!

While I was at the escape2create retreat last weekend, I had a bit of a play with some cool stencils. I really liked this one - it's a Crafter's Workshop stencil called Parasols.

Apart from the fact that I love the design of this, I also love the fact that when I did different things with the stencil, the image actually seemed to change. Instead of parasols I saw fireworks, tractor wheels, citrus segments and flowers. Cool!

It's easy to play with stencils and make cards at the same time. Just cut up some white cardstock to the right size to cover card bases and started experimenting! Once you have created a background with the stencils, just grab whatever products are nearby and create simple cards with them.

Here are two of the cards I came up with:

Yep- they're the same stencil. On the 'Let Your Light Shine' card, I rubbed Gelatos through the stencil with my finger. Some of the sections are quite small so you have to get in there with your pinkie. I chose pastel colours but I could also have gone bright and bold on this and it would have worked just as well. Don't you think the parasols now look like fireworks?

For the 'Hello Friend' card, I first sprayed Heidi Swapp Color Shine through the stencil (to make another card background) then flipped the stencil over and gently pressed it onto a new piece of cardstock. A brayer is ideal for this job, but I didn't have one at the retreat so I just used a bottle of glue to gently roll over the stencil. The parasols now looked like grungy cogs so I made this into a masculine card.

I had planned to make a lot more cards but there was too much laughing, chatting and good times happening to actually let me get much work done! I'm not complaining at all though!

Here are some of the other backgrounds I made using different techniques but all with the same stencil:

And lastly - here are a few pics from the retreat. What a weekend it was!

 Happy scrappin'!

Heather

My Scrappy Chat Designs kit

Hi there,

Gosh, sorry I've been so quiet. I've been in South Australia at escape2create, a most amazing scrappy retreat. We had four days of scrapping, laughing, learning, sharing, more laughing, not sleeping, catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. It was wonderful!

In my haste to get organised, I didn't share with you that I was the key designer for the last Scrappy Chat Designs kit. I made three layouts, each of which comes with an instructional video.

Here's one of the layouts:

This kit features some new, less consumable product that you can learn about and have a play with! Aside from the divine papers by 'Adorn It', Crate Paper and Kaisercraft in the kit, there is cardstock, fun embellishments including DecoArt Americana new coloured Chalky Paint, a texture stamp from Kaisercraft, full set of Kaisercraft chipboard alphas and if that wasn't enough, there is a pot of Beck BT's Tinby Designs Metallic Melts for you to learn to use in different ways.

Here is what the kit looks like:




And in even more Scrappy Chat Designs news, the next kit has just been released today! Here's an idea of what the kit contains:



For more info on the kits, pop over to Scrappy Chat Designs here.



Happy scrappin'!

Heather

A Bright and Sunny Dusty Attic

Hi there!

I'm back today to share another Dusty Attic project. I was looking for something in my paper stash the other day and I came across a pack of older papers. I just dismissed them then, as I shifted them forward, the back of one of them caught my eye. The yellow paper was gorgeous! I promptly pulled out the pack and ended up using some parts of the other papers as well. I didn't particularly like some of them much but it just worked! There were also rub-ons in the pack which again were quite dated but I liked what they did to the page.

As you can see, having a striking photo and some fantastic Dusty Attic chippies helps! I had previously spray-painted a whole sheet of chevrons white. It's great when you can just grab a piece and it's already painted. It only takes a few moments to spray-paint a whole sheet so this is a really time-effective thing to do.

I painted the leaves of the daffodil in Jungle Green, the petals in Navajo White, the sticky-outy bit in Cashmere and the centre in Sunshine. This really isn't hard to do and the paint dries so quickly. All the other chippies were painted in Soot.

I've scattered some Heidi Swapp stamping around the background.

Don't forget to join in the Dusty Attic challenge this month. There's a whopping $100 Dusty Attic prize to be won!

Dusty Attic products used:

Chevron Panel large DA 1066

Daffodils DA 1082

Elegant Swirl #3 DA 1123

Stars #3 DA 1153

mini Stars DA 1040

Dusty in Colour Paints 

Thanks so much for dropping in!

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

You can see more of Heather's work at www.heathermcmahon09.blogspot.com.au

Scrapping the "Other Half"

Hi there,

I'm just dropping in to share some layouts I made for last month's Scrapbooking Memories magazine. I wrote an article about how to scrap your partner. I ummed and ahhed about what to include as 'your partner' as these days it could mean anything. In the end I went with majority and wrote about scrapping males from a female scrapper's point of view. I'd have needed half the magazine to cover every possible combination!

I hope you like the layouts.

And here are some close ups:

Once I thought of making a fox tail to create part of the title I couldn't resist it! My teenage son was horrified that I put something so risque in a magazine!

My other layout was a bit more subdued but I still really liked the colour combo in this.

And some closies:

Yep - that's how long we've been together!

I have this layout displayed on a sofa table in my loungeroom and every time I walk past it those Metallic Melts catch the light beautifully. I love them!

Thanks do much for dropping in.

Happy scrappin'!

Heather