Be Brave

Welcome back!

Today, my scrapbook page is not a happy one. It's about a subject close to my heart. For 12 years we have been fighting a wind project that was planned to be built near our property and now it is finally under construction. 2,000 people live within 5kms of these enormous turbines and so many people in our community have fought long and hard to prevent our beautiful rural landscape from being industrialised. We have failed in this objective, however we did manage to get better noise monitoring and checking in place for those who will live closest to the turbines, which is something.

I'm not usually a negative person and I don't usually express emotions like these in my scrapping, however the challenge at More Than Words this month is to be inspired by the word 'Future' and to add 'Stars' to the project. No matter how much I thought about alternative topics for this, I always came back to the thought of how much our environment is about to change.

Here's what I made:

The torn paper indicates the many lives that have been torn apart here and the stitching represents how we've tried to help each other as much as possible. The stars show that there is hope that our community can deal with what's coming and move on.

The paper is a gorgeous one from 13arts. I wound cotton around the alphas and one of the stars and used the same cotton to roughly stitch across the tear. I've stamped some stars on the background but the main stars are cut from book paper. I adore book paper! I even put on a starry t-shirt for the photo - lol!

I hope you can join in our challenge this month. You can find the details here.

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Eat, Play, Love.

Hello again. It's Mini Challenge time at More Than Words and the challenge is to use the word 'Play' on your card, tag, ATC or postcard. The idea for this one came to me in the middle of the night! I have no idea what made me think of the movie and book, 'Eat, Pray, Love' but this just seemed a natural progression ;)

I think this is my new philosophy in life. You can never have too much eating, playing and loving - lol!

The papers on this are mostly 13arts. The splashes of colour are just scraps.

The Polaroid frames are from The Dusty Attic. There are heaps of layers of products on these. First I coated the bare chipboard in gesso. I then added two different colour inks. I wanted more oomph though so I added some Tinby Designs Metallic Melts. First I added Charcoal, and set the Melts, then I added purple and teal colours over the top. The result is a gorgeous, subtle colour shimmer.

I hope you can join us at More Than Words this month. You can find the challenge here.

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Petticoats and Pleats

Hello there!

I got a bit excited when I saw the challenge over at 13arts. The challenge board is called 'Petticoats and Pleats' and is all about retro dressmaking. When I was young, my mum made most of my clothes. I have some gorgeous photos of me all dressed up in mum's finest creations, but my favourite photo is this one. I must have been two or three years old. I was clearly absolutely delighted with this fantasy of tulle, judging my the look on my face. I was 'All Smiles'.

My journaling at the bottom explains how I must have felt like a fairy princess.

I used papers from 13arts' stunning new Aqua Flora range plus bits and pieces from an older range. I lightly gessoed over the Shades of Black paper, allowing the numbers to peep through in places. On top of that I layered up Tinby Designs Colour Crush, Lindy's Magicals and a variety of stamps.

I coated most of my Dusty Attic chippies with silver Metallic Melts, again from Tinby Designs. I love this chunky, shiny effect. Very glam but a bit rugged at the same time ;)

I mixed some Colour Crush and Magicals with water to make watercolours and painted my butterflies with them so they coordinated with the rest of the layout.

Obviously, my main inspiration from the challenge board was the overall theme of vintage, hand-made clothes but I also used machine stitching, loose thread and an old photo. I hung a round chippie from the photo cluster.

I hope you can join in at 13arts. Here's the challenge board. You can find the details here.

Thanks for taking the time to have a look. I had such fun making this!


Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Travel is my Passion

Hello, hello!

I got a tad excited when I saw the challenge up at 13arts. The theme is travel. Travel is my other love - after scrapping!

Here's what I made:

This is one of my favourite photos from our last trip. Durmitor National Park in Montenegro was simply sensational!

I used a few different 13arts papers for this. I tore one of them into two pieces, flipped one end over and added a different 3arts paper underneath the tear. I added retro lace under the torn edges then I hand-sewed fishing swivel things (I don't know what they're called!) across the torn section for a cool look. I love the way the ombre paper blends to a differnet green as it flows down the page.

To create my blue paper behind the photo, I took some 13arts paper in a neutral colour and painted it with 13arts Ayeeda Mist in Pastel Blue. I also used the mist as a spray around my photo and I flicked it around my elements at the end.  In keeping with the metallic theme, I added various metallic elements to the page.

I painted my chippie with gesso and Ayeeda Mist then added Metallic Melts to the bottom section for a bit of texture and interest.

I cut out a sticker from 13arts' Fly Away series and added a few fussy cut pieces from some Timeless papers.

I hope you can join in the challenge! You can find the details here.

Happy scrappin'!


Heather

A 13 arts Selfie Challenge

Hello!

For the first time in ages, I have finally got around to entering an online challenge! I saw this one over at 13arts where the challenge is to scrap a photo using a selfie. You can find the challenge here.

I started rummaging through the few selfies I have, then had a brainwave. The best selfies in the world are those taken by my daughter (I may be a little biased there). There was nothing in the rules to say the selfie had to be of me so I used a classic selfie she took when she used to love dressing up in Gothic Lolita clothes. I love that these photos give me the opportunity to do some creative scrapping to match the pics.

Here's my layout - Gothic Lolita Selfie:

I loved creating the background for this. Apart from the 13arts background paper, there is no other paper on here. I created that teal framework using stamping, stenciling, paints, Silks, stitching and pen. I then layered up large alphas to create the subtitle plus add detail to the background framework.

I highlighted some of the designs on the 13arts paper with paints and used the Silks as a wash over some areas.

I treated the Dusty Attic chippies with ink and Tinby Designs Metallic Melts. I love the grungy look this creates. That chippie is a stunner - it's called French Flourish #2.

Thanks so much for dropping by.


Happy scrappin'!

Heather