Stick It Down Layout for March

Hello Lovelies

 

 

It's Stick It Down time again and the sketch this month is by Antonia.  Head on over to the Stick It Down Blog to add your own project!

I loved the diagonal details on the sketch, but my style is pretty heavy on paper!  

 

  

Sara Scraps came to my rescue when she shared this layout of her son and I thought I could apply the general idea to the sketch.  She even dared me to keep it clean and simple! 😂😂😂

 

 

Now I'm not a girl to resist a dare, but even I know when something is a lost cause! 🙈🙈🙈

I started by going though my camera roll for a pair of photos and a story.  Facebook memories helped by reminding me it's been 3 years since this even for JDM car enthusiasts and while the story probably is more recent, it doesn't make a huge difference to album chronology.  

Having figured out my story, I had to include black and a very specific shade of blue.  I ended up pulling mostly papers from Shimelle's Sparkle City collection with a background from Glitter Girl.  the black paper with neon signs had me thinking of drifting so the one from the paper pad with the holographic was a great place to start!  The ombre background paper reminded me of the duochrome paint finish on some cars.

 

It was going to be a bit busy so I toned it down with gesso and added paint and mist splatters.  I even had some prehistoric Flutterbies from American Crafts.  Hands up who still has those?  Bunting kind of goes with an even like this and the one I used which was meant to co-ordinate with Dear Lizzy's 5th and Frolic collection is a great colour match for the black neon sign paper!

I also used some Simple Stories Bro and Co for the stamp set, stickers and die cuts.

Title

Chipboard and foam thickers for the title - Micro Glue Dots make the chipboard ones a breeze to adhere! (Thanks Columbus Trading❤️)

 

Embellies

In addition to some stamps for the diagonal embellies, I also used some clear and cardstock stickers and random car themed die cuts and stickers.

 

 

Journaling

Black and Blue

Please see what the other girls on the Design Team have made and also check out Sara's YouTube channel!

 

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Scrapbook Page for "Inspired By" series and Memory Lane YouTube Hop

 

Hi Lovelies

 

Fashionably late (again), but  I got there in the end!

It's the fourth week of the month so it's Shimelle week at Moira's "Inspired by Scrapbooking Classes" series and I jumped in at the very last minute for Kristin's Memory Lane hop.

Inspired by Online Scrapbooking Classes

Moira’s Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/ortienomade​ 

Moira’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mooreilly/​ 

Carina’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cbscina

Karin's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kadas_scrapbooking/ 

 

Memory Lane Hop 

Kristin Crafts: https://youtu.be/mfaI7_F5NUs​ 

Moira: https://youtu.be/98o24TPQXsA​ 

Shannon: https://youtu.be/l6mRVwrOE1o​ 

Janet: https://youtu.be/BiCSinwX76g​ 

Alex: https://youtube.com/user/PinkCraftyMa...​ ⬅️ you are here! 

Jennifer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCXk...​

Process Video

 

 

This time as I explained in my video I left the journaling area blank to be added later after this layout goes up on socials.  Was a tough call for me and not something I will be doing often, but sometimes it's necessary.  It goes on the lined paper next to the photos.

 

Here are the pics as promised:

 

 

 

 Gather Together...Separately!

Till next time, 

Love and memorable, inspired scrapbooking!

Stick It Down February DT Layout (Single Page Team)

Hello Lovelies!

 

It's Stick It Down time again and this is the sketch single page team is working with this month.

 

I had ideas for this layout for a while while. but this sketch brought it all together.  

 

The clouds on the patterned paper background combined with the cut files I cut with both patterned paper and vellum layered over it.  

 

Stitching sequins down isn't as easy as it looks!
 

 

Title

 

Journaling

 

Embellies

 

  Cat on a Hot Tiled Roof

Love and Stick It Down!

Inspired by Online Classes - February Week 1

Hello Lovelies!

I finally got my act together (albeit late!) and have my first video for my collab with Moria and Carina.

The first Saturday of the month is a Redefined Kreative class.  I've only taken Layout Palooza 3 so I'll be working through that til it's finished.

This is one of the extra layouts Khristina added for the benefit of those who hadn't got their kits yet.

I pretty much had my supplies picked and put aside and knew which story I wanted to tell.  The fold out booklet for journaling is perfect for a longer story.

Process Video

Title

 

Embellies

 

Journaling

Moira’s Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/ortienomade
Moria’s Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/mooreilly

Carina’s Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/cbscina

Redefined Kreative

https://www.redefinedkreative.com

Didn't Die

 

That's all for now!  See you next week with some Altenew cardmaking!

Love and be inspired!

Sara Scraps' 5 Year YouTubaversary hop

Hello Lovelies!

 

I'm bringing you something suuuuper fun and special today!  My main girl Sara is celebrating her 5th anniversary as a YouTuber and asked a bunch of us to make this an event to remember!

She is having giveaways on her channel then kicks off a Video Hop with some amazing talent along the way!  (I'll paste the line up at the end of this post!)

So lets bust out the confetti and anything that makes noise and celebrate with Sara!

 

Meanwhile here is my video and still pics...

YouTube Process Video

Background

As I mentioned in my video, I made my background based on a video Sara shared on YouTube promoting her Mixed Media Backgrounds Vol 1

Title

I hope the title doesn't offend anyone!  It's not like I go around making that gesture (and Fitz doesn't usually either!!)

Journaling

 

 Embellies

Flipping The Bird

Full Video Hop Line Up 

Sara Scraps - https://youtu.be/gj8X-myPcwI 

Shimelle -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmHd6y0CLC8 

Becki Adams- https://youtu.be/7QXp92hLpoI 

Paige Evans- https://youtu.be/yGrdNpvIB9U 

Christy’s Beautiful Life-https://youtu.be/ubNCoIgPRMw 

Dearly Dee- https://youtu.be/c8ubXhymFAo 

Created by Gwen- https://youtu.be/1FSaJmF2KYU 

Khristina Sorge-https://youtu.be/8mYBlNCulgI 

Jen Schow- https://youtu.be/xUjyDny2Mvk 

My Little Journal- https://youtu.be/AZFTePH2CFc 

Jody Spiegelhoff- https://youtu.be/TOCDwzd-LM8 

Koren Wiskman- https://youtu.be/JUIjCOb4MUI 

Nicole Nowosad- https://youtu.be/q7OZ9fVSAFE 

Pink Crafty Mama- https://youtu.be/QENnmWrDdCE (you are here!!) 

Meghann Andrews- https://youtu.be/JQ6bRYcfRko 

ColieBing- https://youtu.be/toJWbN7M9zU 

Missy Whidden- https://youtu.be/2gjZ5Nsetf4 

Beth Solar- https://youtu.be/OExwor43HE0 

Brianna Lepper- https://youtu.be/Atg4Gond1o8 

Moira O’Reilly- https://youtu.be/aX5Dzho8Cgc

 

 

Love, and Happy YouTubaversary Sara!

 

 

 

A New Collab at PinkCraftyMama for 2021

Hello Lovelies!

It's a new year over at PCM Headquarters and I really really want to step things up in 2021 especially where my YouTube channel is concerned.

So...what's happening?

Well The Paper Girls are on a (hopefully temporary) hiatus which you can read about here.  The Rona has caused all sorts of headaches for our families even if none of us have actually been sick with it.

Sara Scraps is taking a (also hopefully temporary) break from Quilters Vibe, but the the rest of us will (again hopefully) keep going without her.  Not in January though,  Well this is a great start isn't it? 🤦🏼‍♀️

Stick It Down remains unchanged and I'm pleased to announce a NEW collab!

My lovely friends Moira (YouTube and Insta) and Carina are powering their way through online classes they've purchased with a different one each Saturday on YouTube and insta.

 

They've said I can play with them and I'm so excited!  I think this will give me the impetus I need to get rolling and stay rolling!

I have a loose plan of which class I plan to do each Saturday of the month.  It's not 100% locked in yet, but I definitely want to put a dent in the following:

• Shimelle Classes
• Online Card Classes
• Kit and Clowder
• Brush Lettering
• AECP Certification
• Random ones like Layout Palooza or Sara Scraps

I know Moira and Carina are doing some of the above so I may try to co-ordinate.  I also know some classes simply wont translate well to process videos like the brush lettering.  Maybe two scrapbook and two card classes each month?  I dunno!

I had hoped to have had something ready this past Saturday, but I will be ready this week!

And lastly, I hope to do some regular quilting and get my quilty blog up to date (which you can find in the left sidebar).  All this mask making in 2021 has helped me get my quilty groove back!  Who knew?

Love and inspirational scrapbooking!

SID DT Layout for January

Hello Lovelies!

This month our sketch for the Stick it Down Single Page Team is by the lovely Antonia and I REALLY love it!

I can't tell you how I came to chose Book Week for this layout, but I did and what better way to use all the fun and whimsical images from Shimelle's Head in The Clouds and Never Grow Up collections.

Aren't childhood stories all about the dragons and unicorns and mermaids and all those fun things?

I decided to use one of those really REALLY hard to use background papers with a "scene" on them.  Just because I could I guess.  Few of my stories (at least so far) seem to lend themselves to them so I tried not to re-think my decision and just jump in.  

I picked the one from the paper pad.  It has the coppery foil accents which make it a bit more special.  I backed it with the burgundy heard paper to tie in the other main colour in the layout (my nieces certainly are stretching me trying to make me use green and burgundy on the same page!).

I do confess to gutting it which I rarely do simply because I love it so much and wasn't sure if I'd want it for mats or embellies.

I opted to literally interpret the instax style frames in the sketch since I have a huge box of them which don't often get used.  Every time feels like a win for me.

I was going to gesso the paper under the pics so the embellies wouldn't look so crazy.  It dried more opaque than it usually does, but most ended up covered anyway.  I figured this could be the part of the sketch that shows stenciled paste or ink.

Title

Perfect colours for the first three words taken from two Paige Evans thickers sets and the rest from Shimelle's Never Grow Up Thickers

Journaling

Embellies

Loads of stickers and die cuts and one or two chipboard bits.   I also fussy cut some books from a Head in the Clouds Up patterned paper.  

Lots and lots of Glue Dots (Thanks Columbus Trading!❤️) for sticking down stickers which have been put down and peeled up so many times they might as well have been die cuts!  

 

Enamel pearls and excessive white mist splatter to finish.  Of course!

 

 

Mulan and the Green Sheep

Please be sure to see what the other girls made and create a project of your own based on this sketch or one of the others!

 

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