Building blocks

They've been around our house forever and now these blocks are moving into the next generation, with a slight overlap! The last of the kids is 6 and the first of the grandchildren is 5, so our family blends through the generations. One thing that always comes out when the kids are together is the bag of blocks. The spend ages building, conning adults into building for them and pretending all sorts of scenarios.

Materials used: White card, Cosmo Cricket Get Happy papers and elements, A2Z Scraplets chipboard houses, SEI chalk ink, random ribbon, dymo tape and canvas tags. I love the canvas and fabric elements and tags that are coming back in, they add so much texture without getting bulky.

A little bit of weekend scrapping

I managed to sneak in a little bit of scrapping and once again used a couple of photos from a few years ago. Not quite as far back as some I've done recently though. Although it does make you wonder where the time has gone and also very grateful that the camera was about to capture the memories.

The first is a little man who came into my life at the age of two and enjoy the years as we all progress through them as a family. He has always loved the dog and she him, she is an absolute angel with the kids and also very protective of them. Not only ours, but the grand-children when they are here.

Materials used: Paper Loft card, Junkitz papers (Dogz), Bella Journal Notelet, RW Laser Cut by WOW title (inked to color match the green door and stripe), distressing, stitching and staples.

A Dog and His Boy

Moments like these, well they certainly do not come again. I think this is one of the few quiet and innocent photos of this child. She is now a 2 year old whirl-wind tornado who has a mind of her own and a fear of nothing. She is affectionately named Feral Beryl! And we love her to bits.

Materials used: Prima paper, Cosmo Cricket letters, Prima flowers, Heidi Swapp chipboard crown, WOW inc RW Laser Cuts chipboard title and frame, Glimmermist, Bella Brad and random leaves, bling letters and doily. The chippies have been inked and Glimmermisted with Iridescent Gold and a touch of Taffy (discontinued but we still have some in stock) and adhered to the paper using XpressIt Gel glue.

Moments like these

This week I'd really like to spend some time scrapping a few other photos and memories, hmm wonder what the chances are? Scrapbooking is a great way to relax and forget about the world around you for a while, at times it's very therapeutic as well as documenting our journey through life.


Happy Scrapping
Deb

The photos one finds when rummaging

OMG, where have the years gone. I'm not saying how many years ago but, let's just say it's a few. It's back in the days when entertaining kids didn't involve more that some bits and pieces to 'create' with or going outside to play. This day paper plates and paint were the go.

Materials used: Textured card, Sassafrass papers, Memory Maze Chipboard easel, A2Z Scraplet scalloped banner, Sassafrass cardboard stickers, ribbon, button and string.

Memory Maze chipboard on the Murray River

A Pre-school trip on a Murray River paddlesteamer in Echuca just cried out for these Memory Maze chipboards, giving a unique locality feature to the page.

Materials used: Textured card, MM paddlesteamer, MM word Echuca, Pink Paislee die cut paper, Prima flower, Cosmo Cricket mini letters, Little Yellow Bicycle paper (coming soon)

The mojo is back!

The last few weeks have been intensely busy getting the website back in order and somewhere along the line mojo got lost. Well, to be honest mojo had no hope of getting out so I think he just went into hiding. I have finally caught up with everything and after clearing my scrap space I found him, right at the back under a pile of chipboards I was intending to use on pages. We became reacquainted and I've put together a few pages.

The first one is what I call my warm up page. For some reason, after a break from scrapping I do a really basic page and then get deeper into the layouts after that. I guess it's whatever works for someone and that's what works for me. 

St. Kilda V Brisbane -  a couple of years ago we managed to get a footy game in Melbourne with both teams playing and on a weekend we could get there! 

St Kilda V Brisbane

 Materials used: Textured card, WOW football corner, RW Laser Cuts (now made by WOW) AFL Football title, Scenic Route paper and Lil Davis frame. The chipboard has simply been inked for color, using two colors on the title piece.

Magnificent Ape - Ok, warm up one done, now onto another. Still a simple page using a photo taken a few years ago on a trip to the Melbourne Zoo. The gorillas are such an amazing creature, so big but yet there is a gentleness about them. The male is truly a magnificent ape, hence the title.

Magnificent Ape

Materials used: Kraft cardstock, Scenic Route paper, RW Laser Cut Reeds (made by WOW), RW Laser Cut Ebony Butterfly (made by WOW) and Creative Spray. The reeds have been inked with greens and a wheat color and painted with a bit of Creative Spray to highlight them while the ebony Butterfly has been sprayed with the Creative Spray. A little of the spray has been applied to the leaves as well, just highlighting the inner parts.

The Old EH - The last one for today is a photo take many years ago - you know the ones, the kid is dressed in some daggy looking gear. Anyway forget the kid part because the page is about the vehicle. The kid I'll  scrapbook somewhere else - God love her. For this page I dug into my drawer of really old stash, I'm not even sure why I haven't thrown it out. It does show that what is old can be new again, it just needs a bit of revamping with current techniques.

The Old EH

Materials used: WOW chipboard (a new release), Pink Paislee paper and some really old bits and bobs. The chipboard has been embossed using a old rustic looking embossing powder, something along the lines of the distress powders and the like available. 

TIP - When embossing try mixing a couple of powders together, just a small quantity as not much is needed most times, and you'll be surprised at some of the fabulous effects that you can achieve.