My Beach Babe

This photo is of my daughter Jasmine in January 2012, down at Hillary's Boat Harbour. We took Gran and the boys down there for an early morning paddle and to look at the sights around the harbour.

Jazzie wasn't too keen on the texture of the sand so we lay a towel down for her to sit on, then she was happy with that.

I had always struggled with beach and holiday theme layouts, perhaps I just haven't done enough of them. But I liked the way this one has turned out. I also needed to use up these old papers.

Materials Used:

Orange Cardstock

7gypsies printed paper Amalfi

7gypsies printed paper Riviera

DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies printed blue

White crotche thread

Plastic stick on A alpha

Blue medium stick on chipboard alphas

(substitute use Thickers)

Shimmer yellow cardstock

Word Ribbon - beach theme

Blue paper flower - Prima

Yellow Ribbon

Orange Ric Rac Ribbon

LA

MA - Your story begins...

This is my 2nd Son Mitchell as a new born. He wouldn't even be a day old in this photo. My inspiration for this layout came from a Colour Challenge at Scrapbook Savvy. The challenge was to use neutral colours with a splash of blue and green. I distressed the photo edges with sandpaper board and HS distressing tool to rough up the edges a bit. I also distressed the green background paper by scrunching it up, unfolding it then using sandpaper to highlight the creases. I used tearing on the brown paper at the bottom, then used a CM tool to cut lined paper into an oval shape to add some journalling. I used string wrapped into a circle and adhered a chipboard bird and ribbon. MA are Mitchell's initials.

Materials Used:

Unconventional Style using CM products.

Baby Boy patterned papers

Baby Boy Soft sticker alphas

Baby Boy clear stickers

Journalling block lined

Other materials:

String

Chipboard bird by 2 Crazy

Black felt tip pen for journalling.

LA



You Are Loved - Son

Sketch Challenge from Sassy Scrappers.

This is my 2nd Son Mitch at about 7.5months old. He had steely blue eyes and ultra fine bleach blonde hair.

He was such a good baby. Slept when I put him down and made no fuss. Perfect as a baby. Look at him now and he is 7.5yrs old.

He loved his baths especially with his brother Hayden they would laugh and play for hours if I let them in there.

We got this gorgeous picture of him from a free sitting and $15 photo from GFP studios - a promotion they had at the time. He loved posing for the camera without so much as a grizzle.

Materials Used:

Something different this time - Creative Memories

Baby Boy Papers

Baby Boy Stickers

Baby Boy Soft Papers

Baby Boy Soft sticker tags

Journalling blocks

Non CM Materials Used:

Colour Box Fluid Chalk - Dark Brown

Rope

String

SON - plastic discs

A little unconventional with the blend of two scrapping products and styles but I like the the end result. Its a little different to my general style but its nice to try new things.

LA

Lil Sis - Simply Adorable

This is a layout of my Lil Sis Tanya when we were about 16 and 18 years old. We thought we'd surprise Mum and Dad for their Wedding Anniversary and get some lovely GLAMOUR photos of ourselves for them. Loads of muck around from photography company at the time but we did get some lovely photos.

My sister is very photogenic and her smile is very natural, although posing for a camera is not her idea of a lot of fun but when she does smile she lights up.

I created this layout from a Word Challenge over at Chookscraps. The word was GLAMOUR so I decided to finally scrap this lovely casual picture of my sister.

Materials Used:

DCWV The Blossoms & Butterflies Stack of printed paper.

Loads of Prima flowers doubled up to give some depth and dimension.

Blue gingham ribbon

Brown loop ribbon

Brown lace edging

White thread for stitching

Kaisercraft - Tigerlily Butterfly

White Acetate printed embellishment

The flowers pick up the blue tones in the photo and the brown gives a lovely contrast.

LA



Beautiful Spirit - Layout Challenge

Thought I'd try a challenge to keep the scrapping 'mojo' happy. This Challenge is from Chookscraps March Non-Sketch forum.

The Criteria:
Paint
No Cardstock (printed paper only)
Off Centre design
Equal number of embellishments.

I have 10 embellishments. The flowers on the top right are part of the printed paper I used, I just cut partially around it and slid the photo behind it.

The photo is of my bestfriend's daughter. I loved scrapping pictures of her, and still do as she is very pretty. But at the time I had 2 boys and she was the only girl around. I love her as if she was mine and I love it that she is such a girly girl. I'd give her gifts for birthdays and christmas that I could only wish to give a daughter. Now that I have a daughter of my own my next challenge is to get a nice picture of Nessie and my Jazzie together in a pretty photo.

Materials Used:

DCWV - The Blossoms & Butterlies Stack (glitter and foiled)
Fancy pants big board chipboard Butterfly
Grace Taylor - Grand Adhesions 3D stickers x4
Merci Canvas tags x3
Kaisercolour Antique White acrylic paint
Kaisercraft Pearl flourish

I love working with pinks and blues together, it creates a beautiful contrast together.

LA

Bo Bunny 'On the Go' Wall Art Kaisercraft Kite

Well, as promised here is my Off the Page Class project for Smudge and Sparkle due in May, but is on display to view. From all the products used for this, I still had enough to make 5 cards as displayed in the post below.

To view the product list scroll down 2 posts as I've listed all materials. I really enjoyed this project, but it did take some time to complete. Approx 4 hours was the time it took but it was a lot of fun.

So if you are in WA Australia and really like to come to my class, please keep an eye on the Smudge and Sparkle website as to when it will booked for in May and contact Wendy to book your seat. I'll teach you a few techniques I used and some helpful tips when making your own embellishments for this Off the Page project. If you don't finish in class you are welcome to finish at home or contact me through my blog here for help or email me.

Bo Bunny 'On the Go' Cards

 From the left over scraps of the previous project I was able to create 5 boy birthday cards. All the products used is the same for the Off the Page project except the metal punch alphas that were given to me in a RAK package many moons ago. They seem to go well on these cards.

Creating cards are fairly quick to make depending on how elaborate you make them. Kids ones are generally pretty simple without much 'Hoo Haa' to them. A picture of something raised against a background of printed / patterned papers and cardstock will look great. Want some wow factor

try using some doodle bug glitter cardstock, the texture and and shine can really make it pop.

Stamping and colouring with watercolour pencils or chalk is another option if you don't have much in the way of printed paper with pictures. You can always stamp your cardstock for background patterns and add a bit of kindy glitz to jazz it up. A lot of scrapping and or stamping magazines may come with printed paper, sentiments, stamps or pictures in it to get you started.

I love chipboard pictures and words and can really add a feature to your card or display a sentiment. Next time when you're online check out one of your favourite online stores or down at your local scrapbooking shop as they are bound to have a whole heap of them.

Till next time.

LA

DT Creation for Smudge and Sparkle Sneak Peak

 For the past 2 days I've been working with some delectable papers from the Bo Bunny range - "On The Go". This project is for an upcoming class. for Smudge and Sparkle, Ellenbrook WA. Will upload full picture once its displayed at LSS.

Materials Used:
Kaisercraft Kite Wall Art
Large distressing chipboard letters (covered in Bo Bunny 'On the Go' paper Brown) Road Signs
Colour box fluid chalk - Dark brown
Bo Bunny - 'On the Go' large vehicles
Bo Bunny - 'On the Go'  Squares
Bo Bunny - 'On the Go' Roads
Doodle Bug Glitter Cardstock Bumblebee
Doodle Bug Glitter cardstock Sapphire Gem
Wow Boy Truck Chipboard
Ribbon - Orange, Fluro Green, Strong Blue, Yellow Buttercup x 1m each
Chipboard Arrow and Photo holder
Chipboard cutout circle
2 x Orange large eyelets
2 x Green large eyelets
White Thread for hand stitching.
1 x yellow slide frame
1 x blue slide frame
1 x Chipboard tag
Doodle bug sticker alphas - Simply Sweet - Blue Jean


Adhesives: Ribbon tape ( Wacky Tack ), Double sided tape, foam tape.

Techniques: Distressing, Layering and using dimensional magic for raised shiny texture.

If you have any questions about any of my creations don't hesitate to ask.

LA

Geisha Card

I love putting together Oriental Cards and Off the Page creations. Here I embossed some wording in gold and made the beads and blossoms by hand. I added a touch of gold versa colour ink to the rim of the blossoms with a few drops of Dimensional Magic to give some gloss. I used Modge Podge to glaze and adhere the paper beads and attached them with threading to a gold ring. The Geisha photos were downloaded from the internet and printed onto photo paper.

Materials Used:

Red cardstock

Red thin paper

Basic Grey pad (6x6) Scarlet

Versa Mark water mark stamp

Versa Colour Gold ink

Versa Colour White ink

White thin paper

Flourish stamp

Gold embossing powder

Stampin Up Cranberry ink

White thread

Warning: Very fiddly paper blossoms and beading.

LA

Mother's Day Card

Vintage card perfect for Mothers Day or any other female special event. Add your own personal sentiment or quote to personalise the card.

Materials Used:

Basic Grey printed paper pad (6x6) Blush

Kaisercraft Tigerlily butterfly

Prima paper flowers vintage and stone rose

Wired pink flower

Wired red flower

Colour Box fluid Chalk - Dark brown

Use double sided foam tape to create extra depth. Inking around the edges also creates that old vintage look to your card designs.

LA

Framed Flowers

I like this one, just love browns, blues and whites together with a touch of bling. Nice enough to add whatever sentiment or quote to personalise it.

Materials Used:
Blue and Brown striped pattern paper (6x6 pad)
Die cut picture frame
Silver brad
String
Frosted flower tag
Prima flowers - Stone Rose
Kaiser Bling Rhinestones
Brown Ribbon

LA

Cherished Friends

Many of us have a particularly close friend that you could open your heart to about anything without feeling judged. I have one of those friends and she and I could talk till the cows come home. We respect each other's decisions and are there for each other when we need a little advice. We share our hopes and dreams, the things that make us sad and the times of great joy. Across such distances that divides us now, we can still pick each other up off the floor when we've hit the ground, by a phone call, card, or letter. We know each other's song in our hearts and can play it back when we've forgotten the tune.

I miss my Best Friend, but she knows in her heart how much I love, adore and cherish her and her family.

Send a card to your Best Friend and let them know that you are thinking of them. Create one yourself as a personal touch is just so much more heartfelt because you've made it just for them. Sending a card 'just because' is also a nice suprise that will bring a smile to your friend's face.

Here is mine.

Materials Used:

Powder Blue Cardstock

Brown Ribbon

White embroided ribbon

Prima flowers blue and brown small and large

Silver swirl brad

Light Blue beads

Kaisercraft Tigerlily Butterfly

Verse

White Cardstock

Basic Grey Printed paper blue and brown

LA

Some wonderful news, I'll be joining the fabulous Design Team at Smudge and Sparkle at Ellenbrook WA, doing a variety of creations and teaching some really crafty ladies. I'm really looking forward to this, and really stretching and flexing my scrapping repertoire. Adding a variety of mediums and textures to the already broad range of techniques. So if you live in the local area or in the nearby suburbs come down and pop into the shop for some great inspiration and a mega range of scrapping supplies for your  needs whether you enjoy card making, off the page creations or layouts.

You'll find on their website, their upcoming classes and Scrapping Retreats so take a look or come in to 1/24 Comserv Loop, Ellenbrook, WA 6069. Hope to see you there.

LA

Easter Card

From PageMaps March 2012 - CardMaps Sketch

Here I used the Sketch from Page Maps - Card Maps 2012 By Becky Fleck and created an Easter Card. Using the above sketch I'll create a few more using different colours, sentiments and products to help give you some ideas for your Easter Cards.

Materials Used:

Cardstock Blush

Basic Grey Printed Paper

Lace

Large material flower

Medium material flower

Medium paper flower

Small Prima paper flower

Bling flourish Black

Metal Flower Brad

Kelly Panacci Rub Ons - Time

Puff White sticker alphas

Scrapbooking Australia Easter Template - Rabbit

Cardstock White

Keep an eye out for more Easter card examples coming up.

LA

Miss You Card Challenge

This card was designed from a sketch challenge at 'Once Upon a Sketch' blog site where you can follow their sketch challenges and create a layout, card or off the page design using the sketch as inspiration. There is a little bit of a criteria to follow and you can upload your designs for a chance to win some great prizes.

This is my creation in the form of a card.
Materials Used:

Scrap printed paper brown and cream stripes.
Basic Grey Infuse ~ Breathe
White cardstock
Dark terracotta colour cardstock
Green ric rac ribbon
White lace
Brown Ribbon
Colour Box - Fluid Chalk Dark Brown

I made the raised paper flowers from the cardstock and used some double sided foam tape to create depth and dimension. I've cut out flowers and leaves from the Basic Grey paper and flicked up the edges of the leaves. Layering really makes your creation pop with dimension.

Favourite Creations

Thought I'd post some of my favourite layouts, cards and off the page creations today.

The first one is of a friend's little girl, she had such a huge smile and was just adorable. I just loved the papers and large glittery words.

Summer Sun was a layout of a group holiday to Pt Hughes SA at a caravan park near the beach. Mitch and Hayden along with Makai enjoying their time by the waters edge. Mitch wasn't particularly fond of the water and waves but was happy enough to watch from the shore.

Diamond in the Rough, was the same weekend but a picture of my best friend's daughter. She looked so gorgeous in her little dresses but soon followed my boys into the dirt and kicked around stones. Such a gorgeous thing, but she was happy enough to eat chips and read the newspaper.

Arms Wide Open, a picture of my two older boys when they were young. Mitch might have been around 2yrs old and Hayden about 5yrs. Mitch used to crawl on Hayden to give him hugs all the time whether he wanted them or not. I did a lot of hand stitching in this layout and doodling. The layout was originally created for a competition years ago in a scrap magazine 'ForKeeps Scrapbooking Magazine', but I never sent off my album as I didn't thing my work was at a standard worth considering so I ended up just keeping it for myself.

The last picture of a card I made with hand made paper flowers with bling centres. Papers used were from the Once Upon A Time paper stack and general cardstock to match to create contrast.

I love creating various things for my family or for my photo albums as its so much nicer than the ordinary photo albums. I just need to get some more albums I think :)

LA

Once Upon A Time

A creation based on a sketch from Chook Scraps so I thought I'd give it a go.

My bestfriend and her daughter at Nessie's 1st Birthday Party, March 2006.

Materials used:

4 printed papers from the Pad 'Once Upon A Time'.

1 Textured cream paper handmade

Colour Box fluid chalk - Dark Brown

Wide Brown Ribbon

4 paper Flowers

1 large brown fabric flower folded in half

1 pink bling brad

4 threads of hand stitching

Note paper for journalling.

The browns, dusty pinks and a hint of gold on the paper give it a spin of 'Old Worldy' with the paisely background. I love clustering, perhaps a signature of mine as it can be seen a lot in my layouts and card creations.

Will look at some more Scrapping this week. Maybe I might be game enough to try submitting.

LA

Friendship Card

A Friendship card to let them know you're thinking of them.

Materials Used:
K&Company - Peabody Pink & Brown dots Flat Paper
Designs Galore - code P5439
White textured cardstock
2x Pink flowers
1x Mauve Medium flower
2x small satin burgundy flowers
Straw Bow
Kaisercraft Tigerlilly Collection - Freesia butterfly
Colour Box Fluid Chalk - Dark Brown

Tearing paper and inking the edges gives a bit of a old worn out look. Using bulky products like flowers or using foam tape to give a 3D effect. It creates a pop out and eye catching design.

Making cards is a great way to use up all your scrap paper and short pieces of ribbon to really personalise a card for that special someone. You'll be sure that a card like this will be kept a lot longer than the everyday cards you see. You usually can't go wrong with using a 2-3 colour scheme or monocromatics ( different hues of the same colour from light shades to dark) can look quite nice.

Enjoy LA

Butterfly Card - Tigerlilly

This is card was based on a sketch challenge for March at Once Upon A Sketch.

Materials used to create it:

Pink textured cardstock
Orange textured cardstock
White textured cardstock
Orange ric rac ribbon
Kaisercraft Tigerlilly Collection - Freesia
Kaisercraft Rubons - Tigerlilly Butterflies & Flourishes
Kindy Gliz - Crystalina
Orange paper flowers x2
Pink flower

Chalk Box Fluid Chalk - Dark Brown

Quote "Believe You Can And Your Halfway There".

Altered Memo Board

Materials Used:

Wooden Memo Board from Kaiser Craft
Royal Albert Rose print paper
Olive textured cardstock
Power Pink textured cardstock
Brown patterned paper from 'Once Upon A Time Stack'
Kaiser Craft Tigerlilly Collection Butterfly printed paper
Twiddleybitz Fantasy Butterfly - with embossed wild fushia opals by Pipedream ink.
Colourbox Fluid Chalk - Darkbrown

Sheer Organza Green ribbon.

Kaiser Craft Rubons - Tigerlilly butterflys - Love Dream Wish Believe.

I use a special clear double sided tape especially on wood to hold paper down and to be invisable under organza ribbon.

I've only ever known it as wacky tack and it has a red backing. Comes in 3mm and 5mm thickness. But be warned when using this adhesive, once it is down its permanent and will not lift off without damage. But its great to adhere metals, wood and anything lumpy bumpy and ribbon without showing through.

For a closer view you may see it at Smudge and Sparkle Scrapbooking Shop, Ellenbrook on Display.

LA

Welcome to The Scrap Desk

Here you'll find a lot of my scrapbook work, designs, sketches and anything to do with scrapbooking and off the page creations. The inspiration for my creations may come from incorporating a specific technique, colour challenges or palletes, books or magazines, themes and my family.

This blogsite is purely just about my work and me as a scrapper. Hope you find some inspiration from some of the creative projects I've completed, and to help you find your creativeness with your scrapbooking projects.

From time to time I may place challenges, tutorials, sketches to help get you started.

Hopefully I'll be able to release some good news. So stay tuned.

Cheers Lea