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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Scrapping with Scrap Yard by Kaisercraft at Scrapbook Boutique

I've been a bit slack with my blogging recently. Last month at Scrapbook Boutique I got to work with Scrap Yard by Kaisercraft and some wonderful chipboard and rusting powder from Dusty Attic. Here are the layouts I created with them.

Details of how I created this layout can be found here: http://scrapbookboutiquenews.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/boys-will-be-boys-by-judith-armstrong.html

SBB Products used:

My second layout concentrated more on the blues and greys in the collection:

Details of how I created this layout can be found here: http://scrapbookboutiquenews.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/here-comes-trouble-by-judith-armstrong.html

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Scrap the Boys June challenge

The challenge this month at Scrap the Boys is to use the sketch to inspire you.

This is my take:

I kept pretty much to the sketch replacing one of the photos with a journal card. I used Kaisercraft Off the Wall pp and embellishments. I created the background by painting some gesso. Then used a Crafters Workshop stencil and some Viva Decor Ferro graphite. I also used a Kaisercraft stamp and Distress Ink and a Prima stamp and Viva Decor white stamp paint. Lastly I embossed some silver blots and flicked some inks around the page.

Here are some close ups. A Charms Creations Super Star layered over some of the die cut star paper that came with the range.

I embossed some silver blots onto nude chipboard letters to look like splashes of water.

Here is the sketch:

Thanks for looking

Judith xx

Monday, June 22, 2015

D-Lish Scraps Inspiration Board June 2015

Hi, it's a while since I blogged but I have been scrapping. Here is my take on the June Inspiration Board over at D-Lish Scraps. I love the colours of this board

And here is my take:

Obviously I was inspired by the colours. I also used a cardstock film strip behind my photo and lvoed the chevrons. I used the Kaisercraft collection Shine Bright, a Charms Creations Heavenly Heart with Butterfly and lots of D-Lish goodies - the sequin bow, the doiley, the flair, the wire around shine bright and the Scrap FX stamp. I created my background using up some v old Making Memories alpha rubons. These were probably nearly 10 years old but they still worked fine!

Here are a couple of close ups:

More details about the challenge can be found here

Thanks for looking

Judith xx

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Scrapbook Boutique June Blog Hop and Challenge

Hello, and welcome!!

There are two fun things for you to do - the Blog Hop and the Challenge -

first of all..... hop along on the Blog Hop - you should have arrived here from Ann's gorgeous blog and from here you'll hop on to see Linda's marvellous creation.

Leave a comment at each DT girl's blog and then finish with a comment on the Scrapbook Boutique Blog itself where the random winner will be drawn.

Just for hopping you can win a $10 Gift Voucher to spend at the awesome Scrapbook Boutique store.

You have one week....the hop closes midday June 17 and the winner will be announced on the Scrapbook Boutique Blog on June 18. Good Luck!

(Head back to the SB Blog if you lose your way - you'll find the complete Blog Hop list....hop and challenge open to Australian residents only.)

It's also time for a new challenge.

Challenge : Create a project using the photo as your inspiration.

The project can be a card, a scrapbook layout or off the page project......it's totally up to you!

Stamps :

NO Digital stamps please

The Prize :

One randomly chosen winner will win a $30 Scrapbook Boutique Store Credit.

Challenge Rules: Your entry MUST

*be newly created following the current challenge guidelines

*link back to Scrapbook Boutique Blog

*not be entered in to more than three challenge sites

*you must be an Australian resident with an Australian delivery address

You may enter as many times as you like. But, in the interest of fairness, we will remove any entries that do not follow our simple guidelines and/or those entries shall not be eligible for prizes.

Thanks for understanding and playing along!

We look forward to seeing your creations.

Challenge Closes : Midnight, 30th June 2015

I was inspired by the blue and gold and the dots.

I decided to make something a bit different this month - a box.

I made my box from black cardstock. I cut 2 pieces - 15cm x 18cm (top) and 17cm x 20cm (Bottom). Then scored 3 cm from each edge on the top panel and 4cm from each edge on the bottom panel. Folded along the score lines and cut one slit in each corner. I then decorated my lid before assembling the box.
For the decoration I used my Bo Bunny Love stencil and an assortment of texture pastes. The blue butterfly is created using Imagine Crafts Creative Medium Iridescent Blue. The paste looks white but when you place it on black cardstock it dries this lovely blue. I used the Bo Bunny Pearl Pen to create the dots around the edge.

A couple of close ups:

Hope this inspires you to have a go at the challenge.

Judith xx

SBB Products used:

Bo Bunny Pearlescent Pearl Pen - Gold

Imagine Crafts - Creative Medium Iridescent Texture Paste - Blue

Imagine Crafts - Creative Medium Metallic Texture Paste - Gold

SBB Black Smooth Cardstock 12x12 10 sheets

Bo Bunny Stickable Stencil - Love

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Monday, June 1, 2015

Let's eat cake 2nd DT page for May

My Second page using Echo Park Birthday Wishes Boy Collection for Scrapbook Boutique is up on their blog. You can find more details of how I created this layout here

SBB Products used:

Echo Park Co - 12 x 12 Collection Kit - Birthday Wishes - Boy	Ranger Dye Ink Pad - Classic Cherry	Core-dinations White Smooth Cardstock Sheets 12x12 10 sheets 295gsm	Ranger Liquid Pearls - Peacock	Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue - Frosted Lace
X-Press It Foam Mounting Tape - High Tack 6mm x 2m	X-Press It Double Sided Tape - High Tack 6mm x 50m

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Kraft+ May Challenge

Hi, I knew exactly what I was going to scrap when I saw the "KraftBoard" for the May challenge over at Kraft+. I had some photos on my desk of me feeding some deer at Halls Gap Zoo last year wearing a bright orange duffle coat.

Here is my layout:

And some close ups:

I used a mix of flowers - D-Lish Scraps, Peterloo, a home made string flower, some metallic flowers from my days at The Trinket Track, and some Kaisercraft small roses. I added some pieces of hessian and some hessian leaves.

I also had these cute wood veneer deer from D-Lish Scraps and added them around the page along with some chipboard and more flowers.

Another deer. For my background I stencilled some Imagine Crafts Creative Medium Copper Metallic paste which I got at Scrapbook Boutique. I stamped some wooden palings with a Kaisercraft stamp.

Here is the "Kraftboard"

I was inspired by the orange and green, the bottle with its hessian flower and the string tying up the books.

Thanks for looking.

Judith xx

Monday, May 18, 2015

Make a Wish for Scrapbook Boutique

This month at Scrapbook Boutique I have been playing with Echo Park Birthday Wishes boy range. For my first layout I decided to use photos of my daughter to show how versatile this range is. It is not overly male orientated.