Long forgotten scrapping....

I have been meaning to get on here and post a few layouts that I have done recently within the last few months and longer and have just not got around to posting them.

(Paper: Bazzill, Grant, Fiskers, Lexel)

(Other: Rubons: Love Elsie - Heidi Grace, Stickers: Ek Success, Stamp: Kelly Panacci) 

This was my most recent layout, I don't scrap all that many layouts of J and I, it always seems that we are behind the camera and we don't really like having our photos taken all that much.  I used a great mixture of new and old products in this layout, both rub ons I have had for years and the ticket stickers I have had for ever, the I love you title is a  sillhouette file. 

 (Paper: Echo Park, DCWV, Scenic Route, Mica paper & flocked paper- unknown)

(Other: Stickers: Heidi Grace alphas - Echo Park, Craft Affair, Stamp: Autumn Leaves, Distress Ink)  

This was the first of two layouts that I did in fairly neutral colours.  I have always loved bright colours and most of my scrapbooking and cards are a testament to that but occasionally you get photos or a theme to scrap that does not lend itself to the bright colours or overly busy papers, it was nice to mix things up a bit.  As usual I used a good mix of new and older products, the green/khaki flocked paper and the mica paper are seriously old and are from the very early days of this hobby.  

 (Paper: Bazzill, DCWV, Grant, Love Elsie, Handmade - unknown source)

(Other: Stickers: Cloud 9 - Chatterbox felt, Stamps: Kelly Panacci, Distress Ink, Buttons, Glossy Accents, Embroidery Thread) 

  I have been holding onto the DCWV Green stack paper for so long now waiting for the right type of layouts for its use, I am so glad that my kids are at the age now where it seems appropriate to use this paper. 

(Paper: Creative Imaginations, Grant, Bazzill, corrugated paper)

(Other: Ribbon, SVG files for Cricut)

I love this page, in fact it up there with some of my favourites but apart from the colours and just the way that it all came together the thing that I love the most about this layout is the fact that all it is is paper and a bit of ribbon, sure I got some help with the Cricut and some punches but once upon a time I would have hand cut all that.  I also believe that I scraplifted this from a layout that I saw somewhere, sadly it has been a few months since I made this layout and I can't for the life of me remember where I got the inspiration or who the creater was. 

 When I first started scrapbooking there was not the over abundance of pre made goodies to use in fact there was very little to choose from unless you were into Suzie's Zoo or Mrs Grossman so you had to make your own embellishments, and sometimes that meant cutting out for hours.  I just love the fact that it shows that you don't need expensive and pre made embellishments to make a good layout.

(Paper: Grant, Kaisercraft, Corrugated Card)

(Other: Sticker: Craft Affair, Stickles, Twine, Cricut)

This one is OLD, really, really old in fact I think it could even be two years old, I have no idea how it slipped past me documenting it.  Not exactly the nicest of experiences to document but lets face it anyone who  has kids had felt the dreaded tanty and I try to document our lives the good and the bad. 

Back to reality...

The last year has pretty much been a haze of busy and the last three months I have been in wedding overload, not to get into too much details but everything went off perfectly and the day was beautiful.  We are now however in the very last stages of post wedding wind down, all the guests have gone, the thank you cards will begin, we have a mountain of paper work to sort, leftover wedding goods to either sell or store, mountains and mountains of washing that needs to be taken care of and just the getting back into the routine and reality of what is "normal" life.

 An actual Holga wedding photo not a fake iphone number, one of my favourites, can't wait to see the others that were taken from this camera.

I am looking forward to embracing the nap where I can, they are a luxurious and self indulgent treat that I discovered after the wedding, having the time to clean and sort my house out again, having more time to socialise and finally having the time and inclination to craft and bake again.  Ohh how I have missed the simple pleasures of having a few hours all to myself with no wedding planning and organising.

How I love old stash....

You know what I love?

Actually do you know what two things I love?

Saving money/buying bargains and using my old stash.  I actually find rather a lot of pleasure in being able to re-use or re purpose something, breathing new life into something that was on its way to the bin or taking something that is old and making it look new or fit in with new products.

This is reflected a lot in my crafty endeavours, take this layout below, some of that paper is about 8 years old, some of it was rescued from going to the bin at my old work, the button came from a jar of vintage goodies found at the op shop and the pretty pink die cut paper came from a cheap multi pack of die cuts at Big W for about $5.  I did not have to buy a single a thing for this layout, it was all product that I had at home, some new and some old, some at the higher end price wise and some right at the bottom, I love it when a layout comes together like that especially when I can use paper that is from my earlier days of scrapping.   

Amazing

(Paper: K&Co, Paper Salon, GCD Studios, Lexel, Bazzill, Grant Archival)

(Other: Kaiser Pearls, Ribbon, Lace Trim, Button, Sam & Lucy Tiny Types, K&Co Stickers, Kindy Glitz, Butterfly Punch-Heidi Grace)

Blog version 2.0

So sometime last year I decided to delete the old blog and start again.  I just had the realisation that I wanted a bit of a change plus I felt that I had outgrown the old blog which I had been merrily contributing to for the past four years, bit of a big decision for me but one that feels right. 

I have taken a few months off from blogging after I deleted the old one as the reality is that I really have not had the time to dedicate to a blog.  The last few months have been a whirlwind of planning a wedding (which is pretty much almost here, eeep), working and running a household with two small children and just general life responsibilities.

So what have I been up to in the last few months?  Here are some projects that I have been working on:

So there is, a few months of creating right there.  I actually wish that there was more to show but another thing that suffered during the past few months was my creativity which is silly really as I was working in a shop environment that sold pretty papers & embellishments.

TFL, Erin