Sunday, May 24, 2020

Do You Remember - NSD 2020 - Nat's Scrapbook Layout




Hi everyone 😊.  Here is my last project for May and National Scrapbooking month at Aunty Vera's. Things just didn't feel right without trying my hand at another scrapbooking layout. 
Here are my two favourite pieces of the Echo Park 'I Love My Dog' 12 x 12 papers that I stashed away just for this project.


The 'Dog Tags' paper was cut diagonally across following the lines on the print to place from corner to corner across the 'Go Fetch' paper.  I then used some of the Echo Park 'Christmas Solids' paper scraps to create two green photo mats for my pictures, cut just a little larger to create a narrow border around the photos.
I applied black distress ink to the edges of the photos and their mats to take away any white edges, then used double-sided tape to adhere the diagonal pieces to the page with the photo mats tucked underneath.


This cute journal card from the 12 x 12 papers was the next item to stick down, but I decided it needed something behind and grabbed my calico scraps. I used the card as a guide and my rotary cutter to cut the fabric just a little bigger than the card.

   
The edges were frayed and then vintage photo distress ink was applied with a blending tool to darken the calico a little.


I stuck the photos onto their mats with double-sided tape and used Helmars glue to adhere the journal card to the fabric and then to the paper.  It is all starting to come together now which is a good feeling!


Another scrap of the solids paper was used and backed onto more calico to make a title for the page.  I utilised some alpha stickers,  doodled a border and underlined the words with a black gel pen.  I also found a cute paw-print sticker from the Echo Park 12 x 12 Sticker sheet which I added as an extra embellishment.


Using my red and black Distress Inks and Echo Park 'Puppy Love' stamps, I stamped the paw print and love hearts on the title piece, and the 'top dog' stamp in the middle of the page.  Such a cute set of stamps!


Next I die-cut a tag from craft cardstock, and stamped this with Angel's name using this business stamp maker I picked up at the second-hand store - it's fiddly but handy for small projects! Again I used the distress inks and 'Puppy Love' stamps to embellish.


Here is my dog-tag hanging from the calico using a bulb pin.  I finished off embellishing my page with some paper flowers and buttons also picked up second-hand.


Here is my finished page, not perfect for sure - but I love it and am learning as I go 😊.  I have had so much fun this month with the 'Do You Remember' theme and remembering this beautiful, bubbly dog who gave the kids and I so much love 💕


Hope you are all having as much fun as I during NSD month at Aunty Vera's and check out the other ladies blogs for some great projects and bargains.  Most of all - 
 Take care and have fun crafting,
Nat xxx

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Saturday, May 23, 2020

Do You Remember - NSD 2020 - Aussie Scrapper's Mini Album Challenge Page 6





Hello beautiful Crafters,  I hope you're all keeping warm, its starting to get pretty cold over here but I love the fire once its lit and how it warms the whole house. 

Page 5 was finished so I flipped it over and now worked on page 6.  I had my photo picked and decided on the background paper.  I went with a plain paper this time from the Graphic 45 12x12 Patterns and solids paper pack from the Garden Goddess collection.

I traced the outline of my chipboard, cut it out and glued the paper on, ready to start page 6.


Next, I matted my photo and this time I used two different papers.  The first paper I used to matt my photo is called "Thoughtfully Planted" from the Garden Goddess Collection. I always try to use my scraps to matt my photos to conserve paper.  The second matt is also a scrap of paper from the 12x12 Patterns and solid paper pack.


To my matted photo, I added a sticker from the Graphic 45 "Garden Goddess Sticker sheet" and this is what we have so far.


From the 45 "Garden Goddess Sticker sheet" I also used a border strip to add to the bottom of my layout and then I had a fussy cut image leftover from one of the other pages and so I utilised it on this page.


I should add that I inked the edges of the papers with Vintage Photo Distress oxide.  All that was needed now were a few finishing touches, so to the centre of the flower I added a brad from Bo Bunny Brads.  I added some Tim Holtz Clipping stickers,  A few Bo Bunny Candy dots and then I finished it all off with some splatters of white paint. 



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Saturday, May 16, 2020

Do You Remember - NSD 2020 - Page 5 of Aussie Scrappers Mini Album Challenge




Hi Lovelies, back again with this mini album for my Godmother and today I bring you page 5.  I am so excited to be able to go into my craft room and create something for Aunty Vera scrap and Craft.  My little sanctuary has turned into the classroom while we are in isolation and so for some alone time I have escaped into the garden.

I started page 5 as I usually do my picking my papers, for my background paper I chose Graphic 45 "Garden Goddess Collection" paper named " Love Grown Here".  I cut and glued my paper down to my chipboard.


I also chose the Graphic 45 Garden Goddess Collection 12x12 pattern and solids paper pack as part of my core products for May and I chose the yellow paper to matt my photo.



Once, I had matted my photo, I cut a strip of the yellow paper again and used the reverse side on the left-hand side of my layout.


My photo needed another matt to help it stand out so I chose to matt it with the paper named "thoughtfully Planted" from the Graphic 45 Garden Goddess collection as it was a lovely pink colour.
I also loved the image from the paper named "Love, grown here" and so I did some fussy cutting.  Both Papers have been used previously, so I am utilising my scraps.


Once I put my matted photo and new fussy cut embellishment onto my layout, something was still missing and so I decided that I needed a strip of the yellow paper down the bottom as well but I used the reverse side that had a beautiful floral pattern to it and then I flipped the strip that I cut earlier and just used the plain yellow colour 


I needed a few more embellishments, so I looked at all the papers and tried to see what I could make.  I settled on the paper "Seeds of Kindness" and I cut out a few of the different border strips to use on this layout.


For a finishing touch I had a love wooden chip word and I embossed this with the Ranger's embossing powder named "Love Letters" also purchased from Aunty Vera Scrap and Craft.  
Hope you liked the finished page.


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Do You Remember - NSD 2020 - Page 4 for Aussie Scrapper's mini album challenge.




Hi Crafty friends,
Hope everyone is enjoying all the challenges and taking inspiration from all the talented ladies here in this wonderful group.  I know I am blown away by everyone's talents.
Today I am doing part 4 of my mini album, this is the flip side of my previous page.  I will be scrapping a photo of my godmother with my two children.  It's not the best picture but I love the huge hug she is giving them and my son is just laughing at goodness knows what joke she has just shared.  (probably at my expense).

I started as I usually do by choosing my background paper:  The paper is from Graphic 45 "Garden Goddess collection" named "Field of Flowers".  I glued this onto my chipboard and used an Exacto knife to cut the excess paper off.


I want this Album to have a sense of cohesion and so I decided that I would once again use my "Fancy Flourish" stencil from Kaisercraft with some of the Inka Gold.


I matted my photo and then it was time to pick some embellishments.  I chose the following:
two journals cards from the Graphic 45 Garden Goddess Journaling and Ephemera cards.  I will be fussy cutting the lady out from the top card.  Next, I picked the beautiful tag from the Graphic 45 "Portrait of a Lady"  Tags and Pockets.  I also picked out three small squares from the Graphic 45 chipboard from the Garden Goddess and I also fussy cut out a flower from one of my scrap pieces of paper from this beautiful collection.  I also used some lovely enamel dots from Bo Bunny Candy Dots.


I arranged all my embellishments, glued them down and here is the completed page.


All products used on this project are from Aunty Vera Scrap and craft so please check out the best little craft shop in Australia.  

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Do You Remember - NSD 2020 - Nat's completed mini album for her son



Hi everyone, hope you are all well!
Here is my completed simple, little memory album all about Angel and my son Jesse.  They used to have the best cuddles 😊

So as I showed in my previous blog, I used the 6x6 'I Love My Dog' paper pad from Echo Park to make the pages for this one.  


I had a stack of Echo Park ephemera left over from making my album, and was able to split this up to go between the two albums for my children. Therefore the decoration consisted of pieces from the 'I Love My Dog' Ephemera, Frames and 12 x 12 Sticker Sheet.

 

I also used offcuts and journalling cards from the 12 x 12 papers to decorate the pages - a great way to use up the scrappy bits!


I had lots of fun using the Echo Park Clear Stamps 'Puppy Love'.  I stamped these on art diary paper with Stazon Ink and then used watercolour paints and brush markers to colour them.  This was a great way to make extra ephemera when I began getting low!
The doghouse below is one of these stamps.......


.....as is the puppy on this page, so cute!  I love the cuddles I managed to capture on film of these two.


This album shows the bond between them from when Jesse was five years of age to now at twenty.  In these photos the colour started changing and I realised I needed to refill my printer cartridge.  After doing this all my photos had lines through them 😓. Fortunately I had enough good photos for this album but have put my daughters on hold for now, suffice to say - it is much the same, just with lots of blue instead 😊


I wasn't sure if Jesse would like this album (you know what boys are like!) but I showed him last night and his face lit up at all the precious memories captured that he had forgotten.  I am so glad to have made this album (and the others) and absolutely had a ball using the Echo Park range!


Now I am off to plan just one last little project with a few of these fun papers that I put aside - and 'no' it is not another mini album!!! 😉
Hope you are having fun and crafting along with the AVSC team for NSD month and GO TEAM NAT!!!!

Take care,
Nat xxx

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Do You Remember - NSD 2020 - Nat's Kid's Mini Albums




Hi everyone, hope you are all crafting away, having some fun and enjoying the NSD projects the Aunty Vera team have been creating for the month! 

Now you all would have seen the album that I made for myself in honour of my little, furry friend.  Well I also have two adult children who grew up with Angel, and I wanted to make a memory album for each of them to remember their good, fun times together with her too.
These are in a similar vein to the one I made previously - with a few little adjustments, therefore I decided to share the method and items used to give you all ideas on different ways to put them together with what you have on hand.

For these two albums I used the Echo Park 'I Love My Dog' 6 x 6" paper pad.  I decided to make my son's album more red and brown tones and my daughter's blue (her favourite colour).  I chose ten papers for each album that I thought would fit best.


The papers from the pad have the hole punched at the top, so I cut this edge down to make the papers 6 x 6".


I ran a thin line of glue around the sides and bottom of one page and stuck another page on top leaving the top open as a pocket. I repeated this four times to make four pocket pages (for each album), leaving two papers for the album cover insides.


I had some large journal cards left from the 12x12" Echo Park 'I Love My Dog' paper pack and some paper scraps from the Echo Park Christmas Solids papers and 12x12" Echo Park 'I Love My Dog' papers which I cut a similar size as the journal cards, these were to be used to slip into the pockets.


I used a zigzag stitch on my sewing machine to stitch around the pocket pages for extra strength.  I also like the way it looks. I used blue cotton for my daughter's pages and brown for my son's.


I put dots at the three inch, one inch and five inch marks along the side of the pages to guide where to put my holes, I punched these and added eyelets - using silver for my daughter's and bronze for my son's books.

I recycled some cardboard from packaging for the front and back covers and cut this about 1/8" larger than the size of the pages.  The 6 x 6 papers I put aside for these were then adhered to the insides.

Some blue and craft cardstock was chosen from my stash to cover the cardboard outer front and back covers, and cut the the same size.


I used my Aunty Vera Washi tapes around the edges of the cover insides to mask the fact the paper didn't quite cover the board, and as a decorative extra.  I love the cute 'Puppy Dogs' washi!


I used a page as a guide to show where to punch the holes in the covers for eyelet insertion.


String was chosen and tied off with double knots to bind these two albums .........


........and a punch used to make tabs for each journal card - cut out of the cardstock used for the front and back covers.

Then I rounded the top corners of my journal cards and glued the tabs on.


These were then slipped into the pockets, and the album covers were embellished using big journalling cards that I cut down.  Gorgeous stickers from the 12 x 12 'I Love My Dog' sticker sheet added some cute finishing touches.


Now my albums are ready for photos and decorations to fill up the inside. I will be back to show you the pages when they are done.  These albums are great if you only have 6x6" paper pads and don't want to use solid colours behind the patterned papers - as I did with my first album.  There were so many great embellishments in this collection to be able to decorate all my albums and 'Oh what fun'!!!

Take care and have fun crafting,
Nat xxx

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