Inspiring Inkin' 2014/2015 Annual Catalogue Blog Hop

Morning! Are you all as excited to see all the creations along the blog hop as I am? I shall spend the morning browsing all the posts and getting inspired, all the girls make such beautiful things.

I have a couple of new projects to share with you.

Firstly, Project Life has landed at Stampin Up, Woohoo!!! It is a very straightforward, quick and easy way of scrapbooking your memories and life events. There are various designs of divided pages which have pockets for you to pop your photos and journalling inside.  
For my page I chose to record the time that my daughters uni friends came to camp with us so that they could make their latest film.  I found all the equipment and procedures totally fascinating so I snuck a few photos of them looking very professional. You can see a couple of the new In-Colours, I backed my photos onto Lost Lagoon card and used Hello Honey for my title blocks, the lettering is from one of the new Photopolymer alphabet stamp sets. Now, I am a fan of the 12x12 scrapbooking style with lots of layers and embellishments so I felt I needed to add a little more to my page.  I used the On Film framelits to cut out a film slide and a little camera and also added a couple of pieces of Hello Honey stitched satin ribbon to complete it.

Want to see some more?

I am going to get a lot of use out of this new stamp set!  In This Together is just perfect for all your girlfriends.  I used the wonderful new blendabilities pens to colour the images, I need some practise but oh my they are going to be great for adding shade and depth to my colouring.  I used cherry cobbler for my card base and added some more of the gorgeous new ribbon in hello honey and mellow moss.

OK, one last project...

I just wanted to show you a sample of one of the new designer series papers.  This is from Lullaby and I used the papers to cover a basic shoppers notepad and turn it into a lovely gift. 

Here is the list of blog hoppers, enjoy hopping.

 Victoria McLafferty www.veryvictoriastamps.wordpress.com/
Helen Marland www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/shinysparklystamping
Elaine Harding blog.stampwithelaine.com
Karen Gilchrist www.kazzasworld.blogspot.com
Jess Brown www.jessiebcrafts.blogspot.com
 Petra Sameri www.petrascraftinkplace.blogspot.co.uk/
 Helen Cook www.craftingbydesign.blogspot.com
 Amanda Fowler www.inspiringinkin.com
 Lydia Tarry www.mylittlecrafthaven.blogspot.co.uk
 Sarah Wood www.paperstampsandstickythings.blogspot.com
Kerry Timms www.kerrysstampinspiration.blogspot.com
 Caroline Barker www.caroonstampin.blogspot.co.uk
Liz Shannon www.elizabethscraftroom.blogspot.com
Tracy Lipscombe www.lovefromthefairies.blogspot.com
Linda Davies www.lindasstampingandstuff.blogspot.co.uk/
 Nikki Raine www.nikkisfreetime.blogspot.com
Rhoda MacPherson www.rhodamacpherson.typepad.com

River Trip

Well, it looks as though Summer may at last be on the way! These photos were taken when we hired a boat on the Thames last Summer, we had such a lovely day in the sunshine.
I love the combination of Summer Starfruit and midnight muse, it works really well for layering.  I also layered the frames for the smaller photos, it makes them look a little like portholes.

Into Oblivion...Don't Look Down!

It's been a while since I shared a scrapbook page so I thought I had better rectify that!  
These photos were taken at Alton Towers last year, I love the movement in the main image.  I kept the decorating of the page to a minimum, just twisting the central layer and 3d mounting the lettering.

Cornish Sunshine

Happy Easter everyone!  I am posting this from sunny Cornwall where I am spending the Easter break with my family. We have had some gorgeously sunny weather while we have been here, not warm by any stretch of the imagination but definitely sunny. 

This scrapbook page shows off some photos of Cornish sunshine from June last year when we were here celebrating my mothers birthday.  I spotlighted sections of the dsp but punching circles from a matching sheet and 3d mounting them.

Karting

Here's another scrapbook page I made showing a Karting activity from Summer camp last year.  The kids faces are so expressive, revealing the fun they're having. 
My base page is Bashful blue and my photos are mounted on night of Navy card.  The row of quad bikes from the Need for Speed stamp set was an obvious addition but it took me a while to decide on the pennants for the top edge; I used a combination of pennants using the Big Shot die, Perfect Pennants and the Pennant punch.

Back to Scrapbooking

It's a long time since I made any scrapbook pages but it is such a great way of showing off your favourite photographs.  This page shows some photos of last years Scout summer Camp, I think we managed to pick the only week of sunshine last summer! 
The base page is Rich Razzleberry cardstock with a layer of Betsy's Blossoms dsp. I matted my photos onto Daffodil card and cut my letters using the Big shot from daffodil and razzleberry card.

Willow's Naming Day

Oh goodness, how long since I posted here?!!  I'm afraid that life seems to have got in the way again, poor excuse I know.  It does mean however, that I have a lot of projects stored up to share with you and I will endeavour to do just that over the next few weeks.

Before I do though I just want to remind you that there are only a few days left of Saleabration 2013.  There are so many lovely products available to you this year and they can be earned FREE with a qualifying spend of £45 or by hosting a workshop/party.  Don't miss out!

Anyhow, onto a project!  A scrapbook page for a change.  This is a 12x12 page that I made to record the day of my niece's Naming Day last October.  The little lady herself takes pride of place but I also included a photo of my daughter, who is now Willow's godmother and a feature photo of her beautiful shoes.

Party pages

Another double page layout inspired by the Jubilee. The top note die makes a great mat for photos doesn't it and look, I managed to make my bunting line up beautifully across the two pages!
That's it! the last of my crafty weekend away.  Thanks so much for all the inspiration Elizabeth I had a great time, roll on next year :)

Scrapbook pages to fill

I am almost at the end of my Worthing craft weekend projects, there is just one more to share tomorrow. This was another class from Elizabeth, she created these scrapbook layouts which I can fill with my own photos later.
Taking the Jubilee as inspiration there is a red, white and blue colour scheme and some lovely bunting made by using the pennant punch.

Flowers and Diamonds, a girl's best friends

Another scrap book page! I found this one quite hard, anyone who knows me will know that I really struggle with the whole tearing technique. It just feels so wrong to tear or scrumple such pretty papers. Believe it or not I began with a plain white page and took my inkpads to the edges. I then added some strips of First edition designer paper, again daubed straight from the inkpad, to make a border. The paper layers are a mixture of punched paper and torn circles then I but some shapes from the remaining paper. The flowers are cut using a big shot die from designer paper and layered up and compiled with a very blingy brad. A final touch of some embossed butterflies flying through the  page from bottom left to top right. There's a lot to look at on this page and yet the focus remains on the photo of my beautiful daughter. 

Sunshine from Tenerife

I can't believe I am still sharing projects from my crafty weekend away!  I achieved so much while I was there. 
I don't know about you but I don't think we have had nearly as much sunshine as we need this year so I dug out some photos of our trip to Tenerife a couple of years ago to scrapbook.
I created the spotty border by making a template, I punched a lot of holes in a scrap piece of card with my cropodile and then sponged the ink through the holes. I was pleased with the effect as it was a little random and gives some lovely texture. Te flowers began as plain white paper flowers but by pressing them into my inkpads I was able to coordinate them to my page. 

Boy Band

People do some very strange things at weddings don't they! These pictures are from a family wedding last October and as you can imagine the timing of them is fairly late into the evening! I began with a rose red textured card stock base and added a half torn page of rose red paper from the designer paper patterns stack.  The photos were matted onto whisper white card, then I added various sized punched circles from the music print sheet from the Newsprint papers.  The titling is made from punched whisper white circles and Vintage Type rub ons from Stampin Up.

Fun Times

  

These pictures were taken on one of our trips to Alton Towers last year, Sonic was being extremely cheeky but posed beautifully with Charlie for me,  I was really pleased with the other picture too,  I waited for ages and ended up with pictures of lots of other people before my family came past on the Air rollercoaster.

The background paper is a Daffodil Delight dotty page from the designer paper patterns stack, the pictures are matted onto Daffodil Delight and Marina Mist card.  The balloon stamp is from Stampin up's Crazy for Cupcakes and are 3D mounted.  The f u n letters are from On Board Alphabet Soup,  I inked them in Whisper White craft ink to make a base for the coloured inks,  I then made them Daffodil yellow and stamped over the top with a bubbly stamp from Circle Circus in Marina Mist ink.

 

Diamond and Pearls

Another picture from Alice's photoshoot, the girls had such a good time that day and we ended up with so many beautiful photographs.  This one is so unusual that I needed to keep the page simple.  So Saffron textured card for the base page upon which I used the So Swirly wheel with So Saffron ink across all four corners.  Then for just a touch of elegance I added some tiny adhesive pearls to the swirls and in the two opposite corners.

A LARGE picture of my little girl.

I love this photograph and so I thought I would do it some real justice and print it off large! As the photo more than takes centre stage I thought I would keep the rest of the page quite simple.  The dotty background is from the Elegant Soiree designer papers, the photo is matted onto crumb cake and early espresso card and then the hearts ( all from I (heart) hearts) are stamped in espresso ink onto crumbcake card, cut out and 3d mounted.

These pictures were taken on our favourite Cornish beach during a February half term break, hence the empty beach, it certainly doesn't look that empty in the summer!  I love the way the sky is reflected on the wet beach.

The background page is a So Saffron coloured page from the designer stack once more; I used the so swirly wheel to ink the swirly design and the All in the Family stamp set to add the little people, so cute.

   

Something old, new, borrowed and ...

.... blue!

I think this is my favourite photo from Rachel and Alex's blessing so it definitely deserved to be scrapped for posterity don't you agree? The backing page is made from 2 pieces from the designer stack in Marina Mist blue, the photos are matted onto the same colour and I sponged the edges of the photo mats in marina mist ink.  The two smaller photos are of details of the day that were so pretty I just had to snap them too and they make a lovely accompaniment to the main picture along with titling made from a scalloped punch.  The ribbon, in which I "tied a knot" !!!, is whisper white of course, just right for wedding pictures.

Monotone

 Revisiting a photo I've scrapped before but treating it in a different way. The 12x12 page is from Stampin Up's Elegant Soiree designer papers in crumb cake. I laid my photo onto a piece of crumb cake card that I had stamped with Le Francais stamp in Early espresso ink, I matted it onto espresso card and added  a piece of espresso ribbon.  I like the jaunty angle so I continued that theme with my stamped flower accents.  I used the twostep stamps from the Green garden stamp set, stamping in crumb cake and espresso ink and 3d mounted them with dimensionals.  I made another page today using photo's from a family wedding in the autumn, I'll show you that tomorrow.

Scrappin'

It's been a long time since I made a page for my scrapbook but as I have been asked to contribute some pages as display samples for the stand at the Brighton Hobbycraft show I thought I'd better get cracking, I only have a couple of weeks left!
The photos are of the fireworks in London at New Year, all double matted onto whisper white and rich razzleberry cardstock. The background paper is also razzleberry and comes from the designer paper stack; I added some accent using ribbon along one edge and making a loopy bow.  More tomorrow I hope.

Wow!!

I just realised I have blogged every day since 16th January!! Not bad for someone who hardly blogged at all last year. I'm going to try really hard to keep it going, which also means of course that I need to keep up the creativity too. Shouldn't be too hard over the next couple of weeks cos I'm really looking forward to Amanda's Stampin Up scrapbook workshop. The results of which I can post here over several days as we are hopefully going to be making 20? pages that day! Can't wait, I'm very excited :O)