I hope you all had a great New Year and that you have found time to be creative.
Today I would like to share with you my latest DT project for Scrapmatts.
“Look At Me Now”
This page has been designed with Authentique “Felicity” papers, 45 and Market flowers and fabulous chipboard from Scrapmatts. Continue reading
Sharing my travel journal I completed on a cruise to South East Asia last year.
The journal is from Kaszazz.
Unfortunately it is no longer available. Such a shame, as it’s a really a great product. I loved that it came in a kit with all the accessories needed to complete the journal. I packed it along with my Tim Holtz tiny attacher, journal pens, tape runner and my Fuji Instax camera. The sticker pack and metal embellishments were from the cruise ship journal kit.
Firstly I love how much room there was to journal. I did find it difficult to keep it on 1 or 2 pages though, as I love to write.
When I travel I like to pick up keepsakes that are relevant to the place I am visiting. I collect currency, postcards, receipts, ticket stubs and embellishments.
I love my little instant camera. I can place the photo’s straight into my journal capturing a special moment or place. I also love to use my Dymo to journal the pictures. It adds some element and texture to the page.
Some of the embellishments I used are from a store called Stroberi in Indonesia. They have fantastic hair clips and brooches. They had some that were film rolls, planes, luggage cases , drinks and popcorn. I just removed them from the clips or brooch. They retail for approx $1-$2 making them a cheap way to embellish the page.
Washi tape is a great way to attach items to your journal, if you don’t have glue, tape runner or a mini attacher, while adding decoration to the page.
Through out my journal, I have added a little doodling to fill up the white space.
Whenever I travel, I look out for postcards. They are cheap and a great way to document where you have been and showcases the main attractions of that city/country. I also like the keep entry tickets from attractions or places we have visited as a visual prompt for that days activities. Envelope pockets are a great way to keep souvenirs, pictures, maps or ticket stubs.
With this page, I have used some stickers to create the beginning of my journaling.
I also used an arrow brad to keep my brochure from opening and it works as an embellishment for my page.
I have used my ticket stub as a photo mat to add some colour to this page and it also reminds me of the bus tour we took on the day.
A great way to keep your pictures in place is to use these fabulous adhesive photo corners. I found mine in a discount store. They also create a nice detail to the picture.
With this page I used my washi tape to frame the photo’s. I found some Kaszazz beach rub-ons in my stash. They have hibiscus flowers on the sheet. This was perfect for this page, as this is the national flower of KL.
These pages don’t have a lot of photo’s on them as these were the days when we were at sea. This gave me more room to journal and I was able to use items from activities that we participated in on board the ship.
I really love this page in journal. I was able to take a photo from each place we visited and highlight the memory from that day.
To fill up the back of the journal , I placed our luggage tags, vouchers and other memorabilia into the pocket for reference.
I was able to journal and attach most of the items daily. I found this a great way to scrapbook while we were on the cruise and it was fresh in my memory. Having it already in kit form made it convenient to carry and use daily.
Once I was home, I then finished the journal off with some added embellishments, rub-ons, dymo lettering and photo’s.
I am really happy with the finished project and it’s really nice that I am able to have it sitting on the coffee table for friends and family to view and not half finished in my craft room along with the other UFO’s.
Thanks for stopping by and I would love to hear your travel tips for scrapbooking or journaling on holiday.
I look forward to reading your comments.
Keep the Faith
JD
xx
2016
Hello and welcome to my latest blog post.
Recently I was asked to showcase some Dusty Attic products in store, so that customers had some ideas on what the products could be used for and how they looked when altered with different mixed media.
This was a bit of a challenge but I am very happy with the end result.
The beautiful flowers are from Made with Memories.
I have used a mixture of Dusty Attic paint to cover the base.
For some added texture I have applied some gauze and added some script with a stencil and texture paste.
To create the wall , I separated the chipboard and used the bricks and wall panel.
To colour the bricks, I have used a mixture of red and brown, making some darker than others.
The mason jar made the perfect vase for my display of flowers.
I have painted the jar to reflect the flowers being in a vase of water.
This beautiful flower is made using a technique to separate the chipboard and layering the pieces to form the flower.
Paint in desired colour, glue with helmer 450 and then cut the post from a Kaisercraft Pearl brad
and adhere to centre of flower.
For more information on splitting chipboard I have posted a tutorial that I made.
You can see the video at the end of this blog post.
To create the quote, I have used the mini letters from Dusty Attic and I just lightly white washed them to blend with the rest of the canvas.
To create this canvas you will need
Canvas (any size)
Dusty Attic paints : Dusty Pink
: Oceania
: Crushed Olive
: Alabaster
: Gold
: Hot Chocolate
: Cranberry
Dusty Attic Chipboard : Mason Jars DA1086
: Brick Wall Panel DA0316
: Mini ABC Set Lower DA0862
: Flower Layers #4 Large DA0860
Crafters Warehouse Script Stencil
Texture Paste
Gauze
Flowers : Roses & Lilies
Kaisercraft Pearl Brads
Helmar 450
Designed for Made with Memories
Do you love to use chipboard? Do you love mixed media? Are you a more traditional scrapbooker or card maker?
I would love to see your projects.
I had a great time getting messy and it was great to see the end result.
It never is quite like you envisage it in your head though.
Until next time
DREAM * CREATE * INSPIRE
Keep the Faith
JD
2015
Hi
Today I wanted to share with you a very quick , easy and simple project. How to turn a paper bag into a gift bag.
For this project you will need:
Instructions
Take your hole punch and punch 2 holes in the top of the bag.
Then take approx 40cms of twine and double over. Thread the twine through the hole and then knot on the end. Repeat the process for the other side. Be sure to double knot the ends to avoid the handle coming out.
You now have a little gift bag.
I pop a sticker on mine, so that my customers know where they purchased the item from. Alternatively you could stamp them or decorate them with patterned paper to use for gifts.
Please take a look a the video tutorial here
Thanks for stopping by
Until next time
Enjoy
You can find me on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest
Keep the Faith
JD
2015 xxx
“DON’T DREAM YOUR LIFE, LIVE YOUR DREAM”
Photo courtesy of Scrapbooking Memories Magazine
Welcome Again I hope this evening/day finds you well. I am sitting here rugged up as it’s Winter here in Australia and unfortunately my reverse cycle unit has gone on the blink, so no heating at the moment and I’m freezing. If I took a picture right now, it would not be very attractive but I’m sure you would all find it very amusing.
This blog post today is a little tutorial on a canvas that I recently had published in Scrapbooking Memories Magazine.
Scrapbooking Memories Vol 17 Issue 12 Pg 81.
Published page in Scrapbooking Memories Magazine
When I received an email from Vanessa to say they wou.ld like to put it in the magazine, I couldn’t believe it. I was so overwhelmed that they would think that it was magazine worthy, let alone a full page submission with a tutorial. It had always been a bit of a bucket list item to be published.
So lets get started.
You will need the following:
Method:
1. Mix gesso with your chosen paint colours to create the base; brush this over your canvas. Paint chipboard vines with the leftover paint. Place gauze randomly on top of the wet paint. Set aside to dry or heat seat.
2. Stamp the wings onto some scrap white card stock. Using StazOn ink stamp the acetate with the wing stamp. Colour the acetate lightly with alcohol markers. Emboss a chipboard bodice with white embossing powder and then heat set. Wrap and affix gauze around the piece to create the skirt. Layer your embellishments randomly and use scrap dots to create height.
3. To finish off the canvas, use a white paint dabber to swipe over the embellishments (as seen in the pic to the right), canvas, flowers and chipboard to give a white wash effect. Lightly spray the canvas with Old Lace Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. Create a quote with a Dymo labeller and word stickers.
I hope you have enjoyed this blog post and I welcome your comments below.
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Well time to go put my cold feet on hubby and cuddle up. Until next time, stay safe & warm or enjoy the sunshine depending on where you are. Keep the Faith JD xoxo
I thought I would share with you all my sister’s Baby Shower that my daughter threw for her last October 2013.
I also wanted to have something my sister could take away from the day as a memento of her baby shower. This is a memory tree. I repurposed an item that I borrowed from Made with Memories and decorated it accordingly. I used Kaiser flowers and some ribbon to decorate the stems of the tree. I found some cute little pink pegs to attach the photo’s with. I used my little instamax camera and then had the guests leave a message on their photo for Mum.
My daughter repurposed this large Baby bottle (it came with tiny baby bottle treats) and decided to used it for Baby’s First Shoe Fund….a girl needs her shoes right??
Craft On The Run 