Scrapping with help from Poundworld...

I'm not actually sure whether the glittery puffy stickers that I've used on these two holiday scrap book pages were from Poundworld or Poundland, but aren't they just fabbie?  I bought them last week when the challenge at Daring Cardmakers was to use something from a pound shop, but as per usual I didn't quite finish my projects on time.

I've got loads of them left including some really funky crabs that my daughter wants for her scrapbook.

On my first page I printed some journaling on to acetate and then mat and layed this to match the rest of the page before attaching it to the organza ribbon.

On page two I am so proud of the fact that I remembered to use my very expensive impulse buy toy - the Xyron Design Runner.  Again I printed on acetate and then lay the strip across the page fastening it behind the paper.  The bubbles were some embellishments that were in my Graphicus Goodie box and I love them so if anyone knows their proper name please let me know cause I've only about two left and I don't know what to ask for in craft shops.

Can't believe I'm being brave enough to put photos of me on here!  Please keep eyes focussed on the cute octopus or fishand not me!

Challenges...

• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Have a fantastic evening everyone.

See you on Friday hopefully for the new challenge at Bah! Humbug!

Ann xxx

More holiday scrapping...

Warning Long Post - cup of coffee advisable!!

Oh my goodness the way things are going I might actually complete a whole album, which is totally unheard of for me!  Does anybody else have the habit of buying a beautiful scrapbook doing a couple of pages and then moving on.  Oh dear I have some terrible habits, but not for much longer because now I've gone digital scrapbooking is a breeze.

Actually I'm not completely digital and never will be as I love to add bits and I really don't think you can beat real texture on pages.  I'm using the new Craft Art Platinum by Serif and even with all the blips the programme has at the moment I still love it.

This is my very first 8" by 8" page created from scatch.  So proud of myself.  I matted it on to brown card after printing and trimming so that whatever I did on the facing page could be matched with the first page.  I also added a few real gems to highlight the starfish.

For the other page of the double page spread I wanted to use one of the photos of the hotel that I had already had printed, but I still wanted the pages to match so I printed an 8 by 8 page of the background paper to work on and added my own bits.

 

I matted the background on to the same brown card as my digi page and also used the same brown to mat the photo and as a base for the die cut text mat.  I printed the hotel name and text on to inkjet acetate and then attached this using a brad to a die cut piece of the backing paper.  I stamped the shell border on to a natural piece of coloured paper using Versefine sepia ink.

My next two pages are where I started to get really adventurous - well for a newbie anyway!  Again photos from the same holiday, but this time pool pics.

 

I don't know about anyone else, but we always seem to take loads of pics round the pool and they are all so similar really.  Anyway, I decided to just pull one favourite out of the masses and a few fun ones too. 

Both of my pages were started from scratch and as I love working with sketches so much in my card making I decided to give it a try in the digi scrapbook world.  

 

I used the fab sketch at Sketch Saturday.  I did loose some of the design elements, but the sketch gave me a good base starting point for my page.  Again I matted the piece on to blue card and added real chip board letters for my title.

The facing page was a real fun one to do.  I planned it out on one page printing the background including the fish, bubbles and seaweed.  Then I printed the circular photos on another page so that I could mat them on white (edges tinted with Distress ink) circular die cuts to add depth.  After a massive craft stash flying everywhere search I found the little 'bubbles' which I believe were in my Graphicus goodie box and added them to picture.

Fingers crossed that my scrapbook pages will be acceptable for the challenges at ...

• Stamptacular - Whatever (the shells are stamped on the border on the hotel page and while not a big part of the project I think it's fun to be able to bring stamping and scrapping together).
• CD Sunday - Love is in the Air (not sure whether I'll get away with this, but they do say your interpretation of the theme and as I love my new Craft Artist CD I reckon it counts.)

Have a fantastic evening everyone and do pop back on Friday when it will be Bah! Humbug! day again.  

Love and hugs

Ann xxx

On the beach part 2...

Okay it's official I'm totally addicted to my new Craft Artist Platinum programme.  It's just so easy and so much fun.  This is another 'cheats' page although I did alter it slightly both moving things around and making the photos larger.  They looked blurred in this photo but are fine in real life - honest!

When printing the 8 x 8 page I'm making sure that there is space around the page to cut it down so that I can mat it on to card.  On this photo I used the corrugated card that I used on the last page I did as a mat with slit corners to hold the photo.  Using the corrugated card again makes the two pages work as a double page spread.  My other page is here.  The sentiment was a predone one and I do like it, but would have preferred to end it 'on the Coast of Boa Vista'.  I really should have slowed down and found out how to change the text.  Note to self 'don't be so hasty'.

I've even going to be brave and enter this in to some challenges - eeek!

• CD Sunday - 'Where waters meet' - mine is where waters meet the beach.
• Crafty Creations - Heat it up - thinking about warmer weather

Right I'm off to do pages 3 and 4 and I'm not cheating this time.  I'm doing the whole page myself.  Have a fabulous weekend everyone.

Love and hugs

Ann xxx

Scrapbooking...

ooooooooooooooooooh look what I made!  My first page using the new programme by Serif called Craft Artist Platinum.  So proud of myself, but to be truthful I must come clean and own up to the fact that the only things I did with the main part of this page was drag my photo onto the ready made background and just edge things around a little.

What a fraud - what a cheat - good fun though!

After printing I chopped the 8 x 8 page down so that I could mat and layer it and I also added the corrugated brown card strips and brads to give it more dimension so there is a little of my own work included.

So far I'm really enjoying using this software even though there are some glitches on it that Serif are going to correct. If you want to find out more and maybe try the free version of it visit Daisy Trail here.

Oh the photo is one of me in Cape Verde last year. ooooooooooh wish I was on that beach now or anywhere but England in freezing cold January actually.

Love and hugs

Ann xxx