JAI Scrap #18: Just Add Milestones.

Hi!

I have been busy scrapping again, just in time for the new Just Add Ink Scrapping Challenge.

This month Ruthy has challenged us to scrap a milestone.  A milestone can be defined as an important event in your life.  I have chosen my Grandma turning 100 as the milestone I scrapped.  She's pretty amazing - these pictures were taken over a year ago and she is now 101!

I chose to scrap a double page as I had too many photos for just one page.  The three square photos were taken at her party.  Sadly she was unable to attend her own party as she was unwell.  The photos on the right side of the layout are the following day when we were able to talk to her through the window of the nursing home.  We all sang Happy Birthday and blew her kisses.

This photo was taken a week later.  We were able to travel back to see her when she was well and able to have visitors.  She's such a remarkable woman and someone I really admire.

 You can see that in the top corner I stamped the large flourish from Flowering Flourishes using the Illuminate Inkpad.  I stamped the same image in each of the corners for a subtle little lift.

This is one of my favourite bits of the layout. At her party I was asked to make a speech with only about 10 minutes notice.  My sisters helped me come up with some points to make and I scribbled them on a scrap of paper.  The scroll is that scrap of paper.

Stamps: Flowering Flourishes
Ink: Illuminate, Lucky Limeade, So Saffron, Pretty In Pink
DSP/Cardstock: Tea For Two DSP, So Saffron, Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade
Other: Big Shot, Typeset Alpha Dies, Tasteful Trims Die, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Petals A Plenty Embossing Folder, Soda Pop Tops, Paper Doilies, Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Crystal Effects, Vanilla Flower Trim

I hope you can find time to play along with us this month at Just Add Ink.

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI Scrap #9: Just Add a Sketch

Hi!

Happy Spring!  I have been enjoying the wonderfully warm and sunny weather in Adelaide that has heralded the start of Spring.  I hope you are enjoying similar sunshine!  Well, not only is it spring, it's also the first Sunday of the month, which means it's time for a new scrapbooking challenge at Just Add Ink.

This month the very clever Ruthy has designed a sketch for the challenge.

 

Isn't it fantastic? There are so many different ways you could play with this sketch - we'd love to see your interpretation!  You could use one large photo, or you could use several smaller ones and cluster them together.  That's what I chose to do for my layout.

 

 

I used some of the gorgeous new Storytime DSP as the basis for my layout.  It has similar colours to those in the shirt Hudson is wearing in the photos, so it was a perfect match!  The colours I used are Riding Hood Red, Pool Party and Very Vanilla.  I simplified the sketch a little.  I ran out of room for the flags at the bottom, so I substituted some trim from the Tasteful Trims Die, as well as a smaller rosette.

You may be wondering about the title of my layout - The Fortress of Hudsontute.  The layout shows Hudson getting his first "big boy bed".  The fact that it's a ginormous disability friendly bed didn't escape the notice of Alex and Ada, who promptly got into it for a play and explore.  They named it the Fortress after the Fortress of Solitude in Superman, made a sign for the side of the bed and stuck it on.  Almost a year later the sign is still there and the name has stuck!

I had to include some photos of the sign and the big kids in the bed, so I made a pull out section that slips in under the main block of photos.  How happy does Hudson look to see and try out his bed in the photos!

Ink: Pool Party Stampin' Write Marker
DSP/Cardstock: Storytime DSP, Pool Party, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla
Other: Big Shot, Tasteful Trims Die, Alpha Die (non SU), Rosette Die (non SU), Round Tab Punch (retired), Boho Blossoms punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Pool Party Designer Printed Brads, Poppy Parade Glimmer Brads (retired), Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Crystal Effects, Sanding Block

I hope you can play along with us this month at Just Add Ink!

Bye for now,

Tina

Layout 84: August

Hi!

Here's yet another of my monthly double layouts.  August is a busy month, as both Rob and I have our birthdays in August.  We also took a trip back home for a wedding and to see my family.  My wonderful family looked after the children for the weekend so that Rob and I could attend the wedding.

The kids also had Grandparent's Day at school and a few playdates.

I made this layout after I'd made a few boxes using the Petal Cone Die.  The flags around the title are some of the leftover pieces from the die cuts. I just wound some Baker's Twine around them and tied a bow.

Ink: Wild Wasabi Stampin' Write Marker
DSP/Cardstock: Just Add Cake DSP, Wild Wasabi, Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Timeless Type Alphabet Dies, Tasteful Trims Die, Petal Cone Die, White Baker's Twine

Catch you later,

Tina

Big Shot Blog Hop

Hi!

Welcome to another little blog hop.  Today the ladies that are participating all have projects they made using the Big Shot.  The blog before mine was Ros Davidson's, but it's all a big loop so it doesn't matter where you start.  Just keep hopping 'til you get to where you started!

I have a layout for you today that uses several accessories for the Big Shot.

You can see I used the Timeless Type Alphabet Dies, the Scribbles Swirls die and the Tasteful Trims Die.  Did you notice the scalloped border around the layout?  I'll show you how to make the border in one piece a bit further down, but first a few more closer shots of the layout.

The "she's a mini" part of the title was printed onto Whisper White cardstock and trimmed.  I used RGB codes to change the colour of the font to Wild Wasabi to match the rest of the layout.

I used some Glimmer brads in the title and also as the centre of the flowers.

The flowers were brayered with Perfect Plum ink and then spritzed with Frost White Shimmer paint.

OK, so now on to how I made the border piece.  Firstly I cut a 1" wide border.  To do this you line your cardstock up at the 1" mark, put your blade at 1" and cut down to 11".  Turn your cardstock 90 degrees and repeat for all 4 sides.  You end up with a shape like this:

Now you need to fold the frame in half diagonally to get this shape:

After each fold burnish with a bone folder.  The flatter the folds the easier it is to line up the piece on the die.  You need to fold your frame diagonally again to end up with a shape like this:

Now you need to place the cardstock on the die.  You shouldn't have any troubles cutting through all layers at once.  It's very hard to see in the photo, but I lined the top edge up with the top cutting edge of the die and then centered the piece on the scallops at the bottom.  You can see the shape of the corner pieces in the first photo.  It's a bit of a flattened scallop.  I haven't tried it yet, but I THINK if you want a more rounded scallop at the corners you would have to arrange your cardstock the other way.  That is, line up the bottom edge of the cardstock on the scalloped edge so that the points of your cardstock extend the full length of the scallops.  Your frame would end up a little narrower than mine.  It's all just a matter of playing around with it to see what you like!

When you have cut it and unfolded it, this is what you end up with:

A continuous, scalloped frame!  You will probably need to smooth out the folds at the corners with your bone folder.  I reckon you could make almost any sized frames using my method, you'd just have to play with the measurements of the frame you cut.  The rest of the steps would be the same.  If you have any questions, just leave a comment and I will get back to you.

Ink: Perfect Plum

Cardstock: 12 x 12 Textured Whisper White, Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White

Big Shot: Timeless Type Alphabet Dies, Tasteful Trims Die, Scribbles Swirls Die

Other: Silver Foil Smooch, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Paper Daisies, Basic Jewel Rhinestones, Brayer, Glimmer Brads, Dimensionals, Letter Gothic Standard Font

Thanks for looking at my layout.  You're off to Nikki Sadler's blog now, where I'm sure you're in for a real treat!

Catch you later,

Tina

Blogs in the hop:

Ros Davidson

http://www.rosdavidson.typepad.com/

Nikki Sadler
http://www.inkyart.com.au/

Sue Madex
http://www.madexcreations.com/

Kathryn Ruddick
http://www.katlodesigns.com/

Judy May
http://www.judymay.typepad.com/

JAI 84: Just Add White and One

Hi!

Today I have a card made for the current challenge at Just Add Ink.  The challenge is to make a card using white and one other colour.  I had been asked to make a card for a wedding, and so this challenge seemed perfect.  White and one other colour is a classic, elegant look.  When I think of elegant and classic I think of the work of Teneale Williams.  I searched her blog and found this card to CASE.  Here's my version:

I changed a few things, but essentially the card is the same.  I used a different butterfly, and also En Francais Background stamp on the plain Blushing Bride panel, to name a few changes.

I liked the inside of Teneale's card I CASED that too!

Isn't it a great card? Teneale is so talented!

Stamps: Creative Elements, En Francais Background, A Word For You
Ink: Blushing Bride
DSP/Cardstock: Blushing Bride Patterns Stack DSP, Blushing Bride, Whisper White
Other: Big Shot, Tasteful Trims Die, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Basic Jewel Pearls, Paper Snips, Sponge Dauber, Dimensionals

Catch you later,

Tina

Ribbon Themed Blog Hop

Hi!

Welcome to our blog hop for July.  Our theme this month is ribbon, and how very appropriate given the wonderful promotion Stampin' Up! is offering this month - FREE ribbon and buttons with a $100 order.  Nice!  The blog before mine was the very clever Judy May's, but all you need to do is jump in and keep hopping til you get back to where you started.  You're sure to find a lot of inspiration along the way.

I decided to do a little 3D project for my part of the hop.  The little box below is the packaging for my project, which you will see in a couple of photo's time. lol

Here's another look at the top of the box.  I wrapped some ribbon around the sides of the box with a cute little bow at the front.  I set a jumbo eyelet into the centre of the top with some ribbon looped out of it.  This acts as a little handle to lift off the top of the box.

This is what you find inside the box:

It's a headband for a little girl!  I'll explain how I made the headband soon.

To display the headband in the box I created an insert with some holes in the middle for the band to sit underneath.  The flower part sits on top of the insert and looks pretty.  Here's a closer look at the flower:

To make the flower I looped the ribbon and then ran a stitch through it.  I think I made about 25 loops all up, and each loop used about 2 inches of ribbon.  When I had the loops all done I gathered the thread and stitched back into the first loop, making a circle of loops.  To make it really secure I put a few more stitches through the bottom, and then sewed the button on top to make the centre look a little neater.  I then attached the flower to another length of ribbon that I measured to be about half of the diameter of a child's head.  I then attached some elastic to finish off the headband section.  The elastic makes it nice and easy for the child to put the headband on themselves.

Thanks to Ada for modelling the headband for me!

Headband:
Ice Cream Parlour Ribbon and Buttons (current promotion), elastic, needle and thread

Display Box:
Stamps: Sew Suite
Ink: Chocolate Chip
DSP/Cardstock: Sweet Stitches DSP, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Melon Mambo
Other: Big Shot, Tasteful Trims Die, Jumbo Eyelet, Paper Snips, Glue Dots, White Embroidery Thread (non SU)

Now you're off to see what Nikki Sadler has created.  It's sure to be wonderful!

Catch you later,

Tina

Nikki Sadler
Di Dunk
Alisha Watson
Kathryn Ruddick
Ros Davidson
Judy May

Cleland Wildlife Park Layout 4

Hi!

Today's layout features some of the cute little Potoroos that live at Cleland Wildlife Park.  They are everywhere, but they are so tiny you have to look hard to see them amongst the shrubs and bushes around the Park.  We saw this Potoroo when we were in line to pat a koala - that layout is for tomorrow.

I wanted the photos to look like Polaroid photos, so I extended the bottom edge of the photo mat.  It's a nice little space for my title and some journalling.

Ink: Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker

DSP/Cardstock: Woodland Walk DSP, Very Vanilla, Garden Green

Other: Big Shot, Timeless Type Alphabet Die, Tasteful Trim Die, Anchored Rub Ons (retired), 1/4" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon (retired)

Catch you later,

Tina