Rainy Skies, Bright Smiles

This is one of my favourite layouts. Not only am I happy with how it turned out design wise, but it is such a happy occassion for me. 

 This photo was taken on a weekend away with My Boy. We went to Lorne for the weekend and he proposed! This photo was from the next day and it was raining and we were walking along the beach and even though it was bad weather we were o so happy :) That's where the idea for the title 'Rainy skies, bright smiles'

 And here are some detail shots of the pretty embellishments! Love these layered doily stickers and the fabric tape stickers are pretty cool too.

Happy Scrapping!

My Bffs



Another day, another scrapbook page. This one is not my usual colour scheme, orange is NOT my colour. But the water colour paper was so fabulous I just had to use it. 

I like this colour scheme for indoor/older photos because they have an orange-y tinge to them and using orange around the photo makes them seem less orange in comparison. It was fun to use some painting borders and ink splatters. They blend well with these papers and embellishments

This has to be my favourite washi tape!
Happy Scrapping

Don't Wanna Miss a Thing

So I've been a bad blogger and haven't posted in too long. I guess I haven't been feeling very inspired lately so haven't had alot to share. But I'm going to try and start sharing more often. We'll start with a string of posts showing what I made with the Amy Tangerine Sketchbook collection. I know it has been out a while but I haven't shared yet and still love them so why not?

An old photo album, from when I was 15 - 17 years old has fallen apart so I have started scrapping photos from those years. I am using quite a few page protectors because I would never get it all done on 12x12 pages. But I wanted to include some regular pages for the bigger stories. The first section are all photos from my 15th birthday party which doesn't require too much journalling. However, this page needed to be made because it was an awesome story, so needed a bit of extra attention. My two friends took me to the bathroom for a special performance of 'I don't wanna miss a thing' by Aerosmith. It was a big song at the time and it made me laugh so much.

I had so much fun playing with all of the Amy Tangerine Sketchbook line. It was the first time I went all out and bought a heap of embellishments for one collection. For some reason I just really loved it and NEEDED it all! Ha ha.

And then there were cards...

And now for some cards. The other day I blogged about my recent purchases so today I thought I had better show you one of the cards I made with them. I love these Dear Lizzy papers. So much so that I even went out and bought some more!

I'm not overly happy with the saturation of this photo but I guess the more I try the better I'll get at this! I do like the detail shot below though...

That's about it for now! Happy Crafting

Sarah

 

You can't use up creativity, the more you use, the more you have - Maya Angelou

Todays Purchases - Episode #05

Some of the purchases I made the other day at Chandon Craft, my favourite local scrapbooking store!
1. Dear Lizzy 5th and Frolic papers. I wanted to get the paper pad because I'm into cards at the moment. They were sold out so I bought a few of the papers I loved and cut them down to 6x6 and 6x4 sections as soon as I got home. Then I bundled them together in a bulldog clip and ta-da! My very own paper pad. Plus no fear of ruining a big 12x12 pad by cutting it up because it's already done
2. Midway paper pad by October Afternoon - so fun!! How could I go past this for birthday cards?
3. Dear Lizzy Thickers - love the gold! So sparkly, and it's the same font as Playschool. I felt very nostalgic when I remembered that
4. Lost and Found 3 Ruby paper pad. I have been attempting to make some wedding/engagement cards lately and I thought this colour pallate would be great for them.

Happy Scrapping
Sarah

Every artist was once and amateur - Waldo Emerson

Challenge #228 - Sketch

This was my attempt at this week's sketch at 365cards. I tore the sandy coloured paper to make it look more like sand and thought some surf boards would look cool sticking out from between the layers.

I covered the surfboards using dimensional magic which makes them look more realistic and adds some extra texture to the card.

I drew the clouds by hand using white gel pen.
Sarah

You have to go whole heartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having - Frank Lloyd Wright

3 Favourites

A fun card with three of my favourites. The challenge at 365 is to use your favourite colour, favourite patterned paper and favourite tool. I used the butterfly punch and went for polka dots.

The more I think about it Chevron is really my favourite pattern (if you couldn't tell) so I'd better have another go and use that as my entry.

Thanks for stopping by
Sarah

Stars can't shine without darkness - Anon