Pin board - before & after

I had an old pin board/ notice board which was coming apart and didn't match my craft room, so I decided to alter it. It had very pretty material on it which I have kept for future projects

Pretty but I could see the potential! It's about 3ft x 2ft in size.

So I took it to pieces and used some hessian I have been itching to use for a while, got out my staple gun and some good old seam binder ribbon and after a flurry of activity came up with this.

But it's not meant to be bare, so I tried a few things out to make sure my little wooden pegs were strong enough...

And then I decided colour was the order of the day, so out came some of my more vibrant art work and voila - good old pin board works a treat!

The hessian background really makes the colours pop - and I couldn't leave my lil' gal out of the picture could I! It's perfect in my craft room and I get to show off some of my projects that are otherwise stuck in an art journal.

PS hope you like my art  :)  and here it is in the "Before" state!

LIVE Layout

Sorry for neglecting you Blog, but here I am now with a layout! I haven't done a stand-alone scrapbook layout in forever and I enjoyed getting back to basics. 8 x 8 inches of pure enjoyment on my part, using lots of little techniques and products which have been there waiting for me to play.
Tim Holtz Spritzer using distress markers on water colour paper background, with Heidi Swapp Color shine over top. Distress inks, Staz-on, with Tim Holtz & Indigo Blu stamps, Prima cloth tape & Embelli and 7Gypsies washi.
When I say 'Back to basics", I usually mean stamping (my great love) and some kind of paint/ink treatment (I can't help myself :). But it's always, always the photo for me. It's the emotional pull of the image and what it means to me that stirs my creativity.

Nice and simple

Now I am going to play some more and will post the results ASAP!

Wood mini album - Today be amazing

Here's my completed wood Heidi Swapp album - been done a while but I've only just got round to uploading it as I haven't been very well. I had a lot of fun playing with the Color Shine mists and loads of bits and pieces. Sorry about the amateur photography - although the sunshine does show the layering and texture.

This is an envelope

Inside the envelope - some "from the heart" journalling to Cara

Last layout straight onto the wood!

An old Websters Pages layout that I still love

I'd forgotten how much I love Webster's Pages stuff - I did this layout back in 2011, but I remember enjoying all the paint effects I was inspired to use directly from these papers. I had fun continuing the paper pattern with paint and brush (I think i used distress inks actually) - and look at Cara's eyes! She was so fed up of me saying "let me take a photo", I thought she was going to explode! I originally uploaded this to scrapbook.com gallery and UK Scrappers too I think. Good fun!

Book Inside - Random Photo Shoot

Here is my next Bo Bunny/Pink Paislee creation. A little Book Inside a Box. I loved these papers and embellishments so much I used them a lot. They are oldies but goodies for me. Also there's something about making these little concertina books - I have made so many. Very quickly rewarding and versatile. Perfect for gifts. I make the boxes using my Martha Stewart scoreboard.

BIRDCAGE

Sharing one of my favourite makes from October 2011 (That long ago?). Bare chipboard juiced up with paint, cosmic shimmer sprays, crackle medium, inks - you name it! Loving the Pink Paislee and Bo Bunny so much I made another project (to follow) using these goodies.