Admire - 8 x 8 Layout

I'm sorry I haven't been around so much, but I managed to squeeze a layout in using Papermania Eau de Nil range - pretty papers and embellishments and a beautiful colour. I made the butterfly from the crochet trim and brought some pink and kraft colours into the mix which I really like. It got a bit messy, (which I also really like:).  I recycled strips of wax paper left over from some thank you cards I made for a friend. I've used this photo many times...  I need to bribe my daughter into letting me take more photos when we are together - she's flitting about all over the place and I can't pin her down! (Note to self - tie daughter down and make sure camera is handy!)

I've bought some gelatos which I'm dying to start into - I have been eyeballing them for a while and finally took the leap of faith! So I hope to upload my efforts if they are any good. I want to experiment with stamps to give a water colour effect on canvas - can't wait!

Anyway, here is "You I Admire", which is about my daughter's strength of character and ability to deal with the hard knocks of life. The (private) journaling is behind the layout.

Check this new range out - Elena Morgun's Green Cat Story and the Sweetest Thing Collection

Elena Morgun from the Ukraine has created her own paper line and it's really lovely. I wonder if I will ever be able to get my inky mits on this one!

Take  a look here   http://studio-sunshine.blogspot.co.
So pretty!

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!

My place at Scrapbook.com - see my old stuff!My place at scrapbook.com

and as I suspected - the quality of the slide show is rubbish! If anyone can let me know a way to upload movies with the quality uncorrupted, please let me know!

Altered Perpetual Calendar

Here is  a perpetual calendar that I bought from a bargain basement and altered using Teresa Collins Memories papers - beautiful. I have one of my tinpot slide show movies to upload with step by step of how I altered the calendar, but I can't seem to get it uploaded properly - all sorts of trouble!

Here's the slide show (hopefully) the photos were all taken with my iPhone x