hiatus and fun fun fun

I'm back. There's been a lot going on in the last 6 months or so, but safe to say, I've never been happier. Free and living the dream with a sea change. I hear the ocean when I go to bed at night, I wake up with a sea breeze at my front door. I walk with the beach under my bare feet and I'm breathing in the sweet smell of living the single life. I'm also back on the scrap wagon. I've not been in the right frame of mind to be creative, but now the itch is back.

8 cms

His version of the 8cms in 8 mths. I've used a combination of Vicki Boutin Let's Wander Mixed Media background paper, Shimelle Laine Field Trip - Measure Up and Cocoa Vanilla Sunkissed for this one. The three collections work well together.

splash

Many moons ago I was given a pack of coloured vellums which I've used a bit on this LO. A scraplift inspired by Pam Baldwin on Studio Calico.

she reads ...

The border punches saw the light of day with this one. Its a scraplift of someone's that I'm unable to find atm to give them the credit due. I used up heaps of scraps and love the textures within this one.

scrapshack2021

Scrapshack2021 mkI was a doozy. Many cocktails, a ripper sail out on Coffin Bay Explorer and a bit of creativity. Love this mob.

happy days

Something with a different shape from a traditional layout. Crushing hard on Cocoa Vanilla Studio's "Happiness" range and a zillion white paint splats.

8 mths 8 cms

I found it amazing how fast S has grown, but I didn't know he'd grown that much in 8 months. Thank goodness for photos to be able to record the milestone of shooting up past his sister who he has looked up to all his life. She's not impressed that she now has to look up to him lol. I've used a combination of Vicki Boutin Let's Wander Mixed Media background paper, Shimelle Laine Field Trip - Measure Up and Cocoa Vanilla Sunkissed for this one. The three collections work well together.

Trinity Craft Weekend

Home from a sensational weekend away by the sea surrounded by love, laughter, craft and infused with gin with a bit of scrapbooking on the side. Time well spent with beautiful souls to disconnect from the real world and reconnecting with those I've not seen for a while.

summer icecream

I'm so crushing on whatever Josefine Vdhoeven creates and I am so lucky to have found her for creative inspo. This one is no exception.

happy days

Repurposing the rainbow acetate cover from Vicki Boutin's foundation papers was the jump off point for this LO. I found the little chip monkey in my stash which was perfect embelly as well as the little rainbow stripe flair button.

play it loud

A puddle was too good a chance to pass up for a photo with the sax. We live on a farm so playing it loud was totally an option. LO 100% inspired by ScrappyCat Josefine using the gorgeous These Days collection from Cocoa Vanilla.

sunny days

Again sourcing inspo from the delighful Scrapycat Josefine. I just can't get enough of her inspiring work.

tiddly pomp

Inspo from Scrapycat Josefine with her ombre effect on her titles and a gelato challenge amongst friends.

shoe tree mkII

There's many a time when a his and hers LO is created for their respective ablums because the story is important to both of them. Such as these two. Design concept is the same for both and the journaling is the same.

yours

I just can't seem to resist the circular LO's with the beautiful Cooca Vanilla ranges. Every time I see a circular bouquet/swag/wreath I know I have just the pic that would suit it. I've added crystal leaves on this one that I've had in my stash since forever. And looky looky, its a 12x12 LO. I've not done one of them since back in the day :)

tumby

Shameless lift from Steffi Ried. I've been crushing hard on her work and she's my go to for inspo, design and white space.

social distancing

All of a sudden social distancing has become very relevant again. This LO is based on a photo taken in 2020 when the kids visited their Great Grandpa during the beginning of Covid19 in Australia.  LO inspired by Terhi Koskinen

 

#scrapshack2021 - june

#scrapshack2021 june edition was all about the rainbow. We had the blowup rainbow, rainbow tableclothes, rainbow tassles, rainbow lip balms, rainbow erasers, rainbow notebook and the best of all was Mel's cute as personalised rainbow goodie bag.

LO inspired by the amazing Steffi Ried

 

covert activity

 

embellish

A grid layer gets a lot of pics onto the LO. The delightfully summery range Sunkissed from Cocoa Vanilla Studio had the perfect little puffy cocktail embellies. 

Journalling says: scrapshack is as much about embellishing the cocktails as it is about embellishing the layouts. 5 March 2021