Hi all,
The past few years, I have entered the Scrapbooking Memories Masters competition. So many talented scrapbookers here in Australia and I love the final chosen masters! I wasn't successful (this time), but I really loved the pages I created, and I managed to receive an honourable mention for one of my pages.
Anyway, today I'd like to share my entries and how I created them.
TASK 1: SINGLE LAYOUT – 5X7in PHOTO
Layout 1 Title: Bucketful of Joy
Note: I received an Honourable Mention for this layout....
About
this project:
Everyone loves the beach, especially my girl
Jessie, and this photo captures so much of her spirit and joy. I combined some
awesome patterned papers as well as some mixed media techniques, creating a
colour scheme to perfectly match the photo. I also used mediums of the colour
sprays and Colour Shimmer Dusts, to create my own colour-matched embellishments
with the paper flower and Charms Creations arrow& tab. The pops of turquoise,
blue and white and small elements of copper, look great against the neutral
background.
Material
List:
American Crafts cardstock,
Kaisercraft cardstock, My Minds Eye paper, Fancy Pants paper, Kaisercraft alphabet
stickers, American Crafts Thickers, Cocoa Vanilla Studio alphabet stickers,
Flutterby Designs flair, Crate Paper Craft Market stickers, D-lish Scraps Resin
glitter dots, Rainbow Splendour wood veneer (via Corbett Creations), D-lish Scraps
jeweled cabochons, My Minds Eye enamel shapes, Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain,
Mister Huey’s Color Mist, Jo Sonya Texture Paste, Tim Holtz Stencil, Colour
Blast Colour Shimmer Dust, copper staples, machine stitching, white satin seam
binding, muslin, twine.
TASK 2: LAYOUT USING UNCONVENTIONAL materials
Layout 2 Title: Yeah!
About
this project:
For the past few months I have become a bower
bird, saving a little pile of unconventional items that I thought could be used
on a scrapbook page. When my daughter’s library bag broke, I instantly saw
potential in the lettering on the vinyl bag. Really, the entire page was
designed around the large YEAH that I cut out from the bag! And of course it
was perfect to go with these photos of Jessie and her cousin laughing and
making funny faces! I tried to have a mixed balance of girl and boy
embellishments and I love that you can combine flowers and skulls to achieve
this!
Material
List:
Bazzill Cardstock, American Crafts Cardstock, Tim
Holtz Tissue Paper, Colour Blast Colour Mica Powder, Mont Marte Gel Medium,
Kaisercraft stencil, Heidi Swapp stencil, Kaisercraft stamps, Posca Paint pen,
Versamark Staz On ink, Flutterby Designs Sticky Snippets, Flutterby Designs
flair, D-lish Scraps spotty bow, Charms Creations DIY flag, D-lish Scraps
enamel dots, My Minds Eye word stickers, Me & My Big Ideas puffy stickers,
Rainbow Splendour foam leaf, resin flowers, paper flowers, muslin, black
staples, colour wire, spotty button. Unconventional items: child’s bangle,
title letters cut from old library bag, skull tag from old lunchbox, pen
lid/spray bottle lid to stamp circles, plastic straw, clothing tag and plastic
fasteners, craft pom pom, fibre washer, plasterers mesh.
TASK 3: LAYOUT Featuring Colours of the Rainbow
Layout 3 Title: Collectors
About
this project:
When I started creating this layout I was
determined to incorporate all the colours of the rainbow without it being
overwhelming. So I designed this page from a white base, with circular elements
and keep it balanced with plenty of white space. I brought in all the colours
of the rainbow, firstly with watercolour paints and shimmer dusts mixed with
water, then with a mix of small colourful embellishments. I balanced the bright
colour with the black striped background and vellum. This sweet (and small)
photo of my 3 girls was just perfect finish to the page.
Materials
List:
American Crafts cardstock, Crate Paper patterned
paper, Dervian gesso, Jo Sonya texture paste, Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Dust,
Micador watercolour paints, Posca Paint pen, D-lish Scraps puffy alphabet,
Creative Scrapbooking resin frame, Rainbow Splendour wood veneer (via Corbett
Creations), D-lish Scraps wood veneer cogs, Dusty Attic chipboard, D-lish
Scraps enamel dots & shapes, Rainbow Splendour felt bow, resin flowers,
resin butterfly, muslin, paper flowers, satin seam binding.
TASK 4: Double Layout That Tells a Story
Layout 4 Title: Our Love story
About
this project:
Some stories just have to be told. And while this
lets people see right inside my very imperfect marriage, personally, it was
great for me to realise that with all we had been through, we had survived. Now
that is real love! I chose a selection of photos over our 20 years together to
illustrate this story. By printing the photos in black and white, I got to
create with one of my favourite colour schemes! And I really wanted to combine
mixed media and patterned papers because that is the best of both worlds!
Materials
List:
Cocoa Vanilla Studio paper, WRMK paper, Basic
Grey paper, Crate Paper paper, American Crafts cardstock, Cocoa Vanilla Studio
cut file, Derivan gesso, Colour Blast Colour Paste, Colour Blast Colour Mica
Powder, Colour Blast Colour Spray, Flutterby Designs stencil, TCW stencil, WRMK
circle punch, American Craft thickers, Rosie’s Studio puffy alphabet, D-lish
Scraps flair, D-lish Scraps enamel shapes, D-lish Scraps paper flowers, Prima
flowers, resin flowers, vellum, machine stitching.
Thanks to all my friends for looking!
Amanda
