We (heart) this place

Hi there!

Here is the last page for our Cuban Vacation album!  Woohoo!  And ironically, when this post goes up, we will be on a new vacation to the Dominican Republic.  HA!

Recently, I took Shimelle Laine's online scrapping class, Clear the Desk.  I love all things Shimelle and this layout was inspired by one of her pages.

Once again, I used Crate Paper Oasis collection, but the anchor papers are a very old Fancy Pants Anchors Away paper. I really liked the navy blue with the aqua and green papers.  This page is pretty simple, but I was trying to use up some embellishments from the Oasis Collection and get stuff on the page and stored in my stash.

Thanks for looking!
Sylvie

Hanging out in Room 2012

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It's been a while! I took a little break from scrapping to do some house renovations. I finally had a chance to sit at my desk, took out my photos and ...... nothing.  No inspiration.  No mojo.  Luckily, I still had this Creative Scrapbooker Magazine February Sketch on my desk and it saved the day!

I am almost finished my vacation album and I want to use up the Crate Paper Oasis collection that I used through most of my album.  These scraps were on my desk, so I decided to cut 2"x2" squares and sewed them to the piece of aqua cardstock in a quilt-like pattern.  The page was embellished with more Oasis ephemera and chipboard pieces.  In my stash was the very old American Crafts "Home Sweet Home" diecut.  I love it when I can find a place to use a really old supply.

I love how using a sketch can jump start my creativity. I didn't stick to the sketch closely, but it was a great jumping off place.

Thanks for looking!
Sylvie

Roam If You Want To

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I'm coming into the home stretch for my Cuba Vacation Album. Usually, I run out of ideas by now, but this page came together so easily and I just love it!

The papers are from the 6x6 Oasis Collection, as are most of the embellishments. There are a few stickers from other Crate Paper collections. The clouds are a Paper Issues free cut file and the background is sprayed and splattered with Mister Huey's and Heidi Swapp mists.

The wooden "Roam" is from Dollarama and I've had it in my stash for years. The stamps are also from  Oasis.

I channeled the B-52's for this title and the song gets stuck in my head every time I see it.  :)

Roam if you want to.... Roam around the world.....

Thanks for looking!

Sylvie

Who Took it Best?

 Hi there!

A couple of weeks ago, I took part in the challenges over at the Paper Issues Facebook group.  It was a lot of fun. I only got two pages done, but I'm pretty happy with what I created.

The challenge for the first page was done on Facebook Live and we had to create a page at the same time as the designers.  Sort of like "Simon Says".  I just love the result!

Everything is from the Crate Paper Oasis collection and the title was made with Thickers and Simple Stories stickers..

The next challenge was to make a page using lines on your page. I created this background with very old Crate Paper washi tape and paper strips from many manufacturers that came from my scrap pile. The page is embellished with some older Crate Paper Pier and Oasis embellishments.

Challenges really do help me get pages done quickly. And while on-line crops aren't as fun as the real life crops, they sure can challenge me to step out of my comfort zone.

Thanks for looking!
Sylvie

Oh happy moments with you

Hi there!

Today, I am sharing a layout inspired by the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine October sketch.

I've had these photo frames in my stash for years. I think they are an old Two Peas in a Bucket free cut file. Many times if I am cutting an image from a multi image file, I will cut the extra items just to have on hand.  These were cut out of white cardstock but the white didn't stand out from my background paper.  So, I coloured them with Distress Oxide Ink in Worn Lipstick and Cracked Pistachio and Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Stone Wash. All the embellishments are from Crate Paper Oasis and Carousel. 

This page came together for me very quickly - only a couple of hours.  That's almost a record for me!

Thanks for looking!
Sylvie

Sneaky Selfie

Hi there!

Today I'm sharing another vacation layout mixing Crate Paper Oasis supplies with older items from my stash.

I started this layout with the page design in my head.  The dark blue towel in the photo was my nemesis trying to pick a background.  In the end, I went with a neutral kraft paper and some torn paper strips.The pink background stamps are an old Studio Calico stamp and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide inks.  The title is cut using my Silhouette.

Once the background was done, the rest of this page came together very quickly.  The very old chipboard  umbrella is from the Crate Paper Pier collection. Since the flamingo is gold, I felt like I needed some gold in the opposite corner.  But, I didn't have anything that would work in my cluster.  That's when I had the idea to gild the umbrella with some extremely old foiling kit from We R Memory Keepers.

The date on the package says 2008, so I wasn't sure if it would still work, but it worked like a charm! I think the Duo Embellishment glue was from the same kit and it wasn't even dried up. ;)  I painted the glue onto the the chipboard using a small paintbrush then let it dry until it became tacky.  Then I placed the foil sheet over top and rubbed to adhere the foil. 

As you can see, it's a little bit splotchy, but I might not have left the glue to sit long enough.  I was really anxious to see if this would even work.  HA! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The gold looks better in real life. I'm thinking that maybe I should have done the entire umbrella in the foil, but it's done now. And I never go back and redo something, so it's going in the album as it is.

I really love this page.  Now, I'm looking around thinking what else I can foil.  ;)

Thanks for looking!
Sylvie

Baby Cuban Pineapple

Hi there!

Today I am sharing a fun layout featuring a large die cut and the Crate Paper Oasis line.

When I saw this free diecut from Paper Issues, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it.

I cut the file using craft cardstock and backed the top with the green paper.  The cutfile was supposed to look like the image below, with the cross hatching. But, I wanted to use up some scraps of patterned paper and use my newly purchased fringe scissors.  So, using my craft knife, I cut out the cross hatches.

I cut each strip of patterned paper with the fringe scissors before gluing everything together into a large square. I sewed gold thread through each strip.  Then using some wet adhesive, I glued the die cut over the fringed square and finally cut around the shape. I did have to glue some bits of fringe that fell off, but surprisingly, that wasn't too much of an issue.

I used clear gesso on the background page and smooshed some Distress Oxide inks in Broken China, Worn Lipstick and Fossilized Amber. I then took a deep breath and stamped directly on the background with the Emerald Creek camera  stamp from the Scrap Shotz September Kit. What a pretty stamp!

I love how this page turned out! I seem to be using these large diecuts a lot in this vacation album, but they really make an impact. I already have a few more pages floating around in my head!

Thanks for looking!
Sylvie