Lasting Memories Guest - Determination

The second challenge that was released for this month over at the Lasting Memories LO challenge blog was DETERMINATION... I'm a bit late uploading this, so I do apologise!! 

However better late than never right.. lol.. 

http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com.au 

Determination - features three amazing photos of my big boy Lane doing his thing in the pool.. It captures Backstoke, Freestyle & Breaststroke.. (I don't have a good photo just yet of his Butterfly).. 

Although these photos were taken on different days, Lane is still wearing his favourite competitive Red goggles in them all which is why I chose to colour the Memory Maze chipboard Red Barn Door by Ranger.. 

The papers and word stickers all come from Kaisers recentish Beach themed range.. 

Finished off this simple page with a Thicker letter D and some small alpha stickers for the title.. 

  

I would love for you to drop by the Lasting Memories challenge blog for some awesome inspiration by the DT and maybe link up your own entry.. I will be checking out all the entries for this month while I am the Guest DT.. Remember that even though each challenge is released weekly, you actually have until the end of the month to link up your entries.. :) 

http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com.au 

Lasting Memories Guest - Beauty

As I announced at the end if April, I am the Guest DT for one of my past DT blogs, Lasting Memories LO challenges.. I'm so excited to be back creating along with these ladies..

 

This layout features a truly BEAUTIFUL photo that captures the fun personality of my best friend Leah and her amazing little boy Aisea (who I am honoured to share a birthdate with!). 

Laugh Like No-One Is Watching

I started off with a Kaiser Basecoat pattern paper for the background.. Then I spread over some Gesso and Impasto paste randomly to break up the background from the photo..

The gorgeous ribbon had been stamped with "cherish", I actually received this ready from a good crafty friend! Thank you Irene! :) 

Washi tape, bakers twine, Manor House flowers, Shimmerz paint and two great chipboard pieces from Memory Maze finished off the layout.. 

Thank you for dropping by today.. I hope you find some inspiration to link up your own entry to the Lasting Memories challenge blog.. Remember that every week there is a new challenge released, however they are open the entire month long to enter! :)  

Stencil storage box

Welcome back..... :)

Today, I'm sharing my second DT make for my recent Memory Maze post.. This one is special to me because I made this JUST FOR ME! :) 

So it's fun and girly.. :)  It's not very often that I make myself something special for my craft room, but I love the Memory Maze 8x8 stencils so much, I wanted something to display my growing collection.. 

I actually made this from scratch using the Memory Maze plain chipboard..

I've added the measurements in this photo for you incase you are inspired to do your own.. 

A good craft knife will only take about 2 or 3 cuts to completely slice through the thick chipboard pieces.. Make sure it's sharp and you have a good quality ruler, I recommend a metal one.. 

Next was covering the inside with paper and glueing the sides together.. 

I used a piece from the Prima "Almanac" collection.. 

I then covered the outside with paper (using Kaiser "True Romace" collection), laid down strips of washi tape and randomly spread some Gesso.. 

Next my favourite and very over used MM stencil "Pavers" and impasto paste were applied under a heat embossed beautiful mirror shaped MM chipboard..

Finally, plenty of embellishments including stunning custom bling pieces from Jan on the top corners and the magnificently stunnning Ballerina.. 

Plus - Kaiser Flowers, Bella bling swirls, Mirco Beads and small adhesive rhinestones. 

Video Tutorial for the FAMILY canvas

Today, I bring to you another video tutorial for a canvas. 

This project features a lovely photo of some friends with their beautiful little boy. Turning them into a "family"..

I would like to share a special technique of how to LAYER your chipboards.

  If you're anything like me, then you have a STACK of awesome and adorable chippies at home that youn just HAD to buy at the craft store but still haven't.. lol.. 

So with this project I wanted to finally take the leap and just use those awesome chippies to create a feature on this canvas.. 

FAMILY

  

    -- FIND THE VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE -- 

The photo used captures the beautiful bond and love shared between some friends of mine that are new parents.. They have wanted a little additional to make them a family for a while and finally got the gift of a little boy.. 

Here is the Memory Maze chipboard that I used: 

And now the chipboard has been coloured ready for it all to be layered.. 

One frame has been cut in half and the heart border piece has been cut in half also.. 

Black paint - Moss paint -  Gesso + blue mist as the base if the blue pieces which also has a darker blue embossing powder over the top randomly.. 

Lasting Memories GUEST DT for May

Hey hey.. Guess who's back for this entire month at Lasting Memories! 

I'm so excited to be sharing some lovely and fun layouts with you all again.. 

First one this month is GRATITUDE.. 

  LMCB # 239 - "GRATITUDE" - Someone or something you have Gratitude for.

Such a lovely sentiment and feeling.. I wanted to make a page that would feature my boys photo without over powering it.. I wanted WHITE SPACE but not too much.. I wanted SIMPLE so the focus would be on the photo and not all the embellishments or textures on the page.. Soooo, with that in mind I came up with this -- 

What I'm thankful for and grateful for is my boys.. I'm very lucky that they picked me to be their mummy.. :) 

There are many moments that I know I won't be in the running for Mother of the Year awards, but I try very hard to be the best Mummy I can be FOR THEM! 

Lane and Hunter are pretty much as complete opposites as possible with their Personality.. 

Lane is very soft, shy and can be quite considerate.. 

Hunter is loud, obnoxious and doesn't care if he runs into you on his bike.. Infact, he thinks it's funny and will do it several times until being put into the Time Out spot.. lol

However, they both share is LOVE!  Oh, and they are both MINE! :) 

Lane is bit of a gentle hugger, but as you can see it's serious business with Hunter.. He'll squeeze you until you run out of breath.. lol.. 

My entire page was made up with simplicity and photo focus in mind as I mentioned before.. 

To achieve this I used only white cardstock and one Kaiser collection.. Mister Fox..

Some ribbon from this Michaels tag that a friend sent me over from the USA last year and this beautiful stencil was captured with plain Impasto paste.. I love how it goes see through when dry but the dimension and texture is still there.. :) 

Close up of the paper, tags and stencil used.. 

I would love and be very thankful  if you all dropped over to the Lasting Memories challenge blog and linked up your own entry.. Don't forget that the weekly challenges are open all month long.. And the DT there are amazing! Their inspirational pages will for sure get you into a crafting mood.. 

http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/lm-239-gratitude-may-challenges-life.html

Thanks again for joining me.. Toni.. :) 

Inside pop cards for boys

Just popping in today to share a couple of quick and cute cards that were made for Hunter's friends recent birthdays.. 

In the second week of school holidays, Hunter was lucky enough to be invited to 3 separate birthday parties!! :) 

Here are two of the he cards that were given to the special birthday boys - 

I've only started making this style card over the past couple of weeks.. I'm totally loving it! 

Even though so far they have all had a boy theme, I'm looking forward to creating some girly ones soon too!  

I love that no matter how they are embellished, either "over the top" or very simple they still look awesome!! 

Please do drop on over to my Facebook page for up to date creations and inspirations.. 

https://www.facebook.com/scrapcrazy.customcreations 

Thanks for stopping by.. Toni.. 

Quick card challenge

Howdy crafters.. I'm here with just a quick post today to share a card that I made from an envelope challenge from an online card swap group I'm apart of.. 

The pack included a small doiley, White base card and a Chocolate square thingy.. 

The rules are simple, create something using these products PLUS add whatever you wish too.. Must post a photo of the finished project to share with those in the group and the recipient actually gets to keep the card if they wish.. I will probably forward mine on when I find the right theme..

So I added - Distress Ink "Vintage Photo" to the base, a Kaiser stamp and CTMH "chocolate" ink, the light brown cardstock, lace ribbon and twine..  

This took me less than 10min this morning.. Thanks to Brenda at Cards R Us for this fun little challenge.. 

Don't forget there are plenty of updated inspiration on my crafty Facebook page.. Feel free to drop On over to "like" it.. :) 

https://www.facebook.com/scrapcrazy.customcreations 

Thanks, have a nice day.. Toni..