Hunter and Missy Beach layout

Finally I'm backkkk.. The Memory Maze DT had bit of a break for a couple of weeks over at the school holidays.. I was so happy that I actually did get to get some crafting time in though and now I'm excited to share them makes with you.. 

The first part of my reveal I would like to share this super fun layout of Hunter and our Missy dog playing at the beach.. 

I wanted to make this layout as neural as possible with soft grey & blue colours as the base then the solid colours of Black and whites.. The Arrows and Bricks are then balanced by the flowers and the glitter balanced by some crackle paint.. 

I'm absolutely LOVING the new Aussie paper Manufacturer Cocoa Vanilla! I have used two sheets of their new boyish range.. 

Other products used;  Gesso, White Mesh lace ribbon, Impasto & Brick stencil, Memory Maze chip board, Mini flowers, Tim Holdptz Distress Glitter & Crackle Paint, Do Craft Acrulic paints (Dark Grey, Baby Blue, Noir & Blanc) 

I had some leftovers from the paper and the brick chipboard, so decided to throw together this teenage boy card also.. 

Hope you have been inspired to get some crafting done today! So please do drop by your local scrap shop and pick up some Memory Maze goodness or stop by the MM blog to get more ideas on how to use your chipboard pieces.. 

18th Birthday Coco Chanel cards

Recently I had an order for some custom cards.. The beautiful birthday girl was having a Coco Chanel pink/white/black cake for her birthday, so her Mum asked if I would mind creating some cards for her on behalf of the siblings.. 

This was very exciting for me as. I have been wanting to learn for quite some time how to make a Handbag Card... And seriously, what could be better than that style while channeling Coco Chanel! :) 

The card isn't much to look at from the outside.. It has a faux crocodile pink leather cover held down by magnets and the stunning bling from Memory Maze as the feature embellishment.. 

However, the inside of the card had me playing with all sorts of goodies.. 

The base is plain Black cardstock.. The pattern paper is a VERY old piece, I use to have dozens of this particular paper, but this was the final piece.. 

White cardstock to break up the design.. Diecut lady and cats at the bottom.. Some gems.. The washi in the middle was again channeling some Cooc Chanel.. lol.. 

The chipboard numbers in huge middle have been heat embossed.. 

The second card was from her younger brothers, they affectionately call her "Sissy".. 

 

The original design of card that the mother had loved and ordered was this one.. So I needed to make sure that even though I got to try something new with the Handbag Card, I still wanted to give one this style also.. 

Again, still sticking with the Coco Chanel theme this card is quite girly girl.. Plenty of bling, flowers, butterflies and beautiful patterns.. 

10 minute cards

10 minute cards

A few months ago I shared with you a quick layout for time poor scrapers, so today I thought I would share two very quick 10 minute cards using a Memory Maze chipboard as the feature.

The making of these cards took no longer that 30 minutes in total. This includes sitting at my craft desk, coming up with the idea, making of the two cards and then clearing my desk again. 

"Sister" was coloured with two Gelatos to match the paper and embellishments. 

The "th" has been cut off the 40th. This card was made for a Music fan friend of mine. She loves Red, black & white so this turned out simple and perfect for her. The chipboard piece has been coloured with a teal ink then some Kindy Glitz lightly spread over the top. 

I hope you find some inspiration from these cards, so next time that you find yourself walking out the door to a special birthday without a card, it's ok to stop for just a few quick minutes to make a cute card that will be cherished for much longer than it took to make. 

Memory Maze products used; 

Sister 150x50

 

40th  100x100

Don't forget to drop by my Facebook craft dedicated page and "like" it for updates on our crafting.. 

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

Custom Bling Box

Welcome back Chippie fans. Today I am here to share with you yet another video tutorial, but this time it isn't a canvas. This time it's to show you what you can build with plain uncut chipboard. This is a fun and custom made box especially designed to store my Memory Maze BLING.  

 

Bling Box

 

I started with plain 8"x8" chipboard pieces and designed this box myself for myself. So it's got a very girly colour palette with some white distressed trimmings. 

It does spread open as you can see in the photo below for easy access when needed. Then it can completely close into a box for when it's not being used. 

-- FIND THE VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE -- 

http://youtu.be/edJpvCXZSvU 

Some quick process photos; 

Made with just two 8x8" squares of chipboard.. 

First piece was turned into the frame.. I also cut off 4" from the top of this to make an extra large box for the middle,but didn't need it.. Instead it made a smaller box for the other side panel.. 

2 large middle boxes and 4 smaller side panel boxes.. 

Once the boxes have been cut, tape them together.. 

Then the panels are covered and the boxes were covered in Washi tape and the Bling Box starts being built.. 

The boxes are later painted white and some shabby chic edges with white paint also. 

Purple straws, mini flowers, twine, ribbon, lace and a button to finish off the embellishments for the inside of the box.. 

The Fancy Border chipboard piece from Memory Maze has been cut to suit the length of the panels, then heat embossed with purple powder and stuck to the back.. 

Thanks to my two boys.. Lane assisted me to put the boxes together and Hunter pictured below, was very generous with his creativity ideas.. :) 

As you can seek the box panels can fully close to make a boxed shape when not in use or completely spread open so you can see all the lovely bling inside.. 

Memory Maze products used 

12x12 chipboard

Fancy Border

 

A variety of BLING can be found on the MM site too

 

Little Mate layout for Memory Maze

Welcome backkkkk.. I'm so excited to bring to you today this super fun and layered page featuring my littlest man Hunter and his favourite Junior Sedan speedway driver Abi..

Abi is such a good sport when it comes to Hunter.. She is so nice and such a sweetheart! 

Hunter is definitely a laugh though.. He gets so excited and happy to see Abi, but when he gets close enough he turns VERY SHY! lol..

I had a lot of fun playing with the colour scheme on this page. From the black, whites and greys to the pops of yellow and reds. 

For the title I cut the "our" off the top to suit the layout. It has been coloured with both White Gelato and Picket Fence Distress Stain. The Tribal piece was coloured with Barn Door Distress ink and both have been finished off with Dimensional Magic. 

The pattern papers and embellishments all come from the Kaiser "Scrap Yard" collection.. 

Flowers from Manor House and Prima.. 

Photo credit for the featured photo goes to Mickey Meehan "ART BY MICKEY" who is Abi's lovely  Mum.. A fantastic local graphic designer who donates so much of her time and efforts for the Junior Sedan division and speedway as a whole.. 

I would love for you to join me over at my Facebook page especially dedicated just to sharing my crafty projects..  https://www.facebook.com/scrapcrazy.customcreations 

Reverse Canvas video tutorial for Memory Maze

Good day to you all.. I hope the changes in weather no matter where you are in they go world have been slight and pleasant.. It's getting quite cool here all of a sudden.. It seems to have skipped Autumn completely.. :( 

For this post, I am going to share with you part one of my latest DT creations from my recent Memory Maze post.. This features a lovely Reverse Canvas with a large photo of my Mum and Graham during their first Cruise to NZ.. 

--FIND THE VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE --  

I used a lot of stunning flowers created by Jan MacKenzie - 

http://www.ascrappersfolly.com/ 

Chipboard of course is from Memory Maze.. 

http://www.memorymaze.com.au 

I started the canvas off by applying Gesso down on the base. Since the staples were still visible I added the Modelling Paste on top of the frame then gave some texture by wrapping this stencil over the frame.. 

The Owl piece and the circles were both coloured using the same technique.. 

I first coated the chipboards with the Gelato, then sprayed with water to spread evenly with a brush..

After this there wasn't the bright shine I had hoped for, so I added some Smooth Spritz. Final touch on the Owls were to carve the lines of details back out for definition.. 

The remaining chipboard pieces were painted Black. This cute swirl is actually off a different clock design. I couldn't get the one I had planned to use originally to colour how I wanted, so switched to a different clock, which of course I couldn't get to how I wanted either.. As we all know there are NO mistakes in scrapbooking, we simply adapt! lol.. So to adapt I simply cut off this gorgeous swirl and now actually like it much more than I did with either of the clocks there.. lol.. :) 

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