Summer Nautical layout

 catching up on updating blog posts that were not shared from my facebook page. 

This layout was made in OCTOBER 2024 as part of the DESIGN TEAM projects for the NAUTICAL DREAMS collection from  Scrapbook Fantasies .

Summer 

I'm so thankful that Alicia, Quentin and the Redshaw family saw the spark in me back in 2024 to get back into crafting. Unfortunately it fell flat pretty quickly afterwards, but I'm not back at it. April 2026.. I am trying to catch up on posting / uploading projects and working on plenty of new one's as well. 

Wanting something a little less Nautical but still have a fun beach vibe?!

The Sandcastle picture cut was perfect for this!

Available in store now.

I started off with the weatherboard strip from #5

Then cut the anchor #4 pattern paper 11.5”x8”

Red glitter strip to layer between pattern papers and to back the picture cut.

The hessian pattern on #2 for the rest of the picture cut too.

Summer title cut

Colour words sheet 342434

Waxed thread, Gauze, Blue ink for title and Pinecone ink for edges.

Let me know what you think! 
Thanks for your time, Happy Scrapping.. 

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You A Maze Me

 

I'm in the middle of catching up on projects that have been shared on my facebook page but not here, so here we go --- 
This layout was made in May 2024 as part of a cyber crop challenge from  Scrapbook Fantasies .

You A Maze Me

The first challenge inspiration for the past Cyber Crop over at Scrapbook Fantasies was to use the three Primary colours.

I chose to use the fabulous “Imagine With Alice” collection..

Using the yellow & white chevron paper for the base, adding paint on a foam brush.. Layering with plenty of white spray mist and some stencilling with red & blue circles.

The rest was pretty easy with some fussy cutting pieces around the Red Glitter photo mat.

The photo features my amazing boys during a holiday adventure visit to a Maze park on the Sunny Coast a couple years ago. (hidden journaling on the backside of the layout)

I'm so thankful that Alicia, Quentin and the Redshaw saw the spark in me back in 2024 to get back into crafting. Unfortunately it fell flat pretty quickly afterwards, but I'm not back at it. April 2026.. I am trying to catch up on posting / uploading projects and working on plenty of new one's as well. 

This was a challenge inspired layout using Red / Blue / Yellow.

I was in the car on the way down to Maryborough actually when I saw the challenges released during the Cyber Crop at Scrapbook Fantasies over the weekend.

As I sat there scrolling through FB, I read this challenge and knew straight away I wanted to scraplift one of my own designs from a few years ago.

I wasn’t sure if it’d work out or not. And I will admit it took me a couple of goes to create the base, but I am certainly loving it now!

Very easy techniques on this page done well is what makes this so eye catching for a basic layout. Simple allows the design to tell the story.

Which this does beautifully for our memories.

The photo captures my boys visiting a Maze world on the Sunshine Coast.

It has loads of extra puzzles & games. Fun family themes with some fairy tale’s featured for a fun & whimsical experience.

It’s great when a strong feminine vibed collection like this “Imagine With Alice” can be flipped to suit a great boys themed layout too.

Let me know what you think! 
Thanks for your time, Happy Scrapping.. 

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The Flash

 

How fun is this layout!
I'm in the middle of catching up on projects that have been shared on my facebook page but not here, so here we go --- 
This layout was made in May 2024 as part of a cyber crop challenge from  Scrapbook Fantasies .

The Flash 

I'm so thankful that Alicia, Quentin and the Redshaw saw the spark in me back in 2024 to get back into crafting. Unfortunately it fell flat pretty quickly afterwards, but I'm not back at it. April 2026.. I am trying to catch up on posting / uploading projects and working on plenty of new one's as well. 

Here are some close ups of this fun Flash layout featuring my boys quite a few years ago now, at Movie World on the Gold Coast. 

Let me know what you think! 
Thanks for your time, Happy Scrapping.. 

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Magical Memories - Added Easel

* SCRAPLIFT   INVITE *

A few weeks ago I was so honoured to be allowed to promote this Magical Memories collection from Scrapbook Fantasies as part of their audition process for their Creative Team. 
For me it has been the boost that I've needed to get out of the horrible hole I've been in and unable to go near my craft desk for the past year +.. 

Alicia, Quentin and the Redshaw have been friends for a long time and to feel the support from them at this tough time has been inspirational and heart warming. I hope that the support and promotion that I'm able to give now with their products is at the least a small part of paying them back for their kindness. 

So now I would like to invite the incredible members of the Scrapbook Fantasies Creative Families group to Scraplift this layout design and share with us in the facebook group. 
It's an easy and simple layout that anyone of any ability can put together using any of the exclusive collections by Alicia and Naomi-Jon.

This layout is one of many that I would love to share that has a special design technique element. 
I love putting new ideas onto layouts and showing others that it can be done with some imagination. 
I don't always get it right and quite often have to put quite a bit of thoughts into the logistics and measurements before I even begin.. Then I tend to get it wrong and have to wing it as I go along.. lol

Camel buddy

These photos capture my beautiful boys meeting and playing with a Camel calf a few years ago during our trip to the Gemfields. We were staying at a small caravan park called "Gemini", which happens to be right next to the Camel farm. 

I started off with a kraft cardstock piece as the base. You can use anything for this, as it won't be seen underneath!

Using Magical Memories # 5 - cut it in half 6"x12" with the solid tan piece, then cut in half again 3"x12". These will be adhered to the top and bottom of the base layout piece. 

Fussy cut the other side of Magical Memories # 5 for the embellishment cluster pieces. 

Grab a couple of White Cardstock pieces for highlighting and photo mating pieces. 

12"x6.5" - stick it down in the middle, making sure to go over the top of the solid tan strips. 

Cut two 5"x6" photo mats 

and one 5"x8" piece to be used for the easel. Score at 1" and 4.5"

Magical Memories 3 4 - Cut to layer on top of the middle white cardstock. 11.5"x6"

I had leftover scrap piece of solid tan from another layout that I used for the first photo mat on the left side, sandwiched with an off centre white mat and then photo on top. 

The easel 1" piece will go under the white middle layer piece. 

It will be lay over the top of the middle pattern paper layers. Fold creases. 

Add the white photo mat to the bottom section of the easel and then the photo on top too. 

Add the white journal piece and fussy cut clusters. 
To finish it off, blend on some spots using the Blotchy Spots stencil. 

Another very simple and basic layout that can be added to to create your own design. 
This is one that I've already got plans to scraplift myself again. 

If you would like to try out the idea, then please feel free to scraplift this yourself as well and share it in the Scrapbook Fantasies Creative Families facebook group. 

Magical Memories # 5
Magical Memories # 4 

Blotchy Spots Stencil

Progress video still to come! 

Let me know what you think! 
Thanks for your time, Happy Scrapping.. 

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Circle & Stars layout

Another challenge layout from the White With One cyber crop over the weekend.

Challenge 1 - use one colour plus two shapes.

So I chose an “Altantic” blue with Circles & Stars.

I can not believe the inspiration that smacked me in the face when I found a 10yr old packet of Heidi Swapp stars in my stash..

Then adding a fun blue & silver star pattern paper from Kaisercraft set this up perfectly.

I used Silver as the additional element to tie it all together (bit like how we normally use Black or White)…

Adding in the stencil circles on the base, punched out different size half circles on the blue pp and then diecut both white & silver circle bubble clusters for more flat dimensional texture. A very quick & easy layout that was actually quite a pleasure to put together and it flowed so well. Yay!  

Let me know what you think! 
Thanks for your time, Happy Scrapping.. 

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Shades of Brown

 This past March Scrapbook Fantasies held a fun cyber crop with an Autumn theme..

Here is my project inspired by their Challenge 1 -

Shades of Brown

G'Day Mate

Featuring snippets from the Aussie Grunge collection and Scrapbook Fantasy chipboard..

It shares the memory of Hunter digging for Gems during our trip to Sapphire & Rubyvale a few years ago..

Plus plenty of little additions of mixed media items. (Ink, blending, smooching, fluff, glitter, crayon, stencilling)

It took many tries with different ideas to design this layout.. But I definitely had fun playing, destroying several cardstock pieces and then tossing it all..

I am loving the final outcome and every piece I have thrown out makes it worth it!

Let me know what you think! 
Thanks for your time, Happy Scrapping.. 

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Construction safety first

 Over at Scrapbook Fantasies, they held a January cyber crop to say “goodbye 2023”.. Definitely something I felt would assist me in moving in the right direction for 2024..

With help via zoom from the beautiful ladies in the USA, I managed to put together two basic but meaningful layouts.

This one was for challenge 4- use shades of one colour.

I choose the yellow colour that is featured in the pattern paper designed by Alicia Redshaw. Using the black & white as accents to highlight the layout design too.

The photos are of Hunter in 2016 marking out his safety zone with his toy dumb trucks..

It was so much fun putting this layout together using a twist on the grid pattern. The diagonal triangles placed in just the right position on each grid square set it out to be orange strips, similar to the "caution tape".. 

The extra element of the grid stencil on the base white layout isn't as prominent in these photos, however very eye catching in person. 

Let me know what you think! 
Thanks for your time, Happy Scrapping.. 

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Dream Big - Boy + Girl layouts

Dream Big 

These layouts were made for a local KIDS scrapbooking class I taught.. 
The design was super easy to adapt and change between a boy theme and girly theme using the same Kaisercraft collection.. 

 Using the scrap leftover bits I was able to put together these adorable cards too.