A little bit of scrapbooking .I normally scrapbook 12x12 but had it in my head that I wanted to do some A4 sort of size for a change. It's a very old picture of Olivia when she was a baby , she used to just fall asleep anywhere. I have decided to make a few more at this size to use up all those old photo's you take and think i will scrap that sometime.   

I've used some of the lovely new pearls and pins from The Hobby House range that we are now stocking. Pop over to the shop as we have lots of them in lots of colours.

Julie: Vintage-style 'sandwich board' card

Hello again.

In my recent Design Team posts here, I seem to have taken it upon myself to promote the various unusual paper ranges Jean's shop specialises in ... and today's no different.

This time I've been working with Pion papers again, both for the patterned paper on the ouside of this card and also for the vintage image on the inside:

The vintage image was cut from this sheet called 'Romance - From Grandma's Attic':

The structure of this 'sandwich board' is something my fellow design team member Jan showed me which, in turn, she'd seen on someone else's blog ... and I've just adapted it here to suit the size and shape of the Pion image  Iwanted to use.

You can see better in this photo how it's constructed from a card base, with the fold at the top, and a hanging section slotted inside:

But, if you'd like clearer instructions than that I've created a fully illustrated tutorial which you can see in here on my personal blog.

Also, over the next few days on my blog I'll share 2 more examples of cards like this, made using Pion papers, Pion vintage images and a little splash of humour and you're welcome to drop by to see them.

See you next time.

Julie :-)

Picture Perfect!

I really do like these vintage portrait pictures...if you want to make traditional vintage projects or add a little humour these images are perfect.

adding a little colour with distress inks adds to the hand tinted photograph look.

she looks like one tough cookie!

and as for Algy... well you can make your own mind up!

The papers for making this little shrine are found here....

And the WINNER is

MATTIE

Well done Mattie , please can you email me your address so I can pop these lovely papers in the post to you. There might even be some extra's put in the box.   

Giveaway: Win InfoCrea patterned papers + mini alphas

Hello again.

Julie here with news of a giveaway!

Many of my recent Design Team posts here have been showcasing the unique European paper ranges which Jean manages to source and offer in the shop.

And now, to celebrate being a supplier committed to offering unusual and inspiring paper ranges Jean's offering one lucky winner the chance to get their hands on some.

GIVEAWAY CONTENTS:

One winner will receive:

• this set of 5 double-sided 12x12 sheets from the 'Envie de fraicheur' range by Les Editions InfoCrea: 

One side of the papers features warm yellows, with an abstract, floral and tropical feel - just perfect for summertime layouts and projects.

Meanwhile the reverse side is slightly more muted:

And, to complete the set Jean's offering a co-ordinating sheet of alphabets too:

HOW TO ENTER:

To be in with a chance of winning this set:

• Add your name and details [when prompted] to the link tool below;
• It will ask for a web address - but you can leave that blank if you wish.  Your email will not be displayed.

And that's all you need to do! However ...

... if you'd like to also leave us a comment after entering that would be lovely too! Maybe you could share with us what you'd use these papers for if you won.

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES:

• The link box will close on Monday May 7th at 6am [UK time];
• Jean will then draw a winner at random later that day.

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INSPIRATION:

As a Design Team we've all been working with these papers already - and we hope our examples give you some idea of how they can be used.

• Catch up with Effie's example here;
• With Jan's here;
• And with a layout by honorary DT member Sid's [from Harpie's Crafty Corner] version here.

Throughout the coming weeks - while the giveaway is open for entries - on my own blog [notes on paper] I'll be blogging additional examples:

• The sketch which the Design Team used to create all their examples can be found here;

I've also created 3 layouts:

•  Here's the first ; second and third.
• And here's the first of 2 cards I made from some of the leftover scraps.

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Good luck ... now go leave your name in the link box below to win these lovely papers!

Julie

ADD YOUR NAME TO THE LIST BELOW:

Life's A Beach....

I love this picture....yes that's me on the far left, the one with the scowl, nothing much has changed! I love these papers too, unfortunately they went out as fast as they came in but there maybe a way you can get your hands on some.

Just keep watching to find out how.

Effie

Jan: Scrapbooking for the non scrapbooker

Twice a year a group of us (8 in total) descend upon a quiet cottage in Skipton with the sole purpose to craft our little socks off for 4 days. Our crafting style range from cute and gorgeous to positively quirky, some are scrappers, some card makers, some both. We try to challenge ourselves to try something outside our comfort zone and this year for me it was crocheting and scrapping. I finally manged to crochet an oblong which was a huge improvement on the knot I produced some 40+  years ago. The scrapping was something new. Although I've made mini books anything bigger than a 6 inch square tends to make me tremble....all that space to fill. But under the expert guidance of Julie I produced this gorgeous page.

 A lovely reminder of my trip to New Zealand.  

The paper pack we used was a special order from Jean but I heard a rumor that there might just be a spare pack up for grabs so keep watching as the our design team will be uploading their pages soon.