I'm on the Scrap the Girls Design Team!!! plus February Challenge

Good morning everyone!

I'm so happy to share I'm staying on the Scrap the Girls Design Team for another term!!
Yippee!!

I really love their challenges each month so I'm happy to be continuing.
A new design team has been announced and it is pretty damn cool!!  Working with this lot is going to be fabulous, so inspiring.

You can find the announcement of the team HERE.

So onto our first challenge.

This month the challenge is:

 and here's my take on it:

I really enjoyed creating this layout as I'm usually a one or two photo girl.  It's quite rare that I scrap with more than 3.  When I saw this my first thought was 'Uh Oh', but when I sat down to do it, it came together really quickly!!

Here's some close ups of my layout.

I used some 2Crafty Chipboard and goodies from Kit the Habit.

This month I am proud to announce that my very own Kit the Habit is the sponsor!!

Kit the Habit is the collaboration of myself and Emma Zappone aka Emzascrapper.
We have a facebook group from where we offer random inspiration, fun stuff and occasional exclusive kits totally designed and made by us!! 
Anyone who's creative or who would like to be can join so put in a join request and we will see you on the other side! LOL!

I've used quite a few bits and pieces from Kit the Habit including a flair, buttons, die cuts and some of our Little Bit of Randoms. So fun to include these on my page.

To win yourself a prize pack from Kit the Habit with lots of randomness and quirkiness just have a go at this month's challenge and link it to the Scrap the Girls Blog by the end of the month!

I can't wait to see what you come up with.

xxx

More of this please by Tammy Klingner

Happy Friday everyone!!
 

This weeks layout for All About Scrapbooks is a bright and happy one.

 

 

For those who know my work you will know I am a big fan of colour!

I always seem to pair it with black.

 

I've done it again in this layout.

This layout uses bits and pieces from Amy Tangerine's Oh Happy Life.

 

 

I began with white cardstock, and applied a layer of white gesso.

This is a very important step - as you need the colour/spritz you add to sit on top of the paper.

If you miss this step, your background will absorb the liquid and you won't be able to achieve the desired effect.

 

The inspiration from this layout came from the 'happy' strip in a gradual rainbow of colour.

I used this as a guide when using my spritzes, as I wanted the colours to follow that pattern.

I still managed to muddle it up! LOL

However, instead of starting again I just went with it.

 

So I selected a few colours to spray, and started on the left hand side of my layout.  I spritzed some colour, and then spritzed water on top of this to create a 'run' in the colour. 

I held it up letting it run down the page.

I moved straight to the next colour, without letting it dry inbetween as I wanted the colours to blend together. That is how I achieved the orange colour.
 

 

Once I'd moved across the entire page, and then allowed it all to dry,  I added a few strips of paper to the top of the page. 

I bordered my photos with black and then each one in a different co-ordinating paper.

I added these to my layout with foam tape.

 

 

I then fussy cut my title from one of the papers and added this also with foam tape.

 

I then stamped tiny arrows/play symbols randomly across the painted surface, ensuring they pointed inwards towards the centre of the layout.

I added a few flicks of black paint too.

 

 

I finished off with some 2Crafty arrows which I painted black.

I also cut some arrows from a paper, plus a quote and added these too.

 

Finally, and most importantly I added my journaling.

 

That's it from me for this week!

 

Love this Life!

Hi everyone
 

As we come to the end of 2016, it's a great time to reflect on the year that was and to start thinking about 2017.

 

This week's layout for All About Scrapbooks is about that......

   

I had so much fun playing with Amy Tangerine's Oh Happy Life range.

 

It's full of bright colours so I decided to pair it with white and black.

I used white as my background, and added some swipes of black paint. 

I then added a few layers of papers on top of the black paint, and then added my photo to this.

 

With some of the leftovers I created a cluster at the bottom of the page.

 

 

For my title I added some 2Crafty chipboard which I painted black, and then I cut 'this life' from one of the papers. 

 

 

 Lastly, I added my journaling.

 

 

I'd like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

I have thoroughly loved showing you my work each week, and hope it has inspired you to get creative.

I look forward to 2017 and sharing more scrappy stuff.

 

Luv Tam

xx