Monday, May 20, 2013

Memory Maze Blog Hop

Welcome to the Memory Maze's first ever blog hop!!

If you didn't come from Amanda Lawrence's  blog or you popped upon this blog and didn't realize we were blog hopping you need to go to the Memory Maze blog and start the HOP!
You will need to comment on ALL of the blogs to be eligible for the prize. Plus some of our awesome designers are giving away a prize on their blogs as well.
Here's what you could win from Memory Maze.
 
The Winner will be announced at the Memory Maze blog on the 26th May !
Our theme for this blog hop is Technique, each of our wonderful design team members will show you how to decorate those chipboard pieces or create new chipboard piece.
 
 
 
 
 

Now I will share my projects with you. I  wanted to create a soft dreamy textured back ground using one of my favourite chipboard shapes ~ the butterfly S0060.
 

The Background

 
1. Adhere the chipboard to the top left hand corner of the base cardstock.


2. Paint the butterfly with a thick coat of Ranger Distress Crackle Medium.
 
3. Extend the crackle medium down the base cardstock.
4. Let the crackle medium dry - if you are like me and like everything to happen fast, hit it with a
hot air gun to speed up the process.
5. Dribble pink gesso at the bottom of the butterfly and spread with a flat edge tool.
6. Keep adding splats and scrapping the gesso down until you build up the effect you are after.
7. Wipe off some of the gesso from where the crackle medium is to show the white through and let dry.
8. Flick some mint green gesso over the pink crackle butterfly.
9. Pour a small pool of mint green gesso at the base of the butterfly.

10. Lift the base cardstock up vertically and allow that pool of mint green gesso run in dribbles down the page.
11. Tilt the page left and right to control the way the dribbles go.

12. Tilt it the opposite way to make the dribble zig-zag slightly.

13. I have created my background on the diagonal.



14. Using a bamboo stick add some dots to the dry pool of mint green gesso - this breaks up the solid pool.
15. Build you your layout around the background.

Finishing Touches

I wanted to use the Butterfly Dreams Frame  ~ frame 2 but I wanted it to fit in with my soft background so I added a subtle pink glitter finishing.
 
 
 
1. Coat the chipboard frame with white gesso.

2. Add glue to the frame, I did not add glue to all of the frame as I wanted the
white gesso to show through for a softer touch.

3. Sprinkle glitter to the frame.

4. This photo shows how I left the glue off in spots to show the white underneath.

 

 The Final Layout

Butterfly Dreams



If you are still with me now I have a prize that I want to give to one of you lovely ladies just for visiting my blog and I am going to make it easy for you......just leave a comment and become a follower of my blog and the Memory Maze blog so that you can see what future inspiration Memory Maze brings to my layouts. I will pick a comment randomly from the ones left and will send you a zippy lock bag full of Memory Maze Chipboard and ribbons.
Our blog hop runs from today, Monday 20th May, Invite your Friends to play along. You must comment on all the blogs for a chance at the Prize.
 
The Winner will be announced at the Memory Maze blog on the 26th June !
The next stop on the blog hop is Donna O’Leary, so pop on over and let them know what your favourite piece of Memory Maze chipboard is.

Thank you for playing along with our first Blog Hop, we hope that you had fun and will be back to join in again.


Here is a list and order for our blog hop, just in case you get lost along the way.
 
 


 
 

Thursday, May 16, 2013

About A Girl - Mid May Challenge

Halfway through May and we are at the second challenge for the About A Girl Challenge Blog and the challenge this time is a great one - create a Sunburst on your layout. I seriously had a lot of fun with this one - love snipping away at pretty paper.
 
This photo of Paige is the cute face I get every time she really wants some thing. It is her "pretty, pretty, please" face. It is just too cute to say no to.

Pretty Pretty Please

 Some closer up shots so you can see the detail.
 How cute are these hearts? Not too sure of what they are I found them buried in my stash. If you know please leave me a comment.
2013 chipboard by Memory Maze Designs.
Now if you are like me and love sunburst then you have to click on the link and head on over to the All About A Girl blog and check out what the other talented ladies have done with this challenge.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Don't you just love the chance to wins prizes??

Well if you are like me and love getting a surprise in the mail then you just have to join in on our very first Memory Maze Blog Hop. There is going to be lots of yummy designer chipboard to see and some cool techniques along the way.
Here are the details
Come along and blog hop with us, we would love to see you all there.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

May Cybercrop at Mystical.

How naughty of me I forgot to do a blog post of my latest layouts I did for Mystical Scrapbooks May Double Up Cybercrop. It has been a busy week and I seriously forgot all about posting, but I thought I would share anyway.

Adventure

This is the sample for my challenge - I challenged everyone one to do a double layout and to use chipboard some where on there. I have some barbed wire chippie that I have used a bronze ink on. Just a small subtle touch that finished off the page.

 Read

This is what I came up with for Donna's Challenge, which was to use the same photo twice.
Even though it is too late to join in on the May Cybercrop there are still some fantastic weekly challenges up at Mystical Scrapbooks so pop on over and see if we can inspire you.
 

Thursday, May 02, 2013

About A Girl

It is the main challenge launch day today at the About A Girl Scrapbook Challenge Blog so make sure you pop on over and check out all the layouts that the other Design Team Members have put together.
The first challenge is about introducing your girls, so you have to include their names or nicknames on the layout some where.
This is the page that I created I am having fun with creating my own textured backgrounds lately - lots of messy fun here.

Both of You

I tried the combination of grey and purple, some colours I don't use too often.
See that cute arrow through the heart....that is Memory Maze Chipboard.
Here is a close up so you can see where I have put the girls names on the layout.
I would love to see what you can come up with for this challenge, so come on over to About a Girl and link up your layout.
 

Wednesday, May 01, 2013

May Memory Maze Layouts

Since joining the Memory Maze Design Team I have become addicted to Chipboard!!! Most of my layouts are now getting chipped!!! This month I wanted to fix up a Fairy House that I did a while ago, but never thought of as finished and I also wanted to demonstrate that you do not need to over-chip your layout by having an excessive amount on it, just one small piece of chipboard can add that finishing touch.
If you want to learn more about how I did the techniques on any of the individual chipboard or want a closer look, then make sure you click on the Memory Maze link and have a look at the awesome blog.

Fairy House

I have used Memory Maze's picket fence, vintage clock and vintage corners.

Daddy and Me

I have used Memory Maze's birdcage, Daddy and Me title, assorted arrows and 2012 title.

Adore Grandad

I have used Memory Maze's Grandad title

Splash

I have used Memory Maze's large reed corner.
 
 If you feel the need to get your hands on some of the delightfully wonderful chipboard designs from Memory Maze well head on over to the Memory Maze website and find a stockist near you.

Monday, April 22, 2013

About A Girl Scrapbook Challenge Blog

Well all the Design Team for the About a Girl Scrapbook Challenge Blog has now been announced and the very first challenge goes up on the 1st of May. So if you are like me and scrap manly girlie layouts then make sure you head there to see if we can inspire you.
In the mean time to keep your creative juices flowing there is this  super-duper mini sketch challenge.
Now you only have a week to get this mini-challenge done.....that is why it is mini...the time frame.

YUM!!!

 
This is what I did with the sketch - changed it into a four photo layout and used some very bright colours. The layout is about the girls and how they always get messy eating their favourite fruit.....I always make them eat it outside on the grass. Less to clean up that way.
 


Hope you have enjoyed my layout and I would love to see you at About A Girl Scrapbooking Challenge Blog. Just click on the link and it will take you straight there.
Happy Scrapping.