It's blog hop time with the DT at Scrapwhispers. If you have come straight here then Stop where you are and head on
back to the beginning where you'll find all the details for our tutorial. This months tutorial comes curtesy of the lovely Rosey, who, on NSBD, conducted a little research on what people wanted to see from usa dn one of the things was how to put together a page kit of your scrapbooking. Of course there are huge benefits of organising a page kit. Not only does it mean you can create acording to your chosen photo, make things easier oif you were head on off to a crop or getaway, it also means less mess when scrapping because you're not rooting through everything to find the right kind of embellie or paper or buttons etc... (or is that just me?)
So we start off with a photo. I've chosen this one of The Boy having a cup of tea.
Next I picked my cardstock and papers. I chose a neutral (white) background and some zesty coloured papers from Echo park and some scraps from My Minds Eye to help lift the photo. The boys shirt is quite bright and there is a green chair in the back ground and taking into account the colour of the tea, is how I came to the conclusion I needed orange, green and a little bit of blue.
Next I had to choose my embellishments. Because the photo is a 5x7 and is a close up shot, I felt I didnt need an overdose of elements, so decided to keep it quite simple. I picked my aptly named, Tea Dye distress ink pad to ink around the edges of the papers (this is my thrifty way of "matting" papers), I couldnt decided on green or yellow bakers twine so I've included both and the same with the alphas. I also cut out a little calender piece for the month of may, which is when this photo was taken, and used this as my journalling spot.
And here is my finished page using all the pieces I picked out. The odd green piece of paper that had the butterfly shape in it, I cut that to make the circles and I decided that the green bakers twine and the white alphas looked best on the page
A simple layout in a matter of minutes because all the elements were already organised. Fab!!
Now its your turn!!
Heres what you do. Leave a comment on the main blog so we know you have visited. Take a hop around the DT blogs, and if you'd like to let us know you've stopped by, we won't complain :) Then it's your turn to have a go at making up a page kit, not forgetting to share it with us of course!! Do you make cards?? Then why not try it out as a card kit as well??
Hop on to the DT blogs:
Have fun!!
I asked DD what colour beads she wanted and this is what she came up with. Aren't they just too cute!! I of course had to fix them onto chains. I found some reasonably cheap ones from a local shop. I'm sporting one around my neck now too. I then made some mini pizza boxes, decorated them with various Echo park papers and MME papers I had scraps of. Punched a scalloped border, a butterfly and then tied the boxes with black waxed thread and attached these uber cute canvas banners, which came in my scrapagogo kit this month. Using my magnetic poetry stamp set, I stamped thank you on each one. I love how vintage and rustic they look.
I was "commissioned" to make a cake for my niece's teacher's. It's for a nursery teacher so I thought to make it as colourful and as playful as possible. I was so pleased with the outcome.
Then of course DD saw that and immediately wanted one for her teachers. So here is her's. This onee I am not so thrilled with. For some reason the figures are leaning over, the blue kept "running" onto the white and various other things just kept going wrong. DD was also very specific on what she wanted on the cake which is why it's looking a little over crowded. I'm not happy with it at all really but as long as it tastes good, I suppose its the effort that counts.
After tomorrow I can relax a little bit and maybe get a lie in or 2 next week when the holiday's truly start!!! :) Enjoy your weekend.
