Is It Cold?

Here is my 2nd scrapfactor class LO, if you would like the pdf then head over to Ukscrappers (or click here if you want to go straight to the post), and if you do have a go then leave me a link as I would love to see what you create.  This is a shot from last year, my kids love going in the sea...thought this photo was taken in May and I'm not sure the sea was quite as warm as he expected.  Most of the papers for this LO were from a Handmade Hannah grab box and are echo park country drive, though there is a little cosmo cricket social club in there too.  I used corrugated card and bubble wrap to do some printing, and made a ruffle with some seam binding and a flower out of book paper...there are full instructions and a list of what I used in the pdf, so I hope you enjoy creating with it.

Aim, Fire

Another grab box LO, this is done using some more Crate Paper - Portrait, Echo Park - Country Drive and Glitz papers, toy box embellishments and a maya road doily......and some twine :)  I finally found a site (which I can't remember) that had a method for sticking twine and string like things in wavy patterns on your LO - so here is the tip - use some wet glue that dries clear in a tube with a fine nozzle - I found a scotch acid free glue in a tube in my local shop, mark lightly in pencil on your LO the swirly path you would like the twine to take, then squeeze out  line of glue - just small bits at a time.  On my LO I did the right hand side portion down to the doily in one go, then carefully lie the twine on top.  The nice thing about the scotch glue is it dries fairly quickly - and is very much like PVA just with a nice nozzle :)  The other twine item I had spotted on my blogging journeys was Hannah's flowers - I cut a small circle out of card and then placed glue on it, and twirled the twine around, placing a button in the centre - they are so easy to do and work really well on boy LOs too as they aren't overly flowery (not that that stops me).

This LO is some shots from our holiday in May where we all had a go at archery - twice it was so good.... the journalling is on an echo park block behind the photos.  The inspiration for this LO was from the archery boards - I cut the circles out using a mixture of plate and compass, then inked, stitched and distressed the edges.  Before I put the photos on I flicked the paper with some water down white paint, and then once dry stuck my photos and all the embellishments on.  The title is girls paperie - ecclectic - the Fire didn't stand out enough in the biege colour so I covered it in firebrick distress ink - took quite a while to dry.  So here are some close ups, and some close ups of the flowers.

My boys and grab box news

I had this LO tucked away and was reminded by the news of more Handmade Hannah grab boxes of which I am a huge fan....tomorrow morning they go on sale at 8am (Wednesday) - so get one if you can they are packed with lots of lovely items.  This LO compiled from lots of goodies from my last box consists of a rare shot of me...and my boys in the bluebell woods, we cycled in just before the bluebells faded in April.  The papers are mostly Echo Parks country drive tho there is a little MME too.  I made the flowers from some poundshop organza - I cut some circles and then melted the edges VERY carefully over a candle, and layered them up, either stitching or bradding (new term) them together.  There are some DCWV green chipboard pieces in there and prima pearl swirls.  For the circle I used a plate and then punched out some circles which I cut in half - once these were all stuck in place I then stitched over it a couple of times.  A few flicks of paint and some punched out butterflies using a Martha Stewart punch, a little doodling and a girls paperie alphabet, and nearly forgot the sun and clouds - and all put together.  So I encourage you to grab a box and have a play :).