Last of the Hybrid scrapfactor Layouts featuring Jasper

This Layout took ages and yet appears so simple. 

Coordination’s Black Magic/Blue – Embossing Folder – di lavender and china blue ink. Cut into strips to make border. Made frames for photos. Sprayed with dylusions sky blue, pink and fuchsia

Cut out centre of page and mounted large frame onto lilac/black coordination

Hybrid – Created title using Miss Mint Vintage Mix Alpha, Printed out three balloons (changed colour) from OTS You Look Like a Monkey kit, drew round edge with white and stuck to page – added journaling details and ties in pen. Printed, embossed, inked and highlighted with white sakura pen

 Using scrap paper sprayed with inks freehand drew arrows and stuck to card. Details added with black and white pens. Highlighted little balloon and write on small photo. Drew fine lines and journaled onto page.

Hybrid Scrapping Mirror Fun

This is a double page LO and will be part of my Paris album. I created the background of the first page by printing out elements of french graphics from the graphic fairy web site and then distress inking and stamping onto it. 

The second page used TH shabby French stamps which are embossed with distress powder. I didn't have suitable coloured alphas so coloured them with alcohol inks and promarkers. I punched the flowers out of Rangers metal and put ink on them too but it was a little too "yellow". One day I might go back and change it.

Hybrid Scrapping Layout Juggling Me

I gave sneak peaks of this but here  it is in full now the audition process is over. I have to say I enjoyed the challenge of making 5 LOs. I like this one as it combines stamping and scrapping and an element of art journalling as I am now happy to messily write on my scrapping layouts. I used Dylusions Ruby Rainbow and Love Struck Lucy stamps, Stampotique Oh Dear Stamp and I coloured them with Pro markers. I have a long way to go with this am going with a cartoon feel till I improve.

  I used SJ Journal panels from uk scrappers digi downloads and  RPENN express yourself font and Shabby Princess Sweet Sensations fonts. Papers are DCWV Gorgeous page, Crate Paper – north pole, Basic Grey – Lily Kate, Chloe’s closet – accessorise. There were torn and distressed with  Distress inks faded jeans, shabby shutters, pumice stone. Flowers from the Martha stewart flower punch.

Hybrid Scrapping layout inspired by art journal - Home is where the table is

This layout came to me after I had completed an art journal page where the prompt was home. This was a hybrid layout for the scrap factor auditions. I like this layout but had put it into the hybrid category and only just realised that using fonts was not hybrid enough and I should have had another element on it. I used Heart stamps from Dylusions Love Struck Lucy and the Dwelling stamps by Claudine Hellmuth.

I sketched our table and paper pieced it using a piece of TH seasons paper and white card for the legs are coloured with pro markers. Papers: 3 bugs in a rug – double sided rhapsody and violet; SEI – sprouting spots; Coredinations Black magic lilac. Fonts – Pebbles white and American Crafts remarks raspberry. Home font  Sweet Sprinkes Shabby Princess

Aida cotton and voile from stash, embroidery thread and needles were used for the heart and stitching.

I used dylusions paints to stamp with and blend the colours on the dwelling stamps

More Hybrid Scrapping

Having created 5 Hybrid LOs recently I have been enjoying playing with this more. These pages will become of a Paris album of double page LOs  using 8 1/2 x 11 pages which I intend to bind with my Cricut. Like many projects it may not ever be finished. I have created a concealed pocket on one of the pages as I have too many photos  but not all should be scrapped so I have decided to place them on tabs in the hidden pockets. This began as a way of using up scraps from a previous LO which you can see a sneak peak of in the previous post. I created the background paper for one page using three images from Graphics Fairy that I then altered the colour on and printed out.

I also printed out journalling on the Carte Postale (this is going to be used throughout the album) and the Fleur De Lys (also all from the wonderful Grahics Fairy site).

I made some ribbon embellishments and added lashing of Lavender Distress Inks.  My one concern is that on the one photo page I thought I was randomly placing and glueing the Fleur de Lys but now they just look off register - oh well it can't be helped - especially as I did not spot this until all was dry. I may find a way to hide this...

not so random more off register...

the hidden caption is above the black fleur de lys

Scrapping sneak peeks

This is part of a LO I created for the Scrap Factor contest that uses lots of stamping, sewing and paint. I really enjoyed this one as it felt like it used some of the best elements of scrapping and art journalling. As you can see I am enjoying playing with the Claudine Hellmuth Dwelling stamps at the moment.

Scrapping feverishly and secretly

I decided to have a go at the Scrap Factor Hybrid contest on UK Scrappers as a way of getting some more scrapping LOs done. I harbour no illusions about winning or getting through the audition stage but have enjoyed challenging myself to do these and that is what it is all about - having fun and playing with stuff. I have been busy scrapping, stamping, inking and tweaking computer images. I can't post the three completed LOs in full but thought I would give a few sneak peaks. I still have two to finish and a weekend filled with friends and my mother so not sure when they will be done. The deadline is friday. I have enjoyed putting my head on various stamps and all will become clear when you see the LO but one of the reasons is that I don't have many photos of me as I usually edit them out in horror at how chunky I am these days... and then reach for another biscuit. I have noticed that my work on art journals is having an influence on my scrapping work.

Gardening Journal put together

After printing out and cutting to size 48 pages and then adding 12 pockets on the seeds pages I was ready to assemble the final journal - apart from back and front cover. Then I just had to work out how to use the cinch. It still needs a little ink and embellishing around the edges but it's not bad. One design flaw was the brads I added to the pockets as it makes it very bulky in the middle. I used a variety of digital kits for this" Wilna Furstenburg Rain, Fly and Summer Dyes, Helping Hands Collaboration and numerous Owl Tree Studio Kits. The only thing is I forgot to write them down at the time ... I must do this next time.

July and August under the belt and a medal for Lens Guy

I used the Owl Tree Studio August Collaboration kit for August

This one uses Wilna Furstenburg's Rain Kit

Another snow day. Lens Guy went beyond the call of duty today walking to nearest station waiting 90 minutes for a train to appear and then finding and digging out my car. He drove it home on some of the iciest roads out there and agreed we should not be out driving. It is so cold here the grit and ice is not working on the roads - a case of the wrong kind of salt I believe. I have actually done some work today as I would feel too guilty if I just scrapped...

Calendar/Gardening Book Present Progress

I have been hard at work creating another 8 pages in the calendar/gardening book present I am making for a family member. I used the helping hands kit  for these months as I love the colours and variety - but sticking to Wilna Furstenburg alphabet. Each month has a calender page, Hints and Tips Page, Notes Page and Seeds n Stuff page (with pocket to hold) seeds. It is going a little faster now as I have a template which makes the process a little faster - I just need to stop changing my mind and stick to my original paper and colour choices but then I try something else and before you know another hour has gone. Once I have digitally made all 48 pages I will print out, stick together, add pockets and extra bits and then bond using my new cinch. Still have to make front and back cover and another 7 months in next week or two...

How to make paper flower embellishments and split personalities

Digi and paper tag - one side for each side of me

A plethora of flowers

I needed to create a tag book for my uks group and I created a tag that reflected my split personality scrapping - one side digital and the other paper with a huge paper flower. Excuse the photos - the daylight was rapidly going as I made the flowers.

I cut out rough flowers shapes in three sizes of coredination card and three  sizes of circles from  an old dictionary.

I used a mix of pva and acrylic to coat both sides of dictionary paper and left to dry and then crumpled the disks

I then placed a blue disk on top of a flower shape and cut into the card to make more defined petal shapes - ending up with three blue circles and three orange card layers.

I took an emery board to the card to create a more distressed look

I fastened them together with a small flower brad

Finally I pinched all the petals to create a more petal shape

Soon I had a pile of flowers and it cost me little but time.