Christmas trappings

One of the things you don't need to spend a lot of money on at Christmas time is decorations. Whilst I love Christmas decorations and scouring the shops for the prettiest, sparkiest, colour coordinated sets it really isn't necessary. It took me a long time to get into the Christmas mood this year and so I didn't get down my many boxes of baubles and Christmas trinkets but rather spent my time making a few new pieces to decorate the house.

I thought a would share a couple before they too get packed away until next year.
The Noel word blocks where purchased at Spotlight and then I used some of my many Christmas papers to cover them. A bit of modge podge and ink and in a couple of hours I had a new decoration.

The wreath this year took a little longer but was equally as simple. Just a set of coordinating Christmas papers cut in circles of various sizes (Using a Fiscars adjustable circle cutter makes this a breeze but can just as easily be done tracing around glasses or bottles etc)
glued in random form until it looks good. I used a bit of foam tape at various stages to give it more dimension. I saw this idea on Pinterest and it was just as easy as described.

I hope you like them.

Nosh

Not long ago we went to the beautiful Barossa Valley in South Australia for a lovely weekend. We stayed at the Novotel Resort at Tanunda. We had a lovely time with our mates Mick and Marie enjoying all the region has to offer. We sampled a few wines and had the obligitory stop at Maggie Beers, yum what a selection and then instead of dining out we took all our goodies back to our room and ate, drank and righted the worlds wrongs until the we hours of the morning.

I wanted to capture this with my scrapping so I used a doiley under the photo to look like a placemat. I wanted to keep the page really simple and that is what the story was all about, enjoying the simple things of life. Friendship and food a combination made in heaven. Enjoy!
Angela

Here is a project I worked on during the last few weeks of school. We had a young lass diagnosed with cancer and it was a hard time for everyone as they came to terms with it. The class put together a basket of goodies to cheer her and her family up. I made a journal that she could use to write in about her feelings, treatment, wishes, hopes and dreams. I was thrilled with the final look but it was one project I wished I never had to make. Here's hoping everything goes well and she is well on the way to recovery. xx Angela.

Sweet girl

Here is a page I did the other day to mark the wedding of a dear girl, Roberts daughter Emma.

 

I tried to use lots of the ephemera from her wedding like invitation paper, menu, paper from the reception and string used to tie numerous wedding elements.

I then used candi to look like confetti.

I hope you enjoy it.

Angie

 

Just thought I would share a little scrapping project I worked on a little while back. I was asked to a Mad Hatters Tea party so thought I would 'scrap a hat'.
I used the largest white foam sheets I could find in my local Riot Art supply store and then used coordinating papers from the Kaisercraft 'sweet treats' range to decorate it. I could only make it to a certain diametre and it didn't quite fit like a normal hat should so I added the white tulle and tied it on a bit like Mary Poppins.
It worked a treat and yes I won first prize for the hat! Oh now, I think it's time for a cuppa!

Just wanted to share a technique I have been exploring using Genesis creations 'Liquid Radiance' Dyes.

This wonderful dye was introduced to me on our trip into Qld a year or so ago. We camped next to a young family and Fiona was a consultant and teacher using the dye/ink. We had lots of fun dying cloth in a variety of ways. It is very much like the tie dying fashion of years ago but the lovely thing about this dye is it can be set using an iron.



It is an acrylic based product and you only have to use a tiny bit in water to get the most vivid colours. You can use a squeeze bottle to place your dye or spray in onto wet fabric. The dye then bleeds togther to make the most fabulous colours.



Anyway I have experimented using it in a variety of ways on fabric but last night it came out in my scrapbooking. I wet a piece of Bazzill cardstock and let go with three of the blended inks to create a backdrop of a page about our visit to the Toy Factory and big rocking horse at Gumeracha in Adelaide.

After leaving it over night to dry I then did some stamping and added papers, photos and embellishments. I love the effect of the mottled paper.

Cheers,
Angela