Holly Jolly Christmas Collection from Uniquely Creative

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A traditional Christmas coloured kit for October! Lots of lovely goodies in this kit.

Holly Jolly Christmas Kit is a gorgeous traditional Christmas kit with holly leaves, berries and beautiful reds and greens.
I used white gesso on the background of this layout and then red acrylic paint. I used the new mark making stamp with black ink to add the texture behind the photo.

The gold poinsettias were cut from gold glitter card using the new die POINSETTIA.

An arrangement of holly leaves, and the pretty flowers in the kit on the left, some Creative Cuts and gold pearls to finish.

I hope this gets you in the Christmas spirit and you run off to create something lovely !!

new things for September

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Once Upon A Christmas collection from Uniquely Creative

This layout was created using the watercolour sheet. I used Uniqolour markers to colour it and then fussy cut everything out. I also used the tag die. I loved the black and white dot paper which I’ve added top and bottom using machine stitch and white top thread. The title “Blessed” is a die from Uniquely Creative.

This layout has tags as well, but cut from the cut apart sheet and embellished. Simple strips of patterned paper used behind the photo make this a simple layout to create.
Have you seen the new CRAFT SPRINKLES from Uniquely Creative? They are just beautiful. They come in little plastic bottles and there are 10 different sprinkles.

I have used some in the shaker bauble on this layout. Ive also used the new dots embossing folder with some silver card for the other baubles.

Just a fun layout using all the branding strips as they have the patterned paper on one side. Neat way of using up everything in your kit.
This layout was a bit of a play about with paint and glitter paste. I made some rosettes with the patterned papers and added some strip journaling. Simple to create. Sometimes I just don’t feel like fussy cutting. Thats all for now, but I did make a mini album using this collection and theres a flip through of it on my You Tube channel.

Steampunk Safari Collection

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Using the awesome Steampunk Safari collection from Uniquely Creative. This is the August 2020 collection and is really unusual with wings and cogs and funky things. There’s also a sheet of florals which I really loved.
Ive also used the Grungy Numbers die, the Nature Stencil and Arithmetic Mark Making Stamp that comes in the kit.
I’ve used Distress Oxide ink – Fired Brick for the stencilling and stamping. Rose gold mirror board for the die cutting.
Ive used Kraft cardstock as my background, mat for photo and the banner piece.

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Pretty mini sized cards

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I found some mini white envelopes in my stash last week and decided to use some scraps from a previous project to make some little cards to go with them.

Its really satisfying to use up every last little piece of product from a project. These cards are all 3.5″ x 4.5″. I have mostly used Kaisercraft With Love collection of papers.

With some added pink cardstock on each one I was able to make the scraps go even further. Using the offcuts from a previous set of bigger cards.
Some gold foil card also made things go a little further. Seam binding ribbon is my absolute favourite and my local scrapbooking shop just received a big stock of all the colours. I got a few meters, this watermelon colour is gorgeous!
I also am loving tulle at the moment, its soft and pretty and very easy to use, not having to worry about the way ribbon twists and falls, tulle just goes on and looks good, bow, knot, whatever! Love the look too!
I also have a drawer with tiny ribbon offcuts that I can’t bear to throw away because they are so pretty. This little scallop mint piece is from that draw. The dies are all from Uniquely Creative.
Another die from Uniquely Creative, this is in a set with other words and is one of my most used dies. Another little piece of pink velvet ribbon from my stash.
The gold trim is from a garage sale my sister went to years ago. Its called Dresden trim I think, I have silver and gold in different patterns. Another die from Uniquely Creative and more tulle.
Cross stitch circle frame die from Uniquely Creative has to be my most used die when card making. It is super versatile and I find I just keep reaching for it. It makes cute round openings for a shaker card or the round frames above. Dream die also from Uniquely Creative.
This one is using the Cross stitch circle frames die again in a different way. A sentiment from an old Kaisercraft collection. I’m very happy to use up the rest of the paper on my desk and also to put some little envelopes to use. Thanks for visiting.

Steampunk Safari August Collection for Uniquely Creative

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What an unusual and beautiful collection for this month from Uniquely Creative. Flowers, butterflies and grunge. Crazy looking wings and safari animals.

This layout was created with a photo of my middle daughter taken long ago by a professional photographer. I have scrapped it before but I still had this large photo and thought this cool collection seemed to work well.

There is a new die called Grungy Numbers and I have used it with rose gold foil card which you can just see on the sides of the layout poking out from the flowers. Its difficult to get a good shot of the gold shining. You can just see it in the photo below. But this die is awesome and can be used on lots of different projects. I like items to have multiple uses if they make it into my craft space.

The kit includes this interesting wavy burlap ribbon which I really liked for the texture and also some kraft coloured parchment paper which I’ve used to layer with the fussy cut florals. You can spy the corner of it under the banner in the photo above.
Gold sequins finish this page nicely. Whilst this collection is predominantly masculine looking when you see the whole range of papers, it is also versatile as Ive shown here with a feminine photo. Hope you love it as much as I do.

Hide and Seek Layout

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Here’s a layout I recently created for a kit. It will be available to purchase from A Place To Create which is my local scrapbooking shop in Arana Hills, Brisbane, Australia.

There’s a little bit of stencilling in the background and some ink splatters. You can view the process video below and see how it all came together.
I did a little bit of fussy cutting. There’s a sticker sheet included in this kit with lots of fun elements that I have added to this layout.
Here’s a card I created with all the scraps left on my desk after I completed the layout. I love to do this immediately after creating a layout, no wastage and I have a good stash of cards on hand! Thanks for visiting, I hope you are inspired to create something today.

Gums and Roses by Uniquely Creative

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Pretty roses and cute Aussie animals on the July collection. I had perfect photos for this collection.

I painted the watercolour printed sheet with Uniqolour markers and fussy cut them out for this layout. The Fabulous word die is awesome and comes with 2 sizes, great for layouts and cards. This die comes in the kit but you can purchase it separately if you don’t get the kit. I hope you are inspired to create something with this lovely kit.

Uniquely Creative – Mother Nature

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My favourite layout for this month is this one that took a few hours to fussy cut the flowers but I love it. I love the stencil that comes in the kit this month. Its a cherry blossom and you can spy it in grey coming from under the edge of the flowers. The Sunshine pearls are also an absolute treat, so bright and lovely. The Blessed word is the die cut included in this months kit which is beautiful script. Love it.
A mixed media layout using lots of the Creative Cuts in this months kit. I wanted to do something without flowers as the kit is predominantly floral. Ive used a stencil from Uniquely Creative called Little Crosses. Also the Mermaid mark making stamp.

The watercolour Cut a part sheet features these beautiful flowers which I’ve hand painted using the UNIQOLOUR markers. Ive used the laser cut sheet as a mat for my photo, it gives a bit of dimension and interest. I painted it to match. The cherry blossom stencil is used on this layout with the uniqolour markers. I scribbled on a palette and used a sponge to apply the colour.
This is a cut file from Lori Whitlock. I loved it so much and changed out the flowers that came with the cut file to the fussy cut flowers from Mother Nature. You can find the link here.
I hope this has inspired you to race off and create something lovely. It’s great therapy for the soul and also memory keeping. Happy scrapping and thanks for visiting.

Uniquely Creative – Winter Rose

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My poor blog has been a little neglected now I’m back at work, so here’s a post of Aprils Winter Rose layouts for Uniquely Creative.

Nothing more satisfying than tearing strips of paper and layering them together. Makes an easy layout and a textured interesting effect. It’s hard to photograph gold on your layouts. The lanterns above are die cut from rose gold card.
I’ve hand painted the flowers with watercolour. It’s very relaxing and rewarding to paint and fussy cut, and makes your layout unique. The gold is showing up nicely in this photo.
This is my favourite layout for this month. I love the Kraft background and the hand painted flowers. A simple layout with some background stamping and a few creative cuts (banners) and laser cut pieces. All of the flowers are arranged with adhesive foam on the back, it gives you lots of dimension.
I love to create a few layouts with multiple photos for those that like to scrap lots of pics. I print them out using software called My Image Garden that came with my Canon printer. It lets me print 2 photos to a 6×4 and I love this size for multiple photo layouts. This was a great background page and I hardly had to add anything on to make it look full and interesting just a few layers of different papers behind the photos and a little bit of embellishing.
Another multiple photo layout in a grid design. Not a lot of work but still effective with some nice fussy cut pieces.
This one just using the scraps of leftover paper, tearing and machine stitching in lines. Add a fussy cut bouquet and title, and it’s done. I have also added a few paint splatters.

Hope you are inspired by my layouts today.

Thanks for visiting.

MAY Scrap The Girls Challenge

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ITS IN MY SOUL is this months challenge. It’s a bit of a Boho themed look this month so I went with some feathers and flowers.
I loved creating this layout. It was very satisfying to hand paint the flowers and feathers and then I used a black sharpie to add details. I cut the title using my Silhouette Cameo and some black card. The pink and gold circle behind my photo is vintage wallpaper compliments from my sister in Victoria, she always has the coolest stuff to share with me.
I also added some die cuts (Berry Stem Outline die) from Uniquely Creative.
I hope this inspires you to try the challenge at Scrap The Girls.