Aussie Scrap Source

weekend inspiration: crate paper

 

The turquoise and lime colour palette of the Brook collection made this range irresistible to Suz, and with accents of brown she could see it just as easily on boy pages or girls – or as in this one – both.  Suz loved mixing up the embellishments on this page – the flowers and the brads, the handy little journalling die cuts and the fab rubons all combined to bring this page together quickly and easily.

 

This is such an adorable range to create a project with, Carole loved the "Paper Doll" Collection by Crate Paper and the colours to this range are just beautiful. The papers work so well together, so Carole decided to create a type of patchwork effect on her layout, with plenty of stitching. She also embellished the layout with the Journal and title stickers, and also the gorgeous Sparkle Chip Layered Chipboard.

 

Jana Eubank created this gorgeous vibrant layout using Crate Paper "Bliss" Collection with plenty of detail Jana has captured the beautiful contrasts to this range. Love how she has used the pattern paper by creating strips across the layout. Thank  you so much Jana for sharing this gorgeous layout with us.

 

Christine Middlecamp never fails to stun us with her innovation and impeccable design, and these two layouts are no exception.  We love the level of detail she has managed to incorporate here within a fabulously simple design, using the Pink Plum range.

 

And here we see her treatment of the Brook collection.  Just check out how many different layers and treatments she has incorporated within a single border in the detail photo, and the fabulous layering of the circles below it.  Thanks once again Christine for allowing us to show your layouts here.

 

Finally we ended with this delightful page from Jen Jockish, also using the Pink Plum collection.  We love the vertical elements incorporated within this design, and if you look closely you can find all kind of details popped in between from stitching to buttons to a journalling tag.  Just gorgeous – thanks Jen!

product focus: metals

 

When thinking of metals, Kathie tends to conjure up images of rich, masculine pages. But they look great with pretty feminine pastels too. This page documents a year’s worth of Facebook status updates. Kathie was amazed at the story they told when she printed them all out. She’s printed out the phrases onto neutral paper and collaged them into the background of the page.

A 7gypsies metal page edge at the base of the layout lends the page a solid base and provides depth of colour. These page edges are extremely easy to use and can be bent with your fingers, and cut with scissors. Kathie has hung a metal key from a pretty piece of sheer ribbon next to her photo. Finally, she’s used metal wire to thread sweet pink and clear beads across the layout at various points.

 

Suz has used an eclectic blend of metals in this layout, full of little details you may not notice at first glance.  She has used the same 7Gypsies scalloped page edge as Kathie, though she has used it to ‘crown’ her photo, and has added further colour and texture to it by punching an eyelet through each ‘scallop’.  A Tim Holtz Philosophy tag ‘Listen’ provides the perfect opening to Suz’s plea to her local ice cream van.  Her journalling, for those who enjoy the stories, is printed simply on co-ordinating BasicGrey Kioshi papers and reads  “Please stop coming around so late on a Thursday night.  Some time Saturday afternoon would be lovely and i’d be nearly happy to pay your $7.00 for two cones.  But all sugared up that late on a school night is just wrong, and i’m tired of being the bad guy who says NO all the time.  Regards, their loving mum. March 2010.’

On the left hand side Suz has made use of TPC Studio’s gorgeous Framed Domed Stickers.  These have metal backs and clear epoxy domes so that you can customise them to work with your layout, adding patterned paper, photos or even whole little vignettes inside one.  Suz has turned one into a stylised clock to reinforce the theme of her layout.

inspired by: fonts

 

Caz was a bit stuck thinking of inspiration for this challenge until she remember the photos she had taken of her kids in front of these silos that had been graffitied. They are part of an arts complex and people are allowed to tag them as long as they respect other people artwork. Caz has always been amazed at the detail that people can get from a spray can as she has trouble just pointing it in the right direction normally.

She took photos of her kids posing in front of some of their favorite work and a couple of them pretending to paint using some discarded cans. Her son Jesse was particularly inspired and has sprayed his new skate ramp, and can't work out why Caz wont let him do the back fence as well. The worn look of the BasicGrey papers matches the slightly uneven paintwork. The font Caz chose for the title matches the font on Jesse's shirt and was downloaded from a free font site.

A couple of BasicGrey stickers and chipboard pieces breaks up a very linear page.

 

Steph has always loved different fonts so when she saw this paper from Webster’s Pages new release it was perfect for this challenge. There are three different fonts on this layout ranging from classic cursive, clean script to enlarged fancy font. The combination of these fonts work so beautifully together giving the project a elegant classic feel, reflected in the sweet photo of Steph's daughter in her tutu feeding the ducks.

product focus: felt trim

 

No patterned paper was really required here with Suz’s treatment of gorgeous felt fusion.  The lilac is Queen & Co., the black is a beautiful narrow Anna Griffin that’s been cut in half lengthways to give the tops of the photos a flat edge.  A title, a strategically placed We R Memory Keepers flower and a sprinkling of bling was all that was left to finish off this page, detailing how Suz’s daughter wanted her hair done for this year’s Crazy Hair Day at school.

 

 

Carole loves We R Memory Keeper's products, and the Lace trim is no except, just gorgeous and so easy to use. Carole stuck the "Nonsense" Blue Bird Flocked Lace straight onto the bottom of the layout, then she stuck the "Twirl" Lace Grow onto acetate and then layered it above the embellished houses she created from the Twirl Home pattern paper, it was so versatile and it looks wonderful.

Carole also used the "Twirl" Embossed stickers to highlight her journaling and photo, all the products coordinate so well together, which makes it all so easy to use.

inspired by: cd / album covers

  

Louise was attracted to this particular album cover purely because of the simple, but strong design. To recreate the CD cover 'look', Louise has used a glimmer screen, coated with cinder glimmer mist, as a stamp. She has then also used machine stitching and coordinated cardstock rings and circles to further embellish the page.To achieve the coordinated circles and rings Louise has applied glimmer mist to Kraft cardstock and then inked the edges.

  

 

It’s been more than a year since Suz’s dog ate the bay tree that used to reside in this pot.  She knows that she needs to get over it and hopes that creating a layout about it may give her some closure.  She chose the Pixies album firstly because it was an arresting and graphic design, but also because it’s top of her playlist at the moment because she’s going to see them in concert this week! 

Suz has used Rose Moka paper as her canvas, and a fabulous array of rubons, including SEI’s Juliette Rubons with Gems, and BasicGrey Origins Always Sparkling.

weekend inspiration: stampers anonymous

 

   

Nicole created this grungy layout with only papers from the soon-to-be-released "Max and Whiskers" range by Basic Grey and delicious Tim Holtz stamps from Stamper’s Anonymous. The versatile stamp designs allowed Nic to create her own patterned papers plus embellishments with ease and for everyone who finds it hard to scrap for older boys, this range of stamps offers the perfect solution.

Following the trend of boy's fashion, Nic created her page then added random machine stitching for definition and added texture and of course added a Tim Holtz ticket for journalling.

 

Stamper's Anonymous showcases the gorgeous designs of Teresa Collins, and Steph thought they would be the perfect accompaniment for her layout about her daughter. The stamps are a fantastic quality and stamp beautifully with Hero Arts Versa Cubes. As you can see, they simply pop off the layout, and are easy to read. The stamps also look beautiful heat embossed on cards and other projects.

This gorgeous home made book showcases Teresa Collins gorgeous stamps. The beautiful design of this stamp would go on any project. Teresa herself designed this lovely creation.

Jamie Harper has created these beautiful cards and envelopes showcasing Stampers Anonymous stamps designed by Teresa Collins. The quality of these stamps are second to none and the image is crisp and clean. Thanks Jamie we adore this project.

Finally it wouldn’t be a Stampers Anonymous post without a bit of Tim!  This is a sweet little tag using Tim Holtz’s new Valentine release stamps and a very cool ‘rolled rose’ technique.

weekend inspiration: rose moka

 

Janine loves to work with bright colours as they add so much energy to a page. A tip she has when using a lot of really bright coloured papers is the intersperse them with dashes of black as this helps to give each colour and design its own space to breathe and shine on the page. It also helps the whole layout to pop out at you. Janine said the Rose Moka range was fun and happy to work with and helped to capture the personality of her vivacious family perfectly as they are a bright and happy bunch.

Janine also created her own floral embellishments using this range by cutting out paper flowers and creating a quilled centre from black cardstock.

 

Yep, those are flies on his tongue.  Little plastic flies that came out of his Idiot Showbag.  The Rose Moka Equinoxe line was the perfect, subtle but boyish, showcase for this layout of Suz’s son showing off all the fabulous things loved by 8 year old boys the world over.  She used just a simple graphic execution so as not to overwhelm the blue stained tongue, the googly eyes or, of course, the flies.

 

 

This and the next two layouts come from the very Talented Jeni Boisvert.  Here she has used the gorgeous blues and greens of the Mec range.  We love how she has distressed her oversized strips and outlined the star in what looks like folded strips.

 

Purple is one of those colours you either love or you hate, but we love how Jeni has used it.  The Diva range is all about purples and hot pinks and we love Jeni’s fearless use of it on this fabulous glittery page.

 

And in this layout, Jeni’s use of purple is much more subtle! But we love how it pops against the neutrals in the background.  Thanks so much for allowing us to share sample of your work Jeni.

 

 

This LO entitled "A Lot of Eggs" shows the Pique Nique range on a great Easter Page by Marie-Josée Guérin who is on the Rose Moka DT.

 

This LO using Rose Moka's Picque Nicque range by Nathalie Kallbach show how you can add a grungy/ arty feel to the papers by the addition of some paint.

product focus: fabric

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

Nicole created this little book as a tongue-in-cheek look at daily things that she feels guilty about surrounding her mothering. Nic has always felt that the addition of fabric textures to her projects creates warmth and "motherliness".

She created this little album by covering the pages of a BasicGrey keyhole chipboard album with fabrics by Michael Miller and Junkitz and also some velour papers by SEI. She added random journal blocks, pieces of ribbon and lace, embellishments from her stash and then stamped on all of the pages with stamps by Tim Holtz.

She used Distress Ink to create definition and age and then machine stitched each page back-to-back to finish up with a small book containing invaluable information and an irresistible invitation to be touched and handled by all who view it.

 

 

When the fabric challenge was posted Mel originally thought of doing a scrapbook page, but as soon as she saw the generous half yard of fabric in Disco Dot Ink (by Michael Miller) she decided to whip up a new pillow instead! The fabric is lovely and soft and sewed up so nicely. Mel machine stitched a series of red, grey and blue Jenni Bowlin hearts onto the disco dot circles and added some divine Strano ribbon at the back of the pillow to tie it all together.

inspired by: a single flower

 

 

 

Janine fell in love with a BasicGrey rubon of a single flower and wanted to use it on a layout, so she enlarged it on the photocopier multiple times until it reached the size she wanted. Then she roughly cut around the pieces before applying spray adhesive to the template and sticking it onto the reverse side of the patterned paper she was using, before carefully hand-cutting out the elements and paper piecing them back together on the page.

Janine kept everything else on the page to a minimum so that the focus remains on the flower. She also used the idea of a touch of bling around the flower tips, just as the BasicGrey rubons had that were her inspiration. Janine loves the effect of an artful flower in masculine colours on a boy LO, so don’t be afraid to try it sometimes.

 

 

The Everafter collection by Cosmo Cricket was just beautiful for this project of Carole's. Carole cut out a heart for the background of her layout, and then for the bottom of the heart she folded pattern paper, and added some stitching.

To create the single flower Carole cut a strip of white cardstock, and then vertically cut into the length of the strip. Carole used her fingers to fan out the strip of white cardstock where she had cut into, glued along the bottom of the strip, and then rolled the strip, which became the middle of the flower, Carole then created the second part to the flower by cutting a thicker strip, in the vanilla cardstock in the same way as the first strip and rolled it around the White cardstock.

To create the curls in the flower, Carole randomly picked each strip, and using a skewer curled one strip back and one strip forward, and then she added the leaves, and also the Cosmo Everafter Chipboard stickers, and finished off with some small embellishments.

weekend inspiration: teresa collins

 

The new Teresa Collins transparencies are just the right size to add an eclectic mix to a mini album. Here, Kathie has teamed them with Teresa Collins Family Matters papers and die-cuts to create a mini album about her family vacation over the Christmas holidays.

The transparent pages are located throughout the album, and are slightly larger than most of the other pages, which means you can see through them even when the album is closed, and get a peek of what lies underneath.

A clock transparency sheet has also been used to create embellishments and decoration for the album. Kathie cut some of the clocks out and adhered them on the plain corrugated pages, which gives consistency through the album. She also cut out some of the clocks and backed them onto cardstock to form circular embellishments that tie in perfectly with the die-cut chipboard charms.

   

"Teresa Collins' Sports Edition range was the perfect choice for Nicole when creating this layout to document her daughter's first sports day at school.  She used a base of Scenic Route grid paper and combined papers and chipboard elements from the Sports Edition range.

She was able to create her title by cutting letters from the sheet of patterned paper named "Game On" and added a journal block and cut words from the same range.  A splash of coloured buttons, a sprinkling of embroidery and a cute stamped border complete this gorgeous page."

 

 

Jamie Harper, from Phoenix USA, makes the most gorgeous projects with Teresa Collins products. She has made this classy countdown to Christmas album using Teresa Collins’ Tis the Season collection. Jamie tells us that the cute little ornament on the front cover was inspired by Donna Downey.

Jackie Gallagher, from Washington USA, created this gorgeous project for her Thanksgiving table. The crisp black and white with accents of orange/red looks supremely elegant and perfect for dressing up a table. And we love the use of the clock transparencies as embellishments. Thanks so much for allowing us to share your project Jackie!

weekend inspiration: sassafras

 

 

Sassafras Lass has always been at the forefront of cutting edge designs both in their paper ranges and their embellishments. Steph has used the "Sweet Marmalade" range in this 8.5 x 11" layout about her close friend from Sydney. The papers from this range are so versatile they can be used for both a girl and boy layout, and look absolutely sensational.

The eclectic textured brads are Steph's favourite and teamed with the Sassafras felties, they combine for a super cute layout that seems to pop off white cardstock. The final touch are the "Sweet Marmalade" alpha stickers, which blend beautifully with the design.

 

 

Carole loved using the "Monstrosities" collection by Sassfrass Lass, the combination of papers and stickers are just gorgeous. Carole layered the monster by cutting out the monsters and layering them with foam tape, Carole also layered the alpha stickers and created embellishments with the Monstrosities Sweet Treat Stickers.

 

 

Nerdy Bird is my new favourite from manufacturer Sassafras Lass. The childlike patterns and cheerful color are perfect to frame any story that you are creating. Again Lucy has scrapped her daughter, and how she has the cutest chubby toes. The triangular bunting at the top of the page are another fantastic Sassafras product which are brilliant for adding just a little bit of color to white space.

 

This layout by Lucy Edson is just gorgeous and so much fun. Here Lucy uses the new Sassafras Cherry Delicious line to tell the story about her love of sewing. The fun papers and bright colors add to the playful nature of Lucy's daughter Emma. Lucy has layered quite a few different patterns on this layout, the result being a highly textured and stunning piece.

 

Shelley Gioffre created this gorgeous layout using the "Monstrosities" Collection, love how Shelley has layered the alphas, and the wonderful use of embellishments, so very cute Shelley, thank you for sharing this gorgeous layout.

product focus: flowers

 

When we think of layouts showcasing flowers we might think of an explosion of flowers in gorgeous clusters on the page. Not so with this layout by Nic. Nic chose to take the subtle route, with the floral touches adding to the layout design without being too overpowering. Nic started with a plain BasicGrey cardstock base and built layout layers with Little Yellow Bicycle Love Letters papers. She added a fabulous 8x8 Teresa Collins swirl for the contrast punch.

An intricate BasicGrey Indian Summer paper added the floral base for the photo. Originally a darker colour, Nic flipped it to have the white side showing. This floral paper can be cut apart and used as separate flowers but Nic was quite happy with the subtle background it provided. Next were the floral embellishments in the way of Hero Arts plain white flowers and the final touches were several BasicGrey 'Pop's. Pre-layered floral embellishments, just perfect for the finishing touches here.

 

You just don’t get any more delicious that Sassafras’ Home Made Blossoms – gorgeous little layered die cuts – that Suz has used on this layout.  She’s celebrating her daughters seventh birthday with seven things about her and, of course, seven flowers! It’s a fairly simple layout design-wise, made special by the positioning of the flowers and the juxtaposition of the blue and red corners.

 

 

 

And though we are of course saving most of our new layouts for a separate post, a flower article couldn’t go published without a couple of samples of our very exciting news – that Aussie Scrap Source is now distributing for Prima Marketing.  Janine Koczwara who we’re proud to have on our design team is also on Prima’s – and so we are thrilled to share here just a small taste of what is to come at Aussie in the form of flowers, fabrics, papers and amazing textures from Prima.

weekend inspiration: basicgrey

 

 

The only problem Caz had with using the BasicGrey Sugar Rush range of papers was trying to decide which of then to use on her layout. She compromised by using a strip form each of them and cutting a spray of leaves from the lace paper. Caz roughed up the edges of each strip a little and sewed some of the edges down with some machine stitching to add some texture to the layout.

 

At first glance, Nook and Pantry seemed to be quite a feminine line. However, Kathie's quite good at taking what seems to be feminine products and lending them a masculine twist. It comes as a neat trick, when you only have boys to scrap!

When you look more closely, the papers are amazingly versatile. The stronger colours in the range are beautifully vivid. The chipboard embellishments are really fun, with little ice-creams, cupcakes and fruit. And the decorative brads are so colourful and fun. They almost look like lollies, they're so cute. So keep them out of reach of little fingers!

 

Louise just couldn’t wait to start creating with the new Basic Grey Origins line. The colours are just so fresh, and glorious to work with. Typically Basic Grey have an amazing range of coordinated embellishments [brads, stitched brads, buttons, chipboard/diecut shapes, glazed brads, clips, alphas/stickers, element stickers, fabric flowers, and transparencies, and rub-ons], and die cut papers to go with the patterned papers; which always always make creating layout/cards almost effortless.

As you can see from this layout, and the next 4 Louise has used only a small selection of the fabulous range of patterned papers and embellishments; however there can be no doubt about what a wonderful coordinated range Origins is, with endless creative potential.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For these cards Louise has used the Doilie as a mask to create a lovely flower painted effect for the card backgrounds. To further enhance the flower pattern of the doilie, she has sprayed Glimmer Mist into the centres of the flowers. The coordinating rub-ons and chipboard shapes were then used to finish off the embellishment of the cards.

 

Nic Howard showcases both the superb drama and the subtlety that is the new BasicGrey Kioshi line in this gorgeous and intricate layout.  Full of the girlish charm that only butterflies and sprays of rainbow flowers provide this paper range is also sophisticated and stylised.

 

 

This next gorgeous layout comes all the way from Sandra in Iceland. The Origins range from Basic Grey is perfect for those outdoor scenic photos. Sandra did not have any letter stickers to go with her layout so she simply inked some Pink Paislee stickers so that they matched.

 

 

Karan Gerber from Canada created this gorgeous layout about herself using the BasicGrey Sugar Rush range of papers and Tattered Angels glimmermist and screens, Thankyou so much for allowing us to share Karan.

 

Closer to home, Deb Godley has created this gorgeous page showing the emergence of a little clown in her family. BasicGrey's Lime Rickey line is great for making pages that have colour and energy. We love how Deb's used circles and the shooting star to create a fun and happy page.

 

We are delighted to share a page by Kim Arnold using the BasicGrey Lemonade line. The yellow backdrop evoke memories of sunny Spring days. We love how Kim's added the sprig of berries and the softly floating butterfly at the top of the page to add movement to the page. And a little hint of gauzy ribbon peeks from beneath the photo mat, adding softness and charm.

 

Another layout by Kim Arnold, this time using BasicGrey's June Bug line. This is one of those pages where you can't help but just smile. The combination of those fun photos, with the bright orange doilies paper, and that beautiful fun title just says happy, happy, happy.

product focus: journalling elements

This layout by Mel uses just four products and a little stitching: Sassafras Lass journal tag stickers & numerical chipboard, kraft cardstock and Websters pokee-dots alphas. Mixing up the tag stickers with a variety of small photos and large chipboard numbers is an effective way to create numerical journaling to use up those excess photos you have lying around in your stash.

Caz decided to make a little brag as a little gift this year for a recipient who had just become a Grandmother again. She needed something small to add to each page so that the recipient could journal little things such as the date or occasion without having to feel obliged to write too much. These Jenni Bowlin tickets were the perfect solution. Small enough to not take up to much room on the page but with enough room to write a few lines. They come in many different colours and styles.

product focus: flourishes

Kathie decided to lend flourishes a whimsical touch. The BasicGrey Lemonade line was a perfect match for the photo of this cute little bug in her polka dot outfit.

Kathie's used a number of patterned papers to create flourishes on the background of the layout. She's then used coordinating chipboard flourishes and stamps to embellish. The new BasicGrey Bling It On Designer Rubons come complete with rhinestones and Kathie has used a flourish one to highlight the photograph. They rub on so smoothly, and then you just add the rhinestones over the top as indicated. So simple and so effective. Paper curls add a final touch.

Janine fell in love with the ornate flourished frame of the Heidi Swapp paper but didn’t want to use it as a complete frame, instead she cut into it to highlight the flourish elements of it.

Louise could barley contain her creative excitement with the flourishes brief. She absolutely loves how the Tim Holtz Flourish Mask is 3 fabulous products in one; allowing you to create different flourish effects on your projects.

For the Layout Joy; Louise used the flourish mask in a conventional sense and created a background flourish pattern on the Kraft cardstock with Glimmermist, and then outlined it with a fine black Gel pen

inspired by: art

 

Anyone who knows Nicole well or reads her blog regularly would know that she has a slight obsession with the work of iconic Australian artist Charles Blackman. She has been maybe his biggest fan since her early teens and never tires or stops being inspired by his works on so many levels.

Out of more than 3600 recorded pieces by Charles Blackman, Nic chose to be inspired for this challenge by this etching simply titled "Web".

At first it was the earthy and dull colour palette of the background that appealed to Nic, the texture reminded her of some of her favourite styles of paper. The beautiful bright colours of the butterfly "pop" out from the muted background and draw the viewers eye straight to the high contrast and vivid colours.

The journalling on Nic's layout came straight to her when she looked at this piece so knew she had to scrap it right away. She painted the background in similar style using a combination of Glimmer Mists and watercolour paints.

She then drew the spider's web by hand loosely mimicking the one on the painting. Once she worked out her photo placement, she sketched a butterfly as closely as possible to the one in the painting, outlined with a journal pen and then coloured with watercolour paints. She added her journalling freely and casually and finished by adding some favourite embellishments - lace, button and a new Jenni Bowlin pin!

 

 

 

When Suz was looking for an art piece to be inspired by, it was from more of a design point of view than an illustrative one, and her search ended with some of the beautifully stylised pieces by Paul Klee.  This particular piece, called Flora on the Sand, was right up her alley in terms of colour palette and light, and she set about attempting to reinterpret it onto a scrapbooking page.

Suz created her page by Glimmer Misting tissue paper, cutting and tearing it up into randomly sized squares, and then layering it onto plain white cardstock, incorporating and layering her photos in the centre of the page.  After title and journalling she felt it needed something to bring it together and so departed from Paul Klee by adding a Hambly Screen Print right over the top!