Aussie Scrap Source

countdown to christmas

 

Photographs do not do these SEI Winter Song papers and elements justice, in Kathie's view (click to see enlarged image). She was captivated by their glitter and sheen. In fact, she decided that the background paper was just too beautiful to cut up and has left it whole as the base of the page.

Kathie decided to keep to a white and pale green/blue colour palette for this layout, to let the photos of her son decorating the Christmas tree last year really have centre stage. Baubles cut from cardstock and patterned paper hang from satin ribbons and are decorated with Die-Cut Glitter Accents and Decorative Elements. A touch of glitter accents the shapes and ties them in with the glittered background papers.

The font that comes with this range was quite dark, and not in keeping with the ethereal feel of this page, so Kathie's used some coordinating lettering from BasicGrey. Because she'd almost run out of letters, she's mixed existing letters with silhouettes cut from the packaging where previously used letters used to be.

countdown to christmas: sei

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Janine loved the gorgeous Christmas Mint papers by SEI with their lovely flourished elements and wonderful matching embellishments. Janine handcut out the tree, baubles and presents and foam mounted them on this 8x11 double LO. She then used BasicGrey diamantes to add a bit of glitz to the Christmas Tree.

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Janine has used the beautiful SEI Christmas Mint papers and embellishments to create these pretty cards.  She likes to keep her Christmas cards quick and simple and the stickers were perfect for quick cards.

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SEI En Route was a great range to show off one of Jaimies favourite holiday snaps. The range of colours is very rich with the added bonus of copper foil papers. A simple title and epoxy stickers keep this page photo focused.

 

Caz has use the beautiful Moravia papers and accents to create a little album about herself. Pages include her love of reading, music that is important to her, her bad habits, hopes and dreams for the future and what makes her laugh amongst other things.
The Moravia collection has some papers and accents that are flocked and some that are metallic. It's lovely and tactile and definitely not your ordinary run of the mill scrapbooking supplies.

 

 

We have Ally from Canada to thank for this fun, bright layout using the SEI En-route papers. How tiny and cute do those little guys look against that HUGE machine? Thanks for sharing Ally.

Thanks to Jackie from Utah for sharing with us the following two pages to celebrate her Son's graduation. Jackie writes proudly "My oldest son's graduation. He is the father of my 2 adorable grand kids, a husband, works full time as a baker and goes to school full time and I am extremely proud of his accomplishments, but even more so of his character."

She has used the beautiful Moravia papers which work so well on layouts about males and added touches of glimmer mist to her lettering and the papers for added interest.

 

These seriously gorgeous cards using the Moravia range are part of a set created by Patricia from Virginia. She discovered that the papers go really well with the Tattered Angels Glimmerchips. Thanks for the idea Patricia and also allowing us to share your lovely work with our blog readers.

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design team picks: donna

 

this weeks dt pick comes from donna – and if this doesn’t make you want to run out and buy the entire new SEI Mimosa range, we don’t know what will!

 

Choosing a favourite new product from the recent CHA was like choosing between chocolate and ice cream for Donna. With so many new & innovative products flooding the market this time round she decided to turn to SEI's new Mimosa range for inspiration.

To begin with, it was Mimosa's textured cardstock that caught Donna's attention. The bold, citrus colours with a kind of 'tie-die' feel stood out as a way to add a little pizazz to the foundation of a layout without the busy-ness of a patterned cardstock.

 

For this first layout, Donna has featured a photo of her daughter with the newest addition to the Wild household (of the feline kind)! The main embellishment here was established by layering a Mimosa chipboard frame with Mimosa Petals and a Heidi Swapp ghost frame to add a little more definition. Donna has maintained the whimsical feel established by the beautiful soft colours & the photo itself.

This is another simple layout that relies on the soft, warm colours and textures of the Mimosa range of patterned papers. Donna has created a 'mat' for her photo by combining the front and reverse and two Mimosa patterned papers and using a diecut paper as a kind of template. By stringing together a collection of Glitter Chiplets Donna has created an entirely simple, but effective focal point for her page. And if you look closely you'll see that she has incorporated three epoxy stickers to mimic the

   

As this cute little kitten is in fact a little boy & Donna rarely scraps a masculine layout, she wanted to maintain the softness of other layouts in her album, but still keep things not overly feminine. The Lime textured cardstock mixed with other shades of green/lime from the Mimosa range allowed her to do just that. And rather than ink the edges of the various elements on the page, Donna carefully dipped the edges in a little adhesive and then some Inque Boutique embossing powder.

The result is similar to inking, but maintains the glitter theme as seen on the Glitter chiplets.

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Three new releases - and if the reaction of our design team is anything to go by, these are sure to be a hit.  Have a look especially at the die-cut lace papers - so beautiful!

 

 

 

 

 

    

   

  

  

 

 

 

     

 

 

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Steph doesn't use SEI that often, but after playing with this new release, she realises how versatile the SEI ranges are. The stickers were so easy to apply and really adhered firmly to the base. The contrast of colours in this Black Orchid Range really appealed to Steph, and worked beautifully with her black and white image she built her layout around. The die cuts were also so easy to place and design with and add that subtle accent to a page.

 

Caz has used paper and die-cuts from the Glitzmas range from SEI to create this page about the fake snow she made for her kids on Christmas Day.
The paper and die-cuts have gorgeous varnish and glitter accents sprinkled through them. The primary colours of red, green and blue make these papers so versatile. They can be used for any occasion.

 

 

To create this layout of her daughter's new badge collection Mel used the Susa piece of patterned paper (Oasis collection) and punched out a series of circles to create the loveheart. Some circles were adhered directly to the background, others were lifted slightly with mounting tape and every so often a circle was replaced with an Oasis Decorative Element. The inner loveheart was created by adhering Oasis buttons with dimensional magic and the layout was completed with a title and journaling block (Oasis Decorative Elements).

 

Nicole F thought this gorgeous flowery paper from SEI's Ally's Wonderland range was way too pretty to cover up so she used small photos, minimal embellishments and a layered title thus allowing the flowers and beautiful colours to do all the girly work for her.  While the photos captured a beautiful moment shared between the girls, the very low light of the room they were in left Nicole disappointed by the blurriness of her photos.  By printing them small, they give the illusion of being in focus and still manage to show the viewer the captured moment.

Combining the small photos, papers from SEI elements from the new Basic Grey Urban Prairie range means that Nic is able to scrap these gorgeous photos instead of deleting them due to lack of focus.

Chris loved the Poppy papers from the minute she saw them on the website, but she had no idea just how amazingly beautiful they were until she saw them in real life. She says "the foil amongst the patterns give them a gorgeous shimmer - they are divine!"  Chris has used the Poppy papers and journalling frame to create this layout of her daughter and nephew playing make believe games. She has also added an appropriate quote from the Been There Done That South Australian rub-ons pack.

Chris also said to mention how fantastic it is that the new SEI ranges have colour co-ordinating textured cardstock and that the papers are double sided to give you even more choice when creating your pages.

For some more inspiration, check out these next two layouts from Fiona Leehane. Fiona has also used the new SEI Poppy range so superbly on both these layouts. Fiona has used the papers, die-cuts and textured cardstock that come with this range to create her layouts. Here is what Fiona says about the Poppy range "These papers are just even more beautiful in real life, they are all shimmery and colourful, really, really nice."
Thank you very much for sharing with us Fiona.

Many thanks to Kathie Link for providing us with this fab layout.  Kathie has used the wonderful retro Dill Blossom range of patterned papers and co-ordinating alphas on this cute layout.  We love the splash of bright orange which just lifts the whole layout from subtle to striking.

And finally we leave you with a browse through a few layouts that SEI sent through to us to share with you.  Thanks to the SEI team for providing this final inspiration. 

 

 

whose layout is it anyway: challenge 12

 

 

 

 

Caz was a little worried when she first saw the SEI Poppy papers and saw how shiny the foil bits were. She wasn't sure that they would fit with the whole 'sport' theme but she loves the end result.   She particularly loves the mini coasters. You get sooooo many in a pack, more than enough for a number of layouts and they would make cute card accents too.

Caz created the arrow from one of the frames in the Poppy Frames & Tags pack. The groovy journaling box is simply another one of the frames with the middle removed. The frame is turned on it's side while the journaling section is kept upright. 

So there you have it Simply Sporty SEI with Several photos and a small amount of Stamping (the date in the corner).

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Sport holding the number one spot in her household Jaimie loved this current WLIIA challenge. The SEI Madera range of papers were boyish enough to suit her theme and the added bonus of being double sided means you get more bang for your buck!

In keeping with the challenge of simple style, Jaimie chose the plain side for her background. She then cut out circle designs as an embellishment to fit with the Tech Tues rings used as frames. Inque Boutique mini doodle stamps were used on the ring frames and the simple chipboard title was coloured with ink. The SEI Madeira Coasters are an excellent way to create simple clusters to bring interest to any bare corner on your page.

 

And here are your final entries - thanks so much for hanging in there  ladies!

 

Agnus Kasprzak

 

 

 

Renee Dowling

 

 

 

Lara Moss

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Nicole was absolutely thrilled to see the new Poppy range by SEI that she simply could not wait to get her hands on it. She loves the combination of bold yet understated colours, and graphic repetitious patterns combined with more fluid lines on the florals and lined papers.

Here she has combined the SEI Poppy papers with a Hambly overlay, Jenny Bowlin journalling spots and a Scrapping Clearly acrylic flourish. Nicole is most excited by how easily the Poppy line coordinates with other ranges available right now which adds to it's versatility.

Using products from the SEI Chickadee range, Nicole created this adorable layout of her daughter and a little bird she found in the backyard. The diecut stickers, journalling spots, ribbons and buttons made it easy to match everything to the paper. Nicole finished this page off with Inque Boutique, Pink Paislee and Little Yellow Bicycle stamps, and some Heidi Swapp jewels.

Suz loved the texture of the patterned papers in the Dill Blossom line, and the rustic sentimentality of the design and colours.  She created this simple but beautiful layout to record a few thoughts she wanted to convey to her children.  Lots of choices are available now for brown rubons, which make a softer statement than the black - the design running along the bottom are Cosmo Cricket, and the alphas are Scrapworks.

 

This delightful layout by Nicole Samuels also uses the SEI Dill Blossom mini coasters - and we're blown away with what she's done with them.  With a stunnig  simplicity, Nicole has grouped them all together in a block on her layout. Thanks so much for allowing us to share this adorable page Nicole.

 

Janine Kaye shares with us this stunning example of the new SEI Poppy. We love everything about this page Janine, the photos suit that gorgeous photo of you perfectly!

We'd like to introduce Pearl Liu to our blog as she shares this final gorgeous example of SEI Poppy. Pearl has used several of the patterns from the range plus the embellishments to create this lovely page. Thankyou for sharing with us Pearl.

Sharing this gorgeous page with us is SEI Design Team member Maria Burke. Here Maria has combined SEI Ally's Wonderland with SEI Park Buddies range to create this lovely page of her beloved family dog. A fantastic example of how combining papers from different ranges can work to your advantage better than just using the one range. Thanks Maria!

This gorgeous example of SEI Chickadoo by Maria Burke. Maria has used the Chickadee papers and combined them with chipboard flowers from the Ally's Wonderland range by SEI.

This delightful example of SEI Chickadee by Maria Burke. We just love the yellow accents against the pink and white background.

Finally, another beautiful layout by Maria Burke with her sweet puppy, this time using the SEI Dill Blossom range. The gorgeous earthy tones of this collection lends itself to many different themes and layout ideas.