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Pretty Scraps

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So I have a confession to make.....I'm a scrapbook hoarder!  I love to make the most of my supplies and hate to see anything go to waste.  As you would imagine then I end up with loads of unmatched pieces, and I continue to think 'ohh but that's pretty I'll keep it just in case I do another layout with similar colours'.  More often than not, if I do another layout with similar colours I end up with more scrap pieces of paper.  I made it my mission the other day to use as many scrap pieces that I could......wow did I have a lot of small no wait not small but tiny bits of paper.  But I did manage to make what I think are some pretty cards with them...so mission accomplished! Fish tail your strips at either end and stick them down, alternating colours.  I added a sentiment onto a circle die cut and then added the odd wooden embelishment that I found floating around. TIP: A lot of the papers are single sided - My sentiments are stamped onto the blank side of the

Create your own background

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Lets's Craft and Create Challenge #125 Create your own background Thanks to all of those who took park in the Easter/April Showers Challenge #124 - I hope that you will also join us for this new challenge! Team 2's inspirational creations are now available for you to view. And here is my creation for this challenge.  Mother's day is in May here in New Zealand so I decided to create a lovely warm background using the ombre effect with a stencil and some inks. Here is how I achieved this look.  Here I have my Inks, a flat bristle brush stencil and paper.  I used washi tape to hold my stencil and paper in place, then applying the ink to the brush I started in the bottom left corner with the pink first.  I then moved to the top right hand corner with the yellow, leaving only a small gap of white between the two.  I used the orange in the middle overlapping the pink and the yellow to create that blended look. Here's a close up look 

Autumn Escape 2017- #Awesome

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I don't tend to go to a lot of retreats or scrap camps, and if I do I kinda expect a lot, I really have to be drawn in by the tutors.  So when my scrapping buddy pointed out who the tutors were going to be for Autumn Escape 2017,  it was a quick google search on each of them to check out their styles - they got the tick of approval and hey presto we were all signed up.   The first completed layout that I have to show you is from Natalie May's class #Awesome - a Layout using 7Dots Studio paper, Imaginarium Designs custom chipboard   & Lindys Stamp Gang Sprays. Love a bit of masculine grunge! Now glitter and sparkle doesn't normally sound masculine does it, but look how lovely these Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays look.   A closer look at the sparkle  I love the out going personalities of creative people - and this definitely was the case here. A wee selfie of me (Right) and Natalie May. The picture to the right is an awesome hand pa