Luv a duck

My favourite layout from this month's Crop to show today. I'm so chuffed with how it turned out! Hvae to say it's a favourite photo from our 2016 Disney trip- I love my girl's hair, and the angle, and Donald was fabulous.

This started with the stamped strip. I've been planning this for a few weeks after a chance Pinterest viewing (what else!). I ripped a page of A4 in half and lightly washi taped it down, then stamped a lot of teeny stamps in black Versafine, overlapping the torn paper edged. Once I'd filled it in quite densely, I sponged some Peeled Paint Distress ink onto the edges. 

Then came the search for a photo. Probably should have started there, right? I dunno, sometimes I do, sometimes I go with the flow and then try to find a photo that fits, colour/theme-wise. This time I struck gold. Donald's jacket is green, and if you look closely...there are ducks in the stamping! Karma? I think so.

I was equally pleased with the title- luv a duck seemed appropriate and the alphas were another snag from the freebie table at Crop. Perfect, right?

Another Disney layout for the album.

Thanks for looking!

MAN - MCO

March MTS kit arrives.

Lisa spots map paper.

Lisa has an idea.

Scrapping gets away from Lisa, and it takes a month to put the page plan into action.

Page finally made.

Lisa happy :)

Everything came together for this page- the cardstock from Papermaze matched the paper from Mind the Scrap, and the colours tied in perfectly with the MTS kit embellishments. Love it when a pan comes together...

I wanted to mark our journey from Manchester (MAN) to Orlando (MCO), so I went for shiny geotags and sparkly gems.

The numbers are the slightly translucent ones from Amy Tangerine from a previous MTS kit, I wanted to put the times that the photos were taken. Can you spot where I ran out of 1s and started using capital Is?

Elements:

Paper: Crate Paper- Here+There- Tour guide

Cardstock: Bazzill- Lagoon and Coastal

Embellishments: Alphabet- Amy Tangerine- Remarks- Harper

Blue shiny alphabet- from stash

Crate Paper- Here+There stickers

Bo Bunny- Doubledot jewels- Citrus

Thanks for looking!

Pause this moment

Oh how I love this layout. The MTS cybercrop challenge was all about a moment you'd like to pause, and this is my perfect moment. My family in front of the castle at the happiest place on earth. It had been a long time coming and I'd planned and worked so hard for my holiday. This was everything I wanted it to be!

The elements are all from the Simple Stories Say cheese collections, they all work together so well, and they're soooooo Disney.

The film strip was a single film cell die cut that I snipped in 2 to make a longer strip.

The little elements and alphabets from these collections all fit together so well. I added some strips of washi and some little shiny gem dots.

Elements:

Papers and most of the embellishments pieces, including alphabets- Say Cheese collections i and iii

From my stash- kraft flag/banner tags, white card, gems, washi

Thanks for looking!

Dino-legs

Another cybercrop and Disney layout today. When we started researching our trip to Disney, Himself was very taken with the idea of the turkey legs they sell in WDW. Cut to day 1, we walked through to a Chip n Dale character meet and got in the queue for the kids to meet them and have their photos taken. 2 of our party disappeared for a little while, and then turned back up with giant turkey legs in hand. Mission accomplished.

I love this stamp set. It's made many a birthday card. Oh, and there's my favourite ever punch in the corner, it's a Martha Stewart border punch called Drippy Goo. I use it for paint, blood, goo, rain, snow...

The little leaf punch often comes out when I go dino. It feels kinda jurassic, lol.

I went for a kraft tag to journal onto, and used the From and To as part of the journaling sentence.

Elements:

Papers: scraps, mostly American Crafts

Card: Green and black from stash

Embellishments: Basic Grey stamp set

Papermania tag

Alphabet- Thickers- Together

Hobbycraft leaf punch

Martha Stewart punch- drippy goo

Thanks for looking x

Good times ahead

Another Disney layout, and another following a sketch I found on the Mind the Scrap group. It had these circles on it, and I've been thinking about stitching on a page, so I went for it. I drew round a couple of pots in pencil to get the shapes, and then punched holes with a pokey tool.

The photo is the view from the boat across the lagoon looking at the castle in the Magic Kingdom, so I wanted to use the paper with the little boats.

Most of the papers and embellishments are from Mind the Scrap, except for the washi and the teeny gem dots. The dots are from a local pound shop, in the kids' section, and they are soooo reflective.

I quite enjoyed sitting in front of the telly stitching away, and it looks fab.

Elements:

Paper: All Mind the Scrap

Create Paper- Main squeeze- Purrfect

Pink Paislee- Paige Evans- Pick me up

Embellishments: 

Dear Lizzy die cut phrases

Pink Paislee- Pick-me-up journaling spots

From my stash- white car, gem dots, embroidery thread

Thanks for looking!

Celebrate

Hollywood Studios! We enjoyed finding the park photographers and having our pics taken. We had a deal where the Memory Maker was included, which meant all photos and videos taken in the Disney parks were free. We made the most of it! 

This layout is taken from a Mind the Scrap scrap along video. I loved the circles, and recreated them on the black card using a white Posca pen and a plate. I flicked white ink from the pen in the corners.

 I'd recommend a Posca pen, they come in different nib sizes and colours You have to give them a shake and press the nib in to release the ink, and the white really pops off the page.

Papers are from the Mind the Scrap Feb kit again, with a few extra elements from Simple Stories' Say Cheese. The white film strip is from a Lollipop Box Club kit, and I used paper and stickers from the Say Cheese set.

The Celebrate is from Dear Lizzy (MTS kit again) and I punched some white and black Mickey heads for contrast. I'm really please with this one, it's pretty and bright and pops off the page. the blue floral paper is actually the branding strip from another sheet of paper that I'd already used... it's worth keeping them!

Elements:

Papers:

Crate Paper- Main squeeze- Purrfect (MTS kit)

Crate Paper- Main squeeze- Match made (MTS kit)

Branding strip from Pebbles- Forever my always- Mint dot (MTS kit)

Simple stories- Say cheese Iii

Card: Black from my stash

Embellishments:

Dear Lizzy- die cut phrases

Mickey punch- from my stash

Posca white pen

Simple Stories- Say cheese Iii- stickers

Simple Stories- Say Cheese- Chipboard stickers

Thanks for looking!

Welcome home

More Disney happiness to show you today. Every day on holiday we would drive under the Walt Disney World arch and sign. every single time I got misty eyed and took half a dozen photos in the excitement of nearly being in the happiest place on earth!

I picked up these cute little flags from a local Home Bargains shop for about £1 a packet- bargain! And I still have loads left in the packet. The alphabet stickers are from the Mind the Scrap February kit, they're translucent, so they work really well on the kraft flags.

The paper is mostly from the MTS kit too- I'm sneaky and I gut the back of the papers to make the most of my stash!

Elements:

Paper: 

Pebbles- Forever my always- Mint dot- from MTS kit

Red spotty from my stash

Card- Bazzill Kraft from MTS kit

Journaling card- Simple Stories- Say Cheese Iii

Embellishments:

Kraft flags- Home Bargains

Red bakers' twine- from my stash

Thanks for looking!

Minnie and me

 Oh this was the most wonderful day. We met lots of characters in Epcot, and the photos were brilliant. I had to go full on red with white spots for this layout!

I kept this quite simple, but couldn't resist a bow and some sparkly bubbles.

The Simple Stories Say Cheese sets are fabulous- this is a cut out from Say Cheese Iii.

Elements

Paper: from my stash

Embellishments: Say Cheese I and Say Cheese III- Simple Stories

Sparkly dots from my stash

Alphabet from my stash

We made it!

So I'm scraping my Disney photos. Finally! I bought some of the Simple Stories Say Cheese collections- I just mix and matched the bits I liked from each one (there are 3).

Arriving in the Magic Kingdom on our first day in Walt Disney World was the most wonderful day. It had been over a year in the planning, and was the culmination of decades of me wanting to go to Florida. Seeing the castle was everything I thought it would be, and I got slightly misty-eyed...

I used a strip of 12x12 paper, and added one of the cut apart journalling cards

 I used various elements from the sticker sheets to bring the photos together. It needed a pop of red here and there.

 The tickets were cut out from a 12x12 paper sheet, and it was covered in them, so I have lots more!

 So now I've made a start, I have a few hundred more pics to scrap...

Can't wait! Think I'm going to need more stash though..

Elements:

Paper- Simple Stories Say Cheese III- 4x6 Horizontal elements

Simple Stories Say Cheese III- Wish upon a star

Simple Stories Say Cheese III- What a blast

Embellishments- Simple Stories Say Cheese III- Combo cardstock stickers

Simple Stories Say Cheese- Expressions cardstock stickers

From Stash- Black cardstock

Enamel dots

Memories

 Another Disneyworld layout! This has been on my desk for a few days, and I keep being distracted by the blue, blue sky. Sigh, I'd go back tomorrow....today!

 The papers, card and most of the elements on the page are from the February Mind the Scrap kit. Loving the colours this month. I have filmed and unboxing video, but my wifi is too weedy to upload it at the moment. Suffice to say, it's lovely, with a touch of Valentine's, but not too much.

The wooden hearts are coloured with a wash of Peacock Feather Distress Ink, really chuffed wiht how that worked out.

 I added a couple of journaling pieces from the MTS kit, and a little phrase from a previous Lollipop Box Club kit. I quite liked the waste strip from punching out hearts, and the layout needed a little pop of red in the middle, so it got included!

I splattered with the leftover wash I'd made for colouring the hearts, just to mess it all up a little bit. I just flicked it with a wet paint brush.

Elements:

Papers: All from MTS Feburary kit

Pebbles- Forever my always- Mint dot

Crate Paper- Main squeeze- Match made

Card: White from MTS February kit

Journaling cards: Pink Paislee- Pick me up journaling spots

Embelishments: Wooden hearts from stash

Stickers- Simple Stories Say Cheese III

Title- Dear Lizzy die cut phrases

Faith, Trust and a little Fairy Dust

Disney! This was such a fabulous day, the lads were off riding something scary, so my girl and I were wandering across a bridge in the Magic Kingdom when we came across a photographer. She took ages with us, taking lots of photos and adding a sprinkle of fairy dust to the finished photos.

 The hearts were punched from a larger sheet and popped up onto 3D foam. I used Simple Stories Enchanted collection.

 I cut down the 12x12 paper and bordered it with grey, which I used to mat the photo and elements, and I journalled in silver to match.

 The mock newspaper fits perfectly, both in theme and the grey colour. The title was cut out of a journalling card.

Elements:

Paper- Simple Stories- Enchanted collection- Pixie Dust & journal card elements

Card- grey from stash