Scrap it with a song :)

So I've been MIA for a while, lots of family stuff, but now we are trying to get back into the swing of things and get some sort of routine back. Routine is very important with 2 autistic boys, and our lack of has taken its toll on our little men. So back into the swing of things, routine back and visuals making everything predictable.

So in saying that, I'm trying to get back into my craft room and back to my "me" time as well. And I've found my mojo has been lagging a little- and when my mojo goes on hiatus I like to do a challenge or 2. Helps get it all flowing again. And I found some new challenges.

Like this one- the scrap it with a song challenge. The prompt was a song Meghan Trainirs Beter when I'm dancing. This made me think of how I feel when I listen to music, and what I do when I listen to my tunes.

I was having a scrappy chat in a favebook group just yesterday about what we listen to whilst scrapping. I always have music playing- and my playlist changes from week to week. So I decided to document this weeks playlist :) I did a page in my new travelers notebook to document this.

I also have a process video to go with this page. Would love you to check it out :)

https://youtu.be/5fKuGKnDTEk

Happy scrapping

Chrissi xxx

Just so me!

It's been a while since I posted a layout on here. I've been so focused on my YouTube channel, the poor blog got left out lol.

But I'm back today with a new layout, this time for the June Kaisercraft challenge. Yes cutting it close I know!!! This months challenge was a mood board.

And I was inspired by the picture down the bottom and the lovely watercolour green.

So I decided to scrap this photo of me- something I don't do often at all. It's a lovely photo from one of my art journal aftermath. Lol

And this mood board made me think of that photo, and my art journal. So I thought this was the perfect photo to use for the mood board. And I knew I wanted to do a green wash for the backround, and I also merged that into a little bit of of yellow to blend. I used my mists and sprayed them into packaging.

And this is what I came up with. 

I really like how this turned out.

Thanks for looking and 

Happy scrapping

Chrissi xxx

April sketch challenge

After a trip to my local Kaiser outlet on Wednesday (haul video on my YouTube channel) I finally had the supplies I wanted to find my layout for the Kaisercraft monthly challenge. Aprils challenge was a sketch challenge.

 

And this is the layout I created for the sketch.

I really like how this layout turned out- I was unsure of the sketch but then I was inspired and happy with how it turned out. I also have a process video up in my YouTube channel of this layout.

https://youtu.be/Nvw51HxF4UE

Thanks for looking 

And happy scrapping

Chrissi xxx

Scrap the boys April Challenge-and process video to go with.

So todays post is my entry for the April 2016 Scrap the Boys Challenge. The challenge this month was 'My dad my hero'.
I decided to use a photo of my husband and son, fast asleep. Identical in every way.
This is my layout.

and i even have a process video to go with it.

Just Like Dad

Would love you to chec out my proces video- like and subscribe to my channel for more videos.

Thanks for looking and happy scrapping

Chrissi xxx

Xoxo

So I was going through the photos on my hard drive the other day and found a photo from my sisters wedding that I just HAD to scrap. I loved the photo and could picture using this xoxo cut file behind it. 

My sisters wedding colours were black and gold, do I decided to keep it simple using those colours. 

I started with putting some vellum and gold glitter paper behind the xoxo. The only thing I would do different is I would put gold glitter behind the bottom xo instead of the one above it. But it's down now, so leaving it as it is.

Once the cut file was down I mounted my photo on some foam to pop it up and then added some more gold with some gold color shine.

Then I used a rub on saying forever and ever, made a banner and a small cluster and used that as my title- I just realised I forgot to add the tiny finishing touches of bling lol.

Like unsaid, just keeping it simple to focus on the photo and the gold on the cut file.

Thanks for looking

And happy scrapping

Chrissi xxx

Scrapping Clearly ( and pleasantly surprised )

Tonight I started scrapping without having a process video in mind, and just scrapped for me. I saw the Scrapping Clearly challenge sketch and thought I'd give it a go.

I wanted to give it a go and I picked a photo to trim down to 4x4. I'm not usually one to layer like this- i don't usually like it. But I wanted to try this sketch and make it work for me.

I remembered I had some CTMH pocket page cards that would suit the photo perfectly. So undecided to use the pocket life cards to layer. And as my title suggests, I was pleasantly surprised with how I turned out. I wasn't expecting to like it, but info- I love this layout :)

I used some distress stain to create my splats and let them run down the page. I love the messy grunge look. Then I applied my layers- using my pocket page cards. My "title" is made of very small phrase stickers- I thought I'd try something different and I just love it :) it suits the picture we'll. It says "You are capable of becoming more then you realise."

Thanks for looking

Happy scrapping

Chrissi xxx

New art journal page

This week I have an entry for the Simon Says Stanp Monday challenge. This weeks challenge was to 

Make your own Background.

And seeing as all my art journal pages start with a background I thought it would be the perfect thing to do for this challenge.

And this is what I came up with...

I started with my dylusions. I applied with a card to mix the colours as I dragged the cars across the page. Then I added some distress stamps. I felt I had over done it so I got my paints back out and used my fingers to blend the paints and stamped images together. And I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Thanks fi looking and happy scrapping

Chrissi xxx