Simple Scrapper | February 2016

12 Friday Feb 2016

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As promised, I’m back with the February work I did for Simple Scrapper!

I had a blast with my Story Starter LO – I was playing around with Prima Water Soluble Oil Pastels while working on my Favourite Things class and the colours seemed perfect for these pics:

The title is made up of two different puffy Thickers in awesome colours:

And there’s a ton of texture with the rolled edges of the paper, the washi tape, the Thickers, the oil pastels, and doodling on the embellishments:

My template LO this month is also one of the LO’s I’m teaching at The Paperie for the February Kit Class. It’s a great class if you want to make some LO’s and it uses some of the supplies from their February page kit. Of course, there will be tons of product left over to play with later too!

Lots of fabulous words and phrases on this one:

And my fave, lots of shimmer and shine from the metallic words, embellishments, and washi tape!

Don’t forget to check out what the rest of the team did this month and remember, there’s always lots of inspiration on our Pinterest board!

Cheers!

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Simple Scrapper | January 2016

09 Tuesday Feb 2016

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So….. I’m alive! Is anyone still out there?

Sorry for the unannounced two month hiatus but I’m back and have some fun things to catch you up on and share, starting with Simple Scrapper news. January marked my 3 year anniversary with them and I love the company, the Team, and Jennifer, the owner, more now than ever! They really are fabulous and the Membership materials and value just keep increasing exponentially! Plus, we have added some amazing talent to the Team including my good friend Cathy Caines! I was thrilled to learn she made it – her work is just incredible, as is the work of the other designers so make sure you check my side bar to scope them all out.

You may have noticed I didn’t post any LO’s for Simple Scrapper during December and that’s because we did a huge issue of the monthly Member’s magazine, Spark, and filled it with past LO’s, information about all the designers, our signature styles, favourite products and tools, and so much more! It was fabulous. My favourite so far.

But I’m back now with the January LO’s so enjoy!

The Story Starter LO was all about my mom (and me!):

I used my favourite paper and Thickers, both from Amy Tangerine, as well as some awesome gold alphas:

And I had fun with lots of layers and bits to embellish:

My template LO for January features a picture of one of my besties and I just as we got off the plane in Mexico last summer. Best trip ever!

I used some little phrase stickers and most awesome cork stars to finish this one off:

And that was January! I’ll be back soon with the February LO’s, plus my 12onTwelve pics and details on the two main classes I’ll be teaching at The Paperie this year! Lots of good stuff to come and the share soon!

Cheers!

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Simple Scrapper | November 2015

05 Thursday Nov 2015

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The templates for this month are super cool because, although there are five different ones, they’re all based on one original sketch! Here’s my take:

I had fun with Dylusions Ink Sprays here! I masked off outer area with wide washi tape and then used skinny washi to make the squares:

And then I used four shades of spray to ink it all up:

Pull off the washi and done! I went a little crazy with the Freckled Fawn embellishments:

Love that little camera! And the wood veneer words are fabulous:

Plus, I’m all about those teeny, tiny enamel word dots.

The story starters this month were so much fun and gave me the chance to scrapbook this funny picture of Molly:

Lots more Freckled Fawn goodies, including gold arrows:

And I used my typewriter for the journaling:

Make sure you check out the Pinterest page to see all the other LO’s from the Creative Team – they’re all kinds of awesomeness!

Cheers!

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Simple Scrapper | October 2015

07 Wednesday Oct 2015

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Yay, I’m all caught up! Whew! 🙂

I had fun with this month’s LO’s – the templates and Story Starters were, as always (I know I say it every month) fabulous! Jennifer and her Team behind the scenes knock it out if the park each month with the templates. Although I’m not a digital scrapper, I love that they come as a sketch and also as a layered Photoshop template; it means I can use pieces on my traditional layouts too.

For my Story Starter LO this month I used a fun picture of my scrappy friends and I at a Retreat our local scrapbooking store, The Paperie, puts off twice a year. It’s an awesome time – 4 nights and 4 days at a hotel with great people. Sometimes we get lots of stuff done, other times, well, we just have fun and relax! A few retreats ago the store started bringing props for pics and we have taken full advantage!

It may have been fairly late and there *may* have been some wine involved. Just saying….. 🙂

I had fun with Distress Inks and water to make the background panel and then used OCtober Afternoon plus several colours of Kelly Purkey alpha stickers for the title work:

One of my favourite tricks is to outline letters with a black pen to make them pop out against a busy background. It’s amazing the difference it makes!

My template LO has lots of white space but still uses lots of paper – a great way to use up those favourite bits and pieces you might have left over.

Some epoxy Freckled Fawn hearts and Amy Tangerine alphas gave it some shine, and a wash of watery Distress Ink grounded the whole piece. And then I just layered and layered paper scraps that I had distressed:

And there they are! Make sure you take a look at my sidebar for links to the rest of the Team and see what they did this month. You can also check out our Pinterest page for a quick overview!

I’ll be back Friday with some My Favourite Things LO’s – we did some fun techniques over the summer!

Cheers!

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Simple Scrapper | September 2015

05 Monday Oct 2015

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Back, as promised, with more Simple Scrapper LO’s today! These are using the September Premium Membership materials – both templates and Story Starters.

I used a fun Distress Ink and Perfect Pearls technique on both my LO’s this month – they’re super shimmery and colourful in real life!

One of the slight twists I used this month was with the doilies – I layered two and flipped one backwards so it has just a subtle pink tint coming through. The white wasn’t quite right, the red was too deep and the pink I had wasn’t the right shade. Flipping the red doily over worked perfectly!

I used my favourite Amy Tangerine Kraft Thickers for the title and added some detail to those and the cork hearts with my white paint pen:

The Story Starter LO has this year’s annual cabin pic of my kiddos and my best friend’s kiddos – she added an extra one to the mix this summer!

Every summer we spend two weekends at our family cabin with this crazy crowd and have the time or our lives! Unfortunately we missed a weekend this year because I was delayed due to weather on my way home from Mexico. I’m not complaining – we got four more days of sun and got to see some family during our stopover – but I did miss our second weekend together.

I punched circles from a previously made watercolour background paper and added wood veneer chevrons that had been coloured with a Sakura Stardust pen:

I don’t have a decent picture of the border, but I simply drew two lines and scribbly doodled in between to frame out the piece.

And that’s it! Check back Wednesday for the October LO’s using the all new materials from Simple Scrapper. Also, don’t forget to take a look at the 2016 planner Jennifer has designed – it’s really awesome and it comes in five different sizes!

As always, if you have any questions about how I did something, just ask and I’ll try to answer. If you want to know pretty much exactly how I made the shimmery background, check out this video from Jennifer McGuire!

Cheers!

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Simple Scrapper | August 2015

02 Friday Oct 2015

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Hello….. hello…. Anyone still out there?

I know, it’s been three months – I’m the worst blogger ever. 😦 It was a busy and fun summer (check out my Instagram* if you want a quick overview!) and September has been all about settling back into school and routines. Plus, we actually had some amazing weather so I’ve been outside as much as possible. But now, now I’m ready to get back at it here!

I’ve still been teaching my monthly class, My Favourite Things, and I’m still designing for Simple Scrapper so I actually have lots to share and catch up on! I’ll be loading you up on Simple Scrapper the next few posts to get you up to date and then I’ll share my Fave Things LO’s. After that, I have a few more bits and pieces you might like!

Ok, August Simple Scrapper LO’s! My Story Starter LO featured a picture of Molly and her good friend who moved away – this was taken the day before they left and is one of my all time favourite pictures. They loved each other so much and we miss them like crazy!

I used two sets of black foam Thickers in order to highlight certain words of the quote and I love how it turned out. I also used my all time favourite stencil – Blazonry by Balzer Designs – and highlighted the texture of the paste with Prima ColorBloom sprays and sprinkles of gold embossing powder.

My template LO used a brand new picture of Darrell and I. We have very, very few pictures but to celebrate our tenth anniversary we finally took a trip together, along with friends who were also celebrating. While we were in Mexico we had a photo session and actually got some pictures of us!

I kept it all pretty simple but added some wood veneer hearts and iridescent sequins to the photo itself:

And then did the same around the rest of the LO:

As always, the Team did a spectacular job – I love how all our styles are so different! – so if you want to check out what they did, take a look at our Pinterest page. Also, Jennifer has a new planner she’s designed up at Simple Scrapper. Trust me, I’m not the planner type and this even looks good to me! And if you’ve tried and been a “planner flunkie” before, she can help!

Stop back Monday for the September LO’s! I’m hoping to get back on track now and have new content here Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Of course, you know me, let’s just see how long that lasts, lol!

Cheers!

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*My Instagram account is a bit of everything in my daily life – not nearly so crafty as this blog but full of fun little odds and ends!

Simple Scrapper | July 2015

06 Monday Jul 2015

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Lots to show you and talk about this month – it’s Stash Bash time!

What is Stash Bash? It’s a week-long event designed to help scrapbookers use up, declutter, and organize their traditional and digital supply stashes. Registration is open now and the event opens on July 14. As well, there’s a special promotion to get a three-month membership with Stash Bash registration and that includes a lifetime discounted rate!

Go now, run, I’ll wait…..

All signed up? Good – you’ll love it!

On to the memberships materials for July. I actually made three LO’s, that’s how good this month was! First up, my Story Starter LO (this one made the cover of this month’s Spark magazine!):

I love how this turned out! So much fun to use song titles on your LO’s and it makes for super easy journaling too!

The horse is a diecut from a Dear Lizzy pack and it was perfect for this:

I also did my usual trick with the Thickers and simply added some basic doodling to amp then up a little. The gold heart is also from the Dear Lizzy pack:

My template LO used an old Story Starter (they are so great when you need some inspiration and/or new ideas!). As a complete change for me, this was a two page template and it was fun to break out of my mold for a bit. The pocket pages are so awesome to play with!

I like see-through elements so a lot of pieces were glued on top of the pockets:

or slipped into the pockets and stapled in place:

I carried the gold onto the LO page with some flair and gold foil papers:

Finally, a super simple LO but I love how it turned out. Plus, it has three, count them, three pictures on it!

Fun times on the last day of school!

Don’t forget to go to my sidebar and check out the rest of the Creative Team – they do such amazing work every month! And go sign up for Stash Bash – it’s totally worth it!

Cheers!

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Simple Scrapper | May 2015

04 Monday May 2015

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Yes, I’m the worst blogger in the world lately, I know! But I have eye candy today, plus a new FREE class to tell you about (yup, I said free!), and I promise there’s lots more new stuff to share – I just need to get time to write it all up!

The LO I did from this month’s templates was full of inky, painty fun:

I took the sketch and sized it down, plus rotated it so it’s quite different from the original but still follows the template. I loved the title in the corner on the sketch:

Plus, look at the sparkle the sequins add!

My Story Starter LO uses a picture from a few years ago when Kelly Purkey came to teach a couple of classes here. Although it was freezing outside, we took her to Signal Hill for a jumping picture. This LO uses the template in a very different way – I sized it way down to about 6×6 and then matted it on a 12×12 background. I love how it turned out!

Since there was a story to be told that I want to remember, but I hate adding journaling on LO’s, I added some hidden journaling:

And I used up some flair badges and wood veneer I’ve been hoarding as well:

You should definitely check out the Simple Scrapper team on my sidebar and visit them today to see what the other girls have created – they are such an awesomely talented group!

Now, onto the free class I teased you about!

Jennifer has put together an amazing class called Photo Crush and this is what it’s all about:

7 Days to a Photo Library You Love

Are your photos disorganized? Fall head over heels for your digital photo library when you join simple memory keeping expert Jennifer S. Wilson in Photo Crush, a free week-long photo organization challenge May 11-17, 2015.

The membership at Simple Scrapper offers tools and support to help you enjoy scrapbooking more – to use the supplies you have, tell your stories, and have some fun among like-minded friends.

The best way to experience our community for yourself is at the upcoming Photo Crush event. During this 7-day challenge, Jennifer will help you streamline your photo library so that memory keeping is even easier.

Click here to sign up for FREE.

Seriously friends, this is going to be incredible! You’ll get your pictures organized, be able to find what you want when you want it, scrapbook easier, and it’s free! Go on, sign up now, I’ll wait…..

Ready? Good! I’ll see you there on the 11th!

Cheers!

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Simple Scrapper | April 2015

10 Friday Apr 2015

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Simple Scrapper and the Premium Membership just keep getting better and better! Not only has Jennifer increased the value (you get so. much. stuff. for your membership!) but she’s updated the whole look of the members area and it’s amazing! If you’re a member and haven’t checked it out, you really should. If you’re not a member yet – why not?!? 🙂

One last thing before I share my LO’s for this month – there’s a new FREE class at Simple Scrapper called Photo Crush. It’s all about organizing your digital photos so they’re easy to find and use. You definitely want to sign up this one!

Onto the layouts!

The Story Starter theme this month is In Good Faith – anything and everything to do with faith, spirituality, and what sustains your soul, religious or otherwise.

The pictures are of my best friend and I, with our four kids (there’s now five, her belly isn’t so big anymore!) at Salmon Cove where my family has a cabin. We spend at least two weekends there every summer. It’s such a fun and important time for us that we actually plan the weekends in January every year to make sure going is a priority!

I added a bunch of phrase stickers rather than handwritten journaling:

And made my plain chipboard alphas shimmery:

My template layout this month is pretty fun! I turned and flipped the sketch to fit what I wanted and took an awesome floor level pic to tell the story:

When saw the parrot in the picture, I couldn’t resist stamping, colouring, and adding a bird from the new Tim Holtz Bird Crazy set – they’re so kooky!

Don’t forget to go check out what’s going on this month and ogle the eye candy on our Team Pinterest page too!

Cheers!

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Simple Scrapper | March 2015

04 Wednesday Mar 2015

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Back again with more for Simple Scrapper! I say it every month but really, they team outdid themselves and I love this company more and more all the time. Amazing people, super talented Creative Team, and fabulous product. Case in point, I did an entire LO in twenty minutes this month – trust me, that’s a bonafide miracle!

My Story Starter this month – the theme is You’ve Got Mail (social media/technology) – uses an old film pic from waaaaay back. It’s my friend Karen and I doing the “laundry room dance” on some street in Winnipeg. Those were fun times!

I made this one on a sheet that I had used for cleaning off my stencils after using them on another project. Between that and the kraft doily, there’s some awesome texture going on!

My template LO from this month is one of my favourites in a long time – and it’s the one that only took 20 minutes!

Of course, using my all time favourite Balzer Designs stencil and one of my fave colours for the background helps, but really, this one is all about that picture. Gabe draws one of him and I every time the windows fog up and I love them!

I pretty much emptied a whole pack of puffy stickers from Freckled Fawn for the embellishments and added their enamel hearts and a few cork hearts as well:

To see what the rest of the Creative Team has designed, check out the Gallery and the Pinterest page – lots of eye candy! And to see what’s going on at Simple Scrapper this month, check out our page for March (the gallery is here too!). Want more inspiration? Here’s the Gallery Archives!