My very first project post as a member on the Papermaze DT.

Hello, It’s Anita here with my very first post for the Papermaze DT.

I have been lucky enough to work with some of the beautiful new release papers from Prima’s

‘Tales of You and Me’ Collection  and my layout is about celebrating my lovely sister on her

40th birthday.

To start with I gutted the centre of the ‘Notre Amour Sera àJamais’ sheet and mounted the outer frame onto a sheet of brown cardstock, raising it up on double sided foam pads all around the edges to give it a little dimension.

I then took the centre piece of the sheet and distressed the edges and then inked them, I gently inked one of the tiny doilies and popped some behind the paper, leaving some poking out. I also splattered some ink splats and drizzled some runs on the paper too.

I took a sheet of the cardstock and punched out a lacy edge border to matt my photograph on, I gently sponged it with the same ink I used earlier to tone the colour down a bit.

Using half a sheet of ‘Beaute Cashee’ I die cut various flowers which I then inked, layered and curled to create full blooms, I added buttons and dewdrops for the centres of the flowers and scattered some others randomly about the page.

I then added in the string, Alpha Stickers and finished off the page with a chipboard number 40 which I coated liberally with bronze glitter.

I also altered this old wooden mirror that I have had for a long time.

 I painted first with a Winter White acrylic paint, then cut to fit a piece of ‘ Belles melodies D’amour’ sheet, cutting out the centre to expose the mirror and inking all the edges before sticking to the mirror frame.

I made some more blossoms using some of the cardstock in two different colours, which I then inked up and also punched out some fronds to tuck underneath the blooms.

  I cut out the little girl and the butterflies from the  ‘Contes de Toi et Moi’ sheet and then finished it off using some more of the alpha stickers.

Thank you so much for looking at my creations and don’t forget that most of these products are available from the shop.

Warmest Wishes Anita x

A Little bit of Lemoncraft

Hello :) I thought I would share a layout that i have made using some gorgeous papers by a company called Lemoncraft. They have released some beautiful ranges and they are all very much in the shabby chic range of designs. The papers are all double sided and this presents the problem of which side to choose??? They are all gorgeous! I thought they worked well for me to scrap this photo of Chloe and a friends lovely little dog, Dylan, taken in the summer of  2014.

I used a sheet of card-stock to back the layout on and cut away a border from the paper of about 1cm.
I am a bit of a magpie and love all things of a sparkly nature, so this heart shaped dazzler was perfect for popping on the page....along with some small doilies, paper hydrangeas and flat backed crystals

I used a 12 x 12 harlequin mask to make a pattern on the page with some homemade texture paste ( made from baby powder, PVA glue and water) This smells soooo good and I always love a bit of texture and depth on my pages. Sometimes i add a bit of acrylic paint or glitter into the paste too.

I also popped some small pieces of cheesecloth onto my layout, tucking them under flowers and torn edges. Again this is another way to add some dimension, but without actually really adding any bulk.

I am looking forward to playing with some other ranges from Lemoncraft, they all look beautiful.
Thanks for looking xx

How Time Flies........

Hello There
I thought I would share a couple of layouts I have recently made using some gorgeous Kaisercraft papers from the Ma Cherie collection I have wanted to scrap these 2 photos of Dale and Lauren for some time. They were taken on 2 holidays, when we went on a day trip to Dymchurch and spent some time on the beach....infact both were taken in the same area and shows just how much the beach changed in the 6 years between the shots. I think that Dymchurch has become a lot more popular with tourists and there has been a lot of money spent on the seafront and facilities

I spray misted through some sequin waste and stamped various swirls and used a couple of sets of alpha stamps that I have had for absolutely ages and were gathering dust LOL.
One of the sheets is a mass of beautiful butterflies, so I cut several out and added some Stickles and tiny crystals. I also bent the wings up slightly.

With the left over sheets and scraps I made this 2nd layout. Oh my goodness, what an absolute hoot we had last year on a crafty weekend away. Each year I am lucky enough to go away with a group of lovely, lovely ladies for a crafting weekend and we try to find something funny to muck around with. Last year Alison took along these Face Mats.......oh my goodness what a laugh Ange and I had with them.....so I just HAD to scrap a couple of the pics

I used some more of the Ma Cherie papers and added a doily, more Stickles, some sequins and some tulle netting.

Ange, you definitely bring out the crazy in me LOL.....I wonder what laughs we will have this year?? Can't wait xx

I am thrilled to announce........

I have been asked to join the Papermaze Design team!!!

http://scrappaperscissors.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/new-dt-member-anita-macdonald.html

sooooo excited...... and a teeny bit scared! And chuffed to bits to be with such clever ladies
and connected to such a super duper scrapping shop Papermaze.....pop over and see what wonderful, needful things Vanessa has to offer you :)

Warmest Wishes
Anita xxx

ooooerr.... *Blows away cobwebs*

Goodness, it's almost 2 years exactly since I have been in this dusty little corner of blog land. I somehow got completely blocked out from my blog, tried all the changing of passwords etc but I think a Gremlin must have moved in......anyway, I have found a little trapdoor it would appear and I am back to try and breathe a little life back into my little blog hopefully.......bear with me.....hopefully I can remember how to do it now.......and then all I need to do is hope that someone maybe stumbles across me again.

Warmest Wishes
Anita xxx

Happy Birthday our beautiful girl xx

Well Monday saw our youngest girly Chloe, celebrate her 14th Birthday.....where DID that time go??? Anyway whilst I was on a fabulous crafting long weekend away with some super talented and lovely friends I made my little lady an 8" x 8" birthday card.....and I am glad to say she loves it :)

Lots of sparkles and glitter and bling..... a Hobby house topper in an adorable design...

......and blossoms and beautiful die cuts ( Thanks Linda)

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Girly....please PLEASE don't grow up too fast! Love you baby girl xxx

U.....Use up your stash....March at Scrapology.

We were lucky enough this month over at Scrapology to lift a wonderful page by our gorgeous DT Member Sandra Dry We were challenged to Use up our stash, so i broke out some really REALLY old stash from my boxes, it's Scenic Route 'Sonoma' and its a good few years old now LOL!It was one of my very favourites of theirs and I still feel sad that they shut down as a company....a sad loss to the scrapping world to be sure!

The photo of my lovely little family was taken whilst on holiday in Buckinghamshire back in 2011, when we visited Clivedon National Trust , its a really lovely place to visit if you are in the area.

I just cut out and layered lots of the flowers and popped on a a few half pearls and crystals, folded some edges back and added lace to finish the page.

Here is Sandra's beautiful, original page that totally inspired us....

and here is the sketch we followed and would like you to also if you choose to play along.

If you pop over to the Scrapology Blog you can see the rest of the DT's beautiful work and also the fabby prize up for offer....we would love to have you play along with us......so go get your stash out and get sticking!!
                 Warmest wishes....Anita xxx