Adventure on the Peak

Hello there. Getting round to posting some of my past layouts. My sister in law and nephew were over from the UK in May and we finally had a rain free day to go up to the Peak to see the sights.

Adventure on the Peak

I am loving this Graphic 45 Cityscapes collection, especially as Hong Kong is listed in the city names. Just love the image cards. Perfect for my Peak photos. Love the blues and reds together.

On the cities card, I matched a distress marker to the rusty red of the kit to colour out the city names apart from Hong Kong to make it pop out. Don't you just love the postcard which I used as a... postcard.

I finished off the page with a simple title.

Products Used

Papers, chipboard and stickers from Graphic 45 Cityscapes collection

Faux leather title alpha from American Crafts

Thanks for looking,

 

Too Cute To Spook

Hi there. Unbelievable it's already October and Halloween is only a couple of weeks away. The weather is turning a little cooler and it's time for pumpkin everything. I've already had two (rather large) pieces of home made pumpkin spice cake with slatherings of cream cheese frosting. Mmmm...

Miss C has been planning her costume with her friend - they're going to be dead school girls!! What happened to a black cat or a cute witch?

This week for the kid's class we made a simple Halloween lantern, which the girls absolutely loved. So cute. The one on the right is my sample and the left is Miss C's project.

After that, I decided I really had to sit down and complete the last two year's Halloween layouts.

 Too Cute To Spook

I mixed two different kits for this layout, using a plain orange chevron at the base. It's been a while since I made a multi-photo layout but I had to include some of these cute photos. This was taken last year where Miss C was Nian Cat. I made the red squares from felt for the top and sewed the rainbow train onto the back of the skirt.

I love the gorgeous papers and images of the Graphic 45 Halloween line this year. I layered up pockets and tags for this corner.

 Certainly had to add a skeleton for the ghoulish effect.

 The potion bottles and skull in a dome are so cool. Absolutely love this collection.

Products Used

Papers, die cuts and chipboard from Graphic 45 Rare Oddities collection

Orange chevron paper from Teresa Collins Haunted Hallows collection

Black cardstock

Vampire Monster

I really love the book paper. I cut out a tomb shaped background and trimmed with black cardstock to make it pop. The photos are from Halloween two years ago. Miss C went at Draculaura from Monsters High. So very cute.

 I love all the poison labels and overlapped them around the page. I also made the title from two word labels.

The coolest skull and I love the glitter distressed 31.

Products Used

Papers from Graphic 45 Rare Oddities collection and Teresa Collins Haunted Hallows collection

Black cardstock

Hopefully, it won't take as long to scrap this year's Halloween photos.

Thanks for dropping by,

HK Memory Chest Kit Club - December 2014

Apologies for being a little late with the December kit post - been moving house (flat), this week and boy, was that tough. We spent last week packing up everything - and I can tell you there were 19 large boxes for my scrapbooking stuff alone!

When hubby first moved to Hong Kong, he only had 21 boxes for all his belongings. How far we've come in fifteen years - now we just have so much, it's hard to keep track of all our items. Time to downsize, maybe? Ha! We won't be starting with my scrapbook stuff, that's for sure. It took us five full days, working until 8pm every night to get the flat in order and everything out of boxes. Quite a feat, but the flat is now a home. If I have time, I'll have to do a photo tour of my scrapbook area.

Before all the upheaval and packing, I was able to finish a layout and a mini calendar with the December kit. This kit was very interesting as it is themed with cats and dogs, but that doesn't mean you must be a pet owner to use it. I think it's cute to use them as accents to compliment your layouts and if you look at my calendar, it doesn't really shout out "pets" to me. Again, this kit is packed with gorgeous embellishments to adorn your pages.

December Kit 2014
Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs – Cats Meow
Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs – Check It Out
Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs – Precious Pets
Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs – Well Bred
Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs – Animal House
Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Chipboard Die-Cuts Sheet – Journaling
Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Cardstock Die-Cuts – Banners
Maya Road Vintage Alterable Lace Trim – Mini Mums
Maya Road Vintage Metal Charms – Umbrella
Maya Road Vintage Linen Burlap Trim – Lime
Maya Road Transparencies Die-Cuts – Time Flies Clock/White
Jillibean Soup Beanboard Thin Chip Alphas
Jillibean Soup Wood Sprinkles Self-Adhesive Embellishments
Petaloo Penny Lane Mixed Blossoms – Black
Doodlebug Doilies

Optional Add-ons
Kaisercraft Wood Flourishes – Umbrellas
Prima Lifetime Shaped Metal Paper Clips – Clocks
Prima Gem Embellishments – Clear
Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Cardstock Stickers
Sizzix Framelits Dies with Clear Stamps – Beautiful You

Here's the sketch for this month:

Meowy

 It's so hard to capture good photos of animals and after several attemps, I finally got one where Miss Molly looks bright eyed and bushy tailed. I love the subtle newspaper print on the background page and wanted to show more of it, so kept a lot of white space. The row of cat postage stamps are too cute.

Miss Molly's my little meowy cat, as I call her. The green letters stand out from the browns and blacks of the page.

 A few fussy cut flowers soften the layout and provides a 'frame' around the photo.

The brass umbrella and clock are too cute and there are loads of them in this kit so you can use them everywhere.

2015 Calendar

The calendar is around 4"x6" in size. I created a small monthly calendar through excel and matted each one with black cardstock. I gathered similar embellishments to tie the pages together (lace flowers, chipboard, clock transparencies, flowers and umbrellas). The letter pack was more than enough to make up the months in the calendar, although I did need to turn a W into an M for May. For the life of me, I couldn't get March to upload to this post, mainly because I'm hotspotting off my phone, not having any internet for the last six days and my service provider dragging their feet.

Here are the other layouts and projects from our team:

Mini Album Box Set by Belly Lau

 Care by Belly Lau

 Folding Mini Album by Erika Lui

White Dragon by Erika Lui

All You Need Is  Love And A Dog by Erika Lui

This kit is so versatile; mini albums, calendars, layouts and project life layouts. Such fun to work with.

Chai Wan Crop

9th December (Tuesday)

10:30am - 12:30pm

Hosted by Grace Wong

 

11th December (Thursday)

10:30am - 12:30pm

Hosted by Belly Lau

Looking forward to seeing you at the crops on the above dates.

Happy scrapping,

Two Days, Four Layouts

I may have mentioned before that I'm not the fastest scrapbooker, so when the retreat came around, I knew I probably wouldn't get more than five layouts done. I stayed true to form and just like the last retreat, only produced four pages.

Smooch You

 This was based on the April MCS Sketch challenge. I used the MCS February main kit and I like the simplicity of it. Not too many embellishments.

 This is the sketch the layout was based on.

 I like the contrast of love hearts to chevron arrows.

The "smooch" was coloured using the Salty Ocean Distress Paint by Tim Holtz

Products Used

Papers and chipboard pieces from Crate Paper Fourteen collection

Fabric Thickers and Glitter Thickers from American Crafts

Salty Ocean Distress Paint from Tim Holtz for Ranger Inks

Sweet Blossoms

I love this paper line from Webster's Pages, which HKMC released for the retreat. The cameras are to die for.

I love the sticker letters that come with the line. I dripped watered-down splotches of red distress paint around the page.

I can't get enough of the camera paper and just look at the camera washi tape. Swoon.

Products Used

Patterned papers, stickers, sticker letters and washi tape from Webster's Pages Composition and Color collection

White cardstock from stash

Barn Door Distress Paint from Tim Holtz for Ranger Inks

New York

Can you believe this paper is also part of the Webster's Pages Composition and Color line? I jumped on it when I saw it and finally, I could scrap my NYC photos. I printed them to 2.5" x 1.667", so I could fit more on the page. Can you see where I used the camera washi tape again?

I made the paperclip by fastening a brad to a normal office paperclip and gluing it down on the back. It helped keep my mini folder from falling open. I just love the bright pink foam letters for the title. It's perfectly describes NYC.

Here's the resin bottlecap that we made at the retreat. It really is quite cool. Also love the wooden geotag I glued on top.

Products Used

Papers, folders, stickers and washi tape from Webster's Pages Composition and Color collection

Wooden veneer elements from Studio Calico
Pink glitter foam Thickers from American Crafts

Flattened bottle cap from Bottle Cap Inc (yes, there is such a company)

Ice Resin from Susan Lenart Kazmer

Fact & Fiction Brads from Basic Grey

Love & Happiness

 This was based on an April Page Maps sketch. The papers came out last retreat and I did one layout with them for that retreat. I'd been hogging the rest of the collection until now.

 See the lock and key? Those were my VerDay pieces. The little Chinese embroidery charm was sourced locally.

I fussy cut the lanterns and "hung" them on black embroidery thread. The background bamboo paper echoes the bamboo in the photos.

Products Used

Patterned papers and chipboard from Graphic 45 Bird Song Collection

Coloured cardstock from Bazzill Papers

Lock & Key chipboard die cuts covered in Verday Paints from Ten Seconds Studio

Resin bird and embroidered charm sourced locally

So, there you go. My four layouts from the last two days at the retreat. I really do need to up my output next time, although I must say, I do love the time I spend just walking around, looking at what everyone is doing and helping out where I can.

Thanks for looking,