ColourBlast Backyard!

Hello Colour Blast Friends,

A different and just as fabulous Amy here to share my first every design for the amazing Colourblast. I am going to do my best and hopefully inspire you to use those lovely little pots a little more often with your scrapbook layouts.

For this background you will need a mosiac stencil, Tangareen Dream Colour Paste ,

Colour Shimmer Dust Candy and Sunflower

and water. (perhaps in a spray bottle)

Start with your stencil diagonal down the page and smear on your Colour Paste. Don't be shy we all love this stuff. Once that has dried enough spray on water liberally on the page. Dust a tiny bit of Candy and Sunflower Colour Shimmer Dust over different parts of your page and tilt your page so it will dribble. Spray more water if you need to. It will warp but once it is in your album it will re flatten

Once that all dries layer your photo and little pieces of matching card. I used snippets from 4 6x4 cards to create the clusters around my photo.

Journal with a good pen and feel free to draw a border around your background.

Here is Backyard 

Materials- Flutterby Designs

-Stash

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial 

Stay Scrappy

Amz

Published in Vol 19 No 1 Scrapbooking Memories Magazine

Hello My Friends,

I wanted to share with you my layouts published in this month's Scrapbooking Memories Magazine. I am very fortunate to have this accepted as they are some of my favourite photos.

You & Me

Close Up Views 

 Materials used - Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Collection, A Piece of Cake Flair, Silhouette Design Cutfile

Note - I had the cutest little cutfile from my Silhouette Design Store Hoarding that I altered into a banner for this layout. And you only needed a little bit of scrap piece to do so.

 Just Because-

 Close Up Views

Note - I just couldn't find the right blue paper to match with the idea I had for this layout so this was my attempt to create my own using, Tim Holtz Ink Droppers, Gesso and Posca Pens. I hand drawn some leaves and arrows into a reasonable pattern and just let the paper have that freedom.

 Materials Used - Cocoa Vanilla Cardstock, and Embellishments, Cocoa Vanilla and Studio Calico Stickers, Flutterby Designs Wood Veneer, A Piece of Cake Flair, thread, enamel dots, ink, gesso, stamps and posca pens.

Now the LAST ONE

Debut-

 Materials - Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Collection - Kaszazz Stamps, A Piece of Cake Designs Flair, Flutteryby wood veener, Leaf cutfiles and staples

Note- I love a little layering with strips of paper BUT I'm not one for gluing so sewing a line or two may look artistic but it certainly sticks bits DOWN.

So that's what has happened to me this month.

Next blog is Scrap the Boys layout with an AWESOME sketch you will want to try out yourself.

Stay Scrappy
Amy xo

Ahhhh! A Rainbow Splendour Layout

Hi My Peeps

Here for my 2nd Rainbow Splendour Layout.

Its so easy to scrap the good memories isn't it. This year I have challenged myself to document those moments we might like to never do again. LIKE.....living on 2 hours of broken sleep because your baby is sick moment. You know those?! SO I scrapped a Locky one.

Here is Ahhh!

 Materials used. Rainbow Splendour crosses, Flutterby Designs, Maggie Holmes Love Collection,

 Rainbow Splendour crosses are so cute and versatile. I have painted them black and given them a bit of dimensional magic, Silhouette Design Store for my cutfile

I made sure to journal so I would remember. This boy that stole my heart also stole my sleep once.

Stay Scrappy
Amy xo

My Layouts in Febuary 2016 Scrapbooking Memories Magazines

Hi There My Crafty Peoples,

I am pretty lucky to have 3 layouts published in this month's Scrapbooking Memories Magazine.
So I thought I would give you some close ups.
My Son

Materials use - Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Made of Awesome Collection, Flutterby Flair and Some from my Stash

 What a Man

  Flutterby Designs, Cards, flairs and veneer, Lindy Stamp Gang Magical Powders, and thickers

Time Flies

Materials used Papercrafting World cutfiles, Dusty Attic- chipboard, Heidi Swapp stash left overs.

An in progress shot!

Stay tuned my next post will be my guest design spot with Flutterby Designs. Eeep!

Stay Scrappy,

Amy xo

Rainbow Splendour Loveliness

Good Morning Fellow Crafty Lovers,

Here I am drinking my coffee thinking about all I must do today. I am going to instead share with you some Rainbow Splendour as this is my week.

Here is Lucky I love you.

Materials used - Rainbow Splendour Feathers, Amy Tangerine finders keepers collection I think, Flutterby Flair and gelatos to match the water colour stickers of Amy Tan

 I rolled up little scraps to create my border.

 Using Rainbow Splendour Feathers make it have that extra dimension again. And perfect colour

I think this is the first time I gave Eli tin spaghetti. Obviously it was a hit.

I hope you love my craftsplosion I will post another on Friday of Rainbow's loveliness

Stay Scrappy

Amy xo

Heart Breaker for Paper Crafting World

Hello Peeps,

My last layout of my time with Paper Crafting World I am going to share with you today.

 Materials used is the Flutterby Designs Super Cool Collection and the Paper Crafting World Heart Breaker Title Cut-file

I love Flutterby's everyday cards, They are so versatile and I have used them to layer up my page.

Thanks for visiting

Stay Scrappy
Amy xox

Elf onThe Shelf Layout

Hello There

Elf on the Shelf is one of my favourite traditions. I am one of those Christmas Enthusiasts much to my Grinch fiancé's dismay. Not only do we get children into a state of paranoid good behaviour at a time when there is SO much to attend, make, buy and  complete. But parents can have a daily contribution to the magic that is Christmas.

I love it and I bought one of Flutterby Designs Elf Essentials Pack to help me through the month.
Then decided this needed to be including in my Christmas album.
So here is what I did.

 

Materials Used - Flutterby Designs Elf Essentials Pack, Photoplay Dear Santa, Charms Creations Star, Thickers, and some Christmas from my stash.

Anita from Flutterby Designs sent this blank Elf book for Christmas and I've filled it up with Elf Photos for my boys to enjoy for years to come. (and perhaps make sure I don't double next year)

In the Elf Essentials Pack is a Selfie Frame. Its fits perfectly in a PL 2x3 pocket and now has become a little sequin shaker

That big beautiful star you can get from Charms Creations. She has the Sweetest Christmas Embellishments handmade.

If you are looking for those glitter Thickers there are still some available online at Shop and Crop HQ my place of 'work'. Keep me in a job buy from her!

So that's it close up and personal with my Elf Layout.

Stay Scrappy

Amy xox

Cedar Lane Available at Shop and Crop NOW

Hi There Scrapbookers,

Today I am going to show you the latest that has arrived and available to purchase at Shop and Crop Scrapbooking. Its Pink Paislee's Cedar Lane collection.

This collection is so pretty. So much glitter I dont know what to do with myself. Here is one layout #Bestie Love.

 Materials used- Cedar Lane Pink Paislee, Flutterby design flair, thread and Gelatos.

 I did do a bit of a fussy cut around the cardstock to get some flowers out.

 You can see the puffy stickers and see through ephemera are soooo cute

 Have a close look at those tags. They are made with a calico it provides such a lovely dimension to the page

 LOOK at those glitter Thickers. I never get much of an opportunity to play with glitters. Just too much cuteness

Well I hope you loved a close up view of the fun you could have with Pink Paislee. Jump online to shop now before HQ runs out.

Stay Scrappy

Amy xox

Boy EveryDay

Hello Scrappy guys and girls,
Amy here its almost summer here, hot as a frog on a hot tin roof it is.

Let me tell you a some new gossip.

Number One is I have created a FB page so please send some love by liking https://www.facebook.com/amysmalldesigns/?ref=hl

and TWO is my layout called Boy Everyday. I would like to show you how you can use a cutfile to soften a boy layout. I am all about my boys as you can see and I have used the PCW cutfile Doily and Rose Set.

You can see by layering the doily behind a boy collection like this one from Cocoa Vanilla Studio you can break up the harsh lines and provide more dimension to your page

Materials used - Papercraftingworld.com cutfiles, cocoa vanilla studio collection, flutterby flairs and wood veneer, studio calico stickers, embossing powder white,

 

 I hope this layout has inspired you to scrap your boys more often. They do such wonderful funny things that need to be documented. My challenge blog Scrap the Boys can give you a little more inspiration each month.



Stay Scrappy
Amy xox

Create for Paper Crafting World

Hello There my Scrappy Peeps,

Time to share with you my latest layout for Paper Crafting World called 'Create'

Materials Used - Echo Park Our Family Collection which is available at Shop and Crop Scrapbooking, Rose Outline Cutfile from Paper Crafting World, Flutterby Designs Flair, thickers, Maggie Holmes vellum, wood veneer, thread, and staples

So that's it for me for now.

Stay Scrappy

Amy xox

Let's Fall in Love published in Vol 18 No 4 Scrapbooking MemoriesMagazine

Hi Scrappers,

Arrived home after Camp Mojo a 4 day Scrapbooking retreat in the Hunter Valley. I found this in the mail and am excited to be able to finally show it to you too.

My layout using the photo shoot by Jenerations Photography

Let's Fall In Love

Materials used- Paper, Heidi Swapp, Embellishments - American Crafts Amy Tangerine, Theresa Collins, Ephemera, Crate Paper, Maggie Holmes frame, Flutterby designs flair, sequins and thread

I hope you like it

Stay Scrappy, 

Amy xox