Thursday, June 28, 2012

Layout Shares with Holly

Hey there everyone,

In May I was lucky enough to attend my first ever Scrapbooking Retreat. At the time I was worried I would not be able to enjoy myself thanks to the not so joyful side of early pregnancy. It was such a relief that my symptoms disappeared for what seemed to be a magical weekend of scrapping!

I did most of my June release layouts for A2Z at the retreat, along with several other layouts. I am one of the slowest scrappers I know normally. But I managed 13 layouts that weekend, and was able to learn a couple of new tricks and techniques and meet some wonderful people. For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure of going to a scrap retreat, I highly recommend it. Imagine a weekend of doing what you love most, uninterupted, with someone there to cook and clean up after you. Pretty awesome!

Here are some of the A2Z layouts I created at the retreat, including a mix of new releases and some of the older A2Z pieces I had in my stash:




One of the hardest things when going to a scrap retreat is trying to work out what to take. Some great advice I was given before going was to create your own co-ordinating kits to take along from your stash. I did exactly this, taking certain collections along, with co-ordinating embellishments and lots of basics, such as cardstock, inks, chipboard, flowers, twine, etc. This worked really well.

Lucky enough I'm off to another retreat in August now that I'm hooked... and because it might be a while before I get another chance with a baby on the way in December :)

Holly x

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Get down and Grungey with A2Z Scraplets!


Hi everyone! Amy Prior here today to share a fabulous gift that I have created for Fathers Day. Yes yes it is a while away but Fathers Day in the US was this month LOL. 

First off I started with a tin. This cute little tin used to be full of gorgeous Prima Flowers and it had Prima stickers all over it. Now I love Prima but the stickers just had to go and I was left with an empty shell ready to be Scrappified. Is that a word? We'll go with it...


So next up I need to get myself some Scraplets. A2Z Scraplets has a ridiculous range of Masculine Chipboard but luckily I had some perfect pieces in my stash ready to use....


So first things first. I needed to adhere everything down to my container. 


The lid had a piece of Burlap added before layers of A2Z Scraplets Cogs were added along with some Metal Gears and a random Star I found. The letters were Thickers that I just placed on there too. It was super easy because I did not need to worry about colours etc because I was going to cover it all.


Once all the bits were stuck on the top of the lid, I stuck the Ngaire's Barbed Wire around the edges of the lid. Now because the bottom of the container is round, I had to play with the chipboard a bit first so it was more round than flat and then it adhered perfectly.


Once everything was glued and dry, I have used a coarse paintbrush to coat the entire container and lid with Black Gesso. Then, once the Gesso dried, the fun really began!


I used a variety of WOW Embossing Powders to decorate the rest. Mainly Ultra High Gold & Copper but some regular colours too including Bay Area Blue & Pepper. Every angle you look at shows more texture and treasure it is sooo cool and this fabulous creation will be on display at Summer CHA next month WOOHOO! 


To fill the container, I created some coupons on my computer and then cut and adhered to Die Cut Scalloped pieces of Cardstock. A few additional bits of Embossing Powder on the edges finished this beauty off.


You can click the images to see them larger and see more of the details.

Before I go, I have to mention the awesome Blog Hop we have coming up on the 1st July at 8.30am!!!! You will not want to miss out on this one and be sure to tell your crafty friends to be here too..


Until next time....happy scrapping!

Amy Prior xxx 


Sunday, June 24, 2012

More More More ...

New Releases ...

I'm loving some of the NEW RELEASE Shapes including this beautiful butterfly 


"Beautiful Butterfly"
by Samantha Bailey ...

"Gorgeous"
by Amy Prior ...
Amy has also used Scraplets Word "Gorgeous".

And here's another NEW RELEASE 


"My Sister"
by Irit Shalom ...

"The Butterfly"
by Caz Zabel ...

and still on SHAPES ...


"Love the Spirit"
by Sandra Wilkinson ...

"Happy Day"
by Holly Connors" ...

by Monica Burns ...

We also decided after being asked a few times, to reduce the size of the Shapes - Gates - 
so we did !! And here's what the design girls did with them. 

"Cheers Dad"
by Amy Prior ...

by Caz Zabel ...

"Our Wedding Day"
by Holly Connors ...

"Friends"
by Irit Shalom ...

"September"
by Monica Burns ...

"It all starts here"
by Sandra Wilkinson ...

"Notes from my Life" 
by Tracey Thorne ...

by Samantha Bailey ...

There was also different variations of
Scraplets "PAGE FRAMES" 
released this month. 
Here's just a few of them.

"Just too Cute"
by Amy Prior ...
Amy has used the Circle Page Frame.

by Caz Zabel 
Using "Snowflake Page Frame" ...

"Hello Winter"
by Irit Shalom ...

"Fun in the Sun"
by Monica Burns ...

"Just Married"
by Monica Burns ...

"Prep Pizza Day"
by Sandra Wilkinson ...
Sandra has used NEW "Square Page Frame".

Now just a few more words and that's completed the release for this  month.

"Sad Panda"
by Amy Prior ...
Amy also designed this Word.

"Sew Adorable"
by Irit Shalom ...
Irit designed this word.

"Seaside Serenity"
by Monica Burns ...

and last up for today ...

"Positive by Holly Connors
using NEW "Shapes - Pregnant Lady" ...

YES, OUR HOLLY IS PREGNANT !!! CONGRATULATIONS HOLLY ...  
We are all looking forward to meeting "bubby" when he/she arrives.

And that is all for June releases ... thanks for looking ...

... Until Next Time, Happy Scrapping ...

Saturday, June 23, 2012

More June Releases ....

Next up & still showing the NEW Scraplets Words ...


by Samantha Bailey ...

by Caz Zabel ...

by Irit Shalom ...

by Monica Burns ...
Monica has also used Scraplets "Shapes - Sign Post Fancy"

Next word is
"We're a Wacky Bunch" designed by Tracey Thorne.

by Tracey Thorne ...

by Samantha Bailey ...

by Caz Zabel ...

Next NEW Scraplets Word
"Crocodile Tears" designed by Samantha Bailey.

by Samantha Bailey ...

by Amy Prior ...

by Caz Zabel ...


by Holly Connors ...

by Tracey Thorne ...

by Sandra Wilkinson ...


by Tracey Thorne ...

by Sandra Wilkinson ...


by Monica Burns ...

by Amy Prior ...
Amy has also used "Shapes - Nested Cogs".

by Sandra Wilkinson ...

"Can't Wait to Meet You" Word designed by Holly Connors ...

by Irit Shalom ...

by Amy Prior ...


by Monica Burns ...

"I'm a big boy now" 
by Monica Burns ...

"Chillin' Out"
by Tracey Thorne ...

"Chillin' Out" 
by Irit Shalom ...

"Seaside Serenity" 
by Monica Burns ...
Monica has also used Scraplets Corners.

I will leave it here for now as there's still heaps to share. I hope you are getting inspiration from all these gorgeous creations by the very talented Design Team.

... Until Next Time, Happy Scrapping ! ...