Scrapbooking Memories

FANCY PANTS DESIGNS Oh, Deer! collection. For more information, visit www.fancypantsdesigns.com KAISERCRAFT Printed tape – Polka Dot, FaLaLaLa and Candy Stripe. For more information, visit www.kaisercraft.com.au COUTURE CREATIONS Christmas Quilt and Twiggy Christmas embossing folders – available in A2 and 5in x 7in. For more information, visit www.couturecreations.com.au PEBBLES INC Home for Christmas collection. For more information, visit www.pebblesinc.com BOBUNNY Candy Cane Lane patterned paper. For more information, visit www.artdecocreations.com.au AMERICAN CRAFTS Be Merry collection. For more information, visit www.americancrafts.com CHIC TAGS Good Tidings tags and photo toppers, and 25 Days icons. For more information, visit www.scrappinglife.com.au DARKROOM DOOR Brushed Christmas Volumes 1 and 2 stamp sets. For more information, visit www.darkroomdoor.com KAISERCRAFT Basecoat Christmas patterned paper. For more information, visit www.kaisercraft.com.au COUTURE CREATIONS Christmas Star and Christmas Tag dies. For more information, visit www.couturecreations.com.au STAMPENDOUS Yule Diamonds clear stamp set. For more information, visit www.stampendous.com PROJECT LIFE Christmas themed cards. For more…

Christmas tree canvas BY LINDA EGGLETON, NSW Materials: Canvas; Paper – Kaisercraft; Embellishments – Prima Marketing Inc letters and stencil, mesh tape, buttons, twine, Mont Marte gesso and modelling paste, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. To view more of Linda’s work, visit www.loopylouslens.blogspot.com.au It is hard to believe that my time as a Creative Team member has come to an end…where have the last 12 months gone? I have thoroughly enjoyed my term, and although I was a little anxious at first when it came to writing my articles, I soon came to love the process, and now I am a little sad that it must end. But there is no time to be sad when Christmas is just around the corner! So for my final article I thought I’d do something a little different…

Our twisted Christmas BY LISA OXLEY, NSW Materials: Paper – Tissue; Cardstock; Embellishments – Tim Holtz and Words Or Whatever stencils, Kaisercraft flower and sequins, American Crafts Thickers, Heidi Swapp words, Green Tara flower, me & my BIG ideas chipboard, doily, washi tape, metal strip, Christmas ornament, cotton, twine, acrylic paint, crackle medium, Uni Posca paint pen, STAEDTLER textas, StazOn ink. Nothing subliminally says Christmas quite like combining green and red. The red of Santa’s suit, the gorgeous lush green of the Christmas tree. Even in Australia we can’t help but identify with those colours initially. But if you enjoy Christmas in Australia, like me you probably relate Christmas to other things: the blue of the ocean, the golden light at sunset on a warm summer evening. Plus its school holidays and around…

Jingle all the way BY RIKKI GRAZIANI, WA Materials: Paper – Heidi Swapp; Embellishments – Heidi Swapp ephemera and vellum, sequins. Speech bubbles are such a great and versatile addition to scrapbooking embellishments. You can purchase ones that already have a sentiment printed, use blank ones for journalling or as a great spot for your titles, or even as the base for a cluster! And you can find a variety of different speech bubbles – paper ones, chipboard ones, wood veneer ones, acrylic ones – the list goes on and on! SPELLBINDERS Shapeabilities D-lites die – Conversation Bubble 4. For more information, visit www.twosisters.com.au AMERICAN CRAFTS DIY Shop chalkboard speech bubble stickers. For more information, visit www.americancrafts.com SCRAP FX Speech Bubbles A and B chipboard sets. For more information, visit www.scrapfx.com.au PAPERMANIA Chalkboard speech bubble pegs – pack of four. For…

Not much snow BY KATHY LOWE, VIC Materials: Paper – Glitz Design; Cardstock – Kaisercraft, Die Cuts With a View; Embellishments – Kaisercraft letters, stickers, die-cuts and rub-ons, Simple Stories stickers, ribbon, machine-stitching. Design desirable If the design of you’re layout is becoming too boxy, punch some of your photos into circles. Dream big BY BELINDA OLDAKER, VIC Materials: Paper – Kaszazz; Stamps – Kaszazz, Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Embellishments – Kaszazz die, chipboard, embellishments, rhinestones, stencil and alcohol ink markers, Ranger Archival ink and Dylusions ink spray, Tim Holtz Distress Stain. HOT TIP Blend alcohol inks on your die to gain shapes with crisp borders, like Belinda has with her stars. Sweetness BY ZHANNA ACHTYAMOVA, RUSSIA Materials: Paper – Echo Park Paper Co; Embellishments – Papertrey Ink dies, Echo Park Paper Co stickers, wood veneers, enamel dots, sequins, Tattered Angels Glimmer…

Firstly, think of your chipboard sheet as having two parts – a positive and a negative. The positive is the pre-cut shapes, the negative is everything else. Don’t look upon the negative shapes as being waste. We can use every bit of these in our scrapping! Here’s how: FRAMING Look for interesting negative shapes that could be used to frame a photo. Dress your shape up any way you like and mount your photo on it. The magic of Christmas BY HEATHER MCMAHON, VIC Materials: Paper – BoBunny; Cardstock – Kaisercraft; Embellishments – Dusty Attic chipboard and paint, Kaisercraft die-cuts and rub-ons, ribbon, pen, Tinby Designs Metallic Melts, Ranger Dylusions ink spray, Jo Sonja’s texture paste, StazOn ink. MOUNTING Need to raise your photo or an element in your layout? Don’t waste money on foam tape. Cut…