Girls on holiday.

A photograph I got sent from my Granddaughters Katherine and Ellie while they were on holiday. I loved the pinks and lilacs in this kit. I tried lots of backgrounds before I settled on this on. There are lots of glitter papers too I did try one but decided to use brush strokes to fill the top centre of the page. Kit is Berry Crush http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/berry-crush-digi-scrap-craft-download/

Explosion card Part 1

I was asked by a member of the Serif CraftArtist software beginners group about the possibility of making an Explosion box. This is what I've come up with.

The box has been made from 5 pieces of coloured card and some inkjet paper for the decoration. I had my Grandchildren's holiday snaps to scrap so I decided to use Polkadoodles Summer Breeze Digi scrap kit. I love the little beach huts and beautiful papers in this kit. Perfect for a Summer scrap.                                                                                                     http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/summer-breeze-digi-scrap-craft-download/

This is the closed box. Every image on the box is flat, it is the drop shadows that makes the images raised. You could make a box and use decoupage to decorate, but due to my time restrictions I decided on Digital 3d.

This is a close up of the detail of the inside centre. I decided the box would make a perfect little gift for a child to give for a Birthday. This is the link for the Craftartist template, if you wish to use several different backgrounds for your mats then use Materials instead of Backgrounds.                                                                                            


http://www.mediafire.com/file/9w399lucr7utl0i/Explosion_Box_card.craft                                                                                                                                                       
  Tutorial for non CraftArtist users follows

Explosion card p2

The Pop up Circus

I was looking on Google and came across matchbox theaters. I had purchased a digi kit from  Daisytrail  before the shop closed and thought I would love to make a matchbox circus. The matchbox itself I made from a frozen pizza box.I decorated this with elements and papers from the kit. The tent image went onto the back of the tray and then I inserted all of the figures into another box I made to fit inside the matchbox.

This is the box sleeve for when the circus goes away.

This is the Circus folded down to go inside of the sleeve.

Summer Breeze Holiday

I decided to scrap some of my grandchildren's holiday photographs and decided to use Summer Breeze to do it. I just adore the little beech huts. I also thought about including the year and used the balloons as they seemed to complete the right angle in the bottom right corner and give a little height without being overpowering. Kit Summer Breeze http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/summer-breeze-digi-scrap-craft-download/

Lauren C. Waterworth Botanical gardens scrap

I had to choose how to scrap a photograph I had taken at the Edinburgh botanical gardens. The gardens were beautiful and well worth a visit. It was very atmospheric, so I decided to use Midnight Lake painted by Lauren C. Waterworth. I love her detail and what I call twiddly bits that can make up a page by filling space. i love the star groups and the magical moon.

Apple Lagoon, Ellie's off to Hogwarts!

Granddaughter Ellie woke up one morning last week and decided she was off to Hogwarts. Kit Apple Lagoon. http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/apple-lagoon-digi-scrap-craft-download/