Spring time at Paper Issues

Just sharing a bright page for the new theme at Paper Issues

Thanks so much for dropping by

Yours in scrappiness

Always challenge yourself :-)

Last weekend DS2 had a 12th birthday sleepover party with 4 mates in the shed.

With the excuse of supervising the ruckus I got some extra time

in my art room (also in the shed) :-D

So.... I had a play with the most recent One Little Word challenge

(one of my favourites) - Always

I love the effect of the inkpads with the chevron TCW template

(Chunky Chevron - TCW322)

combined with my new Kaisercraft dictionary stamp,

and the colours went so nicely with my new washi tapes from

Lowri at The Paper Vine.

I cut the title with my MM Slice using the Music & Dance card,

and used a Carl punch for the leaves.

Thanks so much for dropping by

and for your lovely comments, they make my day :-)

Yours in scrappiness

Paper Haus Spring Fling

The new Paper Haus ezine is coming soon and to celebrate

we are hopping and rak-ing again :-D
Make sure you join us for oodles of giveaways
and inspiration to kickstart your mojo.

This was one of my pages from the December issue

I'm looking forward to getting out my Spring colours now,
even though it is coming into Autumn downunder.

Yours in scrappiness

Love is in the Air

I recently won a lovely prize from 7 Dots Studio,

a pack of their new range called 'Love is in the Air',

full of soft pastels with a hint of distressed type patterns.

I'm not much of a pastel gal but this is really pretty!

Here are the two pages I have done so far...

Both things I love, in honour of Valentine's Day today :-)

The background on the next page was done with a TCW template 

and a mix of leftover light brown/yellow mists.

When my mists are getting too low to spray properly

I pour them into each other and mix similar colours,

it makes them go that little bit further.

You can keep up with new releases and what people are doing with their papers 

here on the 7 Dots FB page.

Thanks so much for dropping by.

Yours in Scrappiness

SWAT with texture

Are you going to play at Sketches with a Twist this month?

It's a gorgeous sketch designed by Julianne McKenna-De Lumen 

and the twist is 'texture paste'

This is my page, I flipped and turned the sketch. 

The chevron is done with texture paste and a TCW stencil

then misted while still wet. For the splats I used Tim Holtz

distress stain -tarnished brass, it's awesome!

The picture I took when I was in Darwin last year

my first sunset over the ocean, so beautiful!

So come along and play with us,

check out the blog for some DT inspiration.

Yours in scrappiness