Eclectic ME

Wow! Where do I start with this Kraft+ challenge this month! 

As soon as I saw it I wanted to have a go at it, but it scared me a little. Do I mix media? Do I break all my scrap rules? Do I use a full photo? 

 

Well this was the outcome.... 

 

 

 I just went for it!! 

Here is what the inspiration looked like....

 

Cool as hey? 

I thought, just have fun with it, play, use pieces lying around, paint and see what happens. 

 

So that's what I did. 

 

And I had fun!! And I placed pieces of me all over it, things that make me, me.  And messages for me also to remember. 

I hope you can can get to have a go playing with this amazing board of inspiration. 

Thanks for taking the time to check out my creation. 

Em. Xx

Love this

Hi everyone, 

I'm sharing a layout with you created for Show Us Your Stuff today. 

It was based on this idea.....

 

Hearts I can do but poetry???? 

So good ol pal Pinterest came to my rescue and helped me pen a poem. Lol. 

Here is my creation for this challenge....

I used lots of different goodies for this one, it's fun using odds and ends up. And I made my own washi banner for this one to tie the pic with the poem. 

And a few cocoa vanilla bits too. 

Hope you get a chance to have a play with this challenge. 

Catch you all soon, Em. Xx

You and me - Emma Zappone

Hi everyone, 

Emma here to share my first of what I have been playing with for this month. 

Have you seen this months mood board and kit? 

This is what I created with it and what the board looks like.... 

Super pretty and soft. 

It's a loved up theme, so I used this emotion of love to scrap my gorgeous hubby and I. 

The JAP kit this month is stunning. All of the pieces are amazing, my fave this time is the wood veneer word. I wanted a soft colour on this veneer so I used a spritz to cover it. These veneers are awesome as the colour stays true and doesn't just soak up the colour. 

And because everything is matching in the kit, layouts come together easily. 

I added only a couple of small papers up behind my photo and flicked a bit of ink around the page. 

The flairs also in this kit are just wow! 

My pages are never complete without a flair. 

I hope you got a chance to have a play with this months board. 

Not long before there will be a new one in the D-lish shop. 

I'll catch you all tomorrow for another share. 

Em. Xx

Happy - Emma Zappone

Wow these last 3 days have flown by.

We are already at the end of yet another month.

Today I'm sharing something slightly different for me.

 

 

I have used black, and only gold and brown tones.

I absolutely loved creating this one.

The photo is one of my faves but I love love love the Gold!!

And it was a great way to use some awesome D-lish flowers.

 

I think the pip berry stem made for a great frame around my photo and was complimented by those mini rose blooms.

I have had the Gold flair for a little while and it always felt a little lost on some of my brighter coloured layouts, but on this one it was just perfect along with the muted felt bow.

 

On my 'happy' word (just one of the awesome wood veneer words in the shop at mo) I thought I would try a different approach. I painted it with the gold, but while it was still wet I pressed in some actual gold leaf. A friend of mine had given me some to play with. It's a little tricky to use but I really love the texture it gave as well as the awesome shiny Blingy look it has.

I finished it all off with a few resin butterflies trailing up the page.

It's minimal, condensed and pretty.

One of my faves created so far.

I hope you all have a creative new month and I look forward to seeing you all in May.

Till then, Em. Xx

Life is good - Emma Zappone

Hi all,

Im here today with my second share. This one came together rather quickly.

D-lish has so many awesome washi tapes, either I've ordered them or they have come through in the JAP kits, that I thought I should showcase a few as my 'paper' element behind my photo for a change.

 

Some who know me, know I love to layer and washi is an instant layer! And you can keep adding and layering. Also I felt it suited the relaxed feel of the photo. I did add some tissue paper and a bitty bag up behind my photo as a matting and used one of the awesome Dusty attic chipboard pieces for my title.

And I think those beautiful coloured wood butterflies are just perfect to pretty a page up.

 

The camera flair is just the cutest and that reminds me I really must order more...lol.

I tied it all together with some green enamel dots and a few extra embellies and quotes.

 

It was a great way to use up some washi, I have so much of it and just placing a bit here or there just doesn't use up enough. I really love how all the colours pop off this page especially the Orange felt bow. 

I'm sure you have plenty of washi lying around.

Why not try something similar?

It's a nice alternative to patern paper.

I'll catch you all tomorrow with my last share for the month.

Em. Xx

Family

Hi! 

Today I sat down and created for Kraft + challenges!!! Yippee!! It's been ages since I had a chance to play over there. 

This month the theme is black and white! 

Sounds super easy hey? But it can be a little tricky when you love colour as much as I do. 

Here is my page....

 

 

                         I loved creating for this challenge!! I used lots of products I had deep in my stash. Such as old Prima and distress powders. 

 

I used chipboard from 2 crafty and imaginarium designs. Best of both worlds. 

 

That's the great thing about challenges, it allows you to really 'play' and dig around and use up things you have had sitting around for awhile. 

Hope you like what i have created as much as I have. 

Thanks again Kraft+ team for the awesome inspiration. 

Em. Xx

Me

Hi!

Today I had a day off! 

So I thought I would try out a challenge I have never tried. 

I chose 'Scrap the Girls'. The mood board this month was just gorgeous. Below is my page inspired by this board....

 

Stunning isn't it!!! 

This year I'm trying not to be scared of scrapping myself. It to me can seem like I love myself but to my family it's a memory. As my eldest said when I showed him...."Awwww". 

We need to remember we don't just make memories we can also be memories. 

 

I really enjoyed digging around in my stash to play with goodies I don't always get to play with. And I'm totally in love with gold at the moment. 

With a household of boys it was fun to create a girly page, with plenty of pink and flowers!! 

It was great to do something out of my comfort zone and come away with a smile. 

Thanks for taking the time to pop past my blog. 

Em. Xxx