Emma Zappone - guest designer share

Hey there everyone, it's Emma here today! 

So very excited to be a guest designer this month and share some of my creations. 

I love what D-lish has to offer in embellishments because I'm in LOVE with embellishments!!! 

Here is my first LO....

So in this LO I was actually drawn and inspired to the Orange on the inside of the Twinings teabag box. So I pulled out my orange D-lish goodies and used an orange peg clipped to my photo, resin flowers, and a couple of awesome flairs. 

I also love the wood embellishments that Amanda has to offer in the shop such as these Pink Fresh Studio arrows! And the wood frames, but in this case I cut the frame right down and only used part of it under my photo so that I could use the arrow part of it more noticeably. And I can't get enough of the wood words and quotes....

I found a new lease of life for the good ol' embossing powders and using stamps created a couple of little points of interest. 

Simple yet effective. 

My next LO showcases one of the great monthly kits D-lish put out at the start of each month. I love how coordinated they are and give there own inspiration just by looking at it! Here is what I created with one.......

It just so happens that this kit was built up around my fave colours!!! It included gorgeous felt flowers, resin flowers, wire which I curled, a heart and deer chipboard, washi, bitty bag, flair, doily and some paper tags. (So many awesome bits) I again pulled out the emboss powder and used on my wood deer. 

How cute is he??? And I played with texture paste and a couple of mists to match the kits colour scheme. 

A bit of extra stamping and my page is done. O and when Amanda sends out the kits she packs it so nicely with a matching raffia ribbon which I used around my photo. (Gotta use everything, heheheh). 

And lastly a quick card I made for my dear hubby! 

Here I used a 'project life' card, Washi, flair, chipboard, chipboard frame, and doily. This came together very quickly and easily. 

And it's all because of the great pieces D-lish has to offer. 

I hope I have inspired you to get crafting. 

This is such a great honor and opportunity. 

Thanks for letting me share with you all.

Scrap ya later, Em. Xxx 

What's up?

Scrap the Boys  have their June challenge up!

Create from this sketch.....

What is something that I definitely love doing? Thats getting inspo from a sketch! 

And a multi photo sketch at best! 

In keeping with my 'kiss' (keep it simple stupid) concept at the moment here is my creation for this challenge....

When I saw this sketch I knew I wanted to use these photos of Asha! He brings so much personality into my layouts. And because I didn't want to detract from my photos too much I wanted my elements to be simple but noticeable. 

You can never go wrong with stars and arrows with boy layouts. And I also added a couple of stamps under my photos and paper before layering. 

I love using emboss powders a lot lately, they dress up chipboard nicely with this simple tecnique. 

I'm really happy with this layout especially as it's not as bright as my usual layouts would be. 

Hope you love it too. 

Scrap ya later, Em. Xx

Love you

Another month means another lot of challenges!!! So that means lots of inspiration. My first lot of inspo comes from the amazing Sassy Scrappers board, which looks like this.....

So many 'pretty' colours I didn't know what photo to use. Then the quote in it makes it feels a little on the romantic side. 

This is how it made me feel anyway. 

What I love about mood boards is that everyone interprets it a little different. So because I saw this as romantic love I chose to scrap the love of my life.....

It became difficult to scrap my man as the colours are very feminine and soft. So I decided to use a masculine background paper and soften it with a couple of complementary mists. I'm not afraid to use flowers on my male layouts so I only used a few that went with the mood board. I added 'masculine' stamps and a couple of embellishments that made it more suited to a male....

I'm really happy with the simplicity of how this layout came together. Sometimes not over complicating is the best way to get a page scrapped! 

Hope you like it too. 

The month is far from over, so if you have a chance check out Sassy Scrappers mood board and get scrapping!!! 

Em. Xx

Deer and fawn challenge

The amazing Deerandfawndesigns have had yet another great monthly challenge!! Here was what was expected....

 

Create 2 Project life cards on a project.....you can make them however you like....you could stamp, paint, spritz, whatever takes your fancy.  We would love to see them in your project life spreads, but for  those who aren't into project life, don't think this challenge isn't for you.... project life cards are awesome to use on scrap layouts too!!

So after one very busy month I decided to sit down and create a couple of PL cards. I never seem to have enough 4x6 size so made this the size I would make. Here are mine.....

I used a little mixed media on them both, dripping water colour off of the impasto paste on the white one and then flicking a little spritz over it before stamping....

And for the black one I used a stencil with some crackle paint, then embossed my words just for some different texture. Again a little gold flick of mist and some enamel dots to finish it off. Looks like this....

Because of such a busy month, I have not as yet had a chance to use them in my PL book, but can't wait to. 

Hope you like them too. 

And can't wait to see what deer and fawns challenge will be next month. 

Till next time, Em. Xx

Scrap AWESOME with an R

Wow what an amazing day we had full of scrapping, laughing, being inspired, talking and bonding!!!

 Our day couldn't have been any better....(well maybe we could have had a little more wine😜)....3 classes taught through out the day. Many ladies who have not been scrapping for nearly 18 months were inspired to start again, and find new inspiration. 

I started the class with my LO...so nervous....but had a blast!!! 

And having plenty of time for selfies with these amazing two.....

Nat then taught her AMAZING class....

This LO is just amazing! You really need to see it!! (Ok here it is)....

Amazing right???

And then we finished with the super awrsome Tammy!!!! 

(She will kill me for this photo)

Our day wouldn't have been what is was without the wonderful support of our scrappy ladies, and I thank them all for being a part of something so special to Tammy and I! 

I'm ready for our next episode, first true 'kit' launch of 'Kit the Habit'!!! 

Thanks for taking the time to read my review of a great AWRSOME day!!! 

Scrap ya later, Em xxx

XOXO

Hi all,

Can you believe it's nearly the end of May already?

Months are flying past, so are weeks! 

So because I didn't want the month to be over before I could participate in the latest mood board for Dlish Scraps, I made time today to complete a LO for it.

Here is this months mood board....

Aren't the colours so soft and pretty!!!!

I loved the kit that went along with this, so I created a LO featuring my boys and I together.

Which looks a little like this.....

(Sorry about the colour as I took it at night)

It is a lot 'prettier' then my usual style and I kept it very simple. I also couldn't help myself but scraplift the idea of embossing only half the wood embellishment. This idea looks so amazing! 

There is still time to have a go at this months challenge over at Dlish. 

So grab a photo and some inspo and get creating.

Scrap ya later, 

Em. Xxx

Fabulous

Hey there,

It's been a little while between blogs, but today I thought I would draw inspo from the amazing May challenge over at Scrapping-outback. This challenge has a cool colour combo happening. It looks like this....

 "White with a Twist" Challenge....

So the challenge is:

Create a layout inspired by ALL the colours in this photo and you MUST use at least one piece of chipboard. (as Scrapping Outback is known for all its chipboard).

How amazing is that!

I love this, I would never put red with this blue, but I just love the brightness and fun it brings.

This is my interpretation......(sorry about the shadowy photo) 

Yeah serious photo again hey??? 

I also got to play with a technique I just love doing at the moment, and that's the paint flicks and dribble over the page. 

Here is a close up.....

Hopefully it will inspire you to join in the fun to.

Go check this blog out for yourself and see what you can create!!!!

Till next time,

Scrap ya later. 

Em. Xxx

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