Yellow...or lack of!

Hi everyone,

I'm back after a bit of a holiday with my family. And I've come back to a week of Yellow...hmmm I have to admit its a colour I rarely use on layouts. Its not that I don't like yellow, its a very happy colour. Its more that I find it hard to use on layouts.

Which means I have no layouts to show you! I flicked through my albums and couldn't find anything with yellow! Then I sat down to create something and realised I didn't even have anything yellow to use! However, I did find a little set I made last mothers day. Its a matchbook album, card and little paper bag. So I thought I'd show you this as its better than nothing!

This is the set...its pretty bright and I'm not sure I'd use this colour combo on a scrapbook layout, but its definitely fun and makes me happy looking at it! The matchbook album is in the middle. Below are a couple of inside shots of the album. My mum loved this and still carries it in her handbag to show off her grandkids to her friends! Its very easy to make!

So I apologise for not having a yellow layout to show you, but hope you have enjoyed looking at these instead! Hopefully I'll have something better for next week's colour!

Emma

Some Christmassy Things!

Hi Everyone, I know its amazing, I'm here and posting! Life has been so hectic and there has been no time for scrapping. I am planning on getting a heap of scrapping done after Christmas so I should have some more layouts to show you then.

In the meantime, I thought I'd show you some Christmassy things I've been making, some I've made for this Christmas, a couple of other things are favourites from last year!

First up a couple of very simple gift tags. A couple of stamps and a nice ribbon is all it takes. I've stamped off the edge of the paper to give them a more modern feel.

Next up a cute card...very simple as with my scrapbook layouts! Simple is best though, especially if you are producing a bunch of cards on mass!

These cute little milk cartons are made with the Stampin' Up! Big Shot Die Cutting machine. If you don't have one of these, do a google search for milk carton templates and you will find heaps of options. These ones I made last year with chocolates inside for teachers at school. This year I'm going to make some more and use them as place settings on the Christmas table and fill them with mints or chocolates and put a name on the front.

Lastly another card. Again its very simple in its design with a couple of stamps and this time I've just used some white bakers twine to give it something extra plus a few little bling jewels in the middle of the flower. Love the bling!



I'd love to see some Christmassy things you have been doing. Leave a link to your blog so we can all check out some Christmas ideas!

Thanks, Emma.

Using up more scraps!

I love making a card out of leftover scraps of paper! Most satisfying. My daughter took this card off to a birthday party tonight, and is there as we speak. I was inspired to take a photo and post after Emma's gorgeous card using vertical strips as opposed to these horizontal strips.  This heart stamp is by Stampin' Up.


Never buy an expensive card again! This is SO easy!

Nicole x

Using up Scraps

Hi All, sorry I have been missing in action. Things have been crazy around here! I was meant to do a post yesterday and I am ran out of time, so I'm stopping in quickly before today's post goes up!! Hope you all don't mind. It is also something a bit different to normal!

I thought I'd show you a great way to use up patterned paper scraps. As you know I am a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator so I also make cards. The card below is so, so quick and easy to do. It uses up your scraps and looks pretty impressive too! If you don't have stamps for a sentiment, then you could just print something from the computer, or leave the sentiment off. anyway, here is the card...

Give it a go! This would be a quick and easy option for Christmas cards too using some Christmassy colours or paper!