Live a Life Less Ordinary

I've really loved some of the collections that Kaisercraft have been releasing lately.  Bow & Arrow is one of their new releases and features lots of woodland patterns, woodgrain, arrows and feathers.

I combined this collection with a Pie Chart cut file from the Silhouette Store (design id #41038) and  pieced the patterned papers behind each of the pie pieces.  Once they were all in place I adhered the pie chart to my white cardstock and stitched around it a couple of times.

The front side of the Paper Sunrise patterned paper has feathers in different sizes and prints, and I've fussy cut some of those for the cluster to the side of my photo.

I've pulled a few embellishments from my stash to scatter around the layout, that cute heart paperclip is from Prima. 

For my title I have followed the line of the die cut with two alternating alphas.  Love the Basic Grey scrabble alphas!

You might remember that I really don't like handwriting my journalling, like, reaaallly don't like it.  I thought I'd give it a try again, you know, just so that it's my handwriting on a layout.  But I have to tell you this attempt has not changed my mind one little bit!  I'm definitely no Ali Edwards or Heidi Swapp in the handwriting department ha!  Then just a few Studio Calico stars and some splatters to finish.

This was my first time paper piecing and it was so much fun.  Have you tried it yet?

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New Kit for Daisy Chain Scrapbooks

Okay you guys, I'm making an effort to get back to blogging more regularly, and hopefully I can make it part of my daily (well, at least weekly) routine.

I'm excited to share this layout with you today because it's a brand new kit I've designed for Daisy Chain Scrapbooks, and is in stock right now in store.

This kit features October Afternoon's Daily Flash | All Boy collection, which is an adorable boy-themed line.  Some of my favourite patterns in the collection are the woodgrain, anchors and moustaches - very, very cute.

These photos are of my cousin Amanda's little boy, Samuel, and are from a fun afternoon at Richmond in Tasmania last October.  You can't see it in these photos, but Samuel just had to bring Amanda's oversized old handbag with him and did an awesome job of carrying it around all afternoon.  We joked he was wrangling the man bag haha.

Because this is a kit layout I wanted to include some 'generic' journalling that would apply to pretty much any little boy's photos, so I chose a fun Dr Seuss quote and turned it into some hybrid journalling.  Part of the quote is printed on white cardstock, with the remaining words filled in with alphas, and then stitched over.

I've used the Epiphany Crafts Tool to make a personalised flair button from one of the patterned papers and layered with some punched, stamped and fussy cut shapes to form a cluster here.

Then I printed some hand lettering in black India Ink in a style to match the cartoon 'Zap!'  Once dry the word BAM! is fussy cut and clustered with one of those sweet moustaches and some alphas.

And the bonus card features my three favourite patterned papers as well.  A clean and simple masculine card (and what man wouldn't want to be awesome)!

Have you tried using quotes or lyrics as journalling on your layouts recently?  I'd love to hear which ones you've used.

If you'd like one of these kits complete with full instructions and everything you need to make the layout (sewing thread and regular consumables e.g. adhesives not included) get in touch with Barbi at Daisy Chain Scrapbooks and she can hook you up today.  Barbi is more than happy to mail any purchases to you.

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A Super Quick & Easy Card

Hi friends, and Happy Friday!

Sharing today a super quick and easy card that I put together for Brent's birthday recently.  Brent is pretty much a minimalist, clean lines and white on white is his kind of thing.

I had some new goodies on my desk from October Afternoon's Daily Flash collection - some Flash Chip - Frame Up chipboard, and a pack of Tin Pins.  

So with Brent's minimalist style in mind, I started with a white card base, layered patterned paper and some more white cardstock, a chipboard frame and border and a smattering of ink.  Topped off with the Awesome tin pin and this card was done and dusted in a matter of minutes.

I love that the tin pins fit so well inside all of the frames in this chipboard pack, and while I have them on my desk I'll be putting together a few more cards for my stash.

As I didn't have any papers from the Daily Flash collection, I pulled one of the patterned papers from the Travel Girl line (one of my favourite collections ever), and it matched perfectly.

Did you notice the ink I accidentally splodged on the frame?  I have to confess I may have cursed a little at that, but yes, I'll remember to cover my elements a bit better next time I'm throwing ink around ha!

It's Autumn here, my absolute favourite season, and the weather is delightful with blue skies and lots of sunshine.    We're planning a day out in the hinterland, walking trails and maybe even picnicking tomorrow and I'm so looking forward to it. 

Hoping you have a little something planned to enjoy your weekend ahead!