Explore : Prompt 5 ~ Friday Project

I chose to make a layout with the map circle embellishments I made. Although I do scrap myself, I tend to do it with other people in the shot, so I made sure that I used a photo of just myself - a self portrait, in fact! Unless you think I'm not alone because "Frankie the Bump" is also in the picture.

Melman Went To Scotland!

Thought I'd kill some time waiting for the baby by making some simple layouts of Melman!

Pencil Lines #230

Having tea at Scotland Street School, Glasgow.

One of October Afternoon's Thursday sketches.

Edinburgh Castle, Science Centre in Glasgow and meeting the statue of Greyfriars Bobby.

Felt quite productive making these, getting multiple photos scrapped in graphic style seems to be the way to go at the moment.

Chippy

This one is for the latest Creative Craft World Saturday Scrap Map where the challenge was to use shapes. I've stuck with the bracket theme from the sketch and used some different bracket shapes as photo mats and journalling block.


Photos from the fabulous Chippy Doon The Lane in Glasgow that we visited last year. Great chips and marvellous toilets! Pretty good pictures, too, considering I took them with my iPhone!

Bile Beans!

The plan is to attempt a layout a day between now and Arrival Day. To get the creativeness in while I still can and enjoy this me time while I still have it. Also to cut into the newest papers, or papers that I've been stroking for too long. I managed to chop into the Tim papers straight away and I've done the same with these.

Shiny new Echo Park For the Record.


Took the photo from York City Walls and I made most of this layout before I even realised that one of the little cut-outables had "York" on it! I'd like to say it was planned, but it wasn't!

For more information on the history of Bile Beans click here or here.

In which I use Glimmer Mist for the First Time!

I bought myself a set of Glimmer Mists that were on sale and when they arrived I couldn't wait to use them all. As you can see, I've not quite grasped the concept of using them lightly and subtley. The mist came out rather more as a deluge, but I guess that's part of the learning process.


Also used the Blended Ink Tutorial that I found on Studio Calico. I think I had rather more success with that than I did with the misting!

I seem to have gone from someone who doesn't stamp to someone who stamps on everything...



And this is what happened when I tried to Mist through a Crafters Workshop template!


Very runny and blobby! Another thing that requires practice. Must go in search of a tutorial!

Tatty 1 and Tatty 2

I'm trying to do more with layering, journalling and putting things together myself rather than following sketches all the time. I made this for the latest weekly challenge at UK Scrappers. I should have added a third colour to the background, it's missing some Shabby Shutters! It's just Mustard Seed and Scattered Straw



Tried to cluster some journalling boxes, first time of trying this.

Chopped up and coloured in one stamp to make a cluster. Never tried this either!