One Word One Technique #12

It's my week for the One Word One Technique over at the TMC blog. This month the technique is embossing and my word is Joy. Here's my page:

Kit: Studio Calico February, Papers: Pebbles, American Crafts, Alpha Chipboard, Embossing Powder: American Crafts, Stamp: Jenni Bowlin Studios, Punch: Martha Stewart, Date Card: Elles Studio, Other: Twine, Vintage Paper, Date Stamp. 

i know it's not quite spring yet, but it's starting to feel like it in these parts and i'm excited! i've also done a little tutorial on how to emboss your alphabet chipboard which you can see here. This is a pretty thrifty way to stretch your stash when you haven't got the right colour alphas to go with your project.

March TMC Challenge

There's a new challenge up at the TMC blog & this month there's colour inspiration. Love this selection of colours, they are so pretty and perfect for spring pages. Here's my take on the challenge:

Overlay, Washi Tape, Rub Ons: Hambly, Mist: Maya Road, Studio Calico, Star Pins: Maya Road, Alpha Stickers: Making Memories, Other: Tiny Attacher

Haaaaa! This is my 'crazy excited' face. When i literally can't contain my excitement i get a little OTT! This page is about going to see the last Harry Potter film this past July. i went to a late night screening with some girlfriends to avoid the crowds in opening week. It kind of felt like the end of an era, those books and films have been a part of my life for such a long time. i thought after the last film was released the HP hype would have died down, but it hasn't and now i can see it's never going to. And yeah that is a HP t-shirt i'm wearing in that photo. i'm a self confessed Harry Potter nerd...

I didn't really have any embellishments in the right colour that would fit my theme so I decided to improvise with what I had and made my own. The little yellow star was made by attaching some washi tape to white cardstock and then punching through it. The larger teal star was made using a similar technique, but instead of using washi tape I used a rub-on. i have quite a lot of gorgeous Hambly rub-ons in shapes i find hard to work into my pages so this was a great way to stretch my supplies and get around that. 

Currents

i've always been a fan of Tina's Currents Series & was stoked when she released her own digital cards to purchase from her shop. i love the design AND they are grey! My favourite colour, right next to navy. It's like she designed them just for me! Except she didn't. But that doesn't make me adore them any less. And if grey's not for you then i'm guessing, if you know how, the colour can also be altered. Anywho, i bought them mainly to use in Project Life. Because that's right people, i'm taking a brave step and going HYBRID!! i try not to get my computer involved in my scrappy endeavours because i spend all day at work on one, a fair amount of my time perusing blogs and galleries for funs and editing photos (which i don't find fun). So i figure it's good for me to step away from the computer and just play. i'm also not very computer savvy. However, there were just too many lovely digital journalling cards out there designed for Project Life for me to resist. So i recently printed a load off and spent some time cutting them all out so they are ready to go. Job done. It's been a while since i did a Currents page though so i decided to incorporate some of Tina's cards on a layout.

Kit: Scrapbook Circle February, Stamp, Mist: Studio Calico, Ink: JBS

For this page i used the February Scrapbook Circle Kit which was packed with a new line from MME designed by Rhonna Farrer. This was my first time ordering with them and i was really pleased with their customer service and the kits themselves are gorgeous!