Pinterest Inspiration

On March 11, 2013 By patriciamanhireIn Crafts, Creative Memories, Digital Art, ScrapbookingLeave a comment

Hi there

Following on from my Facebook digital art I decided to do a layout for Pinterest. I have got a lot of inspiration for my crafts from Pinterest and this is my acknowledgment of the influence it has on my creations. I have still managed to make the page pink, despite Pinterest having a red logo. If you haven’t guessed it yet my favourite colour is pink and if I can I add pink somewhere I will. A rose also managed to sneak in on the page as well. I have copied and pasted the logos of Pinterest from a Google search. For further information about how I achieved this layout please head over to my Digital Creations page.

Happy crafting

Patricia

Rugged little boy

On February 12, 2013March 9, 2013 By patriciamanhireIn Creative Memories, ScrapbookingLeave a comment

Hello again

I have now started with doing my son’s 12 x 12 album using the Rugged Power Palette and additions. I have used the Rugged Baby Boy Additions and am really pleased with how the pages have turned out. I will be buying another set of additions as I had so many photos of when he was born, as you do when it is the first child. The colours of the papers have worked in really well with the colours of the photos.

Materials used:

Creative Memories Rugged Baby Boy Additions

Creative Memories Rugged Paper Ribbon

Creative Memories Rugged Tags

Creative Memories Scissors

Creative Memories Enchanted Epoxy Stickers

Creative Memories Black Pen

I have also used my Memory Manager 4.0 to crop the photo of me holding James to get a 4 x 6 photo of just James and that turned out to be great and just finished the page off.

Looking back it was hard to believe that he was such a little baby, now he that he has grown into an adult. I am really enjoying going back and doing these photos and reminiscing about the good times we had and how special he is to us. He has had a lot to deal with in his life but he has never let that hold him back.

I will keep posting photos of his album as I complete it.

Happy scrapping

Patricia

Quick Reflections of Flowers Album

On February 4, 2013March 9, 2013 By patriciamanhireIn Creative Memories, ScrapbookingLeave a comment

Last year I bought the Reflections Quick album and as I have been taking lots of flower photos I thought I would put my flower photos in this album and call it my Reflections of Flowers album. It was a quick album to complete as the pages were already beautifully decorated with spaces for the photos and journalling. The kit also came with some embellishments and sentiments. It took longer to sort out my photos and get them printed than it did to complete the album. I have also used my StoryBook Creator 4.0 to do a title photo for the album. I am really pleased how my album has turned out. Here are a few photos of the album pages.

Happy Scrapping

Patricia

Organising photographs with the help of the Power Sort Boxes

On January 29, 2013March 9, 2013 By patriciamanhireIn Creative Memories, Photography, ScrapbookingLeave a comment

Welcome back

I have been very busy organising all my son’s photos from when he was first born to the present day (23 + years to be precise – but better late than never). It has been a very long process as you can imagine, but so important to do this prior to placing them in his album. It makes it a lot easier to then sort out the photos to put on layouts in a chronological order that makes sense, as then we can see him growing up before our eyes in his photo record. This is what scrapbooking or memory keeping is all about – recording our memories in a meaningful way that makes sense. The embellishments and decorations are a creative way of recording our memories so that it enhances what the photos are telling us.

The power sort boxes are great, especially with the little compartments taking 250 photos each. I had another cheap box from the Warehouse, but found as I went through photos it was harder to keep the remaining photos neat and tidy in the box. Plus when you drop the box the photos become disorganised again so you have to reorganise your photos again. Not a job I like to do twice! I like the elastic hoops on the sides to keep the lid on the box securely so you don’t have to start again if you drop the box. Also, I can take the small compartments out with me when I go to Scrapbook Corner and other workshops. I find using the dividers great as well to divide up the different years and events. And they are reusable.

Power Sort Box Medium - each

If you would like further information about the Power Sort Boxes please feel free to contact me.

Happy Scrapping

Patricia

Making daisies

On January 23, 2013March 9, 2013 By patriciamanhireIn Cardmaking, Crafts, Creative Memories, ScrapbookingLeave a comment

Welcome

Today I have been experimenting with the Creative Memories Place-n-Punch Blossom punch and snowflake punch to make a daisy and am pleased with the results:

To make the daisy I have used the following materials:

Place’n’Punch – Blossom

Snowflake Mini Pocket Punch

White cardstock

Scrap yellow cardstock

Tape runner

CM All Purpose Scissors

Instructions:

1) Cut two flowers out of the Place-n-Punch Blossom punch

2) Cut almost to the middle of the flower along the valleys of the flower.

3) Fold up the petals of the flowers towards the centre to create some dimension.

4) Using the tape runner place one flower over the other making sure the flowers overlap.

5) Punch the centre of the flower using the Snowflake Mini Pocket Punch out of yellow cardstock and place in the middle using the tape runner.

The finished flower.

I could also have used the Border Maker -Twinkle Chain cartridge and used the centre of the patterns as well for the centre of the flower and used two to get a different effect.

As you can see the daisy is very simple to make and I hope you have fun with this idea.

Happy scrapping

Patricia

Reflections of flowers

On January 13, 2013March 9, 2013 By patriciamanhireIn Crafts, Creative Memories, Scrapbooking20 Comments

Welcome

I have been having a break from digital scrapbooking and have gone back to traditional scrapbooking. I have been working on putting my old flower photos in an album and for this I have been using the Reflections range from Creative Memories. The colours from this palette (along with the green apple and cloud cardstock) work really well with my flower photos – especially as I tend towards pink flowers and the greens and blues complement this colour so well. I use colour in the form of matting and background papers/cardstock to help highlight my photos.

Some of my photos were not great so I trimmed them down and I was then able to put 11 photos onto one page – see the second image down. I love using the circle and oval cutters as well to create a different shape for my layout.

Materials used:

Reflections Tone on Tone paper Pack

Reflections Paper Flowers

Reflections Storybox Photo Mats

Reflections Paper Ribbon

Enchanted Epoxy Stickers

Green apple card stock

Cloud card stock

Title Stickers – Simply Beautiful

12″ Rotary Trimmer – straight and wavy blades

Custom Cutting System – ovals

Precision Point Adhesive

Tape Runner

Jumbo Fancy Frame (unfortunately no longer available).

Border Maker – Twinkle Chain cartridge (unfortunately this cartridge is no longer available).

Happy Scrapping

Patricia

My calendar

On January 9, 2013March 9, 2013 By patriciamanhireIn Crafts, Creative Memories, Digital Art, Photography, Scrapbooking2 Comments

Hello again.

Today I was thrilled to receive my calendar in the post and it has turned out beautiful. It did not take long from order to delivery either, especially at this time of the year as well. This month Creative Memories has a sale on calendars with 20% off so it is a great time to get them completed.

It is really important to not only organise, protect and save your photos, but actually bring your photos out into your life and share them with family and friends. There are so many different options now from printing them off to put into quick albums, traditional scrapbook albums or in Everyday Displays to doing photo books, page prints, posters and calendars. So make it your New Years resolution to get your photos sorted and start bringing them to life!

Here is a couple of examples of my pages:

Happy Scrapping.

Patricia

More Enchanted flowers

On January 8, 2013March 9, 2013 By patriciamanhireIn Crafts, Creative Memories, Digital Art, Photography, ScrapbookingLeave a comment

Welcome back

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year and are looking forward to achieving great things this year.

I am still working on my Enchanted Flowers album. I love the Enchanted range as it highlights the flowers so well. It is going to keep me going for quite some time. There is a wide range of papers and embellishments to choose from. I don’t have a great range of flowers in my garden so I am going to have to be quite creative with lots of rose photos so they don’t look the same! I do love roses though so I am happy to have them there. I will gradually build up the range of flowers in my garden as time, finances and health allow.

Anyway here is another two layouts and as usual I have included detailed instructions on how I have done these pages on my Digital Creations page.

All the best for 2013

Flowers in my Garden

On December 31, 2012March 9, 2013 By patriciamanhireIn Crafts, Creative Memories, Digital Art, Photography, ScrapbookingLeave a comment

Welcome.

I have been really inspired on using the Enchanted Digital Kit for my flower photos that I have decided that I will do some page prints to put in the Enchanted Coverset. Here are some my first pages to start of this album.

The Flowers in My Garden were inspired by a layout that I saw on Pinterest by Two Peas in a Bucket. Unfortunately, it appears that that link is now unavailable.

As usual the instructions on how I have achieved these layouts are on my Digital Creations page.

I would like to take this opportunity of wishing everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

Happy Scrapping

Patricia

Enchanted Calendar

On December 27, 2012March 9, 2013 By patriciamanhireIn Crafts, Creative Memories, Digital Art, Photography, Scrapbooking4 Comments

Hello there again

I have just been completing my first calendar using the CM Enchanted Digital Kit. The Enchanted Range is gorgeous and I find it difficult to put large photos or embellishments on the pages and cover up the beautiful papers, so I try to work around the backgrounds to enhance my photos. The colours go well with the flower photos that I have used.

I have just got a new camera and have been enjoying learning how to do macro photography using flowers as my subject matters. I love flowers, but I am not able to keep any in the house as I get bad hayfever. Even taking photos can be difficult with my eyes streaming from the pollen. But when you get an amazing photograph it is worth it!

I used to show roses but now only have two roses that we inherited with the house. One of the roses is Josephine Bruce (I think) and I love photographing it as there are so many different colours that come out depending on the light and conditions. In fact I walk past it every day to get the mail and the neighbours must think I am mad when I rush inside to get my camera out to take catch the roses in different light conditions. And the bonus is that it is pink, which is my favourite colour. I had to restrain myself to just using three images of this rose in this calendar. The other rose is a deep red (I am not sure if it is Loving Memory) but I find red a much harder colour to photograph as the strong light washes out the colours, unlike the other rose which highlights yellows and pinks. This is a work in progress to get this mastered. Lots of trial and error coming up.

I don’t have a big garden so I just make do with what I have including the bindweed which is trying to take over my garden. However, the bindweed flowers make beautiful images. There is beauty all around us if we go searching for it, including the weeds.

My intention next year is to take photos every month of the flowers in bloom and then put them into a calendar so it is more seasonal.

Here are the pages and I have included instructions on how I have achieved these layouts on my Digital Creations page. Please feel free to contact me if the instructions are not very clear or you would like further clarification of what I have done.

Happy Scrapping

Patricia

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