To love and be loved!

The biggest thing I am grateful for in my life is of course my family. My hubby and 3 gorgeous kids are my everything, I would be nothing without them. So here is a layout dedicated to them.

I am so in love with the doily frames Ange designed. Here I used Doily Frame 3 Medium (CH462) which I painted white and finished off with chalkboard glimmer mist and rhinestones. I also used one of the cute little houses which I just left as is.

Thanks for popping by!

Hugs

Hetty

Just a quick little bunnyhop before Easter!

Hi there Scrapware fans, Hetty here, I was lucky enough for Ange to send me Lissy's birdhouse and for something a bit different I decided to turn it into an Easter project.

I used Kaisercraft Bubblegum Hills printed paper and lots of Prima vines. The windows are covered in mesh and on the inside I added some chicks. The roof acts as a lid dus is removable. I also added a battery operated tealight candle to the bottom of the roof on the inside secured with magnetic tape (not shown in photos) to light up the little house at nighttime. My girls absolutely adore this project and are fighting over who can have it in their room next.

Hope you all have a safe and happy Easter break.

Hugs xx

Hetty

Vintage shadow box

Hi everyone, I love anything vintage and anything to do with shadow boxes so I combined the two and came up with a vintage shadow box using some Graphic 45 Once upon a Springtime printed papers. I was lucky enough for Ange to send me some gorgeous new releases including this cute little shadow box.

I also used the CH441 Lamp Post Triple Small and the CH450 Iron Gate 1 Small which I covered in distressing powder.

I hope you all have a wonderful and crafty weekend!!

Hetty xx

Butterflies and ladybugs

Hi everyone, Hetty here today with some more critters. Ladybugs would have to be my favorite bugs, they are just soo cute and the Scrapware ones are just adorable.

The butterfly vine I cut up so I was able to attach seperate pieces in different areas. The butterfly and ladybug I coloured in with my gelly rolls. The leaves, which were part of the butterfly I covered in flowersoft. The little birdie is covered with flocking and for the title I used liquid pearls.

I hope you are enjoying your week and that you feel inspired to get your Scrapware out and get scrapping :)

Hugs xx

Hetty

Christmas Cards

Christmas is again fast approaching and if you are anything like me you will be frantically making Christmas cards. Now I don't make cards for everyone, just the special people in my life who I know will enjoy and appreciate them.

The card I made for this post was a lot of fun to do cause I got to play with my Scrapware chippie :) I used the small bauble frames (CS60) which worked really well on my card.

The bauble frame was painted white and when dry covered in stardust glitter. A piece of transparency was attached to the inside of the frame and attached to the actual bauble with foam squares. The background bauble I covered in Webster's paper and used a rub on sentiment. Finished it off with a bow, snowflake stickers and the mini tree (CH181).



Natalie May has also been busy, and has whipped up some lovely cards:

For this card, she used LN03 Whimsical Trees. The trees were given a coat of green embossing powder then a glittery gold embossing powder over the top.

 

For this card, a Fancy Bauble (CS13) and acetate were used to get this effect. The acetate was cut to be the same size as the baubles and sandwiched some superfine glitter between each sheet and the adhered it to the back of the bauble.  Just gorgeous!

Nat has used the Fancy Baubles again for this card, but this time used a fine glitter black embossing powder to get this gorgeous effect.

And finally for this simple card, Nat has used the Whimsical Trees (LN03).  The trees were inked in chalk inks then given a coat of Dimensional Magic to get that nice glossy effect. Instead of using the little chipboard stars, she filled the gaps with glitter!

Check out the product section here for more great chipboard ideas to use on your Christmas cards.

Happy scrappin and remember "Scrapware rocks". :)

Hugs,

Hetty xx

Spruce up your space with Scrapware...

Hi Everyone! Lisa Warren here and I'll be hosting the Scrapware blog this week.  Chipboard is not just for your scrapbook pages, and this week, the DT have created both functional and beautiful home decor pieces using Scrapware chipboard! The girls have outdone themselves. I think I might have to try these ideas myself. Enjoy!

First up, Natalie May..."This is a canvas I have created of Miss Jessica. I thought I'd give "Mixed Media" a whirl so I coated the canvas in gesso, added a layer of ripped book pages, added some texture paste, gave it a sprinkle of Micro Beads then painted it with Glimmermist and Making Memories paints! For the CH382 Natalie Frame Large, I painted it in gesso first, then gave it colour with a mixture of Glimmermist and paint then gave it a generous coat of Crackle Paint! The thin inside frame I covered with raw book pages. I think the final effect is great!"

Love the tonal effect on the flourish frame!

Here's a closeup...

Next up, Renee Iveson...Renee has created a gorgeous mirror using the new CH365 Blossom Frame (new product) and CH67 Blossom Stem.

Renee let us know..."This project shows off what I love about Scrapware! You can ink it, sew it, cover it, mist it, grunge it, fold it and use it for a mask all in one project and the result is always fabo!!"

You can see what she means in this closeups...just beautiful!

Next, Gina Rodgers...Gina has created a fun and fabulous blackboard!

"I've made this small blackboard for my daughter's room..and Jem's done a wonderful job helping me with the design (she's an owl lover like me) and choosing paint colours. For the board itself, I've used CH430 Nadine Hanging Large (new product)."

The cute owl is CH372 Joybells Owl and I've also used CH302 Skeleton Leaves small.  AZ08 Antique Lowecase Alphas have been used along with CH427 Mini Marilyn Blooms (new product, coming soon!).

Last, but certainly not least...Hetty Hall... who has created the most gorgeously girl and shabby chic shadow box and coordinating gift box...both of which are new products in the Scrapware collection.  KT62 - Mini Shadow Box Bracket and KT65 - 6x6" Box Kit, will both be released shortly!

The soft pinks and purples are just stunning...

 

Here's a peek inside...

 

Here they are together...perfect for any girls room.

Thanks girls!  Join us again when we showcase a couple of the DT's scrap spaces and some more ideas for dressing up your space with Scrapware chipboard.

Cheers, Lis.

A Little Shabby Chic

What a fabulous treat we have for you this week, with all things Shabby Chic, and so many beautiful creations from the Scrapware girls.

First up from Gilly we have the fabulously shabby "Own Little World"

Gilly put mod podge on the banners and covered it with an old music sheet, left it for 1 min, then pulled ther paper back off leaving some print behind, then inked around the edges and sewed a piece of lace on top to make the banner. Doesn't it look beautiful!!

The Do Hicky was sprayed with Glimmer Mist Chalkboard Hot chocolate, then covered in Cinnamon Stickles to add some bling.

With the alphas, Gilly inked them in light brown, then used clear crackle paint on top, going over again with a dark brown ink once the crackle paint was dry to create an aged look.

Gilly has used CH341 Do Hicky 7, CH392 Mini Banners, AZ08 Antique Lowercase Alphas.

Next up, from Hetty with her beautiful "Princess"...

What a pretty pretty layout, with all those pink flowers arranged perfectly around the raw chipboard.

Hetty has addded just a little texture by embossing the heart.

Hetty has used CH28 Tree Flourish Large, WD190 Princess Word, CH131 Flourish Shelley, and HS05 Primitive Heart.

And now check out this stunning piece from Trizzy.

Trizzy has used LB19 Flourish Frame and CH225 Twinchie Overlay B - both of which were painted with Antique white & Spearmint Kaiser Colour and highlighted with gold gilding wax. The corner of the overlay was given a few layers of white emossing powder, which was then stamped and highlighted as well.

Skeleton leaves were used and highlighted and tucked in under the image. Gold german scrap creates the beautiful border down the left, which was painted with white acrylic then embossed with holographic embossing powder. Some flat back pearls were added to the image to give her a necklace and matching earing - a girl must always where her jewels!

The word "Believe" was painted with black acrylic and highlighted with gold, and finally for the trim, Trizzy has threaded some beads onto head pins and attached them to some gold wire that was threaded through the bottom of the frame. Simply beautiful, Trizzy!

And how about this adorable layout from Nat May, a simple and pretty Layout using CH324 Antique Mini Frames and WD204 Angel (script).

Finally, I have created a boyish layout "Little Boy Blue" in a shabby chic style.

I have used some pale blue embossing powder and distress stickles, along with some pearls on my chandelier. For the large alphas, I have used some white ink and pale blue embossing powder, and for the mini alphas, I have inked them brown, and then embossed using a script stamp and the pale blue embossing powder.

I have used the large chandelier, CH278, and picket fence border, BD10, along with large antique alphas uppercase, AZ07, and mini antique alphas lowercase, AZ10.

End of the week share

Hi everyone, it is Hetty again with my final post for this week. It being Friday the 13th today I hope everyone got through today alright without any mishaps!

Tonight I have 2 layouts to share with you. First up is this layout about one of my little girls, who dropped her blanky on the beach and it got all muddy and how upset she was about it at the time.

On this layout I used NC01 Retro Dolls which I inked with some brown distressing ink to make it appear dirty.

For the title I used AZ03 Impact Lower Case Alpha's which I kept bare except for I traced the outline with a black pen.

The next layout is about my twin girls mucking around with eachother and being very mischievious, which they often are, but I love it!

On this layout I used the WD171 Mischief for the title, which I inked with brown ink and than sprayed lightly with some dazzling diamonds Glimmer mist.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend.
Hugs
Hetty xx