Featured this week..

is this amazing layout by Kim, titled 'Life'...

Just love the vintage feel, clustering and texture paste alpha Kim's created as a background...

Congrats Kim!

Gina x

Hideee ho.... whats happening out there...

hideee ho everyone.. its just me back with a Manufacture/Product watch..and what are we watching tonight..well Pink Paislee thats who....

and what..

the MISTABLES...... these are fantastic..... i have created a layout using.....

Mistables paper pack.. {just between the two of us..SO much better than the first lot of mistables..so much thicker so no leaking through to the back...woot woot}and....

these canvas scollop mistables.. super handy.... AND...

these fuzzy do dahs.... AND....

this SUPER fun Mask......and this is what i created......

"I Love You"

can you see everything...... i really love the way this came together.. {yes i know unfortunately it all isnt Pink Paislee.. i seriously struggle with one brand..i try..hehehe} and then some closies...

i made the flower by misting a strip of the medium sized scollop strips with two different colour glimmermists and then did the whole pull the ends together with thread to create a flower.. added one of the fuzzy vinyl stickers and a button..sweet hey......... AND then...

some more scollops... 1 strip glimmered and the other left raw and then drew with pen to create an outline..
and there.. can you see the mask.... the black bit.. hang on .. maybe scroll back up the top and have a closer look.. but i first up misted the mack black through the middle..and then stuck the fuzzy vinyl tree on there and it was just alittle white.. so i just squirted some yellow for alittle extra zing.....

so there you have it.. what did you think..

there is still some of all of these products left in store..so go out and get them now and have a play..they are WAY to coolio....................

so

Happy days.........

October Book of You

For those of you who have not yet gotten your hands on a Book of You Kit this month .... hurry, hurry, hurry!!  lol

I had a lot of fun putting this one together with my absolute fave CHA release, Bo Bunny's Et Cetera range.  I absolutely love it!!

The Theme for this month is:

Not such an easy task, I soon discovered!

The things that define us are an accumulation of experiences, how we have dealt with these experiences, the people that have shaped us and why we do the things we do.  Not just what we like and don’t like, but why?  How do you put into words what is at your very core?

I think you just have to start writing and hope that, somewhere in between the lines, lies what it is that makes you tick.  That is what I did anyway... and this is by no means exhaustive.  I think you just have to start somewhere and break it up into smaller tasks.  What defines you could be a ‘Book of You’ all of it’s own... maybe a mini album?

 {Defining Me}

For my second layout, I thought about the things that play a role in shaping who we are.  For me, the biggest indication of a person’s nature has to be the types of people they choose to have around them.  How many times have we heard the saying “You can tell a person by the company they keep”, or words to that effect?  Our friends (unlike family..lol) are around us because we have chosen them.  For whatever reason, we have gravitated toward them.  This page then, had to be about my bestie, whom I would like to think speaks volumes as to my character, and I love her to death!  :)

{In Good Company}

I hope you have enjoyed this month’s installment.  Full tutorials on both pages are available to Kit subscribers in the BOY Kit Group at The Boxx.   I’d love to see your pages, so please feel free to upload them to the BOY Group thread, regardless of whether you have followed these instructions or not.  :)

Cheers until next month.

Jules
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Tips? Tricks? or just advice?

Hi Peeps,

BB here - I'm back - did ya miss me?

Anyhow you will be seeing me around a bit more frequently now ( Oh come on - im not that bad - he he), I have finished uni for the year and technically have until March off - that is of course unless I fail a subject ( but shhhhh about that ) - oh before I forget thankyou all so much for your best wishes before my exams it meant a lot to me.

So, what am I bringing to the table today? A tip? A trick? or just some advice? I really don't know where to classify it, but I was working on a page last night and got a little bit stumped, I stared at my page for a second and then had a minor brain wave.

How do you create texture without it dominating your layout?

I know there are a million different brands of texture paste out and they are all different in the effects that they give. I wanted to create dimension that wasn't overpowering - this is what I came up with

I used one of the Crafter's Workshop templates ( that you can purchase from here )
Put my texture paste over it
Before it dried I sprayed a mist all over it
Gave it a 5 minute dry with the heat gun
And then gave it another light spray

So as you can see by the final product -

The texture is there but it does not take over the page.

I hope I have been of some help - but if you have anything that you would like some advice on please leave a comment and I will do my best to help you out.

Happy Scrappy Days

BBxx

Featured this week..

is this gorgeous layout by Helen Wallace titled 'Two Precious'...

I love the misted background, colours combo and adorable photos!..Congrats Helen!

Gina x

November Sketch Challenge

A new month, a new sketch!

This month, yours truely has set the sketch challenge....  :)  So let's get straight to it.

The lovely Wendy Kaye, our Featured Member for this month, was given the opportunity to be the first to take up the challenge and has certainly done that!  How is this for inspiration?

Just so dreamy and beautiful.  Thanks so much Wendy!!

Entries must be uploaded to the sketch challenge thread over at The Boxx by midnight on Wednesday 30th November, to be in the running for a full month's feature in The Boxx gallery.

Have fun!

Jules
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October Sketch Challenge Winner

Hello November!

With a new month comes the end of one sketch challenge and the start of a new one over at The Boxx.

Just to refresh your memory, here is the amazing sketch provided by the awesomely talented Michelle Fowler last month.

Michelle was also charged with the task of picking a winning entry from an amazing array of gorgeous pages.  After much deliberation, the winner of a full month's feature in the main gallery is.......

Jessica MacKenzie!!!  Congratulations Jess.

Here is her masterful work:

Thanks to all those fabulous Boxx ladies who participated this month.  As I suspected, we were completely blown away!

Jules
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