The Gypsy & The Witch | Smash Book - November - Magical Mythos

Good Evening All

Another month has passed and another installment of The Gypsy & The Witch which is a Creative Journaling Journey.

Please join us here monthly on the 15th for a different theme each month as "The Gypsy and The Witch"- Create a Journaling Journey Together by Spreading a Message of Love and Positivity

This month's theme is "Magical Mythos"
I love Mermaids and watching documentaries where they are trying to prove their existence but they never look like the Little Mermaid from Disney!

As you know I am rubbish at drawing. I found 2 images on google and merged together to make my mermaid. Or you could just use a free colouring images but I wasn't a fan of the top half of the image so used image drawn by Eaglefriend.

I used paint for the background but used markers for Mermaid and the shells as the detail was too small to paint.

I found a quote online which reads - "Mermaid Myth #2 Mermaids are already full of confidence and do not require the validation of their reflection. To the Mermaid, a mirror is simply a portal from which to draw magical abilities."

If you search on YouTube for The Gypsy & The Witch to watch videos uploaded today for this event.

Thanks for taking the time to look and any comments left xx
Its much appreciated.
Sam xx

Reindeer Food

Evening all/ or should I say morning it is 3am here - Just realised the time!!

Some of the girls at work today were talking about Santa's letters and his magic key you can get and it got me thinking about the reindeer food I had seen people making last year.

So tonight I made some:

I have had these snowflake bags for about 2 maybe 3 years in my cake decorating box! I think I got them from DollarTree.

I found this cute Free Printable Reindeer Food Label by Anders-Ruff

The hanging tag I cut from original in paint - hope this isn't copyright infringement - I'm not selling them tho so hopefully I wont get wrong.

The Reindeer food is just Porridge Oats and blue glitter.

I think I should of put more glitter in but I didn't have any silver and ran out of blue.

Thanks so much to taking the time to view and comment its much appreciated
Sam xxx

Sam's Scrapbook Process : Meeting Santa

Hi

Hope everyone is well and had a great new year!

I aimed to get all my Christmas Layouts done before end of 2012 but that didnt happen. 

I need to get all of Darcy and Gypsy's layouts done and completed before enf of January as they are being adopted so the albums need to be handed over. Do I better get a move on!! I think I have 5 more layouts to get done!

This is another A4 layout.

Paper used:

My Minds Eye - Sweet Dreams Holiday Avenue 12x12

DCWV - Text Prints paper stack 8x8

Santa’s letterbox freebie

 Thanks so much to taking the time to view and comment its much appreciated
Sam xxx

Sam's Scrapbook Process : Halloween Cookies

Hi All

Hope everyone is well.

Another A4 Hybrid layout for you.

I used:
Blue paper from My Minds Eye - Magnolia Collection
Digital Papers from shabbyprincess.com - Holliday Sampler
Digital Font from shabbyprincess.com - Moody Blues
Mason Jar, Halloween logo I am not sure had them for a while.

Thanks so much to taking the time to view and comment its much appreciated
Sam xxx

1 Photo 2 Different Layouts

I had to scrap the same photos for both Darcy and Gypsy but since they are sisters I didn't want to to the same page for both.

So I used the same photo but made two different pages.

First Page

I used the back of another layout for the base of the page as I didn't want to waste it. The paper is from K&Co Urban Stack.

The teal polka dot is an envelope I got a birthday card in I loved it so kept it. All pink paper is scraps and I used a flower die in my Cuttlebug to make the flowers. Text is orange rub on and white peal off stickers.

Second Page

I used Kraft card stock for the base. Pattern paper in this layout came free with the Papercraft Inspirations magazine in Jan 2009 lol old yes I know! My nans friend send lots of old magazines around for me. But I found the link online where you can download and print them yourself. Font was a digital one which I printed and cut out. 

Free papers

There are lots and lots of freebies on this site so have a look :-)

I even got the sewing machine out and sewed hearts and some of the papers down. This is the first time I have sewed on paper and was pretty easy.

Thanks so much to taking the time to view and comment its much appreciated
Sam xxx

Sam's Scrapbook Process : Infants School

Hi All

Hope everyone is well.

2 days in a row in my craft room and I defo have my mojo back which I am happy about!!

I have had the school photos for Darcy for ages and wanted to make her a page today. This is a hybrid page today some digital papers and some normal.
I am totally loving the A4 size layouts at the minute I am finding them so much easier than 8x8 or 12x12.

What I used:

• Yellow paper is a textured paper which I got a pack from Paper Mill shop for £1
• Dark Red is from a plain paper pad I got from Lidel for a £1 and it has lots of different colours.
• Apple paper is digi free download from MissTina
• Pattern Red, Yellow and Green, "A is for" and apple is free download from Peppermintcreative
• Black chalk board paper I am not sure was scrap in my tub but it looks like a printable so I will try and find link for that one for you.
• Hopscotch sticker is from October Afternoon Hometown collection I only got sticker sheet.
• Learning ABC sticker is from Kindergarten School - Karen Foster Designs.
• Green polka dot chip frame is from DoveCraft
• Colorbök Classic Black Sticky Alpha Stax
• American Crafts Remarks Chickadee alpha stickers.

The page took me a while to put together which you will see if you watch my video below!
It just would not come together for me I was trying to stack the papers and it just didnt want to work!
I am happy with finished page but it doesnt look how I invisioned it!

** I must appologise in advance also I think I have the mic too close to my mouth sorry xxx

Thanks so much to taking the time to view and comment its much appreciated
Sam xxx

Sam's Scrapbook Process : Autumn is always early!

Hi All

Hope everyone is well.
For those who didnt know I was made redundant from work last Tuesday and the week has its flew over but I havent done anything! I have been catching up on alot of lie in's which I have missed :-)

I thought I would venture back into my craft for the first time in about a week or 2. I didnt want to sicken myself before I left work as I will be on gardening leave until 19th Nov before my redundancy money comes through and then I can get a new job.

I'd like to say woo big pay day as I have been there for quite a few years but I am going to have to be sensible incase I dont get a new job straight away.

Anyways .... shut up Sam ... on to my layout!

Layout is a scraplift from Scrapbooketc which was a paper piece Tree Background - Design by Cindy Tobey

Paper is by My Minds Eye - Magnolia

I put some more paper pieced images from the Canon website:

Squirrel & Leaves

Hedgehog & Toad Stools

I also used a stamp from HamptonArt - Seasonal Beauty.

The letters cut for word Autumn were digital but cannot remember where from, sorry. Hate how it turned out when i outlined letters with marker. But once I started had to finish it - boo hoo!

The "is always early!" Was just typed in word.

 

Thanks so much to taking the time to view and comment its much appreciated
Sam xxx

"Free-Style" August YTLH©

Hey all
Hope everyone is well.
If you go over to You tube you can follow along with the YouTube Layout Hop.

Here is the page I have made:

Free Printables:
Journal card
Gidget Digital Paper

Theme for this month is "Free-Style". Hope you guys like each and every video and please leave a comment on every video to be eligible to WIN a prize from our Sponsors.

Next person in line-
Meital - www.youtube.com/tmeital

There is a FAN page on Facebook please try to promote and post the fan page link on your Facebook to help spread the word. Ask people to "like" the page. Here is the link.

Sponsors for August
Liz Munoz- http://boutique.lizspaperloft.com/

August Line-up:

1- Laura Luyando - www.youtube.com/user/Lauraluvslace
2-Nancy Morin- www.youtube.com/user/Scrapping601
3-Linda Sauceda - www.youtube.com/user/scrapchica
4-Susi Vargas www.youtube.com/user/sillyshysushi
5- Becca - www.youtube.com/CraftsDotCupCake
6-Sam - www.youtube.com/samwri1984
7- Meital - www.youtube.com/tmeital
8- Shannon - www.youtube.com/purplelionpaper

Cards

Just wanted to share some cards I made tonight.

 This first one I used Paper by DCWV Retro Prints I have had this paper since I started card making many many years ago and the pattern on the mug of the image made me dig it out.

The image is

Stamping Bella Uptown Girls - Clarissa & Camile Share A Cafe

 I used my Whisper and Pro Markers to colour this.

The next 2 cards a cards for Darcy and Amelia's Nursery Teachers as they graduate this week as they start Infant School in September. I didnt really have any school paper so I used a mixture of paper and printed digi papers.

Stamps:
My Favourite Things
 - Pure Innocence Apple for You
- Pure Innocence Book in Hand
- Clearly Sentimental about Teaching

Chipboard "Thank You" from Studio G

Papers:
October Afternoon - 9-5 - Meeting Minutes
Fancy Pants - Off to School - Apples

Printed Papers: (not sure where I downloaded them from images below - They were free if anyone knows who let me know so I can link back to them)
Graph Paper
Writing Tablet

 

Thanks so much to taking the time to view and comment its much appreciated
Sam xxx 

Sam's Scrapbook Process : Bounce A'Lean 2

Hi All

Another Studio Calico gallery inspiration by Shimelle Laine as always her layouts are awesome!! This one made me do a layout tonight.

It's not 100% scraplift but this is what I came up with.

Paper by Colorbök
I used free banners and for the life of me I can not remember where I got them from I will share below if you know who they are please let me know so I can link back to correct person who made them.

Thanks so much to taking the time to view and comment its much appreciated
Sam xxx

Random Cards Made

Just uploaded a quick video of some cards I have made tonight.

Link for the paper dolls

Stamps used:
Stamping Bella -Lulu Loves Poppies
Stamping Bella - Uptown Girls Vicotria And Juliette   
Stamping Bella - Uptown Girl Claudia Has A Candy

Papers are mostly scraps as I am trying to use them all up as the box of scraps is getting bigger and bigger.

 

Sorry that this is so short and sweet and no photos. Its late and I am off to bed.

Take Care all
xxx

Sam's Scrapbook Process : Diamond Jubilee

Hi all

I have had to will to scrap in the past few days and been a bit down in the dumps - no specific reason just couldn't be bothered with anything.

Today I decided to get the photos of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee scrapped.

Free Jubilee printables are from Papercraft Inspirations

I also used paper from Docrafts Papermania - Portobello Road collection.

 Wooden stamp by Studio g - "There can only be one queen & I'm it!"

I free cut this crown with a template I found on Google.

I did a second page using the same as above.

Thanks so much to taking the time to view and comment its much appreciated
Sam xxx

Sam's Scrapbook Process : Easter

Another process video for you with some freebies to download.

I used 12 x 12white cardstock.

The hexagon pattern paper is cut from a free download on Creativity Prompt

I mixed together the grey and the yellow set and added a few bits and pieces. It came together very quickly once all the paper was stuck down.

Thanks for stopping by

Sam xx

Sam's Scrapbook Process : First Tooth & Roll Over

2 Quick baby scrapbook process videos. I didn't do any commentary over these.

Paper is by DCWV - Nanna's Kids

Digital font (free) from Canon website

Girl image - Crazy for Monograms bye bye tooth

Paper on this one is from the Basic Grey Blush collection.
Pain White paper
Teal H2O Pearled water paint.
Digital Font free from Shabby Princess - Promise kit

Thanks so much 

Sam xx

Happy St. Paddy's Day

Hi All

Happy St. Patrick's Day Every one.

I had a page in mind for tonight but the ink in my printer has ran out OMG I want to cry. I am lost without my printer. I was going to do a 12x12 layout in my Lucky Green T-Shirt today but the printer is printing me with a blue T-Shirt on!

I want to share some links for some St. Paddy's papers.

   

There are loads if you google St.Patricks Day Subway art.

Cards I have made are mixture no St. Paddy ones. Mother's Day and Easter are next so this is what I made last night and this morning.

All Images are Lili of the Valley which I got free with a magazine. These images are super adorable.

I was Amelia's little Tea Party today it was her Birthday on Wednesday but we were all at work.
She has a Bouncy Castle in my parents garden. Here are some pictures of me, Darcy and Amelia.

Ok it looks like I am being a tad rough with them but honest I'm not I never made them cry once hahah.

I think Darcy flew off the bouncy castle but she was fine.

Just us being silly.

Yummy Choc cake my Auntie made for Amelia. Ann Marie makes the best Choc cake ever. Its a shame im on my Meat diet!!! Ok I caved and had a cupcake ......... ok 3 hehehe.

Take Care all xx