Sam's Scrapbook Process : Day of the Dead

So today hasn't been the best as we said final farewells to my Nan who passed away last Friday and between then and today has been the longest week waiting for the funeral!

The day went as well as expected but when I came home I just wanted to distract myself so sat in craftroom and with fresh photos of my Nieces from Halloween sitting on desk I thought I would scrap them.

The first layout is Amelia dressed as a Corpse Bride dragging her groom to the alter which will be me and Adam if he doesn't get his finger out and let me book our wedding only been waiting 11 years :-) Her face painting is very Day of the Dead so that's where initial inspiration came from. If I was very brave and not a chicken I'd get a sugar skull tattoo ... shhh don't tell mam lol! 31 year old and not allowed a tattoo!

Inspiration for page 

The digital kit I used was the Day of the Dead doodles by Kate Hadfield

The sugar skull is just from google and glitter and gem letter stickers from the poundshop.

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

Cancer Research Awareness Smash Book Page | #thinkpinkart

I will be joining in the Creative Arts Collaboration again this month and the hashtag is #thinkpinkart so anyone who wants to show your support for Cancer Awareness please join in and share our virtual art festival!

I personally and my family have not been affected by Breast Cancer but my Gran is currently suffering from Bowel Cancer but has decided not to fight or have treatment - her choice we cant force her!

I have made a Smash Book page

Remember search Youtube, Google and twitter for #thinkpinkart October 15th through to 18th.

 

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

"KennyK Digital Downloads" August 2015 YTLH©

Hey all

If you go over to You tube you can follow along with the YouTube Layout Hop.

Inspiration came from page Inkie Quill made:

Here is the page I have made:

For my layout I used the Retro Selfie  digital image which I feel in love with as soon as I saw as I am addicted to taking selfies and retro pin-ups! I will let you into a little secret I tried to do my hair like this and was going to try and take some retro selfies myself but I will just say I hate my hair as it never co-operates! So these are some daft selfies I took while board at work on my own!

I used the photobooth app on bighugelabs.com for my photo booth strips. The Polaroid images were just off google.

I also made some cards with some of the other digital images.

Retro Selfie

Drama Queen

Breast Cancer Fighter

I used this image for a friend at work who was big in going to the gym and she was leaving to start a new job.

Smart Aleck 

I was going for a comic real on these cards and I added the text boxes myself on paint. I absolutely love these ones and they make awesome male birthday cards! I think I may have to purchase the others in same collection.

Theme for this month is using digital images from one of our sponsors KennyKdownloads

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Line Up:

1. Sam - https://www.youtube.com/samwri1984

2. Christine - https://www.youtube.com/serenityinhim

3. Salima - https://youtube.com/iheartscraps

4. Fitty -  https://www.youtube.com/Madebyfittytv

5.Cheryle-https://www.youtube.com/craftymomma05

Thanks for taking the time to look and any comments left xx

Its much appreciated.
Sam xx

Mixed Media Art : War Nurse

Was doing some research for my family tree tonight and was filling in some blanks for my Great Aunt Mary who is 91 and an amazing woman!  

We had a family reunion July gone and she was awarded an Life Time Achievement Award for being the founder and her involvement in School Nurses International  (History of this amazing Organization is in the link if your interested).

At the reunion we got to talking about Mary's brother David who passed a few years ago who was an artist as are alot of the Wright family members - clearly plaint runs in our blood :-)

David did alot of mixed media painting and used family photos in some of his artwork so I had the urge to try some out tonight.

I really don't know how but my inspiration came from this image I saw on google. Looks nothing light it but the rays in background got me thinking spotlights and the thinking bubble I dont know how but made me think of the Barrage balloons.

WW2 inspired mixed media. St.Paul's Cathedral surviving the blitz, spotlights lighting sky looking for planes and my Great Aunt Mary in her nurse uniform during this time.

I am not very good at painting but like to practice. Hopefully Aunt Mary will not mind me using her photo in this.

Thanks for taking the time to look and any comments left xx

Its much appreciated.
Sam xx

Sam's Scrapbook Process : Stars & Stripes #pawgustart‬

This is my final contribution to the August Creative Arts Collaboration hashtag #pawgustart.

The loves of my life my Beagle Boys - Barney and Buster!

Pretty obsessed with taking photos of them, and apparently with layering on my layouts lately lol! I think the last 5 layouts I have done have tissue paper and lots of layers!

Used:

Forever Friends Best of British 6x6 Paper

Recycled tissue paper

Red Card

Blue Foil Card

Thickers - Poolside

Thickers - Tinsel

American Crafts Remarks - Chickadee

Blue and Red gems

Paper Doily

Wooden Star (may take off)

Remember search google, twitter and Youtube for #pawgustart and all content from Aug 20th through to 22nd will come up from everyone involved in the virtual animal art festival.

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

Sam's Scrapbook Process : Hoochie #pawgustart‬

I will be joining in the Creative Arts Collaboration again this month and the hashtag is #pawgustart‬ so anyone who loves animals and art is going to need to tune in for this months virtual art festival!

As most of you know I am a mother of 4 fur babies so this is definitely up my street!

So my first project is a scrapbook process video which unfortunately got cut short I was trying out a new camera and it ran out of memory before I realized I finished my page! I am not sure on the camera angle either so let me know what you think!?

Inspiration/Scraplift from Nina Ostermann:

So this was my cat Hooch who had to sadly be put to sleep Nov 2014 and I still get up sad looking at his pictures as he was my favorite and I think he thought I was his mother! My mams friend found him in 1996 an extremely small and frighted kitten in a back alley. As my family had a few cats she brought him to us and he never left my side for 18 years.

I realized I had never scrapped a picture of him! I came across this photo from a few years back of him sitting with his tongue out. It was cute as when he would groom himself his tongue sometimes would get dry and not go back into his mouth so I would have to push it back in for him!

He was called "Hooch" and not after Turner and Hooch as most of you will think! If your from the UK there is an alcoholic drink called Hooch. No I am not a recovering Alcoholic all our cats have always been named after drinks - Pepsi, Cola, Whiskey, Hooch, Becks, Brandy and Coke. 

I used to call him "Hoochie Poochie" (I know he is not a dog but it rhymed, ok?)

Used:
Paper - 4heures37 - 6 Impasse Des Chenes


Grace Taylor Modern Cabin Stickers
American Crafts Remarks - Chickadee
Cat Die cuts (free with magazine ages ago)
Paper Doily
Webster Pages Alison Kraft Photo Corners

OMG I am waffling on tonight! Stay tuned for tomorrow's project which involves the dogs!

Remember search google, twitter and Youtube for #pawgustart Aug 20th through to 22nd.

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

"Sketch" July 2015 YTLH©

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If you go over to You tube you can follow along with the YouTube Layout Hop.
Here is the page I have made:


Inspiration came from this photo I saw on google.

Here is the page I have made:

Theme for this month is using a sketch which was created by one of our Creative Team Members - Meital Tene Zeevi

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.

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1. Sam - https://www.youtube.com/samwri1984
2. Justie - https://www.youtube.com/jazzman22
3. Meital- https://www.youtube.com/tmeital
4. AJ - https://www.youtube.com/ScrapbookingAJCards
5.Christine - https://www.youtube.com/serenityinhim
6. Fitty -www.youtube.com/MadebyFittyTV

7. Roo - www.youtube.com/MadebyFittyTV (Fitty's little girls layout on same channel)

8.  Salima -  https://youtube.com/iheartscraps

Thanks for taking the time to look and any comments left xx

Its much appreciated.
Sam xx

Sam's Scrapbook Process : Great Aunt

Good Evening All 

Sine joining in the #lovesummerart virtual art festival I have got my mojo back so wanted to share a layout I created tonight.


Photo from Nov 2014 of my Niece and my Auntie.

Went for a blue theme due to colours in the photo.

Used:

Gingham Material

Brown Paper bag

White tissue Paper

Forever Friends Best of British 6x6 paper

Pebbles Family Ties 6x6 paper

Velumn

We R Mem Keepers Enamel Cool Dots

Deja Views Family Stickers

Studio Calico Wood Veneers

Thickers - Rockabye

Blue ink

Cork Arrows

Paper Doily 

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

Sam's Scrapbook Process : I Love My Boy #lovesummerart

Yey for the weekend!

OMG it has been so long since I have made a non-YTLH© video!

I have joined a new Facebook group "Creative Arts Collaboration" 
Each month they will set a #hashtag for a few days and all crafty YouTube people are going to have a huge virtual art festival and share our creativity with the world and flood YouTube with lots of color and inspiration!

This hashtag is #lovesummerart for July 17th thru to 20th.

I have the weekend off and I have the house to myself and my craft room is calling!

So if you are looking for inspiration this weekend please search YouTube, google, twitter and where ever else you can search a hashtag please use the #lovesummerart hashtag when searching and if you watch someones videos or visit blog don't forget to like and comment.

This is my first video for this event.

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

"Memorabilia" June 2015 YTLH©

Hey all

If you go over to You tube you can follow along with the YouTube Layout Hop.

Here is the page I have made:

Theme for this month is "Memorabilia". I pinched some sand and tiny shells from the beach when I was in the Bahamas on my cruise and wanted to use on a layout but didn't want going everywhere so I just have put it in little zip pouch on my layout. I've got hordes of memorabilia in my memory box and have always tried to use on layouts as I scrap the pictures but don't always remember.

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June Line up:

1. Sam - https://www.youtube.com/samwri1984

2. Christine - https://www.youtube.com/user/serenityinhim

3. Fitty - https://www.youtube.com/user/MadebyFittyTV

4. Justie - https://www.youtube.com/user/jazzman22

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