Hello Canaries! Lauren here with some more creations!

I hope that you are going well and that you are enjoying the massive 40% Scrappy Canary Sale! I know that you must be as my post is all about using your kits alongside Lawn Fawn stamps and dies and since I got the post ready they have all SOLD OUT!



I thought you'd like to take a peek anyway at what I've put together using the Lawn Fawn Stuck On You Stamps and Dies and the Current Pocket Life Kit Bon Voyage. It also might inspire you to pull some stamps out of your stash and make some cards with some of your kit leftovers.

The cactus stamps are the cutest and I made three cards using them. The first card 'howdy' using the stamps and dies to create the card.


I just used some inks and card stock from my stash. The dies are very easy to use in your Big Shot or Cuttlebug. I stamp the images first and then cut them out. I am lucky enough to have a magnetic platform for my Big Shot which keeps the dies in alignment with the stamped image while cutting, but a little bit of wash works just as well to hold the die in place.



For my second card I used watercolour papers, a marker and a wet brush to create the background. I then stamped the image and die cut it. I used the exclamation mark to create some prickles on the card.


Finally, I used some of the left over papers from the Bon Voyage Pocket Life kit to create the striped background, I then layered some of the Jillibean Soup coordinating label stickers from the kit behind the 'best wishes' banner that I stamped. A simple card but a great way of using up your kit leftovers to create something lovely for friends and family.

There you go Canaries - hopefully I have given you some inspiration to get inky and use your kit leftovers! Have a great week, Lauren xx

For my next card I stamped my critters directly onto my background, using some Post-It notes for masking the areas where they overlap.  I coloured them with Copics and layered the panel on a dark orange card base.





The next card's background was created with a large oval die before the two resulting pieces were coloured with Distress Inks.  I stamped and heat embossed the critters before watercolouring with Inktense Pencils.  Then I die-cut them and adhered with foam tape.  The "Congrats" sentiment was from WPlus9 (set now sold out) and I white heat embossed it.  

Happy Monday Canaries - Lauren here! I hope that you all have a great week ahead of you! I've been away for a couple of weeks so this week I am back home and back into the swing of things (I also need to apologise for my photos this week - my camera was running out of batteries and there was bad light as it was cloudy, but the show must go on).


Every month here at Scrappy Canary we have a sketch challenge. January's sketch challenge is a great one and today I am using the new January Kits - the Embellishment Kit 'Be Mine' and the Pocket Life Kit 'Candy Heart' - to show you one sketch, four ways.

First up I created a traditional 12x12 scrapbook layout. In my interpretation of the sketch I used stitching for the line down the page and I then also stitched the title. I love how stitching can add an extra something to a layout.


In my interpretation of the sketch I decided to use the glassine bag that held the kit embellishments - crumpled it up and then flattened it out to an some extra dimension. How cute are the sequinned bows? I love them. I also speckled the layout with the Heidi Swapp Glitter Sticker Hearts and the pink enamel dots.

Next up I used the sketch two create two Pocket Life cards.

First up I created the title card for my week - Week 47. The Dear Lizzy alphabet stickers and the puffy stickers added great elements to the card, along with some extra dimension.

The 'dream a little bigger' cloud sticker is a great theme for the week - I think that we all need to take the time in our weeks to focus on your dreams. That's the beauty of pocket scrapbooking - we can track our dreams throughout the year.

The Dear Lizzy paper has great colours. Doesn't the background paper look like the sprinkles on a donut! Mmmmm, donuts!

The shipping tag from the embellishment kit was a great addition to the card too.

The flower cabochon is also a super cute addition!

I then created a photo card, where I turned the sketch on the side and used the papers and the one of the Project Life 'xoxo' Die Cut cards.

As the above traditional layout is an insert for week 47 I continued a similar theme. I included the hand-drawn journalling lines, along with the pink enamel dots - this will tie the insert with the rest of the layout.

Even though it's a boring green smoothie - I think I made it pretty fun!

Finally, I made a card for my brother-in-law's upcoming birthday. I am sure that when many of you first looked at this kit you thought it was super-girly, well I wanted to us this kit to make something masculine.

The blue star paper from the Pocket Life Kit was perfect - the navy adds a certain masculinity. Keeping with the 'space' theme I used one of the glitter banners and then added the cork 'good times' and stars. I also used kraft and white paper to mount the card on. I often use kraft paper in cards - it is really affective and adds a masculine element.

So there you have it - one sketch, four ways! Don't forget that you still have until the 5th of February to enter the January Sketch Challenge - visit the relevant blog post to find out more information and how to post your creations! I can't wait to see your takes on the sketch.

Have an amazing week Canaries! Lauren xx

Hi There, it's Ruth with a couple of cards from the Bohemian, Nomad and Gypsy kits. I LOVE these bright colours and the stickers, ribbons and tapes were so fun I wanted to make something to share, so I whipped up a couple of cards from this month's kits. The only think that was not in the kit was the circle punch and the die I used for the word happy.

Both cards are a technique partner to layouts I shared previously in the month, this first one is the same idea as my stash busting layout which was filled with punched hearts, though this time I pulled out my circle punch instead and because the patterns were quite busy and bright, I left them whole.
There are lots of awesome embellishments in the kits that work for cards as well as other projects like the little circle tags from Chic Tags that worked just beautifully as a sentiment for this card, which I plan to use for a birthday but could really use for any happy occasion that we are celebrating, wedding, baby, whatever!

It's Sandra here with you tonight, sharing my Mother's Day card. Of course, it's the very last minute before I get around to making a card for my mama tomorrow BUT..... never fear. There was a card put up on the Project Life Australia Facebook group recently (and if I could remember who shared it I would absolutely link them up, so if it's you please let me know!), that I knew would be a go-to design for me. It's simply two 3x4 cards, and a few little embellishments.



I've used cards from Polly's February Pocket Life kit, Salted Caramel Ice-cream (sold out, sorry). {Now I know I said there were only 2 cards, but I used one of the overlays, so technically there's 3 in this one} If I had any of the wooden enamel dots they would have gone straight on there, but I have run out, so I grabbed some pink pearl dots from my stash. I simply popped a doily behind everything, just because she is that type of Mum.



This design is so simple and fast, and would work with any kit or couple of cut down papers. It's so easy in fact, that I'm off to make one for my Grandma also!

Love and light,
Sandra xx

Good Morning Polly! lovelies,

On the blog this morning we have Guest Designer Allison Payne joining us with not one, not two but SIX projects created from the March Spearmint Leaves kit!!

Please join me in welcoming Allison to Polly! this morning.


Hi I am Allison and I have been paper crafting for many years now. I live in Hobart, Tasmania having moved here several years ago and love it! I teach primary and enjoy my job along with renovating, cooking and of course crafting!

Currently I love making cards for all occasions. I find the small card face great for smaller paper pieces and embellishments and enjoy thinking up creative ways to fit elements onto the smaller format. It is for this reason that I also enjoy the whole move to project life scrapbooking its fast and fun and with work taking up a lot of my time I needed a quick way of putting pages together that would be less work.

I also scrapbook in A4 size or the old 11 x 8 which is almost the same. This size is smaller, more challenging in some ways and the albums can fit on a standard bookcase much easier! I also have to think more carefully about how I am going to tell the story on the pages rather than just fill with product for the sake of using up the space LOL !  I was very excited when I discovered the poly scrap kits both the project life and the main kits have just what I need to complete projects and everything is coordinated together so I don't have those moments of procrastination as I scour the shelves of archived goodness.

For my guest design spot this month I have use the March Project life kit to create 4 cards. I like to layer papers and have used the word stickers and alphabets for the sentiments. I started with the words and worked out what theme I wanted each card to be about and then sorted parts of the project kit to match. I try not to embellish the cards very much so that they fit into the envelopes OK. I really like to use geometrical blocks or shapes for card fronts and loved how the colours and patterns worked so well together. These four cards really just scratched the surface there is still so much left I could dozens more.






I found that the design pieces in this kit also went perfectly with a photo I had of my niece so it also put together an 8x11 page. I usually find myself assembling the page glue free with as many elements as I can and then removing them until I feel I have the perfect fit. I enjoy journaling and sometimes my page is just that no photos depending on what I want to tell a story about. I also like to use different coloured pens to border the page. I did this on pink and added smaller hearts that complimented the stamp. The stamp set that came with the kit was awesome and I loved the speech box and the ability to use a variety of words. This one will be used again for sure. The little arrow stickers also make a great border.




I also used elements from the March Main Kit to create my page "Festivale". This page is the beginning of a series about our trip to this festival and lucky for me the theme of the kit really matched the event which is set in the gardens and quite colourful. Again I cut strips of pattern paper to form geometric shapes across the page and complimented this with the stickers. The cutlery embellishment was a sweet touch so too were the tiny stars which helped to frame the photo. 



It has been a pleasure as a guest this  month and feel very privileged to share some of my pages and cards with everyone.

To see more of Allison's work check out her blog and youtube channel!

Love,
Carol xo

Good morning everyone,