Once again, I busted out the frames from the kit and added some patterned paper to the back and a feather sticker on top.




I used the Thickers in the kit for my title and stitched them to my photo to cover up the ugly backgound.


I matted one of the label stickers on a scrap piece of the green paper and notched it to match the sticker.  



Some machine stitching and ink splats finished this simple layout nicely!

See you again soon and happy scrapping!
Louise x

Hi Canaries!  I'm back with another layout share using the February "Brave" Scrapbook Kit and the "Fierce" Embellishment Kit. 

I love how this layout turned out- I love the scripty font on the gold rub-on title "Happy Day" and I highlighted it with some watercolouring on my background.




The gold foil polka dot paper is just gorgeous and I used little bits of gold throughout my page to complement the paper and the title.  Isn't that dream-catcher sticker sweet?




I love these feather die-cuts so I created another cluster using those and some stickers from the sticker sheet.


See you again soon and happy scrapping!
Louise x

The embellishment kit includes some sheets of sticker phrases and I used those together with some of the rub-ons to create a cluster in the top left corner of my page.




I also added a phrase sticker to my title.




Here is a closer look at my cluster alongside my photo- I layered a frame, a cork star and flair.



Since I added a round flair to the large cork star, I decided to add brads from my stash to the smaller cork stars.  The silver star confetti was also from my stash.  Some stitching and ink splatters were the finishing touches.


See you again soon and happy scrapping!
Louise x

I used a combination of the Thickers and the die-cut "Happy" word to create my title within the frame.



The flair in the kit was the perfect size for this striped frame and I used a couple of arrow stickers to draw attention to it.


I am loving this kit and will be back soon with another share.

Happy scrapping,
Louise x

Black machine stitching and some black and white twine from my stash were added and the sequins are from my kit- loving sequins right now!

Here is my second layout today, "Retro Raybans".....


I chose a pink and grey/silver colour scheme for this page about my favourite Rayban spectacle frames, and again used the 8.5"x11" format.




My little silver "NICE" sticker was backed with pink patterned paper to ensure the word stood out.




One of the papers featured cute little glasses on the tear-strip so I made good use of that and even had a little bit left to make some banner flags for my photo.




And of course the grey woodgrain Thickers were perfect for creating my title.

I'm having so much fun with this kit!

 I decided to pair it with the silver elements in the kit and I used one of the speech bubble stickers backed with mint green paper from the kit as my title and popped it up on foam tape for some dimension.




I used some stickers from the embellishement kit to add to my silver glitter stickers and I also cut up some of the phrases from another of the patterned papers.




The little heart brads from the embellishment kit are so adorable!




And of course, some Heidi Swapp Colour Shine (Navy) splats, machine stitching and sequins were the final details.

Hello Canaries! Lauren here! I hope that you are all having a wonderful January! I am currently spending a couple of weeks looking after my Mum's dog in country Victoria and I have to say I'm having a ball!

Being here is so peaceful - plus I have been able to catch up on a lot of scrapping! I feel so behind - the Pocket Life spread that I am about to show you is for Week 46 (10 November - 16 November)! Given the busy December I had, early November feels like a life time ago.


For this spread I used the December Pocket Life Kit 'Rainbow Connection' (by the way, since getting the kit I cannot stop sing the song in a Kermit the Frog voice) along with the 'Lucky Star' Embellishment Kit (now who's singing Madonna?).

I absolutely adored the Heidi Swapp September Skies paper and the way that the colours of this collection were tied in throughout both of the kits. The colours of the collection, especially the lime green, also reinforced why I know I'm a scrapbooker - my excitement that my nephew is wearing a lime green shirt! His fashion choices are tying the whole thing together!


Speaking of Heidi Swapp - one of the most interesting things in the Rainbow Connection kit was the magic chipboard alphabet.  The way these alphas work is that you mist them and then wipe away the residue mist - revealing the stripe on the letters. I was lucky that I had some Heidi Swapp mists in my stash that matched perfectly - but ink pads or gelatos also work well.

Using the sun motif on the exclusive stamp set I created my own journalling cards and finished them off with some hand drawn borders - I think they turned out so cute.

Across the layout I used the same structure with the headings and then embellished them either above or below with the Maggie Holmes Open Book Foil Label Stickers. These stickers had so much variety and many of the phrases were a perfect match with what the photo was of. You can see it below with the heading City 'today'.


I love embellishing across my layouts and the different collections enable consistency throughout the layout. Evalicious banner puffy stickers - be still my beating heart! The Amy Tangerine Stitched transparencies were also great and I used a couple across the spread - you can see the Love Love Love above, which matched the colours in the photo perfectly.

It's really fun making your own filler cards using kits. It's a great way to bring together all of the colours and embellishments used throughout the layout - I generally do this through my title card but in this spread I also used another filler card. As much of the right hand side spread was taken up with family fun I used the 'family sticker' from the Heidi Swapp epoxy stickers in the embellishment kit. I also really love the colours in Pebbles Happy Day Frames.


I am really happy with how this spread turned out. What I love the most are all of the bright colours - you know brights are my fav! They just make layouts pop and I think reflect my personality.

So there you have it lovelies - my Week 46! I hope you enjoyed it. I'll be back soon with more creations so stay tuned! Have a great weekend! Lauren xx

Hi Scrappy Canaries!

Hi Canaries, I hope that you have all had a great week and for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere you can almost feel Spring in the air!

In this post I am building on my previous Pocket Life layout that used only the Day Trip Pocket Life Kit - there are still a couple left in the store if you want to get your hands on them! To jog your memory here is my previous layout:


While I was really happy with this layout I wanted to show you that while you can still have a great layout using the Pocket Life kit alone, you can add an extra pop to your layouts using the Scrappy Canary embellishment kits. For this layout I have used Scenic Route embellishment kit - they are great value and really enhance your work. Here is a close up of my original Week card:


You can then see how the additional embellishments, like stickers, the gold arrows and veneer add additional dimension and interest to the cards:


Some of my favourite things in the embellishment kit include the fantastic Studio Fourteen40 flair, the Freckled Fawn hello speech bubbles and most of all, our very own Scrappy Canary candy dots! They are so awesome and you can buy them here in the shop - buy them in every colour! Plus also buy the candy stars - they are just as awesome! Immediately! They are an absolute bargain!

So here is my finished layout with all of the embellishments and you can see that while it still has the same overall look, it has been enhanced by all of the additions.


I also had some embellishments left over so I decided to do a layout using only the Scenic Route leftovers and some twine for hand stitching. Recently I was in hospital for a couple of weeks and every day my husband would send me a photo of the adventures of lego sheriff - it was lots of fun and kept me occupied. I wanted to capture that sense of fun in this layout.


As you can see just a few left over embellishments really made this layout! I hope you like it as much as I do. So there you have it Canaries my take on our awesome embellishment kits. Make sure you order one - they are always a sell out and I hope my layout has shown you why! Keep creating, Lauren xx