Adventures in disguising purple

i should warn you now, i am in a Harry Potter layout making frenzy at the moment. When i first went to the Warner Bros Studio Tour in April i was mindful of showing too many pictures of it so as not to spoil it for my online friends who hadn't yet been. i was also feeling overwhelmed at how many pictures i had from the day. i went with four friends and so i have literally hundreds and hundreds of photos and i had no idea how i was going to tackle them. A mini book would have been the practical way to go but whilst i enjoy looking through my minis i don't enjoy the process of making them. And i really wanted to have fun with these photos. i've decided to just go ahead and make full layouts and i've already bought an album to house them in. So be prepared to see lots of Harry Potter related layouts here in the near future.

i'm taking a class at BPC at the moment called Kit-Tastic (which is awesome by the way) with the aim of busting some of my stash. i put together a kit using the pre-class materials with Harry Potter & Halloween layouts in mind.

This particular layout features lot's of the props that displayed at the tour, which are on purple velvet. i HATE purple, and I did not want purple in my colour scheme. I don't even think I own anything in my stash that is purple. I thought the bright green would work well as the deluminator and Rita Skeeter's quick quill are that colour.

It's very unusual for me to have a dark background, but as i'm aiming to bust some stash and i've had that piece of paper for about a year it was going to get used. i thought it would be pretty funny to mix the mini doilies with a skull.

Cake Fail

Back in March i was SO excited to make my sister a special birthday cake. i wanted to do one of those awesome cakes that has the sprinkles in the batter so that it looks all pretty when you cut into it, like this one.  Somehow mine didn't turn out as planned and you couldn't see the sprinkles at all. i'm not even sure what went wrong, maybe the jimmies i used weren't bright enough? Anyway it was still a delicious cake & a story worth scrapbooking.

i wanted to use the birthday vintage flash cards from Elles Studio to support my story but the 'cake' card wasn't in a colour that matched my other supplies. Instead of discarding the idea i used my craft knife to cut out the lettering and backed a patterned paper behind it. i actually ended up really liking the look. Love altering my supplies to make them work for me!

OWOT # 37 Distressing

Blogging from my sickbed (you know it's that time of year when all the cold and flu starts passing around!) to let you know that my One Word One Technique post is up on the TMC blog. This month is all about the distressing technique. Something i don't try very often.

i used a simple technique to roughen up the edges of my papers, i remember once upon a time when it was all the rage to do this technique. It's an oldie but a goodie! 

A spot of Tennis

i wanted to share another layout that i did for the JBS Summer Games. The Games are over now and the medals awarded but i still think this is a genius idea for inspiration if you are looking for a challenge to start you off.

This layout is based on the sketch of a tennis court, which i think would also make a great two pager.
We celebrated my Nan's 80th birthday in June & i think these paper were perfect to document that. i am not really a card maker so i don't often use up number stickers so i went to town with the 80's to get the theme across!!

Speaking of Games, i'm off to the Paralympics tomorrow to see the Athletics. i'm super excited and i'll be sad when they're over, but there's still lot's of good stuff to come for the rest of the week.