STASH STORAGE SATURDAY ~ SARAH ~ RASKOG

Hello everyone, it's Sarah on the blog today.  

Welcome to my Scrap Space!  I thought I'd invite you all in to see how I organize and create.  First of all, here are a few over all pictures of my room.

  

I have Ikea Alex desk and drawer units, a Raskog and matching chair.

   

The couch is also from Ikea.  My girls like to watch movies on it while I scrap.

My Kallax houses all of my albums, my old Cuttlebug, my typewriter and two teal bins full of miscellaneous junk.

My Raskog is probably my most used crafty items, so I thought I'd show it to you today!

The top has an Antonius container from Ikea.  I keep all of my most used items up here.  Heidi Shine, stamps, roller date stamps, dies, adhesives and current circulation Thickers.   

Second level also has an Antonius container.  This one has 6x6 pads (non-Crate Paper), Thickers (non-Crate Paper), 4x6 and 3x4 cards, doilies and twine.  I usually stick my current circulation stickers on the right side.

The bottom level also has an Antonius container.  This is where my Crate Paper goodies live.  I also put my Citrus Twist kits on the right side.  Crate Paper Thickers are in back.  Phrase roller stamps and Kaisercraft rhinestones.   

Thanks for stopping by the blog today and keep an eye out for more posts about my Scrap Space.  I can't wait to share all of the fun hiding in my Alex drawers!

Sarah 

MEET THE SUBSCRIBERS ~ Stace!

Good Morning Scrappery Fans!!

Today I am pleased to bring you the first of a new series of blog posts - Mondays will be all about getting to know our lovely subscribers a little better!

First up we have the lovely Stace!

We asked Stace 10 questions to find out a bit more about her and her scrapbooking, so this is what she told us:

1. Tell us a little bit about yourself and where you are from.

My name is Stacie though I go by Stace these days! I was born and raised on the NW Coast of Tasmania before relocating interstate in 2006 to Sydney, and then onwards to SE Queensland where I live today with my 3 children (Kaleb 10, Gretchen 4 and Oscar 2) and our rescue cat Arnold. 

I’m an at-home/homeschooling mum with plans in the next few years to study a degree in Social Work/Child Safety and I also run my own wellness business. 

2. When did you start scrapbooking or Pocket Scrapbooking and what drew you to the craft?

I first started scrapping in 2005 when I was pregnant with Kaleb and stopped a few years later after I had a layout published in Scrapbook Creations magazine- I’d accomplished a scrapbooking goal and voila, my mojo disappeared! I was a traditional 12x12 scrapper at that stage, having only recently moved into mixed media and Project Life spreads this year when I took up crafting after a 5 year break. 

3. Name you FIVE favourite supplies and no cheating...only five.

My five fave supplies would have to be Heidi Shine, masking/stencilling, stamping, ephemera and pattern paper layering. They’re definitely my go-to items on virtually every layout.

4. What influences you and your style? 

Since taking up the hobby again, I’ve been super-heavily influenced by youtuber’s – Adele Toomey, Wilna Furstenburg, Amy Tan, Jen Schow, The Scrappery CT … the list could go on forever. I’m also inspired by papers and colours in photos. My style leans towards simple but with a lot of layering, stamping and a bit of mixed media background work. I really enjoy adding textured elements to my spreads.

5. Who would be at your dream crop night? 

The Scrappery women of course! Past and present CT members – Adele and Zoe have given me a lot of inspiration since I started scrapping again.

6. Favourite collection ever released? 

I’ve not been crafting for long since taking it back up so I’m not completely up to date with current collections but I have really enjoyed the Crate Paper ‘Story Teller’ and the Maggie Holmes ‘Open Book’ collections – they’re right up my alley!

7. What's your favourite technique currently? 

It would have to be inking – ever since I watched Adele share the ‘packaging technique’ I’ve been utterly obsessed with adding it to my layouts!

8. Do you love to get messy or keep things clean and simple?

I happily sit on the fence – I like clean and simple elements on my pages but I also really enjoy getting messy!

9. Favourite colour to scrapbook with? 

Gold! Gold, gold gold lol Teal, purple and white are favourites too 

10. Which scrappery kits do you subscribe to and why do you love the scrappery?

I currently subscribe to the PLK but will be adding the TSK to my subscription soon – I just can’t get enough of TSKC kits. They’re always so beautifully put together, and I really love that the business is based in Australia – and near my home town no less! Kayla always goes above and beyond to include the latest products and everything included in the kits is magic .. I looked at other kit club subscriptions and nothing even came close in terms of product and value for money :)

Here is one of Stace's layouts - isn't it gorgeous??

If you are a current subscriber and would be happy to share a little about yourself and be featured in our 'Meet the Subscribers' series please email us your answers to the above questions to scrapperykitclub@gmail.com with a photo of you and your work!  We'd love to get to know you all a little better!!

Have a great week and don't forget to enter our February Mood Board Challenge to be in with a chance of winning a full set of TSKC digital designs!!

Stephie xxx

February Mood Board Challenge!

Hello and Happy February!

HOW is it February already???  2016 is going by so quickly!

We have decided to start a new monthly mood board challenge which will occur each month right here on our blog. We would love it if you could enter your creations inspired by our mood board and if you do you could win a set of our digital designs or maybe even a small prize from The Scrappery store!

Here is the beautiful mood board Kayla has designed for February:

Isn't it gorgeous with all that pink and hearts!!  Definitely very appropriate for this time of year.

I hope this will provide you with some inspiration and we would love to see the beautiful layouts, cards - or anything that you make with this in mind!  Please add your links below to share your work and be in with a chance to win! This mood board challenge will be open for entries until 29th February 2016.

Can't wait to see what you come up with!!

Stephie 

xxx

An InLinkz Link-up

Subscriber ~ Spotlight Sunday!

First of all, we have really missed this blog!
We thought it was time to get it up and running again. We love our YouTube channel and the personality we can convey over our videos but some things need the 'written word' and we want somewhere to showcase the photographs of our work, our kits and our special subscribers!

Welcome to the very first SPOTLIGHT SUNDAY. Today and every Sunday we are going to showcase a round up of any of our lovely subscriber and customer's work shared over on any of our social medias. We absolutely LOVE seeing it and we really hope you love being featured on our blog.

We are working on a bit of a blog schedule and we have some exciting new blog post categories coming up soon. In the mean time grab your morning cup of coffee/tea and enjoy! x

The first page/project that I want to put a Spotlight on deserves a spot of it's own. It was my standout favourite from this week. This lovely page created by Carmel McKee...

She has done a fabulous job using the Reuben kit with all her laying and those beautiful white leaves look fantastic in those clusters. Beautiful work Carmen.

Now we have a bit of a collage of our 'favourites' since there were just SO MANY projects shared this week which is fantastic.
I am going to try and name all the creators. Hope I got them all correct. x

Top row (from left) Lisa Skinner, Denica Goldsbrough, Lisa Skinner
Bottom row (from left) Denica Goldsbrough, Rebekkah Alderson, Carmel McKee

Top row (from left) Carmel McKee, Lisa Skinner, Lisa Skinner

Bottom row (from left) Lisa Skinner, Sara Belgrove, Lisa Skinner

As you and see there was so much gorgeous work shared & this is not all of it. If you weren't featured this time never fear, we have our eye out and you are bound to be featured soon!

Thank you so much for sharing your gorgeous work as always and remember to tag us at #thescrappery if you are sharing on Twitter or Instagram (or even Facebook) or share them in our Facebook group The Scrappery Creatives. We would love to have you join.

Much love.

Kayla & The Scrappery Team. xx

TSK ALICE & BPK MAUDE ~ ALL SUITED UP ~ SOPHIE

Hey hey everyone. It's Sophie here with a layout using two of the May kits featuring the ever so lovely range from Jen Hadfield. This month I was back to playing with the TSK and BPK.

Despite the florals and pinks featured in this kit I decided to create more of a masculine layout and use a photo of my brother, Max.
I started by using the mask in the BPK to create a very subtle background. I sprayed some mist over it onto another piece of cardstock, then took the mask and pressed it over this piece.

Behind my photo I used some of the papers from the TSK as well as a tag which (I think) came in the Bits and Pieces Kit, Maude. The doily and film strip were from my stash.

I don't know if you've notice but I don't often use Thickers and make titles on my layouts. Not only do I not know what to put as the title, but most of the time I don't know where to put it. I don't design layouts with a place for a title in mind and when I finish it I can't find the right place to put it.
To create this title I used the Thickers from the kit as well some tiny alphas. These ones are from the Confetti sticker sheet which was in April's PLK.

To embellish I used the glitter chevron arrows and the enamel chevron stickers from the BPK.
I also added some tiny word stickers which I'm obsessing over still. This photo was taken before the Deb Ball which my brother was in, if you're wondering why I chose to use this phrase.

I will be back soon with a more feminine layout, and hopefully a process video. 

Until then, happy scrapping!

A LITTLE NOTE ABOUT NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS....

Hi there lovelies.

It's Kayla here and I just wanted to pop by and leave a little note about any new subscriptions.
We have been overflowed with emails about how to get a subscription to The Scrappery.

I just want to first THANK everyone that has been supporting us over the last few months. We have received so many subscriptions that we have simply run out of spaces and just had to something we didn't want to do and start a waiting list.
The reason for this is because behind the scenes, Renae and I are making and designing kits months in advance in line with new manufacturer releases to make sure you are getting the latest and greatest and because we order so far in advance we only order so many so we aren't simply left with a lot of out dated stock.

Anyway to cut a long story short we are accepting new subscriptions by email waiting list. You can email us on scrappery@gmail.com with which kits you would like to go on the waiting list for, your name, address and email.

At the moment we have been able to accommodate EVERYONE on the waiting list for the next kit besides a few waiting for PLK kits.

We once again thank everyone for the high demand of subscriptions we have received and we are happy to tell you that we have upped the numbers of ordered kits for the coming months sot here will be plenty for subscriptions and sale night.

Speaking of which I have released TWO sneak pictures on our Facebook page today for our upcoming release.
Keep your eyes peeled for release night *wink*

Also check out our YouTube channel. We always have a lot going on there. We have been a little absent while Nae has been getting married and I have been travelling and SICK. Ewww...go away winter I say.

See you next time!

TSK INDI ~ HAPPINESS ~ ADELE

Hiiiii!! *big wave*

Today I have a rad layout using the lovely TSK Indi which was bursting with Crate Paper...woop woop!! You lucky ducks are in for a treat, becuase there's a process video too :)

I used a Kaisercraft script stencil from my stash to add some interest to the background first using modelling paste, then piled on the Crate Paper goodness.

I absolutely adore the floral elements included in the ephemera pack and knew straight away I could use this floral-ly (yes, that's a word now) selfie.

Um, I have to admit...I can never get sick of Crate Paper and they have hit it out of the park with these past two collections, Craft Market and Confetti. I can't choose between them - they're like my children, I can't have a favourite!

I hope you enjoy this little process video, and stay tuned for some new layouts using the April kits and also May! Yippee!