12x12 Layout Share Monday - #1 - "InstaLove", "Port Macquarie", "BestEver", "RARS Awards"

Morning all. I hope you are having a beautiful day to start off the week.
I am so, so sorry I didn't share my Sunday Photo Technique yesterday but hopefully I get it on the blog before this post.

So today I am going to share some 12x12 Layouts. I have a pile of 12 layouts that have been building up the past month to photograph and share here on my blog.

Layout #1 - "InstaLove'
This layout is definitely one of my top favourites. I really love how it came together, even though it took me 2-3 days to complete because I really had no idea how I was going to embellish it.

The embellishments were the hardest part for me in the layout. So I went with some flowers.

This layout I did a few layers behind the photo and I did the Packaging Stain Technique for the background.

Layout #2 - "Port Macquarie"
This layout I really wanted to use all four photos as they were the photos left from our holiday earlier in the year. Surprisingly I like how it turned out.

This layout I did just after I colour coded my embellishments, so I used just blue and turquoise colours.

Layout #3 - "Best Ever"
I really, really, really love how this layout turned out. I love how simple it is and I love the colours. This layout is also different to most of my others, as I didn't use just plain white cardstock, I used a patterned paper.

Love this little embellishment cluster. I also love how the title tries in with the background paper.

And I did another little cluster at the very top of the layouts with a clip and some labels.

Layout #4 - "RARS Awards"
This layouts ummmm....... is not me favourite at all. I don't know what it is, but I just don't like it.

So I hope you enjoyed looking at my layouts and hopefully I will each week have 3-4 layouts to share until I have catched up. Next week for 12x12 Layout Share Monday I will only have one layout as it was for a challenge.

Have a lovely day.
Lydia xxx

Photo Technique Sunday - #1 - Up Close and Down Low

Morning all, I do know it is Monday but that is ok because it is Sunday on the other side of the world. lol

But today I am going to share a technique I love and if you look on my mums camera I am sure you will see photos of me down low. One of my favourite photo techniques is getting close to subjects such as: Flowers, Mushrooms, Barbed Wire.

Here are some examples for Up Close -

This is another but different example of Up Close, but for this photo to be different had the lens resting on the tree and looking down.

And this one is a Down Low example as I love getting really Down Low and capturing those little moments through the lens.

 

This is also another example of getting Down Low. And when I mean Low, I am mean low. I was on laying on the ground and I love the result I came out with.

 

 

 

These examples are just a few that I like to document the everyday. Like the Autumn leaves show and tell the thickness on the ground of those beautiful leaves in a beautiful season.

Hope you get out there with your big camera, IPhone, point and shoot whatever you like to use and document those little Close Ups and Down Low moments

Have a lovely day capturing those special moments.
Lydia xxx

Project Life Share Friday- #1 - Weeks 13, 14 & 15

Good afternoon everyone. I sure most of you are wondering why I didn't post this morning, but I am here now to share 3 weeks of Project Life.

 

Week 13 - 

So the first layout I am going to show you, you may have seen, as it was my layout for my Project Life Junkies Design Team layout for May.

 



For this week of Project Life I added half a Design A page protector and a 6x8 page protector. I also used Amy Tan 6x6 'Rise & Shine' paper pad with a few embellishments.

Left Side of Layout.

Week 14 -
This layout is definitely not my favourite, but I am not going to change it.

Left Side of layout.

Right Side of layout.

Week 14 -
This weeks layout is definitely not my favourite again, but as I mentioned above I am not going to change it.

Left Side of layout.

Right Side of layout.

I will be back on Sunday with a Photo Technique to document the everyday.
Remember if you have any ideas for Technique Thursday or Photo Technique Sunday, let me know in the comments below, because I would love to share them and try them out.

Have a great Friday night.
Lydia xxx

Technique Thursday - #1 - Packaging Stain

Hello, hello, I am so excited to share my first technique for Technique Thursday.

    

The first technique I am going to share with you is a technique I have been loving at the moment with my 12x12 layouts.

These are the Thing you will need.

- Water

-Wipes/Paper Towel

- Gelatos (could be Distress Ink or Mists)

- Plastic Packaging

-Cardstock

 

 

Step 1-

So the first thing you do is get your packaging and draw on some gelatos or spray in your mist.

 

Step 2-
Now you want to add one spray of water. You may need to add a little more if need be. If you use gelatos I like to mix the water and the gelato with my finger.

 

 

Step 3-

Now carefully fold your packaging in half and move your water and mist/gelato/ink around.

 

Step 4-

Here comes the fun part of placing it on your layout. You have to understand that every time you do it, it will be different. Hopefully you get a stain like the photo below.

 

 

You can now add more of the same colour or add more colours, like I have done.

Final Product -
Now here are some examples I have done with 12x12 layouts with this technique.

I hoped you enjoyed this technique and if you have any techniques you have done let me know down in the comments.

Have a lovely day.
Lydia xxx

Happy Hump Day

Hello everyone, I hope your week is going great.

I have popped in to share how I will be running my blog and how I will end up catching up on the month I didn't post anything.

So here are my plans. I have recently been inspired by the lovely ladies on Mandy Elliott's FaceBook Group - Record Life | Bloggers by making a schedule for blog posts. I think it is a great idea, as I didn't post once in a whole month and I thought this would be great to inspire me and to give myself deadlines for posts.

So here is my weekly schedule blog post. I will hopefully post every afternoon after school.

Monday - 12x12 Layout Share
I will share a 12x12 layout to inspire you all.

Thursday - Technique Thursday
This is the day I share a technique I am enjoying lately or that I have just discovered.
(If you have any ideas for me to try let me know down in the comments.)

Friday - Project Life Layout Share
This is where I will share a week of my Project Life.
(I might do 2 layouts in one blog post to get caught up.)

Sunday -Photo Technique
This is a day I share different photo techniques to document the everyday.
(Again if you have any ideas let me know down in the comments.)


There it is. I hope I can keep this up (fingers are crossed).
I will be starting tomorrow with Technique Thursday, so keep a eye out on my blog. I probably post tomorrow morning as I am on school holidays.

See you tomorrow.
Lydia xxx

School Holiday Plans

Morning everyone. I hope you are all enjoying your day.

I am here this morning to share my creative plans for these school holidays.

 

 

So on the weekend I worked out what I wanted to make/do on the holidays, what to catch up on and some things that I have to post here on my blog. With these ideas I wrote them on a post it note so I could stick them on my desk and I would be able to see them easily.

 

Post It Note #1 - Blog

Over the two weeks of holidays I really want to do a massive share of 12x12 layouts I have sitting on my desk. I do plan on doing a video for that as it will be quicker then a massive long blog post. I will work on that idea. Next on my list I have a Project Life layout share, so a update on my 2015 album so far (in which I am currently a month behind on, but I have photos waiting to be picked up today!!). And there may even be a video for that too, but it will properly be really long. Next is a YouTube share of videos that I have done since I announced I had a YouTube channel. I have that blog post sitting here ready to be posted. I will also do a few posts of other little things that I have been creating.

 

Post It Note #2 - Holidays

So this list is of little and big projects I want to get completed and catched up on. One item I want to finish is #MySelfieScrapbook which I have to finish the last few pages of. Next I have a month of Project Life I have to catch up on as I mentioned for the blog posts. I also have to catch up on adding photos to my Heidi Swapp Memory Planner/Album. And the last item is to do lots of Blog posts as my last official blog post was back on the 12th of May, so I have lots of catching up to do there.

 

Post It Note #3 - To Make



This list of very short with only one things on it. On this list I have to make a Photo a Day 4x4 Album of the holiday, as I have a WRMK 4x4 Instagram album sitting there not being used. I not sure yet if I will do this album, but I do have a idea of doing a photo a day as I normally end up with not many photos for my week in Project Life. I will have a blog post about that if I do go through with is 'To Make' item.


So I hope that gives all of my wonderful readers a idea what to you will be able to see from me here on my blog within the next two weeks.

Hope you enjoy your day.
Lydia xxx

PL JUNKIES DT - #4 - Last Post

Hello, I am back to sadly share my very last PL Junkies DT post with you all.

Lydia xxx

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Well hello hello there fellow Junkies. I am so excited to be here sharing my very last post with you all as a Junkie DT member and I would like to give a big thanks to Jane for allowing me to be on this awesome DT to sharing my work as a teen scrapper with awesome like minded people from around the world.

Here is the layout I will be sharing with you all today. 

Lately I have been loving using paper pads as my cards, as you might have seen on my last DT post. This time I used the Amy Tangerine 'Stitched' paper pad. 

I really love how using the paper pads I can customize my filler cards and journaling cards, add cute little embellishments and more.

A big thanks again to everyone on PL Junkies for all the support and a big thanks again to Jane and all the admin for running this awesome big group.

To follow me in my scrappy journey you can find me on -
Instagram - lyd_gibson
Facebook - Lydia's Craft N' Creations
Blog - lydiascraftncreations.blogspot.com.au
And my brand new YouTube Channel - Lydia Gibson

Happy Scrapping lovelies.
Lydia xxx