Blog-tember Day 1 - Introduction

Hey, hey hey...... yes I am back and this time I am hoping to stay in the blogging world for longer then one blog post.

This month I am going to participate in the awesome concept Bailey Robert came up with which is Blog-tember. This will be my first time participating and I cant wait to blog everyday with different prompts. These blog posts will be different to what I normally post but I have really wanted to share other things on my blog other than my creative side so this challenge is going to share things that I haven't shared before so I hope you enjoy taking a step into my life and to see what a 13 year old who loves to do creative things does when not sitting at my desk.

So here we go...

September 1st - Introduction

I haven't done a introduction before so this is one for everyone and to welcome any new readers of my blog.

I am Lydia Gibson a 13 year old (soon to be 14 on the 30th of September), I live a small country town in south-east Queensland, Australia. I love to create anything to do with scrapbooking/memory keeping, Project Life, mixed media, photography and lots more.

I have currently been one 2 design teams, the first being 'Project Life Junkies' Facebook group DT which was a total shock as I was so happy to share my talent at my age with others from around the world and the second design team I have been on is 'Deer & Fawn Designs' DT which has unfortunately closed recently. I have loved being on Design Teams and I am always looking for more call to apply for. So if you know of any calls please let me know as I would love to apply and share my work and to inspire others.

My blog is a place for me to share my creative side. I don't often get my albums out to anyone so on here I can do just that and  share with people from around the world.

 

I hope you enjoyed getting to know a little about me and I hope you pop in here again tomorrow as I share 'What My Ideal Day Is'.

Lydia xxx

Crate Paper - Craft Market Layout Share

Hi, hi all. Yes I know I have been away from the blog and I haven't kept up yet again, But I am here this morning to share some 12x12 layouts I have done with the beautiful Crate Paper 'Craft Market' collection which I picked up from the awesome Papertrenz store here in Queensland, Australia.

But first I want to share a few things.

- I have recently been doing a few Periscopes which I am loving as I can interact with my viewers as they comment. I plan on doing one today to share how I am going to make some Heidi Swapp Memory Dex cards so make sure you download the app and follow me @LydiaGi1010 to catch each of my live videos.

Ok lets share some of these pretty layouts.

Layout #1 - 'Goodbye Autumn'
So this was my first layout using the collection and I love it. I have to say this collection has all my favourite colours and all the gold foil and glitter, I just love it.

 
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Layout #2 - 'Wish'

I did this layout the same night as the first one so I ended up using the same paper as a border on both layouts. I also found that this collection I can use is really easily as I can work with the colours more.

 

 

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Layout #3 - 'Family LOVE'

I love how this layout turned out. At this point I ended up finally cutting into the 12x12 papers I got because they were so pretty.

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So that is all I am going to share today but I am sure I will be back tomorrow hopeful (fingers crossed) to share a few other layouts I did using this collection so far.

Make sure to go follow me on Periscope to be able to watch my video LIVE today.

Have a great day.
Lydia xxx

I AM BACK !!! 12x12 Layout Share Monday - #3 - "Scrappy Friends", "Much Love For Autumn" & "Anzac Day"

Oh my, Oh my..... I haven't blogged since the end of the school holidays. But I am back and determined to get blog posts ready in advance so they are ready to post before school.

Ok dokey, time for some 12x12 Layout shares.

First up is
Layout #1 - "Scrappy Friends"
I really like how this layout came together with my go to packaging technique with gelatos and the beautiful bright colours from the Amy Tan "Stitched" collection.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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Layout #2 - "Much Love For Autumn"

Love, love, love how this layout came out. It is definitely a very, very different layout for me. For this layout I used Inkie Quill's Home made kit, in which you make  a kit from products in your stash to use up some of those goodies that are waiting for your attention. Also when I did this layout I had watched one of Adele's videos in whish she had used lots of circles on one of her layouts and that is where I got the inspiration from.

 

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 And last layout for today......
Layout #3 - "Anzac Day"
This is a simple layout for me, but I like it. It was just a photo of a sunset from Anzac this year. I also did some mixed media with my go to packaging technique again and some texture paste.

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Thanks to all of my new viewers. I really hope I can I can share and inspire you all.

Have a lovely start to your week and I will make sure I am back on Thursday (hopefully if I can find a technique to share) for Technique Thursday.

Lydia xxx

12x12 Layout Share Monday - #2 - "Saturday", "I Wear Flowers In My Hair" & "Westmar Sunset"

Morning All. Today I am going to share 3 12x12 layouts. I still have another 3 layouts for next week that were in my pile to share, then I will get onto sharing layouts I have just done using the beautiful Crate Paper 'Craft Market'.

      

Layout #1 - "Saturday"
This layout I really like how it came together. I have to say this is a little different then what I normally do but I like it.

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Layout #2 - "I Wear Flowers In My Hair"
Love, love, love how this turned out. I really wanted to get my mixed media on and I sure did that. I really don't know how many time I have scraped this photo hahaha.

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This little technique I just tried, I didn't know how it would turn out but I like it. I did some splatters then got a straw and blew them to make this cool affect.

& Layout #3 - "Westmar Sunset"
This layout is very different then what I normally do, but I like it. I have to say this is a very bright layout for me.

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I hope you all have a lovely start to your week.
Lydia xxx

Photo Technique Sunday - #2 - Everyday Documenting

Hello. I am back today with my Photo Technique Sunday.
This post will be based on the everyday moments that you can catch on camera that you will cherish in years to come.

      

As a teen I don't really like having my photo taken, as I love being behind the camera then in front of the camera. But at times we have to have photos of our selves and the very little things in our scrapbooks to document the everyday.

Here are some examples that I know I will cherish in years to come of the little things I do and have.

Even though all of these photos have myself in them, other photos that don't have my self in them that are little moments captured I will still really cherish in the years to come.

And as a scrapbooker I love taking photos of random things as I know I want to document those little random moments.

This Photo Technique was inspired by the fact that as scrapbookers we record and capture the everyday moments to look on in the future and to document our lives. I was also inspired by a very tragic moment that happened to the talented scrapbooker Heidi Swapp as she recently lost her 16 year old son, and that shows as documenters that we should document the everyday so we can record our lives and MAKE PRETTY STUFF.


Have a lovely night & MAKE PRETTY STUFF.
Lydia xxx

Project Life Layout Share Friday - #2 - Week 16, 17 & 18

Hello my lovely readers. I am so, so, so late with my Friday Project Life share, But I am here to share now 3 threes weeks of Project Life.

       

As I sit here typing this post inside in the warmth of the fire here in South - East Queensland it is a total temperature of 18 degrees (64 Fahrenheit) out side with a wind chill of about 10 degrees. I also have a total of 2 pairs of socks on and 4 layers of jumpers lol. In other words..... I am freezing. So what's better then staying inside in the warmth doing blog posts and scrapping my heart out with my new scrappy goodies from Papertrenz of Crate Paper 'Craft Market'.

Ok better get on with this post.
Here are the weeks I am sharing.

Week 16 -
This layout was inspired by the ANZAC flag in the bottom right layout, as this was ANZAC week.

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Right Side

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I love this little poppy I made out of a small paper doily.

Week 17 -
I really love how this layout came along and it actually didn't take that long to do. I do have a Process Video on my YouTube Channel.

Left Side

Right Side

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As I shared above of the poppy made out of a paper doily I did the same here but added a flair in the centre instead of a paper circle.

Week 18 -
I have lately been having some of my layouts turned out not my favourite, but that is ok as I am not going to change them, as that is just how they turned out and it shows my style does doe's every so often. And this is one of those layouts that have come out that isn't my favourite.

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Right Side

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I hope you all enjoyed this posted and I will be back very, very soon with my Sunday Photo Technique.

Hope your weather isn't as cold and if it is, stay warm and spend some time scrapping.
Lydia xxx