a little update...

Aussie Scrap Source shares...

weekend inspiration was hambly, it was also a final tribute to say thanks  for all your awesome products! I LOVE hambly always have and always will.

"family" 

- photo taken in NZ Napier 2012 

meeting their cousin for the first time, they had so much fun together!

special photo which I will send to my sister amanda!

Materials: hambly all the way. there are heaps of layers here which is what i love about hambly!

this next one is all hambly too...lots of scraps of hambly 

all layered together and a touch of elle's studio tags.

"chickens" - these chickens are lazy egg layers too!!!!

and we have a page using websters and i might add this is my first time at using  websters, i think i need more practice at fussy cutting... it was fun and i will have another go! 

"beautiful girl" - sugar and spice.

Materials: Websters papers, sticker alphas and embellishments, fimo bird, twiddleybitz chipboard birdcage.

 

and  don't forget each week we share a another readers challenge for you to take part in... so read take a read and join in!

"principles of design"

Welcome to Week 7 in our Design Principles Readers Challenge.  Each week we’ll be posting information about a different design concept, together with sketches from Becky Fleck at Pagemaps, and our design team, that work to demonstrate the concept.  We’d love you to join in by creating your own layouts, either using any one of Becky’s sketches OR creating your own design that showcases that week’s design principle.  This week we are looking at the Z theory.
Please EMAIL your pages or cards to us by next Tuesday 3rd July to appear in our Readers Challenge blog post.
Please try and use products supplied by Aussie Scrap Source brands (you’re quite spoiled for choice there!).
Our favourite layout each week (as voted for by our design team) will win a prize pack of Aussie Scrap Source goodies!


WEEK 7: Flow – the Z Theory 
When we design a page, ultimately we want to be able to control where the viewers eye lands, and where it travels. The premise of the Z theory is a simple one and is based on the theory that western cultures read from left to right.   If you overlay your page with an imaginary Z, placing the important elements along the z and its intersections can create a more dynamic page.  The eye will naturally follow the path of the Z.   You can use this rule on its own or alongside the rule of thirds to create many successful designs.  In advertising or website design, the ‘call to action’ would be at the end of the ‘Z’ as that’s where the eye stops.
Be aware of the way your eye moves over the following layouts from our design team, and the two sketches we have provided by way of inspiration this week.

 

Hope we get to see a heap of fantastic pages by you all. It's never to late to join in on our readers challenges!

Thanks for popping by ...Miss wally xxx

Hambly Fond Farewell Blog Hop...

With great sadness today we would like to thank and say a fond farewell to all our Hambly fans with a Hambly blog hop...

I feel ever so lucky that I was able to be apart of a fantastic design team it was so a dream for me! I will always LOVE Hambly it's just one of those company's you fall in love with! 

 

 and here's a page I created using a mixture of 

Hambly products new and old...

"i can paint"

Materials: assorted hambly overlays, rub'-on, stickers, washi tapes, amy tangerine pattern papers, elle studio tags, prima rose, handmade buttons.

Now it's time to take a peek at MARIE RAMIREZ Blog!

Hambly Blog

Allison Kreft Abad
Felicitas Klink
Iris Babao Uy
Janna Werner
Jennifer Rzasa
Karin Cazenave-Tapie
Leah Farquharson

Leeann Pearce - YOU ARE HERE

Marie Ramirez

 Maisa Mendonca
Mou Saha
Pearl Lui
Jaz Lee Soo Hui

Oh and I have made up a  RAK Hambly pack to share with someone!

just leave a comment and I will pick a random winner.

Thanks Leeann Pearce xxx

EDIT TO ADD: LIZZY C THE GIRLS HAVE PICKED YOUR NAME OUT OF THE HAT! CONGRATS - email me your snail mail and i will get you prize pack in the post!

thank you all so much... miss wally xxx

published projects

I've had some fabulous pages and projects published in the last couple of  Scrapbooking Australian magazines. I still get a buzz when I see my work in print. Especially when I see how they have photographed  it! 

Scrapbooking Memories 14 - 6

project - office bull clips

 Scrapbooking Memories 14 - 6

"mmmmm chocolate eggs"

 

Scrapbooking Memories 14 - 6

project - back 2 basic

"sticks and stones"

Scrapbooking Memories 14 -7

Technique feature 

"perfect three"

 Scrap booking Memories 14 -7

"i crack myself up"

Scrapbook Creations - 92

"a day at the beach"

Scrapbook Creations - 93

"happy birthday"

  

Scrapbook Creations - 93

"sending you a smile"

 Scrapbook Creations - 93

up-cycle sellotape rolls/printer tray 

"love"

there you have it!

cheers

Miss Wally xxx

aussie scrap source readers challenge...

This week over @ the Aussie Scrap Source Blog...

Welcome to Week 4 in our Design Principles Readers Challenge.  Each week we’ll be posting information about a different design concept, together with sketches from Becky Fleck at Pagemaps, and our design team, that work to demonstrate the concept.  We’d love you to join in by creating your own layouts, either using any one of Becky’s sketches OR creating your own design that showcases that week’s design principle.  This week we are looking at the principles of contrast and visual hierarchy in design.

Please EMAIL your pages or cards to us by next Tuesday 12 June to appear on our blog.  Please try and use products supplied by Aussie Scrap Source brands (you’re quite spoiled for choice there!).  Our favourite layout each week (as voted for by our design team) will win a prize pack of Aussie Scrap Source goodies!

WEEK 4: Contrast / Visual Hierarchy

Moving on from the principles of scale and proportion discussed last week, another tool which can succeed in drawing the eye to a focal point is that of contrast. If most of the elements on a page are grouped closely together, a single object by itself will stand out as a focal point. If all your elements are dark, a splash of light will catch the eye. If all of your elements are round, a square will stand out. These (and many more) are ways of using contrast to establish a visual hierarchy so that the viewers eye is first drawn to your intended focal point.

and here's my example 
"two cherish"

 

 There are a few ways that you can add contrast to your pages. And the most obvious one to Leeann is using shapes. Leeann cut out circles in the background and embellished with a mixed of papers and stickers from crate paper. Then she used a square photo. You can visual see that the focal point is the photo. Another way of adding contrast is using colour. Dark against light, notice how the background just pops. And lastly in type, by using different fonts and colour. Leeann also used the sketch provided so that you can visual see how she used contrast to make this page pleasing on the eye!

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just in-case you have missed the first few you can check and read up about them... 

WEEK 3: Proportion/Scale - Emphasis

 and my example

"top of the world"

 Leeann Pearce has used the sketch as this shows a very clear example of scale, but she’s definitely added her own creative twist to it. By enlarging the main photo it makes this the focal point.  Leeann has used a mixed of Studio Calico papers and embellishments.

 Welcome to Week 2:  Rhythm and Repetition

 Week 1: Balance – Symmetry / Balance: Asymmetry

 Hope we get to see lots more from our readers this week!

thanks Miss Wally xxx

Basic Grey share and a She Art canvas

Totally LOVE  the "What's Up" collection by Basic Grey

Here's a couple of pages using some of the pattern papers and embellishments.

Yep... li'l miss jorja painting here. Doesn't matter what medium it is she's always in. I have a little corner set up for her to play and she LOVES it!

"she loves to colour"

and this page 

"about a girl"-

little miss stormy who is also celebrating her 9th birthday today!

Happy Birthday Sweetheart...

Love mummyxxx

and lastly I had another play at creating a she art girl. I also used a heap of little black dress rub-ons and a metal flower by Basic Grey. I love the effect when you use your white gel pen to color in as well. 

"she art" - she left her fears behind

Thanks Miss wally xxx