Happy Days Diner memories - Craftonline DT

Welcome to my first post for Craftonline's new team.  I am so excited to be on this team, my creativity is flowing and my brain is full of ideas.

My first idea was to record my memories of taking family to Happy Days Diner so I selected supplies that would coordinate with the colours and theme of the restaurant.



Here is a list of all I ordered that is still available.

Sound of Music Die Cut Border by Find It Trading Amy Design
Vintage Vehicles Punch Out Sheet by Find It Trading Amy Design
Bazzill Mylar Silver Cardstock
Deep Red Stamps Vintage 45 Record Stamp
NY Cake Silicone Mold - Dress
Prima Marketing Havana Mulberry Paper Flowers and Leaves
Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Willow Lane Alphabet Stickers
Crate Paper Wild At Heart Thickers Charming
Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Willow Lane 6x8 Paper Pad
Simple Stories Good Vibes Stickers
Dovecraft Accordion Sticker Flowers
Pink Paislee Colour Wash Title Stickers
Pink Paislee Nantucket Crabcakes paper
We R Memory Keepers Hello Darling Radiant paper
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Paints Set 1
Versacolor Pigment Ink Cyan
Versacolor Pigment Ink Lilac

I decided to prep my embellishments first, starting with a cute 50's dress embellishment.  I was inspired by Farrel's Helmar blog post on making your own embellishments with Helmar Glue and a silicone mold, so I wondered if Craftonline had any silicone molds that would suit a 50's theme and I found this fantastic dress mold.
Due to my mold being much bigger than Farrel's mine would not dry properly, so I decided to try making my own paper clay with archival safe paper scraps and Helmar Acid Free Glue. 
I started by tearing up some archival paper scraps and soaking them overnight in water.  The next day I used my blender to turn it into paper pulp.  E had fun squeezing the water out of the pulp, I got him to do it as it is a great activity for Fine Motor Skills and Sensory Processing.
Once the water was squeezed out of my paper pulp I added Helmar Acid Free Glue until I had a clay consistency, then I dusted my silicone mold with corn flour and filled it with my clay and let it set over night, hitting it with my heat gun a couple of times to help it dry to be sure it dried well.
I had fun painting my dress with Vicki Boutin paints in Cotton Candy and Banana.
I decided to make a second dress but I didn't filly the middle to the top, I wanted to try doing a hollow dress.  It turned out really well, I mixed some cyan Versacraft ink with white paint to paint majority of the dress.  Then mixed some lilac Versacraft with white pain to do part of the bottom of the dress and a base on the flower and bow.  I finished the flower, bow and the very bottom of the dress with cotton candy Vicki Boutin pain mixed with white paint.  I then painted the bottom edge with white paint.  I absolutely love how this dress turned out.

When I was waiting for my glue attempt of the dress to dry I die cut this awesome die and this amazing Silver Mylar cardstock from Bazzill and I stamped my records and coloured the labels using some distress inks as watercolours.









Now that all my embellishments were ready to go I started scrapbooking.  I got 5 layouts done with all my wonderful supplies and I have lots left for more layouts.

Mary Poppins DIY embellishments and layouts - Helmar Creative Team

Post number 2 about recording my memories of the 2018 Mary Poppins Festivel, to read post number 1 head here.

This post is about the pages I created with DIY embellishments I made using Helmar Glues.

Items used

Helmar Acid Free Glue

Helmar Quick Dry 450 Glue

Helmar Premium Craft Glue

Pocket Page Notebook from The Stamp Spot

Scrapping Fun Kits August 2018 Mary Poppins Inspired Kit

Kaisercraft Magnolia Grove paper pack

Kaisercraft Wandering Ivy papers and collectables

Kaisercraft Romantique sticker sheet
Kaisercraft Rose Avenue papers

Assorted free printables found online.

Paper doily and toothpick

Distress Inks Walnut Stain.

I started by making 2 paper doily parasols, I knew I wanted to use one of these with a particular photo I took on the day.
I folded a paper doily in half, and that half in half and so on until when folded out there was 16 segments.  I cut this in half, I folded the outer segments so they folded in. 
I grabbed a toothpick and used Helmar Quick Dry 450 glue to glue the toothpick to the inside of one side of the doily half.  I then added some Helmar Quick Dry 450 to the very edge of the back of this and glued the other side to this.  I ran a small amount of glue to the inside on the toothpick and glued the top section of the doily down onto the toothpick so it looks like a parasol.

I also cut out parts to make a paper kite to use when needed, and selected a twine to use when I adhere it down.  But more on that later.

Now that I had my parasols and pieces of a kite I started scrapping my memories.

As you will see in the videos I created many pages so I will just share a couple with you so the blog post isn't too long.

For the layout with the paper doily parasol I started by choosing a lovely vintage looking paper from a very old Kaisercraft Magnolia Grove.  I layered the backside of the left over piece behind the photo and added a section of vintage crocheted doily along the bottom.  I adhered the doily to the papers with Helmar Premium Craft Glue and adhered the papers together with Helmar Acid Free Glue.  I know my memories will last thanks to Helmar.

I aged my typed journaling with some Distress Ink in Walnut stain and adhered this to the crochet doily piece with Helmar Premium Craft Glue.
I then built a small cluster with the carpet bag charm from my Scrapping Fun Kits August 2018 Kit and a butterfly sticker from the Kaisercraft Magnolia Grove paper pack.  

Helmar Quick Dry 450 was the perfect glue for adhering the charm down to the paper.

I love how this page turned out.  The paper doily parasol was the perfect embellishment for it.

When adding the kite to the page I used Helmar Premium Craft Glue, I simply applied it directly to the page in a wave and added the twine to it, then I added 4 dots on the twine to adhere the bows to and some to the top of the twine and the page to adhere the kite shape to.

I matted my photo with a journaling card from a free printable I found online and my background paper is from Kaisercraft Magnolia Grove.

I have loved getting these memories recorded like this and using Helmar means they will last a lifetime.
I will have a flip through of the finished project up on my YouTube Channel shortly.

Easy ANZAC Day cardstock Poppies

In addition to what the kids are learning at school about the ANZAC's Today we searched Ancestry for the ANZACS in our family and the Discover ANZACS website, there is a lot of information that I have previously not been able to find.

I wanted to make some cardstock poppies with the kids to use when recording these memories and the stories of the ANZACS in our family. 

Roughly trace the bottom of a glue bottle to get 5 circles that I then roughly cut the circles out just inside the lines.
Draw a yellow circle and colour it in in the centre.
Draw a scribbly circle over the yellow and then do lots of dots around it.  You can do this at any stage before shaping.

As I was out of red and lilac cardstock I decided to used some inks to colour some of the circles.
I just dabbed the ink pad on my craft sheet and added water.
Some I coloured with a brush and some I just dabbed the cardstock directly into the colour.
If you make them with coloured cardstock it will affect the hint of yellow in the centre so just do a black centre.

To shape them I ran my large stylus in little circles all over the flower and then pressed down hard in the middle so it popped up and created a fold.









These poppies are a great activity for children to create for ANZAC Day. 

I love how they turned out and will add them to my stash I am collecting to record the ANZACS in our family.  There is no photo of Grandma's brother so hopefully I can get my cousin who has his Medal to take a photo of it and I will scrap that.

Wedding - Get Crafty Design Team

Today I have a Design Team layout for the Get Crafty Design Team to share with you.
When I saw these gorgeous black and white papers in the Kaisercraft Christmas Edition range I was drawn to the fact so many of the papers would suit music photos or wedding photos so decided to use this photo of eldest daughter and Mr C at my brother in-law and sister in-law's wedding in 2011.

This lace from Get Crafty is just stunning and the perfect compliment to this range.
I also added a heart from Charms Creations and a sheet music bow paperclip from my August Kit from Scrapping Fun Kits.

Unfortunately I couldn't access my alphas so I left the page incomplete until I can access my alphas again.  I love the layout, the papers, lace and black roses from Get Crafty are just a gorgeous combo for this photo.

Do you use Christmas supplies for other projects?

I have some gorgeous Christmas themed bits left from the range to use with this year's Christmas photos.

Family - Get Crafty Design Team

I am so excited to be on the Get Crafty Design Team and today I sharing with you my take on their Sketch Challenge for August.

I was a little indecisive with this sketch, from what photo I used to the papers I chose but I love my end results.

One thing I was decisive with was that I would not be using buttons, bling or paint/sprays on the page.  The reason for this will be revealed soon.  So part that meant I needed to think of something to use where the button is on the sketch and the semi-circle of dots.

Check out my Process Video for details on how I completed this layout.

I think these blue flowers are from a old Bo Bunny range adding in a wood veneer camera and a piece of 2Crafty Chipboard made the perfect cluster.

I love this 2Crafty Chipboard that I got in my prize pack for Scrap the Boys June 2016

I love this Family chipboard from Memory Maze, it was the perfect title for this layout of my daughter meeting her cousin for the first time.
Other supplies I used include some lovely marbled cardstock my best friend gave me, Kaisercraft Rewind 6x6 paper pad, Pebbles - Party with Amy Locurto Boy 6x6 paper pad, Kaisercraft Off The Wall Collectables.

I am really happy with the finished layout.

Get Crafty have regular crops in Ipswich, Retreats in Brookfield, a monthly sketch challenge and you can buy some great supplies from the lovely Tracey and Jody.

Counterfeit Kit Challenge Forgeries On The Fourth

The first prompt after creating your kit from you stash for Counterfeith Kit Challenge is Forgeries On The Fourth.
I had a lot of fun making some supplies for this.  I had already planned on making paper flowers and bead wire flowers before I knew about this prompt, I also decided to make my version of one of the papers and my own washi for this part of the challenge.

The paper will take me a while to finish, due to my hand issues I can only colour one heart a day.

 I am so happy with how my Paper Flowers turned out.

Have you DIYed some items to use in your scrapping this month?