In the Shadows of her Dreams

Please help me welcome our Guest Designer for this month 

Anguree Jansen van Rensburg.

Would you like to know more about Anguree well please keep reading as we asked her some questions which she kindly answered.

Q. What do you like to do in your spare time apart from scrapbooking?

     A. Running, Reading and watching movies

Q. What photos do you like to use?
A. This is a bit of a tricky question, as the photos of I use for my layouts largely depends on the layouts themselves. I tend to pick my photos to fit the backgrounds or paper I choose to use. If I have to pinpoint it, I’d say that I love to use portrait photos and photos with people rather than photos of animals or flowers. Thinking of it, I’d have to say that I am drawn to photos that portray strong emotions. Whether it is happiness or sadness does not make a difference, as long as I can find a way to connect with the photo I’ll scrap it.

Q. Who is your scrapbooking Idol?
A. Wow, only one? I have many people in the scrapbooking world I admire and find inspiration from. It’s hard to choose only one idol, because they all have different talents and characteristics I admire. The short list would include: Athenasia, Finnabair (obviously lol J), Fiona Paltridge, Stephanie Papin, Terhi Koskinen, Marta Łapkowska, Georgia Heald, , Tim Holtz, Elena Morgun, Michelle Grant, Heather McMahon, Beck BT. Saying this, I am sure I’ve left out some very important names.

Q. What products do you like using at the moment?

A. I love to use gel medium including soft gel and 3d gel in almost all my projects. I use it as texture and glue. I also love texture paste, metal and Lindy’s Ink Sprays. Lately I’ve also discovered a love for glitter and bling…

Q. What made you choose scrapbooking?

A. I loved crafts and stationary since I can remember. My essay books and diaries at school were always lavishly decorated with collage and drawings. I guess it was natural to fall in love with this hobby when my aunt introduced me to it by handing me my first ever copies of Scrapbooking Memories Magazine. Just for the record, I still have them they included Volumes: 6 (6), 6 (8), 6(9) and 7(4).

We also sent Anguree our current Mood Board and she created 3 stunning pieces.

 

And last but certainly not least this gorgeous layout

Thank you Anguree for not only sharing you talent with us this month but also a little bit about yourself.

Birds Of a Feather

Please help me welcome our Guest Designer for this month.

Kathleen White

Would you like to know a little about Kathleen well please keep reading as we asked her some questions which she kindly answered.

Q. What do you like to do in your spare time apart from scrapbooking?

A. I love to travel in my spare time.  I love meeting new people, learning new cultures, eating foods I have never tried at home.  I love to photograph my new new experiences and share them with my friends and family.  Gardening is another love.  Though here in Texas it is rather difficult with all the heat unless you relish cacti and I don’t!

Q. What photos do you like to use?  

A. Primarily, I use photos of my family.  They are my inspiration and delight.  When I open my scrap albums they’re the faces I like to see and the memories I cherish.

Q. Who is your scrapbooking Idol?  

A. Oh my, this is a difficult question since through the years the styles change and artists come and go.  Today I enjoy the stylings of Di Garling.  Her use of color and composition are exquisite.  But….then you have ladies like Evgeniya Zakharova or Galina Sazonova who take scrapbooking to a new level.  They all challenge and inspire me to step outside of the box.

Q. What products do you like using at the moment?

A. Mix media products!  I love to dabble with paints and modelling pastes and beads etc.  I love to see different textures on a layout.  They offer such dimension, movement and interest to a project.

Q. What made you choose scrapbooking?  

A. When my daughter was a senior in high school I wanted to create something special and memorable for her graduation.  There was this scrapbooking store down the road and I feel in love with the papers and the design team layouts scattered about for inspiration.  I was hooked ever since and that was many moons ago!  Lol!

We also sent Kathleen our current Mood Board and here is what she created

Thank you Kathleen for not only sharing you talent with us this month but also a little bit about yourself.

September Winner

Wow so many amazing entries into our September challenge. Thank you to all that entered and we look forward to having your share with us in future challenges.

Congratulations to Sandra

Sandra can you please contact at offtherailsscrapbooking@outlook.com

We will get to see more of Sandra as the prize for winner the September challenge is a Designer Hot Spot.

Colours of Gold and Blue

Winter to Spring, Summer to Autumn where ever you are in the world the seasons are changing. I love watching the world around me change.

But some things never change and that is the amazing work that is produced by our talented Designer Team here at Off The Rails Scrapbooking.
This month we have a a gorgeous Mood Palette that was cleverly put together by Fiona. Thank you so much Fiona, it certainly has inspired our designers and I hope that it inspires you.

Sanna

Hi, this is my take on the lovely gold and blue colour palette for September. I have used a The Crafter´s Workshop stencil in combination with transparent modeling paste and loose glitter on the background. I then added patterned paper elements that match the colour palette and finally decorated with some wooden embellishments and word stickers.

The layout is about surrounding yourself with the right kind of people, not with ones that drain you and pull you down, but with ones do you good. Thus the silly face too :).

Happy scrapping,

xoxo, Sanna


Wendy

Sandi

Here is my take on the fantastic 'Free yourself' mood board for Sept.

My daughter Bec inspired my layout, the colours were a perfect match with the mood board palette. 

Bec had the amazing opportunity to dance in the OzScot Australia Highland Dance Display Troop at the Basel Tattoo in Switzerland last month and  'Free yourself' was very appropriate to describe this incredible journey where she was 'Living Her Dream' to dance overseas and represent her country. 

Catie

Each month we learn more and more about our designers well I think it is time again to learn more about one of you. This month the prize will be a

Before you enter your creation can you please visit the About Us tab on the blog just so you can familiarise yourself with how things happen around here.

Happy Creating

An InLinkz Link-up

Designer Hot Spot

I would like to introduce to you a special guest to our blog Sue Schubert.

Sue was the winner of the Using Fabric Challenge back in June and the prize for winning that challenge was a Designer Hot Spot so we are going to share a little about Sue.

Q. Where do you Live?

A.  I live in Tamworth NSW

Q. What is something Quirky about you?

A. I hate the sun and heat, I avoid both at any cost, give me the night anytime!

Q. What is your most loved scrapping supply company

A. I don't have a favourite company, what ever I like I buy regardless of brand.

Q. Did you do any crafts before paper craft and what was it?

A. I have done many different types of crafts, I have to be doing something with my hands I have  knitted, crochet, embroidered , quilted, sewn clothes, curtains a bit of everything! 

Q. A before and after photo - One of you layouts that you ever made to the last one you have just created for the Mood Board Challenge

Before
this was made 5 years ago, following the birth of my first little granddaughter 

After
Sue used our current mood board challenge to create this stunning layout

Thank you Sue for joining us on the blog.

If you would like to see more of Sue's work please visit her at
http://itsnotastoryitsmylife.blogspot.com.au/

Please dont forget to visit the about us section to find out how we have changed things around here
http://offtherailsscrapbooking.blogspot.com.au/p/about-us.html

More Ways to Use Fabric

We have doilies, backgrounds, flowers and more all using fabric

Sue

I have incorporated fabric into my layout by adding gauze and crochet doilies for texture; a fabric covered button; a handmade rolled fabric rose; and a corduroy flower.

Rose

Catie

I've used fabric to make a flower (top right of photo) and gauze, underneath the top and bottom edges of the photo.

Don' forget for this challenge we are giving you a chance to show case your amazing talents in our 

Happy Creating

Winner of the Chipboard Challenge

Thank you to all of the members who joined our Chipboard Challenge. The projects created are all stunning but we can only pick one winner.

Congraulations

Irit Shalom

Please contact us at offtherailsscrapbooking@outlook.com to claim your prize

Designer Hot Spot - Kripa Koushik

I would like to introduce to you a special guest to our blog Kripa Koushik.

Kripa was the winner of the Free For All Challenge back in April and the prize for winning that challenge was a Designer Hot Spot so we are going to share a little about Kripa.

Q. Where do you Live?

A. I currently reside in a leafy, tranquil suburb of Sydney, Australia

Q. What is something Quirky about you?

A. Before I start a project I religiously clean up my table and re-organise all supplies in their respective boxes. I don't know why I go through the trouble as 5 minutes later, most of the stuff is back out and my table looks like a mess (...... a very happy mess:) )

Q. What is your most loved scrapping supply company

A. Hmmmm...... I have only been scrapping for a little over a year so havent used papers and supplies from many companies yet. I loooove most things Prima but I also like a lot of the recent crate paper releases. You'll be surprised, but I'm not really that much of a flower girl despite using loads of pink in my layouts.

Q. Did you do any crafts before paper craft and what was it?

A. I have always loved handmade and dabbled with paints from as far back as my memory goes. Back in the days when people sent snail mails, I was in school and made my own stationary to write to friends and family. Next came the phase of art journalling, oil pastels, glass painting, tile painting, mosaics, pottery, embroidery and the list goes on. Then, there was a gap of almost 7 years when I didnt do anything. My art journey made a comeback in the form of scrapbooking a little over a year ago. Im very happy with my decision of creating a blog and sharing my creations online. I never imagined there was such a friendly and welcoming community of crafters online and am deeply appreciative of the opportunity to share something about myself on offtherailsscrapbooking. 

Q. A before and after photo - One of you first cards that you ever made to the last one you have just

 A. I wish I had a picture of a card from my school days...... Ive attached the earliest one I have and the latest one (chipboard gears)

Before

After
Kripa used our current challenge Using Chipboard to create this card

Thank you Kripa for joining us on the blog.

If you would like to see more of Kripa's work please visit her at
http://www.thecolourpress.blogspot.com.au/