Coaster Christmas Decorations with Lizzy

Well, the big day is almost upon us. And I KNOW it's a bit late in the season

to be creating Christmas Decorations...but you know, this could be an idea for

2017. YES! I said it. Next year is nigh....

Once upon a time I stumbled upon some cork coasters at our local Op Shop.

Decided to cover them with festive paper, stamp,

then finish with some sealer & give them as Chrissy Presents.

But for some reason that never happened.

And they sat in my craft room looking sad. Until a penny dropped.

Out they came. Added a festive word on one side.

Some glitter [normal] or some glitter [nail polish].

Both worked well.

Popped some festive words on the flip side of the stamped images.

Punched a hole, added eyelets then some pretty gold/silver thread &

VOILA! I had some lovely handcrafted Christmas tree [or other places!]

decorations.

I'm sure you can put your OWN spin ['scuse the pun!] on this idea!

A very merry Christmas, if you celebrate it, or a very blessed, joyful

festive time to you and yours!

Lizzy H ♥♥♥

10 ways to use Vellum with Lizzy

Hi there! Lizzy with you today to show some ways of using VELLUM....

hope there's something here to inspire you in your scrapping :)

1: Dry emboss it:

 2: Punch it out:

 3: Heat emboss it:

 4: WRITE on it!

 5: Colour it [smudge colours with your fingers to blend]:

 6: Sew it:

 7: Use glitter nail polish for some added sparkle:

 8: Hand stitch it. Punch holes first!

 9: Rip it:

 10: Get out those old transfers/rub ons. They work brilliantly!

 11: Stamp it [Archival or Staz On inks work best]:

 12: Staple it:

And finally, all these techniques / ideas came together in this page:

This is my son and HIS son. My beautiful boys, winks!!!

Happy Scrapping now ~ Lizzy ♥♥♥

Embellishments with Lizzy

Hey there, OTR friends! Lizzy here today.

I thought today I'd share with you a few embellishments I've been creating, based

on a pile of You Tube videos that I've been watching.

Mostly they feature gold. I'm taken with gold atm!

And these are great for the Pocket Letters, File Folders and Flip Books I'm currently

OBSESSED with making!

Enough talk;)

Punch or die cut any shape you chose. Use washi tape to cover the bits you do NOT

want to heat emboss.

Dip into your choice of embossing powder. Naturally, I've chosen GOLD;)

Heat emboss, then remove washi. Actually, sometimes I remove the washi

BEFORE I heat emboss.

Entirely up to you!

And repeat!!!!!

Then get creative.

Another idea. Punch or die cut hearts or butterflies in glitter paper, and normal cardstock/patterned paper. Cut the glitter ones in 1/2 then layer onto the other side of your shapes:

 Chunky glitter works a treat. I actually made my own glitter paper...

 Finer glitter for the hearts...

Die cut tags. This time I 'experimented' with off centre and diagonal cuts.

Like I say, be imaginative. Experiment. Have FUN!

Hope you get some inspiration from these ideas ~ Happy Scrapping!

Lizzy ♥♥♥

Baby's first 12 months with Lizzy

Hi there! I've something a little different to share with you today.

It's a very short video about a small book I created to celebrate my Grand Boy's first

12 months.

It's a fabulous way of celebrating the changes that happen & also for stash busting!

 I hope you get some ideas and some inspiration to do something like this yourself...

& Happy Scrapping ~ Lizzy H

Pretty Little Boxes with Lizzy

Hey there scrappy friends!

I bet you have a myriad of boxes lying around,

waiting to be scrapped, right?

I wanted some to pop my OS stamps and air mail

stickers in. I'd already up-cycled a tin for my other stamps:

It keeps everything neat and tidy together & took very little effort!

 I simply used PVC glue with paper, then smudged on some gesso

& added some trim & bits:

The 2nd box [for my OS stamps] had a hinged lid:

 This paper had little rhinestones on it. They don't get in the way,

so I left them there!

Boxes make lovely presents, too. You can fill them with

all sorts of things - tea bags, chocolate or biscuits, 

Or garden bits, make up, or even stamps would be great

for some people.... whatever their interests are!

These have a bit of a vintage vibe. But if you have other embellies

& papers you want to use up - use them! I made a memorabilia box for 

a 17 year old boy. Totally different, but equally effective:

Hope this inspires you to get scrappy!!

Cheers ~ Lizzy H  ♥!♥♥

Tips Tutorial with Lizzy Hill

Good day my scrappy friends!
Lizzy with you today, sharing

a tips post for you.

Most of us have die cutting machines of some sort - be it a Big Shot, Sizzix, Cricut, Silhouette, or Brother Scan'n'Cut [my newest toy!], for example.

Here's what I do:

I usually have a 'cutting day'.

I'll often pop up words I want or need on my notice board, so I don't forget 

which ones I want to cut, too:)

Then I pop them into individual bags:

 

 And using a ring binder with A4 plastic sleeves, write on the front of each one

which words are in each pocket!

 Works a treat. Oh, and mine are in alphabetical-ish order, so that makes is simple to find the words I'm looking for!

How do you store your die cuts/words? 

Hope this gives you some ideas - Happy Scrapping ~ Lizzy ♥♥♥

Lizzy's tutorial today

Hi there! 

Do you sometimes start a page and realise it is simply

NOT going to plan? That's what happened with me this month.

I had chosen to work with the colours on the December mood board:

Even though I kept adding stuff, it just didn't seem to be working for me.

The straw that broke this camel's back was when I realised the blue & yellow

coloured inks had blended into a green.

I was just totally unhappy with the whole page. It was too 'strong'

for the photo and didn't have the light, airy feel I had tried to create:

I NEVER toss my work in the bin. But this came awfully

close to it!!! HOWEVER whenever I feel like this, I reach for my

WHITE GESSO. This stuff is amazing. See?

 

 I was really pleased how my textured stars can still be seen through....

& I carefully added some yellow ink spray then THOROUGHLY dried

it before adding some blue drops & pink watered down paint.

Otherwise, I simply replaced the elements - like the washi frame.

Here's my finished page:

If you haven't got white gesso, I'd seriously recommend

you do. It gives a wonderful surface for any 'wet mediums' like the

ink sprays, to adhere to. You get REALLY interesting 'patterns' as it dries:

Hope this helps you in your scrapping!!!

Lizzy Hill ♥♥♥

Mid Month Reveal

 Anguree
 Anguree's Scrap Yard

Tania  

 http://taniaridgwell.blogspot.com.au/
 

 

 Felicity

 http://herhand.blogspot.com.au/

 

Nicole  

 http://scrap-utopia.blogspot.com.au/

 

Lizzy

http://lizzyhill12.blogspot.com.au/

 

Mandy 

http://mandymelville.blogspot.com.au/

Lynn Good

  http://memoriesonthepage.blogspot.com.au/

 

And a very special goodbye to Erin Reed, Erin has been with us from the start of Off the Rails Scrapbooking and it will be very sad to see her go, such a loss for us. 

Erin Reed

http://scraps-of-reflections.blogspot.com.au/