A Christmas Dream....

Hello...

I am back again to share another layout packed with WOW goodies and using the gorgeous Heidi Swapp Believe Collection again!!

A Christmas Dream..

WOW products used:

12 x 12 Circle Frame Set
Mini Christmas Pack 1
*New Release* 'A Christmas Dream' title
*New Release* Light Wood Veneer Reindeer

The circle frames and the title are inked with silver ink
 and Kindyglitz applied also..where the Heidi Swapp
 Joy word is, I have created a shaker circle with
 acetate covering the circle frame to keep the sequins inside...

Thanks for stopping by today!! 
Tarrah x

Ho Ho Ho....

Hello!!

i have been creating heaps of Christmas projects lately using lots of yummy WOW products....today I have a layout to share with you....

Ho Ho Ho..

WOW products used:

Light Wood Veneer Heart Icons

*New Release* Dark Wood Veneer Word Speech Bubbles

*New Release* Dark Wood Veneer Reindeer Ears 

*New Release* Dark Wood Veneer Christmas Stocking 

*New Release* Ho Ho Ho from Christmas Pack
 Star Banners

I just adore the new Heidi Swapp 'Believe' collection for this Christmas...I have used it heaps!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today...happy creating!

Tarrah x 

Christmas Advent Calendar....

Hello friends...

 Today I want to share a Christmas project with you using the gorgeous WOW chipboard products and my favourite Christmas collection this year....Heidi Swapp's 'Believe' collection....

Most of the items used on this project are New Release and will be available for you to purchase now!!  You can go here to see all the new products available!!

I have used loads of yummy WOW chipboard..

WOW products used:

Mini Christmas Pack 1-Bow

12 x 12 Page Overlay 1

*New Release* Light Wood Veneer Dec 25th

*New Release* Light Wood Veneer Mini Christmas Tree and Bauble

*New Release* Dark Wood Veneer Christmas Bells with Holly

*New Release* Christmas Stocking Banners

I sprayed the WOW 12 x 12 Page Overlay 1 and the Dec 25th title with

 Heidi Swapp's Gold Lame Color Shine and left to dry thoroughly

I also inked the small bow found on the number

 13 spot from the mini Christmas Pack with Charcoal Ink

All other WOW pieces on the front were left in their

 raw state.....The idea with this advent calendar is that each

 day counting down to Christmas, you hang a trinket up...

so I punched a gold brad through each 'day' to hold the trinket and I cut

 up the New Christmas Stocking Banners individually and adhered some wire

 to each one...then inked them in various different colours

...they live in a little pouch on the back of the calendar....cute right?

I adhered Heidi Swapp Believe Chalkboard paper to some plain 12 x 12 chipboard for extra stability, I then stapled the green ribbon to the front of this and then adhered the gold WOW chipboard overlay over the top of it all....I love how this has turned out....

I hope you like my advent calendar and that I have inspired you to get your WOW chipboard out and create something pretty....thanks for stopping by my blog today...happy creating!!

Tarrah x

You Are Loved....

Hello...

Over at JOT magazine they have a mood board challenge once a month...this month it is a stunning board with magenta and gold....

How gorgeous is this right?

So here is my layout taking inspiration from this board...

I have used some yummy Heidi Swapp Mixed Company papers

 and embellishments, I also pulled out a gorgeous little

 envelope that I had stashed away for the perfect layout to use it on...

I think it matches my layout perfectly and tucked inside is

my sentimental journaling to my sister and her husband

 from their wedding day...

You Are Loved...

I also used one of the left over Epiphany Crafts

 embellishments (the Paris one inside the gold frame) 

left over from Heidi Swapp's class when she was

 over here teaching classes all over Oz with Kim Jeffress...this tool is awesome...

my new favourite for sure!!! 

 Thanks so much for stopping by my blog...

I hope you have been able to create some pretty projects lately...

Happy creating..

Tarrah x 

Be Amazing...

Hello all...

Before Heidi Swapp was due to tour Downunder with Kim Jeffress

 for the 'Make Pretty Stuff Downunder' Tour, there was a Facebook group created especially for those people lucky enough to be attending this AMAZING workshop....Kim decided to run a little challenge within this group to get people in the mood to create so she set the challenge to use Heidi Swapp products if possible and to take inspiration from her layout.....

This is Kim's GORGEOUS layout...

And this is my take on her layout...I have taken inspiration from the banner delights she used and did my own version with the Brand New Heidi Swapp Mixed Company Journaling Notes.. 

I have used a mixture of Heidi Swapp products on this layout...Vintage Chic, Sugar Chic, Color Pop and Mixed Company... I have also added a really old HS X Large Ghost Heart as well!!

Adding the vellum underneath the photo tones down the blue colour a little bit for a softer look

I have loved creating with Heidi Swapp products lately, you might see me use them a little bit in the future too...I have quite the collection now!! Thanks so much for stopping by...happy creating...

Tarrah x

Summer Snapshots....

Hello friends...

I am sharing one of my new favourite layouts with today...the photo is of my brother and his now wife when they were back here in Oz for a visit, they were very lucky and got to go to beautiful Hamilton Island while here, I just love this photo of them, it is them to a T!!

 This Heidi Swapp Sunburst stencil is my all time fave!! i don't do a lot of stencil work but I just love using this one...I have also used loads of other HS products on this one as well.....Color Pop and Clear Pop...

 I have also used some yummy Elle's Studio tags and some Freckled Fawn Enamel Dots as well...

Most of the embellishments are from my favourite little shop called D-Lish Scraps...

well that's it from me today, just another quick share!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by.....happy creating...

Tarrah x

10th SBM Masters Challenge....Pilot Pen....Today

Hello friends..

I am back again sharing one of my final Scrapbooking Memories Masters challenges with you..this time we had to use Pilot Pens, they supply lots of funky gel pens, tapes, glue dots etc etc..

We were asked to focus on journalling on our layouts so I went to town with my handwriting (which I am NOT a fan of) and also doodled some funky shapes and borders around my photo as well.. 

I used some of the cool acrylic splats from D-Lish and some of the Superhero flairs too!!

There are just 2 more SBM Masters challenges to share with you..stay tuned for those and more....thanks so much for stopping by today...happy creating...

Tarrah x

2013 Scrapbooking Memories Blog Hop.....

Hi everyone!! 

You have stopped by Tarrah McLean's blog!!

Thank you so much for taking part in the Scrapbooking Memories Blog Hop with us and for stopping by my blog today, its great to have you here!!

The idea of our hop is for you to try and guess what the theme of our layouts are.....every half an hour there will be a clue/project posted on each of our blogs to get you guessing.....we would really love it if you could please post your guesses on the main Scrapbooking Memories Magazine Blog here, just so we won't have to go looking all over the place for your guesses, thanks a bunch!!

 You have just come from the love Georgia's blog and after you stop off here at my blog you go on to the gorgeous Beck Beattie's blog!!!

I have used some of the gorgeous new Heidi Swapp Mixed Company range on my layout, I just love the colours and softness you can get with this range, I think it suits my photo nicely. 

Some detail...

Even though the photo is of my baby boy I think using some pink is ok!!

So there you go, that was my layout to fit in with the theme, have we got you stumped?!!! Don't forget to please post your guesses on the SBM blog here and from here your next stop is to Beck's blog to see what awesomeness she has created!!

Thanks again so much for stopping by my blog and for joining in our fun blog hop, I hope we haven't stumped you too much!!!!

Tarrah x

All About This Moment..

Hello hello!

I am here today to share yet another layout with you using some of my favourite WOW chipboard products...

Back in August this year, I went to an awesome 4 day scrapping retreat called Camp Mojo, held in the Hunter Valley, not too far from here...I was able to meet another of my fellow SBM Masters....Leonie Neal-Dawson...and boy did we have some fun!! There was a photo booth set up of course and we had a ton of fun getting some crazy photos!!

As you can see I really like leaving chipboard in its natural raw state, 

only occasionally as seen here with the pennant banners...inking them to add some pop!!

WOW products used:

Laugh, Love, You Polaroid Frames

Arrow Multi Pack

Mini Speech Bubbles

Pennant Banners

Mini Mo's

I also used some Amy Tan papers, Elle's Studio tags and journal spots and D-Lish Scraps embellishments.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today..
Happy creating....

Tarrah x

Love You.....

Hello again everyone!!

I am here again with you to share another layout featuring WOW chipboard.

On this layout I have used a few different WOW pieces which I think really pop against the chalkboard paper...

WOW products used:

Wood Veneer Narrow Arrow Pack

Mini Polaroid Frames

Mini Flourishes

Dark Wood Veneer 'You' Word

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog...

Happy creating...

Tarrah x

9th SBM Masters Challenge..Maya Road...Love You

I haven't shared my SBM Masters challenges for a few weeks and my time as a master is nearly up now so I thought I better share..here is number 9 challenge....Maya Road.

 We were asked to create a layout using as much of the product we were sent so this is the layout I came up with. I used at least one of everything sent to me!!

A bit of detail...

Thanks for stopping by today and looking at my work, I hope I inspire you in some small way...

happy scrappin....

Tarrah x

New Hair....

Hello friends,

I love bright colours and so I couldn't resist joining in on the new Mood Board challenge over at D-Lish Scraps this month...

The Mood Board...

Here is my take on the board challenge....I recently cut my hair shorter so I wanted to document the memory, I also scrapped an 8.5 x 11 size layout for a change for this one too!!   

I have used quite a few D-Lish Scraps goodies from my stash too, I still have oodles left!!! The chippie/wood veneer pieces you can see on my layout are from my favourite chippie company Words or Whatever...

Thanks so much for stopping by today, happy scrappin....

Tarrah x

The Greatest View...

I absolutely LOVE the whole concept of the online magazine thing and JOT has to be my favourite. I always enjoy joining in on any of their challenges.....they have an awesome mini challenge with Gail from the Greatest View Etsy shop sponsoring, to scrap about your "greatest view"....it doesn't have to be a view as such it could be your greatest view on life etc etc.

In June this year, I was very lucky to travel to Europe and the UK for 4 weeks, I visited Croatia in Europe and WOW it is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!! 

This photo is taken from a lookout that we went up to by cable car....it overlooks the old walled city of Dubrovnik and yes the water truly is that blue-no photoshop editing whatsoever!! 

I have used lots of Heidi Swapp products on this layout, mostly No Limits and Vintage Chic with a little Clear Pop, I also added some Greatest View goodies with the orange striped bag and the yellow chevron flair....

Thanks so much for stopping by....

Tarrah x

Girly Girl...

Hi all,

I am back again with another layout to share using my favourite D-Lish goodies again..

I created this layout for the August Crate Paper blog challenge to use Navy blue and sequins, I was very lucky to be chosen as one of the runner's up for this layout!! You can check out the winner and other runner up's here..

The photo is of my sister and I at her recent July Wedding over in England where I spent 4 weeks, I had an amazing time of course!! 

A close up of some of the detail....

D-Lish goodies used:

Small Vellum Bag
Heart Sequin Patch-Peacock
Wooden Button-Butterfly

Thanks so much for stopping by today...take care and happy scrappin..

Tarrah x

Happiness Is Love..

Hello hello again everyone!

Stopping in today to share a layout using some of the awesome NEW RELEASE WOW goodies!! 

Using the NEW 12 x 12 Pieced Heart AltaMATZ, the NEW Love chipboard word and the NEW chipboard Silhouettes. 

'Happiness Is Love'

I chose to leave all the WOW wood veneer pieces raw. 

Well that's it from me again, thanks for stopping by...happy scrappin... 

Tarrah x 

Us...

Hi all,

I am back again today to share a layout that features some more NEW RELEASE products from WOW!! 

This layout features the new WOW: 

12 x 12 AltaMATZ Tree Stencil

'Us' Chipboard Title and 

Small Wood Veneer Frame

To create this look, I used texture paste to the WOW Tree AltaMATZ to create some texture, I then applied some Versacolour Ink to the leaves once dry. I then added some tiny resin roses for some colour...

I inked the 'Us' title in black ink and left the frame raw.

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Tarrah x

Dream Canvas....

Hi everyone!!

I am here today to share a cool project that I have been working on using some of the awesome X-Press It products including the fabulous Mask It! I created a canvas and used some different coloured mists with the Mask It.

To create the colours I have used some of my favourite Color Shines from Heidi Swapp....

What I love about the Mask It is that it has markings already on
 the backing sheet to cut to your desired size, in my case I cut long strips of it.

 I adhered the strips of Mask It down, and with a ruler,
 I measured the exact width of the Mask It to allow for the space in between each piece and then adhered the next and so on...I then used the mists in a few different colours to achieve this look...

I then started to embellish my newly masked canvas by using my favourite glue, the X-Press It Clear Gel Glue and the fabulous FabScraps Heritage Fleur Frame..

I cut the Fleur Frame in half and also cut the Fleur De Lis Off each end of the frame...

I adhered the Fleur Frame with the Clear Gel Glue and I adhered the
 paper doily with the X-Press It High Tack Tape 

I also adhered the photo and the printable down with the High Tack Tape also..

I used a flower and some glitter alphabets and some
FabScraps Jewel Embellishments to finish off my Mask It canvas

A bit of the close up detail....

I hope you enjoyed seeing my Mask It Canvas project today, it was super easy to use the X-Press It Mask It product to create a pretty canvas, so why don't you give it a try?

Thanks so much for stopping by today, happy creating..
Tarrah x