Kim Archer | Mindful Living

Mood Board Challenge April | Jot Magazine

I do so love our Mood Board challenges over on the Jot blog.

It's a chance for me to actually pull out scrapping supplies and make something!! Our latest mood board was pulled together by one of my Jot Girls - Lauren who chose a combo of grey, silver, white and pinks.

I made this layout of the girls while I was at the Escape 2 Create retreat in March. It was a good excuse to go shopping - all those lovely little stores were there at the retreat beckoning me with new product!

I especially loved the little fabric letters from Prima and Mardi and Amanda, my table buddies, will tell you, I fluffed around finishing this layout off for far too long. The layout was going to actually be title-less! But then it looked so bare. And I couldn't decide on a title. And I didn't have anything for my title.. and so I dithered around for a very annoyingly long time..

Until I spotted these Prima letters! And just like that, my layout came together.

This layout looks rather rosy pink instead of the bright pink in Lauren's mood board but I was inspired by the rosy pinks in the felt flowers in the mood board and seemed to lean toward those pink tones when choosing products.

And I must say, I really like how this has turned out because I woulnd't have ever thought to pull these colours together. Without Lauren's mood board, I would have been tempted to drag in other colours. But then that's what our Mood Board challenges are all about - trying something new!

Have you entered yet? There's still a few days to show us your masterpieces! Find out more here.

Kim

March Mood Board - Jot Magazine

I do love how the Mood Boards have taken off over at Jot.

Lots of people are playing along each month and we ahve had incredile support from a whole heap of online businesses who have donated prizes for out monthly winners. Plus it gives the Jot Girls a chance to share their work each month too. I love seeing what they get up to.

This month it's Kim Jeffress' turn to pull together an inspiring Mood Board and it's a beauty!

Loaded with colour, I decided to have a go this month too.

Now this layout looks SO SIMPLE but it took me FOR-EVERRRR to pull together. I just couldn't get the right balance of white space and simplicity! And I kept wanting to add "bits"..

Anyway, eventually, after much deliberation and shuffling everything around, I am happy with the outcome! I'm loving all the script writing popping up all over the place too - inspired by Kal Barteski. And thought I would give it a whirl - no fancy brushes or ink.. just plain old Jo Sonja acrylic paint, diluted with water and a round brush.. onto white cardstock.

Check out all of Jot Girls' Mood Board layotus this month here on the Jot Blog.. I love how we all have a different interpretation of the colour palette and have created totally different layouts. Check them out here>>

In the mood.

Grab a chair in case you fall over..

I made a layout.

I don't do that all that often these days.

Oh I still love to be surrounded by paper and product and photos and stories but these days I'm doing more Project Life based memory keeping then making traditional layouts.

I pulled together this month's Jot Mood Board challenge and thought at the time how pretty the colour palette was but it wasn't until I started seeing all the delicious layouts from the Jot Team that I felt the urge to grab some supplies and pull something together.

Suprisingly it fell together easily.

It's not earth shattering and unlikely to set the scrapbooking world on fire but I got to play with my Silhouette to create the title and I enjoyed the whole process. Plus, bonus, it will slip into my 12x12 Project Life album with my Christmas pages.

I love that. I love that both Project Life spreads and traditional layouts can all be displayed together within the one album.

Check out all the Jot Girls layouts plus join us and all those who enter our challenges each month and share your own creation.

All the details here>>

a little Friday morning shop, shop, shopping

Just wanted to share with you a lovely little Etsy store called The Greatest View, run by Gail Lindner. It's a store filled with the cutest embellishments...like this

these

and the loveliest little paper banners like these...

and for a splash of colour..how about these

or these..

Find Gail's shop here or learn more about Gail and her craftiness here on her blog..

Happy shopping.

crazy for colour

Support Team girl and lovely friend Lisa Pate sent me this gorgeous little embellishment pack the other week from her Etsy shop Crazy For Colour!

 

Source.

And it's been sitting here begging for me to play for several weeks!! Lisa has cleverly created some mini mixed media tags loaded with colour and texture and stamping and a fun litte house and flower. Plus some other bits and pieces!

So I scrapbooked a layout..just for fun. Terrible morning lighting..but you get the idea.

LOVE the little package of goodies you gave me Lisa!! Check out Lisa's ETSY STORE here. She has stocked up on some great new things!!!!

Meet The Support Team - Sheree Forcier

------Sheree Forcier------

1.      What craft do you like to do curled up on the sofa in front of the tv (if any).

Lately I’ve been hand stitching hexagons and doing a little crochet…both perfect ‘on the couch’ projects that I love to do.

2. Is there a craft you would like to try?

I’ve always wanted to try quilting and I’ve recently started on my first ever quilt.  It’s a simple design but I’m learning a lot along the way!

3. What's your earliest crafty memory?

I think it would be making my own Barbie clothes out of scraps of fabric and old t-shirts. 

4. Have you always been crafty?

Definitely!  As a little girl I loved playing with a toy sewing machine that I got for Christmas one year…and I’ve tried a few different crafts since then.

5. What other crafts have you dabbled in?
I did cross-stitch for years before I discovered scrapbooking but I’ve also had fun with tapestry, embroidery, sewing, knitting and crochet.

6. Do you consider yourself arty or crafty or a bit of both?

I don’t think I’m very arty so I’d have to go with crafty.

7. Where do you get your craftiness from? Does it run in the family or are you the only crafty person in your family?

I remember both my Nannas creating the most beautiful crochet blankets, doilies, etc.  My Mum has always sewed and now loves stamping and dabbles in scrapbooking too.

8. Finish this sentence.."I am most happy surrounded by...."

...family, friends and something crafty to work on.

9. What crafty or arty projects are you working on right now?

I’ve got a few things on the go at the moment…crochet squares for a blanket,  my first ever quilt and I’ve got an unfinished scrapbook page sitting on my desk.

 
10. Who would you love to sit and chat and create with ..if you could choose three people?

Oooh that’s a hard one!  I always love a good chat and craft session with my close friend Melanie, but there’s quite a few online friends I’d love to catch up with again or finally meet in person.  I don’t think I could narrow it down to only three!

Here's a peek at Sheree's FIRST ever quilt..beautiful!!

Sheree's @Home Gallery
Sheree's Blog

from us..to Cherie

Of course you remember this..

Well I am pleased to say the lucky recipient has received her parcel of goodies from us here @Home and I can announce just WHO it was for and WHAT was inside.

Way back in January we got the sad news that one of our lovely regular @Home participants, Cherie Walsh who we all got to meet at the @Home|Away retreat, and her lovely family had been badly affected by the devastating Victorian floods.

Sparked by an email from Cherie's friend Marlene, I rallied the Support Girls around and decided I wanted to do something special for Cherie from us here @Home.

So, together with Yvette, Mardi, Sheree, Lisa and Janelle, we created a collection of scrapbook layouts for Cherie to let her know we were thinking of her.

I must admit I had GREAT fun exploring Cherie's blog and choosing photos and stories to scrapbook about. Here's the pages I made for Cherie.

and finally, this one, without photos so that Cherie can add her own photos and stories when she's ready.

I don't have photos of the other girls' layouts so keep an eye on their blogs as hopefully they will share what they made too.

Glad you liked our little gift to you too Cherie:)

 

 

we are opennnn

We officially opened the registration doors to our brand new MAKE IT classroom late yesterday. I was dragging the chain trying to get the handout finalised but it's now all done and ready for viewing...

Introducing a fun paint-y, stitch-y, arty type layout online class...

PAINT IT

We take you STEP by STEP through the process of creating your own arty type layout, showing you techniques you will be able to appply to other layouts and projects!

We do some white washing and watercolour painting...and layering, stamping and a little bit of stitching (if you want to)

The Support Team girls experimented too and I LOVE their so very different interpretations of the class. Here's a peek at Lisa's layout sample..

Our online classes are very easy to follow and I am always there to answer any questions you may have. And what's more, you can create when YOU want to as the classroom is open around the clock...enter the online virtual clasroom any time that is convenient for you.

Looking forward to *seeing* you in the PAINT IT ONLINE CLASSROOM.

Make sure you check out our EARLY BIRD PRICE - for a limited time only so be quick!

Happy Day Passes

Feel like a little drive in the country?

If you live nearby the lovely little town of Wingham (my birthplace), and you feel like getting crafty with us at the Scrapsidaisy Retro retreat, Leisa has announced we have FIVE PLACES left and you can just come on up as a day student and attend the class only.

I have some giveaways organised and a few other little surprises for class attendees so if you want some more info or to book one of those seats, visit Leisa and the lovely scrapsidaisy girls on their Facebook page.

 

a new workshop is in the wind...

We're putting the finishing touches to that new paint-y, art-y, stitch-y online class I showed a sneak peek for a little while ago. I hope to have details up on the site over the weekend and registration opening very soon.

I do love creating a class and then watching what the Support Girls come up with. They look at the class and interpret the project in their own way and I always marvel at how different the samples all end up looking.

Here's a sneaky peek of one of the additional samples.

Can you guess which Support Girl designed this one?