The Mad Scrapper Blog

This month our kits feature papers and products from Simple Stories' recently released Simple Vintage Essentials range. I'm loving the neutrality of these kits - perfect for base layers, ready for you to add your own splash of colour to...

I used two 4 x 6 photos for this layout which I backed in white card stock. I began by using 2 strips of the memoir paper which were 2 inches in width.  One was 12 inches long, the other...

Sharing Things: Art journal pages.  Hi. The project I’m sharing today is a double page spread in an A4 journal. The reason I created the page is also the reason it’s called “Sharing Things” and it’s also the reason there’s...

Cut a 4” x 12” section of the reverse side of the Hydrangea paper. Mount on your own piece of white card stock. Cut a further 3” x 12” section Salutations paper and use the pink side.  Stick this at an...

Hello,  Today I'm up on  The Mad Scrapper Blog  with this double page layout of my husband competing in this years Radio Controlled Model Yacht Global Championships which were held in Fleetwood in May. He was so pleased to qualify as...

I began by backed 2 portrait 3x4 photos with scraps of white card stock. I then tore a 12 x 6 inch strip of the hydrangea paper diagonally across the long end, which I distressed, and adhered the two pieces...

First cut the branding strip of the Memoir paper to use the reverse side. Put to one side until later.  Arrange a selection of the ephemera from the kit in a horizontal line around 3” from the top of the...

I love the pure joy on our daughter's face in this photo, taken on a recent holiday to Spain - she is going to make such a fantastic mum! I started this layout with a piece of Spectrum Gardenia Painted...

For my second layout I used the memoir and salutations patterned papers and the Kraft coloured card stock. I began by cutting the Memoir paper to 10 x 10 inches, and the Salutations paper to 11 x 11 inches.  I...