A BIT OF NOSTALGIA & FATHER'S DAY CARD by Liz Hocking

Hello Bloggers,

Well another month nearly over and Christmas will be upon us before we know it.  I have recently been getting my granddaughters' albums up to date to include their great grandparents.   

FAMILY

For this layout I started with a sheet of old patterned paper that I have had for some time and applied some Gesso and a little bronze coloured textured paste. I then used the Memory Maze 'flower' stencil and applied it with textured paste to the patt. paper.

I had lots of fun using Gelatos to colour the flowers and they came up a treat, don't you think?

I then used the negative chipboard 'sunburst' and applied gesso and gelatos and some Modge Podge

Once this was all done, I started with my favourite part of any layout, building it all up with embellishments.  I just had to work on the Memory Maze chipboard 'Family' which I used metallic melts.  I so love the effect that these melts give to chippies, they either can be heated flat or you can make them 'bubble'.

and here is the end result.

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FATHER'S DAY CARD

Well with Father's day coming around quick in the southern hemisphere, I thought I would try something different.  I usually do not place chipboard on my cards, but with this lovely grand father clock from Memory  Maze I would not resist using it.  I then treated it with
Art Extra Vagance Textured Paste, Gold crackle.

Then with some new patterned paper I set to putting my card together and here is the end result.  I was so happy with the effect the crackle medium had on the grand clock.

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Thank
you for visiting today and trust that you have been inspired.

Liz Hocking 

Memory Maze Design Team 2015

STENCILLING TO THE MAX FOR MEMORY MAZE

Hello bloggers, so glad to be with you again this month. 

I am pretty excited to share my latest work with you and hope that it encourages you to play along with some of the wonderful stencils from Memory Maze.

Such an amazing day

Armed with a few of Memory Maze stencils, 8 cm circles and 'Impesto' paste, I set to work. 

I did make 9 circles so as I had a choice when putting my layout together.

Then the fun begins.  I set about placing circles around my page and got to work with my Gelatos and Gesso.  I finished off with some stamping.

I finished off the layout using Memory Maze 'Such an Amazing day' chipboard, which is such a delicate title.

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Such an Amazing day

 

Stencils

Licorice  Allsorts
  

Happy Days

For this layout I had some fun with Gesso swiping my card stock.  I have used Memory Maze chipboard ' Happy Days', which I have inked and then applied white pen swirls and topped off with some Dimensional Magic.

and here is the end result.

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Happy Days Chipboard 

Thanks for taking the time to look.

Liz Hocking 

                                                      Memory Maze Design Team 2015

AUGUST ARTastic CHALLENGE

Hello again Bloggers,

Yes it has been a busy time....the only thing I love about winter is that the weather is so terrible, all I want to do is catch up on some techniques and scrapbooking.
Over at ARTastic this month their challenge was this lovely painting with it unique background.

So here is my creation, technique was playing around with aluminum foil and here it is.

Thanks for taking the time to look and until next time.....happy scrapping  ....Liz

AUGUST ARCHISCRAP CHALLENGE

Hello Bloggers,

Well I don't believe it.........yes another month has passed us by and this month seems to be heading that way.
I trust that with this freezing weather, you have all been creating with lots happening in the scrapbooking world.
For this month's challenge over at Archiscraps, we had inspiration from a couple of pics and had to use something clear on our layouts.

Sometimes it would be nice to live in a bubble, but would not like it all the time .  Hahha
So here is my creation on my layout I have used an acetate photo slide.

Thanks for taking the time to look and be sure to keep an eye on my blog for my next creation for Memory Maze.
Until next time.....happy scrapping.........Liz

MEN @ WORK FOR MEMORY MAZE

Hello Crafters,

I hope you have all been busy creating and playing around with your chipboards.  As the weather here in Aus. has been rather cold, lots of time has been spent inside trying to keep warm, which of course, gives us more time to be creative.

MEN @ WORK

Firstly, I would love to share this story of my 'epic fail' and 'rescue' of my Memory Maze chipboard.

I was organising an activity for my grandchildren over the school holidays which was 'Coloured sands Jar' which involved making the sand from salt and covering it with chalk to make different colours.

I then put glue all over my chipboard and went about sprinkling the 'sand' all over it.

and here is the final result which I was not happy with and leads me to continue the story........

I kept telling myself 'no mistakes in scrapbooking' and with the help of the fantastic Memory Maze chipboard being so strudy, I set about scraping off the whole top layer once completely dry.

Well girls it worked a treat, sanded it back a little and then painted it again with Metallic paint and applied some Inca gold and .................

 'EPIC RESCUE'.....Don't you agree?

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Men @ Work

Welcome Layout
 

For my next work, I have created this layout for a friend.
  

I have used the 'baby's bottle' and the Nappy Pin from the Memory Maze Baby Set and I applied glue and white flocking on the bottle and  on the teat I have used Metallic Melts embossing powder.
 

 

For the pin I used metallic silver embossing.  The Memory Maze chipboards are just wonderful for embossing.

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Baby Set

I trust that you have enjoyed our journey today and to check out more fantastic MEMORY MAZE product just click HERE .

So until next time .......happy creating.....

Liz Hocking
 

ARCHISCRAPS JULY CHALLENGE

Hello fellow scrappers,

Well here I am at last, been MIA for a few weeks as I have had 2 albums to complete for a family's  twins 21st.  A huge effort but getting there.
So trying to catch up with my granddaughter's album and was thrilled with this month's challenge over at Archiscraps to scrap ............

How could I resist?????? 
So here is my layout of my little granddaughter when our dog Squeak joined her in the spa :)

Thanks for taking the time to look and don't forget to check back after the 14th July for my next Memory Maze Post.   .....Regards  Liz

'SON' with a bit of 'SUN KISSED' by LIZ Hocking

Good day to you all and I trust that you are powering through your scrap booking with this cold weather upon us here in the Southern Hemisphere . 

I have recently returned from my yearly scrapping retreat and after a few days of uninterrupted time, managed to complete a few layouts.

Firstly, I would like to share 

SON

For this project, once all the tearing, inking and texture was added, I used a  Memory Maze Geo Frame, which I treated with coloured gold crackle.

Then I used the Memory Maze 'Sons' chipboard....minus the 's' and did some heat embossing with my new metallic melts.

 Such a fantastic effect on this sturdy MM chipboard.  I hope you agree.

and here is the finished layout.

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Geo Frame

 

Sons

 

For my next layout, I have created a bit of fun to remind us of those lovely warm summer months.

Sun Kissed

I have used the Memory Maze 'Sun Kissed' chippie. On the words I used my Gelatos, which worked so well on the MM Chipboard.  They stand up so well to all mediums and also water.

For the sun I used 'Liquid Pearls' which really made it stand out on my layout. What do you think?

Well that is all from me today and thank you for taking the time to look and don't forget to head over to the Memory Maze shop to check out more wonderful items HERE.

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Sun kissed

Until next time, happy scrapping 

Liz Hocking MM Design Team