Hello World .. tis me Janet ..

Its been a while, how are you ?

Life has been a roller coaster of changes, interruptions and patience building exercises for the past 2 years but I am dipping my toes back into the blogging world. I have missed it.

I am still scrapbooking and playing with mixed media and resin.  Albeit, the resin making is now purely for my own work and not for sale. I have soo much that needs a new home but am short on time and would rather spend that time creatively than fulfilling orders. In fact, if your after some FREE resin embellies, send me a message with your details and then I will provide an address so you can a stamped self addressed envelope with another inside it that is addressed to you and also stamped with $4 of stamps (no bigger than A5 size please) - so I can send you some goodies back - for nothing but some stamps! .. you dont need to tag me in your creations, but I wont say not to being able to see what you use it for. Open for Residents of Australia Only and offer closes 30th November 2020.

In my hiatus I have discovered a LOOOVE of kits, and how they all look some wonderful and blend so well. I may or may not (shhh) have purchased a few in the recent Cocoa Vanilla sale for NSD Day. To go with the ones I had from the Scrappery and Kitaholic Kits. If you have a super efficient way of storing them that wont cost me as much as a kit, drop me a comment below. Right now they are all stored seperately in 12" plastic envelopes.

In the meantime, I will get back to the safety of my covid-safe world and play with some paint today. I hope to share a few layouts over the next few days depending on how the weather goes for taking the pics.

Cheers

Janet

SUYS October Design Team Submission..

This month is all about items that start with F. Friend, family, feline, frenzy, fabulous. Yep, you get the idea.

 

 

The 3 challenge requirement  'F' things are: flair, flowers, flamingo and my title - well okay, I had 4. 

As always SUYS layouts need to contain at least 2 homemade items are:
Resin butterfly, resin punchinella sheet, scallop segment, clear bow, teal heart and tiny teal shapes by The Resin Rainbow.. and the hairclip by Rainbow Splendour

 here is where you can get your own goodies the same:

Resin butterfly - part of a set of 3 by The Resin Rainbow .. 

Resin punchinella sheet - i have cut it up and used small pieces by The Resin Rainbow

Scallop segment by The Resin Rainbow

clear bow (part of a set of 3) by The Resin Rainbow

teal waffle heart from a set of 3 by by The Resin Rainbow

tiny teal shapes are part of the jewelled shapes set by The Resin Rainbow

.. and the hairclip by Rainbow Splendour

Thanks for looking ..
Happy Scrapping
Janet xx

Product Post!

I figured it was about time that I started showcasing The Resin Rainbow's product line in my blog making it even easier for you to see and purchase rather than going to a seperate website to do so.

yes I know I could create a seperate blog that is just for this purpose but by having it all in one, you can see how I have also used the products making it more fun and interesting for you and less work for me by having to keep 2 blogs running!

There will be a tab at the top of the blog that says STORE.. and in here you will be able to see almost everything that can be purchased available.

More than happy to take requests and custom orders. I am working on a way to add variations to each product as your purchasing to add colour so you dont need to me to send you a message asking what colour/s you would like!

For now, you can also view & purchase The Resin Rainbow's products on Etsy. 

 

cheers

Janet

White .. with 1 January - Princess Pink

Happy 2017!

What a gorgeous colour 'princess pink' is and how nice it is to use such a easy colour! 

Wasn't a hard task choosing an image his month, given the plethora of pics I have of my girl!

Products used on this layout
Pink Waffle Heart
Pink Camera
Mini Blooms Kit
Mini Cabbage Roses (black)
Bubbles Layer (cut up in black and clear)
Scallop Border Layer
Pink Bow 

IN OTHER NEWS::: 

In case you haven't heard (or you have been living under a rock made of resin, like I tend to do). The Resin Rainbow has proudly become a major sponsor for White..with 1. Each month a mystery kit plus the matching alphabet will be given out as a prize to a lucky entrant of the challenge! ..

This is what is in the January Kit, they are still available for $10each inc post in Australia if you would like one.

Now that you have seem mine, go and check out the rest of the Creative team's work and get started on your own so you can go in the running to win a FREE Kit of Resin Embellishments from The Resin Rainbow .. 

Happy Scrapping!

SUYS December Design Team Entry

Im not sure how December has snuck up on us all so fast! ..

This months challenge is a sketch with a twist! We would love to see what you can do with this sketch, but we also want you to include the word TOGETHER on your page!

Don't forget to also include your handmade items! :)

Yes, mine is very bright and very crazy!  ..

The Handmade Items used are:
Resin flowers, black scroll piece, Pink Daisy Border and butterfly from The Resin Rainbow;

Apricot Daisy Pin from Rainbow Splendour

 

 

Now go check out what the rest of the Design Team have done with this fun & easy sketch and gets yours done and uploaded today! 

Cheers

Janet

 

White .. with 1 November Creative Team .. Niagara

I had a ball playing with Niagara this month and had the perfect image for it.

Its a pic of someone I love very much doing his amazing job as a photojournalist for the defence force. For security reasons (much like a dentist lol) I had to blur his face out but you get the idea still. He looks damn handsome in his service dress uniform. Pic was taken earlier this year in Belgium at the Anzac Day celebrations to comemorate 100 years since WW1. You can see some of his amazing work on the defence force you-tube channel if your interested.

A quick breakdown of the embellishments used:

Clear Hexagon Layer by The Resin Rainbow

Blue Resin Frame by The Resin Rainbow

Blue Resin heart (part of a set of 7)  by The Resin Rainbow

Blue Resin Cabochon Flower  by The Resin Rainbow

Blue Resin Alphabet  by The Resin Rainbow

Blue Resin Picket Fence by The Resin Rainbow

Flowers from D-Lish Scraps

Doily part of the last d-slish scraps 'just add paper" kit 

Now go and check out the rest of the Creative Team and get your crafty hat on to start on yours!

Have a super Month!

Cheers

Janet xx 

White.. With 1 October 2016 - Creative Team submission - cayenne.

Had such a ball playing with Cayenne this month. It was a great shade of red which leant perfectly to this image of my daughter on her last day of school a few years ago before we moved states/schools.
She was not a happy little reindeer at all.

The colour for this months challenge is .. 

Items used are:
parts of the Resin Border set by The Resin Rainbow
Red Sprinkles by The Resin Rainbow
Black/White Stripe Dots by The Resin Rainbow
Red Spotty Heart Pin by Rainbow Splendour

Now go and check out what the rest of the Creative Team have done this month and get some inspiration to work on your own!

Cheers
Happy Scrapping
Janet
xx

September SUYS DT layout ..

Welcome to September! .. This year is just flying by way to fast! .. 

This month we are using this super easy sketch, designed by Krisy, along with mixed media in our DT layouts. Not that mixed media is much of a challenge for me. 

Also don't forget to include your handmade item!

The winner of the challenge for September will receive an awesome prize pack from DT member Krisy! 

Have 

Krisy shares her art under the name Popleopod. You can find her on Facebook and Instagram.

Here is my contribution, it started with some gesso on the background, then I added some gorgeous minty thick washi tape and flowed some jade acrylic paint in swirls on the background. Added some chevron acetate and lots of goodies from my real/mint stash. 

I then layers plenty of resin craft embellishments from The Resin Rainbow in teal to make the picture pop. Don't ever be afraid of mixing your colours, sure they were not all the exact same colour, but they are all part of he green colour family so they all blend in beautifully! 

Here are the supplies from the page:

Lace Inspired set of 2 resin borders by The Resin Rainbow (cut up)

Jewelled Shapes in diamond, heart, tear drop and triangle pattern by The Resin Rainbow. 

Wooden heart pin by Rainbow Splendour

Paper Flowers by Delish Scraps. 

Now that you have seen mine, go check out what the rest of the DT have done and have a go yourself.

Have a super month & happy scrapping! 

Janet xx

WW1 August Creative Team Layout ..

I'm not sure if you know this .. But I LOVE yellow. It's such a gorgeous happy colour. It's so easy to use and works so well with so many other colours (grey, silver, blue, red, teal). I literally jumped and clapped like a child when I realised that this month we were using Yellow Up!

The sponsors for this month are 

 And here is my contribution.. 

Items used:

Background is Colourpaste 'Sunshine' By Colourblast Australia. 

With grey/black inked smoothed over it. 

Yellow hexagon resin border sheet (cut up) by The Resin Rainbow

Yellow Medium Doily (cut in half) by The Resin Rainbow

Yellow Stars by The Resin Rainbow 

Yellow diamonds from the Jewelled shapes pack by The Resin Rainbow

yellow roses by The Resin Rainbow  

White happy cloud button from my stash

Black sprinkles by The Resin Rainbow 

Chipboard hashes by Crafty Chipboard

have you taken a look at what the rest of the creative team have done with this gorgeous colour? .. click on this link and go check them out and then submit your own! 

Enjoy your month! .

Happy Scrapping

Janet 

xx

White .. with 1 July Challenge - Island Paradise

Hello Everyone

Welcome to July!  .. how did that happen so fast ??

I absolutely love the colour for this month 'Island Paradise' it makes me think of sunshine, water, swimming and all things summer. It sure doesnt feel like summer right now in Brisbane Qld Australia with a high of 16deg! ..

 

The pics are of my youngest on a recent family holiday to somewhere very warm (Penang, Malaysia). He became a steam pork bun addict in no time at all and even figured out how to say it in Malaysian so that the sellers at the macaan stalls would give him an extra one for free!

Supplies Used:  (click on the link to go straight to the website to grab yours!).
Resin Scallop Border by The Resin Rainbow
Small Teal Rose is from The Resin Rainbow
Clear Camera is from The Resin Rainbow
Flair Button is from Funky Flair Studio

Now that you have seen mine, go check out what the rest of the incredibly talented team have done with this gorgeous colour!

Have a safe and warm July!
Happy Scrapping
Cheers
Janet
xx



 

White.. with 1 January Challenge–Treetop

Happy 2016 to you all!
This colour reminds me of sunshine and rainbows and Kermit! .. maybe its the green, its a very frog like green isnt it? The Rainbow Connection even.

As soon as I got saw colour I KNEW it was going to lean towards a nature/tropical type image and these ones from our last trip to Penang where we stayed at Golden Sand Resort at Batu Ferringhi were PERFECT!

Lots of fabulous pieces from The Resin Rainbow have been added and some diluted gelatos were used for the big green splash on the background. 

Click on the link for the direct link to the products in my store .. you can request whatever colour/s you like from the drop down list on each link.

• Continuing Circle Layer  (I cut it up to use on the page)
• Green Stars
• White Daisy
• Black Stars (from personal stash)
• Green Washi Tape (typo)
• Polaroid Frames (craft section at K-Mart)

Have you had a chance to check out what the rest of the CT have done with this amazing colour yet? here is the link so you can and then give it a shot and upload your own challenge entry too!
Cheers
Janet xx

WW1 December Challenge–Majorca Blue

I had so much fun playing with this colour and finding an image that just suited it so well. There was no doubt it was going to be an image of my lil dude, it was just a which one?

This image was taken on a day when he had had a BIG day with face painting, lots of fun and of course, the afternoon breakdown. It always coincides with face painting so he ends up looking like a bad version of the ‘dark knight’ with a very smudged face and super puffy eyes. 



The title actually says ‘why so glum chum’ but because I used the clear resin alphabet from The Resin Rainbow and smeared some blue ink over the top its not showing up so well. The close-up images below show it much better!



Ingredients Used:
Resin Alphabet, ball border peices, cut up white mandala and blue star are all from The Resin Rainbow on etsy and on Facebook.
White muslin behind title from the first aid kit in the kitchen.
Want to see whatelse the rest of the CT girls have done with this amazing colour: go and check out the WW1 Blog for lots of fab inspiration!
Cheers
Janet

Kraft+ November Challenge ‘pink’

I was lucky enough to asked to be a guest designer for this colour due to my store The Resin Rainbow also sponsoring a prize for the month! The Resin Rainbow are providing a prize pack valued at $15 for one lucky scrapper!



I went with some lyrics from Pink’s song ‘less than perfect’ to tie in with the theme. My crazy daughter had got redskin lolly stuck in her long hair after gymnastics ones wednesday. Yes, I know (how?) and yes, it was fun to get out too. Lots of hair washing and shampoo helped it to ‘melt’. 

The lyrics I used are on the layout, but you can see them in full here.

Products used:
Your Perfect’ title was made in clear resin from The Resin Rainbow and then stamped with Tim Holtz Rasberry stain over the top.
Resin Ombre Pink Dots are from The Resin Rainbow
Light Pink Resin Doily from The Resin Rainbow
Butterfly Flair, felt rose, small roses are all from D-Lish Scraps
Tiara Pin is from Rainbow Splendour

Thanks for looking!

White. with 1 November Grape Challenge / Nov 2015

This colour was one that I loved playing with. I started this layout at the Workshop Wonders in August in the amazing Beck Beattie’s workshop and it evolved!   The purple was just the perfect colour to bring life to this picture and make it all so very pretty! .. 








The ‘make a wish’ word, hessian star, black frame, big grape paper flower were included in the workshop kit.

The circle stamp background is from Beck’s own stash. 

The small purple roses, small white doily, purple bird, and ombre resin dots are from The Resin Rainbow on facebook  or Ebay.

The silver gem strand (?), cream tiny daisy, White paper rose and larger daisies were from my own stash.


Have you looked at what the rest of the Creative Team at White.. with 1 have created this month? .. here is the link, go check it out now!
Cheers
Janet xx

White.. with 1 August / Custard Challenge

No matter what I did, I could not get this layout to scan properly and colour correcting it was a nightmare! .. It is still too blue. Its not in real life but it just wouldnt change!



An amazing colour that was soo very easy to play with and worked really well with this image of my hubby and I on one of our last ‘motorbike date nights’ when we were living in Adelaide.




The background was done with some ‘smooshing’ using Tim Holtz stain in Banana and swiped with some white gesso as well. There is also some mesh tape from bunnings on it for texture.
The black painted  ‘memory’ is from HS and the other letters were painted with TH banana stain paint.
The white filigree layering piece on the left, the black doily and the yellow resin dots are all from The Resin Rainbow. She has a an online store on ebay and on facebook with lots of gorgeous and unique products.
The White rose had some paint and glitter splashed on it, it along with the black sequins are from D-lish Scraps.  The Flair is from Funky Flairs Studio.

Now you can go here to check out  what the rest of the Creative Team have done with this gorgeous colour and to get your challenge entry in!
Cheers
Janet

Kraft + Challenge for August (Zentangle Doodling)

I wasn’t sure if I was going to get the chance to enter the kraft+ challenge this month but I was looking through (my ever increasing) mould stash and came across the perfect resin piece for it!  So I went for it and locked in a few hours to procrastinate, make 3 different backgrounds before I liked this one and made it work!

This layout after the initial hiccups fell into place really quickly. I wanted the image of “oscar’ to be the focal and not the doodling so I kept it fairly minimal and to the side. I didnt use the whole resin layer, I cut it up using my Tim Holtz rubber scissors. 

There is journalling but its on the back, I find that I do that quite often with my pages. It reads “Oscar - He was a really sweet baby kitty but unfortunately we couldn’t convince the other furry member of our home (a rescue greyhound) that Oscar was friend not food. She was just a little bit curious about him to make ours a permanent home for him. We have our suspicions that in ‘her past life’ Harper (the elegant and very easygoing, loyalloves everyone and shares her food with the other cat and chickens) may have dealt with kittens in a different way. We were not sure if she wanted to mother him or smother him. It wasn’t a chance we wanted to take. 

Some close-up images and a breakdown of supplies ..

Zentangle Resin Layer Piece and alphabet letters in ‘Oscar’ from The Resin Rainbow on ebay or facebook.

Mirror Circle Dots were purchased from a craft show earlier this year.

Black/White lined paper is about 10-12 years old and from my scraps drawer. I think it was done by Paper Pizzaz (who are no longer around).

Thanks for looking ..
Cheers
Janet

White.. with 1 Scrap Challenge–Raspberry Wine / May

Absoloutely perfect colour to compliment this image of my lil miss! .. Amazing how the green of the grass and the pink stripe on her hat all POP when put with this colour!



Lots of different techniques went into the background!  .. lots of fun making a mess with Tim Holtz Stain and the Paint in Raspberry Pink. It matched so well with this challenge colour!

Some tissue paper play was had and was adhered with gel medium.This stuff made the whole layout very heavy!

The damask resin background piece is actually 2 diff colours and was from custom made in those colours by cycloneboonty_pl_goodies. I cut it up to fit where I wanted it to go. It cuts easily using rubber scissors. The reverse damask shapes were also used to add extra depth and to show symmetry!. I added some white string on top to bring it all together.
The flowers were from Delish scraps. They kinda just fell onto the page and the resin feathers and the butterflies (also from cycloneboonty_pl_goodies) in raspberry and white. They added a lil extra. 

Thanks for looking  ..

White .. With 1 April Challenge - Sand

This image had been sitting in my stash to do for quite a while. It was taken at the end of a big canter/walk/run/sniff/sit time with my greyhound Harper. She was ridiculously tired when I decided to do a 'houndy selfie' but I loved that as soon as it was done - she sniffed my nose (a greyhound version of a kiss) to say - thanks mum. 

Used some white muslin at the bag of the image to add some depth, and the circles were cut out of an old sheet of Kaisercraft pattern paper and very randomly sanded. 

Small amount of white SC mist was dropped onto it along with some white and sand coloured enamel dots. SC stars are also scattered all over the layout. 

Resin bird and white heart are from cycloneboonty_pl_goodies.

The tags and bits are all from my stash. 

Why don't you go and see what the rest of the WW1 Creative Team have done with this versatile colour? ..

Thanks for dropping by .. 

Cheers

Janet