Gallery

Whale Watching
7 Photos used with chalked paper and small decorations. Get the whole story on one page!
Wedding Photos
5 Photos with some paper, inking and stamping.
Sheep shearing
6 Photos - the first three photos tell the story that is why I could cut the other 3 photos to highlight the shearing. Embossed paper, die cuts and figures for decoration.
Auckland's Butterfly House
4 photos with paper, chalking and stencil work.
Cicarda shells
5 photos decorated with paper. This page only needed the paper, no futher decoration.
Kiama
Three photos here but as you can see, you can highlight the photos well. Decoration was paper, wooden rings, woody pencils, pearl drops & circles cut from the discarded part of the photos.
The Creek
Four photos decorated with paper, paint pen border, stamped image and paint pen dots.
Pearl Harbour
For these photos, no decoration is needed.
Giraffe
Five photos used - decoration was a background stencil used with inks.
W & R Wedding
Scanned 4 photos from over 34 years ago. Decorated with paper, die cut numbers and masked stamping.
Belgium
4 Photos, page decorated with paper and die cuts
Sovereign Hill
6 photos - no decoration just using the photos and special effects to create a stunning page.
Cicarda shells 2
4 Photos decorated with a background stencil and ink, pearls, photo strips taken from the off cuts of photos used and paper.
Carriageway
5 photos with three being cut into shapes and interlocked into the normal rectangle photos. Some pen dots as decorations with 2 frame lines to finish off.
Vila
Four photos with title created out of alphabet stencils, pinworm plus some decoration using gel pens and stencils.
Auckland Butterfly House 2
5 Photos highlighting the butterflies decorated with paper, die cuts and cord. This is one of my favourite layouts.
Christchurch, NZ
Four photos, with the top 2 and bottom 2 being lined up horizontally to match up. Paper through the middle to decorate with the title being printed on coloured paper.
Koalas
Four photos decorated with paper, ribbon and die cuts plus special effects cutting around photos
Beach
No decoration used on this layout however photo effects show a different layout.
Garden 1
Subtle decoration of chalk in background with title using alphabet stencils and gel pens. Two photos split to give off photo effect.
Ducks
3 photos with figures for decoration along with title using alphabet stencils with gel pens
Flowers 1
Four photos, decorated with stamped images, pen work, paper and gel pen work.
Lorikeets
Four photos used with excess parts of photos used as well, decorated with paper and subtle chalked background.
Lizard
6 Photos used with paper, stencil and subtle chalking on paper. Also photo effects of cut lines through parts of photos.
Flowers 2
6 photos without any decoration except for drawn lines. Awesome layout, sometimes you only need the photos!
Wind Farm
3 photos used with subtle white chalked background giving the story a boost by imitating the type of day when the photos were taken.
Movie World
5 photos used with paper and stamping. A fun layout showing the joy of holidays.
Wedding
Another 2 photo layout this time decorated with paper, stamping and pearls
Kangaroo Valley
3 photos decorated with paper, chalk frame, pen border and wooden rings.
Kangaroo Valley
3 photos using 2 different coloured pages - one being cut down to frame the layout. Decorating using patterned paper and highlighted with chalk.
Rhapsody
Using enlarged photos occasionally can highlight your story even further. Using special cuts, like through the ship in this layout, gives off another decoration within the layout. Other decorations were paper figures, twine, die cuts and background stencils with ink.
Flowers
Three photos used with the off-cuts also used for decoration along with die cuts, background stencils with ink, stamping and paper
Park
4 Photos used with paper, chalking background, scrolls in wooden paper for decoration
Lion Cubs
Three photos with inked background teamed with plain and patterned paper, topped with paper figurine on 2 die cut shapes.
Country
Three photos decorated with background stencils and inks, die cuts, paper, off-cuts from photos and pearl drops.
Flowers
Five photos with paper, figure stencil, inks and with sand.
Wellington Cable Car, NZ
6 Photos decorated with embossed and plain metallic paper.
Sydney, Australia
4 photos decorated with 2 printed papers, pen work, paper figures and resin bubbles.
Kokoda Trail 2017
6 Photos decorated with embossed papers and die cut letters.
Backyard
Five photos decorated with plain paper and framed with sands.
Kai
Four photos decorated with paper, pen work & stamps and matching dies, coloured with alcohol pens.
Pelicans
7 photos decorated with sand.
Garden
Five photos decorated with paper, stamping and chalking pencils
Wellington, NZ
Five photos decorated with paper + background stencil and ink pearl drops. Stencils have also been used on die cuts to use as embellishments.
Flowers
3 Photos decorated with paper, stencils and inks
Auckland Butterfly House
Three photos decorated with mixed coloured sands
Perth Zoo
Three photos decorated with paper, pearl drops and figure stencil work.
Flowers
Four photos - one being cut out, decorated with lines
Cherry Blossoms
6 photos decorated with paper, stamping and pearl drops
Country Layout
Black page with white page overlay - one section of white page cut out with photo on black page giving a 3D effect of overlay page.
Tree climbing
Combination of 4 photos allowing 6 in the layout (the other two are cut out from the other 4). Decorated by duel tone pages and cutting effects through the photos.
Kangaroo Valley 1
Double page layouts do not have to be put on double pages - this one is 2 single pages which will face each other in an album.
Kangaroo Valley 2
This is the 2nd page - when you have lots of photos like these 2 layouts, decoration is not needed - use gaps as a special effect.
Wedding
5 photos decorated with plain and design embossed paper (from embossing folders).
Wedding
Five full photos - no decoration needed
Wedding
Three photos decorated with pen border and paper
Wedding
Five photos decorated with paper.
Wedding
Five photos - same photos as previous layout. Decoration is the design cut through the photos forming a circle within the layout.
Wedding
Four photos with background stencil in ink + white reflective dots. Stencilling only one side ensures the background does not dominate the page, leaving the photos to still tell your story. The dots may look blue in the photo, but they are actually white.
Wedding
Four photos decorated with paper and stencil work, highlighted with gel pens
Wedding
Wedding - 6 photos with paper accents along with small decorations of die cuts and twine.
Wedding
Five photos - one having a special effect being black & white. Decorated with layered papers centred with a strip of glitter to match the diamonte belt.
wedding
Three black & White photos, decorated with patterned paper and wooden squares.
Country
Only 2 photos with paper for decoration - impact reached!
Wedding
5 photos without any decoration however, following a circle line through the photos gives your layout a special effect.
Wedding
Four photos with background stencil in ink + white reflective dots. Stencilling only one side ensures the background does not dominate the page, leaving the photos to still tell your story. The dots may look blue in the photo, but they are actually white.
Auckland Butterfly House
5 photos framed with paper with photo effects of outline cutting. Like instances like this layout, decoration is not needed to make an impact.
Wedding
6 photos with paper accents along with small decorations of die cuts and twine.
wedding
When you only have 2 photos, chalking a background and strips of paper along with a rustic coloured scroll will create a beautiful layout.
Wedding
When you only have 2 photos, chalking a background and strips of paper along with a rustic coloured scroll will create a beautiful layout.
Kangaroo Valley - combined
The 2 layouts have been combined to show you what they would look like together.
Seal Cove, NZ
This layout has been created on a double page - as the page is white, you can't actually see the page border. This the cover of the layout and the decoration is paper which is plain + has been embossed with a design which I have inked over.
Seal Cove, NZ
As you open the cover, this layout is on the inside. I have split the colour of the page by inserting a different colour behind one side of the layout.
Seal Cove, NZ
Back page decorated with paper plus a circle cut through the photos in the centre.
Seal Cove, NZ
Combined layout of page 2 & 3
Lily
This is a 25x25cm page - as the page is lightly coloured, you can only see the layout. You will see in most of the following pages, I have used the same photos to give you an idea on variation. Cutting out one of the images and giving it depth gives off an effective part of the layout
Lily
Changing the direction of your layout and not your photos gives a different look to your design.
Lily
Another way to present your story with decorated paper strips along with fussy cutting around photos.
Great Ocean Road
Using paper and die cuts as decoration gives your layout a background to your story.
Lily
Another different layout with the lily photos - you don't always need decoration, paper is very effective on its own.
Lily
A little bit of inking completes this layout.
Flowers
Again, using paper as a decoration gives off a very elegant look.
Wedding
The red is the page topper, shaped to match the layout. Sometimes you want to be surprised to see what is underneath. Glitter tape is used here along with pen work plus rhinestones on the wedding dress.
Wedding
Open the red page topper to reveal more photos underneath.
Perth Zoo
With this page topper, you want to see that there is something underneath. Products used are paper, die cuts, chalk, embossing folder and inking.
Perth Zoo
Lift the topper to see what is underneath.
Perth Zoo
Another shot of the topper.
New Zealand
Here is a surprise page topper - you cannot tell there is anything else there, until you look very closely. On this page I have used grey and white sands to match the stormy sky.
New Zealand
Light storm clouds which I have used light blue sand to match the colour in the sky, which is the dominant in the photos.
New Zealand
One side is of the light cloud and then lift up the topper to see the stormy clouds.
Wedding
This may look like a normal layout but there is a surprise in store. Look at the next layout to see the secret. Background is ink and a stencil.
Wedding
Move the top photo to see the other three!
Haka Falls, NZ
Fantastic day deserves a great layout - chalks, inks, stamping, photo off-cuts and perfect pearls have been used in this layout.
Wedding
This may look like a normal layout but there is a surprise in store. Look at the next layout to see the secret. Background is ink and a stencil.
Wedding
Move the top photo to see the other three! You can see the full photos when opened correctly - for display purposes, I have shifted them to show all photos together.
Wedding
4 photos, decorated with paper and a window. Creating a door or window into another photo underneath creates interest - crystal or pearl decorations can be added to the door for added depth.
Wedding
Lift up the door to find the photo underneath!
Stencilling
Ink Blending three colours
Stencilling
Using Velvets
Stencilling
Using sands and velvets
Stencilling
Using texture paste - roughened
Stencilling
Blending and design
Stencilling
Dry embossing
Stencilling
Build up a stencil
Stencilling
Using texture paste - smooth
Stencilling
Using sands
Die Cut
Inking both the figure and the background
Die Cut
Die cutting front and dry embossing die on back of card
Die Cut
Stencilling on die cuts
Die Cut
Inking figure
Die Cut
Weaving ribbon
Die Cut
Designing a special card cover
Die Cuts
Chalked background, inked die cut
Die Cut
Using die as stencil, using actual die as feature
Die Cut
Inlay die cut

Whale Watching

Wedding Photos

Sheep shearing

Auckland's Butterfly House

Cicarda shells

Kiama

The Creek

Pearl Harbour

Giraffe

W & R Wedding

Belgium

Sovereign Hill

Cicarda shells 2

Carriageway

Vila

Auckland Butterfly House 2

Christchurch, NZ

Koalas

Beach

Garden 1

Ducks

Flowers 1

Lorikeets

Lizard

Flowers 2

Wind Farm

Movie World

Wedding

Kangaroo Valley

Kangaroo Valley

Rhapsody

Flowers

Park

Lion Cubs

Country

Flowers

Wellington Cable Car, NZ

Sydney, Australia

Kokoda Trail 2017

Backyard

Kai

Pelicans

Garden

Wellington, NZ

Flowers

Auckland Butterfly House

Perth Zoo

Flowers

Cherry Blossoms

Country Layout

Tree climbing

Kangaroo Valley 1

Kangaroo Valley 2

Wedding

Wedding

Wedding

Wedding

Wedding

Wedding

Wedding

Wedding

Wedding

wedding

Country

Wedding

Wedding

Auckland Butterfly House

Wedding

wedding

Wedding

Kangaroo Valley - combined

Seal Cove, NZ

Seal Cove, NZ

Seal Cove, NZ

Seal Cove, NZ

Lily

Lily

Lily

Great Ocean Road