News — Leonie Neal-Dawson

Recipe Challenge with Simple Stories.

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Hi Sassy Scrappers! 
Did you see our August challenge reveal yesterday?
We've decided to mix things up a bit this month and we have a recipe challenge for you all. 
Check out the board bellow.

So this Months project must include some thickers, some enamel dots and some water colouring using Mist sprays.

And the super cool prize for this month?!
This months winner will join us as a Guest Designer for...

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Fun with Summer Vibes - Simple Stories

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Hello Sassy Scrappers.  Leonie back today with another bright and warm page with the 
I just adore the base page on this layout the bright sunflare and bokeh effects are just too gorgeous!



I kept it fairly simple as I didn't want to obscure the lovely paper and the fun photo I wanted to use.
Some simple clustering scattered over the page using the 'bits and...

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Summer Vibes Chasing Away the Winter Blues

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Hello to all our Sassy Scrappers.  Hands up if you are 'over' winter, tired of short days and cold weather! Well, I don't know about you but my hand just shot up in the air!!
My solution to the winter blues is scrapping some of my summer photos and I've found the
perfect paper range for it, Summer Vibes by Simple Stories. 
Available in the Sassy Scrapper Store HERE.




I've scrapped 3 pages with this...

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Eat Cake - Fine and Dandy.

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Hi, Happy Hump Day and welcome to the Sassy Scrapper blog!  
Leonie here with another page featuring the bright loveliness of the Dear Lizzie 'Fine and Dandy' Collection from American Crafts. 



I based my page on the Gold Vellum paper in the Fine and Dandy collection. 
altering it only slightly with a few drips and splats of watered down Gesso.



I repeated this star embellishment throughout my layout. 
T...

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Fine and Dandy - She

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Hi and welcome to my Wednesday post, Leonie here and I'm happy to share this page with our readers today.  
Featuring the Dear Lizzie 'Fine and Dandy' collection. 




I decided with this page to make a feature out of the tubes of confetti in this collection.  
I adhered them to the cardstock with matte medium.   I also painted a coat of medium over the top so the confetti will stay put!






Thanks for...

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