Friday 24 June 2016

FABSCRAPS AND JONES CRAFTS DESIGN TEAM REVEAL - NATURAL BEAUTY



Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and  Fabscraps Friday with JONES CRAFTS Design Team.
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For this layout I chose to do a mix of distressed layers and lots of Heartfelt Flowers.
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HERE IS HOW
Matt photo, distressing the edges of the matt
Using three more complimentary colours of card, make three more matts, distress each one and layer up underneath the photo
Cut down a sheet of pretty paper to 11 x 11 inches, distress edges
Adhere photo and layers to backing cardstock
Now die cut lots of flowers
Ink the centres, add stamens, adhere
Take the title chipboard piece and paint with white paint
When dry, ink up with pearlescent ink or paint
Adhere page to a 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock.
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SCRAPPY STASH I USED
Plain cardstock in five coordinating colours
Fabscraps papers
Fabscraps chipboard word - Natural Beauty
Heartfelt Creations Flower Stamp and  Die Combo - Hibiscus Bouquet
Stamens from my stash
Pearlescent ink and paint
Chalk ink
White paint.
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Many thanks for visiting today, I would love it if you became a follower of my blog and don't forget to look out for more Fabscraps Fridays for loads more inspiration from the team.
Happy Scrapping
Bye for Now
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Monday 20 June 2016

BERRY71BLEU DESIGN TEAM REVEAL FOR JUNE 20th - UNIVERSITY RESULTS


Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and my latest layout for the
BERRY71BLEU Design Team for June.
JUNE MOOD BOARD
For this layout I used the basket colour, the fabric in the basket, the roses, the pink, blue and green from the photos for my inspiration.
HERES HOW I DID THIS
Matt photo
Lightly adhere to backing paper
Start adding border layers, inking edges as you go
Start layering up the photo with a doily, die cut, tags, clock face
Add the corner embellies of fussy cut flowers, banner and butterfly
Ink and add the wooden title
Decorate with flowers, leaves and butterflies.
SCRAPPY STASH
White doily
Die cut for the fancy swirl
Clock face
Brown chalk ink
Green chalk ink
Butterfly punch
Sticky back pearls
Corrugated card
Tag
Sentiment wooden words by SCRAPINIEC
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I have also used the BLUE FERN STUDIOS June sketch for my inspiration. 
 
 
AND NOW FOR THE PRIZE
Scrapiniec kindly offers the winner of the June Challenge a 30 USD Gift Certificate to use in the Scrapiniec online store!
 
Our awesome sponsor:


"Scrapiniec is a first Polish producer of lasercut chipboards. We make best quality chipboards of our designs, we are passionate about our job and put a lot of heart in it. We answer to various specific needs of our customers and we have a multilanguage offer of phrases"

 
We look forward to seeing your entry for this challenge!
Good Luck
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Saturday 18 June 2016

MY LAST PROJECT FOR THE ROBINS NEST JUNE 18th, FABULOUS

 Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and my latest and last project for THE ROBINS NEST
I have had a wonderful time with all the team and the fabulous products during my 6 month term and would like to thank everyone for being so encouraging.
PRODUCTS USED
Journal Tags BLACK GLITTER
Plain cardstock, black grey pink
Hand made rolled roses.
HERE IS A STEP BY STEP



Choose pretty paper 



Add two matts

Add matted photo

Add some embellishments around photo


Add the matted title.
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PRODUCTS USED
Glitter Words - Princess in Training
Black, Pink and grey Card stock
Butterfly punch
Embossing powder for the vellum flowers
Leafy punch
Flower die
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Thank you so much for stopping by today. I do hope you liked my projects. I would love it if you would come and follow my blog to see what I am up to next. Many thanks in advance.
Photography by Shealan Faere Photography

Bye for now.
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Friday 17 June 2016

DESIGN TEAM REVEAL FOR CRAFTERS PALETTE JUNE - EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL


Morning everyone and welcome to my blog and the
CRAFTERS PALETTE Design Team Reveal.
For this layout I have used the Cottage Rose Collection Kit by Kaisercraft. This collection is so beautiful you will love it. I also used one of the photos of Jessie from the photo shoot she did, by the amazing Shealan Faere Butler at the beach in a wedding dress!
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SCRAPPY STASH
Cottage Rose Collection Kit by Kaisercraft
Co-ordinating card in light pinks
Title from the collection
White lace
Pearl string
White flower by Prima
Mini roses
Butterfly chipboards
Mini pearls
Stickles glue.
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HERES HOW
Cut out a piece of pretty paper from the kit 6 x 4 inches
Adhere to background paper just off centre
Add a 6 x 4 inch piece of card
Add another 6 x 4 piece of pink card
Add photo
Cut out a border strip 1.5 x 11 inches, adhere just under the layers
Add a strip of lace across this
Add a strip of pearls on the top
Add the title strip cut out from the collection
Matt the title - Be your own kind of Beautiful
Add the white Prima flower
Add some mini roses
Add stickles to two chipboard butterflies, add pearls.
And there you have it - one super pretty page.
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Many thanks for visiting today, I do hope you like my follow along.
I would love it if you became a follower to keep up to date with more inspiration, layouts and cards.
bye for now
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Friday 10 June 2016

FABSCRAPS FRIDAY DESIGN TEAM REVEAL - SUPERSTAR


Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and my latest Design Team Reveal for FABSCRAPS with JONES CRAFTS.
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HERE IS HOW I MADE THIS
Double matt photo in two coordinating card/papers
Using a pretty paper, ink the edges and add behind the photo
Add a border 2 inches wide in green cardstock
Add two more small dark green borders as per the layout
Ink up the two chipboard pieces, adhere as per layout
Make lots of die cut flowers, add centres, adhere
Add a tag with journaling details.
And there you have it, one super easy page.
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SCRAPPY STASH
Fabscraps papers -  SERENITY and FREE RANGE
Fabscraps chipboard piece - Filigree Bench
Fabscraps chipboard piece - Superstar word
Heartfelt Creations Botanical Rose stamp and die
FROM MY STASH
Chalk inks, sticky back pearls, stamens and stamen punch, plain cardstock, tag and fuzzy fibre.
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 I hope you like my page. Many thanks for stopping by today, do please come follow me so as to keep up with lots more inspiration.
Bye for now.
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Sunday 5 June 2016

I AM PUBLISHED IN TURTLE SOUP CREATIVE MAGAZINE - YAY! - JUNE ISSUE 11

 
WOW I have been published in the Turtle Soup Creative Magazine June 2016 Issue 11 with these layouts.
 
 DREAM 
 
 
 
 
 
 
If you would like to see details on how I made these layouts, please click on the title of each page to be taken straight there.
Many thanks for visiting today.
Bye For Now
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Saturday 4 June 2016

ROBINS NEST DESIGN TEAM REVEAL - PRINCESS - June 4th

 
Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and my latest project for THE ROBINS NEST
For this layout I wanted to make some flowers from the fabulous vellum I had. I used a flower die, embossing powder and a heat gun. I thought they turned out quite well!
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PRODUCTS USED
Glitter Words - Princess in Training
Black, Pink and grey Cardstock
Butterfly punch
Embossing powder for the vellum flowers
Leafy punch
Flower die
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HERE IS A STEP BY STEP






Thank you so much for stopping by today. I do hope you liked my layout. I would love it if you would come and follow my blog to see what I am up to next. Many thanks in advance.
Bye for now.
xxx



Friday 3 June 2016

CRAFTERS PALETTE JUNE PAGE MAP CHALLENGE - HAPPY DAYS


Hi everyone and welcome to my blog and my
CRAFTERS PALETTE Design Team Reveal
For our inspiration for this layout we were given this fabulous page map. I really loved using this one and had great fun putting it together.



HERES HOW
Double matt photo onto co-ordinating card
Lightly adhere to page slightly to one side
Start stamping all around the photo using brown ink and various stamps as per the page map
Add a die cut frame underneath the matted photo
Add some layers of card stock as per the page map
Add some honeycomb die cut card as per the page map
Adhere assorted flowers with pearl centres
Add the title.
SCRAPPY STASH
Pretty papers Royal Menagerie Collection Kit Saltwater paper by Prima Marketing
Plain card stock in coordinating colours
Frame die
Honeycomb die
Assorted flowers
Assorted pearls
Brown ink
Assorted stamps
Wooden title
Silver ink for the title.


I do hope you enjoyed my follow along and give this page map a go. Don't forget to follow me and look out for more design team inspiration along the way.
Many thanks for visiting today
bye for now.