Monday, September 29, 2014

CSI #141

Hi Everyone,

I have this weeks case file #141 for Color Stories Inspiration to share with you today.


Evidence:
leaves
lots of layers
string/wire
glossy accents - title word (epoxy)
Testimony:
Tuck your story between layers : have tucked my journaling on a tag in amongst my layers.


Product Used:  Fancy Pants, Meg's Garden and GCD pp's, Crafter's Workshop and Prima stencils, Fireworks Mists - Lulu Lavender, Grape Jelly, Bamboo Leaves, Pear Tart, Prima resin bird, Manor House Creations - Taneisha flower, Pink Paislee flower, Green Tara sprig, Heidi Swapp Buzz Words, Jute Twine, Kaisercraft texture stamp - vintage fence, archival ink - black, Modelling Paste, Authentique alpha stickers, KandCo tag,  resin flower

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Dusty Attic Sketch Challenge

Hi Everyone,

Today I am sharing a LO inspired by this month's sketch challenge at Dusty Attic.  I decided to interpret the sketch with a vintage masculine theme and used various mediums to alter the chipboard to create an aged and distressed look.


 For the main circle embellishment in the sketch I cut the Dusty Attic chicken wire 12x12 chipboard into a large circle, using a plate as my template. To give the chicken wire a vintage feel I embossed it with antique gold embossing powder, then randomly applied dabs of copper Viva Ferro paste which has a lovely rough sandy texture and is fabulous for vintage/rustic projects..  To make the circle stand out I added a border with the Dusty Attic barb wire.  Before adhering to the chicken wire, I embossed the barb wire with Stampendous aged embossing enamel in black, then randomly applied some of the copper Ferro paste over the top.


To alter the chipboard title and cogs I used a mixture of Viva Ferro in copper, amber gold and iron.

Dusty Attic Chipboard: Chicken Wire 12x12, Barb Wire

Other Product:  WRMK, Marion Smith, Crate Paper and Simple Stories pp's, chipboard gears, Prima leaf branch, Prima mechanicals, Kaisercraft texture stamp, Tim Holtz stencil - splatters, Tim Holtz Distress embossing powder, metal gears, Viva Ferro paste, Stampendous aged embossing enamel - black, arrow charm, 7 Gypsies rubon, Ranger archival ink

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Manor House Creations - Beautiful You Layout

Hi Everyone,

Today I am sharing a layout created for Manor House Creations using the gorgeous "Beautiful You" collection of pattern papers and flowers from the Winter 2014 Collection.
To create the background I tore the yellow "In My Thoughts" pp diagonally, then backed it with the pink side of the "Fresh and New" pp.  I masked over the top using a floral stencil design and modelling paste.  Once dry, I misted with water and randomly added dabs of mimosa IZink, then spritzed with water again to created a watercolour effect.  I dried off and repeated with the geranium IZink.
I have used one of the Journal spots from the "Journal Sheet" pp, which I cut down into a banner to create my title, then lightly swiped the edges with gesso.
You would probably all know that I love to fussy cut.  Here I have fussy cut some of the roses from the pp's to tuck in amongst my flower clusters.  

I also fussy cut the clock section from the "Fresh and New" pp to make a little cluster down the side of my photo.

MHC Papers:  Beautiful You Collection - In My Thoughts, Fresh and New, Journal sheet
MHC Flowers: Oh So Pretty - pink, Country Roses - cerise, Frilly Roses - ivory, Country Estate - lemon, Sweeties, Darling
Other Product: Artistcellar stencil, mesh, IZink - jasmine, mimosa and geranium, gesso, modelling paste, Viva crackle paste, Scrapmatts chipboard, crochet doily

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Saturday, September 13, 2014

CSI 139 - Manor House Creations

Hi Everyone,

Today I am sharing this week's case file #139 for Color Stories Inspiration using gorgeous flowers from Manor House Creations.

This week's case file is teamed with a fabulous sketch by Emma Stafrace.

Evidence:
flowers - Manor House Creations
butterfly
string
mini brads
two of something - butterflies
cat accent

Testimony: Document something special about pets or animals.
Journaling on back - My little shadow Millie.  She loves to snuggle and this is her favourite spot - the blankie on our sofa.  When I am sitting on the sofa, she comes up to me and just waits until I fluff up the throw and say "Come on, up you come, here's your blankie."  Millie of course jumps up and immediately snuggles into her blankie, purring loudly and in total bliss.  She likes it even more if I have the blankie right up close to me.  I love hearing her purr and feeling the vibrations against my body.  It's very soothing and comforting.  Love my little fur-baby.

Love the denim rosettes.  They come in light, dark and floral as well as mixed packs.  Here I altered the light denim rosette by lightly swiping with gesso and adding a brad to the centre.

The lemon country roses team beautifully with the sweet floral patterned flower from the Oh So Pretty- blue mix flower pack.

Manor House Creations product:  Country Roses - lemon, Oh So Pretty - blue mix, Denim Rosettes - light, Mayglo - green

Kaisercraft Product:  CS153 - Clear Stamp-hessian texture stamp, CM303 - Captured Moments 6" x 4" getaway cards , and CT788 - Kaleidoscope collectables 

Other Product:  MME and Prima pp's, Tim Holtz stencils - honeycomb and bubbles, glimmer mist - denim and olive vine, Izink - mimosa, Prima honeycomb stamp, Maya Road butterfly pins, Anitas butterfly stickers, Making Memories and MME brads, mini paper blossoms, cat button, gesso, texture paste, twine

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Friday, September 5, 2014

Kaisercraft DT - Teddy Bear's Picnic Collection

Hi Everyone,

Today I am sharing my projects created for Kaisercraft using the gorgeous Teddy Bears Picnic Collection which has a beautiful vintage feel and is so versatile as it can be used for both masculine and feminine projects.

 "Beary Special Memories" Layout
 For this LO I was inspired to cut the background houndstooth paper in an artisan shape to match the border cutout from the paper pad and followed it through to the little side cluster.  The colour tones in this range go beautifully with the wooden flourishes in their natural state, so I have accented my page with the small leaves, fancy corners and a flourish heart which I backed in pp.



Kaiser Products: PS366 Speciality Paper - Beary Special, P1621 Teddy, P1625 Collection, P1627 Parade, PP 949 Paper Pad, CT806 Collectables, SS256 sticker sheet, FL439 Wooden Flourish Pack - Flourish Hearts, FL357 Wooden Flourish Pack - Small Leaves, FL526 Wooden Flourish Pack - Fancy Corners, T408 Template - Wheat, IP722 Ink - Red Gum, T302 Mounting Foam Dots, Hessian trim (deleted stock)
Other: Mist, Lace

"You Are Beary Special" Card
I love altering the envelopes from the card pack with an insert of pp to match the card. 



Kaiser Products:   P1622 Bear Hugs, P1626 Cuddles, P1621 Teddy,  PP 949 Paper Pad, CT806 Collectables, CS187 Clear Stamp - Teddy Bear's Picnic, F647 Mini Paper Blooms - Iceberg, CS153 Texture Clear Stamp - Hessian, CS853 Texture Clear Stamp - Flutter, IP722 Ink - Red Gum, IP728 Saffron, CD501 Card Pack Square - White, T302 Mounting Foam Dots
Other:  Punch, Doily Dies, Embossing Powder

 "Teddy Bear's Picnic" Collection

These projects were created for my Design Team Shortlist Application.  I was given the Teddy Bear's Picnic range to play with and created 2 LO's, 2 Cards and 2 Tags.

"Cuddles" Layout
Kaiser Products:  P1623 Furry, P1624 Patchwork, P1625 Collection, P1627 Parade, SS256 12x12 sticker sheet, T601 Chevron Template, CS892 Clear Texture Stamp - Cherish CS153 Clear Texture Stamp - Hessian, EM927 Lace Pack - Cream, T302 Mounting Foam Dots
Other:  Punch, inks, mist, buttons 

"Precious" Layout
Kaiser Product:    Kaiser Products:  P1622 Bear Hug, P1623 Furry, P1624 Patchwork, P1626 Cuddles, T607 Flutter Template, CS892 Clear Texture Stamp - Cherish CS120 Clear Texture Stamp - Lattice, FL334 Wooden Flourish Pack - Hanging Plaques, F645 Mini Paper Blooms - honey, F647 Mini Paper Blooms - iceberg, F602 Paper Flowers - ivory, F614 Paper Flowers- baby blue, F640 Paper Blooms - fairy floss, RB123 Rubon Word - Cherish, T302 Mounting Foam Dots
Other:  Punch, inks, paper doily, metallic texture paste, mist

"Beary Best Friends" Card
Kaiser Product:    Kaiser Products:  P1622 Bear Hug, P1623 Furry, P1624 Patchwork, P1626 Cuddles, P1627 Parade, P1629 Bear Love, SS256 12x12 sticker sheet,  F647 Mini Paper Blooms - iceberg, F614 Paper Flowers- baby blue, CD511 Card Pack C6 - white, T302 Mounting Foam Dots
Other:  button, twine 

"Cherish for Always" Card
Kaiser Product:    Kaiser Products:  P1622 Bear Hug, P1623 Furry, P1625 Collection, P1626 Cuddles,  P1627 Parade, SS256 12x12 sticker sheet, F614 Paper Flowers- baby blue, F603 Paper Flowers - taupe, RS410 Sparklets - daffodil, CD511 Card Pack C6 - white, T302 Mounting Foam Dots
Other:  Sizzix film strip die, 

Tags
  Kaiser Products:   P1623 Furry, P1624 Patchwork,  P1626 Cuddles, P1627 Parade, SS256 12x12 sticker sheet,   F647 Mini Paper Blooms - iceberg, F614 Paper Flowers- baby blue, T302 Mounting Foam Dots
Other:  Punch, twine, jute trim, tags 

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Kaisercraft DT - Yuletide Collection

Hi Everyone,

Today I have my 2nd Kaisercraft blog post for the week using the beautiful "Yuletide Collection" which has a lovely old world vintage feel to it.

"Believe in the Season" Layout
Kaisercraft have a great new range of templates which are in stores now.  On this layout I have used the stars template with some Inka Gold metallic paste, then outlined with a brown fineliner pen to give the stars a bit more definition.




Kaiser Materials used:  P1612 Good Tidings, P1613 Nutcracker, P1615 Nativity, P1618 Goodwill, SS255 12x12 Sticker Sheet, CT805 Collectables, T616 Template -  Stars, FL364 Wooden Flourish Pack - Reindeer, AS258 Alpha Stickers Sheet - Red, TM802 Timeless Printed Tape, T302 Mounting Foam Dots
Other:  Silhouette Cameo title diecut, punch, metallic medium, metal charm

"Christmas Time" Layout
To create the title on my layout I fussy cut the Christmas Time words from the Garland pp and highlighted with a Gelly Ross stardust pen for a little sparkle.  I then layered some branches cut with my Silhouette Cameo using the Yuletide pp and the holly diecuts with foam dots to add dimension.






 
Kaiser Materials used:   P1614 Festive, P1615 Nativity, P1616 Garland,  P1618 Goodwill, P1620 Miracle, SS255 12x12 Sticker Sheet, CT805 Collectables,  FL364 Wooden Flourish Pack - Reindeer, CS752 Clear Stamp - Script, IP733 Ink - green, IP721 Ink - gum leaf, T302 Mounting Foam Dots
Other:  punch, Silhouette Cameo diecut leaves, glitter glass, gesso, mist, stardust pen

"Holiday Season" Christmas Hanging
  

Kaiser Materials used:   P1617 Christmas Eve, PP948 Paper Pad, SS255 12x12 Sticker Sheet, CT805 Collectables, SB2281 BTP - Mini Window Shadow Frame, FL543 Wooden Flourish Pack - Fancy Borders, IP733 Ink - green, IP722 Ink - red gum, RS407 Rhinestones - split pea, KC046 Paint - olive, KC028 Paint - green, T302 Mounting Foam Dots
Other:  glitter glass, mist, gold ink, trim

 "Merry and Bright" Card

 A quick and easy Christmas card using the paper pad and Collectables.  


Kaiser Materials used:   PS365 Specialty Paper - Traditions, P1620 Miracle, PP948 Paper Pad, SS255 12x12 Sticker Sheet, CT805 Collectables, CD501 Card Pack Square - white, IP734 Ink - red, T302 Mounting Foam Dots
Other: kindyglitz, trim, snowflake and corner punches

Kaisercraft "Yuletide" Collection

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Monday, September 1, 2014

Kaisercraft DT - Basecoat Christmas Collection

Hi everyone,  
How gorgeous is Kaisercraft's new "Basecoat Christmas" Collection!!  Absolutely loved working with this beautiful rustic Christmas range. I created 4 Christmas projects with this collection, but check out the blog link HERE to look at Michelle Grant's stunning "Special Moments" Layout and see how she was inspired to use this Christmas range in a non-Christmas layout.

"Ho Ho Ho" Layout
Kaisercraft has some new washi tapes available from this month.  I have used the cute red polka dot washi tape on this layout to create a border. To tie in with the shiny bauble accents in the "Bells" pp I altered the wooden reindeer with red and gold glitter glass and inked his antlers in gold.




Kaiser Materials used:  Base Coat Christmas paper  – P1605 Bells, P1608 Baking, P1611 Glitter, PP947 Paper Pad, CT804 Collectables, SS254 12x12 Sticker Sheet,  FL364 Wooden Flourish Pack - Reindeer, FL546 Wooden Flourish Pack - ribbon bows, RS416 Sparklets - rouge, PT211 Printed Tape - polka dot red, T302 Mounting Foam Dots
Other: punches, Silhouette Cameo diecut, ink, glitter glass, gold mist

"Christmas Memories" Layout
ADORE the woodgrain papers in this range! Here I have used the eye-catching red woodgrain pp "Flora" as my  background.


Kaiser Materials used:  Base Coat Christmas paper  – P1603 Flora, P1607 Pine, P1609 Natural, P1610 Lights, CM118 Captured Moments 3x4 cards- Basecoat Christmas,  EM927 Lace pack - cream, RS407 Rhinestones - split pea, SB711 Rhinestones - red, PT211 Printed Tape - polka dot red, T302 Mounting Foam Dots
Other: punch, Silhouette Cameo diecut

"Joys of the Season" Card
This range comes with a lovely coordinating Christmas stamp set and a Captured Moments pack.  I have used one of the stamps from the set to create a border around my card, and the green and white spotted Captured Moments card as the background for my greeting. 


Kaiser Materials used:  Base Coat Christmas paper  – P1607 Pine, PP 947 Paper Pad, SS254 12x12 Sticker Sheet, CS185 Clear Stamp - Basecoat Christmas, CM118 Captured Moments 3x4 cards - Basecoat Christmas, EM928 Lace pack - natural, EM406 Mix and Match Natural String, IP734 Ink red, CD512 Card Pack C6 Kraft, T302 Mounting Foam Dots.

BTP Reindeer Wall Art



Kaiser Materials used:  Base Coat Christmas paper  – P1603 Flora, P1607 Pine, P1609 Natural, PP947 paper Pad, SS254 12x12 Sticker Sheet,CT804 Collectables, FL460 Wooden Flourish Pack - Merry Christmas, FL546 Wooden Flourish Pack - ribbon bows,RS416 Sparklets - rouge, IP723 Ink - vintage, IP734 Ink - red, T302 Mounting Foam Dots.
Other: paint, corner punch, Silhouette Cameo diecut




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