Cathy Can't Help Herself: Christmas Greetings

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Friday, November 27, 2015

The Scrapbook Store - Lemoncraft Christmas Greetings Layout

Hi Everyone,

Today I am sharing my final layout for the month at The Scrapbook Store using the beautiful Lemoncraft Christmas Greetings Collection.

Most Wonderful Time of the Year Layout
For this layout I decided to mix a bit of lime green and pink hues with the traditional colour palette of this collection to give it a more youthful look to tie in with this cute photo of Luke and Brittany when they were much younger, capturing the excitement of opening their presents on Christmas day.

Lemoncraft - Christmas Greetings Collection

The background was created by cutting up various sized sections of the cover sheet from the Lemoncraft Basics Collection which has a pattern on the reverse side, and sanding the edges with Kaisercraft sanding block, leaving you with a lovely crisp white borders. I then overlapped and adhered the pieces to create a base for my photo.

The layers were masked with Faber Castell whipped spackle and Tim Holtz flourish stencil, then randomly stamped with a cute snowflake image. I mixed various flowers, red glittered berries and diecut pine sprigs to frame my photo, then added some pretty lime green sequins for a bit of sparkle and finished off by using a brush to flick the background with lime Kaisermist.

Green Tara - Mini Blossoms Rose

To alter the Blue Fern Santa's Sleigh chipboard piece, I coated with Faber-Castell whipped spackle then used a palette knife to create peaks by laying flat on the whipped spackle and lifting up the knife. Whilst the whipped spackle is still wet I sprinkled with Zing leaf green embossing powder and set with a heat gun.

Blue Fern Studios Santa's Sleigh Chipboard

Product List

Lemon Craft - Christmas Greetings - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - A Lot Of Hope

Lemon Craft - Christmas Greetings - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - Let Your Dreams Come True

Lemon Craft - Christmas Greetings - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper – Basic Collection

Kaisercraft - 12"x12" Textured Cardstock – Fern

Bazzill - Card Shoppe 12"x12" Heavy Weight Cardstock - Caramel Apple

Blue Fern Studios - Chipboard - Santas Sleigh

Green Tara - 2.8cm Mini Blossoms - Rose

The Scrapbook Store - 1.5cm Mini Flowers 10pk – Red/White

Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Fasteners - Yuletide

Tim Holtz - Layering Stencils – Flourish

Couture Creations - Christmas Emporium - 4x6" Stamp Set - Seasons Greetings

Sizzix - Tim Holtz Alterations Thinlits Dies – Holiday Greens

Kaisercraft - Kaiser Mists - Lime Green

Kaisercraft - Sanding Block 2 pack

American Crafts - Zing Embossing Powders - Opaque Leaf

Faber-Castell - Whipped Spackle 100ml

Ranger - Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black

Martha Stewart star border punch

Inkadinkado Christmas Characters Stamp Set

Other: sequins, berries, flowers

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Friday, November 20, 2015

The Scrapbook Store - Lemoncraft Christmas Greetings

Hi Everyone,

Today I am sharing my third project created for The Scrapbook Store using the beautiful Lemoncraft 'Christmas Greetings' Collection. Pop into the store and grab this gorgeous Christmas Collection before it goes flying out the door!!

Merry Christmas

I have cut various pieces of pp and layered with foam tape to create to create a background for my silhouetted photo.

Using the layers as a guide I masked the background pp with the Tim Holtz Snowflake stencil and Faber Castell Whipped Spackle, then dried with heat gun until the spackle puffed up a little. I outlined the snowflakes with a fineliner pen to make them pop, and stamped over the masking with the Kaisercraft music texture stamp in carnation red ink.

I adhered the layers to my background leaving the edges free, so that I could tuck in some lace accents, then embellished the layers with Green Tara and Petaloo flower clusters and some pretty Scrapmatts pine sprig chipboard pieces which I altered by spraying with 2 different colours of green mist.

How yummy are the Prills!! I have used the Heart of Gold Prills to add texture and sparkle to my layout by adding them around the lace and edges of my pp. Finally, I covered my photo and flicked the background with Pearlex solar gold, Kaisercraft lime green and Lindys Sea Mint Green mists.

Products Used:

Lemon Craft - Christmas Greetings - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - A Lot Of Faith

Lemon Craft - Christmas Greetings - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - A Lot Of Joy

Lemon Craft - Christmas Greetings - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - Let Your Dreams Come True

Green Tara - Fabric Vines - 19cm Green with White Blossoms

Petaloo - Mixed Textured Blossoms – Red

Petaloo - Wild Mini Blossoms - Soft Green

Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Fasteners - Yuletide

Tim Holtz - Layering Stencils - Snowflakes

Lindys Stamp Gang - Starburst Mist - Sea Mint Green

Kaisercraft - Kaiser Mists - Lime Green

Kaisercraft - Textured Clear Stamps - Sheet Music

Jacquard - Pearlex Powdered Pigments - Solar Gold

Prills - Heart Of Gold

Faber-Castell - Whipped Spackle 100ml

Faber-Castell - Gesso 100ml

Ranger - Archival Ink Pad - Wendy Vecchi Designer Series - Carnation Red

Scrapmatts Pine Sprig Chipboard

Twine, bells, lace, ink

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Sunday, November 15, 2015

The Scrapbook Store - Lemoncraft Christmas Greeting Collection

Hi Everyone,

Today I have my second layout created for The Scrapbook Store using the beautiful new Lemoncraft Christmas Greetings Collection.

December 25th

This beautiful collection has a lovely vintage feel to it in traditional Christmas colours, which I love as my children are young adults now, so for me, it's a bit of a challenge to use some of the cuter Christmas paper ranges.

To tie in with the vintage feel of this Collection I decided to grunge it up a little by tearing and layering my papers, then using the Prima gold crackle medium and random misting.

I have added a trailing flower cluster in Christmas colours, then highlighted the red flowers with solar gold Pearlex Powdered Pigment mixed with a little water and applied with a small brush to tie in with my gold crackle background and the sparkle elements.

My Kaisercraft wooden flourish was altered by first applying a coat of Faber-Castell gesso, then embossing with the Lindy's Weeping Willow embossing powder, giving it several coats by reheating each time to apply the embossing powder. I reheated one last time, then whilst hot randomly applied some of the Prima microbeads. Once cooled, I painted little touches of the solar gold Pearlex pigment. to add some highlights. The Merry Christmas title was painted with gesso, then coated with Prima gold crackle medium.

Product List

Lemon Craft- Christmas Greetings - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - A LotOf Kindness

Lemon Craft- Christmas Greetings - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - LetYour Dreams Come True

Lemon Craft- Christmas Greetings - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - A LotOf Love

Green Tara -6.5cm Heirloom Blooms - Single Flower – White

Green Tara -4cm Heirloom Blooms - White - 4 Pack

Dusty Attic- Dusty In Bloom Flower Pack - Grassy Knoll

Petaloo -Darjeeling Teastained Petites - Green

Petaloo – Grape Leaf Vines

Tim Holtz -Idea-ology - Fasteners - Yuletide

Tim Holtz -Layering Stencils - Latticework

Kaisercraft- Rhinestones – Red

Kaisercraft - Rhinestones - Mint Green

Kaisercraft - Sparklets - Fern

Kaisercraft- Kaiser Mists - Lime Green

Kaisercraft- Sanding Block 2 pack

Kaisercraft Wooden Flourishes – Dec 25^th, Merry Christmas

Prima Marketing - A Victorian Christmas - Clear Mini Stamp - 582654

PrimaMarketing - Art Ingredients - Micro Beads - Grass

Lindys StampGang - Embossing Powders - Weeping Willow Green Gold

Prima Marketing- Art Basics - Texture Paste - Gold Crackle

Jacquard -Pearlex Powdered Pigments - Solar Gold

Faber-Castell- Gesso 100ml

Ranger -Archival Ink Pad - Wendy Vecchi Designer Series - Carnation Red

Snug Hug - SeamBinding 1/2" - Melon

Other: glitter berries, flowers, lace flowers

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Friday, November 6, 2015

The Scrapbook Store - Lemoncraft Christmas Greetings Collection

Hi Everyone,

I can't believe it's only 7 weeks until Christmas, and with that in mind, this month for my Design Team proejcts for The Scrapbook Store I get to create with the gorgeous new Lemoncraft "Christmas Greetings" Collection. This range has a beautiful vintage feel with a traditional colour palette in green, crimson and cream hues. There is also a basics range set of papers which ties in beautifully with this fabulous Christmas Collection.

"Believe" Layout

To make the crimson tones of the pp's really pop I used American Crafts white cardstock for my background, which I masked with White Croco Crackling and the new Kaisercraft Geo Tiles Template. Once the crackle medium was totally dried, I spritzed with water then applied the Lindy's Edleweiss Moss Green Mist with a brush, dried this off, then applied the Cest La Vie Cerise from the Lindys Tres Chic Magicals Set by mixing with water on a craft sheet, then applying with a brush to background. I stamped little snowflakes from the Prima Victorian Christmas Stamp Set with Carnation Red Archival Ink randomly over the masking and topped the snowflakes with Kaisercraft split pea rhinestones to add a little sparkle.

The bauble was fussy cut from the reverse side of the Let Your Dreams Come True pp which has lovely christmas tags, labels and christmas accents. I sanded the edges of the bauble and added stamped accents with the Prima Victorian Christmas Stamp Set. I have used one of the Blue Fern Chipboard Flutter Page Dangles to hang my bauble and embellished the dangle with Green Tara flowers, berries and Tim Holtz Festive Brads, then topped with a Snug Hug binding ribbon bow in moss green.