The ScrapbookStore - Graphic 45 Mon Amour

Hi Everyone,

I have my last layout for the month created for The Scrapbook Store using the Graphic 45 Mon Amour Collection.

The Mon Amour Collection has an overall wedding/love theme and my 3 previous LO's were created with this in mind, but for this LO I wanted to show you that it can be used outside of this theme and went for a pretty feminine page.

All Natural Beauty- Graphic 45 Mon Amour Collection

To create my background I coated the AC vanilla cardstock with clear gesso, then masked the Tim Holtz Gothic Stencil with Faber Castell whipped spackle mixed with Lindy's Chateau Rose mica powder from the Tres Chic Magicals Set.  I then sprayed the masked area with Lindy's Cape Code Coral Starburst Mist, dried off, then sprayed with Lindy's Clam Bake Starburst Mist and finished off by flicking with Dylusions White Linen mist.

I have torn a section of the Dearest Darling pp to go down the centre of my page.  My photo was framed with a frame fussy cut from the Mon Amour pp, and then layered with pieces of the My Beloved pp and peach pp from the Paper and Solids 6" paper pad, which I distressed and inked in Tim Holtz Festive Berries.

I add a bit of dimension to my layers I have tucked in some of the Chipboard Tags 1.

I cut off a section of the Blue Fern Floral Spray chipboard and altered by coating with Faber Castell gesso first, then applying Lindy's Cape Cod Coral and Clambake as well as Olive Vine Twinkling H2o's with a brush.

I used the alpha stickers from the 12x12 Sticker Sheet to create my title and distressed them with the Kaisercraft Sanding block to add to the shabby chic look of my page.

Green Tara Azeleas and roses were flicked and brushed with Lindy's Cape Code Coral mist

Product List

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour -12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - Dearest Darling

Graphic 45 -Mon Amour - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - Mon Amour

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - My Beloved

Graphic 45 -Mon Amour - 6"x6" Paper Pad - Patterns and Solids

Graphic 45 -Mon Amour - 12"x12" Cardstock Stickers

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour - Chipboard Tags 1

American Crafts - Textured Cardstock 12" x 12" - Vanilla 

Blue Fern Studios - Chipboard Shapes - Floral Spray

Green Tara - 3cm Mini Roses - Ivory - 10 Pieces

Green Tara -4.5cm Azaleas – Red

Green Tara - 18mm Lace - Cream

Petaloo - Darjeerling Teastained Butterflies - Spice

Tim Holtz - Layering Stencils - Gothic
Lindys Stamp Gang - Magicals Sets - Tres Chic

Lindys Stamp Gang - Starburst Mist - Cape Cod Coral

Lindys Stamp Gang - Starburst Mist - Clam Bake Beige

Luminarte - Twinkling H2Os - Olive Vine

Ranger - Dylusions Ink Sprays - White Linen
Ranger - Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Festive Berries

Snug Hug - Seam Binding 1/2" - Melon

Faber-Castell- Whipped Spackle 100ml

Faber-Castell- Gesso 100ml
Kaisercraft - Sanding Block 2 pack

Washi Tape

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The Scrapbook Store - Graphic 45 Mon Amour Step by Step Tutorial

Hi everyone,

I have my third LO for the month, which is a step by step tutorial, created for The Scrapbook Store using the gorgeous Graphic 45 "Mon Amour" Collection.  I have been inspired by beautiful photos of my nephew's wedding last year. 

 “Kiss” - Graphic 45 Mon Amour Collection

To start off, ink the Kiss word from the Blue Fern Wedding Words pack in black.  Cut down the floral piece from Blue Fern Layering Stems pack into 3 pieces, then coat this as well as the leafy stalk and the Twilight Garden Frame Chipboard pieces with gesso. Once dry spray with Pink Kaisermist first, then randomly spray with Red Kaisermist and Tim Holtz Brushed Pewter Spray Stain.  Allow the mist to absorb into the chipboard, then lightly dab off some of the excess mist with a wet ones, or if you prefer it darker leave as is.  Put aside to dry.

Cut the barcode strips from the Graphic 45 Precious One and Hearts Desire pp’s.  Cut 1cm from the top and 1cm from the right hand side of the Hearts Desire pp, then using the Kaisercraft Sanding Block, sand the edges of the paper, to create a white border.  I love this technique, as it’s a great way to add a touch of softness to your papers.  Adhere the Hearts Desire pp, peach side facing up centrally to the Precious One pp black side facing up.

Using the photo as a guide mask your background with Faber Castell Whipped Spackle and the lattice section of the Kaisercraft Flora Quarters Template.

Flick the Pink and Red Kaisermist over the masked area.  While you have the mist spritz the Petaloo butterfly with Red Kaisermist .  Once your background is dry, randomly stamp the newsprint section of the Prima Royal Menagerie mini stamp with Black Archival Ink over the masking, then inking only the butterfly, stamp a couple of butterflies around the top section of your masking using the photo as a placement guide.

To create a cutting guide so that your photo fits into the Blue Fern chipboard frame, lightly draw a pencil outline onto your photo, using the outer circle, cut inside the line, then adhere your photo to the back of the frame with glue.  I cut off the little lantern, so that I could attach it further down on my page to make sure it wasn’t covered up with flowers.

Cut the Love Notes Label from the My Beloved pp and 2 roses from the Dearest Darling pp.

Using the main photo as a placement guide adhere the frame to the paper doily, then adhere the doily to your background with a bit of glue or tape just in the centre of the back of the photo so that you can then tuck in the bits and pieces around the frame.  You can then go back and adhere the doily section once you are happy the placement of all your embellishments.

Cut 2 of the blossoms from the bottom of the Black Green Tara flower stem to tuck in around your flower cluster. Adhere the flowers, extra chipboard stalk and fussy cut rose to the bottom right side of your frame.  Then adhere one of the Kaisercraft mini blooms, fussy cut rose and little chipboard stalk the left hand side of the Graphic 45 chipboard mini frame.  To soften the look of your flowers, apply a little gesso with your finger to the cherry blossoms and mini roses.  Adhere the lantern under your flower cluster.

Adhere the Kiss Chipboard Title to the top left of your frame and the Scrapmatts chipboard phrase on the bottom left.  Top the Petaloo butterfly with a pearl and adhere where the G45 chippie meets the doily.

Your layout is now complete.  I hope your enjoyed my step by step tutorial. 

Product List

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - Precious One

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - Hearts Desire

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - My Beloved

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - Dearest Darling

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour - Chipboard Tags 1

Blue Fern Studios - Chipboard Shapes - Twilight Garden Frame

Blue Fern Studios - Chipboard Shapes - Layering Stems

Blue Fern Studios - Chipboard Wordlet - Wedding Word Set

Prima Marketing - Royal Menagerie - Clear Mini Stamp – 582555

Scrapmatts Chipboard - Scrapwords 21

Petaloo - Darjeeling Teastained Mini Butterflies – Red

Green Tara - Fantasy Blooms – Black

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

Green Tara - Cherry Blossoms - Red - 10 Pieces

Green Tara - Flower Stems – Black

Green Tara - 2cm Mini Roses - Pale Pink - 10 Pieces

Kaisercraft - 12" x 12" Templates - Damask Quarters

Kaisercraft - Kaiser Mists – Pink

Kaisercraft - Kaiser Mists – Red

Kaisercraft - Sanding Block 2 pack

Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains - Brushed Pewter

Faber-Castell - Whipped Spackle 100ml

Faber-Castell - Gesso 100ml

Ranger - Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black

Pearl Brad

6” Paper Doily

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The Scrapbook Store - Graphic 45 Mon Amour Collection

Hi Everyone,

This month at The Scrapbook Store I am creating with the beautiful new Graphic 45 "Mon Amour" Collection.  This is my 2nd layout, again inspired by gorgeous photos taken at my nephew's wedding.

Wedded Bliss

The "Hearts Desire" diamond pp is great for cutting to create a stencil like effect or you could cut it into smaller diamond sections for another look.  I have also used the pink reverse side of this paper to create a frame around the black and cream script "True Love" pp.

How fabulous are the Green Tara Fabric Vines with their beautiful velvet textured leaves and pretty little blossoms!!  I have cut mine up into smaller sections to tuck in amongst my flower clusters, along with the red Cherry Blossoms to add a pop of colour.

This chipboard title is part of a set from Blue Fern Studios called "Wedded Word Set" which has 6 different titles and is perfect for those special wedding layouts.  I altered the chipboard by coating with Faber Castell Gesso first, then spraying with Pink Kaisermist.

To create the main flower cluster I fussy cut the label from the "My Beloved" pp and some of the roses from the "Dearest Darling" pp.

To give my tags a lacy look I embossed them with the Kaisercraft Flourish Embossing Folder.  How cute are the new mini flowers!!  I have lightly inked them in Prima old rose chalk ink to give them a little dimension.

The Scrapbook Store Products

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - Hearts Desire

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - My Beloved

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - True Love

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - Dearest Darling

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour - 12"x12" Cardstock Stickers

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour - 6"x6" Paper Pad - Patterns & Solids

Blue Fern Studios - Chipboard Wordlet - Wedding Word Set

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

Green Tara - Cherry Blossoms - Red - 10 Pieces

Kaisercraft - Paper Blooms – Coconut

The Scrapbook Store - 1.5cm Mini Flowers 10pk - White

Petaloo - Darjeerling Teastained Butterflies – Pink

Kaisercraft - Kaiser Mists – Pink

Kaisercraft - 5"x7" Embossing Folders - Flourish

Faber-Castell - Gesso 100ml

Kaisercraft - Sanding Block 2 pack

Prima Marketing - Ingvild Bolme - Fluid Chalk Edger Pad - Old Rose

Other: Prima flower, metal charm, metallic mist

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The Scrapbook Store - Graphic 45 - Mon Amour

Hi Everyone,

This month I received the gorgeous new Graphic 45 "Mon Amour" Collection in my parcel of goodies from The Scrapbook Store.  The collection has a love theme in a red, pink, black and cream colour palette and is perfect for creating with wedding photos in mind.

Mon Amour
  I decided to use this collection to scrap this photo of my nephew's wedding day to his beautiful bride last year. 

I really enjoy fussy cutting and layering and I have to say Graphic 45 papers are just the thing if you like this technique.  For my LO I fussy cut some of the flowers from the G45 Mon Amour and Dearest Darling and layered them with Green Tara Cherry Blossoms and Petaloo Mini Daisies to frame my photo.

To flow on from the larger flower cluster on the right, I masked flowers with Faber Castell Whipped Spackle using the Tim Holtz Wildflower stencil on the bottom right of the My Beloved pp, then lightly brushed around the masked area with Prima Peony Color Bloom Spray.

To make the photo shine I placed it centrally on my LO and framed it with the gorgeous Blue Fern Studios - Chipboard - Blue Fern Frame  which I have altered by sponging with Faber Castell Gesso then stamping randomly with Kaisercraft Script Stamp in Rose Madder Archival Ink.

The Scrapbook Store - Products

Graphic 45 -Mon Amour - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - My Beloved

Graphic 45 -Mon Amour - 12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - Mon Amour

Graphic 45 - Mon Amour -12"x12" Double Sided Patterned Paper - Dearest Darling

Graphic 45 -Mon Amour - 6"x6" Paper Pad - Patterns and Solids
Blue Fern Studios - Chipboard - Blue Fern Frame
Kaisercraft - 12"x12" Textured Cardstock - Vanilla

Petaloo - Mini Daisy Petites - Antique Peach

Green Tara - Cherry Blossoms - White - 10 Pieces

Couture Creations - Intricutz Dies - Background Savvy Crystal Aroma

Prima Marketing - Color Bloom Sprays - Sultry Shimmer Peony

Tim Holtz - Layering Stencils - Wildflower

Ranger - Archival Ink Pad – Rose Madder

Kaisercraft - Textured Clear Stamps – Script
 Kaisercraft - Sanding Block 2 pack 

Faber-Castell - Whipped Spackle 100ml

Faber-Castell - Gesso 100ml

Other: metal charms, lace flowers

Thanks so much for stopping by :)