Manor House Creations - Bold and Beautiful

Hi Cathy here, with a LO to share using the Believe paper range and Spring Collection from Manor House Creations.

I decided to go with a bold colour combo of red, black and green on this page.  I started by using the Believe - Make Believe pp as my background, which I altered by masking, stamping and adding some paint splats.  I am loving washi tape at the moment, and it always seems to find its way onto my LO's.  I just tore 2 different tapes to match my colour palette and overlapped them around the edges of the pp.

To frame my photo I layered some stamped book paper, diecuts, a tag and a fussy cut border strip from the Believe - Lace pp.  I also layered a smaller version on the top right, to which I added a fussy cut butterfly image from the Believe - Elements Cards pp.  To tie in with my colour scheme, I painted the leaves and edges of my butterfly with some Luminarte pigments and a little bit of Viva croco crackling

To finish off I clustered a few of the new Spring Collection flowers down the left hand side of my photo.  I altered the large black flower from the Layout Pack - Classy by pulling out the staments and replacing with a bling centre to make the flower pop. I find the Vinettes very versatile, as you can keep them whole or cut them up to make them go further.

MHC Product Used:  Believe Paper Collection - Make Believe, Lace, Elements Cards, Layout Pack- classy, Minuettes - red. denim brown, Mini Blush Roses - soft gold, Vinettes - black.

Other Product Used:  Kaisercraft Collectables and text stamp, book paper, Prima Mask and Say it in Crystals flourish, Stampendous frame stamp, Craft Queen washi tape and black and silver embellishments, Trinket Track bling centre, Cosmo Cricket word stickers, manila tag, Ladybird ceramic button, Luminarte pigment powders - kiwi and fern, Viva Inca Gold - lava red, Gesso, Tim Holtz distress ink - black soot.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Manor House Creations - Believe Collection Layout

Hi Ladies,

Cathy here, with a another LO to share created using the gorgeous new Spring 2013 range from Manor House Creations.   Click on the Manor House link to see more gorgeous creations from our super talented Design Team. 

Love Life

Photography by Mick Delaney

I was inspired by 2 of the pp's from the new "Believe" collection which I altered with some misting and masking.  I wanted to create warm Autumn tones to accent this beautiful photo of my nephew's fiancee.

I adore the new lacy Ballerina flowers and used one in cream as the focal point in my diagonal flower cluster.  I layered in some of the vintage Oh la laa flowers and tucked in a few of the Blossoms, which I altered by adding in some stamens.

To create my title element, I misted a white ornate flourish frame in green, fussy cut an element from the Dreams Come True pp and topped it with a Believe flexible word in black.  As the end of the frame was going to be covered with flowers I decided to cut it off and use it with one of the Believe Blossoms on the left hand side of my page.

Manor House Product

Papers: Believe Collection - Make Believe, Dreams Come True
Flowers: Ballerina - classic mix, Oh La Laa, Blossoms – Believe, Cottage Garden
Embellishments: Ornate Frames – Flourish white, Flexible Words – Love Black

Other Product Used:  Prima mask, Flourishes stamp, Lindy's Stamp Gang mists salwater taffy, Luminarte pigment powder - fuzzy peach, spiced pumpkin, fern, kiwi, stamens, Glimmermist meadow green, coffee shop, Gesso, K& Co diecut butterflies, clock charm, Tim Holt black soot distress ink

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Manor House Creations - DT LO Spring 2013 Range

Hi Ladies,
I can't tell you how excited I was when I received my massive box of goodies from Nerrida at Manor House Creations.  It felt like Christmas when I opened my parcel and saw all the gorgeous flowers and fabulous new "Believe" paper range.  Today I have a LO to share using some of the new product from the Spring 2013 Collection.
Dare to Dream Big

The trellis paper with the centre frame "Us Together" immediately popped out at me when I first saw the new Believe range, and inspired me to create this LO.  I started by trimmimg it down a little around the edges, cut out inner part of the frame, then backed it with a piece of the "Dreams Come True" pp which I masked with a Prima Stencil and gesso, then highlighted with some Luminarte pigment powder.

I love to grunge up my edges, so I punched, distresssed, inked and stamped the edges of the paper and used the reverse side of the "Lace" pp to create a contrast border.   To add a pop of colour I painted the blossoms from the trellis design with Fuzzy Peach Luminarte pigment powder mixed with water, which has a lovely shimmer (it's a not easy to see in the pics), then added another layer of stamping in pink around my edges.

To tone in with the black and white pp's, I altered my photo to black and white and framed it with one of the new ornate scallop frames in black.

Now the flowers - which are all from the gorgeous new Spring range.  I used the pink vinette, these are very versatile as you can cut them up to fit in with your design, the black tea roses and Floral Mix Arielle clustered around the photo and also a smaller cluster on the right.  To add some sparkle I coated the edges of the pink Arielle flowers with diamond dust.

And finally the title, where I used the new flexible words in black.  There are also other words available in black and white.

Manor House Product:  Believe papers, Ornate Scallop Frame, Flexible Word - Dream, Pink Vinette, Black Tea Rose, Floral Mix Arielle

Other Product:  Prima mask, Viva Croco Crackling, Martha Stewart border punch, Green Tara velvet leaves, Kaisercraft flutterbye stamp and bling, Prima rose stamp, Gesso, Luminarte fuzzy peach pigment powder, Diamond Dust, Black glimmermist, Prima vintage pink ink, Tim Holtz distress ink black soot, muslin

Thanks so much for stopping by.