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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Kaisercraft DT - Sea Breeze and Cottage Rose Collections

Hi Cathy here sharing my creations with this month’s gorgeous new Collections from Kaisercraft – Cottage Rose and Sea Breeze.

I am loving the Cottage Rose collection, which has a pretty shabby chic feel with beautiful floral, damask and weatherboard patterned papers… just a gorgeous collection all around!!

“Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful”

For this layout I went to town with fussy cut flowers from the beautiful ‘Floral Bouquet’ pp, which I layered with a few Collectables and stickers from the 12x12 Sticker Sheet, creating a pretty cluster to surround my photo.

background paper with Derivan modelling paste using the beautiful Floral Lace Designer Template, and randomly stamped around the edges with the lace border from the Cottage Rose stamp set. I finished off with some flicks of candy Kaisermist and diecut butterflies from the C6 Butterflies Decorative Die.

“Happy Birthday to You”

A quick and simple card with a few distressed layers and a touch of fussy cutting created with the 6.5” Paper Pad and one of the frames from the Collectables.

“Wedding Day” - Altered 8”x10” Frame

The papers from the Cottage Rose collection have a lovely old-world dreaminess to them, and just perfect for creating an altered frame to showcase a wedding photo. The new glitter cardstock adds a lovely touch of sparkle to the main flower cluster… so many gorgeous colours to choose from!! I diecut the Berry Vine Decorative Die from the pistachio glitter cardstock. Looks so much prettier in real life!

Kaisercraft Product: Cottage Rose - Paper | P2070 Floral Bouquet, P2071 Welcome, P2075 Weatherboards, P2077 Framed | SS311 12x12 Sticker Sheet | GC108 Glitter Cardstock – Pistachio | CS257 Background Stamp - Script | Decorative Dies – DD DD522 Berry Vine, DD738 Vintage Keys, DD764 Words – Occasions Pack | T303 Foam Tape | Other Product: DM-1MM2M10 Derivan Matisse Gesso, ink

“In These Moments”

This layout was created for this month’s sketch challenge. You still have time to enter!! Click on the link HERE for details.

Kaisercraft April Sketch Challenge

“This Is Me” Layout

The pretty vintage frame collectable was the inspiration behind this layout.

I have to admit that teal is one of my all-time favourite colours, so when I clapped my eyes on the Sea Breeze collection, I was in love!! Beautiful flowers mixed in with a lovely variety of pretty patterned papers and contrasting black and white to make the teal colours pop and you have a collection which is a pure delight!!

”Happiness"

OMG how gorgeous is the Speciality Ripple Gloss Paper from the Sea Breeze Collection!! Pull out a couple of co-ordinating mists and you have a stunning background created in an instant!! I chose to combine the Turquoise with the Wisteria Kaisermists to create a luscious contrast against the white background, then flicked over this with the Winter Grey Kaisermist to create a little more depth, and a touch of sparkle with some lilac rhinestones.

For my title I diecut the happiness word from the new release Decorative Die Word Set – Happiness in violet Weave Cardstock to make it pop and tie in with the wisteria Kaisermist.

Kaisercraft Product: Sea Breeze – Paper – P2016 Waterlily, P2021 Raindrop, P2022 Swirl, PS448 Speciality Gloss Paper – Ripple | SS310 12x12 Sticker Sheet, CT853 Collectables | CD177 Cardstock Weave - Violet | DD758 Decorative Die Words – Happiness | Kaisermist KM120 Wisteria, KM112 Winter Grey, KM105 Turquoise | SB705 Rhinestones – Lilac | T331 Sanding Block | T303 Foam Tape Other Product: Ink

”Special Memory”

I chose to use the other gorgeous Specialty Diecut paper from this range to create my second layout, as I loved the weatherboard teamed with the pretty blooms… no need to pull out my scissors for fussy cutting here, as I used some of the beautiful blooms from the Collectables.

I love to distress and grunge up my creations, as it adds a layer of texture and dimension, so for this layout I cut random slits in the Specialty Paper and distressed the edges so that you can see the pretty background paper peeking through. The Paper Blooms were given distressed finish by flicking with a touch of turquoise Kaisermist, then dipping the edges of the flower in gesso and sprinkling the wet gesso with aged embossing powder… hard to see in the pictures, but it looks really pretty and very shabby chic.

One of the other techniques I love to use to create a distressed/shabby look, is to sand the edges of my papers and photos to expose the white core using one of my favourite tools – the Kaisercraft Sanding Block!! I love the illusion of dimension this creates on my layouts.

Kaisercraft Product: Sea Breeze – Paper – P2023 Splash, PS447 Speciality Gloss Paper – Pond | SS310 12x12 Sticker Sheet, CT853 Collectables | CS257 Background Clear Stamp – Script | KM105 Kaisermist - Turquoise | F627 Paper Bloom – Coconut | F649 Mini Paper Bloom – Sage | T331 Sanding Block | T303 Foam Tape Other Product: Embossing Powder, DM-1MM2M32 Derivan Matisse Light Modelling Paste, ink

”Celebrate Your Day”

How fabulous is the new release Decorative Die Words – Occasions Pack… it has all the basic greetings covered to create handmade cards for the special people in your life.

”Be Happy and Smile”

This card was created using the 6.5” Paper Pad and matching Clear Stamp Set.

Thanks for stopping by J

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

The Scrapbook Store - FabScraps Vintage Elegance Collection

Hi Everyone,

Today I am sharing my final layout for this month created for The Scrapbook Store with the gorgeous 'Vintage Elegance' Collection from FabScraps. I love to create Shabby Chic Feminine layouts, so this range of papers is pure heaven Pop in to the store and check out this beautiful range to snag some before it all goes out the door!!

Real Beauty

Today I chose to work with the soft pastel blue papers from this collection, and I just had to fussy cut the gorgeous white roses and flowers from the 'Happy Love' paper to accent my photo.

I have layered and distressed the papers with foam tape to create dimension, then tucked the fussy cut flowers in amongst my layers and around my photo.

To tie in with the shabby chic theme, I decided to stitch the pretty Green Tara lace to the edge of the Green Tara Natural Linen, then folded over about 1/3 and gathered along the edge to create a ruffled border for the right side of my photo.

How lovely are the metal embellishments from Prima!! I altered them by rubbing over with Aquamarine Viva Inka Gold to blend in with the blue tones of the pp's.

To create my title I used a piece of Kaisercraft Neptune cardstock with the frame from the Kaisercraft Antiques Clear Sticker Sheet and fussy cut around the edges, then embellished the frame with rubon words. You could also use a stamp phrase, if you don't have rubons.

FabScraps - Vintage Elegance Collection

TSS Products Used

Fabscraps Vintage Elegance 12x12 pp – Happy Love

Fabscraps Vintage Elegance 12x12 pp – Enchantment

Prima Marketing – Metal Embellishments – Patina Keys

Viva - Inka Gold – Aquamarine
Kaisercraft – Kaiser Mists – demin, white, winter grey

Kaisercraft – Clear Stickers – Antiques - Black

Kaisercraft – Pearls - Denim

Kaisercraft – Textured Cardstock - Neptune

Kaisercraft - Sanding Block 2 pack

Green Tara – 9mm Lace - White

Green Tara – 38mm Natural Linen

Ranger – Archival Ink Pad – Watering Can

Prima Marketing – Chalk Ink – Old Rose, Pastel Blue

X-Press It – 12mm Hi-Tack Foam Mounting Tape

Other: flowers, rubon words

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Saturday, March 26, 2016

The Scrapbook Store - FabScraps Vintage Elegance Step by Step LO Tutorial

Hi everyone, Today I am sharing my Step by Step Tutorial for March for The Scrapbook Store, using the gorgeous FabScraps ‘Vintage Elegance’ Collection which I received in my parcel of goodies.

This range is has a beautiful mix of florals, damask, script and stripe patterns, with a gorgeous shabby chic feel to it, which is right up my alley. I have complemented the papers with pretty pearl accents and a touch of lace in a simple design, with a smattering of fussy cut elements, which is one of my favourite techniques. To keep the focus on the beautiful papers, I only slightly altered my background with a touch of stamping and lightly flicked mists in several colours. Would love to see some of your layouts inspired by this beautiful Collection in our gallery!!

Laugh as Much as You Can

Cut 6cm strip from bottom of FabScraps ‘Love is in the Air’ pp and ink edges in pastel blue Prima Chalk Ink.

Cut 2 x 30 cm lengths of white scalloped lace and adhere to top and bottom of paper, then adhere this piece to the stripe side of the ‘Paris’ pp, leaving a 3cm section showing on the top and bottom.

Randomly stamp the background with Kaisercraft Script Background Stamp in Watering Can Ranger Archival Ink, then flick over with winter grey and charcoal Kaisermist.

Spray one or two spritzes of the Candy Kaisermist onto a non-stick craft sheet, then mix in a little of the Peony Scarlet Red Mica from the Lindy’s Stamp Gang Prairie Wildflowers Magicals Set. Randomly flick over the background.

Cut the Blue Fern Studios Tattered Diamonds Bits into smaller sections and coat with gesso. Dry off, then paint on the premixed mist onto your chipboard pieces. To create dimension, add more colour in random spots. Once dry, lightly stamp over with Kaisercraft Script Stamp.

Fussy cut flowers, leaves and butterflies from the left over piece of FabScraps ‘Love is in the Air’ pp. Paint the tips of the fussy cut butterflies with the pre-mixed mist and embellish with pearl brads.

Diecut the larger frame from the Kaisercraft Rectangle Fancy Frames in Kaisercraft Neptune cardstock. Cut down your photo to fit in the frame and adhere.

Using the picture as a guide, adhere your framed photo, then arrange your fussy cut elements chipboard pieces and velvet hydrangeas around your photo and adhere with foam tape.

Adhere the small resin frame to the bottom right of your photo. Cut the love you words from the Kaisercraft Clear Sticker Sheet to fit in the frame and adhere. Embellish the frame with a velvet flower, fussy cut leaf, Prima dangle and charm.

TSS Products Used:

FabScraps – Vintage Elegance 12”x12” Paper – Love is in the Air

FabScraps – Vintage Elegance 12”x12” Paper – Paris

Blue Fern Studios – Chipboard – Tattered Diamond Bits

Lindys Stamp Gang – Magicals Set – Prairie Wildflowers

Ranger – Archival Ink – Wendy Vecchi Designer Series – Watering Can

Kaisercraft – Background Clear Stamp – Script

Kaisercraft – Decorative Die – Rectangle Fancy Frames

Kaisercraft – Kaiser Mists – candy, white, winter grey, charcoal

Kaisercraft – Textured Cardstock - Neptune

Kaisercraft – Clear Stickers – Love Black

Scrapmatts Chipboard – Scrapwords 21

Petaloo – Velvet Hydrangeas

Prima Marketing – Chalk Ink – Old Rose, Pastel Blue

Prima Marketing – Shabby Chic Treasures - Resin Frames

X-Press It – 12mm Hi-Tack Foam Mounting Tape

X-Press It – Clear Gel Glue

Liquitex - Surface Prep Gesso – 118 ml

Other: pearl brads, lace, bee charms, Prima dangle

Hope you enjoyed my shabby chic tutorial created with the gorgeous FabScraps Vintage Elegance Collection. Until next time.

Happy Crafting

Cathy :)

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

The Scrapbook Store - FabScraps Vintage Elegance and Lindy's Stamp Gang March Challenge

Hi Everyone, This month for The Scrapbook Store, I am creating with th gorgeous 'Vintage Elegance' Collection from FabScraps. I decided to create this LO using this month's Color Challenge at Lindy's Stamp Gang as inspiration. The pink and blue tones of this range look like they were created just for this challenge!!

Live Love Laugh

I love to create shabby chic feminine layouts, so this collection of papers is right in my wheelhouse! Pretty florals, damask and script pp's mixed with lacy chipboard and candy coloured mists... SIGH!!

Lindy's Stamp Gang March Color Challenge

All you need to do to enter is use a minimum of 2 Lindy's Stamp Gang products... (can be 2 different colours mists), Click on the link HERE for challenge rules and details

To create my background I misted with water and applied the Blue Hawaiian Starburst Mist with a large brush for a watercolour effect. Once dry, I flicked over the watercolour areas with Creme Brulee Cream Starburst Mist, dried this off.

I mixed the Pink Ladies Pink from the Beauty School Dropout Magical's Set with water on a non-stick craft sheet, then flicked over the watercolour areas. I also added some flicks of the Blue Hawaiian Starburst Mist to add more dimension to the watercolour blue. Once dry, I randomly stamped over with Kaisercraft Lattice Stamp in Watering Can Archival Ink.

I coloured the texture paste by mixing in some of the Pink Ladies Pink Magicals powder to create a gorgeous shade of pink to match my pp's.

The beautiful Dusty Attic Lacey Trims Chipboard pieces were altered by sponging with a layer of gesso and whilst Liquitex gesso is still wet, applying the Lindy's Magic Moon Pearls embossing powder, then heat setting to produce a lovely ripple effect.

The Scrapmatts Diamond Mesh Chipboard was the perfect match for the lattice in my photo of Brittany!! I finished off by add some pretty pink seed beads for a little added texture.

Lindy's Magic Moon Pearls Embossing Powder

Lindy's Starburst Mist - Blue Hawaiian

Lindy's Starburst Mist - Creme Brulee Cream

Lindy's Magicals Set - Beauty School Dropout

The Scrapbook Store Products:

Fabscraps Vintage Elegance 12x12 pp – Fascination

Fabscraps Vintage Elegance 12x12 pp - Sweetness

7 Dots Studios – Soulmates 12x12 pp – Not About Labels

Dusty Attic – Chipboard – Lacey Trims

Scrapmatts Chipboard – Diamond Mesh

Green Tara – Fantasy Blooms – White

Green Tara – 2.8cm Mini Blossoms – Blue

The Scrapbook Store – 1cm Semi Open Rosebuds – Soft Pink

Crafters Workshop – 6x6 Template – Live Laugh Love

Lindy’s Stamp Gang – Starburst Mists – Crème Brulee Cream

Lindy’s Stamp Gang – Starburst Mists – Blue Hawaiian Blue

Lindy’s Stamp Gang – Flat Magicals Set – Beauty School Dropout

Lindy’s Stamp Gang – Embossing Powders – Magic Moon Pearls

Prima Marketing – Metal Embellishments – Patina Keys

Kaisercraft - Sanding Block 2 pack

Kaisercraft – Texture Stamp – Lattice

Kraft Medley – Bead Funnel Tray with Cap

Couture Creations - Non-Stick Craft Mat

Liquitex - Surface Prep Gesso – 118 ml

Prima Marketing - Art Basics - Modeling Paste

Ranger – Archival Ink Pad – Watering Can

X-Press It – 12mm Hi-Tack Foam Mounting Tape

Other: seed beads, pearl embellishments

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Friday, March 11, 2016

The Scrapbook Store - Fabscraps Vintage Elegance

Hi Everyone,

This month for The Scrapbook Store, I will be sharing my projects created with the beautiful Fabscraps 'Vintage Elegance' Collection.

You Are The Reason I Smile

This range has a lovely shabby chic feel with gorgeous florals damask and script patterns. The floral papers are stunning and just thing if you are into a bit of fussy cutting.

For my first layout with this beautiful collection, I started by masking the Script side of the 'Gentleness' paper with the Prima Floral Petites stencil for my background and bordered with the blue damask side of the 'Sweetness' paper, I mixed a bit of the Lindy's Cotton Candy Pink magicals from the Sweet Treats set with some Prima Art Basics Modeling Paste to create a coloured texture paste.

Once dry I flicked over the masking with Kaisermist in Winter Grey, then mixed the Aqua and White Kaisermists to create a soft blue and flicked over the masking also. I dried off with a heat gun, then randomly stamped over in Ranger Archival Watering Can ink with stamp from the Bo Bunny 'Rough it up' stamp set.

To create some pretty floral elements, I fussy cut flowers and leaves from the 'Gentleness' and 'Friendship' papers, and arranged them around my photo with the Kaisercraft Vintage Keys
Die, which I cut apart into two sections. then misted with the premixed pale blue Kaisermist, and embellished with a couple of Kaisercraft denim pearls.

The title was stamped on the 'Sweetness' paper in Ranger Watering Can ink with the phrase from the Kaisercraft Ma Cherie stamp set, then cut apart, inked in watering can and mounted on foam tape.

Fabscraps 'Vintage Elegance' Collection.

The Scrapbook Store - Product

Fabscraps Vintage Elegance 12x12 pp – Sweetness

Fabscraps Vintage Elegance 12x12 pp – Gentleness

Fabscraps Vintage Elegance 12x12 pp – Friendship

Prima Marketing Stencil – 6x6 – Floral Petites

Prima Marketing – Art Basics – Modeling Paste

Kaisercraft – Decorative Dies – Vintage Keys

Kaisercraft – Kaisermist – Aqua

Kaisercraft – Kaisermist – White

Kaisercraft – Kaisermist – Winter Grey

Kaisercraft – Ma Cherie – Clear Acrylic Stamp Set

Kaisercraft – Texture Stamp – Hessian

Kaisercraft – Pearls - Denim

Bo Bunny – 4x6 Stamp Set - Rough It Up

Lindys Stamp Gang – Magicals Set – Sweet Treats

Ranger – Archival Ink Pad – Watering Can

Ranger – Archival Ink Pad – Magenta Hue

Kaisercraft - Sanding Block 2 pack

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Sunday, February 21, 2016

The Scrapbook Store - Bo Bunny Love and Lace

Hi Everyone,

Today I am sharing my 2nd layout created for The Scrapbook Store with the beautiful Bo Bunny "Love and Lace" Collection. This collection is a beautiful gathering of lace, flowers and leather accents in soft dusky colours that go beautifully with projects featuring love and friendship.

For this layout I have been inspired by a gorgeous photo of my nephew's wedding, as the love theme in this range lends itself perfectly to wedding photos.

Always and Forever

I love the shabby effect of tearing and layering paper and have been using this technique quite a lot recently as it's a great way to showcase various pp's without it being too busy. I have chosen the green tones of the Bo Bunny "Affection" and "Leather" pp's and mixed in a section of 7 Dots Studio Soulmates "Welcome to Happiness" in a pretty soft pink to add a little contrast.

The background was masked with the pretty Tim Holtz "Gothic" layering stencil and Shimmerz Texturez paste in crushed coral, then flicked over in several mist colours to add dimension.