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Congratulations to the following who go into the final weeks draw to win a prize pack of goodies and Becky Fleck’s Pagemaps2:
Double layout – Megan Renfree
Single layout – Leanne Love
Card – Linda Langes
More wonderful entries this week – thank you all so much for entering into the spirit of the competition with Becky Fleck’s fabulous sketches. Please vote for this weeks favourites in the sidebar.
Tomorrow we’ll show you what our readers have been working on for the last week with Week 2’s entries. But for now we’re sharing Week 3 sketches – if you want to join in we’d love to have you! Images for these layouts will be due next Tuesday 2nd November – email them to aussiedt@iinet.net.au.
These are the sketches you need to follow – we’re loving multi-photo pages at the moment and a design guideline can really give you a fab kickstart.. and check out these wonderfully different takes on them!
This line from Cosmo Cricket has so much to offer... from papers to die-cuts.. to gorgeous chipboard shapes. In this double pager, Iris cut out the kite tail chipboard into several pieces and combined it with other chipboard shapes to create a funky and fun edge border around the layout.
Typically Louise rarely does doubles and especially ones with lots of photos LOL, However, when she had this simple but fabulous double Becky Fleck page map she just couldn’t resist - or go wrong for that matter! Louise loved this map and will more than likely use it again and again!
Carole loved creating this fun sketch, I love frames around photos, so this was made easy with the gorgeous Die Cut from the Queen Bee Collection by Pink Paislee, with co-ordinating pattern papers and tags to match. I also added some Prima Florals and Zva Swirls.
The new Pyrus range from Basic Grey was perfect for creating this sketch-based layout. As soon as she saw the circular elements in the sketch, Louise knew exactly the photo to use and by choosing circular designs in both the papers and design elements, it brought the layout together with a beautifully cohesive look.
Jane Clark has created this gorgeous little card with October Afternoon Fly a Kite papers and the ever versatile stickers which include the cutest images like the girl on the swing. Though she hasn’t interpreted the sketch perfectly literally, you can certainly still identify its’ influence, and that’s just one of the great thing about Becky Fleck’s sketches!
Suz also used the card sketch as a base for this cute little card. She has used the incredibly beautiful Pink Paislee Sweetness line and this project was made extra quick with the use of Pink Paislee’s fab embellishments which include the doodads (layered felt stickers) and the gorgeous flip notes which you will no doubt see again endlessly in her projects.
We’re excited to introduce Echo Park Papers to you, a new manufacturer that Aussie Scrap Source are thrilled to add to their ever growing list of fabulous brands! Check out what some of our design team have done with these gorgeous fun papers…
Janine loved the bright and fun papers in the Echo Park Sweet Summertime range and wanted to create a fun page that extended the pictures of her little girl running under a big tree, so the stickers were a perfect accent for that. She also added a touch of Glimmer Mist spatters to the background for more visual interest to the page and to continue on with the carefree feel.
Kathie loves sheets crammed with cute bright die-cut images. Echo Park’s Walk in the Park collection comes complete with images of kites, balloons, butterflies, flowers, ducks and pennant flags. The bright colours in the range were a perfect backdrop for the Kathie’s monochromatic photo.
When Sue first received her pack of Echo Park papers, she was impressed by the beautiful soft patterns and by the quality of the paper. Sue decided to keep her layout quite simple and chose to make a butterfly embellishment featuring several of the lovely patterned papers. To do this, she traced a Jenni Bowlin chipboard butterfly onto cardstock, adhered the patterned papers, cut off the excess and added lots of stitching for detail.
Wendy McKee is a very talented papercrafter. She has an amazing ability to create lovely little embellishments which are full of eye-catching details. When you look at something Wendy has created, it is delightful because the more you look at it, the more wonderful details you find. Wendy has done a fabulous job here of showcasing the beautiful colours and patterns in the Life is Good range. And what a cute photo! Thanks so much Wendy for sharing your work.
Jane Clark used the Life is Good range to create these fun cards. She has cut out elements and layered them and of course the versatile journalling card and sticker sheets come in particularly useful. She kept embellishments simple with some sequins and some layering.
We thank all the contributors to our first week of sketches. There’s some wonderful inspiration here and some fabulous interpretations of Becky Fleck’s sketches. Vote for your favourites in the sidebar!
Caz has always been a huge fan of sketches, especially when she is in an inspiration slump and feels that all her pages are starting to look similar. She keeps a rather messy notebook which she scribbles sketches and ideas in when she comes across one she likes.
The beauty of sketches is that you can use the same one over and over by simply altering the size and number of photos, turning the sketch upside down or sideways or putting 2 singles sketches together to make a double page.
In this layout Caz has altered the number and size of the photos to suit the pictures she wanted to scrap. She stayed true to the general placement of them though and incorporated the title in the circles just like in the sketch. Rather than using solid blocks of colour Caz kept the elements simple by using thin strips of paper and subtle rub-ons..
Kathie loves the kick-start sketches can give to her design process. She’s used today’s sketch indicatively: to guide her photo placement and the basic positioning of her page elements. However, then she’s allowed her own style to dictate how she completed the page.
She’s added paper strips instead of the blocks of patterned papers. And rather than using layers of patterned paper on the background, she’s added detail by sponging on vines and birds using a Crafters Workshop stencil. She’s also replaced one of the indicated pieces of patterned paper with a block of journaling.
Sue is a scrapbooker who usually takes hours to design her layout. She thinks about every aspect of her layout thoroughly and nothing is stuck down until she is completely happy with her design. Sue was amazed by how wonderfully quick it is to create a layout based on a good sketch. It takes all of the hard work out of the designing process. And the wonderful thing is, sometimes you just need a starting point and then the layout seems to take on a life of it's own.
Sue used the beautiful 7 Gypsies Avignon papers and tags to create her layout. The photos were taken on Mother's Day last year and although at the time she thought they weren't wonderful photos, looking back on them now, she is grateful to have them. We are not present in the photos with our kids enough and we should make an effort to do it more often.
Janine chose to flip her sketch to suit the photos she wanted to use with these gorgeous new Sassafrass IndieGirl papers. Janine maintained all of the elements of the sketch while adding extra texture by glimmermisting some Prima lace with Graphite and adding it as a border. She also added extra flow to the layout by creating a meandering arrangement of flowers across the page with extra movement being achieved with the Primas new SIIP swirls.
And here’s two gorgeous takes on the card sketch from Jane Clark. Remember that the sketch is just a guide – just because it shows a rectangular element as the embellishment doesn’t mean you have to! In the first card Jane has mixed The Girls Paperie and Sassafras papers with some Prima flowers, the second has made gorgeous use of Tim Holtz papers and embellies.
If you wish to participate in this this weeks sketches, we’d love to have you! Use one (or more!) of the above sketches as inspiration to your project and email it to aussiedt@iinet.net.au to be eligible to win Becky Fleck’s new book – Pagemaps2 and a prize pack of scrappy goodies.
Check back tomorrow to see all of your fabulous interpretations of Week One’s sketches and to vote for your Week One Favourites.
There’s no denying that crochet is an emerging trend in all areas of fashion at the moment, from handcrafts to the high fashion runways. We asked Loretta Grayson if she would share some of her enthusiasm for the craft with us and these three amazing projects are what she came up with.
Anyone who knows Rett knows her fascination with trees, and this particular design echoes her stunning Test Pattern Trees series of artworks. Loretta writes:
On this project I used Sassafras Indie Girl papers and border stickers, plus some old Basic Grey papers from my stash (mostly from 6x6 paper pads) and a crochet cotton fringe. I crocheted into the holes in the blue border stickers to create the fringe, and then stuck the pink border over the top. The piece is finished off with mod podge and a coat of matt picture varnish.
This project uses crochet, but the idea is that it's a project for non-crocheters, as I cut a crochet motif from an old doily. The layout is an 8.5 x 11, and I've used Sassafras Indie Girl and some old Basic Grey patterned paper, Hambly peacock overlay, Sassafras glitter letter stickers and vintage map paper. The rainbow is cut from one of the paper whimsies flowers. The author of the quote is Sadako Sasaki.
This project is a decorative garland, using crochet pieces (made with crochet cotton) along with Sassafras Paper Whimsies flowers, Prima flower centres and vintage buttons from my stash.
Thank you so much Loretta for adding your very own special blend of art, craft and whimsy to our blog!
Iris used Little Yellow Bicicyle SnuggleBug Girl patterned papers and embellishments on both this and the next delicately created layouts. Here she cut-out trees from patterned paper make for a fun and whimsical page.
On this layout Iris made use of the stripe patterned paper and cut off the ends to make it look like ribbon strips... a fun and quick way to create a base for your photos.
A self-confessed patterned paper junkie, Kathie sometimes comes across pieces that are just too perfect to cut. The Stroll in the Park paper that she’s based her layout on here, is one such paper. She’s used it pretty much as it came (and sighed sadly whenever she had to cover one of the images on it with other page elements).
The Snugglebug Boy range is wonderfully fun and vibrant for pages about small boys. Kathie used the images from the sticker sheet and rubons to make decorating her page a cinch.
Suz used the gorgeous greens and blues of the ‘Lucky Me’ range to create this fabulous little mini album of her son’s homage to the scooter and skateboard. In addition to all these papers in a 12x12” size and the co-ordinating embellishments (here Suz has used epoxy buttons and rubons) there is also a paper pad which is pre-cut to just pull out and cover a chipboard mini album – so all the hard work is done for you! This pad includes plain papers as well as patterned die cut ones and a sheet of perfectly themed stickers. The ‘Lucky You’ theme is extraordinarily versatile and would work with a great range of photos.
Suz notes that the most time consuming part of this album was finding two years worth of photos of her son’s scootering obsession.
Romy Veul from Uithoorn, Holland has created this card using the Snugglebug boy range. She tells us that the card was actually a quick and simple one. She cut the trees and animals from the patterned paper and layered them using foam tape to create this super sweet arrangement. To give her card extra charm and dimension, Romy’s created white dots using liquid pearls and decorated everything with gloss and stickles. We love the length of spotted organza she’s tied across the bottom of the card too.
Louise loved the new On Holiday range of papers and embellishments from The Girl's Paperie, and has used lots of the diecuts, ribbon and papers in this travel based layout. The journalling tag was perfect to write in the destinations she has been, although she still dreams of Paris.
Sue was very inspired by a recent post on the Aussie blog by Nic Finlayson. Nic showed us a recent trend of using horizontal stripes and Sue really wanted to have a go at it too! The Girls Paperie range is full of beautiful papers in lovely soft colours and patterns that co-ordinate very well. They were perfect for trying out Nic's technique of having lots of strips of patterned papers across the page.
One of the papers, Cabbage Rose, was great to cut out and layer to create the main embellishment for the page. Sue used the Sticker Market pad and the die cuts from the collection and lots of sewing to complete her layout.
We loved the simplicity of this very sweet page from Jill Sarginson. While the focus is on the delightful photograph, the sweet touches of the pennant flags along with the burst of bright colours adds a whimsical, childlike feel to the page.
So much to look at in this fabulously detailed layout from Julia Stainton made this a favourite for Louise. From the dimensional layering of the pennant flags and the small string twist, it all ties together in a fun vacation layout that suits the paper range perfectly.
This gorgeous layout was created by Jan Hobbins. The photos are so precious and Jan has done a wonderful job in scrapping them. The die-cut paper creates a beautiful platform for the photos and then the delicate embellishments finish off the layout perfectly. Thank you Jan for allowing us to share your page.
This lovely layout was created by Sarah Klemish. Sarah’s son Max and his friend Mackenzie have been best buds since they were infants. They are both 12 now and Sarah loves that she has so many pictures documenting their 12 year friendship!
The simplicity of Sarah's design results in a truly stunning page. Thanks Sarah for allowing us to share your page.
Another gorgeous layout created by the talented Sarah Klemish. The photo is a favourite of Sarah’s and it is of her youngest niece Shannen. As Sarah has two boys of her own, she really loves taking pictures of her niece. I love the cute strip of butterflies that Sarah has punched from the Girls Paperie papers.
Wendy McKee has created another fabulous art collage using the Girls Paperie collection. We love how she has used the papers to create the gorgeous butterflies for her frame. The layering of patterns really highlights the beauty of the Girls Paperie collection. Thanks Wendy for allowing us to showcase your work.
As we mentioned last week, we’re looking forward to starting our new readers challenge this week. Don’t panic – you still have until next Tuesday 19th October to get your own projects emailed to us! We just thought we’d provide a little inspiration each week with some examples using the sketches from our own design team.
Suz loved how this sketch turned out so much that she’s left wondering why she doesn’t use bigger photos more often – part of the beauty of digital photography and scrapbooking is that you don’t have to be confined to regular 6x4 snaps all the time.
Because the photos of her daughter wreaking havoc in Spotlight were already very busy, Suz kept a plain cardstock background and followed the sketch to just add embellishment at each end of the double layout – a mixture of Heidi Swapp/Tattered Angels Crepe ribbon glimmer misted to co-ordinate with the layout, Anna Griffin paper ribbon, those gorgeous Prima Cloissone flowers and 7Gypsies practically made to order 97% Stickers.
Louise doesn't often do double paged layouts, and the sketch was the perfect start to showcase these gorgeous photos of her son. Using a basic background with highlights of coloured strips, the layout is pulled together with clever clustering of co-ordinating floral elements, including a handmade swirl flower and some small crystal swirl details.
Louise is an avid fan of sketch and challenge sites. So she was absolutely stoked when asked to work with the wonderful Becky Fleck Sketches. The advantages to having a sketch are numerous; however Louise particularly loves those that help her create layouts that have more than one photo on them.
For this particular single page sketch Louise has used a range of papers and embellishments from Jenni Bowlin Studios, she has complemented these with the use of the Hambly Studios Overlay, Twiddleybitz chipboard shapes, Pink Paislee ribbon pleats, and Sassafras Lass chipboard alphas.
Iris used the scrolls to frame the music sheet paper from Sassafras Lass. A mixture of fun elements placed here and there creates a fun and whimsical page perfect for a toddler page.
Finally, some card samples. This one uses different elements from a single 12x12 sheet of Webster’s Lullaby Lane and cardstock and Hero Arts stamped sentiment.
Gorgeous Anna Griffin and 7 Gypsies 97% Complete Sticker.
Kraft cardstock Glmmer Misted in Black Cherry, home made shipping tags, Pink Paislee Christmas stamps, a touch of Prima and Stickles!
And now we’d like to see yours! Email your projects to aussiedt@iinet.net.au and see them shared on the blog next for a chance to win a scrappy goodness prize pack and Becky Fleck’s Pagemaps2.
This week we turned to Lynette to share some of her expertise on the clustering trend. It’s been around a little while but shows no sign of abating, and as Lynette shows the clusters can become more and more eclectic.
I am a huge fan of layering and clustering embellishments. I'm noticing that scrapbookers are using this layout technique more and more as I'm flicking through magazines. A lot of the manufacturers are tapping into this as well by producing ranges of embellishments in various sizes and shapes that coordinate with their paper ranges. They make it so easy!
I have used Cosmo Cricket and October Afternoon in these two sample layouts.
As well as adding depth and dimension to your layouts, clustering and layering gives your layout an eclectic feel whilst being resourceful at the same time. It's also a fabulous way to use your left over bits and bobs from your stash. Mixing up your layers with different textures and heights adds interest so combining fabric, bling, metal, paper and lace will always produce great layouts.
Jaimie Warren is another master of the cluster and here we share a couple of her fabulous layouts.
Thanks Lynette and Jaimie for taking the time to share your fab work!
Iris loves everything Tim Holtz. But since TH products have deep rich tones, she has to find a way to make it fit her girly pages. Here she combined Lost and Found papers and several metal embellishments with stamper's anonymous and added tones of pink by adding Prima flowers and pink mists and paint.
Well Louise's scrappy heart did miss a beat or 2 when she found that she was going to create with the new Tim Holtz Ideology paper and embellishment range!! Well who's wouldn't?!! Louise has created some layouts with a difference; but isn't that what all Tim Holtz products inspire you do do??? First up Louise has created a rectangular layout using one of the non-patterned papers from the Retro Grunge range.
To get the effect you see she has sprayed the cardstock with water, crumpled it, straightened it out, and then inked the folds, and when dry added a drop or two of Glimmer Mist.
For this particular layout Louise has sewn around the border with some string, just to give the grungey background paper a bit of a 'visual lift'. The added masking tape, which has also been inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink, adds some grungey 'funk'!
To add something a 'little different' to this layout, Louise has created in a 6 x 12 format, and added large WeR Memory Keepers eyelets and a string hanging tie.
This final project is a very masculine take on gift tags, with a difference! With the line of Ideology embellishments Louise just couldn't resist creating some special gift tags for some upcoming Fathers Day gifts.
Louise adores the Tim Holtz range of products and was able to achieve this gorgeous modern vintage look with minimal effort! Starting with a plain box, she covered it with some Lost and Found paper, stamped it with various Tim Holtz stamps and inked it liberally with distress inks. She then added a strip of the tissue paper and a strip of the filmstrip to continue with the vintage feel of the box.
The ornate plates, swivel clasps and locket keys added the finishing touches and look right at home nestled amongst clusters of silk flowers. A perfect keepsake to store old photos, movies or memorabilia in.
This amazing layout was created by Irene Tan who is one of the wonderful design team members who create for Tim Holtz [lucky girl - LOL]. Irene has used the cool "Lost and Found" paper stack and tons of embellishment from Tim Holtz idea-ology, look at those close ups, doesn't Tims range of embellishments Rock!!!!
Thank you very much Irene for sharing your amazing Tim Holtz creativity!!!!
For this beautiful card, Robin has again used the Tim Holtz Lost and Found papers for her base, adding a sophisticated and non-gender specific appeal.
Finally, siiiigh!!!
Aren't these Tags Incredible!!!! They have been created by the amazing Dina Wakeley, another design team member for Tim Holtz [another lucky girl - LOL]. Dina has used a wonderful assortment of Tim's stamps and distress Inks, to create the most amazing and vibrant tags!
Thank you so very much Dina for sharing your wonderful creativity with us.
Janine was immediately drawn to the rich palette of colours in this range as well as the feminine prints of flourishes, roses and butterflies. She found herself thinking this was a vivid floral girls fantasy! The elements lend themselves so well to be hand cut and that is precisely what Janine did with them. She then layered them to create this vibrant page dedicated to friendship.
Sue recently went to White Water World on the Gold Coast with her family and the Mediterranean Summer papers were perfect for scrapping some of her photos. The colours are fantastic for beach/water shots. Sue used some of the gorgeous glittered rub-ons to accent her page and was really happy with the way they look. The fabric brads are really lovely and here Sue has used them as centres for the flowers she created with punched circles.
Thank you to Patti Hamil for sharing this fabulous LO with us. She has put together a wonderful LO using the TPC Studio Boho range and has even created her own super cute flowers from their paper by cutting circles, folding and inking along the creases with a touch of distressing on the edges and then finished off with smaller circles and buttons! What a wonderful way to compliment this stunning page. Thank you Patti.
Dawn Heimsmath has created this wonderful distressed, vintage style page from The Paper Company's ancesteral range. She has taken her inspiration from the rock and water colours and replicated them within her LO. Thanks so much dawn for showing us just how much more versatile these papers are than just heritage LO's.
Scrapbook Pagemaps 2 – is currently available for pre-order at Aussie Scrap Source – so ask your local scrapbooking store to reserve you a copy now!
More than 90 brand new sketches for traditional and digital layouts, greeting cards, mini albums and home decor items, along with over 140 incredible layouts and artistic projects. This hard bound book has an interior spiral binding so the book lays flat, with 128 color pages to inspire your own artistic creations.
AND…. to co-incide with the release of Becky Fleck’s new book, Pagemaps2 we have decided to run a blog readers sketch challenge!
Each week for the next four weeks we’ll be posting three different sketches – a double layout, a single layout and a card design. We’re inviting you all to submit your layouts or cards that you have created based on the sketch, which we will post here on the blog. You will have the opportunity to vote for your favourite from each category each week..
Your favourite from each category for each week will then go up for a final vote at the end, and we’ll send the winner of each category their own brand new copy of Becky’s book, along with a prize pack of goodies!
Do I have to use all Aussie Scrap Source product?
We’d prefer if you featured product from some of Aussie’s amazing range of suppliers.. well, see all the logos in the blog header? There’s not much that’s not there, so odds are you will be using brands we carry! But no, it’s doesn’t have to be exclusively Aussie brands.
How often can I enter?
As much or as little as you like. You can enter any or all three categories (double layout, single layout, card) for all four weeks, or you can enter one in one week, or three in one week.. you get the idea. There’s no commitment, though obviously the more projects you enter the more chances you have to win!
How do I enter?
Create a layout or card based on the sketch of your choice. Scan or take a photo of it and email it to us at aussiedt@iinet.net.au with the words Pagemaps and the name of the sketch you’ve used e.g. Pagemaps Challenge Single Week 1 or Card Week 3, by the following Tuesday.. though for this first challenge we’re giving you two weeks to get organised so the first week of your layouts based on the sketches below will go up on Wednesday 20 October.
So, without further ado, here are your first weeks sketches from the Pagemaps website.
Double Week One
Single Week One
Card Week One
If you have any questions please either email us on aussiedt@iinet.net.au or leave a comment below and we’ll answer as soon as we can. We look forward to seeing your entries for the above sketches – they need to be emailed to us by Tuesday 19th October!
Journalling doesn’t have to be long, heartfelt, or detailed to be important, as Suz shows in this first layout. She is showcasing her nearly 80y ear old mother and 77 year old aunt who are kind of determined to never stop playing, travelling and having adventures, whether it be in a gondola in Venice or on the back of a motorbike this pair are determined to make the most of their long and precious lives.
Suz has used an eclectic ‘granny’ mix of Websters fabric ribbon and embellies and Prima and Sassafras papers.
A few months ago Suz took her kids to the Pancake Parlour for lunch as a treat. From the minute they walked in she realised her son was in a particularly chatty mood, and as they waited for their lunch to come she tried to record everything he was saying, in this stream of consciousness style. So often we lose the essence of our kids because although the photographs can be amazing, details, inflections in their speech, and just all the totally unimportant stuff they can go on about is lost. In this layout the photo isn’t great because it’s taken at the table with her phone, but the words are priceless.
Suz used a fun mix of Cosmo Cricket and Sassafras in this layout where she attempted to evoke the look of the Pancake Parlour with its painted walls and quirky details.
This week we asked the funky and talented Leeann Pearce to contribute to our trends series. She writes:
I was so excited and also very chuffed that Suz asked me to take part in a trend spotting series running here at Aussie Scrap Source. So I had a wee think and decided that I would focus on Doilies as I so love them. These doilies are not for your chest of drawers or kitchen tables, NO these ones are revamped vintage funky and revamped vintage fresh. They are going to make you want more!
Doilies have actually been around for some time. We all started to see them pop up here and there. It’s not until they get showcased more by all of the manufactures and their design teams and then everyone starts to jump on board. I think they are a super trend at the moment and they sure are a great addition to any scrapbook layout or card, as they come in so many different shapes, colour, sizes and designs even better different materials – patterned papers, transparency film, rub-ons stamps, and even hand crocheted ones.
Here I have used a mixture of Hambly rub-ons and stickers and random placed them all over the layout. I have layer small embellishments to the centres and used some hand dyed doilies layer together top with a button.
For this layout I’ve used a large Hambly screen printed transparency, cut in half. I’ve kept the screen print a feature by adding some hand stitching and embellishing in clusters.
I was so inspired by Francessca’s layout (below). I used Hambly rub-ons and stickers. I love how colourful they all are and how they all work perfectly together! And again a hand dyed doily layer with a button.
I just had to make some cards with the hero arts doily stamp. I Love that you can suit yourself when it comes to stamps – picking colours and techniques.
I love how Piradee has a mixture of doily accents going on and they all bend perfectly together. You can see patterned papers, a stamp, rub –ons and even a hand dyed crochet one was used
…and this fabulous layout by Francessca di Leo using a hambly screen printed transparency. I love how it accents the dandelions in the photo – perfect!
Iris found it fun to work with the Cosmo Cricket 6x6 paper pads. The benefit of working with smaller papers is that you get the to add more patterned papers in your page without making the page look cluttered with so many designs. Here Iris cut strips of paper to create a ray of colourful patterns coming out from the picture to mimic the rainbow. She then punched the edges for a more interesting look.
Sue is a big fan of Cosmo Cricket and she loves their recent DeLovely release. The colours are really fresh and the prints lovely to work with. Sue recently had a visit from her two nieces and she took the opportunity to try to capture a few photos of the girls with her own two children. Of course trying to get four kids to smile and all look at the camera is easier said than done! The result though was photos that make Sue smile and she has journalled about how she wishes her nieces lived closer.
One of the great thing about Cosmo Cricket collections is that they always include what is called, an Elements sheet. The Elements sheet consists of lots of different quotes and images that can be cut apart and used to create the embellishments for your page. It is a very cost effective way of embellishing.
April Yap loved the patterns and colours of this line, but they were just not her usual colors. So she decided to cut and mixed them up a bit, tone down the bright colors with kraft or white/cream backgrounds. April really love how it turned out! After punching out the border (the strip that said "Aren't you just the tweetest!"), April just couldn't bare to discard the tiny strip leftover. So she cut it up and used it to hang those tiny alphas on top, just like a banner.
Wendy McKee has used the DeLovely collection to create this gorgeous collage of art. We love how Wendy has mixed all of the papers from the collection and added lots of tiny details to her work. It really is a delightful piece of art and showcases the Cosmo Cricket papers beautifully. Thank you so much Wendy for your inspiration.
Caz loved playing with the Core'dinations Cardstock from Jenni Bowlin. She tore one piece to expose the coloured core and sanded the pattern on another piece to let the inner colours show through. A cluster of art flowers and a length of ribbon finish the layout off. Such a fun and easy way to create an eye-catching textured layout.
Iris loves the classic vintage look of Jenni Bowlin products. She created a stunning textured and colorful base for the rub-on butterfly and then added paint and mists to the cardstock to allow the butterfly to be more visible against the kraft cardstock. The vintage pins added the perfect finishing touch.
Nic was so very excited when Jenni Bowlin released her Coredinations range of cardstock as it combines the tactile appeal of product that she loves with subtle colours and vintage-inspired patterns. In addition to that, it has been released in Nic's favourite colours!
Nic rubbed back the base cardstock to reveal the paler centre and create softness. She built her layout on top of this by adding sanded back cardstock pieces from the range plus papers and letters from Jenni Bowlin Studios.
Danielle really adored the big yellow butterfly rub on, so she decided to make a card out of it. Danielle applied the rub on to a folded piece of transparency and then cut around it for a butterfly shaped card. She made sure to leave the top of the wings on the fold, so she did not cut the card apart. She then added a piece of the Play Date 12x12" die cut paper edge on the inside of the card. Two butterfly stickers were layered together to add dimension.
Chelsea from Japan created this beautiful layout using Jenni Bowlin's Core'dinations cardstock for her background. The lightly sanded card reminds us so much of snow, just like in her sweet little picture. Thanks for letting us share with our readers Chelsea.
Instead of sanding the cardstock, Leslie Ashe from texas sprayed it with paint to create a background that ties in with her other papers. As you can see the painting brings out the embossed surface of the cardstock beautifully. Thanks for sharing with us Leslie.
Thanks so much to Latarnia from Poland for letting us share this gorgeous layout with you. By sanding off some of the brown layer of the Core'dinations cardstock, the red shows through tying in beautifully with the rich pinks and reds of the flowers and title.
