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countdown to christmas: rouge de garance

Carole created this darling little Christmas "Twiddlebitz Star" Album using the gorgeous Rose Moka "Mec" collection, the vibrant blues and greens matched perfectly with the Cosmo Cricket Jolly By Golly and Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Chipboard Stickers, and what a cute little album it is. Carole has created this gorgeous embellished album as a gift for one of her friends, I am sure she will love it.

As you can see Carole has mixed and matched several manufacturer's together, but it works perfectly for this album.

countdown to christmas: twiddleybitz

Nicole is well prepared for this year's Christmas photos having created this gorgeous mini-album from a Twiddleybitz chipboard book. The intricate detail on the cover front lends itself to a host of different treatments, in this case Nicole painted the fine details with Twinkling H2O paints by LuminArte, then inked all of the edges with Distress Ink.

She has backed the cover with a Hambly overlay for decorative appeal but you could also leave it as is, use a clear back, a cardstock or paper back, the possibilities are just about endless.

Proving also that you don't need Christmas themed papers for Christmas projects, Nic embellished the pages of this album with papers by Rouge de Garance and trims by we R Memory Keepers. Also by We R Memory Keepers are the fabulous glitter rub-ons in this book and the chipboard pieces are by Twiddleybitz.

All Nic needs to do now is celebrate Christmas, take some snaps and put them in this book!

  

countdown to christmas: twiddleybitz

 

Check out this scrumptious Christmas Advent House!  It comes flat packed and stands around 9” high when fully assembled.  Assembly is pretty fool-proof and you can embellish it either before (easier) or after assembly.

Here Suz has made use of the stunning Pink Paislee patterned papers and Glimmer Misted, Pixee Stix Glittered and Inked the house all over.  Twiddleybitz states that the board the house is created from doesn’t warp or bend no matter how many treatments you use on it, and Suz tested this with layers of ink and glimmer mist and it’s true!  The beautiful detail in the filigree roof is highlighted with gold Glitter, and more of the Little Yellow Bicycle Chipboard shapes make the perfect accents.

Suz also used the Pink Paislee Transparent Borders to go along the bottom of the house and to create the numbers in each of the little boxes.  It looks beautiful sitting alongside the Tim Holtz Tree of Life – a wonderful Christmas display for her sideboard this year – and for many years to come.

 

 

 

 

 

countdown to christmas: tim holtz

Suz fell in love with Tim Holtz’s Tree of Life the minute she saw it, and it’s now the first touch of christmas in her home so far this year.  It stands around 28” high but is lovely and narrow so can make a stunning statement with out taking up too much bench/table space, and would be a wonderful centrepiece for a Christmas table.  Obviously Suz had to have the beautiful light white one, but the tree is also available in bronze.   All the ornaments are decorated, by herself and her daughter (Phoebe’s are the glittery ones)!

Little Yellow Bicycle’s 25 Days of Christmas range include these beautiful reindeer, as well as snowflakes and trees shown below.  Here Suz has inked the reindeer with Tim Holtz distress inks, leaving the beautiful pattern on the chipboard to resist the ink.

 

Twiddleybitz Christmas release includes perfectly sized embellishments including doves, presents, boots and a sleigh.  Suz painted each of these with Luminarte Twinkling H2O’s and inked the edges for a shabby aged feel.  She then stamped them with Pink Paislee Mistletoe & Co stamps and embellished with Heidi Swapp jewels.  The tree in the background is a Pink Paislee rubon transferred onto Hambly Transparency.

Here Suz layered two or three different sizes and patterns of the Little Yellow Bicycle snowflakes to create stunning decorations.  These were sprayed with Glimmer Mist and again embellished with jewelled brads and Pink Paislee Glitter.

Twiddleybitz Chipboard shapes, here Glimmer Misted, inked, stamped and embellished with Tim Holtz Metal Foliage.  The dove sports a beautiful Heidi Swapp Chandelier Crystal as well as bling.

Suz’s daughter Phoebe went to town with the Pink Paislee Pixee Stix on the LYB Chipboard, covering them in glue and different shades of gold and silver glitter, and she had to add a touch of red for Rudolph’s nose.

Finally the Tim Holtz Ornate Plates make beautiful photo frames to adorn your tree.  As they are meant to be used the other way round, Suz hung a chandelier crystal from the bottom hole.

introducing: twiddleybitz

 

Suz fell instantly in love with Twiddleybitz’s cherry blossom tree, and created this layout using it to its best advantage. Her whimsical daughter decided to plant some Smarties one day so that she could grow a chocolate tree (would that that were true!) and so Suz painted the blossoms in bright Smartie-like colours using the gorgeous Luminarte saturated coloured Perfect Pigments.  The tree itself received a coat of Gold from Luminarte’s Twinkling H2O range, and BasicGrey’s new Lemonade transparent elements were the perfect other embellishment.

The beautiful shapes, flowers and objects really brought home the diversity of this range to Steph. She loved all the butterflies and flourishes, so these two separate Twiddleybitz products, had to be combined on the one layout. Steph cut off the butterfly and adhered it separate to the flourishes. She used Tattered Angels Glimmermist to cover the chipboard and the result was stunning.

As you can see the flourishes make a perfect accompaniment for any floral clusters. The flower was hand made by Steph and Glimmer Misted in a shimmery lilac.

   

Having "one of those weeks" with her fighting children, Nicole decided to celebrate, or at least record, this phase in the family with a layout dedicated to sibling rivalry.  Using the winged skull by Twiddleybitz to emphasise that it's not a happy moment, Nic layered the word "STOP" over the top and used the Graffiti Alphas also by Twiddleybitz to create her title.  Glimmermist works perfectly on the Twiddleybitz chipboard pieces as Nic has demonstrated here on the skull's wings and title.  Two layers of Glimmermist created that gorgeous shimmer and the clean cut edges of the Twiddleybitz chipboard meant there was no sanding needed either.

introducing: twiddleybitz!

 

Carole loves creating anything with plenty of detail so she was very excited to play with this gorgeous Twiddleybitz Girly Handbag, that comes with a stand. Carole combined Basic Grey Porcelain pattern papers and stickers, which gave the feel of a very pretty keepsake with a layered finish.  We bet her gorgeous daughter was delighted with this one!

   

The Twiddleybitz borders are a lovely accent to any page as Mel has shown here in her layout. The 'flowers on vine' border has been inked and adhered directly underneath the photos, creating a beautiful, flowing embellishment. Some bling (Jenni Bowlin & Queen & Co) has been dropped inside a few of the flower petals, while the red title (Jenni Bowlin chalkboard alpha stickers) and splash of hand stitching complete the page.

Caz loved the free form Twiddleybitz birds that she was sent to have a play with. They reminded her of gulls on the beach and in particular the scavenger hunt she organised for her kids and her nieces in the last school holidays. She left the birds their natural colour to tie in with the blues and creams of the BasicGrey paper and chose to use a picture grid to get the maximum photos on her page.

introducing: twiddleybitz!

 

We’ve added a heap of new brands to our supplier list over the last few months, and we’ll be introducing them in a series of Monday posts.  We’re excited to announce that we’re now the distributor for Twiddleybitz – who create a range of stunning intricately cut chipboard embellishments, mini albums and beyond the pages items.  Enjoy these fabulous projects created by our design team with their gorgeous products.

 

Nic was thrilled with the addition of Twiddleybitz to the Aussie Scrap Source line-up, she'd seen the gorgeous product online and couldn't wait to add some to her creations. Among Nic's favourites were the butterflies and the the bullrush & butterfly border. However Nic also noticed Twiddleybitz have a large range of OTP and mini-books. It was a minibook and black butterflies that Nic decided she would start with. Watch out for the bullrush and butterfly border in a project to come!

 

 

Instead of creating a mini album with the Twiddleybitz heart mini book Chris decided to lay the pages flat and glue them together to make this wall hanging for her daughter. After inking the pages of the album with Hero Arts Memories black ink Chris taped the pages together on the back and at the centre on the front. She then adhered Luxe Simply Pink paper at the backing to the wall hanging.

Chris also inked the Twiddleybitz flourish with black ink and then used dimensional magic to adhere the Pink Paislee Pixee Stix coconut glitter. Basic Grey rhinestones were used for extra bling and WRMK fabric flowers for another girly touch!

The crowns on the girls heads were cut out from the Luxe Color Me 'diva' paper.

 

     

The potential for creating a standout project is definitely there with the Twiddleybitz butterfly album. Jaimie had a ball inking and Glimmer Misting the album before adhering her chosen paper to each page. The BasicGrey Precision File Kit came in handy for all those intricate pieces making sure the album had a smooth finish.

Jaimie chose photos of her daughter from the same shoot and showcased them on each of the double pages. After adhering her background paper and photo she then added fabric, ribbon, chipboard pieces, stickers, brads, bling and stamped images to create this vintage shabby chic style project. Don't be afraid to experiment with various ranges as you may be surprised at what goes with what.