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weekend inspiration: inkadinkado

 

 

Louise combined the large circle and stamping gear with one of the classic ornaments stamps from Inkadinkado to create a subtle frame for this sweet layout. She used a pigment ink to ensure the border stood out when it was sprayed with glimmer mist, rather than be covered and lost. She's combined a small cluster of mixed mediums to add sparkle and a focal point while the Paper Loft papers add a sturdy and clean base in tones that tie in with the photograph.

 

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Jill has used the Inkadinkadoo stamping gear to create a gorgeous giant bloom which she has used as special gift wrapping.  By using the gears, repeating the pattern on four complementary papers and curling the "petals" this creates a real impact for special gift wrapping. 

 

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Leslie Kamm has used the Inkadinkado Stamping Gear to add focal points to these two lovely layouts. The circular pattern has been repeated in other elements in the page, making them balanced and harmonious.

weekend inspiration: prima

 

 

 

 

 

Stacey used Prima’s Rondelle collection to create these two very different pages full of layers of gorgeous detail.  She has focused on two different colour palettes from the same pages to give very different looks to her layouts.

 

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What is not to love about the new release Prima Sunrise Sunset range. the vintage trinkets coordinate perfectly with the grungy patterned paper range and metallic coloured flowers. Mix in a little paint media and you have a fun and fab layout design.

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Jane stamp this adorable image on one of the papers from the A4 pad using a brown ink, she cut it out and arrange it on her card with a collection Divine flowers. The diamante frame was cut from the crystal sheet and a part of the packaging was added behind it.

 

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Jane cut out a lovely flower fairy image from one of the A4 papers and layered it on her card with a panel cut from the packaging with words on it. She added some crystals and flowers to finish the design.

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This Beautiful layout featuring many of the beautiful Prima flowers was created by the fabulous Eila Sandberg. Thank you Eila for sharing your wonderful Prima creativity.

 

 

These are two of many beautiful layouts created by Prima DT Member Kasia Krzymińska.  We loved her mixture of arty grunge and delicate beauty

weekend inspiration: simple stories

 

Simple Stories Vintage Bliss line is full of colour, clouds and vibrant typography, three elements Danielle really enjoyed featuring in her scrapbook page. With this design, words have as much a place in the design as the photo does! Danielle used various journaling card and feature strips from the Vintage Bliss line, and particularly loved the patterned paper full of large, patterned alphabet letters. Here she used this for her main title, a primary feature of the page.

 

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Kim's favourite scrapbooking brand is Simple Stories.  She has loved every range they have released and 24/seven was no exception.  In fact, she loved it so much, she created these three beautiful layouts using the 24/seven collection kit.  Kim comments that she loves the huge range of embellishments that come with every range, making it easy to quickly put together perfectly coordinated layouts.  The 24/seven range features lots of word embellishments which Kim particularly loves.

 

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How cute is this layout that just screams summer by Tonya Dirk from the Simple Stories Design team.  We love the woodgrain background and the starburst sun.

 

 

Simple Stories Design Team member created the above layouts to record her daughters' birthday party using the beautiful Vintage Bliss line.  She decided to use the page protector route just because she had so many photos she wanted to include, and the softness of the Vintage Bliss papers allow the photos to stand out perfectly.

 

 

 

 

Finally, the superbly talented Becky Fleck from Page Maps created these cards for Simple Stories full of wonderful details using both the 24/Seven and Urban Traveller collections.

weekend inspiration: the crafter’s workshop

 

 

Louise without a doubt loves to use templates and media to create individualised backgrounds for her layouts. The new release designs from The Crafters workshop are just fabulous, especially this ne design from designer Ronda Palazzari.

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Jill has created this stunning a 12" x 16" canvas portrait using oil pastels and gesso and utilised The Crafters WorKshop Microbial template to create a golden "halo" effect to highlight the face. 

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Fun fabulous and funky layouts from the talented Sharmaine Krujiver. Sharmaine has used the TCW templates to create fabulous layout backgrounds for her 2 layouts. Thank you Sharmaine for sharing your creativity.

 

 

The super creative Sanna Lippert shares a tutorial for this fabulously textural page over on The Crafter’s Workshop blog.  We love the grungy boy look she has created using the Aztec, Diamond and the Tiny Circles stencils, mists and texture paste.

weekend inspiration: graphic45

 

 

Jill has transformed the Graphic 45 Matchbook Box into a 3D wall hanging that would be perfect for any budding ballerinas.  She found the Graphic 45 Nutcracker Suite papers so versatile - and definitely not only for Christmas creations.

 

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Jane stamped the corner of her folded vanilla card with the floral stamp using olive ink then stamped the decorative border across the centre in black. She cut out one of the labels from the Meadow Lark paper, scalped around the top edges of the forget-me-not flowers on it then insert stamped and cut out images of the  bird and nest, more flowers were cut from the Beautiful Blooms paper and added on top.

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G45-4500656 Graphic 45 Secret Garden – Meadow Lark 12x12 d/sided paper

G45-4500653 Graphic 45 Secret Garden – Beautiful Blooms 12x12 d/sided paper

G45-4500658 Graphic 45 Secret Garden – Coming Up Roses 12x12 d/sided paper

G45-IC0220 Graphic 45 Secret Garden – Cling Stamp 3

ASS-TCS-034 Textured Cardstock – Vanilla

ZVA-CRW-03CA-111 Crystal Basics 2 – Basic Lines 0.3cm/0.5cm – Champagne

HAS-AF193 Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Crushed Olive

 

 

The May Flowers sheet of paper is just adorable and well suited for making easy and beautiful cards. Jane simply layered it on card and the pretty Sun Kissed paper, she added stitches to the top left and bottom right-hand corners. The Flower pop-out sheet is a great way to make wonderful flower embellishments, so quick and easy! Just pop them out, layer them together, curl up the edges and viola you’re done!

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G45-4500660 Graphic 45 Secret Garden – May Flowers 12x12 d/sided paper

G45-4500654 Graphic 45 – Secret Garden – Sun Kissed 12x12 d/sided paper

G45-4500664 Graphic 45 – Secret Garden – Flowers

G45-4500663 Graphic 45 – Secret Garden – Banners

ASS-TCS-013 Textured Cardstock – Peach

ASS-TCS-034 Textured Cardstock – Vanilla

AC-TH-53415 American Crafts – Dear Lizzy – 5th & Frolic -Thickers – Glitter Foam – Fox – White

 

Jane loved the sheet that was left over when she popped all the flower pieces out, so she set herself a challenge to make a card with it and this is it!!  What a clever idea, waste not want not!

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Graphic45 Design Team member Jane Tregenza used the Old Curiosity Shoppe collection to create this stunning masculine layout.  The beautiful chipboard and clock gear embellishments look amazing against the splendour of the vintage motifs.

 

Gloria Stengel from the Graphic 45 design team has designed this beautiful card, and shares the instructions here.

 

Finally, check out this stunning shadow box created by Arlene Cuavas!  We love how Arelene layered so many of the Graphic 45 Metal Staples on the cover of this box and then coloured them to work with the Secret Garden range. You can see more details on how she created this project here.

weekend inspiration: american crafts

 

 

 

 

 

The American Crafts brand is well known for it's colourful collections and cute embellishments.  Stacey had so much fun creating this layout of her son and his doggy.  She loved the colours of the Amy Tangerine Yes Please collection but also popped in a touch of lime green.  The Zazz Glitter Glue was also another great addition to her layout.  Everyone loves a bit of sparkle right?

 

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Jane trimmed a jar, envelope and the word ‘hello’ from the papers and used them as embellishments for her card. Jars are so on trend at the moment and so are the colours in this range.

 

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Jane trimmed two panels from the This & That paper and layered them on the Collector paper which has a great stressed look! Jane then cut a word from the Blue Skies paper and then finished her sentiment on her card using Wish Thickers.

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We have a few gorgeous American Crafts projects from the talented Leslie Ashe to share with you today.  This first creation features collections Yes Please and Soho Garden.

 

 

Leslie's second creation features the Yes Please collection  along with her cute pooch. 

 

 

Leslie's last page is a gorgeous double.  Using the Yes Please collection once again, she has captured the fun and colour that makes up this lovely line.   Thankyou so much Leslie for sharing her awesome work with us.

weekend inspiration: crate paper

 

 

Stacey loved everything about the On Trend collection.  She loved the bold colours and prints and especially the gorgeous Chipboard pieces.  She pulled the royal blue and magenta colours out of the papers and splashed about with some misting.  The photo always being her focus, she layered a photo mat for her sweet Master 5 to sit on.

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Crate Paper remains to be one of Iris' top favorites. She loves the whimsical theme and the colourful and striking elements of their collections. In this layout, Iris used elements from the Ephemera pack and the Mini-Album pack. She cut-out the lens area of the camera die-cut and slid under a photo of her daughter. A perfect snapshot!

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Iris created for us a 2nd layout using the same Maggie Holmes Collection. Again she took elements from the Ephemera Pack and the Mini-Album pack. The small camera patterns were hand-cut from patterned paper and was used as embellishments.

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Danielle created these two fun layouts using Crate's Acorn Avenue.  She has made the most of the happy colour palettes and carefree themes with her whimsical random style.

 

DIY Shop is a collection of vintage inspired papers that are so beautifully versatile you can use it for any tye of project - male, female, seasonal etc.  The collection has the usual signature Crate Paper items scrappers and card makers love: wood, numbers, days of the week, months, Crate flowers, doilies and a vintage ephemera pack.  Leanne has chosen to work with some of the 12x12 patterned papers from this range to create four cards.

Drawn to the vintage haberdashery themed accent on the cut out sheet, Leanne made it a feature on this centre step card.  To tie in with the vintage feel of the range Leanne spritzed, scrunched and iron dried her papers to get them to mimic fabric.  She also hand died the crinkle ribbon to give it a distressed look.

 

This card features some of the smaller patterned papers which are perfect for card making.  By using the elements on the cut out sheet Leanne was able to create matching borders to add to the card.

 

This card was really quick to put together thanks to the “Thank You” sentiment featured on one of the cut out panels.  Leanne hand cut some fishtail banners and added some pearls.

 

 

The rustic look of the wood grain inspired Leanne to get out her dies and create this card. To add an additional element of interest to the front of the card front Leanne used the Sizzix Bigz XL Die - Card Fronts, Bracket & Ticket.

 

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Tamara Tripodi created this adorable layout using the DIY Shop papers.  The neutral toning and small floral print work really well together.  Tamara had so much fun creating this layout and you can read her comical account over on her blog.  Thanks for sharing this layout with us Tamara!

 

We have some wonderful inspiration coming all the way from Singapore. Jeanette Lee started scrapbooking since November 2008, with the initial intention of only making Christmas presents for friends. The love for scrapbooking slowly developed and right now, it has become more than just a regular hobby.  This layout was an experiment with the 'blocking' technique. Jeanette assembled each section with layers and embellishments while making them cohesive as an overall layout. To create the title, Jeanette used one of her favourite stamps, stamped it on a tag and used it as the title.

 

 

The 3 photos here were the inspiration behind the title. Being able to eat local food in a foreign country felt like home. She placed white stickers on each photo to ensure that the eyes run vertically down the page. A polaroid frame is meant to place a photo but in this case, Jeanette decided that it could be used to layer elements both behind and on the front of the frame. There are bits of confetti too, if you look closely. Thank you Jeanette for sharing with us your beautiful work! If you would like to see more of Jeanette Lee's work, you can check out her blog here.

 

 

 

Kaori, a member of the Crate Paper design team, has created these two gorgeous layouts.  Both using almost the same products from the On Trend collection, yet both are completely different.  Thankyou for letting us share your inspirational work Kaori.

 

 

All the way from Germany, Janna Werner from the Crate Paper Design Team has allowed us to share her creative page using a mix of Acorn Ave and On Trend.  Her design is so appealing and it's lovely to see the muted tones of the collections used as well.

 

 

Janna also created this very cute layout featuring the Maggie Holmes collection and some Silhouette die cut elements.  Jana has used both the negative and the positive of some of the images she die cut, it’s a great example of how you can mix different elements on your page.  Jana has also outlined some of the shapes with a black pen, to add more dimension.  The layout also highlights the versatility of the collection as all the patterned, floral and background elements co-ordinate beautifully.

You can see more of Jana creativity on her blog. Thank you for sharing your layout with us!

weekend inspiration: basicgrey

 

 

Iris did not use any patterned papers for this layout. Instead of going the usual route of creating a foundation for the page using patterned papers, Iris created a rich textured base with stencils, mediums, and Luminarte Silk Paints. This was for her, the perfect base to show off the fabulous line of embellishments from the new "Fact and Fiction" line.

 

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Here is another example of how one can create a page using mostly embellishments from BasicGrey. Iris used embellishments and only one sheet of paper from the "What's Up" line yet you can see so much detail and texture in this layout.

 

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Hipster is a ‘totally awesome’ line for boys in particular and life in general, with a limited muted colour palette perfect for when the boys get past the cutesy toddler stuff.  Here Suz chose to team it with a black and white photo of her son and recount a story about him in journalling strips in one of the file folders.  The embellishments, including brass paper clips and wood veneer words and shapes, tie in perfectly.

 

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Kelly Noel on the BasicGrey design team brought some fabulous brightness to the Hipster line by combining it with some of the more vibrant colours from the Hey Boy range.  We love how she has used the Candy Buttons to add highlights.

 

 

We thank the master of mixing and matching for this beautiful example of combining the Hipster line with the pretty florals of the Mint Julep range to create this gorgeous page.

 

 

When Pia Lopez starting scrapbooking, one of the very first paper brands she fell in-love with was BasicGrey. It still is one of her favourites today as you can see in this stunning layout she made about her newborn daughter. The "Kissing Booth" line is a much older release from BasicGrey but still remains to be trendy up to this day. Thank you Pia for sharing with us this beautiful layout!

 

 

Kim Jeffress is on the DT for BasicGrey and she is just perfect for them. She loves that their products, papers, and embellishments are so varied. She has two boys so she is not really a flowery scrapper. The geometric patterns and bold colours are just perfect for her gorgeous style.

 

 

This very fun and energetic layout was created by Kim to record his son's first days at Kindergarten. She loves the bright happy oranges and  limes and she thought that the alphabet paper was just perfect for these first day photos.

weekend inspiration: glitz

 

 

Danielle adored the Glitz Color Me Happy bright and happy range of products. For this layout, she paired paper layers with patterned paper, whatnots and washi tape for a vibrant, warm and happy page about her son and their new puppy.
A touch of doodling, plus a couple of rubber stamps from Glitz Designs Uncharted Waters range, add a casually arty feel. This page was a lot of fun!

 

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Jane just loves to fussy cut! She cut a small whale image from one of the Unchartered Waters 6x6 papers then cut one of the panels from  Bits & Pieces paper, she cut across the tops of the waves using a scalpel then sat the whale image slightly inside the waves so it looks like it’s swimming! Jane added one of the giant rhinestones over her gauze trim which added a great sparkly effect to the card.

 

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With the ‘Love You’ card Jane trimmed one of the Journaling stickers from the sheet leaving the backing piece on, she then used a circle die to cut it and created a frame,  the outer edges of each seahorse was cut using a scalpel then the sticker frame was place around them as shown. The words were trim and a section was placed over one of the giant rhinestones.

 

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Audrey Yeager created this gorgeous layout with Glitz Designs Uncharted Waters range, including the gorgeous whale stamp!

 

Jane Maiwald-McCarthy shares with us this funky layout created with Glitz Designs Uncharted Waters range, a gorgeous chance to scrap a photo from the archives!

 

Kim Price has shared with us this bright and vibrant layout featuring Glitz Designs Uncharted Waters range in a beautifully simple yet detailed way.

 

 

Finally we loved the linear forms in this  page created by Kristin Tweedale using the vibrant colour palette of Glitz Designs Uncharted Waters range.

weekend inspiration: prima

 

Danielle loved the old fashioned roses and film-style photography in Prima's Hello Pastel paper collection, and based her layout on this soft feel. Touches of green, aqua, teal and yellow add a playful touch, with a slightly rustic feel from the vintage mechanicals. Danielle recommends the washi tape for touches of colour and pattern at random on your projects!

 

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Sue has designed this layout using the lovely Divine collection from Prima.  The Divine collection was designed by Jodie Lee and is a beautiful Shabby Chic range with pretty feminine images.  Sue used the "Chanson" paper in the range to create that lovely quilt like background for her photo.  The gorgeous butterflies on the page are some of Prima's canvas range. If you haven't tried them before, give them a go!  You can alter the colour of the embellishments with ink or mists.  Sue used Georgia Peach and Primrose Colour Shine mists to colour her butterflies.

 

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We love the design of this gorgeous page, created by Lene Bjornerud using Prima's new Lyric collection.  The mix of butterflies, bees and clocks is just perfect!

 

 

Maiko Kosugi Mai created this beautiful, fresh page, using Prima's Lady Bird collection.

 

 

Janna Werner shares with us this beautifully simple but effective layout created with Prima's Hello Pastel range.

weekend inspiration: bo bunny press

 

 

Stacey loved the colours of the Bo Bunny Mama Razzi colletion.  She used the teal and orange to create some mixed media work on her background.  The cameras are also a cool addition to the collection and she cut out a few and adhered them to her page with foam tape.  She finished off the page by adding some of the gorgeous jewels.

 

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Leanne loved creating some cards with the Prairie Chic collection, in particular, the bright and floral papers in the 6x6 paper pad. Leanne loved the way the floral papers featured many of the colours in the co-ordinating patterned pieces which made selecting the papers to use together so easy.  The collection also has many papers which are pre distressed which work well with Leanne’s card making style.  This collection has a great mix of grunge and elegance!
This first card was a quick and simple card featuring hand cut fishtail banners with a layered butterfly punch on the front of the card. To give the butterfly dimension Leanne added foam tape to the wing sections between the layers. 

 

The Prairie Chic collection is so versatile. For this card Leanne teamed up some of the brighter patterned pieces to create this circular card.

 

Another fun bright and cheery circular card!  This time Leanne used the same Sizzix Thinlits Dies – Arrows, Banners, Chevrons & Clouds set and cut the banner in both cardstock and patterned paper to create the banner embellishment.  The 6x6 paper pad has some lovely gingham papers which match so well with the floral papers.  Leanne also used the pre printed lace border on the floral paper as a feature on the card.  Leanne attached both patterned pieces together before cutting her circle with the EK Circle Cutter

 

This cute free standing tag features some of the softer coloured papers in the collection. The chevron striped and patterned striped papers work well together as the 6x6 paper pads prints are perfectly miniaturised for tags. 

 

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Juliana Michaels from the Bo Bunny Design Team used the Prairie Chic collection on this gorgeous layout.  Her layout showcases how well the papers, stickers and flowers from the collection work together. She also used the great new Bo Bunny 8.5 in doilies and has created a great picture tutorial of the technique she used to alter the doilies. You can see the tutorial here.

 

Gabrielle Pollaco also from the Bo Bunny design team has created several stunning layouts she has allowed us to showcase today. 

This first layout was created for the 2013 Winter CHA and we are honoured to share it today!  This one is using the stunning C’est La Vie collection.  The combination of the browns and pinks in the collection are just gorgeous.

 

This layout also by Gabrielle has choose to use the neutrals and greens from the Mama Razzi collection and the little banner under the photo is just too cute. 

 

Gabrielle has also created this layout entitled “Sweet” with the C’est La Vie collection from Bo Bunny.  The layout although from the same range as the previous one has a totally different colour pallet and feel.  Gabrielle has truly shown the versatility of the Bo Bunny C’est La Vie collection on these two layouts.  She has teamed the patterned papers up beautifully with the co-ordinating embellishments and flowers together with lots of the background stamps, including the Distressed Textures stamp, the 'It is Written' stamp set and the 'Flourishes and Such stamp set.

You can see more of Gabrielle’s stunning creations on her blog “Such a Pretty Mess”:and the original post of this page appears on Gabrielle’s blog here.  Thank you Gabrielle for sharing your layouts with us! 

 

 

 

Rachael Funnell has kindly allowed us to share a couple of her gorgeous layouts featuring the Mama Razzi collection.  We love how she has edited her photos to suit the range.

weekend inspiration: teresa collins

 

 

The Far & Away collection from Teresa Collins, although designed as a travel range, is perfect for scrapping other photos too.  She loves the envelopes in the range and has made a feature out of them, scrapping a photo of her son Bailey, at age eleven.  The pockets are perfect for adding larger amounts of journaling to a page. 

 

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Jill combined the Teresa Collins Stationary Noted Chipboard Elements with the Stationary pack and buttons to create a little book of "wisdom" and inspiration for her 19yo son.  
She found the colours and themes so easy to work with and are perfect for both masculine and feminine themes.

 

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Teresa Collins Design Team member created this elegant little mini folder album using the TCD Stationary Noted Line. 

 

 

 

 

Finally, the very talented Rachel McAffee designed the above set of cards using papers and embellishments from the beautiful Summer Stories line. 

weekend inspiration: pebbles inc

 

Kim has used the Family Ties range to create this gorgeous layout of her parents with her son and new furbaby.  Kim loved being able to create little clusters of embellishments by simply layering all of the wonderful stickers that are part of the range.  She was also impressed with the corrugated Thickers - they added heaps of texture without weight or too much bulk.

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What's not to love about this collection by Pebbles Inc?  Stacey adored working with the Walnut Grove collection and really enjoyed the colour palette.  The patterned papers are gorgeous and she loved the cut out elements (arrows, butterflies etc).  Mix it all together with a little mix media and it makes for a cute, fun page.

 

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A big thankyou to Laura Whitaker for sharing her beautiful layout using Pebbles Inc Walnut Grove.  I love how Laura has created the two clusters - one around the photo and the other around the journalling, highlighting these two most important elements of the layout. 

 

 

We love what Ashley Horton has done with the Pebbles Seen & Noted range.  There are so many interesting details to look at and Ashley's layering is fantastic.  Thanks for sharing Ashley.  Ashley's blog is at

 

 

Thankyou to Katrina Hunt for sharing her lovely layout using Pebbles Inc Walnut Grove range.  Katrina has layered many of the different patterned papers very effectively and I like how she has retained the decorative strip that comes at the bottom of each of the Pebbles Inc patterned papers.

 

 

The lovely Kim Jefress has kindly shared these 2 Pebbles Inc creations with us.  Kim's style is gorgeous, always so clean and neat with little touches of fun and a story to tell.  Kim is also a member of the Pebbles Inc design team. 

weekend inspiration: echo park papers

 

 

Leeann loves anything with spots and chevrons plus having the pattern papers that are double sided with lots of paper accents gives you so many more choices when designing pages. Leeann wanted to use a bit of everything and created a collage page, each piece of paper and accent just overlapping with a bit of machine stitching for added texture.  She finished the page of by using the stickers from the sticker sheet and throwing in a few buttons.

 

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Jane added quite a bit of detail to this card, lets see  - she cut up the puzzle paper and used the words as a frame, uneven areas and corners were filled in with a cut-out star square, she added small pieces of the Washi tape behind the sprocket gears and glued them in place. Jane also used the gears embossing folder with the blue paper and sanded it to tie it all together.

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Jane has a thing about arrows at the moment and they work really well on male cards! The chevron Washi tape was trimmed to look like arrows and a row of metals game spinners were added to create more interest. The number wheel sticker can be pointed to the recipients age or if they are older you could place numbers stickers over one area!

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We would like to thank Chantelle Huizenga for letting us share a few of her fabulous creations using echo park scoot collection. This page is full of fun and pops all those primary colours.

 

On this page Chantelle has made  great use of all the accent cuts and stickers, by framing the focal point.

 

 

and lastly coordinating the papers and accents to work with different types and colors of photos.
You can see more of Chantelle's work here.

weekend inspiration: studio calico

Sue never has many school photos as her kids always find it embarrassing when she takes her camera into school!  However, she does try to make sure she has a photo each year of the kids with their respective teachers.  Sue has used the Yearbook collection from Studio Calico to scrap Bailey’s photos from last year. The pop of turquoise in the collection is the perfect accompaniment to the red and yellow tones that are often associated with school ranges.  Sue has used one of the album inserts for the handbook to add a folder to her page.  Sue intends to add a copy of Bailey’s report and any other little bits and pieces she has collected during the school year, to the inside of the folder.

 

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Darling Dear is this year’s valentine collection from Studio Calico, and Suz loved that they stayed away from the traditional pinks and reds, and instead went for a colour palette that celebrates the men in your life.  She’s combined a few of the graphic patterns in this layout which tells the story of her son’s drumming concert, complete with handmade ticket in one of the cute Studio Calico pockets.

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We love this page by Robyn Werlich from Studio Calico’s creative team.  She has used the very gorgeous Sundrifter line, and and we love how she has connected the photo with the patterned paper title using Studio Calico’s fab little wood veneer speech bubbles and other embellishments.

 

 

Here & There is a great, bright collection and Kelly Noel from Studio Calico’s creative team shows it off perfectly with this fabulous layout.  Boys, wood grain and bright colours – we loved this combination.

weekend inspiration: inkadinkadoo

 

Rather than using the stamps in the holder to create the usual circle, Louise chose to stamp the petals individually, fussy cut them out then ink and shape them individually to create unique and beautiful flowers. She also used a charcoal pencil to create some dark shadowing effects that give a lighter finish than ink would.

 

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Jill took an old Ikea frame and decided to revamp it to show off how stunning the new Inkadinkadoo Stamping Gear looks - even on OTP projects. 

She found the Inkadinkadoo Stamping Gear so easy to use and the possibilities for its use are almost endless.  Using the "Gear" as a guide, you can easily repeat your pattern and know that its going to be perfect every time.

 

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This layout by Jennifer Snyder illustrates some of the effects you can get using the Inkadinkado stamping gear. Repeating the pattern with contrasting colours give a detailed and pretty frame effect.

 

This layout, also by Jennifer Snyder, again illustrates some of the soft, subtle framing effects you can achieve with the stamping gear.

 

This eye catching layout from Kelly Foster shows how layering some simple stamps can add depth to your backgrounds. The domino stamp draws your eye through the page and highlights the childlike feel.

weekend inspiration: my minds eye

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Minds Eye has the most amazing coordinated paper ranges and Louise just loves the colour ranges . When you are scrapping everyday moments these ranges with the word stickers are just perfect to document the moment/memory.

 

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Jane needed to make a male thank you card for a friend and found that these papers were perfect even though the cover on the 6x6 pad was predominantly female tones. She die-cut the word ‘Thanks’ out of two of the papers and chopped off the ‘s’ so she then could add the small word ‘You’ separately which was from one of the other papers. Jane said that by layering the two die-cut pieces over each other it creates a shadow and makes the word stand out more. She also created a chevron banner to add more style to the card.

 

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You have to love a stamp set that has words, frames and motifs in it, they all compliment each other and make creating a card a breeze. Jane used the circle designs with a VersaMark inkpad to create a subtle background on the rouge card, she also stamped the square floral design on one of the pink papers for pizazz. Small flowers were cut from one design and the sentiment was stamped within the frame and cut out. Jane also used the flower punch to add a creative edge on the card.

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We would like to say a huge thank you the the fabulously talented Gina Rogers for allowing us to share all the above layouts created by her using beautiful My Minds Eye paper ranges.

weekend inspiration: carta bella

 

 

Leeann was giving the opportunity to play with some of the Carta Bella products. She liked the look of the solid coloured papers and it was to her great surprise that the actual finish on the pattern paper is what she loves. It has a flat matt finish with the texture of watercolour paper, giving you great possibilities with assorted mediums.

The sticker sheet was also fabulous giving you plenty to work with, she really loved the tiny stickers and likes to add them randomly to pages as they always add pops of colour. Leeann has a little tip when it comes to stickers. Simply dust a little baby powder on the sticky back after you have apply your 3D or double sided tape. Then peel the tape off and adhere.

 

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Kim thought that the soft tones and floral accents in the Traditions range by Carta Bella would be just perfect for these photos of her son with his Grandma - and we think she was right.  Kim has utilised various sticker embellishments as well as cutting tags from one of the patterned papers to provide many layers of interest to this layout.

 

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Thankyou to Belinda Spencer for sharing her delightful and fun layout using Carta Bella's Alphabet Junction.  I love how Belinda has cut various elements from the paper to create this layout.  The misted background works so well with this bright and happy range.

 

 

 

A big thankyou to Lisa Swift for sharing her beautiful layout using Carta Bella Paris Girl.  I love how Lisa has combined so many elements and yet kept her layout looking clean and elegant.  If you would like to see more of Lisa's work, you can visit her blog here.

 

We love this page by the talented Rachael Funnel who has used the Paris girl collection by Carta Bella. Certainly love all those layers and that cluster of flowers and die cuts. Thank so much for sharing your work with us Rachael. You can see more of Rachael’s work here.

 

 

We also have a fabulous page by Felicity Wilson who has used a few pattern papers from the beautiful moments collection by Carta Bella. Thanks for sharing this page with us Felicity and you can see more of here work here.

 

 

Thankyou to Andrea Wiebe for sharing her beautiful layout using the Carta Bella Devoted range.  I love the heart shape that Andrea has created using random strips of the various patterned papers. 

weekend inspiration: memory box

 

Iris Uy was amazed at how the Memory Box die Catalina Wreath produced such a delicate and intricate cut! The wreaths were originally designed for a Christmas theme but it still went perfectly well with this everyday layout of her two girls. She die-cut three wreaths and used it as a background and base for her photos and hand-cut elements.

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Iris  created this page using the brand new Webster's Line "Composition and Color" by Allison Kreft. The hot air balloon and clouds dies from Memory Box really completed this page for Iris. The dies really came in handy when Iris tried to come up with embellishments for her layout.
To add more definition to the die-cuts, she outlined the shapes with a coloured pencil and then used dimensional paint to create small dots on the hot air balloons and the clouds.

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Jane trimmed the Row of Trees die-cut so she would have just one trunk with branches, this enable her to make a smaller card. She used both of the cloud dies with shades of green paper she had lying around and use them as the tree tops.

 

 

 

Jane die-cut the trees from the wood panel side of the Yesterday paper then used the clouds again as the tree tops. The largest cloud die was cut twice from the chapter paper and used as mountains, a cute little banner was added to one of the trunks for the sentiment, simple but cute!

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Isabel Ocliasa is a paper crafter and an entrepreneur specializing in the production and distribution of hand crafted items. As the owner of "The Yellow Violet House", she is often on the look out for quality dies. Memory Box dies is definitely one of her favorite brands. Here she shows us how one can create an elegant and beautiful card using a tree die. Thank you for sharing this beautiful card with us Isabel!

 

 

Deborah Nolan from the Memory Box design team created this beautiful card.  She has combined the Classic Pear die with the Embellished Pear die.  We love how she has mounted it onto woodgrain cardstock created by the Sizzix/Tim Holtz woodgrain embossing die as well!

weekend inspiration: prima

 

 

Stacey choose the stunning Firefly collection for her Prima creation today.  She took the bold pink/orange and yellow colours from the Firefly paper and matched them with her beautiful flower arrangement. Stacey choose to use a mask as a starting point on her layout and added some lovely touches of stamping and Shabby Resin pieces.

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Jill wanted to turn this fabulous mixed media book into words that inspire her.  Using a combination of paint and glimmer mist to give a theme to the softness of the book, she  has then stamped inspiring quotes onto each page.

 

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With 8 year old Abby in the family Nic Howard never has a shortage of cute photos, and the gorgeous pinks and neutrals of the Rondelle collection are perfect for girl pages.  she used a sketch which allowed her to choose one of her favourite photos and build an Anna Dabrowska inspired floral cluster around it by incorporating many of the new release flowers, Rondelle embellishments and some mistable canvas pieces.  Nic says she adores the new small crystals and loved finishing the layout off with the details they added.

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The above two layouts are kindly shared with us by Prima Design team member Steph Devlin.  She too has used the Firefly collection on both of these stunning designs.  It is amazing the colours you can take from this collection and Steph takes both colour combinations to the extreme.