Using a transparency as her background Jaimie built her LO around one of the photomats on the overlay where she placed her photo. Her main embellishment is the rather large Heidi Swapp butterfly overlay which she cut out and folded down the body making the wings spread open in an arc so when added to her page Jaimie's LO now has dimension.
So the overlays wouldn't get lost on the page Jaimie kept the white backing paper behind the background transparency which also gives the page some lift, when it comes to overlays all the hard work is done.
Carole created this transparency frame for her wedding photo, using a LUXE Transpareny Ornate Frame, these are so very elegant and ideal for this sort of project.
Carole teamed it with Basic Grey Wassail pattern paper and Element Stickers instead of using the paper for Christmas projects, it was just so very elegant and went really well with this project. Carole stuck the stickers onto transparency and then stuck the pieces onto the LUXE Transparency with foam tape, the effect is gorgeous.
Transparencies are such a beautiful product, especially shown here in this layout by Steph. Steph has used the elegant Hambly Frame 12 x 12 Transparency and sewn it onto Kraft paper. She has downloaded the image of a peacock feather from the internet and printed that onto clear acetate. By placing the feathers both under and over the 12 x 12, she has created a beautiful look, highlighted within the white frames.
For her title / sentiment, Steph used the Heidi Swapp Page Transparencies and cut it down to size and then placed kraft paper underneath. The Basic Grey Ambrosia line is a perfect accompaniment to finish off this stunning work.
Nicole is loving acrylic right now and these funky Tim Holtz fragment charms are easily one of her favourite acrylic products right now. Their perfectly clear finish lends itself to a diverse rang of applications as Nic soon discovered while having a play with them.
For this layout Nicole started off by creating a grungy background by sticking down masks from the Timeworks pack by Tim Holtz and rubbing gently over the top with Tim Holtz Distress Ink. The beauty of these masks is in their clarity, you can see exactly where you are applying them.
She then used the leftover negative (background) mask left from the Borderline mask set also by Tim Holtz to create the barbed wire border strips - start with a light watercolour wash and then add an extra darker line along the bottom edge to give the illusion of shadow and dimension.
Her journalling elements are the charms from the fragments charm pack and also clear buttons - by Tim Holtz of course. Nicole simply glued them straight over the top of patterned papers and photos before trimming, creating her own unique embellishments.
Once all trimmed she was able to apply random rub-ons, stickers and stamps plus some Heidi Swapp ghost elements for good measure.
Using the thick acrylic in between the papers and journalling has given the layout energy and made the words "pop"
A quick and easy keyring or charm idea using Tim Holtz's fragment charms is to attach two photos back to back and then sandwich them between two identical charms, sealing everything together with the clear adhesive of your choice. Here Nicole attached her key-ring with a bead chain by Junkitz but you could use any attachments that you choose.
Nicole also used these charms as bag tags for her children on their school bags and pencil cases stamped with their initials.
