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weekend inspiration: basicgrey

 

With this layout Leeann has used Basic Grey’s Clipping collection and is completely in love with it!  As you can see Leeann went a little artsy and turned her circles into funky pie charts. Splatters of ink added to the artsy feel. Complete randomness was in order!

 

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Each time BasicGrey bring out a new range they seem to step it up and add a few more fun embellishments. Leeann has used paper cottage on this fun page. Layers and layers of paper along with little tucked away embellishments that peek from above and below, that can’t help but make you smile.

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and with the scraps leftover from the paper cottage layout Leeann whipped up this card. Total fun!

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Suz used the new Soleil line for her layout above.  The softness and richness of the colour palette is a pure delight to work with and fitted in well with the fun feel of Suz’s subject matter.  She has used BasicGrey’s new vellum tape stickers to create journalling strips on her smaller photos.

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We would like to thank Larissa Albernaz for letting us share a few of her pages. Larissa was also a design team member for Basic Grey.We have two pages by Larissa.  In this first one she really captures the spirit of the Paper Cottage collection and don't you just love how this girl can layer with so much detail!

 

This next page Larissa uses the Clipping collection. And once again those layers of paper and embellishments.But we have to say fantastic work on all that title type! Thank you so much Larissa for letting us share a few of your fabulous creations!

 

We thank Waleska Neris from the BasicGrey design team for the above layout, using the new Soleil collection and highlighting the fun arrow embellishments and designs that are included amongst its eclectic themes.

 

Finally thanks to Els Brige from BasicGrey for this gorgeous page using the Clippings collection in an altogether different way.  We love how she has stitched her garland and all the details she has included in it.

weekend inspiration: my mind’s eye

 

 

 

After Suz took her son to the WWE Wrestling recently, she was thrilled that her son wanted to scrap some of their photos, even though the patterned paper that inspired him was one of her new MME chevron designs!  You can see his fab effort above, and as a dedicated scrapbooker, Suz of course had to scrap Alex scrapping his page..!

She used a slightly eclectic mix of paper from the Follow Your Heart – BeAmazing line as well as the newer Indie Chic range.  Note the WWE title – it came from one that actually started off saying ‘SWEET’, which (with her kids) might have started in the packet forever!  You don’t have to take them at face value though, and a simple letter sticker over the top works to customize her flags.

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Chris created these delightful cards using The Sweetest Thing - Tangerine.  My Minds Eye has put together such an amazing collection of embellishments, stickers and papers that Chris says this set of cards came together so easily once she started layering all the elements.

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We loved this beatiful layout by MME DT member Karen Grunsberg using the Sweetest Thing – Tangerine line, and how much detail she has worked into this single page.  Not just a handful of photos but meaningful journalling and a great design. 

 

We also adored the simplicity of this layout by Stephanie Howell, using a mix of The Sweetest Thing ranges.  The soft colours work so well together and that gorgeous layered flower draws your eye directly to the contrasting black and white photo above.

 

We’ve also got this head turning page by Jana Eubank, using the new School Daze Six by Six paper pads, combined with the On the Bright Side collection. 

 

We just love the way our guest contributor Tanya Fleur has used the My Mind's Eye All Is Bright range especially the christmas tree she has created with the All Is Bright twine.  Thank you Tanya for sharing such a great idea with us!

 

Finally, This sweet card by Savannah O'Gwynn really caught our eye!  Here's what Savannah had to say "I used both the My Mind's Eye Honey paper pad and washi tape to create this card. I love that I can stamp on the tape--soooo fun:)"  Many thanks for sharing Savannah!

mixed media: altered photos

This week the design team has come up with some ingenious ways to alter what should be the main focus of a scrapbook layout – the photo!

We invite you to be inspired by our design team and the projects below and perhaps try some photo altering for yourself – on cards, layouts, canvas or whatever!  In return we've got a prize pack to give away - if you want to give it a try we’d love to showcase them in a blog post next week.  Please try to use Aussie Scrap Source products where you can.

Email pics of your altered photo projects to [email protected] by next Tuesday 2nd October for a chance to win one of our fabulous prize packs!

 

One of the key elements in this piece of mix media is the photo Leeann says. It plays an important part of the finished look. To achieve a mix media balance Leeann has used a stamping technique on her photo. This provides textural illusions at the same time. Notice how the stamping continues off the photo to blend in with the artsy background.

 

 

Step one:  Start preparing your mix media background, swiping paint, stamping with bubble wrap, stamps, wax crayons, gluing tissue paper down.
Print out photo and adhere to background.
Using the Martha Stewart glue and sealer decoupage, apply a small thin coat over the photo onto the page.
Allow to dry.

Step two:
Squeeze a blob of black paint onto a scrap of cardstock.
Use a thick sheet of cardboard and swipe the edge through the paint.

 

Step three:
Now repeatedly stamp the edges on and off the photo.

Step four:
Finish off by stamping a grid like pattern off the photo.
This help to unify the two together.

 

 

Kim has added texture to her photo by printing it onto canvas photo paper and then distressing the edges of the photo by pulling the threads in the canvass. This is a simple but effective technique to add texture and interest to your photos.

 

 

Step 1 - Print photo onto photo canvas paper following instructions provided with the paper.

Step 2 - Trim around the photo leaving a small border

 

Step 3 - pull threads in the canvass paper with a sharp tool to give a distressed edge.

 

 

 

As you can see from her layouts above, Louise has taken a very simple approach to altering her photo. She has printed the photo out in black and white and then coloured in the flower using water colour paint.

mixed media collage–readers projects

 

We thank Agnieszka Bellaidea for this first stunning page.  She writes: I love mixed media idea and as you can see I like to play with mists, paint, gesso, stencils, structural paste, paints, oils etc. I add layers of papers, lace, chipboards etc.

 

Jo Richardson tells us the story of this fabulous layout.  The collage background for this layout evolved from a napkin.  Firstly, I adhered the patterned layer of the napkin onto cardstock with gesso, then I added some  of the plain white layer of the napkin by bunching and scrunching with layers of gesso.  This formed some crinkles in the background and some flowers to which I added some jewels.  I also covered some chipboard with the patterned napkin and added some simple embellishments of flowers, lace and leaves.  The layout is bordered with washi tape.  Another fun challenge and a layout that came together quickly.

We loved her fearless experimenting, and have decided to award her our coveted prize pack for this week!

 

And finally thank you to Natalie Elphinstone for this brilliantly layered page.  She wrote: I wanted to share a layout I made using a collaged background, using My Mind's Eye, Echo Park and Jenni Bowlin products. It's such an easy and fun technique to layer up lots of bits and pieces into a background - it adds heaps of colour and visual interest. Thanks for this wonderful series.

weekend inspiration: crate paper

 

The Storyteller range from Crate Paper is perfect for telling stories, and especially telling stories about journeys!  Suz used it to record her kids’ first flight last year when they flew to Perth for a holiday.  The colour palette is bright but with subdued patterns so they don’t fight with the photos, and the chipboard elements are fun and help tell the story perfectly.  Suz decided to turn the whole layout onto an angle at the last minute, which also helps convey the dynamic of the travel theme.

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Sue used the Crate Paper Little Bo Peep to decorate this gorgeous Jenni Bowlin divided box and added photos of her daughter Lily Rose, during her first year of life.  The divided box is nice and deep so you can add quite bulky items.  It would be cute to even add a little pair of booties and a hospital bracelet.

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Tami Gookstetter from the Crate Paper design team created this layout which is perfectly stunning in its simplicity.  She has used the new wood veneer pieces and go with just about anything. 

 

We thank Michiko Kato from the Crate design team for this little gem.  She has created delicious little ‘shaker boxes’ using a sunburst punch and punched leaves, along with Crate’s fabulous wood grain papers.

 

Another layout by Michiko also caught our eye – this time she has used the Pretty Party range in a delightfully unexpected way.  She provides a tutorial on the Crate Paper blog here. 

 

Finally, how about this page by master designer Christine Middlecamp?!  Her eye for detail and harmonious contrast is second to none and here she showcases the stunning colour palette and designs of the On Trend line.

weekend inspiration: memory box

 

 

Before we start checking out all the Memory Box goodness our design team have both created and found to share with you, we’d first like to welcome Carole Janson back to the Aussie DT fold. Her talents for detail and intricacy are perfectly showcased in this first project.

Carole loved creating this bifold card with the Memory Box Dies.  She used the Amira Flourish for the brown swirls and the Small Pinwheel Posie and Fringe Border for the very cute flowers.  G45 Ladies Diary pattern paper complemented the flowers perfectly.

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Suz created this fun layout using the Memory Box Floral Square die as her backgrounds for each square panel.  She mixed up the colours combinations to create interest and to tie together different photos from the day.  The dies combined with the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan chipboard to bring the layout together.

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Suz also wanted to have a play with the Pinwheel Posie, which die cuts the exact spiral you need to quill this sweet flower, complete with a little base.  She tried it with tissue paper which gives a delicate effect, and then spritzed them with Tattered Angels chalkboard for glimmer and colour.

 

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Louise so so loves the range of Memory Box cutting dies. Louise believes that cutting dies are just as versatile and as much as a 'must have' as mist, paint, and stamps!

 

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When Leeann saw the range of memory box dies she couldn’t wait to have a play with a few. Leeann has used a mixture on this first project. She made a few little pet shop houses for one of her daughters. She started of by sourcing some used Sellotape rolls and covered each one using papers from echo park everyday eclectic. Then made little shelves and embellished each one. Leeann used the scalloped pinwheel poise, small pinwheel and pinwheel poise dies. She also filled one of the Sellotape rolls with more pinwheel poise’s. And finally the chloe stem die was cut a few times and layered and embellished with twine, buttons and sticker label.

 

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Leeann also made this card up using two of the memory box dies, Maribelle and Selena butterfly dies. They simply are just so beautiful. As you can see from the actual die they are just half a butterfly. All that Leeann did was cut twice and flip one over giving you a full butterfly. The possibilities are endless when it comes to dies.

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We Would like to thank Di Garling for sharing with us her wonderful creativity using the Memory Box dies in all three of the above projects.

Finally, we leave you with some inspiration from the Memory Box designers, who showcase the intricacy and versatility of their dies so beautifully.

mixed media: collage

Layered and collage styled backgrounds are an integral part of the mixed media genre. 

We invite you to be inspired by our design team and the projects below and perhaps try some techniques for yourself – on cards, layouts, canvas or whatever!  In return we've got a prize pack to give away - if you want to give it a try we’d love to showcase them in a blog post next week.  Please try to use Aussie Scrap Source products where you can.

Email pics of your collage projects to [email protected] by next Tuesday 25th September for a chance to win one of our fabulous prize packs!

 

To create the collaged background for her layout, Sue started with a piece of cardstock and covered it with adhesive.  Sue then cut the MME papers into different sized rectangles and adhered them in a random fashion onto the cardstock. 

Sue then used a paint dauber to apply a white coating over the top of the page.  This helped blend the layers together.  Sue added texture by stitching around the edge of the pieces of paper, in cream thread. Sue cut out polaroid images from the MME patterned paper and mounted them onto chipboard before adding her photos to the top.  MME doilies and Prima embellishments, completed the pretty page.

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Collage is a mainstay of Danielle's mixed media art, and she loves pulling it into her scrapbooking projects now and then. Combining layers of tape, book paper, ephemera / paper elements with paint and ink is a natural progression. The paint creates a unified look despite the various elements involved, and the end result is a warm kind of arty patchwork.

 

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mixed media techniques: masks & templates – readers’ art

 

Thanks to Mel Godfrey for sending this canvas she has made as a gift. She writes: I am thrilled to have only recently been introduced to masks and stencils and have made a couple of projects since. The one I am entering in the draw I made for a very ill friend who has had many ups and downs in the last 12 months. 

Congratulations Mel for being this weeks winner.  We love your heart!

 

 

Alicia Redshaw sent in this lovely canvas.  She writes:  Please find attached an image of a canvas I created using texture paste, masking, washi tape and paint, etc.  I am posting more images and information about my canvas and how I created it on my blog.

 

 

Thanks to Cassandra Bright for sending in this vibrant journal page and writes that she created this She Art using a Prima Donna Downey Hollyhocks mask.

 

 

Jo Richardson wrote about her happy page above:  I had a lot of fun creating this layout.  I used the crafters workshop 'ledger' and 'art is' templates to create the blue text using paint and texture paste.  I also used a variety of stamping, embossing and painting on the background. 

 

 

We thank Linda Langes for sending in this beautiful project.  She writes that she has used a few different masks to create the background – harlequin; spot and flourish.  We love the layers and different textures.

 

 

And finally we thank Tatiana Yemelyanenko for sharing this lovely art journal page, which features several layers of masks.

scrapbooking the highs and the lows: kim arnold

 

2012 has been a hard year for Kim and her family.  Kim has chosen to document the tough times with a layout with no photos, but rather a cluster of envelopes and pockets in which she has recorded her hidden journaling.  Kim says that although the creation of this layout was hard and involved a lot of tears, it was also cathartic.

 

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For her layout recording the good times, Kim chose to focus on the most positive highlight from 2012 - her little sister's wedding - and the fact that she got to be there with her as Matron of Honour.

Kim felt that the bright happy papers in the October Afternoon Woodland Park range, whilst not at all wedding themed, were just perfect for this pretty and happy layout.

Kim created this layout after the "bad times" layout and says that it was a beautiful balance to be able to think about this wonderful happy time while creating this layout.  She knows that in the future, the journaling in her "bad times" layout will be just as important (or more) than knowing how happy she was to be with her sister for her wedding.  That is why it is important to scrap both the good times and the bad.

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weekend inspiration: introducing carta bella

 

If there’s a colour palette that Suz loves, it’s one just like this one.  Just the right mix of warm olive greens and pinks, in soft small patterns, the Beautiful Moments range by Carta Bella is stunning.  Hexagons are of course very on trend at the moment and Suz wanted to use them to both show off the patterns in the papers as well to reflect the quilt in the photo.  She decided to emboss some of them, and outline each in liquid pearls to add further texture and interest. The element stickers are the icing on the cake, and Suz layered them to create some depth on her page.

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Carta Bella's Paris Girl range is classic feminine charm in paper form... Danielle embraced the pretty nature of the range and created an ode to Spring with this layout.  Handmade paper flowers and branch echo the magnolia picture featured, and white clouds were cut from the Paris Borders paper and lightly sprayed with inks to soften the background.

 

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Carta Bella's Alphabet Junction collection is perfect for scrapping the little ones in your life.  Sue has scrapped her gorgeous little nephew Iziah, playing with his Dinosaur Train toys.  Sue used both the sticker sheet and one of the chipboard sets to embellish her page.  The colour palette of the collection is lovely and bright but still maintains a softness about it, which Sue loves.

 

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weekend inspiration: introducing ek success

We’re thrilled to introduce EK Success as a new supplier.  Punches are always a great investment because of their versatility, and they never go out of style.  EK Success’ range of punches, tools and accessories is extensive and innovative and make a great addition to our product lines.  And our design team were pretty happy to get their hands on them too!

 

Louise 's comment ....What's not to love about EK Success punches?!!!  Punches for Louise are like stamps and mist a must have staple for all of her paper crafting. The range and versatility of the EK Success range is without question!  The large flourish punch that Lou has used is just one of many imminently versatile shapes that can change its look from page to page.

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EKS-P-54-30077 Large Punch - Flourish Square
EKS-P-EKPL-7066 Medium Punch - Scallop Photo Corner
STU-TN-330000 Take Note - Cubicle 12x12 d/sided paper
STU-TN-330002 Take Note - Think Tank 12x12 d/sided paper
STU-TN-330007Take Note - Protractor 12x12 d/sided paper
STU-TN-331000 Take Note - Wood Veneer Shapes - Frames
STU-CL-331052 Classic Calico 2 - Wood Veneer Tiny Stars

 

You will have hours of fun creating fabulous flowers for cards and projects using the dimensional flower punches from EK Success.  Chris says she just kept playing with different pattern papers making all sorts of wonderful coloured flowers with the Gerber Daisy Punch. 

She finally settled on using some gorgeous Core'dinations Cardstock to create the flowers for this very eye-catching mini canvas.  The flowers can be flattened down or puffed up as much as you desire.

Here is a fantastic tutorial showing you exactly how easy these flowers are to create!

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Chris is getting ready early for World Teacher Appreciation Day in October and these cards are going to be for her High School Daughter to give to her female teachers.  The EK Success Dimensional flower punch does make the flower makes a beautiful, centre piece embellishment for the card and the small scallop EK Success edger punch gives a softer, more delicate effect.  Chris used both white cardstock and the different coloured pattern papers to create the dimensional flower for these cards.

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Jill loved working the the EK Success Swiss Cheese punch and used it to help frame the cheeky photo of her son.  Layering multiple layers behind the photo adds to the cheeky feel of the wallhanging.

 

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mixed media techniques: masks and templates

Masks are one of the best ways of creating texture and background interest on a project.  There’s a massive range of designs, shapes and styles and a whole load of mediums to use with them, from texture paste to inks, mists and paints.

We invite you to be inspired by our design team and the projects below and try some new masking techniques for yourself – on cards, layouts, canvas or whatever!  In return we've got a prize pack to give away - if you want to give it a try we’d love to showcase them in a blog post next week.  Please try to use Aussie Scrap Source products where you can – we’ve got Crafter’s Workshop templates as well as ones from Art-C, Prima and others.

Email pics of your own masked projects to [email protected] by next Tuesday 18th September for a chance to win one of our fabulous prize packs!

 

Masks and stencils add so much detail to any mix media project. There is so much choice and so many awesome ways to use our masks. Leeann Pearce shares a favourite way that we all like to use especially for those that like to add texture at the same time. If you take a closer look Leeann has used the crafters workshop – harlequin template with some texture paste.

 

First things first are creating the background by building the layers up with tissue and paper then paint.  Once the background has been created gather together your supplies - mask or stencil of desired design, texture paste, coloured paint and pop stick for mixing.   Mix a small amount of paint with texture paste in another pot.  Arrange and place mask on prepared canvas and then randomly spread the coloured paste over the desired area of mask.

 

Lift mask to reveal pattern.  Allow to fully dry.

 

Add more layered detail by stamping,rub-ons and rubbing wax crayons over the dry raise texture paste.

 

Add more layered detail by stamping,rub-ons and rubbing wax crayons over the dry raise texture paste.

 

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Suz Doyle is enjoying creating projects that are completely unlike her usual style in these mixed media challenges.  Here she has layers of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists and Chalkboard Sprays over her Crafters Workshop template and finishes it off with one of her favourite quotes.

 

The striking ‘relief’ effect was achieved by using the template with a layer of gesso over the first glimmer mist sprays and allowing to dry.  Although this page started life as the rainbow you see above, Suz later decided to build up the layers of green and blue tones from her Chalkboard mists, so that there’s only a hint of the original colour in the finished piece.  The beauty of the gesso layer is that it absorbs the mists differently to the cardstock, and so even though the blue and green chalkboard was evenly sprayed over the whole page, the mask pattern remains clearly defined.

 

Suz replaced the template once the layers of gesso and mists were dry once again and painted a last layer of gel medium.  She then sprinkled microbeads and seed beads through the template to further enhance the jewelled effect.  She kept some uniformity in her pages to link them with her earlier ones by using the same Prima canvas alphas on each.

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Kim Arnold has used a variety of masks and techniques to create this layout.  Firstly she has inked over a 6x6 inch ledger paper mask from the crafters workshop in both the top left and bottom right corners.  Secondly she has misted over a compass mask in the bottom right of the photo.  Finally, she has created her title by creating a mask with letter stickers and then inking over the top.  When the stickers are removed, she was left with a masked title.  Kim has used the beautiful new Clippings range from Basic Grey, which has a very eclectic feel to its paper range.  Perfect for mixed media projects.

 

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Finally Jill van Iperen adored the Prima Damask Mask and used it to "rust" her journal. She used a combination of Distress Ink and Acrylic Paint to enhance the vintage feel of the Teresa Collins Vintage Find Jounal covers.

 

Jill carried through the aging of the pages throughout the journal and used it to carry a theme throughout the journal.

 

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scrapbooking the highs and the lows: leeann pearce

 

This is just hard sharing this much personal detail with the online world Leeann says. She’s not one to share the real personal stuff. But just this once she will let the barriers down. Leeann’s mum passed away last year in June. Leeann knew that this day would come, but you just don’t know when. Sadly for Leeann and her siblings this was not the first time they lost her. When Leeann was nine years old her mum was in a car accident which left her in a state that she was unable to look after her children or even realise she had children. So much of Leeann’s life was without parents and each day that came it was about surviving! Leeann and her sisters and brother are strong people who each have their own little families now. Their mother lives on inside these children.

Leeann created this page in remembrance of her mum. Just a little something which helps explains to her children where she is now. Leeann also had the girls write a little something to her as she was their grandmother after all.

 

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You don’t have to tell Leeann twice. The title says it “totally blessed” to have these three little girls in her life. They are her whole world, her daily sunshine and her everything!
The two pages that Leeann created all have hidden journaling. Leeann used small bags and adhere then under the base layers and made tags to slide in and out. She couldn’t resist playing with all the Amy Tangerine sketchbook papers and layered sticker embellishments. Leeann added all her personal little touches of clustering, layers, buttons and machine stitching.

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weekend inspiration: pink paislee

 

Pink Paislee never fail to create amazing coordinated ranges that are so versatile ; and Vintage Vogue is a perfect example of this. Louise loved creating with this range, she especially loved the colours of this range, where less is definitely more.

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Suz used the Heidi Swapp ‘No Limits’ range, perfect for recording the memories of skateboarding sons and their friends.  The funky instaframes are a cool touch, and she loves the freedom of the Buzz Words titles.

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Today we have 2 gorgeous layouts from the talented Stacey Young a member of the Pink Paislee Design Team. For this particular layout Stacey has used the wonderful Spring Jubilee Collection to complete this layout [based on a page maps sketch]

 

For this wonderful layout Stacey has used the fabulous Declaration Collection. This layout will be included in a Pink Paislee Declaration Collection booklet so do keep your eye out for it.

 

 

 

We loved this beautiful layout by PP DT member Corrie Jones, using the new Portfolio collection.  We love how she has stacked the photo frames and the hundreds of butterflies give the page movement and whimsy.

 

 

And a final layout from Corrie – in this gorgeous page she has used some of the fabulous She Art range by Christy Tomlinson.

weekend inspiration: jillibean soup

Jillibean Soup is a definite favourite brand of Kim's.  She was on the DT during 2010/2011 and continues to love the bright colours and funky embellishments that are always part of Jillibean Soup releases.  Kim has used the masculine range of Macho Nacho Soup to make this wonderful layout about how proud she is of her husband's recent achievements.

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Leeann adores Jillibean soup products and always looks forward to creating with them. Leeann has mixed up a few of the paper collections and has made great use of all the fabulous embellishments they continue to bring out. Which also add pops of colour.

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Leeann didn’t stop there and decided to whip up a card from the jillibean soup leftovers. Once again the embellishments like buttons and label stickers add the final details to any project!

 

The above three projects are created by the ever so talented Mel Blackburn who also happens to be a design team member for Jillibean soup. We adore all the details and layers Mel adds to her pages and cards. As you can see Mel has created with the macho nacho collection. She has added a few girly touches to a more boyish paper collection. Just goes to show how versatile a paper collection can be. Thank you so much for letting us share some of your totally fabulous work!

 

 

Finally, pink and green is always such a beautiful girly combination, and this is a perfect example of the colour palette by Jillibean DT member Nicole Nowosad.  She has used a mixe of Grandma’s Lima Bean Soup patterned papers to create this inspiring page.

mixed media techniques: surfaces

In mixed media, as in scrapbooking and cardmaking, we’re happily not confined to just using our mediums onto paper, cardstock or patterned paper.  There’s a host of other surfaces out there waiting for arty touches, and our design team explores just a few of them here.

 

Sue Tonga adores the 7 Gypsies tissue paper and has used the different designs on several layouts previously.  The Life Collage tissue paper is Sue's favourite.  Here she used a gel medium to cover a piece of artisan (or bracket) shaped chipboard.  The tissue is very easy to work with and Sue says you can wrap the edge around the chipboard to achieve a neat finish.

To soften the look of the tissue paper, Sue sprayed a layer of Iridescent Gold glimmer mist over it and completed the look by stitching around the edge in pink thread.  The tissue paper covered chipboard piece has created a great focal piece for Sue's layout.  Sue used MME's gorgeous Lavender Collection to complete her page.  The soft pink tones complement the tissue paper perfectly.

 

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One of the most versatile surfaces for scrapbooking is canvas. It can be used as is, misted, painted, molded, made into flowers, etc. etc. For this layout, Iris took a few sheets from the Prima Mixed Media Book and used it as a base for her page. The canvas sheet has been misted to show the resist. She unified the look of the page by adding  a few prima flowers and leaves which were also made from canvas. This materials is both beautiful and full of texture. So for your next project, why don't you try gating some canvas materials and have a go at building your background and embellishment clusters with it.

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Chris has declared the Tim Holtz Kraft Glassine Papers as her new favourite surface to play with!  Here is what the man him self has to say about Kraft Glassine "this product is one of those cool and amazing surfaces that are unlike anything else you've ever seen before.  At first glance some think it's wax paper, but it definitely is not.  This is a coated semi-translucent kraft paper that can do some pretty incredible things."
As Tim says, this product is quite unique.  Chris was able to print straight onto the surface with her ink jet printer.  The one thing about using this product is to heat set each medium you use on the product. 

 

To create the fabulous edging on this frame Chris crumpled up the Glassine and then straightened it out and bunched it together to create a frilled effect.  It gives the appearance of a faux leather or suede.  Chris also heat embossed the white spots onto the glassine and then ran them through her cuttlebug using Memory Box spiral flower dies.

 

Tearing the Glassine also gives such a cool torn edge look.  There's nothing this product can't do!

 

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Chris crumpled the kraft glassine again for using on this card, then flattened it out and adhered it under the embellishments.  It gives such a great textural effect!

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scrapbooking the highs and the lows: iris

 

So they say that girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice! There certainly are good days when little girls are all sweet and cuddly and adorable. For moments like these, selecting some soft and beautiful patterns and embellishments are perfect for creating that page for your sweet little girl.

 

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...and then there are times when these same sweet little girls turn us into screaming, stomping, almost  whimpering desperate mothers! Ah what to do... just go with the flow, take the good with the bad, and grab your camera!! Sometimes, those horrible tantrum episodes turn out into some really fun, cute photos with a story in its own. So here's to my little drama queen!

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weekend inspiration: october afternoon

 

 

October Afternoon's Woodland Park range really appealed to Danielle. The combination of vintage-inspired elements, fabric-style patterns and sweet colours gave her a lot of options to play with when creating her layout!
Danielle took advantage of the patchwork feel of the alphabet stickers to make a pretty, long title one of the focal points of her layout. The ribbon length from the pack of Miscellany has been used for a criss-cross detail.

 

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This card is for Jane's Daughter who has a love for elephants. A top hat and a blower was cut out of one of the 8x8 papers and was added to the elephant. I'm sure her daughter is going to love it!!

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Jane loves playing with stickers, in this card she has used the circles as added interest by cutting them in half and placing them around the edges. Jane even extended a label sticker with candles on it by cutting it in two pieces and placed a piece on either side of the larger circle.

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Amber Engel has used October Afternoon's Woodland Park beautifully in this fun girly layout.

 

 

Thank you to Amy Heller for sharing these next two gorgeous projects she created using OA's Woodland Park range.

weekend inspiration: graphic 45

 

Jill van Iperen loved making a whimsical piece with the fabulous Graphic 45 Happy Haunting papers, Alpha Stickers and Cardstock Stickers.  As always, the Graphic 45 papers blend brilliantly together.  Don't be afraid to mix them up!

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Jill also made some simple tags with using the Graphic 45 Happy Haunting papers and mixed it with some  of the G45 Staple Trims.  Perfect for some ghoulish tags!

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Jane loves vintage images and just fell in love with this little girl in the Happy Hauntings collection, but Jane didn't want a Halloween card, so she cut out images from the range and created a little delightful scene fit to surprise a friend!

 

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Jane has used a collection of the Staples range to create this card, she used a Envelope Tag in the background as she loved the design on it, she then added the Alphabet stickers for the sentiment.

 

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