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Designing with… a Reader’s Challenge

 

 

Flowers and metal are of course old favourites for creating interesting and textural pages.  Beautiful flowers might just take the cake as being one of the most addictive embellishments, and metals are a staple that can add just the right touch of polished finish.

We’d love to see your very own take on using flowers and metals on your projects, whether it’s a card, a Project Life-style pocket page or a traditional scrapbook layout or even a beyond the page project.  Please just make sure you use Aussie Scrap Source suppliers in your projects!

Email a picture of your entry to [email protected] with a note about any techniques and a rough materials lists to be in the running to win a fabulous prize pack of some of the featured products by next Sunday 15th September.

Check out some of our favourite flower and metal products and projects from some of our brands design teams below to inspire you and of course we’ll be back on Wednesday with more jaw-dropping inspiration from our own designers.

 

 

How about this beautiful altered canvas by Juliana Michaels from the Bo Bunny design team.  She rightly points out that creating an altered canvas is a great way to use up leftover or extra supplies.  For more details on how to create this gorgeous canvas, you can check out her blog here.

 

Gabrielle Pollacco from the Bo Bunny design team has created this beautiful layout with prodigious use of flowers and some of the gorgeous trinkets alongside The Avenues collection.

 

 

BasicGrey’s Metal Flair buttons give this page by BG design team member Sophie Crespy the perfect finishing touch.  You can see her whole double layout on their blog here.

 

 

Gorgeous use of Ornate Metal Keys and a binder ring on the cover of this fabulous Steampunk Spells halloween album by Annette Green for Graphic45.  She has created a tutorial for it which you can find here.

 

If you don’t want the bulk of flowers you can always fussy cut them from patterned paper as the talented Romy Veul has done here using the ‘A Ladie’s Diary’ collection from Graphic45.  She has adhered them with foam tape and added pearl dots to create some depth.

 

 

 

Of course there are times when only the real thing will do and then you can’t go past the variety of colours and flower types that Prima offers.  This breathtaking layout is by Lene Bjornerud and combines the beautiful pastel Delight collection with an utter plethora of assorted flowers. There’s even a gessoed metal key in there.. can you spot it?!

 

 

Prima Educator Limor Webber has created these three mixed media cards using Prima’s Everyday Vintage collection and there’s a comprehensive video tutorial on the Prima Channel where you can watch and create these cards alongside her.

 

We hope that brings you inspiration to get started on this weeks challenge!  We’ll be back tomorrow with more from our design team!

Designing with… readers challenge

 

 

We loved this weeks entries for our Designing With… challenge and this week it was all about washi tapes, glitter tapes, vellum tapes.  Thanks to everyone who sent a project in, we really enjoy seeing and sharing them.

Congratulations this week to Judith Armstrong for her lovely clean layout!  And stand by for this weeks challenge!

 

 

Candy Chelepy has used the Prima Lyric collection to create this beautiful layout.  She writes

I decided to tear up my paper and add some washi tape and make some texture on the background I then used gesso watered down and white washed the page. I then matted my photo and placed on page and added flowers and used a prima crackle mask and put more texture on my page. Hope you enjoy my page as much as I enjoyed creating it.

 

 

Margaret Walz has used Prima products for her layout (including resist canvas lettering, papers, flowers and resin) and Washi Tapes from Tim Holtz and Prima.  She writes that she loves to rough up her layouts and always tries to use flowers.  We love the tones of the ones she has used on this page.

 

 

Judith Armstrong has used washi tape from My Minds Eye, Glitz Design and Queen and Co in her layout.  She writes: I used strips of washi instead of patterned paper. I adhered washi to cardstock to enable me to border punch.

 

This fun card from Robyn Wood showcases a great technique using washi tapes.. she writes

I covered some cardstock with strips of washi tape, coated it with some matt medium to make sure it was well glued down and once it was dry, hexagons were. The diecut piece will be perfect to use as a stencil as well!

weekend inspiration: glitz

 

 

 

Glitz Design's Wild & Free range is easy to adore, as Danielle found when she created this cute layout. Arrow motifs, feathers, horses and cheerful colours abound, making it easy to pull a page together. Danielle loves accenting with washi tape, and used anchor washi tape from one of Glitz's previous ranges to casually hug her photo. A second washi tape design - arrows from the Dapper Dan range - has been laid in strips on some spare card before being cut into cloud shapes to embellish Danielle's background. Cute stars and extra details come from the Wild & Free sticker sheets.

 

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Audrey Yeager, from the Glitz design team earlier this year created this fabulous card. Glitz washi tape is used to create a fun effect, and Audrey gives step by step instructions here too.

 

 

The super talented Christy Tomlinson here shares with us her gorgeous mixed media canvas, with more close ups and information on her blog -Christy has used Glitz banner details and creates flower stems from Glitz washi tape!

 

Another Glitz design team member, Mou Saha, here creates a stunning, arty and funky layout using lots of paper strips and washi tape from various Glitz ranges.

 

 

Sarah Owens, of Craft Warehouse, here shares tips and tricks for creating a fun canvas using Glitz Designs washi tape and other products.

Designing with… washi, glitter, vellum tapes

 

 

Check out the details of our new reader’s challenge here… and be inspired by our gorgeous design team projects…

 

 

 

 

Sue doesn't do the traditional style of project life pages but she loves the idea of creating 'quick' pages for events, such as Christmas.  Sue has used the beautiful Santa's List collection from Teresa Collins to create her two page spread, using washi tape and the chipboard set to add her embellishments.  You may notice that Sue used the glittered notecards 12x12 paper from the collection but the other papers have come from the 6x6 pad, which is lovely, as the patterns are miniature versions. To create the striped embellishment on her left page, Sue covered a piece of card stock in washi tape, then die-cut it using her Big Shot machine.  She then stitched in silver thread to add interest.  Washi tape is lovely for adding pops of colour and pattern on to your pages and is so easy to work with.  And if you haven't already realised, collecting those beautiful rolls of decorative tape can be addictive!!

 

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Washi tapes have been trending for a little while now.  There  are endless patterns and colours available and are a great thickness to create a trim on any project.  Stacey has used the coordinating tapes from the new My Minds Eye Cut and Paste Collection to create lots of fun elements on her page.  Using a piece of string she created a banner with the Washi tape and adhered using foam tape to add extra dimension.  She also made a super quick bow and added a button in the centre.  A simple trim at the top of the page or even to cover a wood clip.........the possibilities with Washi Tape are endless.

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Leanne loves washi, gaffer and glitter tapes as they are some of the most versatile and fun elements to add to a paper crafting project.  It is so easy to use and once you have a collection started it is so easy to grab a co-ordinating tape to match the papers you have selected.  
Here Leanne has made a card featuring MME Washi Tape and Carta Bella papers. Leanne has used the washi tape to attach the layers of her card to the card base.  Washi tape is so easy to pleat and just tear and stick!

 

Leanne has also used washi tape to create the embellishments on the card.  By covering white cardstock and then cutting or punching it Leanne creates perfectly co-ordinated fishtail banners and a heart.

 

 

Gaffer tape is thicker than the washi tape making it a perfect element to add to a male card.  Here Leanne used the gaffer tape in three different ways.  Firstly she used it to create a fish tail banner piece.  Then she used it to transform an everyday office bulldog clip into a co-ordinated embellishment and lastly she adhered it to paper and created this handpieced arrow.

 

 

 

 

For this off the page project Leanne used a combination of glitter tape and washi tape to create a gift within a gift.  This cute little box is full of handmade tags, covered pegs and wrapping twine that the recipient can use when they next have to give a gift.

 

Because the tapes are already adhesive they are perfect for covering anything you can think of really.  Here Leanne used the tapes to cover pegs.  The tape was also great to use to dress up some wrapping twine.  Leanne simple wrapped the tape around the twine randomly and then trimmed the pieces.

 

The bow on the top of the box was made with glitter tape.  Leanne used it like ribbon initially to form the centre of the bow and did not remove the backing, then she used the built in adhesive to finish off the other components.

 

Like the main card Leanne used washi tape and cardstock to create embellishments for this tag.

 

Here Leanne used washi tape to join two components of the tag together.

 

 

This tag features washi tape used in a multitude of ways.  In addition to using it to add banners and borders, cover buttons and punch shapes, Leanne also repurposed the stems of her flowers and added washi tape to create these matching feathers.

 

Glitter tape was punched, cut and also used to cover a button on this tag.

 

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Designing with… a Reader’s Challenge

 

 

Washi tapes, glitter tapes are a fun way to brighten up any project quickly and simply and they are the focus of this week’s readers challenge.  Cluster them, layer them, use them as decorative elements or to actually stick your photos down!  Washi tape comes in almost as many colours and patterns as coloured paper these days, and warning… they can become addictive!

We’d love to see your very own take on using washi, vellum or glitter tapes on your projects, whether it’s a card, a Project Life-style pocket page or a traditional scrapbook layout or even a beyond the page project.  Please just make sure you use Aussie Scrap Source suppliers in your projects! 

Email a picture of your entry to [email protected] with a note about any techniques and a rough materials lists to be in the running to win a fabulous prize pack of some of the featured products by next Sunday 8th September.

Check out some of our tape products and projects from some of our favourite brands below to inspire you and of course we’ll be back on Wednesday with more jaw-dropping inspiration from our own design team.

 

 

October Afternoon have a super cute range of washi tapes, that both work with their patterned paper collections and individually.

 

This cool idea by October Afternoon Design Team member Vivian Masket turns them into super quick flags on a toothpick for this gorgeous card.

 

 

The talented Mou Saha incorporates them in three different ways on this stunning art journal page, including using them to cover a polaroid frame, and layering them to form an accent cluster.

 

Roree Rumph never fails to amaze with her beautiful card designs, and on this one she has used washi tape to create a frame around her card, as well as to make the flower petals.  She notes that she dusted them with talcum powder to remove the stickiness and then looped and layered the strips.  It probably smells awesome too!

 

 

 

 

Tina Walker from the My Minds Eye Design team has created this gorgeous framed project using the MME Find Your Wings and Fly collection.  She has used washi tape to create the frame inside the frame.  You can find a tutorial for this project on the MME blog here.

 

 

Missy Whidden is new to the My Minds Eye Design Team but she’s clearly no stranger to their decorative tape products!  We love how she has incorporated them to reinforce the horizontal design of this stunning layout.

 

 

 

 

 

American Crafts has a massive range of glitter tapes as well as washi and ribbons which have been combined so beautifully by their Guest Designer Becki Adams to create an eyecatching background for this gorgeous page.

 

 

Chin Pooi turned American Crafts tape into gorgeous little blooms to adorn cards and layouts.  She has even provided a tutorial on how to do this on the AC Blog here.

 

 

Bella Blvd designer Malika Kelly was inspired by a Pinterest link to create this fun layout using Bella Blvd Designer Tapes as a background for her monograms.  You can read how she did this here.

 

 

 

Finally, Jennifer McGuire shows us how to use washi tape as a masking tool, rather than as a product on her cards.  She shows a useful video tutorial on the Studio Calico blog here. 

Designing with… stencils masks sprays

We’ve had a huge reader response this week to this challenge!  There are some amazing projects here and we thank you all heaps for taking the time to join in.

Congratulations this week to Maria Featon for this gorgeous mixed media project.  We love her use of texture to create depth and light – you almost feel like you could fall into this canvas!

 

Check back soon to find out this week’s Designing With… challenge!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

weekend inspiration: tattered angels

 

 

 

 

Leeann was very excited about working with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.  She decided to take her project off the page and give this Prima canvas apron a scrappy misted makeover. Firstly she applied a heap of Hambly rub-ons and then sprayed the canvas apron all over using Glimmer Mist Chalkboard, and using the same colour she took the nozzle off and poured and flicked straight from the bottle onto the canvas. 

She then made a couple of circle masks and used more Chalkboard to add pops of colour. Next she mixed together texture paste and chalkboard, applying this through a mask randomly over the canvas apron. Then it was time to finish the canvas apron off by adding pen doodles and a bit of stamping. Final touches buttons and fabric tabs with a bit of machine stitching for extra detail.

 

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For this page leeann used the pleated ribbon strips by pink paislee and  the chalkboard mist by tattered angels. Once dried she trim and machine stitched in place creating a colourful flow of ruffles. she also poured a small amount from the bottle and misted lightly with water, creating a watercolor effected.

 

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Here we have a project created by Rebecca Beattie who use’s tattered angels glimmer mist, glimmer clam, glaze and stamps in lots of different ways creating plenty of fabulous effects. She also provides us with a list of techniques she use.

• coloured silver metal handle and spout end with Glimmer Glam for a copper look
• colouring glue flowers on the cover
• using screens while spraying
• spraying after creating a resist with glue
• stamping with Tattered Angels stamps and screens to create more dimension
• adding a specked look on paper flowers by applying glue onto them and then placing them face down on a craft sheet that had dried after having Glimmer Mist sprayed onto it
• spraying onto paper to better tie the colours into the whole project
• spraying over scattered rock salt (that is quite course) to create a speckled background
• stamping with Tattered Angels stamps then accented by painting with a fine brush dipped into Glimmer Glaze
• layering colours for added depth

Thank you so much Rebecca for allowing us to share your fabulous project. You can see more of Rebecca’s work here.

 

 

 

Here we have a beautiful page created by Renee Aslette. Who tells us that first she applied texture paste to her page using bubble wrap allowing it to dry and misted over the top. She also misted some of the flowers to help coordinate with the page, and finally adding small flicks with the nozzle end. Thank you so much Renee for allowing us to share this page. You can see more of her work here.

 

 

 

Gosh how adorable is this page By Sharmaine  Kruijver. She has used the Glimmer Mist colours Suede and Creme de Chocolat.  Sharmaine has also used Juniper Glimmer Mist to colour the fabric doily.

 

 

This page is also by Sharmaine Kruijver. She has used red and black Glimmer Mists on the tags and embellished them. We love how they just pop with that added colour of teal on the solid grey background.

 

 

Lastly is this ATC card again using Red and Black Glimmer Mists. A big thank you to Sharmaine Kruijver for allowing us to share a few of her amazing projects. If you would like to see more of her work go here.

Designing with… stencils, masks, sprays

 

Here’s our Design Team’s instalment bringing you inspiration on using stencils, masks and sprays.  Check our last post here to see how you can win a prize pack of brand new CHA products just by joining in our challenge!

 

 

 

For this extraordinary layout Louise has used a combination of mediums with this wonderful new release Prima mask by Finnabair.

To begin with Louise has used a clear impasto with the mask to create a dimensional bubble pattern on the background. To highlight this pattern has applied 3 layers of paint/mist. First layer was a an application of the Luminarte Silks paint, which once applied was spritzed with water to create a subtle silver coloured layer. The second layer was with the Heidi Swapp Tinsel Color Shine mist. This was also spritzed with water and allowed to dribble down the page. Once all medium layers were dry Louise completed the layout and then added extra coordinating colour splats with the Tattered Angels Chalkboard glimmer mist.

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Stencils and mists are a great way to add texture and color to layouts. Iris likes to turn to stencils every time she needs to make layouts that will focus a certain paper line that is more on the graphic and simple style.

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The use of mixed media materials with stencils instantly add dimension and visual interest on any project. Above are two samples from Iris using stencils and mixed media materials paired with clean and simple paper lines from the latest release of Webster’s Pages… “Recorded” and “It’s Christmas” (coming soon!)

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Jill has used her Studio Calico Masks on the codex book she has created.  On the cover she has used repetition of the small butterfly to give it a worn them.  On the inside signatures that have been bound with string, you can see that Jill has highlighted the butterfly motif on the cover of each signature.

 

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Designing with… a Reader’s Challenge!

 

 

This week for our reader’s challenge we’re looking at stencils and masks, and of course the sprays that you need to bring them alive on your pages, cards, and projects.   Stencils and masks are a great way to add your own signature and style to a page without necessarily requiring any illustrative talents and you can create some great effects by mixing colours and layering stencils with stamps, rubons, texture pasts and lots of other mediums.   and of course the beauty of stencils as a great investment is that they can be used over and over and by varying the colours and textures you use them with you can create so many different looks.

We’d love to see your very own takes on using stencils, masks and sprays on your projects, whether it’s a card, a Project Life-style pocket page or a traditional scrapbook layout or even a beyond the page project.  Email a picture of your entry to [email protected] to be in the running to win a fabulous prize pack of some of the featured products below by next Sunday 1st September.

There are amazing new (and old!) releases from Studio Calico, Heidi Swapp, Prima, Little Yellow Bicycle and Jillibean Soup, as well as The Crafter’s Workshop, and you’ll find showcased below heaps of inspiration, tutorials and fabulous examples of projects from our suppliers.

 

 

 

 

Maggie Massie from the Heidi Swapp Media Team has created this stunning page using a selection of Heidi Swapp products including the Lattice and Honeycomb Stencils, and Mustard, Sweet Cherry and Primrose Color Shine sprays.  She has layered the stencils and the depth of colour from her sprays to create depth and texture on this inspirational project.

 

And how about this fabulous page by Heidi Swapp Media Team member Kim Jeffress?  She has combined the Polka Dot stencil and sprays with patterned paper to create a custom page all her own.  It’s busy, it combines lots of photographs, layers and journaling and yet it still all comes together to draw the eye to the main focal point.

 

 

Liz Kartchner shares techniques using watercolours and Mister Huey’s on the Studio Calico blog blog to create a customised look on Project Life-style pages here.

 

 

And how about this beautiful page by Wilna Fustenberg from the Studio Calico Creative Team.  She has used a mask and wet medium to create this gorgeous resist technique and even includes a video tutorial here.

 

 

 

New masks and stencils from Prima are fabulous versatile and combined with their mixed media releases you can create some amazing project, like this one from Prima Design Team member Keren Tamir.  You can also see a video tutorial of her creating this page here.

 

 

 

 

Jillibean Soup Placemats are cool because you can use them as stencils or actually on your projects to add depth and texture.  Summer Fullerton has created this fun and playful page using the Jillibean Soup White Circles Placemat and layered patterned paper circles underneath.

 

Paula Gilarde  White Lattice Placemats

 

Kraft Lattice Placemat – Nancy Damiano

Above are two examples using the Lattice Placemats on cards.  They help to create interesting texture and depth to any special project.

 

Nicole Nowasad shares how she created this homely page using the Hexagon Placemat in a video tutorial here.

 

 

 

 

 

Finally we leave you with some examples of both stencils and sprays from the very talented Fancy Pants design team.

 

We hope this inspires you – we’ll be back with some of our own design team projects tomorrow – we’d love you to join in our challenge and get misting!

Designing with… Chalkboard and Stickers

 

 

We thank our following readers for participating in our first Designing With … challenge, for these beautiful projects using stickers and/or chalkboard products from our suppliers.   

 

Romy Veul – using Bo Bunny – C’est La Vie

 

Robyn Wood – using My Minds Eye – Chalk Studio

 

Ruth Bonner – using Simple Stories ‘I love Summer’ line.

 

 

Congratulations to Robyn Wood as the prize pack winner of this first challenge – we love how she stamped and even coloured directly onto the Chalkboard sticker!

weekend inspiration: my minds eye

 

 

 

Sue loves Christmas papers and embellishments so she was very excited when she saw the latest release from MME - Vintage Christmas.  Sue keeps a separate album for her Christmas pages and loves to look back over the years and see how her children have grown and changed.  Sue has used the wonderful sticker sheet that is available in the Vintage Christmas collection.  It has provided most of the embellishments for her page.  To make them easier to work with, Sue always adheres the stickers to cardstock and then cuts around the images.  It adds thickness to the sticker and allows her to mount them on her page, at different levels.  Stickers are a wonderful, cost effective way of embellishing a page.  And how gorgeous are those vintage Santa images?

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How gorgeous is this layout created by MME Design Team member, Tina Walker.  Tina has used the sticker sheet and papers from Kate & Co. collection, Cambridge Court.  We love how Tina has kept her background fairly neutral allowing the beautiful pops of pattern and colour to shine through.  Tina has positioned her adorable photos in the top left corner and then used the sticker sheet to embellish. What a clever design. 

 

 

We also loved this fabulous 6x12 page by Tina Walker.  She has combined two gorgeous My Minds Eye collections - Find Your Wings & Fly and The Sweetest Thing and lots of alpha stickers to create this soft and romantic layout.

 

 

Jana Eubank showcases the gorgeous soft colour palette of the Cut & Paste collection in this beautiful page.  We love how the diagonal lines of the patterned paper draw the eye to the centre of the page.

 

 

Finally we’ve found these beautiful cards by MME design team member Danni Reid, using the Cut & Paste collection, word stickers and cute speech bubbles.

weekend inspiration: teresa collins designs

 

 

The Chalkboard trend has entered it's way into the scrapping world.  Stacey was excited to work with the new collection 'Memorabilia' by Teresa Collins Designs, they have hit the mark with this Chalkboard collection.  This collection is so versatile, add any colour to it and it's going to work.  The gorgeous 'frame' paper was cut out and layered around her photo. The Chipboard pieces where also a fun addition to the layout and the stamps, they are a must have for your stash.

 

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Stacey has also created a card using the Memorabilia collection.  The black and white with a hint of mint truly makes a statement.

 

Leslie Ashe is a new addition to the Teresa Collins DT.  She has kindly shared this lovely layout with us featuring the Memorabilia collection.  She also shows off the other colours of the collection.

 

 

There’s always an elegance to Teresa Collins products, and it’s that elegance which is showcased so beautifully in Dedra Long’s layout above.  We loved all the little touches but especially the file folder she has incorporated into this page, making room for journalling and beautiful quotes from the Memoriabila collection.

 

 

These beautiful cards are created using the beautiful limited colour palette of the Memorabilia collection by Teresa Collins Design Team member Tessa Wise.  You can see a tutorial of her stamping on chalkboard here. 

Designing with… Chalkboard and Stickers… and a new reader’s challenge!

We’re back with more projects to inspire you to use chalkboard and stickers on your next layout, and to send it into us for the chance to win a fabulous prize pack from some of our favourite manufacturers. See our previous post for all the details here.

Our own design team have, of course, come up with some fabulous ideas covering everything from pocket page or Project Life style ideas to traditional scrapbook pages and super creative cards.

 

 

For this page, Danielle used a chalkboard patterned paper as the key focus of her layout. The Mind’s Eye paper design features a range of frames on the paper, which Danielle used as they were to frame pictures, a title, journaling and a few other details. Cardstock stickers, chipboard alphabet stickers, chalkboard stickers, a mistable canvas feather sticker and ribbons are among the embellishments used to pull the page together.

 

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A gently patterned paper makes a relaxed background for Danielle’s layout about a long-distance-friendship. Danielle used the chalkboard stickers from My Mind’s Eye Chalk It range, loving how the softer black of chalkboard made for a less harsh contrast than a true black would have been. Handwritten journaling in black pen connects the chalkboard embellishments with the broader layout design.

 

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Kim says that this is her first layout using the divided "project life" style page protectors and she loves them!  She says that her layouts just came together so quickly that should couldn't help but go on to do a second.  In Kim's opinion stickers are great embellishments for these types of layouts as they can add interest without bulk.  To allow her to cross over the different divided sections, Kim has added stickers both above and below the page protector.

 

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Leanne loves using co-ordinated papers and stickers when designing cards.  The fact that the stickers co-ordinate perfectly to the papers you have selected makes designing a breeze.  Leanne has used the 6x6 paper pad and two sticker sheets from Echo Parks gorgeous Beautiful Life Collection to make these four cards.  Not only has Leanne designed with stickers straight from the sticker sheet, she has also used a few techniques to transform them into 3D embellishments as well.

 

 

Stickers are also perfect for personalising the inside of your card as well.  Here Leanne continued the sentiment from the font of the card into the inside of the card.  The flower stickers were given a dusting of glitter.

 

 

This card was created using the triangle banner style stickers.  Leanne wrapped them around the twine and attached them to the card in a number of different ways.  Some were adhered flat, some were foam mounted and some were scrunched and partially adhered.  By adhering the stickers in different ways Leanne hoped to give the illusion of the flags fluttering in the breeze.  She then topped each flag piece with co-ordinating stickers which she attached in different ways as well.

The sentiment on this card was made with a number of different coloured font stickers.  Mixing up the font sizes and styles on the card allows you to create some more visual interest as well as making sure you can get the most out of every sticker sheet you have.

 

For this card Leanne used a combination of flat and foamed stickers to create the main elements.  The little triangle stickers were wrapped around some toothpicks to transform them into flags.  The centres of the flowers were given a dusting of glitter using the Zazz Crystal Glitter Glue.

 

 

 

Leanne has used the ticket stickers on the front of this card.  To transform them into more of an embellishment rather than a flat sticker she used the EK powder tool to take away some the adhesive on the sticker then attached them to the card front using a combination of the remaining sticker adhesive and foam tape.  This allowed her to add some dimension to the card front.  The little heart in the centre of the ribbon bow was also a sticker which she attached directly to the twine and ribbon. 

 

 

The fishtail banner stickers from the elements set made a perfect border for this card.  Leanne adhered them to some cardstock then trimmed out the fishtail pieces  and mounted them on the card front. Leanne also gave some dimension to the butterfly sticker by adding some foam tape under the wings.  Leanne also loves to use a combination of fonts when adding sentiments to her cards.  Here the mini alphas were adhered flat to the card front whist a little foam tape behind the “love” sticker added dimension.

 

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Designing with…. a new reader’s challenge!

 

 

We’re starting a new readers challenge here on the Aussie blog and we’d love you ALL to join in!!  Each week we’re focusing on trends from CHa and a different product, or product type, and we’ll spend the week sharing great examples of the use of that product.  By the end of the week we’re hoping you’re inspired enough to create your own layouts to send into us, which we’ll feature on in a post each Monday.

This week we’re looking at one of the hottest trends from CHA Summer – delicious Chalkboard, as well as stickers in general – alphas, elements, icons – all our old favourites.  You might not be able to use these exact ranges on your projects because they’re fresh off the CHA shelf, but of course we want to see our own suppliers used in your projects.

So all you need to do to win a fabulous prize pack of chalkboard and sticker products is to send us an image of a layout, card, project life page or even a beyond-the-page project that showcases an innovative use of chalkboard or other stickers by next Sunday 25th August.  Each week we’ll choose our favourite to receive a prizepack.   Email us at [email protected] with your photos.

Stand by for our own amazing design team’s work tomorrow to continue to inspire you, but for now here’s some from our manufacturer’s design teams!

 

 

To start you off with some inspiration, here’s some fabulous projects and products from some of our favourite brands’ design teams…

My Minds Eye – Chalk Studio

 

 

 

 

Fancy Pants – Merry Little Christmas

 

 

 

 

Fancy Pants – Collecting Memories

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fancy Pants – Happy Go Lucky

 

 

 

 

Teresa Collins Designs – Memorabilia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bo Bunny – Zip A Dee Doodle..

 

 

 

Bo Bunny – Autumn Song..

 

 

 

Bo Bunny  - C’est La Vie

 

 

We’re so looking forward to seeing what you can all do with chalkboard and stickers!!!

cha summer 2013: prima flowers and mixed media

cha summer 2013: prima collections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cha summer 2013: october afternoon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cha summer 2013: webster’s pages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2013 cha summer: my minds eye

It’s a stunning and huge release from My Mind’s Eye.  Cut & Paste is their major collection with four different colour ways, there’s two beatiful Christmas lines, Happy Haunting for Halloween and the very on-trend Chalk Studio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cha summer 2013: elle’s studio