Embossing Paste - With Love

Hi there and thanks for dropping by.  I am back today to share another card created using embossing paste.  I just love using this product as I tallows me to incorporate an added dimension to my cards.

 For this card I used Wendi Vecci White Embossing Paste and an MFT Stencil.

 

The added embellishments on the card was made with a selection of my MFT dies and a few Martha Stewart punches.

 

 

 

The flower was the smallest royal rolled rose and I teamed it up with the bitty tag from their blueprints 6.  I also used two of their delicate doilies (one of my newest purchases which I know I will use over and over again - they are so cute).  The heart, leaves and circle were all made with MS punches and the word love was an MFT die.  I added some buttons, washi tape and a teeny peg.  The word with was from a sticker collection by Authetique.  The papers were from the Authetique Flourish Collection.  I love the 6x6 paper pad from the collection - the colours and patterns are so soft but bold in parts too.  Love the colour scheme of the collection - greys, mustard, pinks and green. 

 

 

Once again thanks for stopping by, would love to hear from you if you would like to add a comment too!

 

 

 

Scrapmatts Guest Designer - Christmas in July

It was my turn to post again over at Scrapmatts so as promised here is a corresponding post with some additional pics.

Wow I can’t believe it’s the middle of July already …… time flies when you are playing with Scrapmatts goodies.   I really love the Scrapmatts Christmas themed pieces so for this post I decided to create some “Christmas in July” projects.  Keeping in mind it’s cold and chilly in Melbourne I decided to include some of the snowflakes on my projects as well as using papers with a cool wintery feel to them.

Gift Box  – Merry Christmas

 

You know when you have a creative vision and you start playing and your project just takes on a whole new direction?? Well believe it or not this little angel made from the sewing inspired collection initially was going to be an angel card.  As I began to make it I just decided it would be more fun to make a decorative gift box that can also double as a Christmas decoration/ornament. 

 

The wings are painted and glittered and the backing piece was covered with patterned paper.  I then placed them in between the two dress form pieces.  The bodice of the dress form was punched from a Martha Stewart heart punch which gave you the perfect neckline to add bling to.
 

 

 

 

  

The box was painted and papered then I added some of the other sewing set pieces to finish it all off.

Scrapmatts products used:

CB1194 Sewing 02

CB1193 Sewing 01

CB1052 Words 07 Merry Christmas

CB6037 Dress Form 02

CB1120 Wings 01

 

 

Card – Merry Christmas Window (double)

 

We lived and worked for two years in the US and one of my fondest memories was spotting a red cardinal outside our family room window one snowy morning just after Christmas.  This memory inspired me to make this card.  The tiny little bird was inked and the frames were painted and used as the window.  The Merry Christmas sentiment was also painted.

 

 

The fronds were punched with a Martha Stewart punch.

 

Papers by Doddlebug.

 

Scrapmatts products used:

CB1052 Words 07 Merry Christmas

MC1028 Micro Chips 20

CB1163 Ornate Frames 14

 

 

Tag – Merry Christmas Window

 I love the versatility of the ornate frames in the Scrapmatts collection.  This tag features the single square frame (which I used as another window) in the white coloured chipboard along with the inked Merry Christmas sentiment piece.  I couldn’t resist adding some of my rolled flowers and the green inked leafy spay Scrapmatts chipboard were tucked in behind them with some punched fronds.  I love the way you can layer the Scrapmatts chipboard with punched leaves to give some texture and depth to a project.

 

Papers from Authentique and digital image by Iralmajay.

 

Scrapmatts products used:

CB1052 Words 07 Merry Christmas

CB1146 Leaf Spray 01

CB1163 Ornate Frames 14

CB3004 Tags 02

 

Card – Snowflakes

 

Even though there is never a white Christmas in Australia I still love the cards you can create with wintery feel.  More often than not our American friends are the recipients of these cards that I create.  I love how the snowflakes that Scrapmatts have are just so delicate and intricately cut and the one that I chose for this card was white and I just added some liquid glitter to it.  Each snowflake on the patterned paper was also trimmed with a miniature rhinestone to add to the frosty feel.  Couldn’t resist adding some of my favourite border pieces as well. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Papers by My Minds Eye, bling from Kaisercraft and Mollossi.

 

Scrapmatts products used:

CB1181 Snowflakes 04

CB4060 Ornate Frames 17

CB1052 Words 07 Merry Christmas

 

This was my last official post as a Scrapmatts Guest Designer so I just wanted to thank everyone over at Scrapmatts for making me feel so welcome and for all the lovely comments you made on my posts. 

 

Thank you to Sofie and Andrew for the opportunity to be a guest designer.  I love love love Scrapmatts products and felt very honoured to be invited to be part of the Scrapmatts community.   

Thank you again for having me - I have loved every minute of it!

 

 

Scrapmatts Guest Designer - June and July 2013

I am so very excited and extremely honoured to be the next Guest Design Team member over at at Scrapmatts.  I was so excited when I was asked to be a Guest Designer.  I fell in love with Scrapmatts products about 2 years ago at a Melbourne paper crafting event and love using them to add some added detail and dimension to my creations.  Over the next two months I am really looking forward to sharing some of my card and OTP creations with you using my favourite Scrapmatts products and some of their new June release items too.  

This first card was inspired by the Ornate Frames set.  I love making round cards and the doily border from this collection made the perfect edging for the card. The papers were from MME Collectable Unforgettable 6x6 paper pad and Authentique’s Strong Collection – Clever 12x12 paper.

I love to edge distress and re-ink my edges so I did this to all the paper elements added to the card.  The stitching was done by hand to further add to the shabby chic feel of the card.  I added some of the co-ordinating border from the Ornate Frames set, green inked leaf sprays, a button and sentiments and the enjoy life mini tag from CB1209 Scrap Words 12 which is NEW for June!  I love the coloured finish on the pieces and as they matched the papers I selected I decided use most of them straight from the packet making card making process quicker.

 

Scrapmatts products used:

CB4060 Ornate Frames 17

CB1190 Scrap Words 02

CB1209 Scrap Words 12 (NEW)

CB1193 Sewing 01

CB1146 Leafy Spray 01

For this card I used two of the tags as my card base.  I covered the tag with paper and sanded the edges before applying distress ink to give it the shabby chic look.  The papers were from the same collections that I used for my round card.  I happened to have a doily die that was very similar to the ornate frames set so I used that as a background for the butterfly and sentiment.  The butterfly was used raw and I added some liquid glitter.  To add some extra detail I incorporated a ruler and ornate frame set border with buttons from my stash and hand cut fishtail banner pieces.  Scrapmatts are so easy to trim, alter and mix and match!

  

Scrapmatts products used:

CB3009 Tags 05

CB4060 Ornate Frames 17

CB1190 Scrap Words 02

CB1193 Sewing 01

CB1146 Leafy Spray 01

CB1007 Butterflies 07

 

I really like to think of different ways to finish or alter the chipboard I am using that way I can use the same product but give it a different look each time.  For this card I did just that with a few of the elements.  I absolutely love banners/flags and the fishtail flag pieces I used on this card were so much fun to play with.  I covered them with paper, sanded then inked the edges.  The cute little rose leaves were from the new June release.  I trimmed the rose sprays to remove the flowers then inked up the leaves.   The Happy Birthday sentiment was inked and the butterfly was inked and glittered.  This time I used the ornate frame border but added some pearls.  

 

 

Scrapmatts products used:

CB4060 Ornate Frames 17

CB5101 Flags 02

CB1158 Butterflies 20

CB1049 Words 01

Thanks for stopping by! 

April Cards Class at Scrappy Hollow

It's hard to believe it was class week again this week for me at Scrappy Hollow - seems like only last week that I taught my March Class.  Thank you to everyone who came along and supported me.

It was lovely to be able to welcome some new ladies to class, catch up again with some regular ladies and play with paper and dies for a few hours - bliss!!!

This month we made some love/Mother's Day inspired cards and a decorated bottle with an antique dictionary page inside to leave your message on. 

 

 

Papers:

 

Echo Park Photo Freedom - Volume 1 - Red Stripe                  

Basic Grey Lucille paper pad                                         

Kaiser White Cardstock                                                                               

Kaiser Duck Egg Cardstock CD159                                                          

Kaiser Blush Cardstock CD130

 

MFT Die-namics Dies:

 

Mini rolled roses

Mini doily

Hearts a Plenty

Mix and Match Banner

 

Next month we are going to be making some lovely boys cards with Echo Park papers, washi tape and twine.  We will be using some new release dies from MFT as well as some old favourites.  We will also be making our own mini flags, a hand pieced robot and lollypop holder.  Definitely loads of fun to create so I hope everyone who is booked in has fun making them too!!!  The class is totally sold out so here is a sneak peak for those booked in:

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Congratulations!

Just a quick post to share with you a decorated box and matching gift card I created for Alex and Peter's engagements - Congrats to the happy couple!!!!!!

 

The box was from Spoltlight, I decorated it with Studio Calico paper then added embellishments created with MFT dies (hearts a plenty, rustic hearts and mini royal rolled roses).  To attach the hearts I used Tim Holtz metal and Maya Road mini cotton reels to create miniature stands to attach the hearts to.  The embellishments were made with MME Memorable papers and white card stock.

 

The matching gift card was made to fit inside the box with the gift. 

 

Thanks for stopping by!!!!