4 Generations

"4 Generations" Scrapbook Page. This photo was taken when I visited my son and daughter-in-law in May of this year. This photo is 4 generations - my mother, me, my son and his 4 children. All handmade flowers - the paper collection I used was FabScraps Timeless Travel and I used Hot off the Press Roses in Harmony die cuts. The texture in the background was done with IStencils 05-00031 R SC stencil and texture paste. I used Penny Duncan SVG cut files for the large dark rose flower and leaves and the petals of the flower were stamped with the Heartfelt creations "Vintage Word" Background stamp. The roses, rosebuds and small white flowers were made with the Carl "Vinca" punch. The beige flower was made with the Heartfelt Creations Stamp and die and then colored with Tim Holtz distress markers.  All of the flowers were sprayed with Tattered Angels Pearl glimmer mist.  The bead charm was handmade with beads and findings I had in my stash, The pocket watch was cut from Graphic 45 "A Timely Point of View" paper and I layered it on some chipboard and then onto a lace paper doily.  Thank you for looking!

Mixed Media Layout "Perfect Moment"

This is my beautiful 3 year old granddaughter Suri.  I loved this photo because it looked so vintage.  Here are the products used: All handmade flowers and hand crocheted flowers, glimmer mist cherub Pink, Hot off the Press Roses in Harmony papers that came free with Australian Scrapbook Magazine, Crafter's Workshop stencils Dots all around and Mini Art Is , Sizzix die for the felt hearts, cotton crochet yarn, Spellbinders Foliage 2 die, Martha Stewart punch for the leaf sprays, Graphic 45 "A Proper Gentleman Paper Collection Paper called Timely Point of view that I cut the clock out of and mounted on chipboard, Jute twine, Texture paste (dots and text in the background) and Dusty Attic birdhouse #5 chipboard that was painted, with pale pink acrylic paint and the distressed and white paint added.

"The Taylor Garden" Scrapbook layout with Graphic 45 Secret Garden Papers

Another Layout using Graphic 45 Secret Garden Papers.  The background was created with the Blue Secret Garden text paper and I put the Crafter's Workshop stencil "Flower Shower" down and misted with Forest Green Glimmer mist.  I then added a circle of the striped paper and a rectangle of the green Meadow Lark paper with a fussy cut border out of the blue.  I used the opposite side of the Meadow Lark paper that had journalling tags and used them as mats for my photos.  Everything was inked with vintage photo.  I painted some scroll chipboard pieces that I had with brown acrylic paint and fussy cut some flowers and added to the scrolls.  I tied raffia to one end of the scroll and formed a half circle around the top to complete the circle and hung a title (cut with spellbinders opulent ovals die).  I used Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares die for the frames on the girl photos and Megan Elizabeth All around scalloped circle for the frame on the boy photo.  The butterfly chipboard pieces were misted with Frost Glimmer mist.  Thanks for looking!

Mixed Media "Angel" Scrapbook Layout with Graphic 45 Secret Garden papers

Back again with another layout.  This layout is of my 3 year old Grand Daughter Gabby.  I Used Graphic 45 Secret Garden Papers,  Manor House flowers, chipboard garden bench, cardstock birdhouse die cut. I used Dylusions Melted Chocolate Spray over a cobblestone mask for the background.  I also then used my Craftersworkshop "Art Is" stencil with some texture paste that I added a little peach acrylic paint to, and then smoothed it across the stencil to leave the little areas of text on the background.  I fussy cut sections of flowers out of the paper and popped it up in the top left, bottom left, and top right corners.  The small flower bottom left with the rhinestone center I made out of silk and I cut the petals with a chipboard template and then glued the layers together.  I crocheted the tiny pink flower with the pearl center (bottom left) and then sewed pearl seed beads around the center and sewed a larger pearl in the center.  The angel is cut from Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings Collection paper "Falling for you" and the title "Angel" was cut using SCAL and my Cricut.  The birdcage is "suspended" from a piece of silver chain with a pink flower and silver leaf dangling from it.  Hope you enjoy!  Thanks for looking!

Three Generations Scrapbook Layout using Graphic 45 Secret Garden papers

Hi everyone.  Back again with a layout I created using Graphic 45 Secret Garden Papers.  It was a kit that I bought at the Scrapbook and PaperCraft Expo.  The kit was designed by Cathy Cafun, but I altered it some because it was missing some flowers and it didn't have the ferns or leaves or stick pins.

This photo was taken of Me with my Mother and Son in May.  The other products used:  Manor House Creation flowers, 2 handmade flowers, handmade stick pins, handmade beaded rose, brown lace ribbon.  I used Dylusions spray - Melted Chocolate on the chipboard "stone wall".  I made my flowers out of the Tim Holtz Bigz Die tattered florals using the largest and medium flower for the two in upper left corner.  I used Glimmer Mist - Burnt Red to color them.  They are made out of organza and Tulle.  I made two stick pins, with charms.  The letters were foam adhesive letters from Cre8tive.  Thanks for looking!

Dino Hunter Scrapbook Page Layout

Hello Again!  Just another post - hoping everyone had a Great Easter and are enjoying the school holidays with their children.  I have completed another scrapbook page of my handsome grandson Flynn with his dinosaur face paint.  He absolutely is enthralled with dinosaurs so I had to scrap this photo.  The products that I used for this project were Die Cuts with a View Neutrals Cardstock Pack.  Making Memories Glitter Scallop Strip Dilly Dally double sided paper.  The Graphic 45 Christmas Past Collection Letters to Santa.  I cut the dinosaurs, Palm tree, mountains, and tracks with my Dinosaur Tracks Cricut Cartridge.  I cut the leaf fronds and grass with my Close to My Heart Artiste Collection Cricut Cartridge and the lettering from the Cricut Alphabet set.  Everything is distressed with Tim Holtz distress inks, Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Pine Needles and Crushed Olive.  Hope everyone has a wonderful week and will post another page as soon as I finish it.  Thanks for stopping by!

Halloween in Wonderland paper by Graphic 45

Hi Everyone,

I haven't had a chance to post anything recently as I have been cross stitching a baby blanket for my new grandson due the end of January.  I will post a photo of the blanket when I finish.  I do have the cross stitching finished but I just need to wait to add name and birth information before I add batting and backing to it.

Here is a project I finished in November that I am going to give to my son.  He was born on Halloween so that holiday has always been special in our house and he also has always loved Alice in Wonderland, even now as an adult.  Sooooo - I had the Graphic 45 Paper line Called Halloween in Wonderland and had been saving it trying to decide what I wanted to do with it and this is what I came up with.

This box was a Kaisercraft storage unit that I have had for quite some time and I decided that was what I would decorate for my son.  The box came flat packed so I glued the box together and then I painted everything black.  I then sanded around the edges in places where it would get worn if it was in constant use and then added Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink to those sanded parts.  I fussy cut pieces out of the Graphic 45 paper, glued them onto several layers of very thin chipboard and cut around them and decoupaged them onto the drawer fronts.  On the top and bottom drawers I added some die cut pieces and then dry brushed over them with cream colored paint.  Then I sprayed a matt finish varnish over the whole piece.

Thank you for looking.

Accident Prone

Hi Everyone,
This is a layout I did of my Grand Daughter who had accidentally found and taken some ibuprofen and had been rushed to the hospital.  (One of my older grand daughters had figured out how to get the lid off of the bottle and had scattered them around the room and Suri got ahold of some)  It was so scary and my son took this photo with his iphone and sent it to me to reassure me that she was ok.  It is very hard for me because I live in Australia and my son and his daughters are in Missouri in the US.

I used the Graphic 45 "Curtain Call" for the background paper and mounted it on cream colored cardstock.  I cut a square in the center and folded back the paper to create a "frame" around the photo and attached the points with black star brads.  I tore sections out of the edge of the background paper and stamped portions of one of my flower stamps with versa mark embossing ink and then embossed them with black embossing powder.  I then stamped "poison" with one of my halloween stamps and OOXX with another stamp I have and embossed them and slid them inside the tears on the edge of the page.  2 of the flowers are made from grosgrain ribbon and the 3rd is from a wired ribbon that I shaped into a rose.  The center of the polka dot flower is from an old costume jewelery ring that I had and I just snapped the ring off of the back and glued it to the center.  The title was made using rub ons applied to cream colored ribbon and the bandaid was from a sheet of Jolee stickers that I have had for a long time.  I stamped portions of  my "Music Collage" stamp (by stampabilities) on the tag and on the torn paper at the bottom right of the photo and then embossed with black embossing powder.