Sisterly Love

"Sisterly Love" layout just completed of my beautiful granddaughters Gabby and Suri Taken in May of this year - I hope they always remain such good friends.  I really loved this Paper - I especially loved the fairies so did a lot of fussy cutting with this paper.  I put the large fairy to the right of the photo and tucked the two little fairies in one of the large flowers to the left.

Products used:

Prima Nature Garden Paper Pack from Scrapbook Ideas Magazine Issue 19 from March 2013
Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die with Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #1 for the centers
Heartfelt Creations - Vintage Word Background Stamp & Rusty Hinge distress Ink
Sullivans 8 petal flower punch approx 1"
Fiskars 6 petal flower punch approx 5/8"
EK Success 8 open petal flower punch approx 1 1/8"
Heartfelt Creations Delicate Asters Stamp set for the Leaf
Martha Stewart Leaf Frond Punch
Zipper
flatbacked rhinestones and pearls
2 petaloo Darjeeling flowers and the rest are handmade
#1026 Creative Butterflies Collection Sheet

"Sisters"

Hello everyone, another scrapbook page completed of my beautiful grand daughters taken at Easter this year.  I loved this photo because they were having so much fun together.

All of the flowers were handmade on this layout and I'll list the products I used to make each type of flower.
Products used:
Recollections Paper Pad:  Love Letters
For Red Flowers:  3/4" circle punch (for base) Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, Cheery Lynn Designs Build a Flower #1 for centers, Heartfelt Creations Background Stamp and fired brick distress ink
For Blue & Yellow flowers:  Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, Die-namics Prima Donna Petals Die set for the centers, Fired Brick, faded Denim and wild honey distress inks
Martha Stewart frond punch, quilled flowers and "quilled" roses and raffia
Thanks for looking!

"Just Us" mixed media Layout

  Hi all,

Another mixed media scrapbook page completed.  This photo is of my son and daughter-in-law at the beach.  The products I used:

Cheery Lynn Designs - Build A Flower #1 Die Set for the White Flowers

Fiskars small 6 petal punch for the gold flowers

Marianne Design Creatables Ribbon Flowers 2 LR0109 die set for the Orange flowers

Marianne Creatables Bird & Ivy die set for the Ivy

Die-namics Prima Donna Petals Die set for the blue flowers

Swirl svg cut file from Ebates

Aldi Paper Pack "My Time"

Beads, wire, twine

Mini "Art Is" Stencil

Brick pattern stencil

Texture Paste

Vicki Boutin "In So Many Words" stamp set

Kaisercraft "Perfume" stamp

Paper Doll dress up Cricut Cartridge for the Sandcastle die cut

Thank you for looking!

The Flower Girl

Hi Everyone,
I have finished another scrapbook page and wanted to share it.  I used a piece of white cardstock, stamped on the background with versamark ink and embossed with a' la mode white embossing powder using Darkroom Door stamp "Prague, Vol 2; Mickey Choo Botanical set; Stampers Anonymous "Curiosities"; Heartfelt Creations background stamp "Vintage Word".  Then the background was sprayed with Heidi Swapp Black Velvet and Primrose Color Shine. The frame is from Scrapmatts and I painted it white, then brushed it with versamark ink and then embossed it with clear embossing powder.  The birds are also from Scrapmatts and they were painted white, then after they were dry I painted on some white glue and sprinkled them with Martha Stewart Fine white glitter.  The wedding dress is a Jolee embellishment.  All of the flowers are handmade.  The lillies were made from Susan's Garden Lily die, I crocheted the pink flower and added a pearl flower center.  I added pieces of lace, white feathers and string pearl trim behind the flower.  The label was made with Spellbinders Elegant ovals and the text was printed on white cardstock using my computer.  Thank you for Looking!

"You Sing to Me" and "Precious Memories" Scrapbook Layouts using Kaisercraft 75cents Collection Papers

Back again with a couple more scrapbook layouts.  The page map designs were designed by Cathy Cafun.  "You sing to me" supplies are:  KaiserCraft 75cents Collection papers, Transparency, Black Twine, Plastic and Metal flower trims, twill ribbon, Alphabet Stamp Set, guinea feather, paper rose, Block Soot Distress Ink, shipping tag, pom pom trim, and organza gathered ribbon.

The supply list for "Precious Memories":   KaiserCraft 75cents Collection papers, Turquoise ric rac, cream seam binding, pearl flowers, handmade flowers using Sullivans 8 petal flower punch and Fiskars 6 petal flower punch with rhinestone centers, pearl flowers, organza (turquoise), Spellbinders Heart edge die, twill ribbon.  Thank you for taking the time to look!

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.

Tiny fingers, Tiny Toes Scrapbook Page

This is a scrapbook page of my grandson Jack with his Mom and Dad.  I used brown cardstock, Little Boy Blue and One of a Kind Blue paper from Creating Keepsakes.  The ribbon was some I bought at Cararra Markets on the Gold Coast, Cre8tiv Foam letters on the banner, Cricut Artiste Collection Stamp and cut file for the banner pieces, A Linen button placket cut from one of my old linen blouses.  I used the Cuttlebug Honeycomb die for the decorative piece under the linen strip, Handmade flowers, one out of linen, the other 3 out of cardstock using a combination of Tim Holtz dies - Tattered florals and Tattered garland.  The chipboard pieces are from Me & My Big Ideas.  The tiny roses were from the Dollar Sense store.

My Handmade version of an Australian Gumnut Flower and A White Pom pom B...

Set of Decorated Cards with my handmade Flowers for a Flower Swap

Hi Everyone, just wanted to share a group of 5 cards with flowers that I am submitting for a flower swap on MAS.    (minialbumscraps.ning.com).  I To participate in the swap, everyone has to submit 5 decorated cards with 3 flowers on each card.  I have my "Traditional Xmas Collection" which consists of 2 poinsettias and 1 tapestry ribbon rose with a handmade stick pin on a decoupaged tag.  One is "It's Spring Again Collection" that contains 2 tulips (Penny Duncan Creations cut files) and one Gabrielle and one altered Gabrielle that I made following Gabrielle Pollaco's tutorial on her beautiful flowers.  I also made the butterfly following the tutorial by Penny Duncan.  I beaded a lavender spray that is wired through the punched hole of the tag. This tag was made using a mask of pine branches and rubbing over it with fall colors of ink.  The "Ribbon Flower Collection" consists of: the top two are made from grosgrain ribbon and the bottom one is made from "Happy Birthday" satin ribbon and I have beaded a bumble bee and attached it to the flower.  The tag is stamped with the Stampabilities wooden mounted Music Collage stamp and embossed with black embossing powder. Another is "Moulin Rouge Collection"  The tag has been decorated with the Tim Holtz COMO15Paris Stamp and embossed with black embossing powder and I also stamped a butterfly from Bright Ideas collection and embossed with red embossing powder. The center of the black organza lollipop flower is an acrylic flower with a rhinestone center and it has 3 feathers and a string of red pearls and the other two flowers are poppies made with Tim Holtz pine cone die. The last is "Into the Wild Collection" The pine cone spray is made with the Tim Holtz pine cone die and I decorated it with white puff paint and white irridescent glitter. The other two blossoms are Australian gumnut blossoms that I hand cut and decorated with the same sprigs cut from the Tim holtz die. I put glossy accents on the tips of the petals and dipped them in gold glitter and highlighted the leaves with black stayz on ink.  This I made following a tutorial on youtube by Valita (http://www.youtube.com/user/vadeler)

Thank you for looking and if you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks,

Debbie

GP Flower and PDC Butterfly

Hi Everyone,

Just thought I would share the talents of these two artists.  I have just tried the flower that Gabrielle Pollaco (http://gabriellepollacco.blogspot.com) has a tutorial on.  I had to alter it somewhat because I did not have the punch that she used for the center of the flower but I managed it by using the smallest flower on the Tim Holtz tattered Florals die and it worked out just fine.  Then I made the gorgeous butterfly that Penny Duncan (http://pennyduncancreations.blogspot.com) designed and created.  She also has svg files and tutorials on how to use them and how to make her designs.  I will have to borrow more of their designs because they really are talented and inspiring.

A Moment in time

Another layout that I completed with a photo of me with my son and my Grand Daughter Claire.  The photo was taken in May/June 2011 when I visited them.  I used a piece of beige cardstock and a lacy vintage looking paper that I had in my stash for the background.  I used a distress ink on the cardstock and also stamped flowers around the outside edge with the same distress ink.  I also distressed the edges.  I cut the circle using my george basic shapes cricut cartridge and painted it with cream acrylic paint, then applied crackle medium and then brown acrylic paint to crackle the finish.  I then applied some turquoise acrylic paint using a dry brush technique and it ended up looking like a copper finish that had weathered.  I cut the birdhouse and cupid out of a svg file with SCAL software using my cricut and also applied the crackle finish to the bird cage.  All of the flowers are handmade.  The one in the top left corner is just made from gathered lace with a button.  The large flowers were made from the Tim Holtz die "tattered florals" and the small roses were made with cream card stock and several layers of scallop punched circles that I punched using a scallop punch that I have.  The leaves also were made using a punch and then distressed with inks and chalks. The small rosebud type shapes were made by gluing two irridescent beads to a florist wire and then I cut some teardrop shaped card stock and rolled one teardrop around the beads and then glued one teardrop on either side of the rolled shape.  These cream colored flowers were all chalked with a peach colored chalk.

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.