Sweet Afternoon

My entry in this months Sketches With a Twist.

You also had to doodle on your page, there's not much there, but there is some ♥

In the past I have not enjoyed doing sketches at all, but lately I'm really loving sitting down and having a go at them.

I have used the gorgeous Teresa Collins Sweet Afternoon collection and bits for this page.  I only have 1 page left of this collection and I'm starting to think I may need to grab another pack.  The papers are gorgeous.

The photos on this page are really old and cropped down so a little blurry but I don't care.  It was taken with old Kodak digital which from memory was 2 mp but at the time very modern and exciting.

  Now you may not be able to see it, but excuse the eyelash I have across my mouth.  I saw it when I was uploading the pics and couldn't be bothered taking more ☺

Again I've used my Crafters Workshop Template with  embossing powder.  This one is the Lindys Stamp Gang  Twilight Blue Slate.

There's also a couple of dies in here as well, a few bits of washi and some goodies from Handmade Halo and D-Lish Scraps

and speaking of dies, here is a little share I did on the Passion4Paper blog.

I do have something that I absolutely love, to share with you today, and it's my new Artbin Magnetic Die Case.  I have been busting for a decent way to store all my dies for ages and this is it!  Binder rings and draws were OK when it was just the spellbinders but now so many of the Dies are teeny weeny tiny that they get lost in my draw amoung all the others.

I love this little case!  I have 6 magnetic sleeves in mine so far.  The case comes with 3 and there is enough room for 21 sheets!    I love being able to open it and just flick the pages and see exactly the one I want when I need it.

  You can see that the sheets are perfect for storing the Spellbinder Nestabilities too!

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Simon Says Challenge

 My little entry in the Simon Says Challenge this week.

This is the sketch we needed to follow.

and this is my interpretation.

Did you know that Passion4Paper sells Magnolia stamps?  Cute!

I've teamed mine up today with some gorgeous leftovers from my Carta Bella kit.

My little Tilda has been coloured with Tim Holtz distress markers and I am sooo loving using these.  I've tried a lot of different colouring mediums, watercolour pencils, Prismas and Gamsol, and my gorgeous gorgeous Copics, but these are so easy to use.  I can colour an image with the distress markers in 5 to 10 minutes.  The same image can take me 45 minutes to an hour when I use Copics. So far I have only water coloured with these and I am loving the muted effect they give.

I have stamped on Inkssentials Specialty Stamping Paper.  This paper is awesome!  If you are a stamper, this is a must have.  I can't believe the difference in clarity when images are stamped on this.

Enjoy!

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Echo Park This and That Charming

I'm back with some more projects, this time featuring Echo Parks, This and That Charming.  I was lucky enough to get this collection in my Design Team pack and I've really loved using it.

I so loved doing this page.  I've used Crafters Workshop Harlequin Template  which is becoming one of my favourite templates.  On this page I have stamped over my template with a VersaMarkWatermark Stamp Pad and used a brown embossing powder.l  I love the look of embossing powder with the templates. 

To match the Harliquin theme, I cut some diamonds out of patterned paper that came with this collection.  I also used my Kite die and a border die from My Favourite Things Dienamics. 

I tied all this together by adding some Honeydew twine as the kite string and using the tail to form part of my title.  

The scallop shape that is behind the photo is a small journal square that I cut from a piece of the paterned paper in the collection.  By cutting this in half I was able to add it to each end of the photo and it looks like I've used a large piece.  It's just one way you can use up some of those little journal bits that comes with the collection and the bonus is a cute die cut matt.

The second page I've done is from the same kit.  There is so much in these collections, they're awesome.  The photo is of my husband and I think he is absolutely charming, so the title was perfect.

So first up, can you see all that gorgeous blue I've got around the page and on anything else I could stick a little ink on?  Awesome colour!  And of course, another fave.  It's the Tim Holtz Distress Ink Peacock Feathers. Oh wow.  The colour is gorgeous and I've already gone back to Passion4Paper and got my new Summer Distress Ink Collection.  It has PINK!!  PINK Distress Ink!

So, I got a little sidetracked ☺

 I've used a rosette die, which are great fun to use, and also my Kite die from My Favourite Things Dienamics again.  The twine on this page isCarribean.

I finished my page off with some the the stickers that come in the collection.  The yellow sticker is a circle I've cut in half, again to give it a different look and by layering them all together it gives the page dimension and adds interest.

And just because it's me, and it's what I do, here's a couple of quick cards to finish off using the same kit.

  

 I still have heaps of stickers and paper left for this kit, they really are the best value and great fun to play with.

Gorgeous too!

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Another one with my boy

  I have spent sooooo much time lately making a baby album that i was busting to get stuck into something different.  

My entry for Stuck! this month.

Loved doing this page.   There are so many tools and techniques I'm loving doing at the moment.  The colours are gorgeous too.

A few splatters with Dylusions and my little cork die cut paper dolls again....so cute ♥

Punches, lots of punches.

And some die cut words.

Inspired to do more now!

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Dude you Rock my World

and he certainly does.  

I've done a page for a challenge blog that I've just found called Sketches With A Twist.  OMG! What an awesome little paper folding thingy this is!  I totally ♥ it and know I will defiantly be using it again.

I've put a mix of things on this page.  I've again used an older photo. The base is my May kit from A Piece of Cake Designs, I'm a little behind with my kits, but I'm a little behind with everything.  

I've also used my Honey Pot paper and Tim Holtz heart die again.  I love how this paper looks.

 My little heart is from Charms Creations and I've inked the edges lightly with my new absolute fave Distress Ink, Peacock Feathers.

Enjoy!

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Prima Sun Kiss for Passion4Paper

I have been really enjoying this long weekend in my studio (aka craft room but it has a new name just to annoy my favorite husband ♥).

So I thought I had better play catch up here and share the most recent projects I did for Passion4Paper so that I can share some more during the week.

I was lucky enough to get some beautiful Prima Sun Kiss goodies in my design kit but I couldn't make up my mind about what to do with them.  One of my sisters scrapbooked the other week for the first time, although I've been trying to convert others for ages ☺, and she asked what you use those little 6x6 pads for because who would scrapbook that small!  I was like, Oh!  More like, what can't you use them for.  So I went on to tell her all that is good about a 6x6 and then thought I would use the one from my DT kit to share a few things.

This page here I have used Prima Songbird as my background page.  I used Distress ink around the edge of the paper and also with my Crafters Workshop Cherry Blossom template.  Once I had the Shabby Shutters ink looking how I wanted it, I just inked up my finger with Spiced Marmalade and randomly inked small parts of my template.

All other paper on the page is using the 6x6 Prima Sun Kiss paper pad.

Have you ever used flowers on a vine?  The white flowers and leaves on my page are on a vine.  The thing I ♥ about these is that besides being gorgeous, they can be twisted any way you like on your page and half your flower work is already done for you.  

The Cherry Lyn Designs doily has been cut out of the paper pad, inked around the edges and then cut in half.

These gorgeous chipboard pieces are from the same Prima range.

I used Lindys Stamp Gang Glory of the Seas Gold on the paper flowers with a small amount of embossing powder.  Distress ink has been used to colour the Prima resist canvas shapes.  The gorgeous bling that is a little bit hidden in this pic is a Jinda circle and is absolutely gorgeous.  The pics in the store and here do not do this justice.  There is definately more of these being added to my cart.  

Before adhereing all to my page, I inked around the egdes of all paper with Distress Ink.

Then I have finished it off with a Kaisercraft resin flower and some Pink Paislee Spring Jubilee stamps, which I can't get enough of at the moment.  I stamped these on acetate with stazon ink and cut them out.  I love the way stamped acetate looks on a page.

My next project was a set of 6 cards and all embellishments on these have been made with the samepaper pad.

Card 1 ♥

My Favourite Things Die-Namics Butterflies

The Twinery Carribean

Jinda Circle Bling

Prima Sun Kiss Wood Ticket

Cherry Lyn Designs doily die

My seam binding has been misted with the Glory of the Seas Gold but is has tinges of blue/green in it because I didn't clean my mat the last time I used Dylusion Vibrant Turquoise, I like how it turned out though ☺

Card 2 ♥

Cherry Lyn Designs doily die

All the flowers on the cards have been die cut using Spellbinders Rose Creactions by Donna Salazar.  These are by far the most favourite of mine, flower dies ever ♥

This one has been finished off with Fairy Dust by Donna Salazar.  Click on the link to see a video with Donna showing you how to make these.

Card 3 ♥

Spellbinders Rose Creactions by Donna Salazar

Die-Namics Fancy Flourish Die

Cherry Lyn Designs doily die

 Lindys Stamp Gang Glory of the Seas Gold for flower and flourish

Card 4 ♥

Cherry Lyn Designs doily die, 2 of these with the middle cut out of one and foam taped to add dimension

Spellbinders Rose Creactions by Donna Salazar

 Lindys Stamp Gang Glory of the Seas Gold

Card 5 ♥

Spellbinders Rose Creactions by Donna Salazar

My Favourite Things Die-Namics Butterflies

Cherry Lyn Designs doily die

 Lindys Stamp Gang Glory of the Seas Gold

The Twinery Carribean

Directions on how to make the ruffled edge can be found on the Passion4Paper blog.

Card 6 ♥

Spellbinders Rose Creactions by Donna Salazar

Cherry Lyn Designs doily die

I hope you enjoyed ♥

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Here's a quick share of the hearts that I made for the Passion 4 Paper booth at the Brisbane Scrapbook and Papercraft Expo.  

You will find Passion 4 Paper live at stand 83 at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, South Bank the expo is open fromJune 9 - 11, 2012, from 9am – 5pm daily.

This first heat has been made using the beautiful papers from the Bo Bunny Amrossia collection.  This collection of papers is really beautiful.  The Dream Come True sticker I have cut down with aSpellbinders die and mounted it on chipboard to give it a bit of dimension.  My birdie has been cut from a Sizzix die. The twine on my hearts is The Twinery Carribean. All my edges were inked with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink  .  I just love the colours of this heart ♥

 With my 2nd heart, I've once again used the Donna Salazar Spellbinders Rose Creations but this time I've used some of Heidi Swapps Color Magic resist paper to make them.  Do you like the bright colours?  The background has been sprayed with Dylusions Vibrant Turquoise and the large flower and the Heidi Swapp banner have been sprayed with Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabio sprays.  I am so in ♥ with these sprays the Flat Fabios have no glimmer to them, just a solid colour and they are so nice and bright.  Gorgeous.

My last heart has been made with the same Prima collection made my cards with in my last post.  Frilly edge and flowers have been sprayed with Lindy's Stamp Gang Glory of the Seas Gold. The 5 leaves I used all started out the same colour but I thought they looked a bit bland so I have sprayed 2 of them with Lindýs Stamp Gang Cadbury Mild Chocolate Brown and I love how they turned out.  I finished it off with my Pink Paislee  stamps and My Favorite Things Dienamics butterfly die.

                                          Have an awesome last long weekend of 2012.

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