Wandering Ivy Mini Album

Hello everyone! I hope that you are well. I am so thrilled that we had some rain this week. I just hope that those who need it most (the farmers) have been as blessed as we have in the cities and have received a few drops. Hopefully our prayers have been heard and this will have happened.

I took the opportunity to make an album for fun. I am keeping it as a gift for Christmas time in the hope that I will have someone to gift it to. I selected the Wandering Ivy Collection from Kaisercraft because I just love it. It's vintage, has beautiful floral elements and I just adore the muted tones it offers. I also used my paper Dream templates from Jen of Eve Designs to create this album as well.

Here are some pictures of the inside of the album.

Below is a video walkthrough of the album, explaining how I created my album.

Supplies:

Kaisercraft Wandering Ivy Collection, Jen of Eve Designs Paper Dreams, Prima Crochet Doily, Die-namics Pierced traditional tag stax and Wild Orchid Cfrafts Flowers.

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Love

Hello everyone! I hope that you are well. Today I am sharing a layout that I have made of my cousin's sons...and yes it is pink because I'm playing along at the challenge over at Prima this month. They have a mood board for inspiration and I think that you can push the boundaries a bit with colour.

I have quite a number of Prima art mediums in my stash now so it was great to have a play. I used chalk inks to alter the chippie title and circular frame, and I used the wax crayons with a water brush to colour the chippie on the right. Having two coats of white gesso is vital so that the mediums have something to grab onto.

I used some color bloom sprays, stamps and stencils to create my background. Once everything was done I added some glass beads here and there.

Supplies:

Paper: Tales of You and Me 6" collection kit, Vintage Emporium Verona 847616

Ink: Color Bloom 2 Wild Berry 588779, Vintage Pink and Blossom Tress chalk ink, Water Soluble Oil Pastel, Worn Leather Color Bloom

Flowers: Tales of You and Me 586317 and 577407

Dies: Crochet doily and forest leaves

Other: Say it in Crystals 586126, Glass beads plum 961718, Stencil grungy grid 961718, Stamp Read it to me 960841

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Parisian Gardens Card and Envelope Card Box

Hello friends of Meg's Garden. I am thrilled to have returned to the Meg's Garden Design Team. It's great to back creating with such beautiful papers and products. Today I have two projects to share which use papers from the Parisian Gardens Collection.

For my card, I have used two sheets of the patterned papers and used one of the vintage images from the ephemera sheets as my focal image. I used lots of foam tape between my layers to add dimension.

The 'love' sentiment also came from the ephemera sheets. I fussy cut some tags from the ephemera sheets to frame the focal image. The edges of my base papers were distressed and all of the papers were inked with vintage photo distress ink. I used a variety of paper flowers to frame my image, varying the size to add interest and depth. The butterflies, doilies and chip board elements came from my stash.

I used up some of my left over paper to embellish this card envelope box so that it would coordinate with my card. Again, I used pieces from the ephemera to frame and create layers. This box accommodates my embellished 6 inch card perfectly.

The sentiment was a stamp and die set from my stash by JustRite. The doily is from Prima. The paper flowers are all available from Meg's Garden.

Below I have video tutorial showing how to make one of these envelope card boxes.

Supplies:

Parisian Gardens Collection
Paper Flowers 

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Vintage Card ~ Prima

Hello everyone! I hope that you are well. I am taking advantage of my holidays and enjoying the time to create. I have joined in another Prima challenge and created a card using the December cards and tags sketch.

I used a Shabby Chic resin treasure to frame this beautiful vintage image cut out from one of the papers from the paper pad.

 I used a combination of seam binding and hemp double bows to accent the coordinating flowers of the collection.

Supplies:

Paper: Tales of You and Me 6x6 Collection Kit

Flowers Tales of You and Me #586317

Die: Parisian Lace Metal Die Cut 1

Other: Shabby Chic Treasures #892111, Resin Icon #573324

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More Easter Cards

Hello everyone! Today I am sharing two more Easter cards (I am on a roll LOL!) I have used lots of die cuts in my card as well as lots of flowers. I had a great time creating them. Here are some close ups...

I had so much fun with this, so I created another one using purple. More photos below.

Supplies:

Paper: Maja Design Vintage Summer Basics

Stamp: Tim Holtz Crazy Talk

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Dies: Poppy Stamps Grand Egg and Ornate Egg, Prima Doily, Memory Box Botanical Stem and Leaven worth Butterfly Trio, Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax

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Friendship

Hello everyone! I have a new card to share with you. I have been colouring today (very relaxing) with my distress markers and also with a Whimsy Stamp. There are a few card challenges that looked interesting and I thought I'd have a go and been inspired by them.

My card follows the latest sketch from Mojo Monday

as well as some design elements from the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge.

I have used green - friendship-charm in my card.

I am also entering this in the Simon Says Stamp challenge where the challenge is to have a bit of green.

Supplies:

Paper: Maja Design Enjoying Outdoors, Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock

Stamp: Wee Stamps Whimsy Stamps Rosetta

Ink: Versafine Onyz Black Ink, Distress Markers, Distress Ink Peeled Paint

Dies: Spellbinders Back to Basics Tags, Sizzix Fancy Rectangle Frame, Prima Doily

Flowers: Green Tara Roses, Wild orchid Crafts, Petaloo Mini Daisy Antique Rose, Prima #577544

Other: Stampmin' Up! Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Hug Snug Seam Binding Chalk White, Hemp, Heart Charm, Wink of Stalla Clear, Krafters Korner Ribbon, Kaisercraft Pearls Pearl.

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Welcome Christmas ~ Maja Design

Hello everyone! Today I have another Christmas card to share with you. I really am committed to my self imposed target of creating enough Christmas cards for my family and friends. Two down and ....to go! (not sure how many but it always increases each year I am sure!) I am really loving the A Gift For You Collection from Maja Design. The rich tones remind me so much of Christmas!

Over the years, I have collected a number of stamps and I love have the opportunity to use them. This stamp set from Stampin;' Up! is a favourite of mine. I love the feeling it evokes...the excitement of decorating the Christmas tree.

I have used Petaloo flowers and clusters here. They coordinate beautifully with the rich tones of the Maja papers. I have also added some foliage using a Sullivans and Martha Stewart branch punch.

To complete my card I have added other vintage elements such as lace, seam binding and a vintage button...things from my stash.

Maja Design Papers



 I wish you well in your efforts to create your Christmas cards. Perhaps you can share some advice or even upload your creations onto the Maja Design Facebook page.

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Meg's Garden ~ The Forgotten Meadows Collection ~

Hello everyone! I have two cards to share with you. I just adore the latest collection...the muted tones and the beautiful floral designs. Not only did the beautiful papers inspire me  with my card making, but it also inspired me to create flowers to compliment the papers! All of the flowers are handmade on my cards (except for one) and if you would like to make them as well I followed a tutorial which you can view here. You will need watercolour paper, distress inks, some cherry blossom dies and stamens to create these flowers.

For my first card I wanted to feature a bird cage. I had these birds and bird cages in my stash. I painted them with gesso and embellished with flowers.

I used a Prima doily die and a soft pink cardstock that complimented the tones of the papers. I also used a Cherry Blossom Brunch die by La Land Crafts as foliage which works beautifully with my cherry blossoms that I made. I like to add butterflies into my projects and I had some left over from an old project and they fit perfectly into the little spaces.

My second card again uses the cherry blossom flowers but is a little bit more rustic. To show definition in my layers, I inked them with walnut stain distress ink and machine stitched the edges of my papers.

To create the focal point of my card I cut the Catalina Wreath by Memory Box twice using pale pink and green cardstock and glued them so that it created a slight shadow. Then I added my sentiment and left over flowers.

Supplies:
Card One 
Sending Love to You

The Forgotten Meadows Collection 
Small rose 2cm

Other: JustRite Hugs and Kisses sentiments, Prima Doily Die 1, La La Land Crafts Cherry Blossom Flowers and Cherry Blossom Brunch, Distress ink worn lipstick, and spun sugar, Memento Rich Cocoa, water colour paper, ribbon, Green Tara Rose, Bird and Bird cage chip board.

Card Two
Thinking Of You
The Forgotten Meadows Collection

Other: JustRite Hugs and Kisses sentiments, Distress ink walnut stain, Memento rich cocoa, Die-namics fishtail flag stax, Memory Box Catalina Wreath.

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