Adventure by Amanda H

Hello again!   Today I am sharing a page with some more travel photos, from my recent trip to London. I love the neutral colours in the Kaisercraft Romantique Collection, and knew it would be perfect for travel photos. I then added some 2 Crafty chipboard and Prima to finish the page.   I started with the Parisian sheet of paper as the base.   I mounted each of the photos using reverse grey side of the RSVP paper.   Next I used the other side of the RSVP paper. This paper had postcard and notes designs throughout it. I cut out each note, distressed and inked the edges and then pieced the paper back together like a puzzle. You can see the patchwork effect it created.       Behind the centre photo, I have added a layer of muslin. I sprayed the muslin with some Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Spray in Steel, for a soft grey effect.   Next I used a 2 Crafty Frame chained circle around the photo. The chipboard was inked dark brown, before being sprayed with Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Spray in Leather. This gave the frame a lovely shimmer!   For the title I used the "adventure" word from the 2 Crafty Arrow word set. This got the same ink and Colour Blast treatment.   I used some flowers from the Prima - Zella Teal Flowers - Wanderer set. The grey ones I sprayed with Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Spray in Steel - which gave them a lovely shine. The cream flower was sprayed with  Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Spray in Leather.  

Here you can see a piece Moroccan 2Crafty chipboard layered to the side of the cluster. I inked this grey, before I sprayed with a coat of Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Spray in Steel.

 Throughout the page I have added puffy stickers from the Prima Zella Teal collection.  There were lots of grey tones in this collection and they matched perfectly!

 

Finally, I added some splatters of the Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray - Leather 

by taking the wand from the spray bottle and tapping it gently.

It is fun and different to scrap these new travel photos!
 Makes a change from girls and pink!
I hope you like it!

Products used

Papers:

Kaisercraft - Romantique Paper - Parisian

Kaisercraft - Romantique Paper - R.S.V.P

2Crafty Chipboard:

Frame Chained Circles

 Arrow Word Set 1

Moroccan Bits

Mixed media:

Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray - Steele

Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray - Leather

Embellishments:

 Prima - Zella Teal Puffy Stickers

Prima - Zella Teal Flowers - Wanderer

Thanks for looking today!

Amanda 

 

Elf Surveillance with Doodlebug Milk & Cookies by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone
Time to share some Christmas pages! Lots of fabulous Christmas ranges in the store now. Today I have created my layout using the bright and fun Doodlebug Milk & Cookies papers &  Bella Blvd Santa Stops Here embellishments:
This House is Under Elf Surveillance

  Every year for the past 6 years, these elves have been paying us a visit, so I like  to create a layout of their antics! It's so much fun.  These Doodlebug papers were just perfect with the fun colour scheme & the  Elves and Santa in the Bella Blvd ephemera were the cutest & went perfectly  with the Doodlebug papers.  I've added some of the epoxy icon stickers to finish  off my embellishing. 

  How perfect is this title?  Love it! It's a new release from 2Crafty Chipboard.  I have used Stickles over ink to create a bright, fun and glittery title!  

  Thanks for stopping by Till next week
Fiona x Products Used: Doodlebug Milk & Cookies Paper - Dear Santa Doodlebug Milk & Cookies Paper - Holiday Cheer Doodlebug Milk & Cookies Paper - Tree Festival Bella Blvd Santa Stops Here Expoxy Icon Stickers Bella Blvd Santa Stops Here - Ephemera Die-Cuts 2Crafty Chipboard Title - This House is Under Elf Surveillance Stickles 

A Christmas to Remember Using Kaisercraft Mint Wishes by Kerryn Fry

Good morning AAS Fans and Followers It's Friday and that means it's my turn to share another project. I thought while I was awaiting for my next delivery, I would squeeze one more page  out of the gorgeous collection by Kaisercraft, Mint Wishes. With Christmas fast approaching, I chose to do another festive page  with an older photo of the Mr 3. He was super cute back then, still is and was more than happy to pose, not so much now.

After my clean page last week, I thought I would go back to being messy!

Starting with Kraft cardstock, I worked out the basic plan for the layout 

of my page and put the patterned papers aside.

The background effect is some simple stencilling with Distress Oxide Ink 

and then some paint splatters also using Picket Fence Distress Paint and gold paint.

To help balance the page, I have cut the 2 Crafty title A Christmas To Remember in half.

It was then base coated using gold paint and allowed to dry.

The final coat is a thick layer of gold Stickles for that Christmas sparkle.

 

The 2 Crafty Fir Xmas Tree has been sponged with different shades of green Distress Paints.

The star and base have been painted gold and then a little Stickles added to the star.

I have combined the two colours of green and gold to decorate the 2 Crafty Presents.

Painted first and then more Stickles added to the gold parts.

The cluster of embellishments in the top right corner is a combination of 

the Kaisercraft Collectables and Christmas baubles from the wooden flourish pack.

I have used foam tape to some pieces to stagger the layers.

I have finished the page with some doodled faux stitching with a gold pen.

Thank you for visiting the blog today.

Hope you have a fabulous weekend and enjoy some crafting time.

Don't forget to join us again on Monday for Fiona's next project. 

Products Used:

Bazzill Kraft Cardstock

Kaisercraft Mint Wishes - Flannelette

Kaisercraft Mint Wishes - Forest

Kaisercraft Mint Wishes - Fresh Pine

Kaisercraft Mint Wishes - Frosted

Kaisercraft Mint Wishes - Logs

Kaisercraft Mint Wishes - Collectables

Kaisercraft Lucky Dip Wooden Flourish Pack - Jolly Christmas 

2 Crafty title A Christmas To Remember

2 Crafty Fir Xmas Tree

2 Crafty Presents

Distress Oxide Ink - Cracked Pistachio

Distress Paint

Girls Rule by Amanda H

Hello everyone!   Welcome to my first page share for December. This week I am sharing a page of my girls, using the awesome new collection from Pink Paislee: Wild Child. With gorgeous bright papers and a huge fun collection of sticker accessories, this page came together easily. Do you have a "wild child" who would suit this range? I have used the girl side of the collection, but there are even more options with the boy range!     Starting with a white cardstock base, I layered up a couple of papers in the range. I also mounted the photo with white cardstock plus two extra layers of paper. I also used foam tape for the photo to give it a bit of dimension!

The bottom layer of this cluster has some goodies from my stash: a paper doily, some white muslin fabric and some teal loose thread.

The centre of the main cluster is using the cute 2 Crafty Gigi Flower. I have covered the base of the flower with the blue paper from the range, and then inked the top part of the flower in turquoise.

Then I have loaded on some stickers from the Wild Child collection. I used stickers from both the puffy sticker set and the chipboard thickers set. I love to buy packs of stickers from the ranges I am working with. Firstly, the colours are always perfect, and secondly there are always so many left over for new projects!

For the title I used the "girls rule" sticker from the chipboard thickers set. 
I love the shine on these stickers.

I also created one last little cluster in the bottom corner of the photo, using muslin, thread and more of the cute stickers. 

Products used:   Papers: White Cardstock  Pink Paislee - Wild Child Paper - 03 Pink Paislee - Wild Child Paper - 04    2 Crafty chipboard:  Gigi's Flowers   Embellishments:  Pink Paislee - Wild Child Thickers - Girl Power Pink Paislee - Wild Child Puffy Stickers - Girl 22/Pkg   Thanks for looking today, Amanda  

Beautiful with Cocoa Vanilla Studio Bohemian Dream by Fiona Johnstone

Hello everyone
Back this month with the stunning Bohemian Dreams collection by the always popular Cocoa Vanilla Studio. I've had this collection for a while, just admiring it before I could cut into it to create:
Beautiful 

  For this page I wanted to create a frame around my photo using the die-cut ephemera and vellum flowers from the Bohemian Dreams collection. I've used a LOT of the flowers, a few branches and butterflies along with a couple of the feathers to create my heart. 

I've matted my photo with some patterned paper and added a simple chipboard title - Beautiful to finish off my page.

Thanks for stopping by Till next week Fiona x Products used: Cocoa Vanilla Bohemian Dream Paper - Kaleidoscope Cocoa Vanilla Bohemian Dream Paper - Wild & Free Cocoa Vanilla Bohemian Dream Paper - Dreamer Cocoa Vanilla Bohemian Dream Die-cut ephemera pack Cocoa Vanilla Bohemian Dream Vellum Accents Cocoa Vanilla Bohemian Dream Chipboard Stickers

A Moment to Treasure using Carta Bella Welcome Home by Kerryn Fry

Good morning everyone. I'm back today to share my second project using  Carta Bella Welcome Home collection. Such a lovely collection, rich in colour and simple homely patterns, just perfect for family memories. I have pulled out an older photo taken when celebrating Dad's birthday in 2011. 

A simple page this week, I have started with a Kraft cardstock base. Then using the paper Forever Home as my next layer. I have roughly torn the edges down to a 11in x11in piece. A small piece from the paper Flower Market has been used on the side.  I have used black cardstock to back the photo and  then layers of light and dark patterned paper to build under the photo. The 2 Crafty title A Moment to Treasure has been covered with gold ink. I have also doodled around some elements with a gold gel pen. The paper Farm Sweet Farm was used to create the perfect journal strips. The Ephemera pack was perfect to build a cluster in one corner of the photo. I have used more black cardstock to back some stickers from the Element Sticker sheet  and added foam tape to define the layers in the cluster.  The Kaisercraft Wooden Flourishes were the final touches to highlight the lighter shades in the papers.

That's it for today, a simple page that I hope you have enjoyed.

Hope you all have a great weekend with plenty of crafting.

Please pop back on Monday to see Fiona's next project.

Thanks for visiting today.

Products Used:

Bazzil Cardstock - Kraft
Bazzill Cardstock - Black

Carta Bella Welcome Home - Farm Sweet Farm

Carta Bella Welcome Home - Flower Market

Carta Bella Welcome Home - Forever Home

Carta Bella Welcome Home - Gather Flowers

Carta Bella Welcome Home - 3x4 Journaling Cards

Carta Bella Welcome Home - Ephemera Die Cuts

Carta Bella Welcome Home - Element Sticker Sheet

Kaisercraft Lucky Dip Wooden Flourish Pack - Arrows

Kaisercraft Lucky Dip Wooden Flourish Pack - Jolly Christmas
2 Crafty title - A Moment to Treasure 

Delight by Amanda H

Hello AAS fans!   Today is my last page to share for November.  This page started with some classic black and white... and then I had to add my  favourite colour combo: yellow and mint. I combined papers from  Kaisercraft - Christmas Edition, papers and stickers from Crate Paper - Carousel,  with some 2 Crafty Chipboard, all coloured with Colour Blast.  

To start this page, I glued some 2Crafty chipboard pieces to a piece of white cardstock.

 I knew roughly where my photo would go, so I stuck the chipboard so that it would be a

 feature behind. The 2Crafty chipboard pieces I used were: Freda's Butterflies, a flourish from Leafy Shrub Set 2, and Moroccan Bits.

With all chipboard glued, I gave the whole page a good coat of Gesso.

I then unscrewed the lid to my bottle of Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray in Envy (the soft mint colour) and using a paintbrush, I painted to highlight the chipboard on the background. I like the way some of the colour pooled in the recesses of the chipboard so we see different shades of the Envy colour on the background. A few splatters were made then also.

Once I had created the colours and layers on the white cardstock, I then trimmed the edges and mounted the background on the black and white starry paper Starbright from the Carousel collection.

Next came the fussing cutting. I had a couple of sheets of paper from the Kaisercraft Christmas edition, waiting for inspiration. When I saw the flowers on the reverse of the Rejoice Paper, I decided to fussy cut them. They were the perfect addition to this page. I cut three of these and tucked them at various corners of the photo. 

I mounted the photo on more of the Starbright paper, as well as some of the Uplifting paper, which brought in the first hints of yellow.

With the mint  and black and white in the background, it was easy to decide to have pops of yellow on top!

I started with the 2Crafty Chipboard Floral frame and Foliage set. I added three layers to this chipboard: 1. Yellow ink, 2. Sprayed with Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray in Sunshine, and 3. Dimensional Magic.

While I had the Sunshine (yellow) Colour Shimmer Spray out, I added a few splatters to the background too.

 I had some flowers from the Prima - St. Tropez Flowers - Isla Marina set. They were a soft yellow. A few sprays of  Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray in Sunshine on the flowers gave them the perfect bright yellow colour needed for this page!

Lastly, I finished the page with some banner stickers, hearts and a bow, all taken from the Puffy Stickers pack again from the Crate Paper Carousel collection.

Here is the full list of products that I used to create this page.

Products used:

Papers:

White Cardstock

Crate - Carousel Paper - Starbright

Crate - Carousel Paper - Uplifting

KC - Christmas Edition Paper - Rejoice

Embellishments:

Crate - Carousel Thickers - Cirque Multi Colour Puffy Stickers

Prima - St. Tropez Flowers - Isla Marina

2Crafty Chipboard:

Freda's Butterflies

Leafy Shrub Set 2

Moroccan Bits

Foliage set 1

Frame Sml 5" Floral Frame

Dimensional Magic

Mixed Media:

Colour Blast - White Heavy Gesso

Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray in Envy

Colour Blast - Colour Shimmer Spray in Sunshine

Thank you for looking today!

Amanda

 

Soccer Pooch with Bella Blvd Soccer Mini Collection by Fiona Johnstone

Hi Everyone
Something a bit different for me today, a sports page!! But with a twist - it's Harry who loves soccer... well the soccer ball at least!! 
Soccer Pooch

I couldn't resist using this paper for these recent photos of Harry. We had been playing fetch with a tennis ball and then he came back with this soccer ball instead. He then hid under the trampoline because he didn't want to share his good find!
The Bella Blvd papers were perfect! First I created a background using a wide brush and some watered down paint - Dylusions in Fresh Lime. Next I added some Cut Grass Dylusions paints to some texture paste and did some star masking. 

I've layered up the Bella Blvd papers, and fussy cut one of the soccer balls from the paper to use as an embellishment.  I then continued the theme with the stars and found a few star embellishments to add to the layout. 

My favourite part is this fabulous title! The word Soccer is made from acrylic and is from the Bella Blvd collection. Isn't it amazing? I've added some stickers from my stash to finish off the title. 

Thanks for stopping by Till next week Fiona x Products Used: Bella Blvd Soccer Mini Collection -  Borders & Details Bella Blvd Soccer Mini Collection - Dribble It Bella Blvd Soccer Mini Collection -  Tournament Time Bella Blvd Soccer Mini Collection -  Soccer Acrylic Word Dylusions Paint -  Fresh Lime  Dylusions Paint - Cut Grass Pink Fresh Studio Escape the Ordinary Ephemera Bella Blvd Puffy Heart Stickers Ice Mix Cocoa Vanilla Studio You Rock Stickers KC Ephemera Arrow  Heidi Swapp Stickers Felt Embellishment Texture Paste