Three cards made using Kaisercraft's Always & Forever

 Good morning.

Today's post is so I can share these three cards that I made using Kaisercraft's Always & Forever papers.

All of the details can be found in my video which you will find here

Here are my cards

They are all 5 1/4" square and shabby chic in style.

The first card has two base layers that decrease slightly in size and then 9 squares that are attached with foam tape. All of the edges have been distressed and inked to add to the shabby feel.

The white flower was purchased (sorry don't know the brand. I have thrown the packaging away) and the other flower was made by me. You can see how I made this and a few other fabric flowers in this video.

The little pink flowers are from Kaisercraft's Mini Paper Blooms range in Fairy Floss.

The lace was given to me by my Mother.

The sentiment is a clear sticker from 13@rts His & Hers Remastered range. I have attached the sticker to some white cardstock and then matted it on a scrap of the patterned paper used for one of the background layers.

The second card uses lots of fussy cut images from the Eternal sheet of paper.

I cut a piece of text paper for the background and two strips of paper to go across the middle of the card.

Both of these are attached using foam tape.

I attached half of a paper doily to the bottom section of the base before I added the centre panel.

Using glue and foam tape I attached the fussy cut flowers to the card front so some of them tucked under the centre panel.

The sentiment is a Rub-on from Kaisercraft's Happy Birthday Rub-on pack, which is attached to a scrap of patterned paper and then attached to the card using foam tape.

The third card uses three patterned papers with distressed and inked edges, a fussy cut flower and three die cut butterflies that have been embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder

Texture has been added to the cards with lace, gauze and a few gems.

So, if you would like to see these cards come together, pop over to my YouTube channel and watch the video

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

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Julie

Layout for Mystical Scrapbooks August Challenge

Good morning folks

Today I am sharing a layout I have created for one of the August challenges over at Mystical Scrapbooks.

The theme for the month is Textiles and this particular challenge is to use two colours and textiles on your project.

As usual I have videoed my process and you can see it on my YouTube channel here.

I have used navy blue and gold as my two colours and some gyprock tape, burlap ribbon and tassel ribbon for my textiles.

A couple of fabric flowers that I created in this video were also used on this layout.

The inspiration for choosing these colours was Kaisercraft's Starry Night- Daring patterned paper. I wanted to fussy cut the flowers and use them as embellishments.

This is the layout I created. I have used a 6" x 4" black & white photo of my Mum that was taken on a recent visit.

I have attached several pieces of the Gyprock tape to the Kaisercraft Navy cardstock base before splattering it with watered down gold acrylic paint.

Next I sprayed the burlap ribbon with Artiste Spritzing Ink in Gold. I gave it a good spray because I wanted it to be completely covered.

My photo is matted on white cardstock that measures 4 1/8" x 6 1/8".

I have cut my patterned papers, (blue hearts) 7 1/2" x 7 3/4", (blue self pattern) 6" x 6", (Kaisercraft Starry Night - Daring) 8 1/2" x 2", (gold corrugated card) 2" x 9 3/4"  and 2 strips of plain gold cardstock to go behind the Daring paper 8 1/2" x 1/2"

All of the edges have been distressed using my distress tool and inked with black ink.

They were all attached to the layout using double sided tape.

I have used my hot glue gun to attach the burlap ribbon after I had attached the white tassel ribbon to it using glue.

The photo is mounted on craft foam and attached to the layout with hot glue.

I also used hot glue to attach the flowers and the fabric flowers to the layout.

I printed my title on a piece of co-ordinating cardstock and matted it on a piece of the blue patterned paper. This was foam mounted and attached to the layout using my hot glue gun.

Why not pop over to Mystical Scrapbooks and have a look at the three challenges they have go going on over there right now. You could win the monthly prize.

Don't forget to have a look at the video.

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Shaker Flower embellishment

 Good morning

Today I am sharing with you a shaker flower embellishment that I have made.

This is not one of my better makes but I got there in the end.

I am definitely going to try this again with some different shapes, there are endless possibilities. You can use dies for this as well. I suggest you choose a symmetric shape to make your job a lot easier. I was thinking Christmas baubles, hearts, stars etc.

You can watch the video here and see all of the things I learned during the creation of these flowers.

I cut four of the flowers using my Scan N Cut and a solid flower to use for the back of my shaker. The four layers provide the depth for the mini prills to fit into and move around. The dividing walls were way too thin to try and use foam tape.

BIG TIP:- Use double sided sticker sheets on the back of your cardstock before you cut your item out.

I did not use the sticky sheet on the back of my cardstock and the glue made a huge mess. I could have been a little more careful and chosen a symmetric shape and the glue would have been fine, but I ended up getting glue all over my acetate and even though it dries clear I did not like the look of it when it tried and I had to start all over again. Even on the second attempt I did not think to use the sticker sheet.

I have used Hot Pink Mini Prills in my shaker.

I am definitely not that happy with these flowers and may not use them but it was definitely a learning experience and I had a bit of fun with it.

Anyway check out the video and try it out. If you come up with a cleaner way of doing it I would love it if you would share your process with me.

Thanks for dropping by

Till next time

Stay safe

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Julie

August Cyber Crop at Mystical Scrapbooks

Good morning.

Today I am sharing a layout I have made for the August Cyber Crop over at Mystical Scrapbooks.

The challenge is to use at least 6 items of the same shape (can be assorted sizes) and some textiles on your layout.

 

I have made a process video for this layout. You can see it here.

I have started with plain white cardstock for the background. 

For texture I have added Glass Bead Gel through Kaisercraft's Leaves stencil. When this was dry I sprayed it with Tattered Angels Chalkboard spray in Teal High Heel and Artiste Spritzing Ink in Gold. I added water and encouraged the colours to run down the page.

While I was waiting for that to dry I cut Kookaburra (grey) cardstock to 3.25" squares and the blue side of FancyPants, Family & Co, Family Matters cardstock to 3.5" square. I inked the edges of each of the papers and layered them on top of each other and then attached the photos on top.

To create the other three squares I cut the some sizes in FancyPants, Family & Co, Our House (3.25") and the plaid side of the Family Matters (3.5") paper, inked the edges and layered them on top of each other.

Each of the three squares that did not have photos on them had a strip of white Cobweb ribbon attached down one side with a couple of layers of white Ric Rac, which was tied with a knot at the front, on top of the Cobweb ribbon

I used some black heat embossed chipboard letters to create my title and a couple of blue heat embossed arrow to finish embellishing one of the title square.

Another square was embellished with several chipboard stickers from the same paper range and the third square had a black heat embossed chipboard circle, a blue heat embossed butterfly and a couple of round embellishments from the chipboard sticker sheet.

To complete the layout two strips of a larger Ric Rac were added to the bottom section.

You might find it helpful to check out the video here.

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

See the Good Art Journal page

 Hi there.

Today I am trying a new way of doing my Blog posts.

As you all know I make a video of all of my projects and post them to YouTube, so instead of going into detail here, about what I have done on my projects, I am going to put a link here to the project and you can pop over to YouTube and watch the video instead of me trying to explain in words what I have done.

I think it will be easier for you to follow the process if you can actually see it and maybe, encourage you to try these techniques and projects for yourself.

So this is my page for today and you can see the video here.

And a few closeups

The background has a lot of texture. I have used Gyprock tape, masking tape, stencil and texture paste.

The background colour is Colour Blast Colour Mica Powders. A set of four circle stamps, that came with a magazine, has then been stamped randomly onto the background with StazOn Jet Black ink.

To create my focal points I have used alcohol inks on glossy photo paper, stamped the toadstools onto that before fussy cutting them and attaching them to the page.

I have added Nuvo Glitter drops to the dots on the toadstools.

The quote is from the internet and printed on printer paper then coloured with some of the blue Mica powder.

The butterfly is die cut from paper from my scrap box using a Cheery Lyn die.

I hope you will check out the video here.

I would love to hear your comments on the new way of doing my blog posts. It is a trial and if you are not keen on it I can always go back to the way I have previously done them.

Thanks for dropping by today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Three Cards using "Timeless" Paper Pad

Hello hello

Today's share is a set of three shabby chic cards

You can watch the video here if you would like.

I bought a 6" patterned paper pad from K Mart by Anko called "Timeless". I have not used their papers before and thought I would try them out. I have to say the papers were fine to work with and very pretty. Some of them were foiled too.

I cut all of the card bases from A4 sized 270gsm smooth white cardstock. I have made one card that is 

5 1/4" square and for the other 2, I cut the A4 cardstock to 11 1/2" long and then cut it down the middle lengthways to make two top folding cards that are 5 3/4" x 4 1/8"

All of the patterned papers have had their edges inked and the square card and one of the others has had the patterned papers distressed.

I create several sheets of computer generated sentiments in various sizes and fonts and this is what I have used on all of these cards.

Let's start with the square card.

I have used 3 patterned papers on this card. The pink spot is 5 1/4" square, the foiled green paper is 5 1/4" x 3" and the floral paper is 5 1/4" x 1 1/4". As I said before the edges of these papers have been distressed and inked.

A piece of Finnabair lace was also cut to 5 1/4" and added to the layers, between the green and the floral papers.

Flowers from my stash were used to decorate the card. The pink flower is silk (I think it is Prima but not positive), the tiny roses are Kaisercraft's Mini Paper Blooms in Fairy Floss. I don't know what brand the fussy cut flowers are as I have not kept the packaging and the gold flower was made with my foiling kit and my Scan N Cut.

The sentiment was matted on some of the pink spot paper and attached to the card using foam tape.

Now to the second card. 

I have used two patterned papers on this card.

The white foiled paper is 3 7/8" x 5 1/2" and the floral paper is 3 5/8" x 5 1/4"

The white foiled banner is 1 1/4" x 3 1/2" and matted onto plain white cardstock and the floral banner is 3/4" x 2 3/4" and also matted onto white cardstock. The small banner is attached to the larger banner with double sided tape and the banner assembly is attached to the card using foam tape.

Aileens Original Tacky glue was used to attach the silk flower (another Prima one I think) on top of the banner assembly. I used the same glue to attach the crochet cotton, that had been twisted up to look like a bow, under the flower.

The sentiment is matted on two of the patterned papers and some white cardstock and attached to the card with foam tape.

And our last card for today.

I chose four papers from the pad for this card.

The foiled pink paper is 3 7/8" x 5 1/2", the dark floral is 3 3/8" x 5", the pink spot is 3 1/8" x 4 3/4" and the top floral is 2 1/2" x 4".

A piece of lace from the same Finnabair bundle was also added to the layers, it is 5 3/4" long, and is positioned between the bottom two layers.

I have added a piece of cheese cloth to the embellishment cluster on this card. Another of the foiled flowers I made on my ScanN Cut and a couple of flowers from my stash complete the embellishments on this card.

The sentiment has been matted on a piece of the spotty paper and attached to the card using foam tape.

Well that's it for today. Thank you for spending some of your day here with me.

Don't forget to have a look at the video. You might also like to subscribe to my YouTube channel if you don't already.

Till next time

Stay Safe

Hugs

Julie

August challenge over at Mystical Scrapbooks

Hi there friends

Today I am sharing a layout I have created for the August challenge over at Mystical Scrapbooks.

The video for this layout can be found here.

My challenge is to use a handmade textile embellishment on your layout. It can be any embellishment so long as it is hand made and made from textiles, ie flowers, banners, stars, hearts etc made from fabric, wool, lace, felt etc

Last month I shared a video showing how to make two styles of fabric flowers, you might find that helpful in the creation of your embellishment.

I have used three of the flowers I made in that video on this layout. 

The flower cluster also includes some paper flowers in a pale green

I have used modelling paste through a stencil (Kaisercraft Tribal Collage) and then applied Mustard Seed Distress Ink through a different stencil (Kaisercraft Floral) to the white cardstock base.

An assortment of stamps were also added to the background using Broken China Distress Ink and StazOn Jet Black Ink.

I have used Effie & Vonnie papers from the Love & Grace collection by Colourblast.

I also added some burlap ribbon  and some white tassel ribbon to the right hand edge of my photo.

If you would like to join in this challenge you will find it here. Why not check it out you may win the monthly prize.

Don't forget you can see the layout video here, and the flower making video here.

Thanks for spending some of your day here with me today

Till next time

Hugs

Julie

Anniversary Card 2020

Good morning friends

In June it was my 47th wedding anniversary so I made a card for my husband. I would like to share that card with you now and explain how it was constructed.

You can watch the video here if you would like.

I wanted to include a wedding photo in the card so I decided to make it a tri-fold card.

As is my usual practise all of the cardstock, patterned papers and embellishments have had their edges inked with black.

To make the card base I cut 3 pieces of white 300gsm cardstock

                No. 1. 1 @ 8 1/2" x 6"

                No. 2. 1 @ 1" x 6"

                No. 3. 1 @ 4" x 6"

I scored piece No. 1 at 4 1/4" to make a folded card that was 4 1/4" x 6". 

Piece No. 2 was folded at 1/2" so it was 1/2" x 6".

I used the 1" piece as a hinge to join the 4" wide piece to the folded card base thereby creating the tri fold.

A full panel heart die was used to cut the plain blue cardstock for the front of the card. Once this was cut I trimmed it down to the same size as the front of the card base (4 1/4" x 6") and used glue to attach it.

To create the large heart on the front of the card I cut Ultimate Crafts ULT57570 heart die from both black and white cardstock so I could use the black frame around the white centre. I used glue to attach these.

The greeting was printed from my computer, trimmed to size, matted on some of the blue cardstock and attached on top of the heart die-cut using foam tape.

To decorate the top of the right hand panel I cut a piece of the plain blue cardstock to 3" x 6" and used a Martha Stewart heart punch to punch along one of the 6" edges. I attached this piece to the right hand edge of the panel and attached the little strip of cardstock that was cut from the blue cardstock, by the punch, to the lefthand edge of the panel.

I used Paper Shapers "Folk Heart" punch in two sizes to punch two large and one small heart from white cardstock. I ran these through my Big Shot with a Sizzix embossing folder. I attached them to the panel with Aileen's Original Tacky Glue.

Next I matted my photo on some white cardstock that measures 3 3/4" x 5 1/2". This was then matted on top a piece of blue cardstock that measures 4" x 5 3/4". My photo assembly was then attached to the inside centre panel of the card.

The right and left inside side panels have a piece of Kaisercraft's patterned paper from their Wonderland 6 1/2" paper pad cut to 3 5/8" x 5 3/4" attached close to the fold line and a piece of 1/2" x 5 3/4" blue cardstock attached 1/8" from the outside edge of the card.

The left hand panel has another 3 hearts attached that were treated the same as the ones on the front of the right hand panel.

Die-Namics High Rise Numbers die was used to cut the "47" from black cardstock and Kaisercraft's Alphabet Upper Case dies were used to cut the word "years", also in black cardstock. These were attached to the card using the same glue that I had used to attach the hearts.

The panel on the right is where I wanted to write my personal message so I cut a piece of white cardstock to 2 1/2" x 3 3/4", matted that onto a piece of the blue cardstock that measures 2 5/8" x 3 7/8". This was then attached to the card.

We went out for a lovely lunch at the beach, although it was not really beach weather. We were inside the restaurant though so the weather did not make that much difference. A relaxing afternoon and evening with some crafting time, completed a great day.

Thank you for sharing part of your day here with me today.

Don't forget to check out the video if you have some spare time.

Until next time

Stay Safe

Hugs

Julie

Two Fabric Flower making Techniques

Hi there friends

Today I would like to share a video with you that shows how to create two different styles of fabric flowers.

You can use any fabric to create these flowers although I find that the softer the fabric the nicer the flower tends to sit.

I have used an assortment of tulles and meshes to make eleven flowers. These flowers are very quick to make and can be made in any colour to suit your project.

You do not need any special tools for this task. A pair of scissors, your fabrics, a needle and cotton and something for the centres of your flowers.

I have used a combination of brads and gems for my centres.

You can view the video here.

I hope you try these techniques, I would love to see any flowers that you make.

Happy crafting

Hugs

Julie

Hippie Love Layout

Good morning folks

Today I am sharing a layout I created as part of my Design Team work at Off The Rails Scrapbooking.

This is the Mood Board. Isn't it great. I love the hippie/flower power era. Why not pop over there and check it out. There are prizes to be won and the mood board is so bright and cheery.

This is the layout I created.

I have videoed the process of creating this page and you can watch the video here.

The papers I have used for this layout are from Kaisercraft's Bombay Sunset range.They are so bright and colourful, just what I was looking for. I also used some plain magenta, yellow and orange cardstock.

The edges of all of the papers were distressed using my Prima distress tool and inked using my Versa Color black ink cube.

I trimmed my background patterned paper to 11 1/4" x 11 1/4" and cut the middle from the magenta cardstock leaving a 1 1/2" frame. The patterned paper was then attached to the frame using double sided tape. A piece of yellow cardstock that measures 7" x 1/4" was tucked under the patterned paper at the top left hand of the layout.                                 

To create the layers to go behind the photo I cut the turquoise paper 6 1/2" x 9" and tore along the bottom edges. A piece of the yellow cardstock was cut to 1/2" x 7 3/4" and the striped paper was cut to                      1 1/4" x 7 1/4".

I also cut some small pieces of the Orange (2 3/4" x 3/4"), Stripe (2 1/2" x 3/4") and Turquoise(2" x 3/4") papers to create a small cluster at the top left hand of the layout

The 7" x 5" photo was distressed and then matted on a piece of Orange cardstock that measures 5 1/4" x 7 1/4"

I took all of the pieces of patterned paper, photo and the layout base to the sewing machine and stitched a border around them all with white cotton.

All of the pieces were then attached to the layout base.

I cut the peace sign, Love and Flower Power elements from the mood board picture that I had printed out and gave them a coat of Glossy Accents. I wanted to use them to embellish my layout.

I used a paper Shaper punch called Retro Flowers to punch two sizes of the flowers. I scanned the flower into my Scan N Cut and resized it down so I could have some smaller ones as well. I cut an assortment of sizes and colours to create a banner/garland across the bottom of the photo. I also added a few to the hair section of the photo. 

I attached the peace sign with foam tape so it sat above the cluster at the top of the page. Using four strands of embroidery floss I stitched down from the cluster and glued a small flower at the end of each one to create a dream catcher.

I used a Poinsettia die to cut some leaves from the turquoise paper to add to the flower garland.

Once the flowers were glued in place I added some gems to the centres to add some contrast and bling.

I matted the Love word on white cardstock because it got lost in the background and then added it to the layout. I used foam tape behind the heart for a little added interest.

Lastly I used my fineline bottle that has watered down white acrylic paint in it to trace around the peace sign in the top cluster. This made a big difference.

Don't forget, you can watch the video here

Thank you for spending some of your time here with me today

Until next time

Stay Safe

Hugs

Julie