Art Journal Page - Summer

 Hi there

Today I want to share a video with you of the art journal page I created. It has been pretty hot here in Adelaide over the last couple of weeks so I wanted to create something with a summer vibe, that was bright and cheerful.

and here is a little closeup

Lots of detail to be found.

Check out my video to see how this all happened.

Hope you have enjoyed my video.

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Christmas Tree 2020 Layout

Hello hello

Today I have got a layout I created using a sketch by Allison Davis. Allison has a series on YouTube where she uses one sketch and creates 5 or 6 layouts adapting that sketch to suit her photos. I find it very informative and you can find the sketch I have used and what she done with it here

The inspiration to use a sketch came from the monthly theme at Mystical Scrapbooks for this month. There is a monthly challenge with two sketches and a Cyber Crop with three sketches for you to choose from. Pop over and check them out, you might be lucky enough to win one of the great prizes on offer.

This is Allison's sketch

and this is my layout.

You can see I have rotated the layout one turn to the right and turned the banner strips into a Christmas tree. This idea was taken straight out of Allison's video.

To create the Christmas tree I cut strips of Colour Blast's Arty Farty patterned paper that I had left over from a couple of other layouts. I cut a tall triangular shape from a piece of printer paper and used that as a guide to build the tree. I trimmed each piece to length, cut a fishtail in each end and then added some machine stitching to each piece. I created more pieces than I needed to make the base layer of the tree because I wanted to foam mount several pieces on the tree to give it lots of dimension. I also inked the edges of each strip so each piece would stand out from the other.

I found another scrap and cut it to shape to use as the base of the Christmas tree. I had not stitched around this piece so I used a black pen and drew some faux stitching on it.

To create the stars for the tree top and the banner that goes across the top of the page I used my Nellie's Multiframe Star die. I cut one each of the four smallest stars to create the tree topper and nine each of the smallest and next size up stars for the banner.

Each of these stars were inked and then layered on top of each other with a foam square between each layer.

Now let's talk about the layers of the layout.

The background is Basic Grey - Serenade - Dowager which is 12" x 12"

Next layer up is Core Colour - Mediterranean which is 10.75" x 10.75"

Next is Basic Grey - Serenade - Parlor which is 10.5" x 10.5"

The top layer is Core Colour - Mediterranean which is 9.5" x 9.5"

All of these layers were attached to each other then I stitched around the edge of them with my sewing machine.

The photos are of some of my Christmas tree decorations this year. I trimmed them down so they were a total size of 4" x 9", filed around the edge of them with an emery board and attached them vertically on the right hand side of the top layer

The Christmas tree was added along side the photos and the banner stars were added at the top of the layout.

My title is the year because I thought the content of the photos was fairly well self explanatory. I used my Die-Namins High Rise Numbers die to cut the 2020 out of the Parlor paper.

The final touch was to add Glossy Accents to all of the small stars and the title.

You will find the video below if you would like to watch me create this page.

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

Hope to see you again soon

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Three Fun Fold Cards

Good morning

Today I want to share with you three cards I made using some different folds.

The patterned paper I have used on these cards is Uniquely Creative's Gums & Roses and I got it from Mystical Scrapbooks

The card bases are cut from 240gsm smooth white A4 sheets of cardstock.

Here are my cards

Let's start with 

Card No. 1

There are three layers to this card. 

The card base is 5.25" x 10.5" scored and folded at 5.25"

The next layer was created by folding a piece of cardstock in half and running it through my Big Shot with Lifestyles Nesting Doily Square die so that one of the cutting edges overhung the fold of the cardstock, which meant it did not cut.

This gave me a 4.25" square card with three fancy edges.

Use glue to attach the back left hand section of the 4.25" card level with the right hand edge of the 5.25" card base.

This is the base of our card.

 Cut the patterned paper as follows:-

3 pieces 5" square

2 pieces 3.75" square

1 piece using the same die I used to cut the smaller card base (4.5")

1 piece using one size smaller die from the same set. (3.5")

I inked the edge of all of the papers and attached them to the card base using double sided tape.

To embellish the card I fussy cut a tag, some flowers and a couple of greetings from the cut apart sheet.

I used my Crop-O-Dial to add an eyelet to the tag and threaded some crochet cotton through that eyelet.

Each of the embellishments had the edges inked.

I cut a piece of gauze and frayed the edges slightly, attached this to the card front with glue, added some chipboard to the back of the tag and attached that on top of the gauze. The flowers were tucked in under the tag on the front section of the card. 

One of the greetings was attached to chipboard and glued to the top of the tag while the other one was glued to the inside of the card so you could see it when the right hand section was opened.

Card No. 2

Cut a piece of cardstock 11.5" x 5.5"

Score at 0.25", 3.75", and 7.25"

Fold from 0.25" score mark, make a valley fold first.

Starting from the 0.25" fold end, cut 5/8" from one of the long edges to the 7.25" fold. Trim this piece off at the fold line

Cut a piece of white cardstock that is 2 5/8" x 4.25"

Attach this to the 0.25" fold at the front of the card, so it is level with the bottom of the piece you are attaching it to. Trim off the 0.25" folded piece that shows above the cardstock you have just added.

Cut the patterned paper as follows:-

2 @ 2 3/8" x 4"

2 @ 3.25" x 4 5/8"

1 @ 4" x 5.25"

Attach these to the card base.

To decorate this card I created another tag in the same manner as the one on the first card.

This was added to a pocket I made on the inside of the small front section of the card. The pocket was made using an off-cut from the first card.

I suggest if you are going to add a tag to your pocket, you do not add the eyelet, it makes that section quite bulky.

All of the other embellishments on the card are fussy cut items from the patterned papers or cut apart sheet.

All of the papers and embellishments were inked around the edges.

Card No. 3

Cut Cardstock 4.25" x 11" and score at 5.5"

Trim 2.75" from one end. This short section will be the front of the card. Keep the piece you trimmed off.

Cut another piece of cardstock 3.5" x 10" and score at 5"

Cut your patterned paper as follows:-

1 @ 5.25" x 4"

3 @ 4.75" x 3.25"

2 @ 2.5" x 4"

Attach the 5.25" x 4" piece of patterned paper to the inside back of the card base. (The piece with the short front)

Attach one of the 4.75" x 3.25" pieces of patterned paper to the short front section of the card base and attach another one of the same sized pieces to the 2.75" x 4.25" piece you cut off of the front of the card base.

Attach the folded 3.5" x 10" piece of cardstock to the centre of the inside back of the card base, on top of the patterned paper

Attach the loose piece of 2.75" x 4.25" piece of cardstock, centrally, to the short front panel so it is horizontal and with the patterned paper down.

Attach the rest of your patterned papers.

I made a little pocket on the inside of the short panel by adding a 1" x 4" piece of patterned paper and slipped a piece of striped patterned paper into it.

Once again I used fussy cut items as my embellishments.

For a little extra I cut fishtails into each end of the sentiment and added Nuvo Glitter Drops to the centre of the flowers.

I also stamped a sentiment on the inside of the card. I do not know the brand of the stamp as I have removed the packaging.

You might like to watch the video if my explanation is a bit hard to follow.

I have really enjoyed making these cards, makes a change from Christmas cards which seems to be the only cards I have made for a long time.

I hope you have enjoyed reading about them.

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

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

January 2021 Cyber Crop at Mystical Scrapbooks

 Hello hello

Today's layout was created using a sketch I created for the January 2021 Cyber Crop over at Mystical Scrapbooks. You will find the crop here. There are two other sketches for you to use and prizes to be won.

This is the sketch I used

and this is my layout 

I have used Colour Blast's Arty Farty paper range...these are the papers and the sizes:-

Courage - 8.5" x 10.25"

Artist - 6.75" x 8.5" and the Small Pennant that is 1.75" x 8.5" (Embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder)

Ideas - 11" x 2.5"

Possibilities 10.25" x 1.75"

Transform - Large Pennant 2" x 10" (Embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder)

The frame around the outside of the layout is black cardstock that has had the middle cut out leaving a 1" frame.

The background is a Core Color Cardstock - Orange. this is cut down to 11.5" x 11.5"

The photo (5.5" x 7") is matted on Core Color Cardstock - Aquarium 5 5/8" x 7 1/8".

All of the patterned papers have had the edges inked with black ink.

I used an emery board to file the edges of the photo giving it a fine white border.

Each of the patterned papers and the photo also have a black mat - the sizes of these are:-

6 7/8" x 8 5/8"

8 5/8" x 10 3/8"

11 1/8" x 2 5/8"

10 3/8" x 1 7/8"

5 3/4" x 7 1/4" (photo mat)

I have used DecoFoil - Transfer Gel Duo through Cadence Stencil No. MU03 then set that aside to dry. Once it was dry (ie it was clear) I laid gold Fab Foil on top and ran over it with my brayer, applying even pressure to transfer the foil to the gel.

To create my embellishments I stamped Heartfelt Creations HCPC 3550 - Dahlia Bouquet stamp twice onto a piece of the patterned paper using Versmark Embossing ink, applied StampIt Superfine Black Embossing powder and set it with my heat tool. These were then fussy cut as I don't have the matching die 

I also wanted to add some paper flowers, some of which were yellow daisy type flowers. To add a bit of sparkle to the daisies I applied some glue to the centres and then sprinkled them with Dress My Craft Frosted Sugar Powder.

The flowers were then added to the layout in clusters, one cluster to the top left of the photo and a smaller one to the bottom right of the photo

The title is from Memory Maze's Arrow Words - Kiss Sweet chipboard set. I have coloured it with a black permanent marker and attached it to the layout using glue

Here are a few closeups.

You can see the process video for this layout below

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

I hope I have inspired you to get crafty.

Why not pop over to Mystical Scrapbooks and check out the other sketches they have in their Cyber Crop.

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Layout for Off The Rails January 2021 Moodboard

 Hi there

Today I want to share a very bright and colourful layout I have created using the January 2021 moodboard from Off The Rails Scrapbooking.

Here is my layout.

I have scraped Colour Blast's Colour Pastes down the piece of white cardstock I am using for the background. The colours I used are Lipstick, Royalty, Sunshine, Envy, Singing the Blues and Sienna

The paler of the pink cardstocks was created in this video

The title was cut using Kaisercraft's DD700 Alphabet Upper Case dies and black cardstock.

The hollow stars are cut from bright yellow using Nellie's Multi Frame Star dies.

The gold cardstock was created using white cardstock and Viva Ink Gold paste.

The scalloped edge of the paler pink cardstock were created using a Martha Stewart punch.

Here is the video

Thank you for joining me here today

Until next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Christmas 2020 Layout

 Hi there and welcome to 2021.

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year and looking forward to sharing 2021 with you.

Today's post is a quick share of a Christmas layout I have created. It came about because I have had a glitter transparency in my stash for many years and I wanted to use it.

I have also used a cut file from Cut to You, it is one of their free cut files from the Twelve Days of Christmas promotion they had.

Here are a few closeups

All of the details of how this page was created are in this video. I hope you enjoy watching it.

Thank you for joining me here today.

Here's to a bigger and better 2021.

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

January 2021 Mystical Scrapbooks Challenge

 Hi there and welcome to 2021.

Today I am sharing the January 2021 Challenge over at Mystical Scrapbooks. The theme for this month is "Sketches" and you will find the sketches and the challenge here.

This is the sketch I have used

and here is my layout

The background is Core'dinations Cardstock - Aquarium

I have put DecoFoil Transfer Gel through Dusty Attic's Criss Cross Stencil, once this had dried I applied Fab Foil in Gold and burnished it with my brayer so I would get a good coverage of the foil onto the gel.

I also watered down some Spring Green acrylic paint and splattered that onto the background.

I have used Colour Blast's Arty Farty paper range for this layout.

I have used 4 patterned papers from the range - Progress, Ideas, Possibilities and Transform.

I cut the Progress paper to:- 12" x 1", 6.5" x 2.5", 2" x 5", 1.5" x 2", a 2" circle and a 1.75" circle

The Ideas paper was cut to - 12" x 1", which was punched along one long edge using a Martha Stewart punch, 1" x 5.5", 7" x 4.5", a 1.75" circle and a 1.25" circle

The Possibilities paper was cut to - 5.5" x 5", 1.5" x 2.5" and 2 x 2" circles

Transform was used to cut the title using Die Namics High Rise Numbers die

I attached my patterned papers following the sketch fairly closely.

I added two half circles and some crochet cotton to the layout that were not on the sketch.

The photo is 4.25" x 4" and is matted on the Aquarium cardstock. The photo is of my husband and I taken at one of my sister's weddings in 1989.

I used a fine black pen (Uniball Eye Micro) to draw a double scribbly border around all of the elements on the page and a page border.

Here are a couple of closeups

Click on the link below to see the process video

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today. I hope you will visit again soon.

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

"Joy" Art Journal page.

Good morning,

Today I want to show you a Christmas art journal page I created.

There was a lot of trial and error on this page and there are a few things I will do differently when I use alcohol inks next time.

This is the completed page.

and a few close ups.

It didn't always look like this, the original plan was to have the focal points in gold but they did not stand out enough from the background.

Here is the video that shows how this page came together. I hope you enjoy it.

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today, I appreciate it.

Till next time (next year !!!!!!)

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Layout for KS4U

Good morning

Today I am sharing my last DT project for December for KS4U (Kraft Supplies 4 U)

I have created a layout using many of the beautiful embellishments I have received from KS4U over the last three months.

There is, of course, a video and you can see it here.

I have used Kaisercraft's Stargazer and Misty Mountain paper collections on this layout.

All of the papers have had their edges distressed and inked with black ink.

The 12" background layer is Stargazer - Milky Way which I have gutted leaving a 1" frame.

The white cardstock was trimmed to 11.5" square.

I used Mont Marte Modelling Paste through Kaszazz's stencil, called Distressed, randomly on the white cardstock. It dries white but does add some texture to the background. 

I also splattered Tattered Angel's Glimmermist - Glacier on the background.

The paper layers behind the photo are, Misty Mountain - Sunset (6" x 8"), 

Stargazer - Universe (2.5" x 7.5") and Stargazer - Cosmic (2.5" x 7")

The papers for the cluster at the top left are Stargazer - Cosmic (3' x 1") and 

Stargazer - Universe (2.75" x 0.75")

To create the flowers I used a Hero Arts stamp from my kit and stamped and heat embossed nine flowers using Rangers Embossing Antiquities powder in Cobalt.

These were then fussy cut, half of them were trimmed down to just the four petals that had the script on them, then they were shaped and one full flower and one four petal flower were layered on top of each other to create a flower. The top layer has foam squares under it to add more dimension to the flowers.

A gem at the centre of the flower finished each flower off.

I used some of the black & silver ribbon, flower lace, black gem flowers and Jolee's Boutique Scallop dotted icing borders dimensional stickers and the beautiful diamanté pins to decorate the page.

These are all available at KS4U here and here

The chipboard butterfly is from Gina's Designs - Scribbled Frame - Butterfly. I have heat embossed it with two coats of the same embossing powder I used on the flowers.

The chipboard title is from Kaszazz's Family Words chipboard collection. I gave it a coat of white acrylic paint.

That completes my layout for today, I hope you have enjoyed reading about it. If you would like to watch the video just click on the clip below.

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

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Three Cupcake Cards

 Good morning

Today's post shares three cards I made using supplies from my DT kit from Kraft Supplies 4 U (KS4U)

You can see what I got in my kit here

You will find their stores here and here

The stamp set used on all of these cards is a Heidi Grace Designs 4 x 8 set called Sweets.

Each of the cards also has a piece of the black and silver ruffled ribbon from the kit. I "unruffled" the ribbon so I could use it flat.

Card No. 1

This card is a 4 1/8" square card.

I added a layer of the unruffled ribbon to the card base then a layer of the beautiful cotton lace that was in an earlier kit was added on top of that so that the black and silver zebra stripe ribbon showed below it.

I stamped and heat embossed Three of the stack of cupcakes and four of the small single cupcakes.

To colour the images I used Distress Inks and Distress Oxide Inks that I applied with a waterbrush.

These were then fussy cut ready to be used on the card.

I cut a piece of white cardstock 3 7/8" x 2 7/8" and inked the edges. 

This was attached to the card base with two layers of chipboard behind it. It was positioned so it had about 1/8" of the cardbase showing above it and on the left and right edges.

The cupcakes were attached as shown above.

The greeting was stamped, heat embossed and trimmed before being matted on some gold cardstock and attached to the card with two layers of craft foam behind it.

Card No. 2

This card is a top folding slimline card that measures 8 1/4" x 3 1/4"

A piece of gold mirror card was cut to 8" x 3" and a piece of patterned paper (which came free with a magazine I purchased) was trimmed to 7 3/4" x 2 3/4".

A piece of the black and silver ribbon was wrapped around the patterned paper, secured in place and tied with a knot at the right hand end.

The patterned paper was  then attached on top of the gold cardstock and this panel was then attached to the card base.

The large cupcakes were stamped onto some smooth white cardstock using StazOn Jet Black ink.

I used Jane Davenports's Bright Palette water colours to colour the bottoms of the cupcakes.

The tops of the cupcakes are coated with BoBunny Gold Glitter Paste, which I applied with a brush.

The cherries have a coat of Glossy Accents to give them a gloss finish.

The cupcakes are then attached to the card front. The centre one is attached with a piece of craft foam behind it

The greeting is from my computer generated sheet. I have trimmed it to size, matted it on some gold cardstock and attached it to the centre cupcake

Card No. 3

This card is 5 1/4" square.

I have created the cupcakes the same as I did for the cupcakes on card No. 1

I cut a panel of white cardstock 5 1/4" x 3", coated it with glue and then added Stampendous Pearlised Mica Fragments that I received in an earlier DT kit. I set this aside to dry.

I cut 4 strips of gold Cardstock that were 1/2" x 5 1/4" and 2 strips of patterned paper that were 1" x 5 1/4.

These were attached to the Mica Fragment panel starting with gold cardstock, patterned paper then another gold cardstock strip, working from both the bottom and the top of the panel. 

This panel was then attached to the card base

Three cupcakes (one large and two small) were attached to the Mica Fragments panel, the large cupcake was raised.

I used some of the ribbon to tie a bow. This was attached to the card front below the large cupcake.

The computer generated greeting was matted on some gold cardstock and attached to the top centre of the card front.

To finish this card off I applied a coat of Glossy Accents to the cupcake icing and cherries.

I hope you have enjoyed reading about my cards today,

you can click on the video below if you would like to watch them being made.

Thank you for joining me here today

Till next time

Stay safe 

Hugs

Julie