Avocado Dying

Good morning

A quick post today to share my video showing the items I dyed using avocados

I saw a how-to video on Treasure Books YouTube channel

and was very surprised to see that you get a very

pretty pink colour from avocados

So here is a video showing what I coloured

Hope you enjoy it

You will find a link to the how-to video in the description box of the video 

if you want to try this for yourself

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Cinderella Little Golden Book Journal Embellishment No. 4

 Good morning

I am sharing the fourth set of embellishments 

I created for my Little Golden Book Cinderella Journal

with you today.

I have used CD envelopes for these flip out pockets

You will see all of the details in my video below.

Hope this inspires you to try this for yourself

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

MTCC #64

Good morning

I want to share the cards I made for challenge #64 at Make the Cards Challenge

The challenge is to use Washi Tape on your card.

You will find the challenge here.

I made two Christmas cards.

You will find all of the details in my video below.

Have a great day

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

 

Using Paint on a Layout

Hi there

The focal product at Mystical Scrapbooks this month is paint 

so I decided to create a layout using paint in different ways

I have dry brushed five colours of paint onto white cardstock to create the background

Then I stippled paint through a Colour Blast - Love and Grace stencil to add a little interest

I have used patterned papers from Uniquely Creatives Country Roads and Bella! Wedding 

I have painted chipboard and also heat embossed chipboard.

Dusty Attic Mini Tags #2

Memory Maze Live Every Adventure

Dusty Attic String Frames Small

The title is cut from black cardstock using an alpha die with a coat of Glossy Accents

A scribbly border was drawn around the layout using a black pen.

Here are a few suggestions of ways you could use paint on your projects:-

Paint metal embellishments

Colour chipboard

Apply through a stencil

Water down and use as a wash

Blending and shading

On Acetate

On Velum

Dry brushing

Layering

Add sand or other to give the paint texture

Stipple

Splatter

Apply with a palette knife

Detailing using a fine brush or paint pen

Add a watered down coat to loud patterned paper to tone it down

Colour your Texture/Modelling paste

Stamp using Foam Stamps

Heat emboss over paint

Here is my process video showing how I have used paint on this layout

Would love to hear of ways that you use paint on your projects.

Till next time

Thanks for spending part of your day here with me

Stay safe

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Julie

Mystical Scrapbooks September Cyber Crop

Hi there

Today I am sharing may DT project for the 

September Cyber Crop at Mystical Scrapbooks

This is the inspiration for my challenge

 A few Little Golden Books.

These books remind me of my childhood,

reading, playing "schools" with my sisters and all things family I guess.

The inspiration I took from this picture was the foliage on the cover of the Snow White book,

the yellow, green and blue colours and I have used a photo of one of my sisters,

 bringing in the family connection.

I have used 49 and Market - Curator Botanical papers for this layout

On 1/3rd of the white cardstock background I have added Iridescent Medium (a sparkly Texture Paste) through Kaisercraft's Leaves stencil, I mean every fairytale has to have some sparkle doesn't it?

 From the collection pack I cut 

Botanical Records to 3" x 12"

Natural History to 5" x 12"

Garden Clippings 7" x 8"

I also used Kaisercraft - Pear Tree - Nightingale to matt my photo 

and add a 3/4" torn strip between the patterned papers.

The embellishments are very sparse as I felt the layout had enough on it.

A couple of die cuts from Sizzix Wildflowers #2 and a butterfly from 

the Ephemera Bits pack were enough for me.

The title is die cut from black cardstock using my Kaisercraft DD700 Alphabet Upper Case dies

To finish my page off I added a coat of Glossy Accents to the title and the

butterfly embellishment

Here is my process video

I hope you enjoy watching my layout come together

So why not pop over to Mystical Scrapbooks 

and join in with the Cyber Crop, there are prizes to be won.

As always, thank you for being here

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Off the Rails Scrapbooking September Challenge

Good morning

The challenge over at Off The Rails Scrapbooking this month is Black & White.

Instead of a scrapbooking layout I have created a set of three Black and White cards.

I have stamped a background stamp then heat embossed onto velum for this card.

The heat embossing looks a bit creamy in this photo but it is white in real life.

This card has a die cut layered onto several pieces of cardstock.

For this card I have heat embossed the flowers onto the background.

A fussy cut flower is layered onto a die cut black cardstock diamond.

These are all simple and easy cards to make.

You can see my process video below.

I hope you enjoyed my video

As always,

Thanks for being here

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Cinderella Junk Journal Embellishment No. 3

Good morning

Today I want to share a video showing how I created an 

embellishment folder/folio for my 

Little Golden book - Cinderella Junk Journal.

I have used baking paper for the base of this project.

Here is my video

Thanks for spending part of your day here with me

Till next time

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Julie

MTCC #63

Hi there.

Today I want to share the card I created for the latest challenge at Make The Cards Challenge.

The theme is Fall/Autumn

I used Alcohol Inks on acetate to create the leaves for this card.

You will find my process video below

Thanks for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

September Challenge for Mystical Scrapbooks

Good morning, good morning

Today I am sharing my DT layout for Mystical Scrapbooks.

The theme for this month is "Favourite Books"

I have used "Little Women" as my inspiration for this layout.

The challenge also requires you to use paint on your layout.

I have used Kaisercraft Pale Beige paint through a stencil on the white cardstock background for the first way I have used paint.

Next I watered down some rust coloured paint and painted that behind the photo position,

sprayed it with some water and let the paint run down the page.

I also added splatters for the second and third ways I have use paint.

Once all of this was dry I used my Uniquely Creative Floral Text stamp and black ink

 to stamp around the area where my photo will be.

I tore the edges of my background cardstock and added it to a sheet of rust coloured cardstock.

I then used my sewing machine to stitch around the page and randomly on the page.

The 6" x 4" photo of my sister, has the edges filed with an emery board 

before being matted onto a piece of the same coloured cardstock as I used for the background frame.

The patterned paper is form 49 and Markets Curator Botanical paper pack.

This particular paper is called Botanical - Flutterology

I cut 3 strips each 2" wide and tore the edges.

One I had torn them to the length I wanted,

I inked all of the edges with my Versa Colour black ink cube

and attached them to the background.

The photo was attached next with a layer of cardboard behind it.

The embellishments came from the Ephemera Bits for this collection.

The title was cut from black cardstock using one of my alpha dies.

The title and the butterfly bodies have a coat of Dimensional Magic to finish this layout off.

You can see my process video here

As always, thank you for spending part of your day here with me.

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Flip out page with envelope using Denis Boddey papers

Hi there

Today I am sharing a flip out page I created for my Grand-daughters 2022 album.

I am using a Uniquely Creative 8" x 10" ring bound album for this.

All of the papers I am using in this album are from Denise Boddey Designs.

The papers are double sided and a nice solid weight.

The three ranges I am using are 

Day Dream Story Book

Elegance Collection

Le Jardine Romantique

To create the flip out page I cut two pieces of 300gsm white cardstock to 7" x 9 1/2"

I scored folded one of these at 1/2" on the 7" edge.

Using liquid glue I attached the folded edge to the right hand edge of the unfolded piece, 

being sure to line the edges up.

Next I trimmed another 1/2" off of the narrower page to be sure it cleared the rings in the binder.

I cut patterned papers to cover the three top areas of the pages.

All of the papers on this page have been distressed and inked.

To create a pocket on the back of the page I used an off cut that covered the top area of the page and another off cut that was 4" high to make the pocket.

These papers received the same treatment as all of the others.

To decorate the front of the pocket I used fussy cut items from the papers and some gauze/cheese cloth.

The fussy cut items are mounted on foam squares to add extra dimension.

Using my envelope punch board and a 9 1/2" square of 

Le Jardin Romantique - Song Blossom

I created an envelope to go into the pocket.

I have a process video for you, at the end of the video I show you

the pages I have created so for for this album.

I hope you enjoy watching it.

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

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie