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

Hugs

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