Assortment of layouts

Good morning

Today I want to share with you a couple of layouts I have done for Charli's 2018 album

I am working through them at a rate of knots.

Both of these layouts are about her performances with "Theatre Bugs" a group that run workshops through the school holidays and put on a performance at the end of the worship.

I have not recorded videos for these layouts but if you have any questions I am more than happy to answer them for you.

The first page is "Songbird"

I have used some strips of patterned paper of varying depths across this page, a couple of which have been punched or die cut.

The birds have been stamped onto watercolour paper and coloured using an assortment of watercolour pencils and Smooch in gold. The title uses stickers I bought from my LSS.

A closeup of the birds. I love this stamp and am always looking for ways to use it.

This second page, Pinocchio, is very simple. Each performance they do they produce a program that lists all of the actors and what parts they played. I try to get one for each performance she does but I did not get one for the layout above but I did get one for Pinocchio.

I crated a pocket behind the photos to hold the program which also acts as a title.

The pocket has a strip of punched pattern paper on the top of it which I have backed with some black cardstock to make it stand out more.

White stickers were used to attach the date to the bottom of one of the photos

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Julie

8" x 8" America Layout No. 1

Hello

This evening I am sharing another layout for the 8" x 8" album I am creating.

You can check out the video here

My grand-daughter had 3 weeks in America in 2018 and this is the first of three pages about that holiday.

I have used some Golden Glass Bead Gell through TCW stencil Chevron. When that was dry I used some Dylusions Ink Spray - Vibrant Turquoise - and some Glimmer Glaze - Pink Lady - to dribble down the page and then sprayed it with water to help it run and blend.

Next I took a stamp that looks like tangled cotton and some Archival Ink - Russet - and stamped randomly around the background.

I used a die to cut the two pieces of patterned paper that are attached to one of the edges of each photo.

The Mickey Mouse head is a memento that my grand-daughter bought back from her holiday.

The "Enjoy Today" is cut from the cut apart sheet that came with this paper pad and is mounted on foam tape.

I used my fineline dispenser to apply the thinned black acrylic paint around the edge of the page and the "enjoy today" embellishment

The journalling was printed on normal printer paper and attached with double sided tape.

I hope you check out the video and if you enjoy it I would love it if you shared it with your friends

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Julie 

Travel Album Flip Through

Hi,

Today I want to show you an album I have created following a Youtube tutorial by Scrapqueen
You will find my video here
You will find the album created by Scrapqueen here.

The album measures 9 1/4" x 11" by 3 1/2" deep

I have used Kaisercraft's Now Boarding paper collection.
I am going to Egypt later in the year and intend to use this album to store my photos from that trip.

I just love all of the interaction that this album has.

Here are some photos but they do not really do the album justice. I would encourage you to look at the video to see the real functionality of the album.

This photo shows the back cover, the spine and the front cover opened out flat.

Page 1. There is a large packet on the page on the left and a triple belly band on the page on the rights

Page 2 The left hand page has a lift up flap that is held in place with a magnet and the the bottom section opens down. then there are 2 double fold out photo mats that fold out to the left. The page on the right is very hard to explain. when you untie the ribbon there is a pocket which holds a large tag then the assembly folds down to reveal space for 4 photos and then fold up to hold another 4 photos. There is also a pocket in the side that holds a large photo mat.

The left page in this picture used 4 envelopes to make pockets that fold out to reveal a large area for photos. Each pocket has a photo mat inside of it. The page on the right is two clear pockets holding white photo mats. The metal embellishments swivel to allow that section to open to the left re3 pockets holding photo mats on the left side and a large photo area on the right.

The rust strip of paper on the left page has a magnet enclosed in the bottom circle to hold the page closed. When this is opened there are 2 clear 6" x 4" pockets which hinge on the left edge. They open to the left and reveal another large photo area and then this opens to reveal an even larger photo area.
The page on the right is too hard to try to explain, I will just say it is a puzzle page and please check it out in the video

The page on the left is held closed with a magnet, when the strip of black cardstock is lifted you can place photos on the area you can see in the photo here. When you open the flap there is a pop up feature and three pockets that hold photo mats. The page on the right is the inside back cover and has a pocket on it to hold my memorabilia.

I am really happy with this album and encourage you to check out the video

I also encourage you to check out Scrapqueen if you enjoy making albums from scratch. You will find a link to here at the top of this post and in the description box of the video.


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Julie

Katy Perry Double Page Layout

Hello paper crafting friends

Today I am sharing a double page layout. You can see the video here.

I used Scan N Cut Canvas to create the background cut file using stars and a square. I then used assorted pieces of scraps that I had left over from previous pages in the same album to back the stars so they would stand out from the background and give the layout a "fun" look.

When I had completed backing the file the page came together very quickly. I layered the cut file section on top of a piece of lightly patterned paper, matted the photos and entrance ticket (which doubles as a journalling block as it has all of the details of the event) and attached them to the page.

Once again I have used the Kaisercraft "Party" paper line as this 8" x 8" layout will be going in Charli's 2018 album.

Because there were so many photos on these pages I did not thing that it required any more embellishing.

Don't forget to pop over to my YouTube and check out the video. 

You will also find links to other layout videos in the description box below this video if you are interested in check out some more of my videos.

I would love it if you subscribed to my YouTube  channel and shared my videos with your friends.

Thanks for dropping by today

Till next time

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Julie

Holey Moley Layout

Good morning everyone.

So glad you could visit my blog today.

Today I am showcasing a 8" x 8" layout I have created.

You can see the video here.

I have used the Kaisercraft "Party" paper line for this layout. In fact I have used the branding strips from the papers.

This is a very simple page. First I used 3 different coloured sprays to splatter randomly over the background.

I cut some of the branding strips to various lengths and attached them to the left hand edge of the layout then cut another strip that was 1/4" x 8" and attached that down the right hand edge of the layout. All of the papers had their edges inked with black ink to make them stand out a little more.

I matted my trimmed photos on black cardstock and attached one with double sided tape and one with foam tape so the higher one slightly overlapped the flat one.

I cut two words from the cut-a-part sheet and attached them to the layout so they slightly overlapped the photos.

The title was cut on my Scan N Cut using one of the fonts on my computer. Sorry but I can not remember the name of it. If you want to know what it is leave me a comment and I will look it up for you.

Hope you enjoy the process video

I would love it if you would subscribe to my YouTube channel.

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Julie

Shaker Birthday Card

Good morning everyone.

Thanks for coming to my blog today, love having you here.

Today I am sharing the birthday card I made for my grand-daughter who turned 11 last week.

I have created a video, you can see it here

To create the card base I cut a piece of Best Creations Basic Glitter paper in pink to 8" x 6" and scored it at 4" on the longest edge, to make a 6" x 4" card

I used Die-Namics High Rise Numbers die to cut the 11 from a piece of white cardstock that measured 2" x 2.5".

I covered the back of the white cardstock with a piece of acetate and then used foam tape to completely surround each number.

The Aussie Stamps & Crafts Superfine glitter in Pastel Apricot (I have had this for about 15 years) was then added to the numbers.
A piece of white cardstock was then attached to the back of the panel to contain the glitter. Now my shaker panel is ready to be attached to the card.

I wanted to have some twine behind the shaker panel so I cut a piece of the Glitter paper 4" x 1" and wrapped the twine around that, securing it at the back with some double sided tape.

I used foam tape to attach the shaker panel to the piece with the twine and then attached that to the card  about 2/3rds of the way down the card.

I used a die to cut the Happy Birthday greeting from white cardstock. This was then attached to a piece of the glitter card that was cut to 4" x 1.5" and matted on a piece of white cardstock that was 4" x 2". This panel was then attached to the card about a 1/2" from the bottom.

It is a very simple card and easy to put together, why not give it a try

Remember you can see the video on my YouTube channel here

I have lots of other card making videos on my channel and I would love it if you would check them out and maybe subscribe to my channel if you like my videos.

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Julie

Art Journal Page - Tiptoe

Good afternoon on this hot Tuesday afternoon.

Today I am sharing a Youtube clip of an art journal page I recently completed.

You can see the video here, I hope you will pop over and check it out.

This is the page

and here is a closeup

This page started life a long time ago. It was only a background and I did not like it is I painted over it with a couple of coats of Gesso but even so some of the colour seeped through so I decided to embrace the pink that was already there.

I used some pink, purple and green acrylic paint and my palette knife to add colour to the background. Some texture paste through a stencil was next and then some stamping.

I stamped the flowers using a very old stamp (from 2001) and Stayzon ink onto watercolour paper and then used a water brush and ink from an assortment of ink pads to colour and shade them. I stamped the front two petals of each flower twice so I could add more dimension to the flowers by layering them on the flowers with foam tape.

The stems were hand cut from scraps of paper I had left over from a previous project. I did add stamping to them with a Deep Red stamp called Water Droplet Background.

I decided that the background was too dark after I had attached the flowers so I gave it a coat of watered down Gesso to tone it down a bit.

I have used Faber Castell Big Brush markers and a Stabillo All pencil to shade the flowers, stems and leaves.

The black border and the white highlighting on the flowers and stems was applied with watered down acrylic paint in a fine-line applicator.

Why not pop over to my YouTube channel and check out the video, all of the process is shown there.
If you enjoy the video I would love it if you would subscribe to my channel.

Here is the link.

Have a great day and I hope it is not as hot where you are as it is here.

Thanks for dropping by
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Julie

Movie World Page 3 Layout

Good morning,

Another page for Charli's 2018 album to share. You will be sick of seeing them before I get 2018 finished. This is another page about out trip to Movie World (the last one).

You can see the video for this page here.

As usual I am using the Kaisercraft "Party" paper range for this layout as I am using this paper pad for the whole album.

It is an 8" x 8" album.

Starting from the bottom and working my way up the paper sizes are:-

Black & White  -  7" x 5 3/4"
Green  -  3" x 7 3/4"
Stripe  -  1" x 3 3/4"
Pink  -   5" x 5"
Ice-cream cone  -  2 1/2" x 7 1/4"
Green text  -  3 1/2" x 7"

The photo is matted on white cardstock with a 1/8" border all around

All of the patterned papers and photo mat have been inked with black ink.

The title is cut from the cut-apart sheet.

The hearts are cut using a nested stitched heart die and the little piece under the title is also a die cut.

The camera has been stamped using one of the clear stamps from the Kaisercraft "Happy Snaps" stamp set and then heat embossed with black embossing powder

A faux stitched border has been drawn around the page with a black pen.

If you are interested in seeing how this page came together please pop over to my YouTube channel and check out this video

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Julie

Movie World Page 2 Layout

Hi there.

Today I am sharing a layout I did for Charli's 2018 album. I am dragging my feet with this. It should have been finished by now and I am not even half way through.

There is a process video for this page. You can see it here.

This page is very simple, because I had a lot of photos I wanted to include on this page I went for a grid layout.

All of the papers are from the Kaisercraft "Party" paper pad and the layout is 8" x 8"

I cut the first patterned paper to 7 3/4" x 7 3/4" and all of the smaller patterned paper pieces are 2 3/4" x 3 3/4".

All of the photos have been matted on white so they have a 1/16" border on all edges.

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

Don't forget to check out the video here.

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Julie

Shine Art Journal Page

Good afternoon.

Today I am sharing an art journal page. You can see the process video here.

This is the page

The background for this page started life a long time ago and I did not like it at all so I gave it a couple of coats of white Gesso to cove all of the colour up.

I had used Texture Paste through a couple of different stencils on the background and that texture stayed with the page.

I used Colour Blast and Color Crush powders in greens and yellows to colour the background. To add a bit more depth to the colour I then added some more greens and yellows using Distress Inks and a blending tool. Using my Kaisercraft Numbers clear stamp and Black Stayzon Ink I stamped randomly to add more dimension. I also splattered white Gesso all over the background.

The tree is collaged using water-colour paper that I have coloured using Twinkling H2O's in reds, yellows, purple, pinks and gold. I have cut this into varying lengths to create the tree shape and attached it to the page using Gel Medium.

The star at the top of the tree was cut using Nellie's Multi Frame Star die and the baubles and base were also cut from the same gold cardstock.

All of the shading on the page was done using my Faber Castell Big Brush markers and the detailing was done with both black and white permanent pens.

To add some extra shine to the page I covered the star and the baubles with a coat of Glossy Accents

The border was drawn in using a Zig Dotta-Riffic pen

The title uses glitter chipboard letters from Bella

I did add lots of dots of Viva White Pearl Pen but when they dried they were clear instead of white. While I missed the white colour it did add some extra texture.

Hope you enjoyed reading about my page and maybe you would like to pop over to my YouTube channel and watch the video.

Thanks for dropping by
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Julie