Meg's Gardens New Design Team

I am so thrilled to be able to stay on the Meg's Garden Design Team for another 6 month term.  Meg's Garden has been a wonderful undertaking of learning, with some amazing products to create in a realm I so love and adore - 'old world'.  The design team members are an amazing inspiration. There are times I study (closely I might add) the amazing beauty in the creations these ladies create.  On more than one occasion I have, dare I say drooled over projects and creations. Talk about 'inspirational'!

For the next six month term, not only will the original design team members inspire, but several 'more' amazingly talented ladies (including International) have been added to the team. Of course when I discovered who the successful applicants were, I had to go prowling.  My goodness, what a delightful discovery, my eyes were in pure 'feast' heaven!  I was thrilled to see some ladies I already knew and others I didn't, and no doubt will soon get to know. 

I want to welcome and congratulate....

Eila from Sweeden 

Heather Jacob from Australia (Heather and I also DT together in Imaginarium Designs)

Yuka Hino from Japan

Gabrielle Pollocco from Canada

Vickie Alberto from Canada

Cathy Cafun from Australia

and I'm so pleased to be working again with the original team

Adriana Bolzon - Australia

Denise Ann Boddy - Australia

Gayle Price - Australia 

and of course 'me'....

Do call on over and check out their blogs, I'm sure you'll enjoy the journey of inspiration.  Don't forget to visit the Meg's Garden Blog, and also the wonderful website where you will find so many tantilising products!

Decorative Purse Container - Cheery Lynn Designs

Hi Everyone,  this weeks Cheery Lynn Designs project is a creation I can use on my work desk for all my pens, rulers, and odds and ends.  The purse is a wood kit  made by Kaisercraft, and stands at 6 inches tall.  I adhered gorgeous My Minds Eye papers to the inside and outside.   As this project is going to be used I did not decorate any of the sides or back - just highlighted the front.   

I have many favourite Cheery Lynn Design dies.... but the Lace Rose and Flourish has the most adorable swirls, leaves and curls.  This die can be cut into smaller pieces to decorate, or used in one long flourish.  As you can see with my project I cut my pieces to 'fit' my project.

The flowers were created from tissue paper, and the Scalloped Window Stackers. You can create a variety of flower sizes using the Scalloped Window Stacker dies and various paper mediums.  All I did to create the two on my project was cut multiple layers of tissue paper, from the varying sizes of each die.  Each layer was crunched up in my hands to 'crinkle' and a brad put through the middle to hold each layer together.  I separated some of the layers to give a little more dimension.  On the smaller flower, I wet a few petal edges with water lightly and curled the edges in slightly.

The leaves I used for this project are the Judy's Blooms die set, which comes with the flower and leaves. Also, Pine Branches were added to give a little more character to the flower.  AND, I just had to place a Small Exotic Butterfly onto the project .... I so love them!

To complete the project, a small amount of stickles was applied to highlight the die cuts.

Dies Used:

B135 Lace Rose and Flourishes

XMC-5 Scalloped Window Stackers

C184 Judy's Blooms

B146 Pine Branches

DL113 Exotic Butterfly Small

This weeks challenge at the Cheery Lynn Designs Blog is "Lots of Layers" - call on over to see what Bonnie and Sandy have created as examples for the challenge, they are both cute!  You can find all the challenge information "HERE".

Till next week

Sandie

My Daughters, "All Grown Up" - Cheery Lynn Designs

Hi Everyone,  this week for Cheery Lynn Designs I have created a mini canvas (6" X 6").  The photograph is a recent photograph of my two grown up daughters, Amanda and Tayla at Aldinga Beach, in South Australia. Amanda (on the left) is the Mother to my beautiful Grandson, Tyeson.  As for Tayla, I cannot believe how much she has grown since we left S.A in November, 2010. Oh, and apparently it is the in thing to have your photograph taken with your tongue out (insert groan 'here') - and here I was thinking what a lovely gesture to lick your big sister!! LOL 

The base of the canvas is corrugated cardboard, which I gessoed, and distress inked (Black Soot) to achieve a corrugated iron appearance.  Maybe I should have added some silver, but I'm happy with the results.  The photograph base was cut from the French Flair Classic Stacker Series. Beneath the photograph is the Spiderweb which I brushed lightly with stickles to give a shimmery appearance. 

The flower and flower buds were created using the Judy's Blooms die.  I cut two die-cuts of each die, misted lightly the petals with water, and curled the leaves using a kitchen skewer.  After assembling the flower, the curled edges were inked using Victorian Velvet distress ink, and a pearl added to the centre.  The flower buds were created using single cut petals from the Judy's Blooms larger flower die cut - the green bud casing was created using the leaves from the Pair of Ferns.  The foliage consists of the Fanciful Flourish, and Olive Branches.

I used Imaginarium Designs "All Grown Up" (#IDP0027) chipboard phrase, which can be purchased from Seriously Scrapbooking.  The chipboard element had a liberal amount of texture paste applied, and then inked using Victorian Velvet distress ink (several layers of ink as it does soak into the texture paste).

Several brass charms were used from my stash.  I adore the detail in the bee and spider!  Stickles was applied to the outer edges of the flower petals, buds, and butterfly - just enough to highlight the applied distress ink.  Stickles tends to really draw out the colour of distress inks.

..and one of my very favourite dies - it is one that introduced me into Cheery Lynn Designs, the Exotic Butterfly Small.

 Before I sign out, this weeks challenge theme on the Cheery Lynn Designs blog is 'Frame It' - all the details can be found "HERE". You have a chance of winning a $20 shopping voucher to spend in-store.

Have a wonderful week...
Sandie

Dies Used:

DL112 Exotic Butterfly Small

B147 Olive Branches

B118 Pair of Ferns

C184 Judy's Blooms

XL-12 French Flair Classic Stacker Series

B117 Fanciful Flourish

DL162 Spiderweb

Vintage Memory Book - Meg's Garden

All products for this project can be purchased from 

This month Meg gave the DT members a challenge for February, to create something either Vintage, Victorian or Parisian.

“Vintage Memory Book”

Created using a Kaisercraft wood album, painted with Gesso, and aged using various mediums. I have left the pages blank to show the gorgeous detail in each of the papers. The papers used come from several different card makers, paper packs, available through Meg's Garden. Envelopes were added, which would be perfect for holding memorabilia, photographs or journaling. Paper doilies were used to decorate, as well as, beautiful guipure laces and fussy cut elements from various Meg’s Garden papers. A range of flowers were used, and other trinkets. 

The envelopes I used in this album, are a heavy duty and a high quality so they will stand up to the test of 'time' (sorry there was no brand as they have been in my stash for some time).  The envelopes were perfect to create journal/memorabilia pockets throughout the album, or even to hold extra photographs.  Eyelets are important, so the envelopes do not tear over time.

Megs Garden Products Used:

Various Papers from Card Makers Sets

Several Laces

Various Ribbons

Tassels

Chipboard Frame (aged via crackle medium, paint and inks)

Vintage Images

Transparency

Paper Doilies

Tim Holts Tickets

Pearl Strand

Other Products:

Friskas Punch

Hand-dyed variegated silk ribbon

Cheery Lynn Designs dies

Distress Ink

Crackle Medium

Gesso

Various Paints

Brads

Scrap For Help - February Challenge

Scrap For Help February challenge!

 

I just wanted to let my blog readers know about the Scrap For Help Challenge for this month.....(taken from the SFH blog - below information)...or click "HERE" to go to the blog to read 'more'.

This month we decide in our February  Challenge to do  a free layout , card or altered project.

The simple rules for this challenge are:

**This is an international blog, so anyone can enter**

- If you want to partcipate the following Challenge with a layout or card, it shouldfollow the project made by Celine Navarro

- * You need to use  a  muslin or surgical bandage in your recycled material item

* You will always find our challenges in a rule to use recycled material, this rule is fixed,is required to contain this item in your project,to be eligible for her draw.

** The deadline for this challenge is midnight February 29th

 The Design Team will vote and the winner and the Top 5 projects will be announced soon after the challenge has finished.

**You may enter as many times as you like and combine this with other challenges.

**Also, please consider turning off word verification for comments on your blog.