An Artists Life and New Baby Card - Imaginarium Designs

This month for Imaginarium Designs I have completed a couple of projects to show you.  The first is a layout of my Mother (as I am doing her life story at the moment).  My Mother is an artist, all of my life I have wonderful memories of Mum painting, drawing, sketching, and being creative in some form.  The 'quote' on my layout is so true.... 'The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it', much the same as us creators with our scrapbooking pages, mini albums and so forth.

My layout is created upon a 12 X 12 Imaginarium Designs chipboard base, due to using the large Paris Backing Frame (IDFR0010) as my main focal point, and is quite heavy.  The Paris Backing Frame  is such a beautiful and ornate shape!  Both larger and smaller pieces of chipboard look amazing when crackled and it is such an easy process to follow to achieve this look, so do not be afraid to give it a 'try'.

Imaginarium Designs chipboard elements can be purchased through Seriously Scrapbooking.

 To achieve the crackled effect, all I did was paint the Paris Backing Frame with cream acrylic paint, applied the first Step of Helmar Crackle Medium and leave overnight (best results).  The following day, I applied the 2nd step of the crackle medium and allowed it to dry, which is where the cracks take place.  When totally dry, I applied the Gold Shiva Stick across the board, and wiped gently with a soft cloth so that the paint soaked into the cracks.

 In the above photograph, you can see how the smaller areas of the Paris Backing Frame (IDFR0010) crackle with smaller 'cracks'...almost an appearance of old marble.The beautiful charms and corner pieces are from Scrap Matrix, an Australian store with the most amazing trinkets and bits - they always meld so beautifully with Imaginarium Designs chipboard.

With the foliage, I added the Kerry Flourish Small (IDFL0009), using an Adirondock Acrylic Paint Dabber in Gold, which leaves the most glorious texture on the chipboard and covers to perfection - a friend Sharon shared this wonderful product with me recently.

The largest butterfly from 4 Small Butterflies (IDT0014) was also painted in the same manner as above, and I kept the Lower Case Letters (IDALC0001) plain painting in 'Vintage Photo' distress stain.

Above, I have used Embellishment 8 (IDS0014) which was cut into half and adhered to either side of the quote - again using the same painted medium as above.

Supplies:

Imaginarium Designs: 4 Small Butterflies (IDT0014), Embellishment 8 (IDS0014), Kerry Flourish Small (IDFL0009), Paris Backing Frame (IDFR0010), Lower Case Letters (IDALC0001) and 12 X 12 Base.

Papers: Graphic 45 Curtain Call 'Leading Ladies', Kraft Reflections 'Quote...Unquote', AC Cardstock

Paints, Mediums, Adhesive: Helmar 2 Step Crackle Medium, 450 Quick Dry, and Craft Glue - Shiva Stick 'Gold', Adirondock Acrylic Paint Dabber 'Gold' and 'Sandal', Ranger Distress Stain 'Vintage Photo'.

Charms: ScrapMatrix

Flowers: Prima and I am Roses

Dies: Cheery Lynn Designs 'Olive Branch', 'Dimensional Leaves', and 'Pine Branches'.

Other; Kaisercraft 'Tiny Alpha Stickers', Feathers, K & Co Bird, Gauze, Magic Mount.

4 Small Butterflies (IDT0014)

Embellishment 8 (IDS0014)

Kerry Flourish Small (IDFL0009)

Paris Backing Frame (IDFR0010)

Lower Case Letters (IDALC0001)

and my second project is for a friend of mine who is having a baby in around 6/7 weeks.  Not knowing the sex of the baby I kept the colours neutral to suit both sexes.

The new 'Baby X 2, Boy and Girl' chipboard words are so cute!!  They actually match the Graphic 45 paper collection which I used in this card, called 'Little Darlings'.  I applied Adirondack 'Gold' Acrylic Paint again to both of these chipboard pieces, I just loved the texture. like playing with a new toy!

For the Congratulations (IDW0017) I added a 'bling piece' for the dot above the letter 'i'!

Don't forget to leave a comment on the Imaginarium Designs Blog to be in the running to win some fabulous Imaginarium Designs Chipboard!!

Till October, happy creating!

Sandie

Supplies:

Imaginarium Designs: Congratulations (IDW0017), Baby X 2, Boy and Girl.

Paper: Graphic 45 Little Darlings Collection 'Precious Poesy', Heaven Sent, Cherished, Kewpie Cute.

Adhesives/Mediums: Helmar Craft Glue and 450 Quick Dry, Adirondack Gold Acrylic Paint, 

Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

Other: Prima Say-It-In-Pearls, I am Roses - Carnation, Friskars Punch, Hand-Dyed Silk Ribbon, Cardstock, and Bling piece.