Mother of Pearl - The Scrapbook Store

Mothers Day has come and gone, and for my own Mum this year I created a ZigZag Card. I originally found this amazing, easy tutorial by Marianne 'here' - it was so simple to create and looks so pretty, open or closed.  I changed a few things to suit my taste and opted to use magnets as the closing option, as a belly band gets worn out in time and often can be difficult (fiddly) to place on the card.  

Using the Penelope Dee, Mother of Pearl paper lines from The Scrapbook Store, which were sent to me this month to play with.... These are very elegant papers, with winding roses, and many glorious colour elements, from old world style to the more modern - hard to describe, but you can find them all 'here' to view.... I used an old punch I had for the edges, and highlighted with the pearl strips, by Kaisercraft.  The pearl strips are a great way to decorate, and easily sized for a project, by simply cutting through the adhesive strand.  I do however apply other wet adhesive as over time, these tend to fall off without the extra adhesive. 

Materials:

Penelope Dee - Mother of Pearl - Amazing

Penelope Dee - Mother of Pearl - Thoughtful

Penelope Dee - Mother of Pearl - Cherished

American Crafts - Smooth Cardstock - White

Kaisercraft - Pearl Strips - Pink Champagne

Kaisercraft - Blooms - Dusky Pink

Kaisercraft - Mini Blooms - Dusky Pink

Friskars Sunburst Punch

Basic Grey - Magnets

Aleene's - Tacky Glue

Helmar - Quick Dry 450

3D Foam Squares - small

Cottage Cutz - Leafy Foliage Die

The Fairies Shadow Box and a Match Box Mini Album - Imaginarium Designs

Hello Everyone,  I have had a wonderful time creating with Imaginarium Designs chipboard this month, and created a shadow box using the Jane's Shadow Box, and built a fairy-tale image within, using Graphic 45 'Once Upon a Springtime' papers, and the Basecoat collection from Kaisercraft.
Jesse is fascinated by it, and watched the stages of it coming together :-)

I used a variety of chipboard pieces, including the gorgeous Edward Relief Border, cutting the piece down in size to fit perfectly at the top and bottom of the shadow box - this brings back memories of those gorgeous ornate veranda, wrought iron pieces once seen in beautiful old homes.  Love it! The windows were covered using printed acetate to replicate real windows, and then decorated using Embellishment 4, and Embellishment 8. 

I kept the chipboard plain in colour, so that all the details would show - spray painting each piece before assembling the shadow box.

Hidden on the back wall, peeking out is the Small Butterfly, hiding amongst the foliage and Green Tara flowers.

I had so much fun putting this together...

Jane's Shadow Box (IDS0024)

4 Small Butterflies (IDT0014)

Edward Relief Border (IDB0010)

Embellishment 4 (IDS0013)

Embellishment 8 IDS0014

...and my next piece, is a miniature matchbox, with mini album.  The matchbox itself measures 7cms X 5.5cms - so it is not the really tiny one's that are available in the supermarket. 

The square frame (from 2 Frames on a board) was decorated using a variety of paints, to give it an aged appearance - just simply by stippling the paint on with a hard bristled brush.  The image was one I picked up on Etsy some time ago now (sorry cannot remember name) - Mod Podge was added to the inside of the frame.

The  Embellishment 8, was adhered to the front as a draw front, and a brad (minus stems) added.  It really is only decoration, as you push the back of the box, to open.  

The Vine Flourish Tiny, was painted using a gold paint dauber, pouncing the paint to add texture - doing this almost gives a metal appearance.  These intricate flourishes were cut into smaller segments with sharp scissors and added to the floral arrangement on both the matchbox and the mini album.

Of course, I had to add a tiny butterfly - they are so sweet, highlighted with miniature pearls.

Visit the = Imaginarium Designs Blog for further inspiration, and don't forget to leave a comment to be in the running for a fabulous chipboard pack...

Back next month with more Imaginarium Designs creations...

Sandie

4 Small Butterflies (IDT0014)

Embellishment 8 IDS0014

Vine Flourish Tiny (IDT0027)

2 Frames on a board (IDT0006)

So Happy - Layout for The Scrapbook Store

For The Scrapbook Store this month, I created a few vintage inspired layouts, this is one of them. The beautiful bordered background piece, was created using a SVG file and the Silhouette Cameo.  Have I said how much I love this machine?  It does everything, except put your layout together!  LOL   

 

The photograph is of my Mum on the far left, with some close family friends.  It was a huge event having visitors and having photographs taken, and Mum especially loved the new dresses, and having her hair done.  In this photograph, she so reminds me of my daughters.

Beautiful dusky pink blooms by Kaisercraft - Paper Blooms and Mini Paper Blooms, enhanced with Green Tara, Stranded Pearls, and gorgeous cream Lace.  I used a couple of items from previous DT kits, as they suited so well.

Lots of hidden journaling areas using Note Cards, and the Journaling and Accent Cards, including the Elements Stickers which were used as pull-tabs.

I aged the edges using the Grid clear stamp, by Kaisercraft. 

 The April sketch is up, you can find all details 'HERE'.  Lots of new products are in Store, and you can view all new products 'HERE'.... don't forget to call into the Gallery to see April's sketch entries, and for further inspiration from the DT.

 Enjoy your day....

Sandie

Materials:

Carta Bella 'So Noted' - Antique Silhouettes, Musical Score, Citron/Pale Pink, Note Cards, Element Stickers, and Journaling and Accent Cards

12 X 12 Chipboard

Bo Bunny Trinket

Pink, Seam Binding

Dusky Pink, Kaisercraft, Paper Blooms and Mini Paper Blooms
Kaisercraft, Clear Stamp - Grid

Basic Grey, Lucille Brad

Pale Pink, Green Tara Pearl Strand, and Cream 18mm Lace

Mudslide, Colorbox Stamp Pad 

Silhouette Cameo and SVG Files

Magic Mount

450 Adhesive

Come 'N' Play Layout - The Scrapbook Store

 The Scrapbook Store has their 3rd birthday sale still going, up till Christmas Eve - for 20% off products (some exclusions, but not many) - well worth popping over to find yourself a bargain!!

...and another layout created for The Scrapbook Store, using the 'Sweet Childhood' paper range by The Scrap Cake, including the adorable Die-Cuts. I love the  Mini Cubist template so much, and used it to create the background on the cardstock, simply by applying a light dauber of Snow Cap acrylic paint.

Lots of layers using the Doily Lace, and Cherish punches, and decorating the photo corner/flower cluster using the very sweet Medera die. 

Flowers were created using the Cherry Blossom die, they really are very simple to construct!  The stamens each were painted with Fire Opal acrylic glaze - these paints are truly beautiful and the photographs do not do the colour/paint justice. The die-cut leaves (Lorelai) are from Poppy stamps, and were also given two light coats of  Fire Opal. 

The photograph is of me as a child, though I do not know much about the actual photograph.  I have not completed the journaling due to this, and hope one of the family members can shed some light.

Have a wonderful and creative day ...
Sandie
xx

Materials

The Scrap Cake Sweet Childhood, 'This and That', 'The Curiosity' and Die-Cuts

AC Cardstock Peapod, Leaf, Cranberry

 White Leaves, The Scrapbook Store

Fire Opal, Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze Paint

Red Brick, Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Candy Apple Red Glimmer Mist

Snow Cap, Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dauber

X-Press It Mounting Tape

X-Press It Clear Gel Glue

 Mini Cubist, 6X6 The Crafters Workshop

Cherry Blossom, Medera  Memory Box

Lorelai Poppy Stamps

Doily Lace, Cherish Martha Stewart Punches

Shabby Chic Mouse Trap Note Pad Holder - Cheery Lynn Designs

This week for Cheery Lynn Designs, I have revamped a mouse-trap into a note holder, using a range of dies.  I have spied these on many social media outlets and just had to try one.  These would make wonderful last minute Christmas presents!

Do not forget my Christmas Blog Candy Give-Away, details can be found 'HERE'. 

 On the back of the 'trap' are 3 flat magnets, so the note holder can be placed on the fridge.

Firstly, I spray painted the mouse-trap in white, then started decorating.  The base below the mouse-trap is the Swedish Spring Oval Frame, which was cut from chipboard, and spray painted white.  Along each side of the mouse-trap the Lace Light Deco Border was used to decorate.  To create the main focal rose, I used the Miniature, Medium, and Large rose die's, just building the rose in layers. Beneath the rose, I created a doily by cutting the Lace Corner Deco D 4 times, and adhered all four edges together to form a miniature doily.  You may need to enlarge the photographs to see this detail. 

Foliage was created in and round the rose using the smallest leaf from the Small Leaves 2, Wreath Strip, and Olive Branches which were cut into smaller segments. 

The 'today' sentiment was stamped onto the Sentiment Frame, and mounted on foam tape for dimension.  

I will be back early in the new year (4th Jan) with more Cheery Lynn Designs.  Bj, Mike and Sandy have given the design team some time off over Christmas to spend with family (very spoilt).  AND, in the new year (mid January) the design team will be revealing all the CHA release dies.  I seriously cannot wait to show you the new release, they are fabulous!!  

The Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge Blog, will still be hosting challenges, so do call on over and check each challenge out, and of course enter for a chance to win a $20 shopping voucher.

Sandie

xxx

Materials

 Swedish Spring Oval Frame (FRM135)

Lace Corner Deco D (B164)

Sentiment Frame 1 (B189)

Miniature Rose (B152)

Medium Rose (B154)

Large Rose (B155)

Small Leaves 2 (D134)

Olive Branches (B147)

Wreath Strip (B216)

Lace Light Deco Border (B133)

Chipboard
Foam Tape

Adhesive
Sentiment Stamp

Mouse Trap

Glitz 'French Kiss' 6 X 6 Paper Pad

I Love Pansies - Cheery Lynn Designs

 This week for Cheery Lynn Designs, I have been playing around with the Build A Flower Series once again, and seeing what flowers can be produced using the die system. 

One of my favourite flowers is 'the pansy', they look so beautiful and are available in so many colours these days.  To create the pandy, I used the BAF #2  (flower petals and leaves) teamed with the Embellishment #2 (base, stem, and centre fronds).  The trick to getting the petals right is to use a wooden popsicle stick to manipulate the flower petals.  Using a popsicle stick allows for the paper to stretch, and shape beautifully.  I also used this method on the leaves on the BAF #2 - care needs to be taken not to tear the paper, just gently manipulate and stretch.

 

Detail was added using a Pigma Micron Pen, and some lightly applied Star Dust Stickles.

The card itself, I discovered on a blog. Sadly, I cannot read the imprint (German I think) to give credit of the instructions - sorry!  It is a card which would be perfect for including photographs or a personal letter 'in' the actual card, as it opens up to different areas. 

 

Circle Classic and Circle Scalloped for the shaped areas, and teamed with corners using the Lace Corner Deco B.  Mentioning 'corners' - this weeks challenge on the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge Blog, is 'Corner Adorners'! 

 Another section opens, that has been decorated with the Lace Edger.  The sentiment sits upon the Scandinavian Hearts, more Circles, and then the very pretty Sentiment Frame #2.         

 I adore this sentiment, so true!

 Well that is my creation for this week.  For more inspiration call on over to the Cheery Lynn Designs Inspirational Blog.

Till Next Week...

Sandie

Supplies:

Cheery Lynn Designs:

Scandinavian Hearts

Build AFlower  #2

 Embellishment #2

Circle Classic 

Circle Scalloped 

Lace Corner Deco B 

Lace Edger 

Sentiment Frame #2 

Other: AC Cardstock, Helmar Adhesives, Kaisercraft Bling, Stardust Stickles, Whimsey 

Sentiment Stamp, Black Pigma Pen.

Floral Ornament & Goodbye Cheery Lynn Designs

My blog post today is my last one for Cheery Lynn Designs.  I will miss creating for such a lovely company, though will enjoy my visits back to the blog. Cheery Lynn Designs is a fantastic company to design for, and for me personally, it has been a wonderful learning experience, and one I will always be truly grateful for. I want to thank Mike and Bj Dwyan (owners of Cheery Lynn Designs) for their hospitality in having me as part of their 2011/2012 design team!!

...and a BIG thank you to Sandy, our DT coordinator who has been an amazing source of information, inspiration and help to the whole team...You really do an amazing job!

To the other design members, it has been so much fun working with you, and I am really looking forwards to what the new Design Team members will bring to the team - welcome aboard!

Cheery Lynn Designs has some exciting news coming up soon, so please stay tuned on the Cheery Lynn Designs blog for further information, which will be posted around the 1st of April!
It is 'must not miss' news!


Anyhow......I have created something a little different - two lace and rose ornaments.  I placed ribbon on the back of mine, but these could also be used to decorate tags or layouts.  

To create the base of the ornament, I used the Frills and Hearts Border for the first ornament, and the Anastasia Border for the second.  The photo below shows how I constructed the base. I used the Eazi Score board by Diamond Card Craft, scoring evenly along the length of the die cut, and then fan folded each border.  You can find the Eazi-Score Board/s "HERE". 

Thank you to Phillis Gullick, who provided the score board, embossing tool and book to all the design team members.  I am enjoying my creating with your products! 

I cut several Scalloped Window Stacker circles (smallest, and next size up).  The larger circle out of the two was used to adhere the borders upon.  The smallest circle was used on top of the lace base, to adhere the flower upon so I had an even surface to work upon.

The photograph below is a close up of the Frills and Heart Border ornament.  The flower was created using the Cuties 2.  For this flower I curled each of the petal tips outwards using a quilling tool, and lightly inked the edges with Aged Mahogany distress ink. 

The foliage consists of Olive Branches, and the Cuties 4.  The Cuties 4 makes the perfect sized leaves for this sized flower.  All you do is remove the petals from the die cut!

Both projects were constructed using strong adhesive glue dots. Larger glue dots were used to adhere flower, and the Scalloped Window Stacker circles.  Tiny glue dots were used for the foliage. 

The rose in the below photograph was created using the Miniature Rose and Medium Rose. As I was constructing the rose (especially the outer layers) I used a quilling tool to curl the petals under or upwards 'slightly' to give the petals a more realistic appearance.

The leaves (above photograph) I used the Small Dimensional Leaves 2. Again, I rolled the edges of the leaves upwards and outwards, to create realism.

Dies Used:

B154 Medium Rose

B152 Miniature Rose

B147 Olive Branches

B150 Cuties 2

B156 Cuties 4

D134 Dimensional Leaves Small 2

XMC-5 Scalloped Window Stackers

B136 Anastasia Border

B107 Frills and Hearts Border

This week on the Cheery Lynn Designs blog, the challenge theme is 'Things with Wings' - please come and join in the fun of the challenge, you can create anything at all - layout, card, off the page project, etc. as long as there is at least one Cheery Lynn Designs die used in your creation (of course, more is better).  You have the chance of winning a $20 voucher to spend in store with Cheery Lynn Designs.

Have a fantastic, creative week ...
Sandie

Once Upon A Time - Cheery Lynn Designs

12 X 12

This week for Cheery Lynn Designs I decided on a story book theme layout.  My daughter Tayla, was very young in this photograph and she used to pretend all the time she was a princess, or a teapot (long story the teapot, but I must scrap it soon).  The little hound to the side of Tayla, is a Maltese Terrier 'Crystal', she was my shadow years ago - I still miss her terribly.

The layout consists of 'We are Memory Keepers' dimensional sticker series called 'Once Upon a Time', and Bazill cardstock.  

The Francesca Border was used to highlight beneath the photograph, and also frame the whole layout.  Very lacy and pretty!

I used the Sophia's Heart to decorate behind the photograph.  The Sophia's Heart is a stunning die, with very intricate detail and measures 5 1/4" X 5".  There are several very pretty elements within the die cut that could be cut out and used in a variety of ways. I did not want to cover the centre of the Sophia's Heart die cut piece, so I cut the centre piece out as it would not be seen anyhow.  This cut out element was used on the tab for the hidden journaling (on the right of photograph). 

The small cat and tree that sit upon the castle are from the Scare Me die set.  I have been wanting to incorporate the die set for some time - both die cuts are very fine and detailed.  I used the Victorian Picket Fence in my 'scene'.

In the above photograph, I used a piece cut from the centre of the Sophia's Heart die centre (which would not be seen under the photograph) to decorate the princess element.  The sweet little leaves curl around so beautifully, it was almost like it was made for this piece!

 

 The Enchanted Forest Stacker Frame (largest size) was used to frame around the photograph - this is a very fine die cut with beautiful detail.  Click on the photograph to see a larger image.

 Dies Used:

DL184 Sophia's Heart

A190 Scare Me

B123 Victorian Picket Fence

B159 Francesca Border

FRM134 Enchanted Forest Stacker Frame

This week the challenge at the Cheery Lynn Designs blog is "Add A Flourish", to find out all the details, click "HERE", for your chance to win a $20 Cheery Lynn Designs voucher.  Also do not forget there is only a few days left of the Design Team Call taking place, details can be found "HERE".  

Have a wonderful and creative week

Sandie