My Guest Designer l/o for Creative Scrapper

I was recently asked to be a Guest Designer for Creative Scrapper blogspot. I was given a lovely sketch to work with by Jodi kautzner. This is my take on her sketch. Come check out this really inspirational site at http://creativescrappers.blogspot.com/ and see the work of the talented group of designers there!!

To make this page I did a lot of paper tearing and distressing. I like to ink my torn edges before I curl up the edges with my fingers. To make the butterflies, I print out an image of a real butterfly on a piece of transparency and then cut it out. I slightly fold up the wings to get a more 3D effect and attach to the page with a strong 2 sided sticky tape. I added a little extra detail to the wings with a white Souffle Pen and some transparent glitter glue. Just add an extra bite of detailing with some of those lovely Prima crystal flourishes, and there you have it!! Here are some close-up photo's of the details....

Thanks for having a peek!

~Gabrielle xx

A Gorgeous Websters Pages collection! & How To Make Your Own Pearl Flourishes!

I'm such a big fan of Websters Pages patterned papers!!  For this page I did some paper tearing and edge crinkling along with some fun stamping with a Prima frame stamp. 


I did a whole lot of paper tearing and inking to create these pages, ...I also added some glitter glue to add more of a whimsicle feel to the layouts. Here are some close-ups....



This is another l/o I made with more of the beautiful Websters Pages patterned papers.

Making handmade Pearl Flourishes
I made my own home-made flourishes for this one using copper dimensional paint! I used the plastic backing sheet from my Prima crystals as a guide to make the flourishes (once you've used the crystals on a Prima crystal sheet, it leaves behind and impression of the flourish....I place the design over my layout and used a pin to mark the spots, then I dabbed on some copper dimensional paint to create the flourish!)......here's some close-up pictures....


Another Page made with the Websters Pages collection....

here are some close-ups.....



Another layout I made with the ''Reflections of Nature" Add-on kit.....

I created my own 'pearl flourishes' using a string of pretty pearls included in the kit. I tacked them down to the page with small stitches here and there to keep them in place. Here are some close-up pics....



These are some layouts I using Crate Paper.....




Layouts I made featuring the Fancy Pants collection ...Daily Grind....


Thanks for Having a peek!
Gabrielle xx