Hello dear friends, I know it has been quite some time since I last posted on my blog. As most of you know I've had a lot going on with my daughters wedding....but it is done now (it was a beautiful wedding) and now I have time to get back to my creative work! My first order of business was to get a new Page Kit done for The Scrapbook Diaries! It's summer and it's such a fun time to do those beach/seaside photo's. I used the gorgeous papers and embellishments from the new 49 & Market collection (designed by Janene Meyerowitz) called Sand & Sea! I am so in love with these papers and especially the layered sticker sheet that goes with it!!
These beautiful layered stickers (sea horses, shells, starfish, bubbles, coral, sea grass and jellyfish) are so pretty and add a lovely 3D effect....and best of all, no fussy cutting! In an instant you have the look of a page that took a lot of time and detailing but without all the work! Included in this kit is a full 12x12 layered translucent sticker sheet with glitter accents....I'm actually hoarding some for a canvas I want to do....but there are a LOT of embellishments to choose from in this package....and lets just say the quantity is limited on these so you may want to jump in on this one asap!
For this kit page I used a cool distress crayon by Tim Holtz along with some gorgeous Blue Patina mica powder by Ranger Perfect Pearls for my mixed media products (included in the kit of course). And to give the page some lovely texture I used a 6x6 stencil that I designed for The Crafter's Workshop called Tile Mania (TCW662).....all included in the kit.
As always the kit includes a full private video tutorial to which you will have unlimited access to with the purchase of the kit. This will show you in step by step detail how to create this page. You can imitate it exactly as is or tweak it to match your own taste. Janene also created a bonus page that can be made with this kit and let me tell you it's a stunner, it utilizes some more of my favorite papers from the gorgeous Sand & Sea collection!
I have to admit that beach/summer pages are my favorite to create and this one was seriously fun to play with, I think you will really enjoy this one. You can get your kit while quantities last at The Scrapbook DiariesHERE.
I hope you enjoyed this post today and perhaps want to give this gorgeous kit a go! I appreciate all your kind comments and feedback and read and reply to them all! Thanks so much! Have a lovely creative weekend my friends!
Hi All! So I'm back with another video tutorial....and I went wayyy out of my comfort zone with this one. I always try to get in and read all the feedback on my tutorials and one of the things I've been asked a few times is if I'd consider narrating on my tutorials. Well, I'm one of those people who can't stand the sound of their own voice. When I get nervous my voice is low, my throat gets dry...well, you get the idea. But never-the-less I went and tried it out anyways. So this is a layout I gave you all a peek at a little while back on which I used a NEW stencil I designed for TCW (The Crafter's Workshop), it's called 'Tile Mania'. For this one I used the 12" x 12" stencil (but it also comes in the 6"x6" size. TCW662. So without any further ado, hear is my tutorial!....
The photo is of my oldest daughter and her fiancee, they are getting married in May and this photo was one of my many favorites from their engagement photo shoot.
Most of the products I used on this page can be found in one place....The Scrapbook Diaries! I didn't do this one as a kit as this was a sample page I made for the TCW trade show booth. But the most of the products I used were from The Scrapbook Diaries. You can find the papers, the stamps (Gabi's Patterned Textures and Gabi's Postcards From Paris), the stencil, the flowers, burlap, twine, texture paste, Gesso and even some of the chipboard and embellishments at The Scrapbook Diaries, I believe she even has Perfect Pearls there too? (at least I got them from her in the first place, LOL)
The gems where from my local dollar store. In Canada we have Dollarama, I often find odds and ends there that I can add to my pages.. Here you can see how I added the gems to the cross sections of my stencil design. You can also see some of the script stamping I did with my Postcards from Paris stamp set (also at The Scrapbook Diaries)
Another little closeup of the accent area on my layout....I like to throw a little accent area in to balance the page design. The little blue buds were part of a kit I made up for The Scrapbook Diaries a little while back. If Janene doesn't have these in her store, I know that many craft stores carry these or something similar in a variety of colors.
I hope you guys enjoyed watching this video tutorial and weren't too put off by my voice! lol......now I've got to get back to wedding plans, like a true mom I've decided to take on a lot of the work myself....wedding cake, flower arranging, decorating....yipes!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today and thanks for the kind comments you all are always leaving me, I really appreciate it!
Hi All! I'm so happy to be sharing with you today my first layout using Janene Meyerowitz's beautiful Flower Fairies of Spring collection! I was delighted to be asked to be a guest designer today using this amazing, whimsical collection! And I was so thrilled when I first got my hands on this lovely collection....loving the heavy weight of the paper, so nice for fussy cutting and mixed media products!
I was Immediately drawn to the backside of the paper called 'Seedlings'....such a pretty background design! It made me think of this photo I took of my oldest daughter Chloe, when she was a baby. So I chose this paper as my main background. Then I noticed the pretty Ivy design on the paper called 'From the Root' and thought it would make a lovely matting frame for my background paper. The third paper I went with was the 'Spring Cut Out Sheet'....I cut out a bunch of the pretty images to use with foam pop adhesive dots to add these elements to my page design.
Dusty Attic Product used in this project:
~ Decorative Scroll #1
~ Flower Buds
~ Lavender
~ Mini Captions #9
~ Dusty Attic Gloss Varnish
Above are the Shimmerz mixed media products I used in making up this page. You can order Shimmerz Paints HERE. NOTE: You can get your FREE/Bonus Shimmerz Paints product in the color of your choice if you mention my name in your next order! :)
So before I show you close-ups and a few tips on my page, I thought I would share a video tutorial I made up on how this page came together, so grab yourself a cup of your favorite beverage, take a little break and enjoy!
I hope you all enjoyed my little tutorial and feel inspired to create your own whimsical mixed media layout using Flower Fairies of Spring papers and embellishments! I'm posting a few close-ups of the layout that you can peruse at your leisure....
I used a Dusty Attic 'Elegant Scrolls' Frame to encircle the photo of my daughter and used a variety of products to add texture to the frame. I began with using a Tim Holtz Harlequin Stencil with homemade texture paste on the bottom layer of the stencil. I then painted it with a wonderful metalic paint by Shimmerz called 'Penny 4 Your Thoughts Inklingz'...the top layer of the stencil got a coat of Shimmerz 'Artie-choked' Texturez.
The smaller matching scroll got the same treatment in mixed media product as the larger frame. I also spritzed some Cheesecloth with Shimmerz 'See Ya Latte' and 'Olive Branch' Spritzes and adhered it to the background paper. I tucked a leaf cut out from the Spring Fairies cut-out sheet and a butterfly in the center of the design (from the cut out sheet as well).
Janene has these fabulous new products in her store 'The Scrapbook Diaries' called 'Prills'....I'm totally obsessed with them! Here I used the Lavender Ice Prills on the tips of my Dusty Attic 'Flower Buds' and 'Lavender' Chippies. I just put nice big globs of Aleene's glue on them and poured the little colorful balls all over them. I just love the effect they give!
....And, once I started playing with these Prills, I couldn't stop! Used them on the chipboard and around my photo area as well. I really liked how the purple/lavender color went with the blue/green/sepia colors on the background paper. (sorry about the stray piece of burlap on there....was to lazy to retake the pic when I was posting...but still wanted to share the close-up so you could see the effect on the chipboard :P
And seriously, how cute are those little flower fairy images!! Not only are these sweet l'il images scattered tastefully over all the papers but you get a bunch of the adorable images on the Cut Out sheet! Love that! ...I also added some burlap trim under my photo frame for added rustic texture, this wonderful stuff is available by the roll (in a nice workable small roll) at The Scrapbook Diaries....
There are 3 different styles available, the one above, a coarser burlap and a cream color burlap. I also used these adorable Burlap/Canvas blossoms by 49 and Market....such a sweet design, don't you think!
I hope you all enjoyed checking out my first (of many I'm sure!) pages I made using the gorgeous 'Flower Fairies of Spring' collection and hope I've inspired you play and get your 'whimsy' on! You can find most of the products I've used above at Janene's online store The Scrapbook Diaries! xo
