I Couldn't Resist Another {Maja Design and Dusty Attic}

Hello dear friends! Yep, I'm back again today to share another canvas I made using some older bits of my scrapping stash mixed with some beautiful Maja Design papers. As I explained yesterday, I had recently been browsing on Pinterest and found this artist out of Singapore, named Grace Ciao, who makes fashion designs out of real fresh flowers....I  thought the artwork was beautiful but at the same time thought it sad that they could not last being that they were made from fresh flowers.  It got me to thinking about some very large Prima blooms that I had bought many, many years ago when I first started out scrapping....

Remember these?  I realized that they would be perfect to make up some lovely couture canvas designs.  Yesterday I shared one canvas that I made out of one of the other flower petals (also shared a video tutorial on how I made it as well).  Today I'm sharing another canvas using some pink/cream petals from my stash.

 



I used a variety of papers from the Maja, Vintage Summer Basics and Vintage Spring Basics collections. I used the center of the 'March 1st' paper (from Vintage Spring Basics) for the body of my couture figure as well as the pretty Daffodil images in the corners of the paper for my canvas background.  In the center of the canvas I used '1910' from Vintage Summer Basics, and then cut out a heart shape from '1909-bs' also from the Vintage Summer collection.

 

I always feel that the Maja papers are beautifully complimented by Dusty Attic chipboard, in this case I used a new chipboard design called 'Elegant Swirls #3' to top my canvas. I used a stencil called 'Butterfly Collage' that was designed by a lovely and super talented friend of mine, Janene Meyerowitz (yep, that's right, owner of The Scrapbook Diaries) to make the wings behind the figure and to add the lattice design in the corners.  I used the 12x12 stencil for this, but she also has this gorgeous stencil available in a 6x6 size as well :)

Running down the side of the canvas I used a Dusty Attic chipboard piece called 'Branch #3" that I just gave a coat of Gesso and inked with some Ingvild Bolme 'Moss Garden' chalk ink, and some Branch Bark ink by her, as well.  In the bottom right corner I added a corner chippie from the DeVine Frame Set (Dusty Attic).  The dress design was made entirely of a couple of the petals I had from an old, old Prima box.  (I'm sure you can use petals from just about any silk/fabric flower you have in your stash).

 

I sketched out a couture figure to create my canvas design and saved the page as a template.  Just right click on the photo and 'save image as' to your computer if you would like to try using my sketch for one of your projects.

If you are looking for Maja Design papers as well as Dusty Attic chipboard, Janene at The Scrapbook Diaries has loads uploaded to her online store (how's that for one stop shopping! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today, I really do appreciate all the lovely comments and feedback! Happy Scrapping! xo

Webster's Pages & CardMaps! Plus more Home Decor!

Did you know that the ever popular PageMaps site also does CardMaps?  That was news to me!  How cool is that!  This month, Becky at Page/CardMaps sent each of the Webster's Pages design team girls a card sketch to work with.....here is the one she sent me....

I used Websters Pages Winter Fairytales and Winter Wings papers along with Bloomers (Pink), Winter Trims, WP alpha's and Dazzle Me Gems for this layout.  If you would like to see more of the CardMaps for December along with beautiful cards made with them by my fellow DT members, you can find them HERE.

I made up another fun little project this month using more of the beautiful WP Western Romance papers and a new fun design from Dusty Attic (Devine Diva's) to make up this fun light switch conver....

Here is a quick little step by step on how to make this cover (I took pic's of my project as I went along...

 Cut patterned paper approx. 1/2 inch extra around the switch plate.  (You can find these switch plates at the hardward store for around .19 cents each.)

Now that you've attached your paper cover to your light switch, go ahead and embellish!  The sky's the limit!  Websters Pages has ton's of wonderful coordinating embellishments to to with all of their collections!

And before I sign off for today, I have one more fun FREE goodie to share with you all today!!  A few months back I shared a link with you all for some beautiful digi photo frames that were a free download from the Websters Pages Digi site.....well, they've done it again!  They have come out with a gorgeous collection of tags to download for free at this link FREE HOLIDAY TAGS .....just check out this stunning tag...one of my favourites of the collection!....

Thank-you Webster's Pages for all the beautiful Freebies you keep sharing with us!  I loved the photo frames and these tags are just adorable!  (Just download to your computer and print out on firm cardstock, cut out and use for your gifts!).