February's Gorgeous Kit's are here from My Creative Scrapbook!!!!

You are going to fall in love this month with the beautiful kits at My Creative Scrapbook!!! Talk about 'drool-worthy' goodies!! this kit is packed!! Gorgeous papers by MLYB called Love Letters!! with lovely flocked alpha's and chipboard pieces, sticker sets, Prima blooms and bling! and more!! Here are a couple of layouts I made using this wonderful kit (everything on these pages (except for the glitter glue is in these kits!!).....

I used the 'threading water' punch by Fiskars to create the edge that I made so I can lace up with the sheer wine colour ribbon. Here are some close ups....





This is a second layout I made using My Creative Scrapbooks main kit for February.....

This was a quick and easy page! No special handcutting, the long flowing bloom is a sticker included in the kit, I just used pop-dots to make it stand off the page and give the l/o a more 3D effect. The heart design and the flocked design are all pieces in this kit too along with a full pack of Prima blooms!.....here are some close-ups....



And if these are not enough pretties to keep you busy this month, there is also a beautiful Creative kit available.....a lovely collection of Fancy Pants papers and die cuts, chipboard, ribbons, black cut paper flourishes, rub-ons, blooms and bling (black crystals by Zva Creative!) Here is a page I made up using this pretty kit (can you tell I've had enought of winter? LOL!).....

For this one I again did a fair bit of paper tearing and used a second piece of patterned paper peeking out from underneath. The butterfly is a die-cut from the Fancy Pants die-cut sheet, I simply folded the wings up slightly and gave them a little curl between my fingers and attached by the body to the page, I lightly inked the edges of the butterfly to make it stand out better from the background paper. Here are some close-ups.....

This is a second layout I made using the same kit, .....there is such a fun variety in this kit you can put together so many different 'looks'. This page is about my sweet niece Alicja.....


I used an edging punch by Fiskars to make the scalloped edge on the light blue outside paper and used a little bit of blue chalk ink by Colorbox and some chestnut chalk ink on the edges. The top 12" black flourish is another beautiful design element included in the kit. I cut up the black Zva crystals in the kit to make the 'vine' and used a punch on some of the cream paper (the back-side of the blue flourishy paper) to make the little blooms. I made the large bloom by cutting a 6 petal bloom from left over of the black 'lace' paper (I used the empty flower spot from the die cut sheet as a template), then cutting a smaller daisy shape from the cream paper and used a punch for the small bloom. I inked the edges with brown and blue chalk ink and used some blue Stickles on the paper petals for dimension. Here are some close ups....

And Finally there is a wonderful Limited Edition kit this month......if you love pink and black, this one is for you!! Some really pretty Theresa Collin's papers, chipboard accents, a large sheer houndstooth design fancy edge vinyl piece that will really get your creativity going!...plus lots of fun embellies. Here is a layout I made using this kit......

To make this page I tore the edges of a couple of pieces of the patterned paper and then layered them. I mounted them over the houndstooth vinyl piece (but I cut a section of the middle of the vinyl piece out first for other uses. From the extra piece of sheer and black vinyl I cut a butterfly shape and mounted it by the body with with wings folded up, to the page using 2 sided sticky tape.) There are plenty of fun chipboard 'button' accents and pretty journaling pieces in this kit too, so you can get creative with your embellishments!.....here are some close-ups....

This is a second page I made with this pretty Special Edition kit......

The scallop circle was part of a printed design piece in the kit that I cut out. I added some pink dots with Stickles to the scallops. I made the pink flourishes using some pink dimensional paint. (for instructions on how to make the flourish pattern see my earlier blog posting for "barefoot sandals") or you can find the instructions at My Creative Scrapbook in the tips and techniques section http://mycreativescrapbook.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=500 I gave a little tutorial on this when I used this technique a few months ago. Here are some close-up pic's.....

If you want to see more, come check out the Design Team Gallery at My Creative Scrapbook and get inspired!! The Design Team Girls have done an amazing job with these 3 beautiful kits for February!! (and if you're thinking about ordering the kits ......I can tell you March is going to be another AWESOME month for kits!! So don't miss out! Pam is back from the winter CHA and has packed all the upcoming kits with loads of GORGEOUS new goodies!!) http://www.mycreativescrapbook.com/

~Gabrielle xx

Guest Design Team work for Sketches!

I was recently asked by Sandie Vincent, the Guest Designer Co-ordinator at 'Sketches! (by Tamara)' to do a Guest Designer spot at their site......I really enjoyed creating this layout using sketch #42. I don't often use sketches in creating my layouts but I have learned that this is a huge time saver to have a page all mapped out for you. A wonderful friend sent me the beautiful 'Bittersweet' collection by BasicGrey as a gift, so this gave me the opportunity to play with some gorgeous product and put together an almost effortless page! Here's my take on their sketch #42. Do yourself a favour and go check out this wonderful site, there are loads of lovely sketches to choose from, with beautiful example layouts done by the Sketches Design Team. http://sketchesbytamara.blogspot.com/

~Gabrielle xx

January Kits for My Creative Scrapbook are SOOO YUMMY!!!

I was so thrilled to be working with the January kits for My Creative Scrapbook!! The main kit is such a beautiful collection of shimmery, glittery heavy stock paper's (the Laundry collection from My Minds Eye) and the goodies added to these kits are just amazing! Layered shimmer blooms, smokey colour crystals by Prima, beautiful chipboard accents, lovely co-ordinating rub-on's, awesome swirly frame overlays by Hambly and more!....you have to see these to believe them! Here are a couple of layouts I made using the main kit.....
To make this page I drew a partial circle to the side of my photo and then machine stitched a diamond pattern into the paper. I then used some of the irridescent sequins that are attached to the green ribbon that comes with the kit and attached them with some soft blue seed beads. I used some gold dimensional paint and Stickles (colour~Waterfall) to make the 'diamond' border. I also added some dots of the blue Stickles (glitter glue) to the sheer white bloom, then hand-cut the pink centre bloom from one of the papers in the kit and attached with pop-dots. I added the little 'birdie' rub-on in the kit and extended the branch to the edge of the page with a brown pen and drew on a few leaves, and filled these with green Stickles. Here are some close up photo's.....



Here is another page I made using the January Main kit......


The pink 'lacey' background paper on this page is actually just some pink cardstock on which I lightly stamped a floral design with white ink (stamp is one of the Prima stamps that comes with the Build a Frame collection) I then lightly inked the edges with a darker pink ink to add a little depth to the design. I used a scissor edge to lightly score the edges of the polka-dot paper and then tore a section out of the bottom half and put another patterned paper peeking out of the part I tore off. I then added some corset stitching across the whole tear. To make the bloom I seperated the top sheer layer from the Petaloo bloom and added a hand-cut pink bloom underneath (simply cut from pink cardstock) to give the bloom a pink shimmer. Here are some close-up pics....


The January Creative Kit for My Creative Scrapbook is a beautiful collection of vibrant colorful papers with lovely co-ordinating rub-ons and chipboard stickers, this kit is filled with fun goodies.....Here is a page I made with this kit....
I hand-cut a lot of the green petals from the We R Memory Keepers "white-out" collection papers, added some green Stickles to the edges and used them for the centre bloom and for the fan design beside the photo. I used some gold dimensional pain and some aqua Stickles to create the 'vine' design to the right of the photo. The branch pattern to the left of the photo was cut from a paper in the kit and attached with pop dots. This page was quick and fast to put together. Here's some close up pic's......



And if that isn't enough, check out the Gorgeous Add-on kit for this month. It features the new collection from Webster's Pages called 'Hello Beautiful'.....this kit is packed with lovely papers and yummy embellies, loads of pearly embossed blooms plus larger fabric blooms in a variety of colours! An awesome CD case filled with co-ordinating journaling cards, pretty Prima crystal flourishes, lovely rub-ons and the cutest green 'vine' ribbon, pretty lace and a glowing strand of pearls. Here are some layouts I made with this kit......
The small white blooms have this lovely pearl finish and there are loads in this kit! I simply inked the tips with some Colorbox Garnet ink, then I gently curled up the petals between my thumb and forefinger to give the blooms some dimension. I attached them with 2 sided-sticky tape to the vine ribbon and used some fuscia colour dimensional paint for the centres. Again, the background burgundy paper is simply cardstock to which I added some white stamping as I described above. Here are some close up photos.....




Another Page I made with this kit I used a favourite photo of my parents when they first came to Canada from Germany. I love the way the papers in this kit work with vintage photos.....




Thanks for having a peek!
~Gabrielle xx

Yippee!!! I was asked to be on the Zva Creative Design Team!!!!

I was just so thrilled when a few weeks ago I got an email from Zva Creative asking if I'd consider being on their design team.......would I??!!! For sure!! They make such beautiful crystal flourishes, pretty blooms and cute brads!! A week or so later I got a big box in the mail filled with gorgeous goodies to design with! I've had some opportunity to work with their products in the past but WOW!! they've brought some new lines out that are just to die for!!

As soon as I had a free minute (with the kiddies off school and Steve with some vacation time, we've been doing a lot of running).....I just had to get a little scrapping in. Here are a couple of layouts I just made for the Winter CHA for the Zva Creative booth.....

Here are some close-up pictures of the Zva Products I used. The blue/green crystal flourishes, the crystal title, the rhinstone brads, the blue and brown blooms(except for the larger brown one), even the pop-dots are all Zva products. I added some small bronze rhinestones from their crystal strips package to the Queen Anns Lace rub-on to give it some extra texture and glimmer.....





This is the second layout I made for them. I used 3 types of blooms in this one, the heavy silk blooms, small felt blooms and the purple paper rosette blooms (wrapped around the circle frame), plus some wonderful gold colour crystal flourishes and some Satin covered brads that have a really pretty sheen in real life! The crystal title letters (Magic) are also by Zva.....






I can't wait to do some more pages!! Kiddies are back to school on Monday so I'll have lots of time to play! Check out the Zva Creative website for to see some of the beautiful products they offer!.... http://zvacreative.com/

~ Gabrielle xx