A new Path

 Happy new year from Sonia and such a perfect project to start the year too

Welcome back and thankyou Sonia for creating such gorgeous projects for us in 2024

I did not know I was going to be here again this year and especially on the very last day of a year, so I wish you a very Happy and Magical New Year.

I made the following project just because I loved Denise’s new Paper Range ‘Enchantment’, and the sheet Whisperings Woods straight away showed me a life story which I will share with you now.

If you have been doing something for a long time and you’re not getting the results you want it’s time to do something different, take a new path and just maybe some magic will happen!

• First, I made lots of flowers using Denise’s Briar Rose Stamp/die set.
•  I started out with stamping the flowers in waterproof light grey ink on a light purple/violet card stock. On one set of flowers I used a darker blue and purple ink to colour the petals with a strong yellow centre and added black dots to make the centres pop.
•  On the other flowers I used the same purple but very lightly and sparingly as the coloured card stock became a good part of the flower colour. To this second lot of flowers, I only used a very light-yellow stamp pad colour in the centre.  I used a flower shaping tool on the back then used my fingers to create more dimension by folding over the edges. 

• Next, I embossed a set of chipboard Castle Gates. I have an embossing powder that has several colours in it which I felt gave a wonderful effect.  
• I also painted a set of Berries, bold leaves small, and a bird using colours that complimented my overall theme. All are Denise Boddey Design chipboard and are available in her online store.
• Adhering the piece of Whispering Woods paper to a plane piece of card stock made it stronger for my project. 

• Then it was just a matter of glueing the gates on first and layering up all the other bits and pieces. I also fussy cut a couple of mushrooms to add to the picture. I used wink of stella on the steps and trees and small beads to draw your eye to the path.

 

 we are in catch up mode at the moment Christmas and new year takes a bit from me we went very much into slow motion the last couple of months but we are getting back on track. as 2023 ended I know we achieved some amazing firsts with taking the business over the border and we have plans to do the same this year.

but firstly I am catching up on post and projects from my talented design team who are very patient with me  creating all the social media stuff. 

I would like to wish everyone a happy, healthy and safe New Year 

Tonight we welcome Debra to the blog 

 Hello Everyone.

Here is my Design team Project .

Using papers from the beautiful card using papers from the new Enchantment Collection,

I created this beautiful card,

 

I chose 2 sheets of paper to use, Faerie  and A magical Place.

I fussy cut images to layer at various heights  to achieve this gorgeous card

 

Hope you like what I created

 

Debra

Christmas cards

welcome this Sunday 

How is your Christmas planning are you getting organized the count down now begins

 This morning Julie is sharing two beautiful cards with us today and her awesome you tube tutorial so click the link below

Welcome Julie

 Good morning

I have two Christmas cards to share with you today.

They are different styles but both use the same Poinsettia die 

from Denise Boddey Designs

The first card has a see-through front panel with a filagree die cut in fill

I have also embossed the frame that sits on the front of the card

The Poinsettia is cut from pearlised gold cardstock

The second card uses paper's from Denise's latest release "Enchantment"

This is a more "Shabby chic" style card but once again the Poinsettia die 

works so well.

I have also use the Leaves die with the Poinsettia die

Here is my process video if you would like to watch these cards come together.

you tube

Till next time

Have fun and stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Christmas Reindeer

what a beautiful day we are in for here in Adelaide hoe your Sunday is well spent. I have spent the last week trying to get the Christmas decor up, which requires a little moving of furniture around to make space for my tree. So yes we are trying to get some Christmas spirit happening I feel it is happening a little quicker this year.

Today we welcome Sonia back to the blog with her little bit of cheer.

I can’t believe how quick this year has gone by and how close Christmas is.

Well, I promised a Christmas Themed tag in my last blog post and here it is.

I hate throwing out scraps of paper so if I can I use them to make flowers and leaves to decorate my projects with.

From the Story Book Collection I used Princes for a Day paper to make my purple flowers using Denises Poinsettia die set. I added extra ink to the paper to achieve the colour I was after. I cut poinsettia leaves out of, In a Castle paper and once again added different green ink tones to achieve the look I was after.

When Densie first bought out the dome Chipboard, I felt it would be fabulous for a shaker project. So instead of doing it on a card I decided to do it on a tag.

First of I covered the front of my tag with a piece of paper from Cogs of Time, Overcast and on the back, I painted the tag blue and stenciled on some stars.

Then with a Poinsettia stencil I had I used white gesso and placed some on the paper to show up in the background. A section to the left and two smaller sections on the right. I adhered some lace across my tag around 4” from the very top.

• Next, I started working on my picture for inside the dome. I painted the background in blue and added some stars. 
• I used Denise’s, Fir Tree chipboard set for my trees and Doe & Deer. I painted the trees and I gesso and inked the deer's. 
• The small Merry Christmas was painted in silver. 
• Acetate was used to create the window effect behind the front section of the dome.
•  Using chipboard and double-sided mounting tape I created the height on the dome edges to create it into a shaker. I then painted them in black, so it blended into the top.

I very carefully adhered the base of the dome to my tag then glued on the trees and Reindeers. Finally, I placed my snow sequins on a heap on the tag before I adhered the top of the dome to the tag.

Finally, I finished decorating with the flowers, leaves, wording and ribbon.

Thank you so much Denise for the opportunity to be on your design team this year. I have had a blast. I hope everyone has enjoyed the projects I have made.

Wishing you all the most wonderful of Christmases and a Happy New Year. 

Cheers Sonia

Field Days

today we are sharing a layout from Tina

I love the way Tina's layouts all randomly full into perfect placement this layout 

thank you Tina 

 I started with base paper time warp from the Cogs of time collection. 

I then grabbed out my bag of scrap papers to make my layers. 

One of the things I love about Densie's ranges is that the all work together so I know no matter what papers from what range it will still look great together.

 I then painted some light globes and cogs black.

 I used waxes to give them some colour. 

I took a ute from a cut apart sheet and some pieces from 49 and market , available in Denise's store for my embellishment clusters . 

Thank you for stopping by!

Acrylic Tag

 This Sunday just gone it was Sharon turn on the blog she has created a gorgeous Tag 

Welcome back Sharon

Happy Sunday Everyone,

I decided to use one of Denise’s Acrylic Tags for my D.T. Project. I started playing with paper and it was looking pretty but I decided to do something different and see where it took me.

Step 1. I roughed the surface a little with fine sandpaper.

          2. Then I used a brick stencil and added white gesso.

          3. After the gesso dried, I randomly used Copper Texture Paste here and there and also, I placed some clear crackle paste on the white areas, then a minute with the heat tool.

4. I then distressed the bricks a little with grey acrylic paint, this step is optional.

5. I then finished my brick wall with a rub of Patina Anticante and I now had a vision of my finished project.

6. I made some clay moulds, using a terracotta colour. I decided to use leaves, flowers and a little bird.

7. After the clay dried, I added some of my Patina paste to highlight the detail.

To finish, the fun part begins.,

I had some 49Market Acetate leaves from Denise so I used a few of them & I glued these first and then I secured the moulds with Helmar 450 glue. The glue also gave me time to tuck under some dried ferns and nesting material, some artificial blackberries etc., use whatever is in your stash or garden.

I finished by adding a photo into a little frame. I then made a little envelope and placed it under the frame for some extra dimension. I finished with some wording and a paper butterfly.

After I had everything in place, I used just a little hot glue under the moulds & the little frame to secure it all.