Old and New

Hello 

My son as he was helping me put things back in place after a veranda re-build, said now you have a great place to take photos of your projects, hence my little photo shoot this morning in the challenging morning light.

Which leads me to my projects which actually were inspired by a picture shared on Facebook of a lounge room and its decor which I love a mixture of Old and New, Rustic and Chic.

My first projects were two cards which lead me to my layout and as I write this a idea is swimming around in my head for something similar in blues (stay tuned).

Time to share my projects  

what have I used

The old is the paper from The Australiana Collection and all my bits of lace.

The new is the Geranium birdcage and the small gate dies, the foil scroll frame are from the Cest la Vie collection available now.  Some die cuts from Bohemian Bouquet. All the chipboard words, large gate and the scrolls are my own designed Chipboard designed and cut by me.

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I am now off to go and play with another layout this time using vellum.

Bohemian Blue

Well not long now until 2018 starts for myself and my family it will be a big year for us

it will also be a year of turning 50 for my husband and brother and many friends 

my page is a photo of my own 50th which actually was the inspiration be hind the Bohemian Bouquet Collection as my party was a themed party so now my birthday album has Bohemian featured through out 

which leads me too this perfect mood board and challenge from Kraft plus.

It has been a very long time since I entered a challenge but the inspiration of a mood board was what I was looking for so here goes

Kraft plus Challenge

I took a few step by step photos as well this time something I struggle to do but am trying to get into the habit of 

The first photo I painted and sprayed the card stock, once dry I then stamped on it with white pigment ink, chalk ink and dye ink, like my previous posts I am favoring this little stamp from Bohemian Bouquet stamps 

Getting the bits together I trimmed around the A4 die cuts so I had more craft showing through the image and to all of the layers for the dimension

This is my very own chipboard designed and cut by me.

 I have sponged Gesso onto it with blue paint very thickly, once dry I added some texture paste for more dimension

And now to assemble my layout

The blue of the table in the mood board picture was my first focal point of inspiration then was the circles the colours of reds and pinks also was something that I wanted to bring into the layout, and finally I chose my photo because of the table inspiration 

So one of many New Year plans for 2018 is to be challenged and join in the fun of such inspirations.

Wishing all a Happy and Safe New Year 

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Inspiration

Thought today I would share some photos from the creative Inspiration Magazine on my blog. If you are looking for the magazine hop on over to Couture Creations blog or at your local craft shop  if they don't have them available, ask them to order them in.

my very old top hat made here in Adelaide which I believe was made for a Lady because of its size I fixed the inside because it had a large dent in it  I just love it.

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A Day Out

A long time between posts, I will make up for it though.

I have been creating in the last couple of months experimenting with the latest thing foils and mixing and matching with different collections 

Today I will share a couple of layouts created with  Enchanted Tea Party these photos were taken a few years ago on a family get together for Easter. Because of the colour of the photos I found them hard to work with until now.

hopefully my cousins will be able to tell me what year this was and how many years have I been waiting to match these photos, they are perfect for Enchanted Tea Party

Have added a bit of foils using one of the Sea Breeze dies

 Here we have added a Prima mold I purchased from Meg's Garden I have painted it then rubbed a bit of gold rub over the top love these mold a lot 

stay tuned have a lot more to up load in days to come

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Tis the Season to be Jolly

 Hello again hope every one had a lovely Christmas

 and are ready to celebrate the New Year with style. 

So many exciting things to look forward too in the New Year.

 Today I am pleased to share, what I have created with my new collection

  Enchanted Tea Party, a layout and a card.

Again lots of fussy cutting with this layout and die cutting as well, my two favorite things, layered around a piece of Imaginarium Chipboard.

The dies I have used for the page are 

 Enchanted Tea Party Adventure time tag

 Enchanted Tea Party Doily set 

Ooh La La Ornate Entrance set

 I have used paper from  the 6x6 paper pad for this card layered with these dies
 Enchanted Tea Party Doily set
 Enchanted Tea Party Adventure time tag
 Enchanted Tea Party Invitation set
 Enchanted Tea Party bouquet

I have used Couture creations Delicate Medlar card stock for this card it is a versatile colour

 I have inked a little around the edge of the tea pot  and the tags 

placed a piece of foam tape in the center of the pot for dimension.

Cut two of the bouquet from delicate medlar and one in ivory.

A rather quick and simple card

Hope this has given you some more inspiration to use this cheerful collection

Would like to wish everyone a Safe, Healthy and Happy New Year.