October 2, 2022

Laugh Lots

Today we welcome Tina back to the blog with her layered layout 


Welcome to my latest share for Denise Boddey. 

I used a photo taken of my friend since kindergarten at my daughter's wedding

Today I have used just 2 papers from the Elegance collection, style and chic. 

 


I added stenciling and water colour to my base card stock.



I tore the middle out of chic. then lined it up on my paper, I then sewed the middle piece down to the cardstock

I fussy cut some flowers and clocks. 

I took the oval frame and covered with white gesso then used water colours and embossing powder I cut the frame to tuck into my layers. 

I love how this turned out! added texture and interest to the layers. 



I added some glossy agents to the flowers to give them some interest. 



I found a Charms heart in my stash, some gems, word strips and cotton. 

Lastly I finished with silver and white splatters.




September 11, 2022

kingdom of Castles

wow another week has past us again our first week of Spring and we have had some beautiful days here in Adelaide

Today we welcome Theresa on the blog sharing her lovely Castle project.



I’ve used an craft 3D frame in black as a base for this project






I am using papers from the Day Dream Story Book collection

chose a couple of border chipboard pieces


And 2 chipboard castles a small and large one

  • First step was to do the edges of the frame with papers which I distressed and inked with Bundled sage distress ink
  • I have then cut out the castle from the paper for the inside of the frame
  • I painted the castles with gesso and Nuvo waxes with added highlights on the turrets
  • I have layered the castles into the frame at different heights
  • Finished off the project with co ordinating flowers, ribbons, pearl sprigs and fussy cut leaves



thank you Theresa for sharing your project




September 4, 2022

A day with the Family

Happy Sunday and happy Fathers day and what a beautiful day here in Adelaide to celebrate the day for Fathers 

Today Tina is visiting us with her delightful page love all the little words she has used through out the page

just makes it more personal and inspiring 



Hi. Hope you weekend has been full of craft. 

For this page I started with the castle gates chipboard and altered them. I love the texture and added interest they add to the page.



I started with paper song blossom. Added layers behind my photo.


 I then added lots of fussy cut elements from various papers. 



Added some cheese cloth, a Charms Creations heart as well as white and gold splatters.  


Thank you for spending some of your crafting time with me



August 28, 2022

Good Morning hope this post finds you well. 

Julie is dropping by with another awesome project and a you tube tutorial


 

 Hi there

Today I am sharing a flip out page I created for my Grand-daughters 2022 album.

I am using a Uniquely Creative 8" x 10" ring bound album for this.

All of the papers I am using in this album are from Denise Boddey Designs.

The papers are double sided and a nice solid weight.

The three ranges I am using are 

Day Dream Story Book

Elegance Collection

Le Jardine Romantique



To create the flip out page I cut two pieces of 300gsm white cardstock to 7" x 9 1/2"

I scored folded one of these at 1/2" on the 7" edge.

Using liquid glue I attached the folded edge to the right hand edge of the unfolded piece, 
being sure to line the edges up.

Next I trimmed another 1/2" off of the narrower page to be sure it cleared the rings in the binder.

I cut patterned papers to cover the three top areas of the pages.

All of the papers on this page have been distressed and inked.

To create a pocket on the back of the page I used an off cut that covered the top area of the page and another off cut that was 4" high to make the pocket.
These papers received the same treatment as all of the others.

To decorate the front of the pocket I used fussy cut items from the papers and some gauze/cheese cloth.
The fussy cut items are mounted on foam squares to add extra dimension.

Using my envelope punch board and a 9 1/2" square of 
I created an envelope to go into the pocket.





I have a process video for you. At the end of the video I show you
the pages I have created so for for this album.
I hope you enjoy watching it.

Till next time
Stay safe
Hugs
Julie



July 17, 2022

Mini Album

 


Good Morning 
Hope your Sunday is not too busy. 
Perfect day today to be inspired with winter showing us what it is all about. 
We will be staying in today and crafting for sure 
today we welcome Julie back with another inspirational album.

Hi there

Today's post is a mini album I created using Denise Boddey's
Day Dream Story Book paper range.

I have a video that I will add at the bottom of this post.



To create this album you need 4 sheets of 12" x 12" patterned paper.
The paper I have used is double sided.
If you make this album you could add as many pages as you wish

The papers I used are DreamsDay DreamOur Story and Princess for a Day.

For each page:-
score at 6" with the paper right way up,
flip to the left and score at 9" (this will be at the bottom of the page)

Select the paper you want for the front cover,
use glue to attach the back outside panel of this paper to the front outside of the next panel.

Continue doing this until all pages are attached.
If you prefer you could only glue around the edges of each page and create pockets between each page.

I cut a piece of patterned paper 1" x 9" to create the spine cover.

Next I used my corner rounder on the top and bottom outside edges of each page.

Run a small bead of glue along the outside edges of the pocket on each page.
You could run glue along the center fold too if you prefer.

I used Vintage Photo Distress Ink and my distressing tool to ink around the edges 
of each page and pocket edges

I created eight tags to go into the pockets.

I used 300gsm white cardstock to create the tags, they measure 4 1/2" x 8 1/2".
The patterned paper has been cut to 4 1/4" x 8 1/4".
I inked the edges and attached the patterned paper to the front of the tag.

I added and eyelet to the top of each tag using my Crop O Dial and
added some white seam binding through the eyelet.






I created flowers using patterned paper and pale pink velum and my Couture Creations CO724161 die.

I cut some leaves using Honey Bee's Lovely Layers Heart Vine and Uniquely Creative Little Leaves dies

Using Uniquely Creative Island Texture die and the same papers/velum I cut some background fillers

Other embellishments I used were lace and gauze/cheese cloth and Ali Lattice chipboard panel

You will see the embellishing in the video.

I hope you try making this little album. 
It is easy to make, a good size and can be changed and embellished in so many ways.

Till next time
Stay safe
Hugs
Julie

July 10, 2022

What would you do

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend  Tina is back again this evening sharing another fantastic Scrapbooking page which she has created for us 

Welcome back Tina



Happy Sunday Everyone. Hope this day treated you well. For my share this evening I used a range of papers from the Le Jardin Romantique range, with Enchanted Florals as my base. This was the perfect collection to document my inclusion into this awesome design team. I mean who wouldn't love to play with the awesome papers and chipboard that Denise designs?  

 I started work with my chipboard first. I used Small florals and Dream total. I covered them with glue and then added gliding flakes.  I let the glue dry and then sanded away gentle with a scrubber the excess flakes. I love how this turned out! Its really effective.



 I  then fussy cut some flowers and punched a few out. I edged them all using distress ink. I also made some hand rolled flowers. These are so much fun to make and best of all they will match your project perfectly. 



I tore a piece of natures romance for across the top and rolled it. Since I had gliding flakes every where!!! I added some into my flowers, this then brought the gliding flakes more around the page which helps make the page more cohesive.

 I then layered all my elements around. 



I add some foam tape under some elements to give extra interest and shadows. I have also bent and twisted some elements to give extra texture .  



I added some prills in the middle of some flowers and a clock fussy cut from chic paper. 



I added some splatters and word strips as well  and some cheese cloth. Lastly I layered my cut down chipboard. I am really pleased with how this turned out. 

 I hope to see some of your creations with this fabulous paper range shared in our group  Facebook  DBD share and inspire group  

Thank you for sharing your scrapping time with me.