Basic grey...

As usual, before all the new lines come out, i try to make sure that i have at least cut a few sheets from the last CHA....and as usual, i was hoarding my Basic Grey...so i made myself cut up those gorgeous papers....

For this page i used the line from Basic Grey called..Hello Luscious...you can find the line here....

I used these to centre all my embellishments and lettering on...

so gorgeous, you can find them here

and some close ups!

Just have to get my hands on the new lines now and hoard them for months as well!!!! do you do that?

Jillibean soup...

Morning everyone....i was very lucky to be on the Jillibean soup team for a while....and i was even more honoured to be asked to design a page and a card to put on the wall at CHA a few months ago.

I used all the new gorgeous papers from the line called Watermelon Gazpacho soup but i forgot to show it on here...have you used it yet? It is perfect for all those summer pictures that you took!

and here are some close ups...

I also made a card with this line as well...

and some close ups...

 

I Know that the new Jillibean soup is due to come out soon and i cannot wait for it to be around to buy...have you made anything out of Jillibean soup recently? Email me to let me know and i can add them on the blog here!

Got Nuts? - with KI Memories

Good morning and welcome to another post, featuring the wonderful papers from the Love, Elsie product line - which came out at the beginning of 2007.

Today's layout features a combination of old and new, showing that it can be so much fun to breathe some new life into some older papers.

Let's start with the new, as I sprayed a generous helping of various Cosmic Shimmer mists onto a piece of white cardstock, and also onto the flip side of the Forrest Ranger paper. On the screen it looks kind of cream but in reality it is BRIGHT yellow and would have taken the focus away from the photographs.

After the mists dried, I started layering my papers, added the pictures and highlighted one of them with a metal tag frame.

A few fussy cuts from the paper and a random arrangements of pearls, bling, brads and buttons and the layout was finished.

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So, what do you think? Do these papers really look THAT old? I think they are still as awesome and fun to work with as they were in 2007.

If you have some papers left in you stash from that year, show us what you do with them - we'd love to see!

Products used:

Bazzill Cardstock in white

Love, Elsie - Forrest Ranger

Love Elsie - Claire Gossip

Love, Elsie - Claire Diary

Chipboard buttons - Roxxie

Alphabet Stickers - Claire

Ticket - Jenni Bowlin

Cosmic Shimmer 

Golden Oldies with KI Memories

Today I would like to take you back a few years in time - four, to be exact.

What do you remember of the year 2007?

In sports: Lewis Hamilton made his Formula 1 debut

In music: Rhianna took the Number 1 spot in the UK charts for a total of 10 weeks with her hit Umbrella

In foods: a pint of milk was available for 42p, a loaf of fresh bread for £1.04, a pint of beer for £2.25

And in the crafting world the fun and funky paper collection from KI Memories -  Love, Elsie - had everyone squealing with delight. In 2011 we all get excited about Echo Park and Bella Blvd but it really was Designer Elsie Larson (formerly Elsie Flannigan) who got us all hooked on cute and whimsy.

This month I want all of you to go a rummage through your old stash - dust off those papers from years gone by and see for yourself that they are not really that outdated. The Love, Elsie collection is as fresh looking as it was four years back.

For my layout I mixed and matched papers from the Claire, and Jack & Abby collection and added quite a few of Elsie's adorable chipboard buttons and stickers.

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What I really loved about the packaging for the chipboard buttons, is the fact that you get a 3.5" x 4.5" piece of cardstock with a lovely grid pattern, which you can re-use - as I did here:

So, are you gonna join me this month in using up your old supplies?

I always find it a good enough reason to go shopping for some new stuff afterwards :)

Products used:

Jack & Abby - Words

Claire - Diary

Claire - Gossip

Chipboard Buttons - Roxxie

Alphabet Stickers - Claire

Mini Alphabet Stickers - Making Memories Tina Alpha

Ticket - Jenni Bowlin

Tag along - with Jillybean Soup

Hello everyone, it is Kim here with you again.

Today I would like to share a quick post on how to create some easy embellishments from your scrap left overs.

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The above three tags were all done using scraps and stickers from the Watermelon Gazpacho line of Jillybean Soup. They can easily be used to adorn layouts, minibooks or cards - just make sure you chose your sentiment stickers accordingly.

Here are now the tags individually for you to view.

Enjoy!

Additional products used:

• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Plastic Flower: American Crafts Greenhouse
• Pens: Uniball Signo, Zig Millenium
• Other: Pins

Me & Mom

I loved working on this layout about me and my mom. I don't tend to scrap myself much but need to do it more often.. As you can see this is a simple layout with layered card stock and patterned papers. Most of the embellishments are hand made too, so it is definitely a cheap layout to achieve .. I placed some patterned paper behind the doily, and was pleased with how effective it is.

Layer Up!!

Hi, It's Lisa with you today.

I've made a layered LO to show you.
I love the layered look. I love the process of adding colour and texture as I create.
This page 'Best Buddies' has been made using the My Minds Eye 'Lime Twist' papers and stickers, some Paint, Mists and homemade stencils.


Our first layer is paint. I like to use the Jenni Bowlin Acrylic Paint Dabbers here. But I don't dab with them. On this page, I have tipped the dabber up to empty some where I would like it to go on my cardstock.


And then I've taken a piece of card and started spreading from the top and move the piant down the page towards me. I like this effect.

Once the paint is dry, I layered up some of the Lime Twist Papers forming a base for my photos to go on. I've also added some of the matching stickers.
I then decided to add some random misting.
I took a small hole punch and punched out some holes in a 6x6 piece of pp. Then laid this on my page where I wanted to mist. I covered up the rest of the page first as I didn't want my photos to get misted and then lightly sprayed over.



When you remove the punched piece of paper, you are left with this look.



I have then done the oppisite at the bottom of the page.
The circles that were punched out have been placed on the LO (the rest of the page covered up again) and then misted over.

I also like to layer up my stickers. I've stuck the stickers onto the coordinating papers and cut around and some of them have been stuck onto the page using 3d foam tape for extra dimention.


I punched out some more circles from the Lime Twist papers and printed my journal strips on the pc.


I hope you like the layered look and feel inspired to give it a go : )

Thanks Lisa x