Back Again!

Hi again! Yes its been awhile but I have a couple of layouts to show you.

 

 

Memory Maze Designs Last Pot

Working with the Memory Maze Design team has been wonderful. This is due to the talented people on the team and the great products that Memory Maze Designs has. So here is my last post and even though it has been fun, I am feeling a bit sad that it has come to an end but I do have other exciting adventures to look forward to!
AUSTRALIA DAY MATES
My grandsons are both so gorgeous but then I probably am a bit bias!

I left the map as raw chipboard and used marker pens to colour in the letters and scribbled around the edge of the map to create a waters edge. The plain background was decorated using the Memory Maze mask and Distress Paint. When it dried I moved the mask slightly off the paint and sprayed again with Glimmermist in "denim," which is similar in colour to the background so it ended up with a slight watercolour effect. The distress look on the bottom of the layout was achieved by turning the mask over when I had painted the top part of the page then pushing down to press the paint and ink onto the cardstock.

 

I made this as a 2 page layout because as usual I have lots of photos I wanted to use. I tied the two layouts together by using the same mix and match papers and colours.

The red is marker pen, the white and blue is Smooch in azure and moonlight with illuminate over the red. When it all dried it was coated with Dimensional Magic.

I used the negative from "beachboys" and saved the letters for another project. It was then sprayed with glimmermist in sapphire.

 

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS

Australia Day   LO329

Mate

Beachboys   GO245

Mask   bricks

 

Other products used

Bazzil cardstock, Paper Inklings-Australia Day & Aussie Flag, corrugated card.

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1ST DAY OF SCHOOL

It is always an exciting time of year when the children or grandchildren go back to school...especially for the parents!

 

 

Marker pens are so versatile and easy to use on detailed pieces of chipboard because you can direct where you want the colour to go. I coated the title itself with Dimensional magic so it would be glossy and stand out from the books.

The arrow was painted with Smooch in lettuce, the frame with Distress Stain in black soot and the zig zag was covered in paper and inked along the edges.

The 2 stars with coated with Distress Stain in brushed pewter and layered with foam dots to adhere them to the layout.

 

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS

1st Day of School   NO133

Arrow (set)   LO199

Stars (pinked star set)   LO263

Frame

Zig Zag

 

Other products

Bazzill cardstock, Bo Bunny-Grease Monkey Rivet, tag, washi tape.

Merry Christmas

Wow only 1 sleep to go!!!!! How excited is everyone? My Christmas celebrations will be lasting over a week as we catch up with family and friends..I can't wait.

Memory Maze Designs keep coming up with such great designs and I love all their Christmas ones. I've been catching up on some old photos before the ones for this year are taken.

NAUGHTY OR NICE?

Both of the titles on this layout suit my husband and our sons!

Both of these titles go together quite well and the Santa stuck in the chimney was perfect to fit above our own fireplace in the photo! The frame was wrapped in Washi Tape.

This title comes already coloured in the green and applied glitter glue straight over the top. The tree was coloured in with marker pens then gems were adhered on it.

The Santa piece was coloured in with marker pens then coated with crystal glaze. The "snow" is Stickles in Picket Fence.

 

This title was painted with Smooch in Siren, Green and Solar Gold.

The swirl was misted in gold then embossed in patches with gold embossing powder. Clear Utee was embossed over the whole piece to make it nice and shiny.

All these pieces were quick and easy to do and very effective.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS USED

Santa let me explain KW006

Naughty or nice CO093

Tree CO096

Santa in Chimney

Frame

Swirl LO057

 

Other Products used

Kaisercraft Christmas Carol collection-Away In A Manager, Graphic 45 Christmas Past- Letter to Santa

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CHRISTMAS

I love the snowflake frame with the inner frame as part of the set. As Christmas in Australia is hot I decided to make the colours I chose warm and not the cool ones normally associated with snow.

The frame was misted with Perfect Pearls Mist in Heirloom Gold then sprayed in patches over the snowflakes with Radiant Rain Mist in Persimmon and Solar gold. Small pearls were stuck in the middle of the snowflakes.

Since the frame is quite elaborate I kept the embellishments simple to balance it all out. I sprayed white flowers with the same mists so they would match in perfectly.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS USED

Christmas Frame

Other products used

Flourish With A Bling-Chloe-Antique Gold, Green Tara

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

 

The frame was coated with Adiriondack dabber in pearl and the window in Distress Stain in black soot with Distress Stickles in gunmetal. The top part of the frame was covered in Petal Soft in polar white to make it look like snow had settled there. The snowflakes were base coated in Distress Stain in Brushed Pewter and Stickles in frosted lace were applied over the top. The Merry Christmas is already coloured so I  applied Distress Stickles in clear rock candy over the top.

 

 

Wishing everyone a very safe and Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2014.

Memory Maze Post

Hi again and this month I'm showing a couple of layouts with lots of wonderful chipboard pieces on them. I love using the Memory Maze Designs frames and there is a large range to choose from.

PIRATE PHOENIX

Like most children, my grandson likes to dress up and play different characters. This pirate frame was perfect for this layout. It comes as a black piece so I left it as plain board and just decorated it with the pirate word sheet and other embellishments.

Ahoy matey was inked in black then coated in Dimensional Magic. Argh was coated in red ink with the edges dabbed with black ink. Treasure was painted with glitter paint in red.

Buccaneer was ink in red and black. Pirates was painted with red glitter paint. I placed white mesh ribbon behind the skull on the flag and sequin waste as reflection behind the light house.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS

Pirate frame 20036

Pirate word sheet SO811

Other Products Used

Washi tape, Kaisercraft Rubons, stickers, sequin waste, mesh ribbon, twine, My Minds Eye-the spiders web, KC-Old World-Northern Star.

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FUN IN THE SUN

Living near the beach we have a lot of fun in the sun. The frame was sprayed with Maya Mist in blue hydranga and the circles painted with Lumiere in Halo Blue Gold, Pearl Turquoise and Russet.

The flags were embossed with an embossing folder and sprayed with Maya Mist in Hydranga Blue and Radiant Rain in persimmon.

This title was sprayed with Glimmer Mist in Jingle Bells and the bottom half with Radiant Rain in Persimmon. It gives it a graduated look from light to dark.

This title was sprayed with Radiant Rain in Persimmon and the heart was coated with Glitzee in pink.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS USED

Fun in the Sun 0702101

Metro Frame LO046

I Love Summer Set with flags

Other products used

Green Tara Flowers, paper flowers(mist sprayed to match colours), Kaiser -Tropicana-coastline, Imaginisce copper pieces.

Titles are such an important part of your layout and they can add information without a lot of journalling. Look for the great range of titles and word sets that Memory Maze Designs has to offer.

Happy Scrapping

PINK!

This month is breast cancer awareness month and this is a layout I made.

The bras were decorated with paint, glitter glue and stick on gems.

The border was made by putting the "boobs" side by side and then gems were added as nipples!

The words were sprayed with mists.

The title was sprayed with mists then coated with Utee in hot pink. It's a bit patchy so the colour underneath can show through.

 All the chipboard that was used is from Memory Maze Designs.

Look out in November for the big sale......more details to follow as it becomes closer!

I am still becoming use to my new Ipad so if anything looks a bit strange its probably because of that.

It would be great if you could let me know so I can try and fix it. Thanks.

Happy Memories

  I have a couple of layouts with lots of fablous chipboard to share with you today.

HAPPY MEMORIES

I found my inspiration for this layout from the "White With One" challenge were "the one" is pistashio. I used the double barbwire as a frame to look like branches and not as barb wire. This photo was taken in our two boy's cubby house which was on stumps and was surrounded by gum trees.

The swirl was sprayed with Perfect Pearls in Heirloom gold and dotted with dimensional pearls in lettuce.

The barbwire was sprayed with Perfect Pearls in heirloom gold and distress stickles in crushed olive was smudged along them. The banners were painted with dimensional pearls in lettuce. The camera was sprayed with perfect pearls and the lens was painted with smooch in green.

Memory Maze products used:

Mini camera(set) SO774

Swirl 4a SO419

Banner(set)

Other products used:

Tattered Angels mist-mustard seed, Basics Pearls-green, Bazzill Bling-white, Kaisercraft-doilleys, Flourish With A Bling-Jack-green, Smooch-green, Dimensional Pearls-lettuce, Perfect Pearls-heirloom gold, Distress Stickles-crushed olive.

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ALL GIRL

I made this layout for a challenge at "Scrap Around the World" and the inspiration board was black and white. I painted black gesso on the top and bottom and then used crackle paint over a mask.

I painted the lily with black gesso and dabbed the center with black glitter glue.

The swirls were painted with black gesso and dabbed with black glitter glue.

A simple but effective treatment for the chipboard.

Memory Maze products

Lilly 2209091

Small swirls

Other products used

Gesso, Glitter glue, Tim Holtz film strip, paper rose, Kaisercraft rubon-girls rule & elegant black pearl flourish & tissue tape, white card & velvet ribbon

Another Challenge!

Yes here is another one. I spent yesterday finishing off layouts and photgraphing them which was difficult as my beloved camera has decided to start not woking properly! So here we go.....
This challenge was from www.archiscraps.blogspot.com.au and I knew which photo I was going to use as soon as I saw the challenge picture.

The Memory Maze Chipboard Arch (lo185) reminded me of a stained glass window. I sprayed a piece of gloss card with Ink Potion No.9 and dripped on Tsukineko ink in teal, lavendar and marine.

The arch was coated in Distress Stain in black soot and when dry it was adhered to the gloss card with Dimensional Magic. The window panes were coated with dimensional magic to give them a glossy look.

The Memory Maze swirl was coated with grey, purple & black ink then glitter glue in antique silver was smudged in places on the top.

The column was dabbed with tan and brown ink then distress stickles in antique linen was dragged along it.

I hope that this brings you some inspiration too and that you are challenged to give something new a go. Maybe find some of your old embellishments and have a go at revamping them to fit in with your layout.

Quick Idea

I coated this plain chipboard piece with texture paste and let it dry

 

Next I sprayed it with a couple of different colours of mist ink and dabbed on some distress stain in metallic colours. The colours you choose determine the colour of the piece so you can do this to match in with your photos. When it was all dry I inserted some eyelets and adhere some metal pieces and cogs using Dinemsional Magic. 

This border piece from Memory Maze Designs can be used as one whole piece or cut up to make corner or smaller sections.