Behind the Scenes

Here are a couple of photo tutorials to show you how the mini book and frame from the previous post were made.

Join two pieces of card together so the base of the mini book is 19inches x 6 inches.

Cut 2 inner pices 12inches x 6 inches.Score at 3, 8 1/2 & 9inches on both pieces.

The kaisercraft frame was painted with black gesso and when dry was dabbed with gold ink.

Jolly June

 I can't believe we are already half way through the year. This time I thought I would show you ways to use your chipboard on different projects....

FAIRY IN MY GARDEN



This isn't a typical baby layout but I love the brightness of it. The frame was crackled the original way of a 3 step proceedure. The base coat was painted in red acrylic paint and when it dried a layer of clear crackle medium was applied. When this layer dried a coat of pink acrylic paint was added then the crackling started. Once this was dry I adhered the flowers and the fairy in the corner with the butterflies. It really doesn't show up in the photo but I also brushed over a light coat of Perfect Pearls in interference red.

To decorate the fairy I used....Smooch in green apple, taffy and silver,Glitzy gllitter glue in crystal, Distress Paint in victorian velvet, Distress Stain in spun sugar, Kindy Glitz in pink and 3D Kindy Glitz in glitter hot pink.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS USED

Frame ( )

Fairy In My Garden( )

OTHER PRODUCTS USED

Creative Imaginations paper, handmade foil tape frame, tags, bow ribbon, rubons.

SEASIDE

I used a few different chipboard pieces on this beach inspired frame. The feet are part of the micro feet set. They were inked with a creamy coloured ink and topped with distress stickles in linen to give them a sandy look. The ATC frame was painted with Radiant Rain in yellow rose and Smooch in gold lame and kiwi. The word journey was coloured with a papermania marker pen in brown and covered in Kindy Glitz in Aztec Gold.

The banner was first covered with Distress ink in wild honey and the edges sponged with brown ink. The letters were stamped on in black ink. It was then covered in Dimensional Magic to make it shiny.

The corner swirl was coloured in with a Papermania marker pen in mustard and coated with Distress Stickles in antique linen. The scallop border above this was a piece left from another project. It was coloured in with a marker pen and covered in Gllitzee gllitter glue in aqua.

The feathers are part of a sheet of feathers and I used Smooch in 4 different colours and dabbed them on to give a shimmery effect.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS USED

Triangle banner( )

Scallop border( )

Flourish corner swirl( so524)

Journey (goo78)

ATC frame( )

Microfeet( )

Feathers( )

OTHER PRODUCTS USED

Kaisercraft frame & collectables, handmoulded shells & perfect pearls, stamped acetate, ribbons.

MEMORIES MINI BOOK

I love seeing old photos of my Mum and Nan dressed up. This mini book is dedicated to my Mum and some of her fashions. The word memories was painted in olive acrylic paint and dabbed over the top with Dimensional pearls in olive. The swirl was simply coloured with green ink. The dress form is part of a set with coathangers.The dress was coloured with Distress paint in pink and coated with Glitzee glitter glue in crystal. The stand part was painted with Smooch in molasses.

These vintage scissors were painted with Smooch in silver.

This old sewing machine matched in perfectly with the theme and it was painted with Distress Stain in black soot and the trims with Smooch in silver.

On the left side, the cotton reels were painted with Distress Stain in bronze and Smooch in pink for the cotton. On the right, the vintage corset was dabbed with Distress Stain in peeled paint and the edges touched with Smooch in crystal to add a bit of depth. The coathanger above it is from the dress form set. It was painted with Smooch in molasses and silver.

This is what the mini book looks like from the top view.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS USED

Dressform & coathangers( )

Swirl( )

Memories( )

Sewing machine(co132)

Cotton reels(co128)

Vintage Corset( )

OTHER PRODUCTS USED

Kaisercraft Needle & Thread -fabric & collectables, paper & acrylic doilleys, sticker corners, handmade paper & material flowers, haberdashery items, ribbon.

Memory Maze in March

Hi again from Susan and I have a few more ideas that you can use with chipboard.

It is quite versatile and can be used with layouts, cards and off the page projects.

MEMORIES

Chipboard looks good on projects such as mini albums and albums. I wanted somewhere to keep the layouts I am making with the Memory Maze products to showcase all their wonderful goodies. It didn't really show up in the photo but the album was misted with glimmermist before the patterned paper was adhered.

The frame was painted with Tim Holtz crackle paint in tea dye. Cream rub in gold was rubbed lightly over sections to create a shimmery effect. I used Helmar tacky glue to adhere the frame to the front of the album so it would be really secure. For smaller chipboard pieces I use double sided tape, acid free PVA glue or dimensional magic/crystal glaze.

I find chipboard so versatile to work with because you can alter and embellish it in so many ways. Just adding stick on pearls and small flowers really dresses it up.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS USED

Vow Chandelier

Memories GO193

Other Products

Kaisercraft classic rhinestone flourish in silver & coloured with alcohol ink in lettuce, Bella 3D ring binder, crackle paint in tea dye, ink and stamps, K & Company-Que Sera Sera, flowers & leaves, Glimmermistin Mustard seed, pumpkin & cranberry zing.

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BLESSINGS

Easter time means different things to different people but I think it is a good time to reflect on the many blessing we do have in our lives regardless of what is going on around us. My family is my greatest blessing and the biggest part of my scrapbooking reflects this.....and they have all grown quite use to me photographing pretty much everything about them!! LOL!

As this is a layout of my grandson, I didn't want anything to flowery or swirly so the chick and eggs fitted perfectly in with the theme. They were first painted with LumiArte and the chicks were coated in distress stickles to give a textured look. The feathers were added to reflect the softness of the chicks. A gem was used for the eye of the chick.

On the sign I used Radiant Rain in nutmeg and smooch in molasses to give shadowing and depth to the piece. It was then coated in distress crackle paint in rock candy to give an aged look to it. I backed the opening of the sign with patterned paper stamped with the word blessings. A cute butterfly just dresses up the sign and butterflies are sometimes connected with Easter, like eggs, bringing new life.

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS USED

Vintage sign so459

Chick & eggs large

Chick & eggs small

easter eggs

Other Products

Basic Grey-rosales, We R Memory Keepers-elegant, felt leaves, Kaisercraft stickers, feathers, gems, tags, butterfly, handmade rosettes,Smooch, radiant rain, distress crackle paint & lumiarte.

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GRANDAD

This layout has special meaning for my hubby & myself as our grandson died when he was 4 months old from SIDS nearly 3 years ago now. It has taken me awhile to scrapbook these photos and even though it was a bit upsetting I found that by journalling about it helped and I put it on the tag tucked behind the photo. We only have a few precious photos and this is why I believe preserving our memories and everyday happenings (both good & bad) is so important. I love the expression on Cooper's face as if he is saying, "Don't talk to me Pop, I'm trying to sleep!"

To colour the old bike I used grey marker pen on the spokes of the wheel and Smooch for the seat, handle bars and frame. I like using smooch on the more detailed bits of the chipboard because it has a fine brush to keep it neat. Dimensional Magic was used on the tyres and frame to create a glossy look. Chipboard is great for layering under things as well as layering bits and pieces on top of it.

The border hook was simply coloured in with a marker pen. The beauty of the Memory Maze Designs chipboard is that it looks good plain or dressed up!

Clustering your elements together makes for a more unified look to your projects. I used acrylic paint to colour the balloon and mist spray for the words. It's probably hard to see but I put distress stickels on the basket of the hot air balloon to add texture. It was all layered together with an inked & stamped tag and other embellishments.

Grandad was sprayed with the same mist used on the other words and when dry was coated with distress stickles in denim

MEMORY MAZE PRODUCTS USED

Grandad SO579

Old bike SO606

Border hook1 SO147

precious GOO19

memoriesGOO14

hot air balloon

fob watch CO151

Other Products

Paper Inklings-Family-grandfather, Kaisercraft-Sears & Sons-moustache & Collectables,tags, various metal embellishments, memory mist, distress stickles, dimensional magic.

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I hope you enjoyed viewing these layouts as much as I enjoyed making them.

Happy crafting..........Susan.





Merry Christmas

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a very crafty, happy 2013. Keep a look out in tutorials (tab top of page) on how to make this frame for your layouts. Remember to take lots of happy snaps over this festive season to have a reason to keep on scrapbooking...not that we really need one! Take care and don't overindulge too much.

Jolly good Season

    Well the tree is up, the cards are posted, the shopping is done and I could do with some "Christmas Cheer"! With the heat that has been around the last few days I think we will be having a COOL Christmas....cold punch, seafood, cold meats and salad....trifle, pavalova and rum balls.....then a sleep! Here's some of the decorations that we have made in our classes.....

The finished advent calendar with the "card tree" beside it. These are both Kaiser products with Kaiser papers used on them. The embellishments are a mixed assortment of Kaiser products and various others.

The decorated candle was made by adhering a strip of paper with double sided tape to the candle. The ribbon rose was taped to the bottom edge and gem strips were adhered to the top edge of the paper. When decorating candles like this it is imperative that you do not leave them unattended in case the decorations catch alight. The other thing you can do is to burn or cut the top center part of the candle out then put in a tea light candle or the battery operated tea light candle.

The base of this bon bon is a diecut shape and then it was decorated using patterned paper, velvet ribbon, organza and plain ribbon and a die cut stamped label. You can create your own from kits or templates.

 

This mini book was created from 1 sheet of paper that was cut and folded. I am in the middle of making the instructions and will hopefully have a tutorial up soon. It can be made in any theme with various embellishments.

Keep cool and Happy Scrapping....

Warm hands, warm Heart

back view

front view

What better way to spend a cool winter's day than to be scrapbooking/crafting. It's nice to have a break and have a warm drink in the winter sun to warm yourself inside and out. Catch up on your photo sorting, work out layouts you would like to do and finish all those projects you started and didn't quite finish. I know I always have at least 3 or 4 things on the go with more in mind!
 This lovely Kaiser mannequin was painted black and when it was dry, Kaiser black gem strips were adhered to the skirt section. Black sequins and black tulle were used to make the bodice. Roses of different sizes were adhered on the stand and neckline. The wings were made from Kaiser silk flowers folded in half with small silver fans on the fold. These were then glued on using a strong tacky glue. There are so many variations that can be used to make this mannequin the best dressed in town! Have a go and use your imagination and your scrap/craft stash.

Altered Book

This is an altered book I made for a CWA(Country Women's Association) cent sale. The plain mats are where the photos go.The acrylic word on the front says "Friends"

 In the book there are pockets & mini books for photos or keepsakes.