Imaginarium Designs DT - Adore Layout

Happy new year!!

Welcome to my very first post for the year on my blog! It only took me 4 days to get to it too!! Go me!! LOL

I am thrilled to be spending another year on the awesome IMAGINARIUM DESIGNS Design Team along with a whole bunch of amazing creatives.

So let's kick things off with a lovely layered layout featuring my very favourite colour; AQUA! 

ADORE Layout

This layout features lots of lovely layers with little bits and pieces tucked in and around the small photo to frame it. 

I have used a couple of Swirl Corners in their natural raw state as a contrast to all of the colour on my layout.

I painted the butterfly with heavy white gesso and just before it was completely dry, I pressed a piece of scrap printer paper onto it. As I peeled the printer paper away, it took some of the gesso with it leaving a lovely shabby chic look to the butterfly.

Products used:

IDS0002 Butterfly large

IDC0004 Swirl Corner 4 per sheet

IDW0080 Totally Adore Wonderful

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my layout today. 

Cheers

Belinda

The Scrapbook Store DT - 7 Dots Writer's Block 1

Hello!!

This month (and January too) at The Scrapbook Store I am playing with the fabulous 7 Dots Writer's Block collection.

Such a wonderfully grungy range! I just love it.

Happiness

I also had some gorgeous blooms from Blue Fern Studio to play with so I created a lovely lime green background with Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabio Curiouser Chartreuse to coordinate with the flowers.

I also pressed the length of Green Tara Jute Lattice into the excess mist to add some colour to that too.

I am absolutely loving the brand new Carabelle Studio art stamps right now so I added some stamp detail to my background too. Go check out the stamps over HERE. There are some awesome new ones in store that you NEED to see. You're welcome. ;-) ;-)

Here's what I used:

7 DOTS STUDIO Writer's Block:

- Burden

- Epilogue

2 CRAFTY Chipboard Fencing Wire Panel

GREEN TARA 50mm Jute Lattice

BLUE FERN STUDIO Courtship Lane Blooms

CARABELLE STUDIO Art Stamp:

- Life is Good

- Flag Label

DUSTY ATTIC Chipboard Wordpl@y # 2

LINDY'S STAMP GANG Flat Fabio Curiouser Chartreuse

KAISERCRAFT Lucky Dip Wooden Flourish Pack Little Words

KAISERCRAFT Kaisermist Coffee

KAISERCRAFT Kaisercard Kraft

RANGER Archival Ink Potting Soil

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Ground Espresso

white cardstock

letter stickers

paper clip

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Cheers

Belinda

The Scrapbook Store DT - 49 & Market Heirloom Botanicals 4

Happy Friday!!

I am running a little late with this blog post! Eek!! Life has been CRAZY the last couple of weeks with an endless onslaught of nasty viruses not to mention the hassle of having my beautiful car written off by the insurance company due to excessive hail damage. Fun times...NOT!!

It seems it is my turn to be struck down by the germs and as much as I feel like curling into a ball in my bed and not moving we have a BUSY weekend ahead with the kids' karate grading, cherry picking, teachers' gifts to make and hay raking and baling. Hubby will have to fit in some fence mending too after the latest storm caused half a pine tree to fall on the deer fence.

Anyhoo. I will be spending as much time as I can scrapping I think. It's the best cure, right?? :-)

So today I want to share my last layout featuring 49 and Market Heirloom Botanicals for The Scrapbook Store.

'Beautiful'

I went crazy with dimension and texture on this one and I am absolutely loving the Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray in Canna Lily Burnt Orange. I discovered on previous layouts that this particular patterned paper is very porous and doesn't really allow for my usual technique with the sprays. In other words, it sucked that mist right up and didn't give me time to play with it. So this time I coated the background paper with Liquitex Clear Gesso to seal it. Problem solved!

I used a piece of muslin I had laying around (literally! I found it on the floor under my desk. LOL) to mop up the excess colour on my background to create a perfectly coordinated bit of texture. I draped it across the layout and stapled in place before adding all of the other layers. Oh and as much as I LOVED that beautiful Garden Vine, the green leaves just didn't co-ordinate with my layout so I painted them with the same Lindy's mist as the background using a soft paintbrush.

Products used:

49 AND MARKET Heirloom Botanicals:

- Heirloom Cut Outs

- Passage

- Sanctuary

- Serenity

49 AND MARKET Garden Vine Blush

49 AND MARKET Rustic Flowers Blooms Melon and Burlap

VINTAGE CHARMS:

- Flower 4

- Feather large

DUSTY ATTIC Chipboard Wordpl@y # 2

GREEN TARA 9mm lace cream

cardstock

KAISERCRAFT Kaisercard Cherry

CARABELLE STUDIO Art Stamp Text & Negative Collage

LINDY'S STAMP GANG Starburst Spray Canna Lily Burnt Orange

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Victorian Velvet

RANGER Archival Ink Rose Madder

NEAT & TANGLED Sequins Sunset Shimmer Mix

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers

Belinda

Charm's Creations DT - Jot Mood Board 42

Hello!!

Today I am stuck at home with a poor sicky boy so what better opportunity to blog my entry for the wonderful November mood board over at Jot Magazine.

Check out the inspiration.

Aren't those colours just divine?!! I was immediately drawn to the watercolour wash in the inspiration image as well as the chevron pattern. 

Here's what I created.

I created a watercolour background using Dylusions Cut Grass Spray and Kaisermist in Turquoise as well as lots of water to make those colours flow. I stamped a couple of gum trees on the background too from the Darkroom Door Gum Trees stamp set.

That fabo chevron stamp was created by the uber talented Louise Nelson. I inked that up with Distress Inks and then spritzed with water before I stamped it on the background.

Next up I layered on all of my bits and pieces including the awesome Bright Terrific Tabs from Charm's Creations.

You can find these little cuties in the shop HERE.

All of my chipboard is by Imaginarium Designs.

I hope you like my take on the challenge. Have you got your entry in yet? Only a couple of days to go!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers

Belinda

The Scrapbook Store DT - 49 and Market Heirloom Botanicals 3

Hello!!

This month at THE SCRAPBOOK STORE I have the pleasure of working with 49 and Market Heirloom Botanicals. This is my third layout using this gorgeous collection. I have concentrated on the blues to create a boy layout. I have altered my background, chipboard, burlap flowers and ribbon with Kaisermists in Denim and Winter Grey. TFL 

Products used:

49 AND MARKET Heirloom Botanicals:
- Heirloom Cut Outs
- Oasis
- Serenity
- The Patch
49 AND MARKET Rustic Flowers Blooms Melon & Burlap
2 CRAFTY Chipboard Love Bird Swing
DUSTY ATTIC Chipboard Wordpl@y # 2
GREEN TARA 38mm Linen Look Wheat
PRIMA Flowers 590581
KAISERCRAFT Kaisermist:
- Denim
- Winter Grey
TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Mermaid Lagoon
Vintage Metal Charm Branch with Leaves 

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Belinda

The Scrapbook Store DT - 49 and Market Heirloom Botanicals 2

Hello!!

Today I am back to share my second layout for THE SCRAPBOOK STORE featuring the stunning 49 AND MARKET Heirloom Botanicals collection.

I really love the orange tones in some of the papers and in particular this pretty floral paper I have chosen for my background. This paper would be perfect for vintage style projects too.

To really focus on the orange tones, I grabbed my Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray in Canna Lily Burnt Orange to create a lovely flood of colour behind my photo. I added just a little stamping too as well as my favourite product right now: Neat & Tangled sequins!! They have the loveliest mix of colours in their sequin bags. Go check them out over HERE. :-)

Products used:

49 AND MARKET Heirloom Botanicals:
- Faded Bloom
- Harmony
- Heirloom Cut Outs
- Passage
49 AND MARKET Rustic Flowers Blooms Melon & Burlap

49 AND MARKET Gabi's Circle Stitch Stamp Set
2 CRAFTY 6" Circle Dot Frames
DUSTY ATTIC Wordpl@y # 2
NEAT & TANGLED Sequins Sunset Shimmer Mix
KAISERCRAFT Lucky Dip Wooden Flourish Pack Little Words
LINDY'S STAMP GANG Starburst Spray Canna Lily Burnt Orange
PRIMA Flowers 590512
TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Rusty Hinge
RANGER Archival Ink Orange Blossom 

Thanks for stopping by!! I have lots of blogging to catch up on for Kraft Plus, Darkroom Door, Seriously Scrapbooking and Charm's Creations so make sure you pop back in to see what I have been up to.

Cheers

Belinda :-)

The Scrapbook Store DT - 49 and Market Heirloom Botanicals 1

Hello!!

This month at THE SCRAPBOOK STORE I am thrilled to be playing with the 49 and Market Heirloom Botanicals Collection.

This is such a pretty vintage style collection of papers with a touch of grunge.

Here's my first layout featuring a photo of my home.

'Perfect Memories'

How cute is the little birdhouse?!! I fussy cut that from the Heirloom Cut Outs patterned paper. So many sweet images to cut from that paper.

49 AND MARKET Heirloom Botanicals ‘The Patch’ 

49 AND MARKET Heirloom Botanicals ‘Passage’ 

49 AND MARKET Heirloom Botanicals ‘Heirloom Cut Out’  

49 AND MARKET Gabi’s Loose Threads Stamp Set  

49 AND MARKET Rustic Flowers Blooms Melon & Burlap  

2 CRAFTY Chipboard Love Bird Swing  

DUSTY ATTIC Chipboard Word Pl@y # 2 

GREEN TARA 38mm Linen Look Wheat  

VINTAGE CHARMS Branch & Leaves  

NEAT AND TANGLED Sequins Sunset Shimmer Mix  

LINDY’S STAMP GANG Starburst Spray Opal Sea Oats  

LINDY’S STAMP GANG Flat Magical Plumeria Pink  

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink Victorian Velvet  

TIM HOLTZ Distress Embossing Ink  

RANGER Embossing Powder Super Fine Detail White  

AUTHENTIQUE Petite Type  

RANGER Glossy Accents 

Make sure you keep an eye on the blog over HERE for a step by step tutorial on how I created this layout.

Thanks for stopping by.

Belinda