Flutterby Designs DT - Dec 25 Christmas Cheer

Hello Flutterby Designs fans!!

Belinda here today to share my very first projects for the new year featuring the awesome Fair Dinkum Chrissy collection. I am so very happy to be back for another year of scrappy fun at Flutterby Designs and I am very grateful to Anita for having me back. I am so looking forward to creating alongside the new team of awesomeness.

Anyway, onto the shares!

My little family and I quite often head to the beach on Christmas Day so this is just the perfect range to scrap our family beach Christmas tradition.

'Dec 25' Layout

For this layout I was really drawn to all of the gorgeous silver elements in the Die Cut Bits & Bobs as well as the filler photo cards. I especially couldn't wait to use the stunning silver glitter acrylic 'Dec 25'. I swiped some silver acrylic ink across my white card stock base and let that dry before adding a little stamping. I flicked some of the silver ink as well as black and white Posca Pen paint over the background too.

I kept my colour scheme simple by using neutral black, white and silver. This colour scheme really made my darling daughter's red Christmas dress pop in the photo.

I created lots of layers as always with messy embroidery thread, page tabs, wood veneer and die cut elements.

I coloured the wood veneer with the black and white Posca Pens.

Here's what I used:

FAIR DINKUM CHRISSY:

- Everyday Etc Filler Photo Cards

- Page Tabs

- Wood Veneer

- Die Cut Bits & Bobs

- Acrylic Title

- Frame 49

- Page Tabs Blackboard Notes 3

- Page Tabs Jolly Season

- Snippet Strips Monochrome

- Sticky Quick Quotes

- Speech Bubbles 3 Photo Cut Outs

To keep things fair, I have also scrapped a photo of my sweet son from the same Christmas Day at the beach.

'Christmas Cheer' Layout

For this layout I have reverted to type and used my very favourite Tropicana Teal Flutter Colour Paint diluted to a watercolour consistency on my background. I swiped some texture paste through the Bubble O' Fun Mini Stencil to add some dimension and interest.

I cropped some of the Filler Photo Cards to create the layers under my photo but that beach scene one is my absolute favourite so I just had to use the whole thing.

I finished off with some twine, wood veneer bits, flair button, page tabs and some cute stars that I fussy cut.

Here's what I used:

FAIR DINKUM CHRISSY:

- Everyday Etc Filler Photo Cards

- Page tabs

- Wood Veneer

- Flair Button

- Frame 49

Mini Stencil Bubble O' Fun

- Flutter Colour Paint Tropicana Teal

- Snippet Strips Monochrome

- Stars Photo Cut Outs

- Tickets Brights

- Bright Directions Tabs 3

- Page Tabs Blackboard Notes 3

Well I hope you have been inspired by my first projects for 2018. Have you had a chance to scrap some Christmas photos yet with this fabo range? Please remember to add your awesome layouts to the Flutterby Inspiration HQ group. I really love to see what you have made.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers

Belinda

Darkroom Door DT - Tropical Flowers 1

Hello Darkroom Door fans!

 Today I have two projects to share with you featuring the stunning new Tropical Flowers Rubber Stamp Set from Darkroom Door using my favourite watercolour stamping technique.

‘Aloha’ Card

Supplies used:

DDRS182 Tropical Flowers Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS025 Butterflies Rubber Stamp Set

DDLA005 Strawberry Lady Line Art Stamp

DDBS012 Scratches Background Stamp

DDBS042 Fallen Leaves Background Stamp

RANGER Archival Ink:

- Jet Black

- Rose Madder

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink:

- Wilted Violet

HERO ARTS Neon Ink Neon Purple

FABER-CASTELL Watercolour Pencils

And here is a little bonus project for you!

‘Tropical Girl’ Art Journal Spread

One of my favourite things to do right now is practice drawing faces in my art journal inspired by the stunning art work of Jane Davenport. I have in fact been learning to draw faces again in her fabulous workshops which you can find on her website HERE. I was totally inspired by the beautiful Tropical Flowers Stamp Set to create a ‘Tropical Girl’ in my journal

Supplies used:

DDRS182 Tropical Flowers Rubber Stamp Set

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink:

- Carved Pumpkin

- Festive Berries

- Picked Raspberry

- Squeezed Lemonade

JANE DAVENPORT Mermaid Markers

JANE DAVENPORT Sparkle Markers

JANE DAVENPORT Art Journal Small

Sharpie Fine Point White Paint Pen

I hope you love this fabulous stamp set as much as me and you are inspired to create your own Tropical style projects.

If you would like to find out how I created these projects, please head over to the blog post HERE for step by step instructions.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Belinda

Darkroom Door DT - Tropical Leaves

Hello Darkroom Door fans!

 Today I have a couple of projects to share with you featuring the stunning new Tropical Leaves Rubber Stamp Set using my favourite watercolour stamping technique. The leaves in this set are so beautiful and lend themselves beautifully to a watercolour look.

‘Enjoy Nature’ Card

How cute is that little cat peeking out from behind the leaves?

Supplies used:

DDRS1832 Tropical Leaves Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS153 Gardening Vol. 1 Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS132 Gum Trees Rubber Stamp Set

DDFR025 Boxes 3 Up Frame Stamp

DDES032 Sitting Cat Eclectic Stamp

DDSS007 Boxes 3 Up Small Stencil

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink:

- Lucky Clover

- Mowed Lawn

- Peacock Feathers

- Twisted Citron

FABER-CASTELL Wtaercolour Pencils

‘Happy Birthday’ Card

Supplies used:

DDRS183 Tropical Leaves Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS143 Happy Birthday Rubber Stamp Set

DDES030 Bold Arrows Eclectic Stamp

DDES003 Compass Eclectic Stamp

RANGER Archival Tree Branch

TIM HOLTZ Distress Ink:

- Lucky Clover

- Mowed Lawn

- Twisted Citron

If you would like to find out how I created these cards make sure you stop by the Darkroom Door blog HERE. You will find the Darkroom Door blog is an endless source of inspiration with step by step instructions for all of the projects. 

Don't forget you can order all Darkroom Door products and more direct from the website. Check out the products HERE or follow the links above.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today to check out my projects. I hope you are feeling inspired to create your own cards using this gorgeous stamp set.

Cheers

Belinda

Kraft Plus DT - Hot Date

Happy new year!!!

My first blog post of the year and I have my DT layout to share for the KRAFT PLUS CHALLENGES January Challenge.

Kraft + inspired by COFFEE.

'Hot Date'

I had a lovely time making a big spilt coffee like mess on my background kraft cardstock. I used a Kaisercraft Kaisermist called...wait for it...COFFEE!! How convenient. ;-)

I used some fabulous DARKROOM DOOR Stamps too;

the Coffee Stain Eclectic Stamp

and the Paint Splats Rubber Stamp Set.

Here's a couple of close-ups.

Oh and because I didn't want to give a certain fast food joint a free plug I covered up the logo on the coffee cup with a cute  coffee scratch and sniff sticker.

I do hope you will find some time to be inspired by coffee and create your own kraft based entry.

Oh and check out this exciting news:

We have an exciting addition to our monthly challenges! 

Are you a Cardmaker? 

Each month we will have a special prize from Paper Flourish just for CARD entries  (including tags and atcs)  

And seeing as we allow multiple entries.. that means you can win more than one prize.
Why not create a layout for the challenge and then create a card, tag or atc with the scraps on your craft table and enter that as well?

(Still with the Kraft and the challenge criteria of course)
Thank you to Paper Flourish for their support and generosity.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Cheers

B

Flutterby Designs DT - Family Christmas Traditions & Fa La La

Merry Christmas Flutterby peeps!!!

I hope Santa was kind to you and you survived the mad present opening frenzy that is Christmas morning.

I am just popping in before my little family and I head out the door to share two Christmas layouts featuring the completely awesome Fair Dinkum Chrissy collection by Flutterby Designs.

This is such a fun Christmas range and so perfect for a hot Aussie Christmas.

'Family Christmas Traditions'

I love this photo I snapped a couple of years ago now. I was aiming for a nice Christmas photo but got this instead. LOL My young son did not want his sister's arm on him. Hahaha. As much as I wanted a 'nice' photo, the outtakes are the ones I love best.

I created a lovely watercolour effect background on my layout just because it is my favourite thing to do. I spritzed my background with a generous amount of water first and then applied diluted Tropicana Teal Flutter Colour Paint using a large soft paintbrush. I kind of just dump the paint on the page and watch the water bleed it out before helping it along a little with my paintbrush.

I then layered on some of the Filler Photo Cards sticking to a teal, black and neutral colour scheme.

The Page Tabs are one of my all time favourite Flutterby products and I love to layer them above my photo.

My layout wouldn't be complete without a sprinkling of sweet little wood veneer pieces and cute die cuts.

Here's what I used:

FAIR DINKUM CHRISSY:

- Everyday Etc Filler Photo Cards

- Die Cut Bits & Bobs

- Wood Veneer Bits

- Flair Buttons Set 1

- Page Tabs

- Page Tabs Jolly Season

- Photo Cut Outs Frame 24

- Snippet Strips Cool

- Snippet Strips Monochrome

- Wood Veneer Confetti Circles

- Flutter Colour Paint Tropicana Teal

For my second layout featuring a photo of my darling daughter, I have kept to a white, pink, red and kraft colour scheme.

'Fa La La'

How cute is that santa hat and the little reindeer?? They are from the Die Cut Bits & Bobs pack that is chockers full of awesome Christmas die cuts.

I strayed from my usual watercolour background for this one and simply squeezed some Raspberry Punch Flutter Colour Paint onto my layout. I then swiped away at it with a palette knife until I was happy with the coverage. As usual I sloshed on way more paint than I needed. It's typical of me which is why I always keep an art journal handy so I can swipe the excess paint onto a page or two to use later. Tags are good for this too if you have those laying around your desk.

I love the look of pink and red together and with a little kraft added too it's a pretty cool colour scheme.

I really wanted to use the Dear santa checklist Photo Card to go with my photo of my girl but it contained sentence enhancers. Now don't get me wrong I am a huge fan of sentence enhancers and must admit to using them quite regularly in everyday life. However I couldn't bring myself to use them on a layout with a photo of my daughter so I strategically placed a 'censored' sticker and a cute wood veneer present to hide them. It's a cool and creative way of covering up the naughty words if you don't want to use them.

Here's what I used:

FAIR DINKUM CHRISSY:

- Everyday Etc Filler Photo Cards

- Everyday Etc Photo Cards

- Die Cut Bits & Bobs

- Page tabs

- Wood Veneer

- Flutter Colour Paint Raspberry Punch

Wood Veneer Confetti Circles

- Photo Cut Outs Stars

Well I hope you are feeling inspired by my layouts today and you get a chance to sneak away and play with your own stash of Fair Dinkum Chrissy goodies. I am off to spend the morning at the zoo with my family followed by a lovely casual lunch at home.

Enjoy your Christmas day lovelies!

Cheers

Belinda

Flutterby Designs DT | Bad Ass

Happy Saturday Peeps!

Today I have a layout to share for FLUTTERBY DESIGNS featuring the brand new fabulous We Run The World collection.

This layout focuses on the soft pinks and kraft contrasted with the striking black and white designs in the range.

'Bad Ass'

Of course I had to use this super embarassing photo of me messing about with neon pink zinc cream on my lips. I think my kids may have dared me to put it on and well a dare is a dare!

I started this layout by adding a soft wash of diluted Flutter Colour paint. I mixed together some Raspberry Punch with Arctic White to co-ordinate with the soft pinks in the photo cards. Once dry, I added some texture with the Sugar Sprinkles Stencil and some Golden Light Molding Paste.

I layered on some filler photo cards and embroidery thread as well as some chopped up quotes from the photo cards.

I finished by adding some embellishments, page tabs and sticky quick quotes.

Here's what I used:

WE RUN THE WORLD:

- P!NK Patterned Paper

- Everyday Etc Filler Photo Cards

- Everyday Etc Photo Cards

- Die Cut Bits & Bobs

- Sticky Quick Quotes

- Sugar Sprinkles Stencil

- Page Tabs

- Flair Button Set 2

-Page Tabs Kraft Notes 4

- Photo Cut Outs Speech Bubbles 3

- Watercolour Sticky Quick Quotes

- Flutter Colour Paint Brights

- Wood Veneer Confetti Circles

I hope I have inspired you to create something with your own stash of this awesome range. Make sure you share your project in the Facebook Inspiration Group HERE so we can leave some love.

Oh and the deadline is looming to get your applications in to be a part of the most fun and awesome design team around. You still have the weekend so get cracking!! :-)

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. Have a great weekend.

Cheers

Belinda