Unique - Tomorrow's Memories

Hi everyone!  Today I'm sharing a layout I created for Tomorrow's Memories using some new papers from Authentique called "Spirited".  I don't often create Halloween themed pages... but these papers are just fabulous and were perfect for this unscrapped pic of me from last year's "Nightmare Before Christmas" themed crop at Tomorrow's!

I've used some tulle to create a ruffle behind some of the paper layers, it softens the stark contrast of the spots against the lace patterned paper.  Once the paper layers were in place I've added all my flower clusters and some charms.  Some charms were silver, others brass... so to tie them all together everything got a lick of gesso, just using a dry brush technique.

Afterwards, to grunge up the white gesso I dabbed it with some Prima Color Bloom in Storm Cloud and Precious Stone.

Authentique Spirited Patterned Paper, Gesso, Prima Color Bloom Sprays, Tulle, Charms and Flowers are all available instore at Tomorrow's Memories!!  Why not follow them on Facebook to keep up to date with all their offers, newsletter links and special tidbits that happen from time to time!

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Exquisite - Creative Scrappers #192

Today is Australia Day, a day to celebrate being fabulously Australian... due to the 42 C heat, we chose to stay indoors! Kel played on the computer {when he eventually woke up}, Darren and I watched Series 1 of The Walking Dead and then I scrapped!!  

I've been having fun with the CSI challenges and decided to have a go at a sketch challenge, I haven't done one for ages!  My beautiful friend Natasha is on the team at Creative Scrappers, I had seen this sketch come through on her blog feed, so thought I'd play along with it, and then Natasha challenges me to use 'yellow and cream and kraft', thinking she was being smart - turns out it was just right!

So here's the latest CS Sketch, pretty cool don't you think!

And here is my creation...

I used some left over Dusty Attic Cherry Blossom, the Scroll Border #2 and "Exquisite" from Mini Words #3.  

The Scroll Border #2 was very simply touched with ink on the edges to add an iddy bit of contrast.  

The Cherry Blossom and "Exquisite" were first dabbed with white acrylic paint and while still wet sprayed with Smooch Spritz in Candle Glow and Wood Stain, then covered lightly with crackle accents and dusted with Fairy Dust Glitter in Pralines and Cream.

Lovely Green Tara Roses... and I've also used some crinkled satin edged organza trim popped in under the Dusty Scroll.

The large flowers were handmade using Spellbinders Rose Creation Die by Donna Salazar.  I have used Donna Salazar's Crafty Chronicle and some Green Tara Banana Fibre papers for the flower layers.  

Crafty Chronicle is awesome for flowers, especially my smooshed paper ones as the paper is thinner than usual patterned paper, so it scrunches {aka smooshes} up easily.   And my new favourite 'go to' product, the Banana Fibre paper, cuts easily in the Spellbinders die and creates such gorgeous soft texture, I am LOVING these papers... do you remember having a stash of them years ago, I know I did and ditched them, I'm kicking myself now as they are just so versatile, especially if you are a texture lover like myself!

I've popped in some Websters Pages Sparklers, Postcards and Diecut Sheets, and used some of Kay's beautiful butterflies {check out her Etsy store HERE, soooo nice}, she always has just the right colours, I so love her butterflies.

Thanks for visiting, take care and
 


Products used:

Dusty Attic Cherry Blossom

Dusty Attic Scroll Border #2
Dusty Attic Mini Words #3
Green Tara Banana Fibre Paper

Green Tara 3cm Roses
Green Tara 2cm Roses
Green Tara 1.5cm Roses
Green Tara 38mm Crinkle Satin Edged Organza

BoBunny Et Cetera Patterned Papers
7 Gypsies Patterned Paper
Authentique Word Stickers

Websters Pages Postcards, Diecut Sheets & Sparklers
Glitz Design Diecut Card
Pink Paislee Acrylic Element
Pink Paislee Mist.a.ble Journal Card
K&Co "Clearly Yours" Epoxy
Kay's Kreative Butterflies
Crocheted Trim
DMC Thread


Mediums used:
Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint {Titanium White}

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz {Candle Glow & Wood Stain}
Inkssentials Crackle Accents
Fairy Dust Glitter by Donna Salazar {Pralines and Cream}
Ingvild Bolme Chalk Ink {Olive Vine & Dark Bark}



Tools used:
Spellbinders Rose Creations Die by Donna Salazar
Distress Tool

Stay true...

I started this before Christmas... and then Christmas came, and moving my scrap room {still in progress} and then New Years and Kel's 15th b'day, so it sat there looking sad and unloved for over a week.  But last night after a nice long nanna nap in the arvo I stayed up and played and then it was finished!  And it was FUN!

So this is a pic of me taken at Evana's 40th back in October.  Michelle had straightened my hair and did my makeup and made me all beautiful!

The Dusty Attic Corner Flourish was painted with cream acrylic paint, then inked and blended, then sprayed with smooch spritz and finally given a glaze of crackle accents and sprinkled with Fairy Dusty Glitter!

Handmade flower using a Spellbinders Die by Donna Salazar... I used to love making my 'dodgy' flowers, but these dies make it so much easier!!  They were inked with some mix'd media inx and then touched with glue gloss and sprinkled with fairy dust glitter.

Hand stitching... loving this now as well.  

Products used:
Dusty Attic Corner Flourish #1
Authentique PP
Creative Imaginations PP
Kaiser Sweet Nothings PP
Prima Printery PP
Pion Design PP {Butterfly CutOut}
Creative Imaginations Paper Frames
Green Tara Roses
Prima Flowers, Trinkets, Buttons & Trim

Pink Paislee Tickets

Tattered Angels Mistables Canvas Shapes
Tim Holtz Key
Melissa Frances Resin

Mediums used:
Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint - Titanium Buff
Colorbox Mix'd Media Inx by Donna Salazar - Peridot & Leather
Colorbox Mix'd Media Inx Refill by Donna Salazar - Peridot & Honey
Ranger Inkssentials Crackle Accents
Fairy Dust Glitter by Donna Salazar - Pralines and Cream
Clearsnap Glue Gloss
Tattered Leather Glimmermist

Tools used:
Spellbinders Die by Donna Salazar - Rose Creations




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Timeless Memories

JennyB and I at Hyden, just another of those perfect snapshots - I'm so thankful for everyone's cameras!! 

This one is my latest I created for the Green Tara blog, not only do I love their flowers, but I adore all their trims and laces, my work never feels complete without some of it somewhere on a page! 
Here I wanted lots and lots of layers, paper, trim, tickets, flowers, loads of layers!!  I have created flower clusters using Roses, Petals and Silver Sprays over top of ruffles of trim, and have tucked in little bits of lace here and there, the white trim and lace helps soften the papers and create a soft grungy effect.

 

Green Tara Products used:
Mixed Petal Pack, White - Code P22Wh
3cm Roses, Ivory - Code FDR024Iv
3cm Roses, Black - Code FDR024BL
2cm Roses, Brown - Code FDR009Br
2cm Roses, Black - Code FDR006Bl
1cm Roses, White - Code FDR001Wh
4.5cm Maple Leaves, White - Code LA7Wh
5cm Lace - Code L2864W
2.5cm Lace - Code L2850W
1cm Lace - Code L2897OW
38mm Crinkle Satin Edged Organza, White - Code RBCrWh
15mm Mini Tassel Ribbon, Sage - Code RB456Sa
Silver/Acrylic Teardrop Spray, Green - Code XB30526G
Silver Stem, 7 Leaves - Code XB28558

Also:
Dusty Attic Garden Frame
Prima Printery PP
Authentique PP
Kaiser PP
Prima Trinkets
Kaiser Sparklets
SEI Tickets
TCR Studios Button



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Our Kel

So fun to scrap baby photos with 'new' stuff!  This is Kel about 14 years ago, wow, they grow so fast!!

I have held onto this Basic Grey paper forever, loved it and have been waiting for just the right photo, which happened to be and old one!

I am so pleased that I managed to leave so much SPACE on here, unheard of for me, but it's all it needed!

I have used:
Dusty Attic Clouds
Dusty Attic Typewriter Font
Green Tara Silver Spray
Prima and Kaiser Flowers
Prima Trim
Authentique Word Stickers
Antique Netting {from Michelle}
Prima Stamps


Thanks for visiting, take care and

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Handsome

Finally another of Kel, he's going into silly mode again lately and trying to get a 'normal' shot is few and far between!

 Love this child of mine!

Boys layouts are fun when you have the right embies... cogs and barbed wire, clocks, cool trims... all these little bits replace my 'need' for flowers!!  Love that cute little button I got ages ago from L'il Red Rocket, it was perfect with the Kaiser Transparency Cuts.

I have used:
7 Gypsies Off The Wall Collection Paper
Dusty Attic Cogs #1
Dusty Attic Barb Wire
Dusty Attic Mini Word
Green Tara Mesh, Coffee & Sand
Green Tara Medium Green Leaf, 5cm
Green Tara Suede Leaf, Olive
Collections Ticket
SEI Tickets
Kaiser Transparency Overlays, 13th Hour
Handmade Halo Pebble
Authentique Word Stickers
Tim Holtz Muse Token
Lil Red Rocket Button

Dusty Attic Barb Wire	Dusty Attic Cogs 1	Green Tara Suede Leaf, Olive
Green Tara Medium Green Leaves, 5cm	Green Tara Mesh 38mm, Coffee	Green Tara Mesh 38mm, Sand

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Wish...

Another of our god-daughter this time using the ever so beautiful papers from Swedish manufacturer Pion Design who create the most lovely paper imaginable!

Gorgeous Green Tara Flowers and Silver/Acrylic Sprays.

 This sweet little bird is available from Handmade Halo!

Mmmm yummy Dusty Attic Decorative Trim, another of my fave Dusty items!

I have used:

Pion Design Papers

Dusty Attic Decorative Trim Set DA0435

Dusty Attic Mini Word 

Green Tara Cherry Blossoms, Cream & Blue

Green Tara Gardenia, White

Green Tara Silver/Acrylic Spray, Flowers and Leaves

Green Tara Cobweb Trim, Teal

Green Tara Bows 2cm, Cream 

Green Tara Maple Leaves, White

Zva Pearl Flourish

Handmade Halo Resin Bird

Websters Sparklers and Cameo Pin, Butterfly Pin

Pink Paislee Anthology Ticket

Pink Paislee Artisan Elements

Glitz Design WhatNot

Authentic Word Stickers

Paper Doily

Donna Salazar Mix'd Media Inx {Peridot}
Martha Stewart Punches
Martha Stewart Micro Beads
GlimmerMist {Mallard, Nougat and Pearl}
Gel Medium
White Acrylic Paint

Techniques:

The chipboard was painted white and then inked with Donna Salazar's Mix'd Media Inx {Peridot}, sprayed with Glimmermist {Mallard, Nougat and Pearl}, coated with gel medium and then sprinkled with some Martha Stewart micro beads {Feldspar}.

The Green Tara Flowers were given a spray of Pearl Glimmermist to add some shimmer!

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Red Earth's Pink Weekend - 21st>24th October

It's a Pink Weekend coming up 21st>24th October and here's just a teaser of one of the upcoming challenges... but you'll have to wait and see to find out what the challenge is!!   Pop over to Red Earth next weekend to see what's happening or check out their Facebook Page where there will be a live chat!!

The beautiful and timeless Audrey Hepburn... I have had these postcards for ages, and this was the perfect opportunity to scrap one of them!

Here I have used some of the new Authentique Uncommon 6x6 Papers to create some packground matts and a handmade rose {using Donna Salazar's Rose Creations Die by Spellbinders}, they are simply divine! 

Also used:
Dusty Attic Arch Window Set #1
Dusty Attic Nameplate #4

ZVA Creative Rhinestone Swirls & Rhinestone Strip
Pink Paislee Mistable PP
Glitz Beautiful Dreamer PP
Glitz Beautiful Dream Title
Kaiser Sparklets
Green Tara Paper Roses
Prima Roses
Hat Pin by Tina
DMC Embroidery Thread

Donna Salazar Rose Creations Die, by Spellbinders

Martha Stewart Punches

White & Pearl Adirondack Paint Dabbers

Glimmermist & GlimmerGlaze

Stickles - Platinum

Chipboard Technique:

The chipboard was painted with the white and pearl colours, then sprayed with glimmermist {I mixed my own colour this time to get the right shade}, allowing it to pool and dry with a heat gun.  Once dried it was painted with Icicle GlimmerGlaze and then heated until it bubbled... love the bubbles!!

Donna Salazar Rose Creation:

This was my first attempt with this die... love Donna's flower dies!  I cut 3 each of the 1st, 2nd & 3rd sizes and just 2 of the 4th one.  Sprayed them with Pearl Glimmermist until wet through, lightly scrunched them and then layered them, offsetting the petals, holding them together with a brad.  The brad head was covered by glueing down the first petals and then the whole flower was dried with a heat gun and touched with some Stickles once dry!   Next time I won't use so much water to soften the papers... I lost a few petals... oops!!

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Serious?!

Myself and Darren, down at Bells Rapids... all these smiley normal photos, and then one that Kel grabbed while I was being cheeky... I like the cheeky one!!

 

Oh my I adore these Dusty Attic Leafy Stems, they are so lovely!

I have painted the leafy stems with Warm White and Oyster Pearl Paint, then sprayed with Tattered Leather Glimmermist and dabbed with some Aqua Adirondack Paint.

Other products used: Authentique Papers, Crocheted Doilies, American Crafts Thickers, Kaiser Blooms, Prima Trinkets, Rebecca Sower Nostalgiques Sticker, LYB Journal Spot, Green Tara Flowers, Wax Rosette.

Take care of you.