Believe - Australian Scrapbook Ideas #25

Today I have a favourite from Issue #25 of Australian Scrapbook Ideas, this one is of my beautiful god-daughter.

She's such a photogenic girl, and I love that Facebook makes it easy to keep in touch, visually as well as 'writtenly' {LOL yes I know that's not a word}.  It allows me to nick photos she puts on her timeline so I can have a girly scrap fix!

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This article was all about using UTEE... one of my favourite embossing powders.  It's always served me well with the things I put it through on chipboard, but this feature helped me discover all the other wondrous things I could do with it!

The little grey flower above is made from UTEE... how cool!

And this chipboard was dressed with layers of inks and UTEE - there are Step by Step visuals on how to do this in the magazine.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope that you find inspiration here... for more fabulous layouts, with step by step instructions, pick up a copy of Australian Scrapbook Ideas at participating newsagents, or you can subscribe online HERE so you'll never miss an issue!

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The Last New Beginning - Australian Scrapbook Ideas #21

My next layout featuring Trinkets is this Finnabair inspired one.  Well a very gentle form of her style anyway!  I've used some of her beautiful papers and her background stamping technique... and yeah that's about all.

I think I should never ever say "the last time" or "always and forever" because the universe seems to see that and laugh at me.  I've put back on 6kg since I did this layout, but I am trying to get back on track... just sometimes there are so many easy excuses as to why not to!

So anyways... I've used some sweet little trinkets for this one, some little brass ones, some resin ones I cast myself and some sweet little dew drops.

I also created a little cluster of trinkets to sit as a flower center...

This one below is a FAVE mould of mine, from Moulds by Mel

Australian Scrapbook Ideas #21 has all step by step instructions for this one as well as a complete list of materials used - you can subscribe HERE

ASI can also be found on Facebook where you'll often find some extra little snippets!

Serious? - Donna Salazar Designs

Hiya lovelies!!  Today I have a far from serious layout to share with you... yep, that's me pulling faces for the camera.  I was all dressed up ready to go out, although my hair was still up because I'd just put makeup on... and Natasha wanted to see... so she got this pic.  Thought I best scrap it before she did LOL!

I did have a lot of serious fun with this one though.  I was at a retreat with my mum, and she's laughing at me because I kept adding and playing... but that's what I do when I'm having fun with a layout.

I have stamped, painted, misted, stenciled, made a mess, added more paint, more stamping... yep, had fun!

I used one of Donna's new Stencils from Want 2 Scrap for this one to add a little texture to the page.  I positioned the stencil and coated it with modelling paste.  Once dried I misted it with SeaBreeze Smooch Spritz and then swiped some metallic rub over the top to pic up the details.

One of my Wild Roses created using Donna's Rose Creations Die from Spellbinders.  You can find a tutorial for these HERE.   I've also coloured some paper flowers to match, popped in a cream resin flower and hand painted a resin flower I cast in resin myself from a mould.

I've cut some butterflies from denim using Donna's Wonderful Wings Die from Spellbinders, then given them a quick mist with Pralines and Cream Smooch Spritz.  Once they were dry I added the Want 2 Scrap Bling that's perfectly made to fit.

I hope you like this one, it was lots of fun to create!  

Products used:

Patterned Paper:

GCD Studios Natural Beauty - Nancy's Mushrooms

GCD Studios Family Jeans - Denim Stripe, Family Notebook

Chipboard:

GCD Family Jeans Alphabet Chipboard Stickers

Dusty Attic mini ABC Set Lower

Colour:

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz - Sea Breeze, Ice Rink, Pralines'n'Cream

Dusty in Colour Acrylic Paint - Faded Denim

Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Stormy, Jasmine

Clearnsap Mix'd Media Inx Embossing - Jasmine

Flowers:

Green Tara Cherry Blossoms

Green Tara Silk & Swarovski Crystal Flower

Dusty Roses - Whisper Blue

Punches:

Martha Stewart Bubbles, Scallop

Dies:

Spellbinders Rose Creations, Wonderful Wings

Stamp:

Recollections Splat Stamp

Other:

Want 2 Scrap Wonderful Wings Bling

Want 2 Scrap Leaves Stencil

Handmade Halo Resin Flower

Green Tara Lace

White Paper Doily

Moulds by Mel Mould

Mont Marte Modelling Paste

Antique Silver Metallic Rub

Industrial ATC - Dusty Attic

Hi everyone!!  Today I have my March Dusty Attic ATC to share with you.  This month's theme of "Industrial" had me grabbing out some mini cogs, bricks and a mini grass cluster... I wanted to show that even though we are still such an industrial world, nature left to it's own devices will always peek through.

I even found some rusted bits in my stash... knew I was holding onto these for a reason!

The cool coach screw {I think that's what my hubby called it} is cast in resin from a mould from Moulds by Mel, she's got some fabulous designs for all kinds of things now!

The chipboard cogs were painted with Golden Iridescent Stainless Steel Acrylic paint, it has a wonderful rough texture and is perfect for the cogs.  I added a little Adobe Mix'd Media Inx to the edges to help them match my rusty bits.

The texture on the bricks was created with embossing powders, I have a tutorial for them HERE.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time, take care of you!!

Dusty Attic Products used:

Mini Cogs DA0689

Mini Grass Clusters DA0786

Brick Wall Panel DA0316

ATC from ATC Frame DA0663

Dusty in Colour - Faded Denim, Pesto & Crushed Olive 

Shine - Dusty Attic

Hi everyone!  Today I have a layout to share with you about my One Little Word for this year - SHINE.  It's more about finding sun-shine in my heart and life than "shining" creatively, but it doesn't hurt to add a bit of shine everywhere in my world LOL!

I found this fabulous paper in my stash with a Sunflower on it, I must have grabbed it ages ago because I don't recall buying it!  But the universe must have been speaking to me even then, because the sunflowers are my "shine" flowers!  

What would be more perfect than to use Dusty's Sunflower Vine chippy!!   I have entiwined it with the Leafy flourish to extend the sunflower and add some dimension.

They were both painted with Pesto Dusty in Colour Acrylic Paint and the sunflowers painted with Sunshine Dusty in Colour.  I then added some more Pesto from the centres to mimic the flower on the patterned paper.

The fine butterfly shown above was a brass charm, which I painted with Bisque Dusty in Colour Acrylic Paint, and then some metallic leaf added to give it shine.

I made some flowers with Spellbinders Rose Creations Die, with just white card stock so I could match the sunflowers.  They were sprayed with an ink mist and painted with ink also.

The Typewriter Font alphas were painted white and then inked with Vintage Mix'd Media Inx.  I added some metallic leaf {for extra shine} and then added a coat of Dusty's Clear Gloss Varnish. 

The little resin flower was originally white, it was painted with Vintage, Mossy and Truffle Mix'd Media Inx.

I made a ruffle with some paper offcuts and trimmed it with some hessian trim I recycled from a card.  The cute little button I poured from white resin using a mould from Moulds by Mel... so so cute!  It was painted with Pesto and Bisque Dusty in Colour, with metallic leaf added, and as a finishing touch a pearl added in the centre.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Products Used:

Dusty Attic Chipboard:

Sunflower Vine

Leafy Flourish

Typewriter Font ABC Set

Dusty in Colour:

Acrylic Paint - Pesto, Sunshine, Bisque

Clear Gloss Varnish


Patterned Paper:
Creative Imaginations Paint It

Flowers:
Green Tara Roses

Ink:
Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Vintage, Mossy, Truffle

Punches:
Martha Stewart - Bubble Bath, Embroidery

Dies:
Spellbinders Rose Creations

Tools/Machines:
Spellbinders Grand Calibur
Edge Distressor

Other:
Handmade Halo Resin Sunflower
Handmade Halo Robin's Nest Dew Drops - Flame
Handmade Halo Brass Charms
Moulds by Mel - Vintage Buttons
Hessian Trim, Straw Flower
Kaiser Pearls
Metallic Leaf

Adhesive:
Helmar Tiger Grip