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I have created this for Tomorrow's Memories using the new G45 Kraft Reflections papers... oh my goodness, I'm in lust!  I love earthy tones and simply love love love this!  Look at that PP in the background {Bed of Roses}, I think that will have to become a new all time fave!!

These papers have almost gone, like in a day... BUT there's more on the way {oh darn, I wasn't going to share that so there would be more for ME, silly Mis}!

loving bows right now, my own and especially the pre-made iddy ones from Green Tara..

a handmade flower using a Spellbinder's Grand Peony Creations die by Donna Salazar {my dies are being hammered lately, LOVE them}...

and an iddy bit of wonderful raw Dusty Attic chipboard, this fancy trim #4 had the perfect pattern for this layout...

Thanks for visiting, take care and

Products Used:

 

Patterned Paper:
Graphic 45 - Kraft Reflections - Bed of Roses
Graphic 45 - Kraft Reflections - Glimpses of Paris

{currently available from Tomorrow's Memories}
Cardstock - Red & Kraft

Chipboard:
Dusty Attic Fancy Trim #4

Flowers:
Green Tara Roses

Green Tara Leaves
Prima, Other

Bling:
ZVA Crystal Swirls, Lines

Colour:
Tim Holtz Distress Stains - Fired Brick, Picket Fence

Punches:
Martha Stewart - Swirling Lace

Dies:
Spellbinders - Grand Peony Creations

Tools/Machines:
Spellbinders - Grand Calibur

Other:
Vintage Crochet/Lace Panel
Crocheted Doily
Feather

Green Tara Coloured Jute Trim

Ribbon 

Green Tara Bows
Green Tara Red/Gold Bead Stem
Websters Chipboard Sticker Buttons
7 Gypsies Label Sticker
Trinkets

Little Yellow Bicycle Pins

Adhesive:
Helmar Tiger Grip
Helmar Scrap Dots

Trinket Box

Hi everyone!

This weekend just gone I  turned a simple little balsa wood box into this sweet trinket box for Green Tara...

I was dying to see how well the banana fibre papers would go used like tissue for covering items... it was so easy to work with!  I adore the fibres showing through, giving it such wonderful texture.  I used Inkssentials Glue'n'Seal to adhere the banana fibre paper and while still wet applied some Tim Holtz stains and blended them through with more Glue'n'Seal. 

I cut up some of the Silver Stems to pop into the ribbon bow, they add such a delicate sparkle to everything.

I love the little metal embellishments Green Tara stock, they are so easily transformed if the silver isn't working for your project.  Just give them a thin coat of acrylic paint or gesso, then when dry add another coat and then add some stains for more colour.

The Silk Flowers with Swarovski Crystals have become a favourite of mine, they are simple so sweet with that gorgeous sparkly center.

Until next time, take care,

Mis xo

Green Tara Products used:

Silk Flowers with Swarovski Crystals - 3cm

Silk Flowers with Swarovski Crystals - 2cm

Natural Banana Fibre Paper

Metal Embellishments - Hearts - 2.5cm

Silver Acrylic Flower Spray

Crinkle Satin Edged Organza - Dusky Pink

CSI Case Study #2

Here is our scene from CSI this week... such bright fresh colours!

and my layout... which I have to admit having fun with.  Not my usual colours, but that's the point of the challenge... to push, to grow!   I love the happiness these colours portrayed.

and some yummy details...

a sheer butterfly from Kay's Kreative flittering around the flowers...

Dusty Attic gates and fence... simply treated with white paint, Tim Holtz Stains and Fairy Dust Glitter

Green Tara Flowers, Kaiser Resin, Prima Resin Birdhouse and yummy hand made flowers using Donna Salazar Spring in Bloom PP and Donna Salazar's Rose Creations Die

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 another flittering butterfly... and a yummy hand crocheted doily from Michelle.

Products used:
Dusty Attic Wrought Iron Fence Border
Dusty Attic Ornate Gates, Mini
Green Tara 6.5cm Aster Batik - Sunset FDS029BatSS4
Greet  Tara 4cm Aster Batik - Sunset FDS026BatSS4
Green Tara 2cm Roses - White FDR006Wh
Green Tara 1cm Roses - White FDR001Wh
GCD Studios Donna Salazar Spring in Bloom 8x8 Paper Pad

White Cardstock
Prima Flower
Stencil from Rouge de Garance Diecut PP
Rouge de Garance PP
Bo Bunny Diecuts
AC Thickers
Kaiser Transparent Diecuts
Maya Road Trim
Buttons
Hand Crocheted Doily
Tim Holtz Tissue Tape
DMC Thread

Mediums used:

Clearsnap Donna Salazar Fairy Dust Glitter - Mixed Berries
Clearsnap Glue Gloss
Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint - Titanium White
Tim Holtz Stains
Tattered Angels Glimmermist - Mallard, Sky Blue

Tools used:
Spellbinders Donna Salazar Rose Creations Die
Martha Stewart Punch - Cherish




Thanks for visiting, take care and

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




Thanks for visiting, take care and

A Little Dusty in Hyden

The Dusty Girls... well some of us!


 

I love this LO... the way Wave Rock in the background matches the DSD Antiquities paper so perfectly, the new Dusty Attic Cherry Blossom chippy blends perfectly with the printed, the flowers were just right... everything just happened and flowed like it was all meant to be!  Don't you love that new alpha font from Dusty Attic as well, just the right size!

The chippy here was painted white, dabbed with some stains and blended with more white paint, then smooched for a subtle colour on the cherry blossoms, and then some definition drawn in with sepia ink.

The handmade flower was cut using a Spellbinders Die, Grand Peony by Donna Salazar - these dies make flower making far too easy!  Mine still don't have that 'perfect' look, but I guess that's just me...

And I have popped on some Green Tara cherry blossoms, to match with the cherry blossom chippy!

I have used:
Dusty Attic Cherry Blossom
Dusty Attic Typewriter Font
Green Tara Cherry Blossoms
Green Tara Bows
Donna Salazar Designs Antiquities Let's Ride PP by GCD
ZVA Creative Crystal Swirls
Handmade Halo Leaf Charms
Handmade Halo Resin Bird
Prima & Kaiser Flowers
Prima Trim
Handmade Hat Pin by Tina
Carolee's Creations Alpha Stickers

Tools:
Donna Salazar Grand Peony Die by Spellbinders
Ingvild Bolme Distress Tool by Prima
DMC Thread

Mediums:
White Acrylic Paint
Tim Holtz Distress Stains
Glimmermist {Nougat}
Smooches by Clearsnap
Sepia PITT Artist Pen

Thanks for visiting, take care and

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Friends

A treasured photo Michelle and I when she was here visiting, thank goodness for Whatsapp or I'd be desperately missing this girl right now!!

I adore this layout... it was made for the Tattered Angels call so is covered in  fabulous mists!  I've got some of my fave Dusty pieces in there, some yummy Green Tara, Sprays, Flowers and Lace, Pink Paislee Mistable paper., Timmy Buttons, Websters Pages Sparklers, Prima Trim, Kaiser Blooms & Rhinestones... all my favourite things for a favourite person!!

Thanks for visiting, take care and


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Happy

 If I ever need to cheer my hubby up, all we need is afternoon tea at the Chocolate Factory, he's like a kid in a candy store there!!  It always costs a small fortune... but sometimes it's worth it, and seriously, the hot chocolate there is heaven in a mug!!

I have used:
Dusty Attic Cogs 2 DA0002
Dusty Attic Skeleton Clock Faces DA0430
Donna Salazar Antiquities Papers

BoBunny Et Cetera Jounal Sheet

Pink Paislee Mistable Tag

Tim Holtz Film Strip Ribbon

Handmade Halo Pebbles

Techniques:

The chipboard was stained with Tim Holtz inks, dabbed with warm white acrylic paint and then misted.  The misting with water {or glimmermist etc} helps bring the stains up through from underneath, creating a lovely subtle colouring effect.  The cogs were then coated with a thin coat of crackle accents, this helps intensify the colours.

Thanks for visiting, take care and