A Moment of Peace - Green Tara

This has become a fave photo of myself... I look as happy as I felt.  Relaxed, refreshed, finding a moment of peace on some church steps while running around a very busy city!  The photo was taken on my iPhone and edited with picFX app, if you love camera apps, check that one out.  But what's even cooler... Harvey Norman's now print square format photos!  I'm not sure how long they've been doing that for but it was new to me and I was so excited to have a square pic to use!

So anyways... sorry I had to share and got off track, but now onto the really good stuff - Green Tara yummies!!

All my favourites all in a cluster {yeah I know, there's lots of favourites}!  Heirloom flowers, satin Swarovski Crystal flowers, cherry blossoms, roses, lace.. sigh, we really are spoiled for choice!

Oooh and a new favourite... look at that silver 'bling' trim!  Stunning, but would you believe it's actually just plastic, certainly had me looking twice.  It's brilliant, being plastic means its so easy to work with but it's not heavy on your page.

More pretty closeups... the new 4cm Heirloom flowers are so sweet.

The Swarovski Crystal centres add the perfect amount of sparkle...

Green Tara yummies used:

Heirloom 6.5cm Silk and Organza Flower - White XF9213Wh
Heirloom 4cm Silk and Organza Flower - White XF9317Wh
Heirloom 4cm Silk and Organza Flower - Dusky Pink XF9317DP
2cm Roses - White FDR006Wh
Silk Flowers with Swarovski Crystal Centers 2cm - Pale Pink SDPPS
Silk Flowers with Swarovski Crystal Centers 3cm - Pale Pink SDPPL
Cherry Blossoms - White FLC22Wh
Lace 8.5cm OffWhite L2898OW
Lace 1.2cm OffWhite L2923OW
10mm Wave Silver Diamante Trim - RBY25


Other Products used:

Patterned Paper:
DCWV Olde World Stack

Chipboard:
Dusty Attic Baroque Frame, Square
Dusty Attic Words

Ink:
Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Chiffon, Peaches, Black, Wisteria

Punches:
Martha Stewart - Embroidery, Cherish

Other:
Collections Butterflies
Paper Doily
Dymo Label Maker

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Meeting my BFF - Green Tara

Meeting my BFF

I'm such a lucky girl... I finally got to meet one of my BFF's {beautiful fabulous friends}!  I talk to Natasha every single day, thank goodness for modern technology... but living a world apart means we'd never actually met, now we have and it just makes me love her all the more.

One thing we stupidly didn't do was get millions of photos together, but we did get a few and this is one of my favourites. 

I used some lovely soft papers from Pion Design and found a wondrous assortment of matching Green Tara flowers for it.

I have used the beautiful Velvet Rose, sweet Sakura and my favourite, Heirloom, which also now comes in a 4cm size!!

Added some lovely scrolly Dusty Attic chipboard...

I used some of the new tulle to tie some bows to soften the clusters.  This tulle is so soft and fine, perfect for bow making!

One of the new 4cm Heirloom flowers, they are so cute!!

I love the Green Tara Lace range... I have tucked some in under the paper edge and used this fabuous one below as a feature strip.

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Green Tara goodies used:

Heirloom 6.5cm Silk and Organza Flower - Pale Pink XF9213PPH
Heirloom 4cm Silk and Organza Flower - Pale Pink XF9317PP 
Heirloom 4cm Silk and Organza Flower - White XF9317Wh
Sakura 5cm Silk and Pearl Flower - Lilac XF9221L
Velvet Rose 8cm Velvet Flower - Dusky Pink XF9217DP
White 3.8cm Lace - L2868W
White 2.4cm Lace - L2912W
100mm White Tulle - RB163Wh

Other products:

Patterned Paper:
Pion Design Studio of Memories

Chipboard:
Dusty Attic Decorative Flourish Set
Dusty Attic Vintage Frame
Dusty Attic Bookman ABC Set

Bling:
ZVA Creative Swirls

Ink:
Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Wisteria, Pewter

Punches:
Martha Stewart - Lace Flourish, Embroidery

Other:
Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter - Sugar Shimmer
Clearsnap Glue Gloss
Metal Embellishments
Dymo Label Maker

  

[she's all] Aglow - Donna Salazar Designs

Hi everyone, today I have a layout I created for my team-mate Jessy to share with you all.  I was so excited to be given this photo from her, she's so adorable with her baby belly.

I have used layers and layers of papers here all either distressed, punched or both.  Botanique, Spring in Bloom and Antiquities all mixed in with each other, and they mix so well - another delight of Donna's paper ranges, they are easily mixed and matched!

I created a couple of roses to match the tones, using Donna's Rose Creations Die set from Spellbinders.  Then popped in some sweet paper and fabric flowers from Green Tara.

Some lovely lace... one was adhered to the page and then spritzed with CandleGlow and Tea Party Smooch Spritz to add texture while blending into the page and the other was left as is to add some contrast.

This bling flourish from Want to Scrap was the perfect colour for this layout.  I had to add a butterfly cut from a Spring in Bloom paper, I love butterflies!

The title was first painted white and then spritzed with CandleGlow and Tea Party Smooch Spritz and dried with a heat gun.  It was then coated with glue gloss and sprinkled with Sugar Shimmer Fairy Dust.  The glue gloss stick makes adding glue to just the right spot so easy!

I hope you like this Jessy, I really had the best fun creating it... it was one of those layouts that pretty much created itself, love those ones!

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Here's a list of all the yummies I used:

Patterned Paper:
GCD Studios Botanique, Spring in Bloom, Antiquities

Chipboard:
Dusty Attic Typewriter ABC Set

Flowers:
Green Tara Roses
Green Tara Heirloom 4cm Fabric Flowers

Bling:
Want 2 Scrap Swirls Finesse - Brown Rhinestone

Ink:
Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Truffle

Colour:
Clearsnap Smooch Spritz - Candle Glow, Tea Party

Medium:
Clearsnap Glue Gloss

Glitter:
Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter - Sugar Shimmer

Punches:
Martha Stewart - Flourish Lace, Embroidery

Dies:
Spellbinders Rose Creations

Tools/Machines:
Spellbinders Grand Calibur

Other:
Green Tara Satin Edged Organza Ribbon
Green Tara Lace
Zutter Corrugated Board
DMC Thread
Dymo Label Maker

Yeah, sorry guys... I had to reinstate the word verication thingamebob on my comments because of all the spam that's coming through.  It's been ridiculous, and while blogger is wonderful and grabs it and throws it in the spam folder, I still see it and it annoys me!  

I love getting comments {it always makes my day}... but I hate getting excited only to find its some silly spammer!!

[Such a Little] Cutie - Donna Salazar Designs

Hi everyone!  I have another layout to share using Donna's StoryBook papers... and I got to play with a baby photo!  This is my son Kel when he was just 9 months old, he was the cutest, cuddliest, happiest little boy... such a joy {then he grew up}!  Nah, joking... he still gives us such happiness!!

 

Okay... so the Story Book papers I have to admit were quite daunting for me when I first got my hands on them.  But I realised I am reaching for them every time I want to create a new layout and it's because of the fabulous texture images, cut outs, colours, hues that are perfectly 'Kel toned'... I LOVE them!!   This time I couldn't wait to cut out the "cotton ball" clouds, how CUTE are they.  I adore how Donna's playful style comes through so much in this range, you can't help but have fun creating with them.

I love {lotsa loving happening here today LOL}, Donna's Denim & Canvas Squares.  I know, 'go cut up a pair of jeans' you say... but these are thin enough to get through the Spellbinders dies with a few passes, some of my old jeans just won't cut through no matter how many times I put them through. 

Donna's Alpha's are super cute... perfect for the funky fun of the StoryBook range.  I have the Dies as well, but I like to alter the chipboard with Mix'd Media Inx.  For these ones I used Denim and Honey, randomly dabbed on and then lightly misted with water.  Then I dried them with the heat gun, forcing the water and ink to pool and create this marbled effect!

My very favourite fabric right now is loose weave gauze... it ties into the cutest little bows!

I have had this flower for a while... just waiting for the right layout to use it on.  It's cut with Donna's Rose Creations Die from Denim and Canvas.  I coated the fabric while flat with Strano Ribbon Stiff, added a little Caramel Latte Smooch Spritz, formed the flower shape and patiently waited for it to dry.

That's all I have to share today... until next time, take care and be true to you!

Mis xo

Products used:

Patterned Paper:

GCD Studios Storybook - Fairies, Argh, Fido

Chipboard:

GCD Studios Compatibles Chipboard Alphabet

Dusty Attic Picket Fence, Small

Flowers:

Dusty in Bloom - Grassy Knoll, Smokey Blue

Paper Roses

Ink:

Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Honey, Denim

Medium:

Inkssentials Crackle Accents

White Acrylic Paint

Dies:

Spellbinders - Rose Creations, Wonderful Wings

Tools/Machines:

Spellbinders Grand Calibur

Other:

Crochet Trim, Gauze, DMC Perle Embroidery Thread

Want2Scrap - 7x7 Denim, 7x7 Canvas

Kaiser Polaroid Frame

Adhesive:

Scrapbook Adhesives - Crafty Power Tape, Crafty Foam Tape

Sadie and Xena - Donna Salazar Designs

Hi everyone... this month at Donna Salazar Designs is was my turn to create a layout for Michelle.  She sent me a photo of 2 of her little fur-babies to scrap.  Look at those two... they are so cute, mother and daughter!

I chose the Botanic Beauty paper from the Botanique Collection for this one because of the gorgeous flittering butterflies {I love butterflies}.  I cut them all out from the paper and some more from the Botanique Cards paper and placed them hither thither... I imagine that the cats are dreaming of them!

Donna's papers always seem to go hand in hand with bows for me... this one was tied using some Coloured Jute Ribbon.

I cut and created some roses from cardstock using Donna's Rose Creations Die by Spellbinders...

added some Want2Scrap LeCreme Pearl  Flourishes to frame the photo...

cut a little tab from Want2Scrap Canvas using Donna's Creative Page Tabs Die...

and tucked in some little self adhesive leaves with a scattering of more Want2Scrap LeCreme Pearls...

I hope you're liking this Mich!!  xoxo

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time, take care,

Mis xo

Products used:

Patterned Paper:
GCD Studios Botanique - Botanic Beauty, Botanic Cards
GCD Studios Crafty Chronicle - Volume 3

Pearls:
Want2Scrap - 72count LeCreme Pearls, LeCreme Pearls Swirls Finesse

Dies:
Spellbinders - Rose Creations, Creative Page Tabs

Tools/Machines:
Spellbinders Grand Calibur

Other:
Want2Scrap Canvas
Gauze
Green Tara Coloured Jute Ribbon - Camel
Green Tara Self Adhesive Leaf Garland - Brown
Crochet Trim
DMC Perle Embroidery Thread

Adhesive:
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Power Tape

Sunset - Green Tara

I decided to try something a little different for me... keeping it simple and leaving some white space!  For me this was not as easy as it looks... but I wanted to really show off these gorgeous Green Tara flowers and thought this was the way to do it!

I sprayed the background with some Smooch Spritz, the Candleglow and Mixed Berries were the perfect match for Green Tara's Lavender Velvet Rose and Ivory Gardenias.

I sprayed the Green Tara lace {this is one of my FAVE laces} with Candleglow Smooch Spritz so it stood out from the white background.  Green Tara lace always holds colour mists so well.

 I love the size of the Velvet Rose, they are simply stunning.

The chipboard was simply sprayed with Black Velvet Smooch Spritz and once dried with Mixed Berries Smooch Spritz... the glimmer pools on the black background leaving a mottled effect.

 I love the 'messy' look of the Gardenia's... it gives them that natural look and offsets the perfection of the roses.

I've popped in some of the new Purple Velvet Leaves, adding leaves to your flower clusters helps them blend well together.

Lastly I added a whole pile of stitching to the border.  It took ages and halfway through I was saying "what was I thinking"... but it looks so effective I know that I'll use this stitch again!!

I hope you find some inspiration from my layout today... it's simple and spacious, but I still got all my favourite elements happening!!

Green Tara Products used:

8.5cm Off White Lace - L2898OW

3cm Velvet Leaves - Purple - XL266Pu

8cm Velvet Rose - Lavender - XF9217L

3cm Roses - Black - FDR024BL

3 Layer Gardenias - Purple - FDV054Pu 

3 Layer Gardenias - Ivory - FDV054Iv

25mm Coloured Jute Ribbon - Lavender - RB407Lav 

Also used:

Basic Grey Designer Cardstock

White Cardstock

Dusty Attic Grass Border #1

Dusty Attic Bookman ABC Set

DMC Perle Embroidery Thread

 

Design Team Call - Green Tara

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  Heirloom Fabric Flower

Green Tara has been an awesome DT to be a part of! Alison is so generous, it's wonderfully easygoing and our DTC Di, she's a bit of a sweetheart! I have loved being a part of Green Tara this last term!!

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Thanks for visiting, take care and

WOW - Donna Salazar Designs

Hi everyone!  Today I have another 'boy style' layout to share with you, using Donna's Storybook papers.  This is my son, just a few weeks ago... a rare 'allowed' photo moment!  Why he needs to pull such a goofy smile now I don't know, but I'm just happy he at least smiles!

As always, the background patterns of Donna's papers are perfectly versatile.  These papers had cute funky images, but were a little young for this photo of Kel, so I have just used the background patterns.  Look at how cool that blue corrugated paper looks!!

I used a Spellbinders Die to cut some of the Manilla from the Mix'd Media Stax to create a little journal card.  I also trimmed up some Canvas and made tags and little tuck-ins to add interest.  

I've also tucked in some of the Want2Scrap Denim, and cut some into a little tab with Donna's Creative Page Tabs Die from Spellbinders. The GCD Compatibles Alpha's were lightly inked around the edges and then outlined with a sepia pen.

The Dusty Attic Chipboard was inked with Truffle and Denim Mix'd Media Inx and then spritzed with water to blend the colours.

I hope you find inspiration from my layout!  It's been so nice to get back to 'boy style' and Donna's Storybook papers made it so much easier!! 

Take care,

www.mistrabutterfly.blogspot.com

Products used:

Patterned Paper:
GCD Studios Storybook - Chalkboard, Gold Stars, Animal Crackers, Rocket Ship

Chipboard:
Dusty Attic Barcodes

Ink:
Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Truffle, Denim

Other:
Want2Scrap - Denim, Canvas
GCD Studios - Compatibles Alpha Stickers
Zutter - Corrugated Board

Dies:
Spellbinders - Creative Page Tabs, Office Supplies

Tools/Machines:
Spellbinders Grand Calibur

Adhesive:
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Power Tape

Live In The Moment Reverse Canvas - The Dusty Attic

Hi everyone... I have another little reverse canvas to share with you all.  It's a simple little one using a Dusty Attic Crane and Mini Frame.  I've kept them very simply decorated because of the intense colours of the canvas.

The canvas was covered with ceramic stucco and coloured with Starburst Stains and Smooch Spritz.  Once dried the inside was flooded with crackle accents and left to dry for a few days.  It was a thick coating and took a few days, but I love the really thick cracks it created!

The crane was painted with white gesso and then coloured with Smooch Accent Inks.    The Mini Frame was coloured with River Mossy, Olive Vine and Ice Rink Smooch Spritz.

And have added some Authentique Diction Stickers.  These are so handy, I always find the perfect words from them.

Thanks for visiting, take care and