Teen

I took this photo of my daughter on the very day she turned 13, to keep for posterity's sake. It was a big day for her, since as one of her friends said, it's the day she turns from being a "tween" to a "teen". So naturally I just had to scrap it.

I started with a lovely paper from Tim Holtz's Shabby Chic collection, and then just piled on the embellishments, experimenting with various mediums along the way.

I took a piece of chip tile from Tattered Angels, sprayed on a combination of Coffee Shop and Iridescent Gold glimmer mists on it, inked it with a combination of distress inks, and then used a sanding block to distress the embossed portions. I used this as a base on which I placed my matted photo and other embellishments.

I applied Tim Holtz's Distressed Crackle Paint in Clear Rock Candy on a couple of postage stamp "frames" from Tattered Angels, and very lightly inked their edges after the paint has dried.

I also applied the crackle paint to a little chipboard photo corner from Tattered Angels.

As the layout has a very pink base, I used lots of greens and browns as a contrast. I also did a lot of inking and distressing, and used pop-up dots for dimension. I finished it off with laces and a beautiful ornate frame from Tim Holtz.

Happy birthday, sweetie!

Materials used:
Patterned Papers - Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Stack - "Shabby Chic"
Chipboards - Tattered Angels - "Nature" Embossed Chip Tiles, "Tattered Traveler Postage Stamps" Embossed Framed Fonts, Creme de Cocoa "Regal" Glimmer Chips
Glimmer Mists - Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Coffee Shop, and Iridescent Gold
Inks - Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain, Tattered Rose, and Frayed Burlap
Crackle Paint - Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint in Clear Rock Candy
Flowers - Prima - Eclatte, Belle Arte Sachette, Valentine Vine in Light Pink
Leaves - Prima - Rose Leaves
Laces - Prima, and from stash
Metal Plate - Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collection - Ornate Plates
Journaling Sticker - 7Gypsies 97% Complete Stickers - Grow
Alphas - Making Memories - Tiny Alphas in Pink Ledger, American Crafts Thickers - Puffy Honey in Metallic Copper
Others - EK Success 3D Dots

Color

A layout without a title. So I decided to use a word from the journaling as the title instead. I so love this quote which I got from Bo Bunny's Mama-Razzi collection: "When you photograph in black and white, you capture the color of the soul."

I did quite a bit of distressing and inking for this layout, to give it a vintagey look.

And I applied Distress Crackle Paint in Clear Rock Candy to the piece of chipboard from Tattered Angels, to give it some added texture.

I then embellished the chipboard with flowers, leaves, and pearls from Prima.

Here's another look:

Materials used:
Patterned Papers - Prima Pastiche Collection - Seaside, Love Letter
Journaling - Bo Bunny Mama-Razzi Collection - Word
Chipboard - Tattered Angels Glimmer Chips - Creme de Cocoa "Regal"
Flowers - Prima - Belle Artes "Novelty", Winter Rose "Glacier", Cameo Roses "Aqua", Essentials No. 9 "Pastiche"
Leaves - Prima - Autumn Leaves "October"
Pearls - Prima - Say It In Pearls - Blue Swirls
Lace - Prima
Others - Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo, Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint in Clear Rock Candy, EK Success 3D Foam Dots

Celebrating Teenhood

My older DD's 13th birthday celebrations. This layout was inspired by a sketch by Anam Stubbington for Prima, so naturally I just had to use Prima papers for this!

I embellished with flowers, pearls and laces, and used lots of 3D pop-up dots for dimension.

I'm not used to multiple photo layouts but I like how this turned out.

Materials used:
Patterned Papers - Prima Pastiche Collection - Heartstrings; Prima Flights Of Fancy Collection - Miss Pretty, Tiptoe; Prima Shabby Chic Collection - Majestic Breeze
Flowers - Prima Belle Artes - Butterfly, Prose, Novelty; Prima Cameo Roses - Azalea
Leaves - Prima Calcutta Leaves - Blossom; Prima Heirloom Paper Leaves - Willow
Pearls - Prima Say It In Pearls - Pink Swirls
Laces - Prima
Alphas - Prima Cardstock Stickers - Chipboard Alphabets; Making Memories Tiny Alphas - Pink Ledger
Others - Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Weathered Wood, and Frayed Burlap; EK Success 3D Foam Dots

LOTW @ MWL

My layout "Dream" is one of the Layouts of the Week featured on the Made With Love blog this week. :)

Time Together

Here's my new layout for Custom Crops. The photo is of my younger daughter’s birthday celebrations from last year - a crop party held at one of our LSS. The girls got to make a mini-album to take home, with photos and all, which were taken at the party and printed out on the spot for the girls to use in their album – such fun! I thought the 123Celebrate Me Collection "VIP" patterned paper from Creative Imaginations' ‘Melange’ range is so appropriate, and don’t you just love that Hambly ‘Sweet Cupcakes’ overlay? Check out the step-by-step how-to guide and full list of products used HERE.

Dream

I did a little experimenting with this layout, using one of my new Prima stamps, with some embossing powder and glimmer mists.

I used Core'dinations cardstock for the layout, so that when I tore the cardstock, the torn edges will show two shades of the same colour - no inking required! Apart from the edges of the cardstock, I also tore the bottom right corner just enough to curl the torn portion backwards to insert the photo, and let some patterned paper show through from the back.

I then used an old Scenic Route patterned paper I had left over from their Sonoma Collection to just "peek" through from underneath the torn portion of the cardstock at the bottom right of the layout, and embellished the corner with some Prima vines, flowers and laces.

Now for the experimenting. What I did was stamped the cardstock with Versa Mark Watermark Stamp Pad, poured some clear embossing powder onto the stamped portion, and embossed it. I then used Tattered Angels' Coffee Shop and Iridescent Gold glimmer mists and sprayed it over the embossed portion. The embossing will resist the mist and all I needed to do was dab off the resisted bits of sprayed mists with some tissue.

I really like how this turned out. And it gives a nice textured effect to the layout.

Materials used:
Cardstocks - Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock
Patterned Paper - Scenic Route - Sonoma Collection - Scrap Strip 1
Flowers, Vines and Lace - Prima
Alphas - Jillibean Soup - Corrugated Alphas Collection - White
Journaling - 7Gypsies 97% Complete Stickers - Live
Journaling Tag - Maya Road Journaling Tags - Brown and Cream
Photo Corner - Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Corners
Stamp - Prima Clear Stamps - Documentary
Embossing Powder - Melt Art Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel - Clear
Glimmer Mists - Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists - Coffee Shop, Iridescent Gold
Others - Versa Mark Watermark Stamp Pad, Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain

Bloom

Here's a layout I did using the new The Girls' Paperie patterned papers, and my new Tattered Angels Glimmer Screens. I just love the butterfly screen from Tattered Angels - so pretty!

I did lots of flower cut-outs from the Cabbage Rose paper because the paper just screamed to be cut out when I saw it - lol!

And to finish off, I distressed and lightly inked the Newsprint Stripe papers for some texture and shades, and I also used lots of 3D pop-up dots for dimension, and added laces and flowers as further embellishments.

Notice how the colours of the flowers and glimmer mist matched the colours on my DD's outfit? :)

Materials used:
Patterned Papers - The Girls' Paperie - Paper Girl Collection - Newsprint Stripe, Cabbage Rose
Cardstock - Bazzill - White
Frame - Hambly Screen Prints - Urban Chic Frames - White
Flowers - Prima - Lilliput Roses 'Teaberry', Fairytale Roses in Baby Pink and in Orchid
Laces - Prima
Alphas - American Crafts Thickers - Nutmeg Glossy Letter Stickers in White
Mists - Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists in Jazz Blue, and Iridescent Gold
Masks - Tattered Angels Glimmer Screens - Nature 'Graceful Journey', and Garden 'Blossom'
Others - Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Aged Mahogany, EK Success 3D Dots