Large Flower Background And Flutter Trees

Hiya, long time no talk . . . My cat really did it this time :( She knocked a pretty big cup full of water all over my laptop and while it still works not all the keys work properly lol. So I have to use a combination of laptop and tablet to do a post and well most days it's just too much work lol. Anyways the challenge at Eclectic Ellapu for the Purples this time is Birthdays with Butterflies. If You didn't guess I picked that one ;) Not many pics this week as that's just too much work switching constantly between pad n lappy lol.

So because I just got my Inktense pencils and some new spellbinders dies I thought I would combine the two. The dies I used are In'spire Celebration and Flutter Tree D'lites. For a full list of suplies look in the labels. The copious amounts of cutting were done in my Ebosser.

1. Cut 6 sets of trees, butterflies and sentiments from plain cs
2. Stamp background and then position tree and sentiment, die cut
3. Colour the background with a watercolour medium ( I used my new inktense set squeal), I hadnt kept my middle tree pieces but I decided the finished card needed them and went a hunting lol. Next time I will make sure to colour these at the same time too.
4. Glue the 6 trees together plus the stamped tree, glue 3 sentiments plus the stamped one together.
5. Once you have trimmed your background cut a card base to measure and then go over the edges of the base and background with white Adirondack Paint Dabber
6. Adhere background to base and then add the tree and sentiment.
7. The butterfly dies join two together at a time so what I did for these was turn my stamp stamp side up and work out roughly where I wanted the butterflies and pressed them onto the stamp then matched up the lines on the background.

The inspiration for this card came from one Jennifer McGuire posted on her blog a few months ago. She only used a sentiment but I thought this is so cool it could work with anything :)
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

More of My First Mini Part 5

Getting there :) The next images we got a little Australian followed by a lil camp :) lol

 Ok so we started with Prima and KaiserCraft papers, spellbinders butterfly circles, a tag cut with my ecraft and some brads and pearls.

 Flowers close up ;) I added white adirondack paint dabber around around the edges of the mini albums mini album lol

 The first page flips open for some journalling with some more flowers and brads. The darker pages you see here are from a magazine from years ago lol.

 The lace holds the book in place as it is fully removable.

I guess this is where we get camp haha. I used Lifestyle Crafts dies for the lettering and corner flourish. I love this KaiserCraft paper, all the white lines are flocked.

 A little Priscilla with both my girls.

And some Dame Edna for the Aussies and Brits who know who she is lol.

 And then we went a little Gaga. The panel that says Gaga is actually a little teeny pocket to hold the tag that's behind in place.

The tag has a Lifestyle Crafts Tab It Kit tab on it.

The back was done with Distress Stains and edged and stamped with distress inks. Hopefully all these journalling spots have been put to good use . . .
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

My First Finished Mini Album Part 4

Soooo I have been computerless for a few weeks thanks to my cat knocking my laptop down . . . Why do they love to sleep on keyboards, even when you are not using it? Lol. So that's why it's been oh so quiet here. But I'm back and all fixed :)

Ok so I still have quite a bit more to post of the mini so here we go :)

 Lifestyle  Crafts Corners and alphabet dies are used for accents on this page.

 I have used Thickers, Bella stickers, more pearls, a pearl brad and an Idea'ology crown from Time Holtz for this little books cover. To close I used some Hemptique white hemp cord coloured with Distress Ink in Worn Lipstick.

 Just a Little Marylyn :)

 This is a smaller trifold flip out panel decorated with Prima flowers, brads lifestyle crafts dies and ribbon.

 My youngest loved the wobble board. I forgot to take a pic of the other side though. OOPS!

So we are three more pages through :) about halfway I should think.
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

More of My First Finished Mini Part 3

So I started posted pics of this mini and never got to the end... What a slacker lol. I had to fit many photos into a small space so you will see many flip out, pull out or and opening pages. I tried to make them all different too :)

A day at the Aquarium in Sydney with some pretty prima papers.

A lifestyle crafts window die to reveal the dugong :)

I made a flip out book and decorated it with a spellbinders butterfly circle and prima flowers

Added lots of pearls to this page with Kaisercraft papers.

A spot for journalling. All edges are inked with either Adirondack white paint or Distress ink or a combo of both lol

Fully opened with my youngest getting touchy feely with the local wildlife. We never know from one trip to the next if she will touch anything or not lol. I will Schedule a post a month to finis showing my Mini :)
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

More of My Kaisercraft/ Prima Mini

There are quite a few pages to this mini. So instead of inundating you with a super large post with way too many details I am going to break it up into more manageable sections like I did for the cover. I will also try to share in the order they are in the book as each part is for a different place we went to in a two day period.

That being said, I forgot to take pics of the third and fourth pages :( lol. They were taken in the butterfly enclosure at Wild Life Sydney Zoo and had papers from Prima Fairy Rhymes and a couple of die cuts with some K&Co 3D butterfly stickers.

Next I made an envelope page using the Lifestyle Crafts Basic Envelope set using the largest envelope. I then used the insert as the basis to make a flip out panel that has 3 photos on one side and two on the other with a journalling spot as well. The paper flowers are from Prima with an added  resin flower (same as on the cover but pink) and some brads.

I cut the koala using a quickutz die from the Australia set (can be found on ebay). I have been itching to use this set! lol The jouranlling spot was stamped with worn lipstick. ( I will gather all my supplies and have a full list of what I can find/remember with my last post. Promise!)

As you can see a little bit in these pics I edged them with Adirondack Snow Cap paint dabber. I also did this around the blue matting. I also added a lil snow cap to the Koala to tone down the grey and because Koala's do have a lot of white in their fur  :)

Next up is a page that flips open and has a tag tucked up behind it as well. The flip pages were pics taken in the Kangaroo enclosure and in front of the Rock Wallabies.

The tabs are from Lifestyle Crafts Tab It kit, the  boarders are from a KaiserCraft stack. You can really see in this pic how each page of this album has been edged with snow cap paint and then distressed with spun sugar and worn lipstick.

The jounalling spot is is taken from the middle of another Lifestyle crafts Whimsical die (a leftover from using this die on page 2 to frame a pic). It is not actually stuck down yet, ready for journalling. The Kangaroo is another from the Australia set used for the Koala. I edged the roo with rusty hinge to make it more in line with the giant Red Kangaroo statue.

For the tag both pics are very large. You can see in the background of this pic the Crocodile in the background. Let me tell you that is one huge croc! The zookeeper told us his story and why he was there. Suffice to say he is the male version of a black widow ;) lol.

Anyway that's it for today lol. in the next installment there is a window page and another flip out book :) Feel free to ask any questions! I will answer the best I can. All cutting has been done with my trusty Ebosser.
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

12 Tags of 2013 March

I have been a bit slack lately in doing the 12 tags, but this month I decided to give it a go even though I don't have most of the supplies Tim used lol. All good improvisation is my thing ;) First up I don't have the rabbit so I used my movers and shapers butterflies in the ornamental die from some DCWV paper. Then I edged it in some Frayed Burlap distress ink. Next instead of the sheet of tape I just laid strips of regular tape across my cs. I didn't have tinsel so I used wool for that soft fluffy feel. I learnt after covering the first butterfly to only take one strip of tape backing off at a time to keep it nice and sticky!

I don't have the tapered fringe die, but I do have the Martha Stewart Fringe Scissors so I grabbed some green Craft Core and got chopping. Then I sanded with my sanding block and added some frayed burlap. I made two layers this way.

From the same DCWV stack I grabbed a piece of paper to use as y background, as I had used a busy one around the butterflies I opted for one with a minimal pattern. The paper was no where near the colour I wanted so I added loads of ink around the edges. I started with Tumbled Glass followed by Broken China, Chipped Sapphire and finally Frayed Burlap for the grungy look.

Next I added some crinkle ribbon my sister got me as a present. It was pre-coloured so I just added some frayed burlap over the blue to tone it down a little. I tied the ribbon on and added that layer to the base with foam tape anywhere I could fit it around the woolly pieces and then added my "grass."

I don't have the metal foliage pieces so as I was doing a larger format than a tag I thought I would use a drink can (soda can) and cut it with the movers and shapers florals. I wasn't happy  with the size of one of the flowers so I cut some smallest ones from the tattered florals die. I used my fingers to shape each petal. For the smaller one I cut a small slit in between each petal first.

I don't have the new paints yet but they are so on my want list, right at the top! I used the Adirondack Dabbers instead. For the largest flower I used a combination of Pool, Aqua and Clover, the middle is Sunset Orange with white and the brad is Sunshine Yellow (I am in the middle of an argument with the yellow as it was almost solid!). 

For this flower I used a combination of Pink Sherbet and Aqua. and then the middle is the same as before. To turn the flowers into pins I added 2" pins to the back with glossy accents. I laid the pointy ends on a foam blending pad as a pillow to keep the pins in the right spot while they dried.

I cut the banner free hand as again I don't have the die. I stamped a flourish from Stampers Anonymous on the banner with tumbled glass. I then took my blending tool and used colours over the banner in the same order I did the outside piece. I stamped a sentiment from Mpress and then added some foam tape behind the middle part and double sided tape at the ends and stuck it at the top of my panel.

I then mounted the whole lot on a white card base the same size as the panel. I didn't want the card base to show so when I cut my panel I made it card front size (saves having to decide what colour card will be showing around the edges lol). Anyway that's my take on this months challenge, I hope you liked it :)

Happy Scrappin'

Purple

I am entering this at the following challenges;

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Joyful Stamper - Anything Goes

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2013

Eclectic Ellapu - Child 

613 Avenue - Bingo - Brads/Free/Ribbon

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Make It Monday - Anything Goes