Saturday, March 9, 2013

Oh Baby and Heartfelt Creations Flowers

Today I have a layout to share using a combination of Kaisercrafts Lake House papers and Pink Paisley's Botanical Gardens paper. I also used Heartfelt Creations dies and stamps to create those gorgeous flowers! There are so many elements to this page that I am not sure I will be able to remember everything. If you have a question, just leave it in my comments. The doilies were made using dies from Cheery Lynn Designs. I also used some resins from Prima, and the clock is one of their new little wooden pieces. The punched strips are from Martha Stewart and EK Success punches. The butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch. For the background paper I used the Crafter's Workshop Chicken wire template and applied gesso in various places. I then sprayed Lindy's Stamp Gang Creme Brulee and Cotton Candy Pink Starburst sprays until I got the effect I wanted. That's pretty much it besides adding some buttons and other little pretties. Anyway, I hope you are inspired.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Prima's Ladybird Collection

Oh, you must see Prima's new Ladybird Collection. It's gorgeous! To see the whole thing go here:
http://prima.typepad.com/prima/2013/02/presenting-the-ladybird-collection.html#comments.

Here's a peek:


Make sure you go to the link above. The layouts are gorgeous!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Barbara 

Monday, February 25, 2013

January Layout with Graphic 45

I have another layout to share using Graphic 45's Place in Time. I absolutely love this collection!! But then I love every collection they make! Somewhere or another I got away from making layouts with G45, but this has me back on track. I see a lot of layouts being made with G45 in the future. Everything besides the lace and buttons is G45. With this collection you really don't need anything else. They have given you everything you need to create a fabulous layout.

Anyway, I really didn't have a photo for this layout because we had no snow in January, but I am sure I will eventually be able to dig an old photo out, scan, print, and adhere. I loved this so much I wanted to share now.

Here it is:


Thanks for stopping by!

Barbara

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Gorgeous

I have a new layout to share using Prima's Rondelle collection. The title of my layout is of course, Gorgeous.  I went way out of my comfort zone with this layout. I have little experience with using sprays and masks, but for this layout I did both and also stamped. The sprays are the Starburst sprays from Lindy's Stamp Gang. I purchased them recently and I must say I have been missing out. They are gorgeous!! The mask I used is made by Prima and I used Tim Holtz distress inks for that. Everything else on this layout is made by Prima.

I am still on a learning curve with the sprays, but I hope in time I will have it down pat.

Here's my layout.



Thanks for stopping by!

Barbara
   

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Love Imagine Dream

The layout I am sharing with you today utilizes a lot of old chipboard I have had forever. All of the frames are chipboard. For the top frame I painted it with Teal Zircon Silks acrylic glaze. Then I used a Prima stamp and some black ink and stamped all over it. No need to be precise. Just keep stamping until you get the desired look. For the middle frame I mixed some of the Silks and black paint. Don't mix it too much or you will get a solid color. I wanted it to be two tone. I painted the Silks on the bottom frame and that was it. I used a Martha Stewart punch to add punched strips to all the frames. The butterflies are also from a Martha Stewart punch. Love, Imagine, and Dream are all rub ons made by Kaisercraft. The big teal flowers were made using a tutorial by Lisa Gregory. You will need the Tattered Florals Sizzix die for this. I substituted a button for the middle of my flowers. The rest of the flowers are some I have had on hand. The birdcage was made using the French Manor cricut cartridge. The leaves were made using a Spellbinders Foliage die. Lastly, I did spray the corners with Dylusions. The colors are Vibrant Turqoiuse and Black Marble. That should do it. Here is my layout:



 Thanks for stopping by! I hope you found some inspiration for your own layouts! Have a wonderful day!

Barbara
 
 
 
 
 

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Eyes of Wonder with Pima

I am back again with another Prima layout, using the Swirlydoo's January kit. I am totally in love with Prima lately. After this layout I am left with scraps, so now I need to go out of my comfort zone and create something with just scraps. But that's another pos,t and I should talk about this layout. So, I used the Prima Firefly collection papers again. There is one paper that was from Fab Scraps, but you barely see it. I used a lot of Prima resins. I also used Prima Resist Canvas for the first time. Not sure how I feel about it yet. Well, maybe I do, since I feel the design should come through more. I wanted to put pearls or something on the leaves, but decided to leave them alone. All the flowers are Prima, and all the punching was done with Martha Stewart punches.  The picture is an older one of my granddaughter. I can hardly believe it's her. They change so fast! Well here's my layout:



I hope you found inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!


Barbara

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Cute With Prima

Hello, I am back with another layout. This time I am using the Swirlydoo's January kit, and with it came some beautiful Prima papers.It is the Firefly collection. I totally went out of my comfort zone creating this layout. I used a mask and went all around the paper in various spots adding paint. That is so not me, but I think in time and lots of practice I could get used to doing this. I had fun! Now I used tons of Prima on this layout. All the paper are Prima, most of the flowers are Prima, except the blue ones which are Kaisercraft. The resins are definitely Prima. I did add some punched borders here and there. I do love my punches. I was trying to find a way to add some liquid pearls, which is so me, but I didn't feel this layout needed them. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and get some ideas.



Thanks for stopping by!

Barbara