Life is full of beauty

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a recent altered frame as Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee

using the beautiful Whisper collection.

I painted the frame with white gesso before stenciling and spraying it.

I added a lot of flowers and other embellishments to match the colours of the papers

as well as lots of fussy cut elements from the range.

I painted some of the elements with rust pastes to make them look old and weathered.

Life is indeed full of beauty ... just look around!

I hope that you like this project.

Until next time!

💜

Santorini

Hi everyone

Today I am sharing a canvas of the beautiful Greek islands

which was done for a friend who was gifting it to someone who comes from Greece.

The blues and whites of the papers are a perfect representation and the different elements used from the range epitomise the carefree, simple lifestyle of these beautiful islands.

It makes you want to get on a plane and go there! ✈

I used the shutters because it reminds me so much of the little windows of their homes and I can just see the women talking to and laughing with to each other through them.

Some more closeups of the details ....

I hope that you like this canvas.

Until next time!

💙

Our Story

Hi everyone.

I am sharing some pics of a recent mini album class which I taught

using the beautiful "Bloomville" papers from Mintay.

Here is the outside of the album ...

and the inside of the album ...

plus a few of the pages ...

Beautiful papers with so many elements to cut out and embellish your album pages.

I hope that you like this mini album.

Until next time!

💛

Always and Forever

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a single layout done for the FabScraps Design Team using their 

beautiful C116 Love Story Collection.

I used a wedding photograph of my parents for this layout.

Even though they are both no longer with us, they were the perfect example of true love and, 

in my heart, will be together forever and always.

The small hearts within the large heart was done with one of my Silhouette Cameo cut files.

I then placed some of the other paper beneath it to back the hearts.

Papers were cut to matt the photograph and various elements from the range were cut out and 

used on the layout. "Our Love Story" is a sticker from the range. 

So many pretty colours and cutouts. 

The chipboard title was covered in sticky glue and then glitter applied. 

Some splashes of inks and paint and the layout was complete.

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

💗

You are simply amazing

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a recent double page layout created as Brand Ambassador for 

Penelope Dee using the beautiful Whisper collection.  I love the lilacs, purples and greens 

in this range so it was really easy to create with it.  I will also be posting a few other projects 

with this collection in the next few weeks.

I used photographs of my dauther's 16th birthday photoshoot.  I know I'm biased but she really 

is simply amazing ... that's when she's not driving me crazy 😄

I was inspired by Prima Marketing Finnabair's use of her icing pastes together with an 

embossing folder.  All you do is apply a generous (not too thick) layer onto the embossing folder 

and leave in a warm place to dry.  This process could take a few days so plan ahead.

I tore the dried icing paste into pieces and used this on both sides of my layout.

I used the Amethyst Magic Icing Paste for this layout and used the same embossing folder to 

matt the paper which I used behind my two jumbo photographs.  The raised parts of both were 

rubbed with Peacock metallique wax.

The chipboard frame and wording were coloured with Silver and Black Iris All Purpose Inks and 

then lightly heat embossed in Silver and rubbed with some of the Peacock wax.

So many pretty cut out flowers and other elements were added to complete the layout.

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

💜

Original Gentleman

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a single layout on a canvas created for Penelope Dee using the 

masculine "Artisan" collection, perfect for the men in your life.

I used a photograph of my dad taken in 1945.  I love this photo of him ... 

so dashing, even at such a young age.

For this layout, I tore some of the paper diagonally and placed it on the left side of the canvas.

I then stenciled across the edge of the paper with Prima Marketing Finnabair plaster paste with the co-ordinating stencil and then, using the spatula, ran the plaster paste roughly down the right side of the canvas, creating grooves to look like old plaster on a wall.

Allow this to dry completely.

I then added some Finnabair liquid acrylic paints in Burnt Sienna and Tiger Orange, 

spraying them with water so that they ran down the grooves of the plaster paste.

Once they were dry, I added some "Storm cloud" Nuvo Shimmer Powder here and then, 

spraying it with water and moving it with a paintbrush until I was happy with the effect.

Some of the chipboard elements were painted with Finnabair Rust Pastes in 

brown, red and gold rust pastes.

The words were heat embossed with Ranger "Watering Can" embossing powder.

Once all my embellishments were added to the layout, I added some of the brown rust paste 

onto them with a paintbrush and then sprayed it with water, 

allowing the paste to run down the page.

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

💛

Celebrate Life

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a double page layout with photographs from our daughter's 16th birthday celebration using beautiful Prima papers.

For this layout I stenciled onto the right and left sides of the layout using a script stamp and three different colours of Finnabair Icing Pastes together.

There were a lot of flowers to fussy cut and combined these cut flowers with other flowers.

Chipboard were heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

A pretty layout which I love.

Until next time!

💓

My Warrior Cry

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a recent double page layout created as Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee 

using the beautiful "Artisan" collection.

Even though this is a predominantly masculine range, it is versatile enough to use for a feminine layout as well.

The photographs on this layout are of one of my nieces in South America when she was 

Miss Grand Paraguay competing for the Miss Grand International crown in Vietnam in 2017.

Her plight was to stand against deforestation and to protect a certain 

South American bird from extinction.

This was her "warrior cry", something that she felt very strongly about.

I stenciled onto the left and right left sides of the layout and then, using a different stencil, 

added light paste over the other stenciling.  I then added copper gilding flakes onto the wet paste,

setting it aside to dry completely.  Once dry, the excess flakes were brushed off.

Chipboards were painted in acrylic paints.

I hope that you like this layout.

I would like to encourage you that, wherever you go in life, 

I hope that you have the courage to stand up for what you believe in, 

even if it means standing alone.

Until next time!

💙

Travel Adventure

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a double page layout done as Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee 

using the beautiful "Postcards" collection.

I love the old, heritage feel of this range and so used some photographs from a family visit 

to Paraguay quite a number of years ago.

The chipboards on this layout were inked with Distress Oxides and then stamped them with the corresponding stamp.  I then rubbed some stencil ink in places and then left it to dry and get a sticky feel to it.  I then added some gold gilding flakes onto the sticky glue, leaving for a while before brushing off the excess.

I added some distress oxide onto either side of the layout by placing the oxide 

onto a craft sheet, spraying with water and then picking up the diluted oxide 

with some plastic wrap and placing it onto the page until I was happy with the effect.

Gold micro beads were added for texture and effect.

I hope you like this layout and feel inspired to go and create something of your own.

Until next time!

💜