Live your story

 

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a new project as Design Team member 

for 13arts with you all today, a mixed media shadow box 

featuring papers and embellishments from the 

ROSE IN LOVE collection as well as cut-outs 

from the BELLA collection.

I prepared the box by first giving it a good covering 

of white gesso.  I then combined a mixture 

of white gesso and texture powder and applied 

this to the front of the box with a spatula, leaving 

it to dry naturally to bring out all of the cracks.

Once the paste was dry, I combined liquid acrylic medium 

and Jadeite Color Glow together and added this 

onto the cracks, spraying with water to allow the colour 

to move across the front of the box.

I painted the resin embellishments with the same 

green Color Glow (frame and branch) and added Ruby 

Color Glow with liquid acrylic medium 

to the flowers on the resin piece.

Chipboard leaves were painted with the same green paint

and the resin window coloured with Ruby paint.

I added flowers, ephemera and cutout-outs 

around the edges of the box, layering them 

with the coloured resin pieces.

I hope that this project has inspired you.

Sharing my story

 

Hello creative friends.

I am sharing a new project as Brand Ambassador 

for Penelope Dee, this time a mini album using 

the fun and bright YOU-NIQUE collection.

I love the bold colours and patterns of this collection 

which suited my mini album perfectly.  I used all of the papers 

from the collection as well as phrase cards, cut-outs 

and chipboards.

Here are a few pics that I took showing the album design ...

Thanks for stopping by.

Imagination

 

Hello everyone.

I am sharing a new layout as Design Team member 

for 13arts with you all today ~ a bold, dramatic layout 

with the QUEEN OF THE NIGHT.

I prepared the background of my layout by 

stenciling with a combination of black gesso 

and gel medium.

I added black glitter to the mixture to give it texture 

and a sparkle and then stenciled around my main composition.

I then added ephemera and velum from the collection, 

as well as velum from the ROSE IN LOVE collection, 

layering them with flowers around my photograph.

I added stamping onto the edges of my layout.

Splashes of black gesso and white ink completed my layout.

I hope that you like this layout and are inspired to 

create one of your own using these beautiful products.

Bloom and grow

Hello creative friends.

I am sharing a new layout with you all today as 

Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee using the 

gorgeous new GARDENIA collection.

Beautiful, soft pastel tones make up this collection and 

is perfect for any photograph, especially a romantic one.

I cut papers and layered them with cards cut from 

the collection, cutting elements from the cut-out sheet 

to frame my photograph.

I sprayed chipboard embellishments with 

Speckled Egg Distress Oxide to cover the engraved 

sections of the chipboards and then 

wiped off the excess oxide.

I hope that this layout has inspired you.

Capture

Hello creative friends

I am sharing a grungy layout with you all today 

as Design Team member for 2Craft Chipboard featuring 

some of the beautiful chipboards in their collection as well as 

papers and embellishments from 13arts' Mr Handsome collection.

I prepared the chipboard pieces by first painting them 

with brown paint.  I then added blue and gold metallic 

flakes to the corner pieces and lightly rubbed the frames with gold wax.

The bulb and title were painted with gold paint.

I added stamping around my layout as well.

Once I had added everything to my layout,

I combined gold ink and gel medium together 

and stenciled onto my layout, dragging the product 

with a spatula around my main composition 

as well as along the edges of my layout.

Once the product was dry, I added Copper Glitter Ink

on top of the gold as well as onto the bulb and title.

I hope that this layout has inspired you to create your own.