Creative Inspiration - Week 7

Hello all.

Welcome back to another week of creative sharing on behalf of Mad About Scrappin.

Once again I have been playing around with another Photo Freedom kit by Carta Bella.

I must say I LOVE the colours of this one. And once again have found the kit to be VERY multipurpose.

So here's the layout I have created this week.

I love how this layout turned out. It has many layers and dimensions with all the glimmer mist, ink and embellishments that I have used. I must also say I am love with the ornate frames that I have used on this layout too.

By playing around with the card stock base I have been able to create a background that colour matches my layout perfectly. Using glimmer mist and a Kaiser Craft  vine template I have lightly misted two different colours onto the base card stock.  

I have then played around with a mixture of stamps and some dove coloured staz on ink. Then I have inked the edges of the white card stock and blended it inwards slightly. I used the same process with inking the edges on a pale grey card stock which I then mounted my white card stock base onto. I like doing this sometimes as I find it help create a frame for the layout.

I am absolute love with the ornate frames that Leanne has just got in store at Mad About Scrappin. I thought I would customise a few of them and played around with some glimmer mist. I wasn't too sure how they would hold up to glimmer mist at first and whether they would buckle. I am most pleased they didn't at all. The work so well with glimmer mist that I am definitely going to use it again. 

Then to finish off the layout I have added some matching flowers and some of the gorgeous paper from the photo freedom kit. 

I cannot wait to play around with the rest of this kit.

What techniques have you used lately ?

Well thanks for stopping by.

Back to the scrap desk.

TFL, Michelle x

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Mini Album Part 2

Hi I am back today to show you part 2 of my mini album. To see part 1 head HERE

Like before all papers are from the Kaisercraft 'The looking glass' (head HERE for it in the shop)

 

I used alphas from Kasiercraft and Glitz.

Now I can only show one page here as I run out of doilies (very annoying) Lucky for me I happen to know a shop that is getting more in ;)

Last 2 and my fav's, pictures of our girl with each parent. Like the cute glitter corner?? Head HERE to see the whole range.

Bar the paper range I have used flowers on each page. MAS has an AWESOME range. To check it out head HERE.

Last but not least the title page. I kept it simple and used a lot of stickers from the sticker Kasiercraft range.
I had loads of fum doing this page and Iona helped me out by picking the photos she wanted and some of the flowers. A great way to do something with your kids and keeping memories alive.
Don't forget to enter this months sketch challenge, LOVING the entries so far!!!
Thanks for looking
Belinda :)



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Paper Bag Recipe Mini Album

G'day everyone, I have a quick share for you all today.  I am in the process of creating a paper bag recipe album with my DT kit from Mad About Scrappin.  This month I have the Homemade with Love papers from Carta Bella.

This is the first time I have ever worked with Carta Bella and I love how thick and textured the papers are!! This collection is a little grunge-y and very vintage!  I just love all the kitchen  inspired designs and elements they have cooked up for this.  Just perfect for recipe books!

I have used  some lunch paper bags from my stash.  These were some that I received from the US, and they looked a little like this...

I have used 6 paper bags measuring 5" x 9.75" x 3.15" or 12.7cm x 24.8cm x 8cm. To prep my bags I first opened them up and folded on of the side gussets outward so that I could cut a slit into them....so they looked like this....

I then adhered down all the flaps. 

 After this was done to all 6 of them I then  folded all these flaps over and burnished them well with my bone folder.

I folded the top or gusset part of the bag in half and adhered it down.  This will be where I bind the mini.  It will be flip from the top. I also then trimmed the edges of my bag so that they now 6 inches.

Once I finished this step I then inked up all the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain and then set them aside whilst I cut all my papers to size.

I have no pics to accompany these steps, but I mat all my bags from

Secret Recipe

Baking Stripe

Kitchen Corner

Conversion Table

Mixing Bowls

Love Pie

and  folded up the flap to create a pocket to house a recipe card.

 This is the flip or back side of the bags

  Here are some of the recipe cards I cut out from the collection

 and this is the reverse of the cards.  I have mat with some freebies I found on Pinterest.

These are some that will be going inside the paper bags.

 This is a work in progress so please be sure to join me here again next Monday when I share the finished mini album with you all.  Thanks for stopping by and till next week ...

.....✿ღ.~♥  Live your Bliss ♥~ღ.✿

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