A Home Decor Scrapbook Layout & A New Way to be Creative

February 7th, 2010

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As we are approaching ever nearer to Valentine’s day, I thought I would share this layout that I’ve made for my cousin Hayley, of her and her boyfriend Glen. Awwwwwwww, don’t they look sweet together! You may recognize Hayley from this layout from my archives.

Last year she decorated her bedroom with a pink wallpaper with a luscious black and silver brocade over it, and the pink & black brocade page from the Hot Mama line from Glitz Design reminded me completely and utterly of her. So I used this page as the main design point of this layout, using my trusty paper punches.

So i’ve made this layout for her to display in her room as a piece of home decor. I hope she likes it.

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A New Skill?
I have something else i want to share with you too. Can you see the digital elements on the photos? Do ya like ‘em?? I made them myself. :0)

At Christmas our friend Jer showed me how much fun it is playing with a wacom. So i have kinda permanently borrowed his, and have had so much fun making lots of digital brushes. I have made loads, but haven’t got round to using a lot of them yet – so this is the first sneak of three of them ‘love’, ‘together’ & a love heart image. I love the way that I can use these in a way that looks like i’ve placed a rub-on on top of the photo.

Here is a quick image i threw together that shows the exact brushes better (with the addition of the word ‘cherish’)

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I am seriously going to be doing some more doodling with ‘my’ wacom.

Thanks for looking & please leave me a comment here. And come back later in the week, as I have another video tutorial to share – making paper roses for cards and layouts!
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Products used
Glitz Design HOT MAMA paper
Glimmer Mist
Chipboard pieces from Dovecraft
Lace
Rock Chick Glitter Chipboard Elements from DCWV
Circle punch
Making Memories tag
Ribbon
Buttons
Bling
Sewing Machine
Brads
Metal charm brads from Dovecraft

How to make Custom Coloured String (video)

February 4th, 2010

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Here’s a really, really quick video showing you how I made the blue coloured string from my ‘Sheer Happiness’ layout that I posted earlier this week. Now you can have string of every colour to match any project, no matter what colour of the rainbow you need!

Enjoy!

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An Unusual Misting Mask- cogs from a Glue Glider Pro

February 1st, 2010

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Hey guys

I recently used the last of the adhesive in my Glue Glider Pro (sob) and I decided to take it apart and use the cogs inside as misting masks.

This was an idea inspired by a project that my eFriend Erin Bassett did when she dismantled her Glue Glider Pro. Check out her project here.

It was an experiment to be honest, but I loved the result. I used some Cosmic Shimmers Mists, very similar to Glimmer Mists or Maya Mists.

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This scrapbook layout is of my nephew Joshua on the day that we went to Legoland. He loved the whole experience, and I adored this photo of him running down the pathway with a cheeky grin on his face. It really was the look of sheer happiness.  This was one of those quick, fun layouts that just materialize without too much concentration. I love it when that happens.

Bubbles
Whilst making this layout, I also rediscovered a stash of a particular product that, if my memory serves me, are called bubbles. I can’t for the life of me remember who made them, but they are cool acrylic domes that you can stick to products but put charms, beads and other loose items inside. It acts as a little shaker bubble. You can see that I added a small square bubble to the layout with a few seed beads inside.

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Thanks for popping by, and for my next post I’ve got a quick video to show you how I customized some household string in order to get it this cool blue colour so it would match my layout. See you then.

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