Ladies Nite!

 Hello there!

Today I'm sharing a layout I have made for themadscrapper.blog using new papers instore by Maja Designs called Tropical Gardens and I have used 2 papers from the collection Cockatoo and Soundscape. To be honest I couldn't decide what to use as ALL are fabulous. You need to check them out as they are selling fast!!

My layout is using a photograph of my sisters and myself taken at my eldest sisters ladies Night at her husbands Lodge in 2019. This photo is a rare event because we all live so far away from each other and almost never get together!!

I have to say I am really pleased with the end result but with such beautiful papers and flowers to use it was not too hard.

I started by ripping both papers in half and inking the bottom one with vintage-photo on the torn edge, laying it on top showing the torn edge. 

Then I took string-frames-small by Dusty Attic and white gesso'd it and when dry I embossed with a mixture of white, bubblegum pink and holographic powders. I also did 2 primitive hearts and a bird cage from my stash. After seeing where my photo was going and the cage I snipped off a portion and placed at the bottom left to help even out the look. I added the last of this beautiful lace and some foam to hold up the photo.

Then turning over the Cockatoo paper you see this lovely layered feather like pattern so I cut a few tabs from it and inked the edges too.

Now for the fun bit!   Taking out ballet-slipper and parchment Enchanted Petals along with vintage-artistry-natural-collage-stack vintage-artistry-essentials-4-6-file-frame-set all by 49 and Market I chose a few pieces to use. I placed down the photo first, tucking under a ticket and mounting it on 2 layers.

Here you can see close ups of the flowers and you can see I have added paper twirls and a few extra leaves as well.

I have also added some pink heart gems and Prima glass beads.

I have added pink flower gems too, under the birdcage I added angel wings which I embossed in pink/white. They are in 2 other places but I think I may have covered them up!!

Here you can see where I added the tabs making sure to ink and distress their edges first. A couple I added using foam pads. I gave the page a splatter with watered down pink acrylic paint and watered down distress ink. I made the tab to add the title and date.

Once again thanks for stopping by today. Do leave a word or two if you can and don't forget to pop over to themadscrapper.co.uk and check out the full collection of tropical garden before it sells out!!

Sue.

Happy 6th Birthday

 Hello,

Here we are again looking at a new card I have made for the themadscrapper.blog . This time I have made a card for a friends Granddaughter who will be turning 6 soon. Today I have used paper and stickers from the Little Dreamer/Girl by Echo Park. 

I have started with a 7x7 bright white card base and added 2 mats each slightly smaller than the last in admiral and ocean-breeze both by Bazzill.  

 Then I took the little-dreamer-girl-3x4-journaling-cards and turned it over to cut the next layer which I stitched around using peach floss to bring out the colours used in the collection.

Next using my Cricut I cut out a heart (similar style I thought) from the little-dreamer-boy collection using the Play all day sheet. I matted that on to some Bazzill coral card. I also took 3 of the many banner stickers from the cardstock-stickers sheet matting them on card and adding them using glue gel, I also added the Amazing sticker too.

Next I pulled off lots more stickers placing them around the card.

I chose to use the You Make Me Happy large sticker because I know this little girl indeed does.

I've used one of the 2 ballerina stickers here by Birthday banner which I pulled off the identity strip (nearly always something good to found on these now).

I hope you have found some inspiration here today. I love to scrapbook but this just shows these beautiful papers and collections can be used for other crafty makes.

Thanks for stopping by today. Please take the time to leave a word or two as it's always nice to see who's been by. Also if you can't get in to the shop Janine has a excellent online service over at themadscrapper.co.uk be sure to say where you got the name from.

Till next time, stay safe.

SUE.

Summer Fun.

 Hello there!

Today I'm sharing a layout I have made to join in with the challenge over at 49 and Market's fan page over on Facebook. It's also shared at themadscrapper.co.uk/blogs 

It uses vintage-artistry-butter-serenity paper which I trimmed down and matted on to Kaisercraft Antique paper, both papers were distressed. I fussy cut the big bloom from the left side and added it back using glue gel.

                       

Above you can see where I have added white gesso through a doily stencil and I have stitched at 2 points along the edge. I also added splashes of black and yellow acrylic paint. Then I took a strip of 49-and-market/burlap cut it in half fraying the edges and placed that under a strip of badshorts which I had left over but not before I inked through my tim-holtz-layering-stencil-bubble. 

Then I took the cute Dusty Attic summer-fun chipboard and painted it with white gesso mixed with yellow paint. I took my 2 photos and matted them on to limeade-canvas by Bazzill adding little tabs using fawncanvas and black smoothies also by Bazzill. I added Devon under the bottom photo but you will see later I covered it up.

                          

I added the now dry chipboard to the bottom of the page lifting on foam pads.

Then I set about adding my clusters of flowers. I made 2 daisy's using Foamiran and added paper flowers from Green Tara, 49-and-market roses from The Mad Scrapper 2 and 11/2 cm. I also added green leaves and a tiny rosebud in yellow and a few prima-melange-pebbles have been dotted about also.

Wanting to make it a bit more fun I added some stars in the paper cut offs used.

Here you can see I moved the Devon to the top tab along with the dates taken. We holidayed with these friends a few years running down in Devon. Not seen them in years! I am 2nd from left in top photo and end on left in the bottom photo. My eldest and younger sisters are here too.

Below you can see the bloom I fussy cut out from the left along with some added Nuvo drops and stars. I have also added the inspiration photograph.

                       

                                              

Thanks for stopping by today. Do stop over at themadscrapper.co.uk you'll find loads of goodies to drool over. If you like what you see leave a word or two so I know who's stopped by.

Take care

Sue.

Get Well.

Hello,

Today I am sharing another card with you for the The Mad Scrapper blog . This one uses the beautiful paper home-grown by Heidi Swapp. Janine has 4 in the storyline collection plus a  Mini kit with texture-paste. These papers are so pretty. 

I have used just one 12x12 sheet to make this card along with a butterfly from hello happy by simple stories and a couple of pink 4cm-single-flowers.

The card design I have chosen today is known as a Joy Fold card. I have taken some photos of how I put it together for anyone who has never made one or like me forgotten as I had to look it up

I used white cardstock for this but you can use any, it looks wonderful in coloured especially if for a young person. Fold the large at 51/2 keeping fold to left. The smaller fold at 4 but have the fold on your right.

              

Here I show you the sizes of paper I have used for the card. Attach C to the inside of the large card and D to the front panel. Attach E to the inside of the small card and F to the outside. Just remember if using a paper with a definite pattern on it that you attach the right way up! Once you have added your papers attach the small card to the centre of the back card.

Here you can see the beginnings of my card, I have added a stamped sentiment where I have mixed shabby-shutters and kitsch-flamingo inks to resemble the paper colours. I also matted on black card to make it pop. I have added the butterfly and some clear glitter glue.

Now you can see I have added a couple of daisy's and leaves, buttons were added to their centres but you could easily have added brads or stamens. I added black dimensional glue to the corners. 

I decided the inside of this panel needed a little something else so I added another panel of the flower but matted it on black, this size paper is 4 x 2 3/4. I also added another butterfly but this is a cardstock sticker from simple-vintage-cottage-fields sticker sheet. I placed it on card first then cut around it and lifted it with glue gell. I also added pink glue dots here too.

This next photo shows how it looks when standing. As you can see the inside dotty panel allows you space to add a verse which I will do next. If you wanted to you could add a button or stopper to hold down the front panel. I haven't this time but if you do remember to leave enough room on the left of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today, if you have time leave a comment or two as its always nice to see who's been by.

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One sheet of paper was used on the card above, but I had a small piece left so I made a gift bag to put away in my stash.

Take Care

Sue.

Happy Anniversary

Hello,

Today I'd like to share a card I have made for the mad scrapper blog It is for my sister and brother-in-law to celebrate their anniversary. 

This card uses the fun Sommartider-badshorts paper by Maja Designs. I have used both sides today along with a corresponding solid cardstock called starfruit-blisssmoothies by Bazzill. Janine has 4 different papers to show you in this collection and all are fun and zesty. I'm thinking they would be great for beach or summer layouts too.

Here are a couple of photos to show you the papers I ordered along with 49 and market flowers and single-flowers which come in loads of colours and sizes and the cute vintage rose in ivory which in the end I didn't use but I will soon.

                                 

Also I used the cheesecloth-pack and  Kaiserfusion Pen in blue and I can't make a card without pearls and this time they were snow. Again Janine has many different colours available.

                                 

To start with I took a 6x6 cardblank and added the plain yellow leaving a small boarder. I used the yellow side of the badshorts paper distressing the edges first, then I cut a slightly smaller size and used a curve edge die to remove a corner with more distressing on the other 3 sides. I added this to the card with foam square's.

I cut out a doily in the yellow and added a stitched circle to the centre. This was placed on the card and to it I added cheesecloth to soften the underneath of where the flowers will go.

Here you can see the flowers in place with the addition of a couple of brads (had those years lol) to the centres of the daisies and I have added some leaves in a lovely zesty lime green which is in the paper too.

To finish off today I have added lovely snow pearls about the layout to match those in the flowers. I also stamped a sentiment to a strip of yellow and added to the space at the bottom.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you can leave a comment just to let me know who has been. Till next time, take care.

Sue.

Birthday Card

 Hello,

Just a quick post today to share a birthday card I have made using up a small amount of a AB Studio paper I had left.

I have used both sides of the paper, the back is the shabby look and the floral is the main side but because I was adding paper flowers I just added the small amount to the centre. I distressed the edges first and then added a ribbon before adding it to the card base with foam pads for lift.

I have used a Tonic Studio die set to cut out the centre design and the corners. I popped a little pale green under the die cuts as it is in the floral pattern. It's such a pretty die set I don't know why I don't use it more!!

I chose a selection of flowers including this big pale green daisy.  Underneath I added dark green leaves along with gold foil leaves from AB Studios picked up at Merly Impressions Chrissy is carrying a lot of different brands now. As you can see I added a few rhinestones in wine from here too.

Thanks for stopping by today, take care

SUE