This week's layout was a quick one but one i loved making. The top part of the layout features 5 jumbo portrait photos slightly trimmed down and matted once. you can always add a 6Th photo instead of such a large journaling block. the bottom of the layout features 4" circles cut from patterned paper. some of the circle are sewn around the edges with different coloured threads. to complete the look i added loads of diamantes - i simply dropped them onto the layout and adhered them as they fell naturally. then a few 97% 7Gypsies sticker quotes
i used complimenting coloured thread to sew around the edges of the circles
so on Monday i got to do this...
it included some stunning papers, book paper (my all time favourite) and some 
canvas with some of the details of artchix studio collage images, patterned paper and stamping. i am still in the process of adding some stuff, which may or may not include old rusted keys and wire...
amazing colour and texture...
one of my favourites....orange, burnt umber and brown combined with a dollop of copper on top for some shine. i loved everything about this and had a really good time - much needed to just relax and get away from the dust of everyday...
this is my Easter egg inspired layout. the chipboard Easter eggs are from enmarc. i decorated these using smooch spritz, smooch ink, glitter glue and dimensional glaze. i first sprayed the eggs in a pearl smooch spritz and then painted them with the smooch ink.
i used the photos to create the base of my layout, and then added the grouping of eggs and flowers together at the bottom to form a central focal point. I haven't used flowers in ages and loved using them on this layout. I grouped the flowers together and added different coloured diamantes in different sizes to the centres. afterwards i also added some rub-on flowers in between as a finishing touch.
i loved using the smooch ink to add the colour to the chipboard eggs. i used 5 different colours of smooch to get the colour effect in colours silver, gold, pool, snickerdoodle and red. i used star dust stickles to soften the colours a bit and add the sparkle.
Easter weekend is around the corner and the shops are filled with gorgeous displays of colourful eggs. Delicious master pieces to delight old and young....my favourite goodies are those from Woolies. these photos of a recycled project i did 2 years ago was the inspiration behind a themed layout i did yesterday. I am quite pleased with the outcome of the layout that i will share later - all i can say is a lot of glitterglue, smooch spray and smooch ink as well as dimensional glaze was involved.... But for now here's a little bit more about this project.
the bucket was filled with colourful eggs bought from Woolies...
inside the bucket with all the eggs...are some beautiful silver and cream threads as well as tissue paper to fill the bottom of the bucket at least. with photo shoots there's a lot of trickery going on...who would be able to fill an entire bucket like this with eggs - it would after all take up your entire budget for the whole shoot! apart from the obvious altered arts, and scrapbooking and photography, these kind of projects are one of my favourites. to recycle every day, all purpose goodies into new things meaningful and practical with an artistic flair! hope you feel inspired.
Hayley from our stamping group recently hosted a sacred heart moo card swap. This is my card. I used an image found on the web (sorry can't find my credit reference) and printed it out onto Epson's Photo Quality Paper. I love the look this paper gives images - the colours are amazingly bold and bright. it gives it a luxurious look and feel with crisp images!
I used a gold pigment ink to add some colour around the edges.
I stamped a Tim Holtz text image right across the moo card using black Stazon ink. To finish off my card I added a single diamante to the bottom of the card.
don't you just love the new 7Gypsies Avignon range of papers...well at least the one I could lay my hands on....the text in black and white! used above. This layout was inspired by Jennifer McGuire (oh so talented) - she used machine sewing to link her photos together. I used a couple of old photos from childhood...The photos are linked with hand sewn stitches in grey. To create some uniformity I matted all the square photos onto grey card stock. The tiny hearts were stamped in Versafine ink and cut out, then adhered to the layout and finished off with a knot tied in the thread.
to compliment the layout i used a 7Gypsies 97% sticker sheet - L if for Life! their quotes are hilarious and the one above is so fitting for my life so far! can you relate?
here's a sneak peak at one of the perfect pearl class projects scheduled for the 27th March
apart from the invisibles paper which really is all about resistance, we added some more of our own resist techniques to this layout this week. I love the colour combination of yellow/orange and pink - quite unusual but striking in real life. the silver on the layout is silver leafing. the strip on the side is a piece of double sided tape and the silver leafing sheets placed directly on top of that and flattened with my fingers for a nice smooth effect. you can use a soft paintbrush...but fingers work just as well. the same was done on the circle on the left but this time i used an ordinary glue stick as adhesive. as part of the accents I used a print out of a chandelier and punched it into a circle, then added a layer of dimensional glaze. let me know what you think...
This week's layout features the left over piece of invisibles paper from the layout about 2 weeks ago where we used only a small strip. I paired the invisibles paper with Distress ink, embossing, resist and silver leafing to create a bright and happy layout. It is all pink and yellow and orange with some silver to add sparkle, and features photos from Kathi's birthday. i really love how it turned out - so much texture and pattern...
