The photo in this layout is of my mum and her sisters, taken in the 1940's. I decided to play with stamps and ink, taking a sheet of white paper and transforming it with lots of stamping and distressing techniques, until I ended up with the brown/black design. I pleated and stitched one section, threading beads onto the embroidery floss. I used a mask on the green paper to add extra detail. Liz now has this layout at the shop if you are interested in a closer look.
A tutorial for you.....
And my card made using the flower...
This is actually an easel card, but I forgot to take a photo before I gave it to Liz! Must have been having a blonde day.
Another tutorial, this time for simple rolled flowers.
A layout of my bestie and I on her wedding day. I used impasto scraped over Glimmer Screens (stencils) to create the lovely texture. This is a fantastic product which I love using. I then rubbed on some Perfect Pearls once touch dry and spritzed with Glimmer Mist.
I created a frame from acetate and used Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks and Metal Mixatives to colour it. The lace was coloured with Glimmer Mist. It's so pretty and shimmery in real life.
Hi, it's Tina here with some of my creations to share with you.
I made my album by die-cutting the edges of my chipboard and acetate using Tim Holtz dies, and Zuttering it all together. I then painted, and Glimmer Misted, then added Glimmer Glam and heat embossing. Then I embellished and added photos. It was a major mission, but I absolutely love how it turned out.
Sorry about the blue tinge , we've had a lot of cloudy days lately!
The tiny birdcage was made using Shrink Plastic and Tim Holtz dies. The pieces with spritzed with Glimmer Mist before heating.
Here's a layout I've done using Kaisercraft English Rose. I stamped and heat embossed with gold embossing powder on the corners.
I've used a Kutalicious acrylic word for my title and coloured it with Tim Holtz Alcohol inks and added some Metallic Mixatives.
If you've never used Alcohol inks before, they are an amazing product. They work well on all glossy/non-porous surfaces, but can also be used to colour seam binding, fabric and ribbons. They come in small bottles which last forever, because you only need to use a few drops. I use them to colour flowers & rhinestones, on acetate and metal foil, you can "age" metal embellishments, & re-colour buttons.....as well as a heap of other things! I love the amazing effects you get with them, especially on metal and acetate. There's a nice tutorial here, otherwise if you Google 'Tim Holtz alcohol ink tutorial' you'll get lots of You-tube links to watch Tim do his magic.
Hi everybody, it's Tina with a few things to share.
First up is a layout I created using the new Bo Bunny "Gabrielle" collection. This is absolutely gorgeous paper. I used a Martha Stewart punch to create my photo mat.
This is a quick and cute flower you can make out of crepe paper. Cut a strip of crepe paper about 6cm wide. Sew a gathering stitch down the middle. Fold in half and gather by pulling one of the threads. You can go round once (2 layers of paper), or twice (which will create 4 layers of paper). Pop a brad through the middle and you're done!
This layout features a photo taken when my dad, travelled to Surfers Paradise. This was published in the Australian Scrapbooking Ideas magazine (Issue #3).