Autumn

It's Monday again! This week, I'll be sharing a tutorial based on the above layout titled "Autumn" on The Crop Spot. This layout features some gorgeous papers from Creative Imaginations and tons of beautiful die-cuts using Tim Holtz Alterations. I've also had my first experience of using mirror card and sticky back canvas on this layout.

Here are some details on it.

Go to The Crop Spot now to read and check out the full tutorial on it. Enjoy!

Hiro's Post

Recently, it has been raining day and night here. There are a lot of days where we could not take him for his usual walks. At first he is not used to it and barks whenever it's time to for his walk. But now, I guess he understands that whenever it rains, he won't be going for his usual walks.

Thanks to all of you who had left me some suggestions and advices in my last post about Hiro. I really appreciate it. Check back tomorrow for another project at The Crop Spot!

Alcohol Ink and Paper Doily Flower

This might be a technique that I've shared in the past but recently, I've received an email asking me to show in more detail as to how to create this flower. Therefore, I've used this technique again in my recent project and took some steps pictures.

Here are the steps.

1) Prepare some alcohol inks, an applicator and an acrylic flower. I've used Clear Scraps acrylic flower in this sample. (Note: Remember to peel off the film from both sides of the flower)

2) Apply a few colours of the alcohol ink onto the applicator at the same time and use the stamping motion to colour the acrylic flower with alcohol ink. Use a scissors to cut a snip in between each petal of the flower and fold it up.

3) For the paper doily part, you just need to prepare a piece of paper doily and a distress ink colour.

4) Ink the edges of the paper doily with distress ink and then cut out the center of it. We just need the outer ring of the paper doily. Fold some pleats on the doily and then adhere both ends together. (Note: very similar to folding a rosette)

5) Adhere two pieces together liked the picture above.

6) Then, add a small rose or a decorative brad in the middle of it. In my sample picture above, I've also added some Stickles on the petals on the flower.

Hope with this post, you all would understand better on the technique. Happy trying!

Connection

This is a layout created using Swirlydoos kit. It's also a DT layout for Vilda Stamps. All the stamps used on this layout is by Vilda Stamps.

Below are some close-ups on this layout.

The coordination of this kit makes the designing work so easy and fun! The vintage stamps fits perfectly here. Hope you all like it.

Sources: Cardstock: Products included in the kit: Pattern Papers: Webster's Pages; Embellishment: Swirlydoos Trims and peacock feather, Prima crystals and flower, Pink Paislee Artisan Elements, Creative Charms Vintage brads, Clearsnap smooch; Others not included in the kit: Cardstock: Bazzill; Inks: Ranger Distress Ink, Tsukineko Staz on; Stamps: Vilda Stamps; Others: Ranger Stickles, Ranger liquid Pearls, Accents Creative Design flowers, Inkssentials white gel pen, floss for stitching, Tombow, Glue Dots and other adhesives. 

3 Is Fun

This is my first November DT project for Tim Holtz. I've used some papers from Tim Holtz idea-ology Lost and Found paper stack to create this layout. Of course, I've also added some grungeboard, metal embellishment, fragment and trim.

Below are some details on it.

I've used the borderline mask to mask a border against the pattern paper. I've also cut out some alphabets from the Lost and Found paper stack to form the word "Fun".

I've cut out a bottle cap image from the Lost and Found paper stack and attach it to a fragment charm from it's back.

I've used the Tattered Florals die-cut to create the flowers and on the small flowers, I've added a fabric flower which I've cut out from the flower trim.

I've inked and stamped on the grungeboard hinge.

I've apply some distress stickles on the metal "3" and then I've heat it with a heating tool to melt it. When it's all cool down, I've painted it with some alcohol ink.

Hope you all like today's post and try out some of the techniques that I've shared here!

Sources: Cardstock: Bazzill; Pattern Papers: Tim Holtz idea-ology; Inks: Ranger Distress Ink, Ranger Alcohol Ink, Ranger Archival; Stamps: Stampers Anonymous; Metal Embellishment: Tim Holtz idea-ology; Grungeboard: Tim Holtz idea-ology; Others: Ranger Distress Stickles, Tim Holtz idea-ology trim, masks and fragment, brads, floss for stitching, Ranger Glossy Accents, Sizzix Tim Holtz Alteration die-cut, Tombow and other adhesives.