Kartka z okazji Dnia Babci

 

Witam

Już niedługo Dzień Babci. Na tę okoliczność stworzyłam kartkę, która z pewnością ucieszy wyjątkową dla nas osobę. Do stworzenia tej kartki użyłam fenomenalnej kolekcji Mysterious Garden.

Hello

Soon we'll celebrate a Grandma Day. For this occasion I created a lovely card using a phenomenal Mysterious Garden collection.

 

 

 

 

Użyłam:

 

Pozdrawiam,

Karola

xx

 

Layouts for new babies

So, these designs are in alignment with our theme to be announced on the 5th of this month, but no early info being given out here!

I have done a layout for a boy and one for a girl.  I shall show you the layout for the girl today and save the other one for my 17th post.  I used any of the Altair Art papers that were pink and cut them down into squares either 1 or 2 inches square.  I then inked the edges on some of them only as I did not want all of them to have a bit of extra texture.  I prepped my white page with the clear gesso and then laid out my squares gluing them down with Mod Podge.  A little bit of stencilling using some white modelling paste and then I grabbed my Lindy's Magicals "oom pah pah pink".  I selected a beautiful piece of Dusty Attic chipboard, embossing it with a couple of different pinks and some gold.  I chose some pieces of ephemera and laid them out along with various flowers and pulled it all together until it was finished.

All done, I hope you like it.  Take care all.  Some pictures below.

Spring has Sprung with AltairArt papers in my creative space

Hi all.  This little black duck has been having massive fun playing with her generous paper packs I get to design with from AltairArt.  The EverDream collection is full of so many gorgeous elements to play with.  Then there is the colouring in the papers with the purple, blue and the green as the base.  Just too pretty for words really.  So, I shall shhhhh and just show you my work.  As you will see, I have been having much enjoyment.  After moving, it has been rather superb to get back into being creative, albeit at 5am, just so I can find the time in each day.

Ok, so first up is my piece using a large chipboard frame that is from no one important as it was over ebay, but I finally decided to start using some of my chipboard pieces instead of just collecting them! Ha.  Using a Kaisercraft stencil, I used white embossing paste and applied that to the background and then used some sprays lightly over the top.  I cut out the beautiful flower panel off the EverDream01 sheet of paper and inked the edges and lay that across the bottom of my main page.  I then got the chipboard frame and embossed it as shown, plus I got another swirly piece of chipboard and embossed it in pink.  

After that, it was time for some fussy cutting and time to get out the Sizzix machine and press out some leaves and the dreamcatcher.  I was going to use the dreamcatcher that is a part of the paper set, but I simply preferred the die cut one and used that.  Use of some of the tags with some ribbon makes for a really lovely embellishment.  A few pieces of ephemera and some bling and it is complete.  So many lovely elements.

So, I did two this time as I was enjoying these colours so much.  Below is my second layout, where I tried to grunge things up a bit and started stencilling with copper, silver and ?? with a few different stencil patterns.  Then let the layering begin and so the design was for a smaller photo.  My base paper was from the "Tears in the rain Vol. 2" collection and the remainder is all from the very gorgeous EverDream collection.  

2ND LAYOUT

So this time I wanted to grunge it up a bit and so I turned to the blackish toned paper as part of the design and picked up the Lift me up design from the Tears in the Rain Vol 2 collection.  Definitely the perfect piece for my background.  As always I cover the paper with clear gesso to start as there will certainly be a few layers of texture to go on from here.  I then used a few different stencils and different texture pastes that I used and then some splatters from some sprays - not too much though!  I once again dipped into my chipboard stash and found a nice border piece which I then used some green embossing powders on and the purple ones I painted with Viva Gold inks.  A bit of fussy cutting and die cutting with the Sizzix machine and I have most of the ephemera I need.  A few more pieces were found in my vast stash of mostly Kaisercraft elements from years gone by!  I am sure we all have an ever growing stash of ephemera ... don't we?

The beautiful thing about AltairArt papers is that there are lots of additional pieces of ephemera supplied, ready to be fussy cut and used in your layouts.  Out came the flowers and they were mixed in with my other decorative pieces, little pieces of bling here and there and then the final touch of micro beads and flakes and things and all done, oh, except for the inking of the edges in black of the entire page.

I just love this layout and am seriously enjoying these papers.  Have a lovely week all and see you next time.

smiles, 

Delia - www.jacobicreations.com

Paper collections used:

EverDream collection

Tears in the Rain Vol. 2 collection

Welcome, First post and enjoying the AltairArt Papers

Hello all, Delia here with my very first post with Altair Art and may I just say how delighted I am to be a part of this design team.  Most exciting indeed.

So, I live in Australia on an 8000 acre cattle and farming property, having recently moved from the city, it has been a mighty eye opening experience.  I have finally got a rather awesome craft area happening - it is very much a work in progress, but it is currently enough that I can get creating.  A much needed activity after packing up and moving.  Life is super awesome and I absolutely love it, so when this wonderful package of AltairArt papers turned up, life just got that little bit more enjoyable!

To the craft room I went and oooohed and aaaahed appropriately over the beautiful array scattered across my desk, so many little elements to play with and enjoy.  I was immediately drawn to the Ever Dream paper range and picked out the EverDream02 paper, as I think that is most certainly my most favourite design in the Ever Dream pack. Out came the clear gesso to get it ready for being created upon.  One thing I really like is the thickness of the paper, I didn't have to put another piece of card on it for support, which is something I always tend to do just to give the layout a bit more rigidity.

The blue, green and purple colouring is truly beautiful in this main paper I chose to use.  I grabbed a Kaisercraft butterfly stencil from a recent range and used some white modelling paste and randomly applied it over the paper.  I then picked up a few complementary colours in the Lindy's Magicals range and let loose with those!  I accidentally used orange in the mix, but it all worked out in the end!  Below you can see the before and after with the Magicals.  They are so much fun to use.

BEFORE

AFTER

I got my photo panel and used various papers in the range to create my photo matt, giving them an ink around the edge to give them some depth when put up against the main page  and all of my intended elements.  Various elements are applied, mostly flowers of course.  I fussy cut a few elements out  of the extra elements in the pack and used them in various spots around the page, mixed in with the flowers.  I had a bit of fun with the ribbon work when attaching the long tag, which always makes for such prettiness.

I have these gorgeous wooden dreamcatchers that I applied Viva Ink Gold Wax Pastes too.  Again, using the blue, purple, green and pink colouring, I then randomly applied 3-D glue, just to give it some shine and dimension.  It all has come together rather beautifully, it is a lovely, cheery layout and I hope you like it too.

Well, I am off to play with the rest of the papers, so much to do and play with.  I hope you get to be creative this week too, enjoy your time, be kind to each other and I will be back soon.  Too see more of my work, go to www.jacobicreations.com

smiles, Delia