Creative Embellishments Guest Designing At Scrap Around The World

Hello friends! Today I am excited to share that the Creative Embellishments design team has been asked to guest design over at Scrap Around The World. I have always loved Scrap Around The World's mood boards and love all the beautiful eye candy I see on this website.  Below is the mood board the Creative Embellishments team had to work with:

I immediately was inspired by the girl's hair and it made me think of my daughter on her wedding day and her beautiful hair.  She looked like a princess and I wanted to create a shabby chic layout with lots of flowers and lace.

I began the layout by using two of the same pieces of patterned paper from the Bo Bunny Enchanted Collection and punched around the entire outside edge of one of the papers with a heart border punch.  I then cut a large square of the same paper and then distressed it and inked it with some distress paint.  I adhered it to the bottom sheet matching it up as close as possible.  I took some purple acrylic paint and a clear stamp and stamped randomly around the bottom paper.  Next, I chose the chipboard Doily Frame from Creative Embellishments and painted it with a coat of gesso and then dabbed on three different colours of acrylic paint.  For the Creative Embellishments chipboard Trellis, I also painted it with a coat of gesso and then painted it with green paint and then added some gesso here and there to give it a shabbier, vintage look.  I then went crazy with lots of flowers, lace, pearls and jewels.  Finally I took a sponge brush and dry brushed some gesso over the flowers and papers to give it more of a shabby chic look.  Finally I separated some strands of cheesecloth and wrapped it around some of the flowers to give it more texture.  Here are some closeups.

There are some AMAZING prizes to be won so be sure and link up at Scrap Around The World here.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Oh Christmas Tree Layout For Kreaxions Punches

Hello scrappy friends.  It is so close to Christmas and I wanted to share a Christmas layout that I created for design team work at Just Imagine Crafts working with the #312 4 In 1 Punch from Kreaxions.  I love the cute snowflake punch and punched the corners of the background paper with the punch and insert C

as well as insert A to create the punched snowflakes on the mini envelopes on the right hand side of the ribbons

Kreaxions 4 in 1 Punch With Insert A & C

Supplies Used For This Layout

Border Punches - Fiskars
Distressing Tool - Distrezz It All
Cardstock - American Crafts (Black) for photo mats
Envelope Punch - (McGill Craftivity)
Feather Craft Boa - Touch Of Nature
Flair Button - Recollections
Patterned Papers - Basic Grey (Aspen Frost Collection)
Pearls - Prima Marketing
Ribbon - May Arts
Sequins
Snowflake Punch - Kreaxions #312 (using Insert A and Insert C)
Spray - Tattered Angels (Cranberry Zing)
Stickers - Letter Stickers - (Basic Grey Aspen Frost Collection) and Snowflake Stickers (Basic Grey Aspen Frost Collection)
Wire Tree Embellishment - Maya Road

I hope you are inspired to create  a layout with this awesome punch by Kreaxions.  Punch #312 can be found in the online store here.  Thanks for stopping by!

New Design Team Member For Just Imagine Crafts/Kreaxions Punches!

Hello friends!  Today I am very excited and honoured to announce that I am a design team member for Just Imagine Crafts/Kreaxions Punches!

It is going to be so much fun designing with these awesome punches.  Here is the official announcement for the design team announcement.

Kreaxions Punches are unique and innovative 4 in 1 punches.  Check out the link below for more information:

http://justimaginecrafts.typepad.com

Here is a link to the online store for these amazing punches.

I am looking forward to this new challenge and hope you will join me.

Have a wonderful, creative day!

Flower Punches

Have you seen the new dimensional flower punches that are making their way into the papercraft stores?  I absolutely love the new punches by EK Success.  I bought the Dahlia shaped one yesterday and thought I would try it on a beachy layout.  I thought it could double as the sun.

I used 12X12 sheets of cardstock and punch a strip of both orange and yellow cardstock to make this one.  So fun!  I can't wait to try the other three punches too.  Oh the crafting possibilities!  Check out this video:

The entire layout was made from the Echo Park Splash collection.  Have a great day and thanks for popping  by!