My first post for Merly Impressions

Hello everyone.I'm posting a couple of cards today using the fabulous Lavinia stamps from Merly Impressions.
Chrissy has just started stocking these and I must say they are so lovely. Whimsical and magical is what I'd call them.
I was so happy when Chrissy invited me to join her mega talented team and am really looking forward to playing with Kaisercraft papers and Beyond the Page items together with the Lavinia Stamps each month
Here are my first two cards

This is using 'Freya' the fairy together with some papers from the Oh So Lovely collection -Fairy Pod and Zen Plant stamps I stamped all round the edges of the card with the top of the Fairy Pod stamps then inked over with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink. The fairy was stamped with Black Archival I then inked around the edges with Chipped Sapphire and Cracked Pistachio. She was then matted and layered with some more papers from the 6 x 6 paper pad .Finished off with a double ribbon and a sentiment from the Collectables  pack

For my second card I went a bit pink and made a 'twister' .Using papers from the 'Oh So Lovely' 6x6  paper pad I covered the card in 2 inch squares then matted and layered some embellishments from the Oh SO Lovely Collectables pack - don't you just love tipping them all out and sifting through them ? I also used the Fairy Pod stamps which I stamped cut out and coloured with Fired Brick distress ink then added a tiny it of stickles. Finally I stamped some 'Slender Mushrooms' just on the left hand side. These are really fun cards to make and the beauty is that they can completely fold up to go in an envelope and you can also have them 'twisting one way or the other.

Say Aloha

Back in the land of blogginess again, I thought I would show a layout today that I made with the gorgeous Say Aloha papers from Kaisercraft.
When I saw this collection It immediately made me think that it would be perfect for some photos I had just seen of our son celebrating his birthday whilst in Thailand.
He has been travelling for 6 months now - and is home this week.....Oh how I can't wait and have warned him there will be Mummy hugs involved when we go to meet them at the airport.

They were going to a 'Full Moon Party while they were in Thailand- there seems to be lots of body paint and partying involved.

Anyway, I thought these papers were perfect, so colourful and tropical. I did a little bit of fussy cutting and used the pack of collectables. I love those, there's nothing better than tipping them all out and reefing through them and I love that Pelican !

Has anyone out there signed up for Shimelle's new class  Ready Set Scrapbook? Its great to see a new class of hers again as she's been a busy girl with her lovely little man for a while.

Kaisercraft Blue Bay Class

I can finally reveal my class I have just taught at the ATDML retreat

I used the beautiful Kaisercraft Blue Bay collection together with some Cracked Pistachio Distress ink and quite a lot of foam pads!

Layout one used the embossed Dew paper which once inked over revealed a gorgeous design - as one 

lady in the class said ' it's like magic painting '

Layout two used lots more from the ephemera pack again with more inking 

The little frames in the pack were perfect for photos - and the embossed frame lent itself perfectly to being inked 

Time to relax now and get scrapping ! 

Kaisercraft Design Team 2015 Entry

Anyone who knows me knows that I love Kaisercraft products. My crafty style can be very flowery and layery which I think works very well with many of their collections.I also love the fact that there are lots of other products apart from paper within their ranges especially stamps which always stamp beautiful crisp clear images and gorgeous off the page products too.
 I've not applied before but thought  if you don't try you'll never know  -so why not !
So....

First up I have a layout

I fell in love with this frame when I saw it and have actually designed another layout for a retreat I am teaching at with it. What I really like is that you can ink the embossed shiny parts on the frame to echo whichever papers you are using. This is using the All that Glitters collection and I've used Picked Raspberry distress ink on the frame.I also did  a bit of gentle splatting with spun sugar distress stain on the background.

I've also used the Kaisercraft All That Glitters clear stamp set for the two sentiments and separate little butterflies, together with the All That Glitters sticker sheet for added embellishments.

Next up is a Beyond the Page project using the Kaisercraft 3D  Wall Art Square Frame 

I've used the Wunderlust paper collection as this is perfect for the photo I wanted to use in the frame.

I've also used Kaisercraft  clear stamps again  - this time the 'Sweet Pea' for the flower and banner  'All that Glitters' for the sentiment ,'Rocks' stamp for the background and 'Butterflies' ....for the butterflies!

I've cut various little sayings from the papers,inked the edges of the frame with Chipped Sapphire distress ink and also used a tiny bit of Treasure Gold on the corners of  the frames.

Thirdly - a Card

This is unashamedly blingy - typical me. I love pink and gold together so this combination in the All That Glitters range really appeals to me 

I've used lots of items from the Ephemera pack here from the All That Glitters collection together with two of the papers using the pink and gold side of one. The pink oval frame is layered over one of the flowers and I've edged this and the Dream Sparkle Shine sentiment with gold leafing pen.

So there we have it - my entry for this year. 

I do know there are a few of my crafting friends over here  who are also applying for a place so I wish everyone all over the world good luck but we are flying the flag for the UK  Kaisercraft lovers !

Graphic45 and blog meet up memories

Good morning bloggy people 

I've been looking over my past creations and thought I might post a little collage of some of my Graphic 45 creations One of the layouts is of when some of us who met via Shimelle's online class all met up in all London. Was it really two years ago ? 

Me on Monday

It was an 'oh my goodness how nice to see you after so long' catching up with blog/scrap friends,eldest moving his things back in whilst they look for a house AND after having a word with myself catching up on friendship squares kind of weekend for me..
Imagine my surprise upon turning up at a bi monthly crop to find my seat and who should be sitting right there next to me but 'Scrappy Sandie'  Lots of chat ensued and the day flew by.

Of course we had to have a selfie - I really hope Sandie enjoyed her day back scrapping,it was so nice to catch up.
So the other thing I did was to make some more friendship squares - apologies ladies but I really really am back to it now and there will be three more posted tomorrow

I'm joining in with Sian's me on Monday blog feature today - so I'm waving hello to her and all the others playing along too.

December in January

Happy New Year bloggy people. I find with there being so many ways of keeping up with people nowadays - Instagram-Facebook- Twitter. I don't update my blog as much as I would like so here I am to put that right.

I've got quite a few Christmas photos I want to scrap now so the other evening I set to and found my Graphic 45 stash
This layout is using the Time to Flourish collection - we had some great Christmas Crops in December this one being Ann's where we had a 'Christmas Photo Booth '

For the background I used paper from the 'Twas the night before Christmas' collection.

Some good old fussy cutting of a couple of Poinsettias and some sparkly sequins finished it off.

Here's another page I posted in the Facebook group in case you don't have Facebook that I made using Webster's Strawberry Fields (are you humming it?) They were so apt as my youngest son has just gone travelling for 6 months so the journaling cards were perfect

I used a star stencil with some distress ink to add a bit of interest - I just can't leave that white space! and die cut some stars too.

I hope you are all looking forward to a nice bloggy 2015 !