How To Love Your Sequins! || Flamingo Cards || First Edition 'Sweet Nothings'

Hi all,

So you know I'm obsessed with flamingos...?

And shiny things?

Here are a couple ideas for you to use your sequins. 

These cards are made using the First Edition 'Sweet Nothings' papers from Trimcraft. 

1. Cut a pink tag from the cut apart sheet in the 12x12" Sweet Nothings paper pad. Use it as a template to cut a tag from white cardstock too.
2. Die cut a flamingo from the pink tag. 
3. Using 3D foam, stick the flamingo tag to the white tag.
4. Put glue in the aperture and add sequins.
5. Add strips from the cut apart sheet to the bottom of the tag. Add twine to the top of the tag.
6. Die cut a sentiment from patterned paper and stick to the bottom of the tag.
7. Use a green gelato or watercolour paint to colour a small white doily. Stick this behind the tag once dry.
8. Cover a plain frame with patterned paper and stick behind the doily & tag.
9. Behind these stick a scrap of patterned paper.
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11. On a 6x6" card blank, layer up a 14 and 13.5cm squares of patterned paper.
12. Stick the tag layers onto the card, sandwiching silver thread while doing so.

1. Cover an A6 card blank with patterned paper.
2. Cut a 14.5x10cm piece of white cardstock.
3. Lightly draw a teardrop shape on its side towards the bottom of the piece of cardstock. 
4. Add blue and silver sequins using glue.
5. Around the edge of this and around the edge of the piece of cardstock, odd dots of 3D pearl effects.
6. Add a die cut flamingo and die cut sentiment.
7. Finish with more dots and adhesive gems, then stick to the covered card blank.

Thanks for stopping by!
Emily xx

Blue Tit || Scrapbook Layout || StudioLight 'My Botanic Garden' || Scraplift Yourself

Hi all,

I have a scrapbook layout to share today using the StudioLight 'My Botanic Garden' collection that you can pick up from Cherish The Memory

I must admit, I cheated a bit with this - the picture is printed from Wikipedia - I tried for ages to get a decent picture of the Blue Tits in our garden but they are too far away and too fast. But, I had this idea of using a picture of the little birds with the collection so to Google I went.

This layout was created for one of the National Scrapbook Day challenges over on 'For The Love Of Pretty Paper' on Facebook. The challenge was to 'scraplift' one of your oldest or even your first scrapbook layout. Here is a pic of the new layout with the one it was scraplifted from. I made it back in 2006. In my defence, there wasn't anywhere near as many scrapbook products available and also, I was 12 years old! I really enjoyed scraplifting myself.

Thank for stopping by and I wonder if you will try scraplifting yourself too!
Emily xx

Flamingo Tote Bag!

Hi all,

Something a little different today.

You know I'm obsessed with flamingos, right?

I bought a pack of plain tote bags earlier in the year to make a Star Wars bag for Nathan...
Well I used another for me... (like my hair? :D)

I'm normally the one behind the camera so I felt a bit awkward but my mum kept making me laugh taking the pictures....!

Here's a close up of the bag. I used mostly docrafts fabric paints but I did order a white pearl fabric paint too to make the pink a little lighter in places.

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily xx

TUTORIAL TUESDAY - Die Cut Feather Layout

Hi all

In today's Tutorial Tuesday I show you how to make this layout using feather dies. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily xx

Scrap Around The World Mood Board November 2015

Hi all

Here's my entry for Scrap Around the World this month.

Here's what I came up with. The picture is of a Red Legged Partridge my mum spotted on her way home, came running for me to bring my camera, and showed me it. Rather odd as this species is normally found in flocks in fields but this one was on its own in someone's front garden. It was there a few days, quite happily feeding under a bird table, but I've not seen it since so hopefully it's found its way back to the flock.

Here's this month's mood board. Why not join in?

 http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.co.uk/

When I saw the mood board I instantly thought of the picture I'd taken of the partridge. A Christmassy bird, and the picture had hints of red and blue. I wanted to include those colours and a nice crisp white for a winter themed layout. 

I had some products left over from my docrafts PDT kit so I challenged myself to use mainly these in my project. In fact the only extras I used are distress paint (I can't get enough of it).

I embossed A4 white card and then added the paints and some adhesive gems for some extra sparkle.

The papers are from the Pocket Full Of Posies Collection and the stickers from Folk Christmas.

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily xx