Black and Gold || 9x12" Scrapbook Layout || StickerKitten 'Bee Garden'

Hello!

Today I have a layout to share using the Bee Garden collection by StickerKitten. 

Last summer I took lots of pictures of the bees in our garden and they are perfect to use with this collection.

The stamps in the collection are so gorgeous and I just had to try some heat embossing with them.

The stencil is by Prima and I used it with some Nuvo embellishment mousse.

Here's what is in the collection. You can find it HERE.

I'm so in love with the sequins!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily xx

Totally Tropical Cards!

Hi all,

Just stopping by to share some bright, tropical themed cards I made recently.

The first I think is my favourite card I've ever made. Just something simple using embossing, die cutting and using washi tape with the aperture of the feather... lovely!

The second one started with a strip of scrapbook paper I had left over. I cut it at an angle and folded it to create the concertina effect and you can see the other side of the paper showing through - red and white stripe.
I finished it off with some pink embellishments.

And finally, a card made using the flamingo die free with Papercraft Essentials this month, plus papers downloaded from the Papercraft Magazines website. I printed off the paper and covered with vellum. 

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

ATCs

Hi all,

You may not know this but before I got properly into crafting, I was an artist of sorts. I got an award for it in school and studied it to Foundation level. Not bad! After that I continued it as a hobby,and still do, to an extent. However, I attained more success as a crafter, so art took the back seat. 

On the docraft PDT, we did a swap and the theme was nature. I figured I could combine my art with papercraft in ATC form! The ATC I made was well received, and I enjoyed it so much that I made a series - They are for sale on my Etsy shop,  go check it out! 

The art is printed onto vellum and fussy cut out.

The backgrounds are made of layers of embossed papers. ATCs are a great way of using up scraps.

I hope you like these, I want to make more in the future.

Thanks for stopping by!

Decoupage Christmas Cards

Hi all,

I was sent some of the new Christmas foiled decoupage by docrafts. Here's some cards I have made - I hope I've inspired you to use decoupage on your cards too!

The decoupage sheets are all foiled, and numbered so they are easy to put together. There are traditional designs, religious, and more modern designs such as birds.

These first two cards have a background made using the Xcut Fairisle A4 embossing folder. It works so well on textured cardstock.

For this next card I made pennants using last year's Letter To Santa collection papers by Papermania. I mounted them on silver mirror board - one of my favourite Christmas products! 

This last card feels a little more old fashioned with the horse drawn carriage on the decoupage. I tried to echo this with traditional tartan print paper, lace trim and brown string.

Thanks for stopping by!