Monday, August 17, 2009

HUGE Anniversary Contest at My Creative Scrapbook!!!



It's the 7th anniversary for MY CREATIVE SCRAPBOOK and they are holding a contest with mind-blowing prizes!!! Check out the above pictured prize!....this is the prize for the layout catagory.....but keep looking, here are the prizes for some of the other catagories in this contest!.....

Prize for mini-album catagory....



Prize for Altered Item Catagory.....



Prize for Card catagory....



What do you need to do to win these prizes you ask? Simple!! The contest is all about PAPER (7th anniversary is the paper anniversary, how fitting huh?).....create a new layout, altered item, mini-album or card and enter it into the contest between August 15, 2009 - September 20, 2009. More contest details found HERE

But the fun doesn't stop there!! At the end of the contest there will be a final draw for the Grand Prize inwhich all the entries will be gathered into a draw (even the winners of each of the catagories will be added to this draw).....and here is picture of the Grand Prize.....

And to add just a little more fun to this party.....Pam has added a weekly prize drawing as an extra bonus, all you need to do is join in the contest fun and post comments on the entries in the contest.....Pam will be watching and adding the names of the participants to a draw each week.

So pull out all those beautiful papers and get scrapping!!! The odds of winning are great and the prizes amazing!....Can't wait to see all the entries!

~Gabrielle xxx

Friday, August 7, 2009

My new Page Jewellery at my Etsy Shop!


Scrapbookers have come a long way when it comes to our pages and the things we choose to embellish them with. Flower vines, 3D butterflies, hinges, gems, you name it we use it on our pages to make them more special. So I thought, hey, why not page jewellery! I created these pretty vines to add that 'something special' to a page that demands something unique and pretty. (my first batch sold out very quickly, but I should have a whole lot more posted soon) They measure approximately 4-5 inches. (the ones on the black background are a combination of three of them layed out in different configurations, just to show different ways they can be used.....you can create a larger very intricate branch or you can lay them out like an 'L' to frame the corner of a photo etc.) Shown below are more varieties I've made (sold out, but I'll have more up soon





So come browse my Etsy Shop - Gabrielle's Tiny Treasures to add a little fun, flair and uniqueness to your pages.
Thanks!
~Gabrielle xxx

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

August Kits for My Creative Scrapbook!!


I was just crazy about the Limited Addition Kit for August from My Creative Scrapbook, full of summery goodness with a vintage flair!! Not only is this kit filled with beautiful papers, there are loads of lacey die-cut papers, velvety soft Prima blooms, New Prima branches and crystals and over the top GORGEOUS trims from Websters Pages (crochetted lace, pom-pom trim, velvety soft trims, eyelet lace). They were just perfect for the photo's I had taken of my girls recently. Above is a picture of Chloe, I tucked her top 10 Favourites at age 11 in a tag behind the photo, here are some close-ups of the kit goodies!.....


There's so much variety in the colours in this kit too, so I was able to make it work with photo's that had strong colours. This is one I made with the LE kit of my youngest daughter Meagan.....If you like the felted sweater bloom headbands the girls are wearing, I have more like them that I made and are for sale in my ETSY shop!


I called this one Wonderful Freckles, but in truth I'm feeling so guilty for not watching carefully while we were in Florida that she had on proper sunscreen.....she got quite the sunburn that thereafter turned into freckles....all mommy's fault. Note to self: keep sunscreen handy this summer! Here are some close-up pic's of more of the kit goodies (love the pom-pom trim and Prima branches!)....



And here is one more page I made up with the LE kit, with loads of leftover goodies to make more!! This one is of Meagan in front of a Magnolia tree....one of her favourite flowers.....and no, I didn't mis-spell the title, it's sort of a tongue-in-cheek play on words.

TIP: I used a little die-cutter by Boss-kuts to make the butterflies from the patterned paper in the kit. I never knew this before, but these die-cutters are as thin as the Quickutz so they can be used with your Revolution cutting Machine.....so if you ever see these on sale, you can safely purchase them to use with your Revolution.



If you'd like even more summery options for kits this month, check out the Main kit from MCS this month, I fell in love with this pretty white petal branch in the kit, and talk about bloom overload, this kit is filled with wonderful Prima blooms, along with the new Prima branch, theres also the Calipso roses, and a full pack of Prima Sprites! I have this photo I took of Meagan when she was a baby and I thought it worked nicely with it.....

Really a fairly simple layout, a little paper tearing, a little handstitching and I sketched out a brick pattern and used some water colour pencils to colour it in a bit.

TIP: When preparing to tear your patterned paper, lightly outline the area you want exposed with a pencil. This will help you to avoid tearing too far in or out. Also securing the vines can sometimes be a challenge, one way to make them really secure is using a couple of small stitches through your paper and over the stem of the vine. In this case I used a thick thread because I wanted it to show, to mirror the stitching at the top of the page, but if you use a fine thread and tuck the holes close to the stem it is not very discernable. Here are some close-ups......

Another page I made using the August Main kit is this one of Meagan by a pool with the sun shining down on her. I took one of the pretty Prima blooms in the kit and took off the back layer of the rose, still leaving a nice substantial flower. I ended up with a single 5 petal layer. I cut this up into 5 separate petals. I then curled each one and wrapped some sticky floral tape on it, then attached it to some floral wire, did the same for the leaves (simply some green cardstock cut in to leaf shapes) and this way I created little bud vines to go with the big bloom included in the kit. Here is the l/o and some close-ups....



The August Creative Kit this month has wonderful colours for both 'boy' and 'girl' pages. I made this page of my nephew holding his new baby niece.....

I cut some branches from brown cardstock and used a little flower punch to make some tiny white blooms to create a fresh summery embellishment for this page. Not comfortable cutting branches free-hand? I've got some lovely pre-cut branches at my etsy shop just like the ones I used here, you can mix and match the designs to create a branch or tree that suits your page. Here are some close-ups....

Included in the August creative kit are some fun clear heavy plastic embellishments. So I thought I would try my and at some embossing and using alcohol inks. I've seen my friend Irene Tan playing with these inks for quite some time now and have always meant to give it a go. So when I got these clear embellishments in the kit I thought I'd give it a try. I stamped the top of the arrow, buttons and picture corners with embossing ink and a flourish stamp. I dusted it with gold embossing powder and then applied a heat gun to it. You have to be VERY careful with this part because if you bring the heat gun too close to the plastic piece it can scorch it (it also may cause the piece to curl a little but you can flatten it as it cools).........the next step is to turn it over and apply a few different drops of alcohol ink. Once it's dry you can flip it over and you'll have a very unique embellishment for your page.....

I also created my own 'patterned' paper using a piece of cream colour cardstock cutting it in a bracket shape and randomly stamped the edges with some floral and script stamps. Then just chalk around the edges with black or brown chalk ink to finish it off. Here are some close-ups....



Want more inspiration? the rest of the design team girls have done a beautiful job with this months kits (there's also a wonderful Album kit too!) Come browse the Design Team Gallery for August and get your creative juices flowing!


LOL! I thanks for bearing with me through another of my LOOOONG posts!


~Gabrielle xxx

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