Friday, April 21, 2017

Birthday Cards - With Imaginarium Designs!

Today I'm sharing 3 birthday cards card made using lots of gorgeous Imaginarium Designs chipboard.

I made this first card for Jessica's 9th birthday. I've used papers from the Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Chasing Dreams collection - arent they so pretty!! I've uased my watercolour pan paints to paint the chipboard using mainly pinks to coordinate with the papers and I created am ombre effect on the sentiment and frame.

The next card was made for my dear sister-in-law Carol's birthday - I love the happy yellow colour teamed with the fresh green. Again I painted my chipboard with watercolour pan paints then added a layer of glossy accents to make it shine! The papers are from the Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Chasing Dreams collection.
This last card was made for a friends 50th birthday. Being a male card I used brown coloured pan paints, a KaiserCraft paper pad, and I distressed the edges of the paper.  

Imaginarium Designs chipboard I've used includes 

50th (small) : code IDN0062
Happy Birthday: Code IDP0079
 9th (small) : code IDN0047
Happy birthday to you : Code IDP0127
Wendy frame : code IDT0037
Nats Hand Drawn leaves : Code IDD0044

9 cogs on board : Code IDT0004


Thanks so much for stopping by
Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Birthday Cards - With Scrapping Clearly!

Today I'm sharing 2 birthday cards I made featuring the Heidi Swapp Magnolia Jane stamp set available in the  Scrapping Clearly Store

I love the rose stamps in this set and wanted to feature them on my card fronts. For this first card I randomly stamped the single rose image across the card using Tsukineko versamark stamp pad then I heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Then I used my Prima Watercolor Confections  to watercolour the card. Once dry I mounted this onto a mat of Pink Paislee "Moonstruck" - Paper 11 then onto the card base. Lastly I added 2 different Heidi Swapp alphas for my sentiment.      
For the second card I used the same technique and procedure but this time used a stamp with 2 roses and leaves and placed them in opposite corners of the card.   
Here are some close-ups of the embossing and watercolouring - I just love this effect!! 
 

Scrapping Clearly products I've used include

White cardstock  
Pink Paislee "Moonstruck" - Paper 11 
Prima Watercolor Confections  
Heidi Swapp Magnolia Jane stamp set 
Heidi Swapp puffy pink glitter alphas
Heidi Swapp pink glitter alphas
Tsukineko versamark stamp pad 

Thanks so much for stopping by
Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

First Glimpse - Scrapbooking with Imaginarium Designs!

Today I'm sharing a Scrapbook layout made using lots of gorgeous Imaginarium Designs chipboard.

I started by painting my background using Prima Watercolor Confections (white, grey, black and gold). This is my favourite colour combination at the moment :) I first added each colour using a painting with plastic technique, then I added splatters of each colour.
I also painted my chipboard with the same paints.
I clustered the title and leaves at the bottom left corner of my photo. The placement of leaves across the page mimic'd the trees and leaves framing the sunrise.
I layered some coordinating papers and a gold doilie under my photograph.
A cluster of tags, chipboard leaves and a metal charm was added to the top of the page. 
A selection of chipboard leaves of different sizes was used. See how the gold paint sparkles!

Imaginarium Designs chipboard I've used includes 

First Glimpse (large) : code IDP0208
Leaves and circles : Code IDFL0008
Sheet of 7 leaves : code IDFL0018
Nats Hand Drawn leaves : Code IDD0044

All of my photos have been printed on an Epson XP-600Thanks so much for stopping by
Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Where I create - With Imaginarium Designs!

On the Imaginarium Designs Blog this month all of the designers are showcasing "Where We Create". You must check out all of the amazing spaces - some are even like what you see in the magazines!! Well, My space is a bit more practical - but nontheless it works for me
My craft space is in the main living area of our house. I like being where everyone else is. There is a formal dining space off to the side and I use an old dining table to work on - I share it with my 2 daughters! I have 2 Ikea Expedit storage units and I also use a lot of 12x12 plastic storage boxes and pizza boxes to store supplies for different classes and products for different design teams (its a great way to keep them all separate!). It is a small and messy area but it works for me.
On mydesk everything is within easy reach. I keep paints, mists and spyays in boxes in my Expedit that I get out when I need to use them. My watercolour pan paints are a favourite though and live on the corner of my desk :)

Where do YOU create?? and HOW do you store your supplies?? I'd love to see!! post me a link :)

 
Crafty Hugs xx
Karyn

Project Life Week 28 - With Scrapping Clearly!

Today I'm showing you Week 28 part 1 for my "Schultz Family 2016" Project Life Album. It has been made using the Pink Paislee "Moonstruck" collection (papers, cork stickers with glitter accents, ephemera and puffy stickers) available in the  Scrapping Clearly Store. I had so many photos for this week so I've used 4 pages in my Project Life album :)
Here is a close up of the LHS. I've cut papers from the Moonstruck collection down to 4"x4" cards for this page and added a range of cork, paper and puffy sticker elements. 
I painted onto 2"x2" cardstock in coordinating colours (using Prima Watercolor Confections) then stamped with words from the Heidi Swapp Magnolia Jane stamp set. This is a great way to personalise your pages. 
I also like to add tickets, cards and keepsakes from our holiday. 
Here is a close up of the RHS. For this page I've used a selection of white cardstock and cut elements from the Moonstruck 3x4 journalling cards paper .  
On one of the cards I painted with my  Prima Watercolor Confections then stamped with flowers from the Heidi Swapp Magnolia Jane stamp set. I then added some die cut elements. This is one of my all time favourite cards!! 
Jessica was so brave trying the indoor skydiving! I attached a piece of her wrist band to the photo. I also added some handwritten journalling and a die cut butterfly to a card. 
Scrapping Clearly products I've used include

Cardstock  
Pink Paislee "Moonstruck" collection (papers, cork stickers with glitter accents, ephemera and puffy stickers) 
Gold bowtie paperclips 
Prima Watercolor Confections  
Heidi Swapp Magnolia Jane stamp set 

Thanks so much for stopping by
Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn