Posts from — December 2010

Hi there.  It is Vicki here to share with you Kaisercraft’s Cuckoo Clock, which I have altered using the gorgeous English Rose collection.

CUCKOO CLOCK – ENGLISH ROSE

BY:  VICKI MORRIS

I just love the sage and pink tonings of this collection, and together with the floral designs, this collection was perfect for the old world charm of the Cuckoo Clock.

Adding the special words from the Kaisercraft – Die Cut Elements just added to the charm of the clock.

Materials Used: Kaisercraft – 6” Paper Pad – English Rose, Kaisercraft – English Rose – Vera- Specialty Paper- Flocking, Kaisercraft – English Rose – Florence, Kaisercraft – English Rose – Pearl, Kaisercraft – Die Cut Elements (English Rose). Kaisercolour – Antique White, Misc Netting and Chain.

A couple of years ago I attempted to keep a daily diary for a year.  I got so far and then gave up.  Looking back, I think I made it too complicated and time consuming.  When I opened the new Kaisercraft diary though I was inspired to have another go.  This time I am going to keep it super simple.  A few notes.  Maybe the odd photo too.  The idea being that when I need prompts for scrapbooking pages I can easily remember those big and not so big moments from the year.

The diary is going to be sitting on my desk so I wanted to work with similar tones to those that I used on my bill holder.  I concentrated on the blue and sandy yellow colours from the Seaside Collection.

I planned on incorporating a photo on the cover from the beginning, but I didn’t want to restrict myself to just the one photo.  I am going to be looking at the diary for a whole year after all .  I cut a frame with my diecutting machine which I then embossed and inked.  I used pop dots to adhere the frame to my cover.  They don’t need to be too thick, just thick enough to be able to slide a photo in and out.  Just remember to only use your pop dots on the side and the bottom though . 

I didn’t want to make the cover too chunky but I wanted to make sure it still had plenty of texture and interest.  I used glimmermist, embossing and ink to add some textural elements.

I cut some flowers from the Sea Breeze paper and bent the petals inwards to add interest.  I have incorporated plenty of layers without the cover feeling too busy. 

I am all set now.  In 2011 I will make sure that I never miss a moment.

“Daily Diary” by Kerryn Lawson

Products Used; Seaside pp – Rock Pools (P592), Beach hut (P590) and Sea Breeze (P594), Seaside 6×6 paper pad (PP834), Seaside Clear stamps (CS767), Kaisercraft Diary (SB2096), Album Rings – Dark brown (M019), Ink – Corn (IP711) and Sepia (IP709), Homemade buttons (EM936), Chipboard Alpha # 1 (CB107), Rhinestones – Ice Blue (SB774), Pearls – Yellow (SB797).

Other products used ; Embossing folder, Diecutting machine, punch, glimmermist

As we finish our blogging week, I would love to share a few cards created from the Seaside collection.

Bring on the “Summer Holidays!”  Well at least here in the southern hemisphere!!  Seaside is a fabulous collection to start creating some fun cards to send to your friends if you are away enjoying the beach and the sunshine!

“Summer Fun” card by Leanne Allinson: Seaside collection – 6″ paper pad (pp834); clear stamps – seaside (cs767); ink – lipstick (ip714); kaisercard pack – Christmas Red (ef038); embellishment pack – seaside (em941).  Other: border punch; staple.

“Enjoy life’s moments” card by Leanne Allinson:  Seaside collection – 6″ paper pad (pp834); clear stamps – seaside (cs767), life (cs929); kaisercard pack – Christmas Red (ef038);  printed chipboard – seaside (cb118); foam tape (t303).  Other:  corner rounder; blue ink. 

What a great reminder this collection is, to have heaps of fun this Summer. 

Camilla here today with some cards using The English Rose collection. And at first sight you may think it’s most suitable for girls’ layouts and cards. But I have used the 6″ Paper Pad to make almost identical cards, one for a girl and one for a boy.

First a girl card using a lot of pink.

Card “Grattis” (pink) – Camilla Ekman: English Rose Paper Pad (PP835); Grosgrain Ribbon – Little Girls (RI602); Pearl Brads – Pink Ice (EM932)

Other: lace, flower, leaves, chipboard alpha

And then a boy card using green and a bit blue.

Card “Grattis” (blue) – Camilla Ekman: English Rose Paper Pad (PP835); Grosgrain Ribbon – Ocean (RI609); Pearl Brads – Soft Blue (EM933)

Other: lace, flower, leaves, chipboard alpha

Join in our sketch fun and you can win prizes!

Simply create a layout based on any of this month’s December ketches and share your creations into our December sketch gallery to win!!

First let’s have a look at what the sketch was based on:

Layout by Alison Wood: Seaside Paper collection, Black Rubons, Printed Ticket and Canvas Tag embellishment Pack, Cream Alpha Stickers.

Let’s have a closer look at Monika’s layout:

I customized the sketch a bit to make it work for my size (A4), but I tried to keep the bigger elements as they were. I´m not a sketch person so this is often what happens when I use one – the layout turns out quite a bit different from intended.

I used the same method to make the title as Karen described here a while back, I colored the chipboard letters with two different shades of blue ink and painted them with dimensional magic. As they were drying I thought I´d try to sprinkle a little bit of glitter on them here an there to get a water drop effect.

Items used: Umbrella P591, Summer Days – Die Cut with gloss PS128, Coast Line P595, Sea Breeze P594, Paper pad, PP834, Canvas Tags EM942, Inkpads IP717 Jade and IP7116 Antique Blue.Other: Flowers.

And Kerryn’s:

At the end of December (31st December AEST) we will be selecting a first place and second place winner from the December Sketch Gallery.

The first place winner will receive a $25 collection pack of their choice (6 patterned papers, 1 Specialty/Die-Cut 12×12 Paper, Die Cut Elements, Mini Journal Tags, Black and Colour rub-ons) along with ONE Beyond-the-Page projects of their choice!

The second place winner will receive a $25 collection pack of their choice (6 patterned papers, 1 Specialty/Die-Cut 12×12 Paper, Die Cut Elements, Mini Journal Tags, Black and Colour rub-ons)!