Posts from — May 2011

Hi there

It is Vicki here again to share with you a little gift pack of cards I have made using Chapter One.

Nothing is more striking than a bold contrast – so with that in mind I selected the gorgeous velvet black and white spotted paper from Chapter Ones Paper Pad and teamed it with the green spots to make these cards.

Thinking what a great little set this was I then bound them together with a ribbon all ready for gift to a friend.

Making sure I made some envelopes to match the cards using the Chapter One clear stamps.

“Card Set” by Vicki Morris

Materials List:  Kaisercraft – Chapter One – Paper Pad, Kaisercraft – Chapter One – Printed Chipboard, Kaisercraft – Chapter One – Rubons, Kaisercraft – Pearls (Black), Kaisercraft – Rhinestones (Black), Kaisercraft – Square Bookplates, Kaisercraft – Rubons (Friends), Kaisercraft - Chapter One – Clear Stamps, Black and Green Ink, Misc Leaves and Ribbon.

Hi, Kerryn with you again today.  I enjoy making gifts for family members but when it comes to grandparents it can be extremely difficult coming up with something that they can actually make use of.

However, one thing that most grandparents never tire of is updated photos of their grandchildren and Kaisercraft have a great variety of photo frames available so that the new photos can be presented in an extra special way.

I have combined the new Filmstrip frame with the ever so gorgeous Chapter One collection to make an extra special one of a kind frame for my Nana for her birthday.

The photos were taken on a recent family holiday to the Gold Coast and work really well with the colours of Chapter One.

The frame was painted all over with 2 coats of white paint.  Using a sea sponge, Sea Breeze paint was sponged all over.  Once this had completely dried, a small amount of Lime paint was sponged at random around the frame.  By using the sea sponge to apply the Sea Breeze and Lime paint, the colours have mixed together nicely rather than having large blobs of colour.

I continued the two tone colour on both the wooden flourishes and the paper blooms.  I applied glimmermist to the blooms with a paintbrush because I still wanted touches of white to show through.

To give me more flexibility with placement, the butterfly stickers were adhered to paper and fussy cut before being adhered to the frame.

Hopefully my Nana will like it .

“Filmstrip photo frame” by Kerryn Lawson

Products used : Filmstrip frame (SB2108), Chapter One paper pad (PP843), Chapter One rubons (RB920), Chapter One sticker sheet (SS102), Chapter One patterned paper – Belief (P671), Rhinestones – Island Lagoon (RS402), Wood flourishes – Swirls (SB729), Paint – Sea Breeze (KC043), Lime (KC045), Paper Blooms – White (F627).

Other products used : Glimmermist, twine, punch, date stamp, sea sponge

Well…usually in my house, the Circus is in town everyday! And who better to run the Circus than my very own Ring Master!

“Ring Master”by Leanne Allinson: Party Animals collection – hooray (p662), woo hoo (p663); 6.5″ paper pad (pp842); ink – sepia (ip709), black (ip707), antique blue (ip716); paint – yellow deep (kc006); alpha stickers – black (as226).  Other – foam tape, black pen, glimmermist, twine.

The “Party Animals” collection is such fun and playful way to scrap the silly antics my children get up to everyday.

I have layered strips of patterned paper from the 6.5″ paper pad, to imitate the circus tents and then layered them with the fussy cutting of a circus tent image (also found in the paper pad).  I love the boldness of the yellow and orange together.

The balancing lions continues with my circus theme but I hardly had to look far for this idea, as this paper collection has wonderful images of clever little animals already performing this type of act!

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Like Leanne, I find that there are not many days in our house where the home does not resemble a circus!

Those silly antics Leanne talks about – although a regular thing in our house, I find it a challenge in itself to capture those silly antics to print!

The “Party Animals” range is just a perfect fit for the cute, crazy and funny photos we have managed to capture – like this photo of my daughter taking a drink from the garden hose!

Layout “Splish Splash” by Vicki Morris

Materials list: Black and White Cardstock, Kaisercraft –Party Animals – Surprise, Kaisercraft –Party Animals- Celebrate, Kaisercraft – Party Animals – Hooray, Kaisercraft – Party Animals – Paper Pad,    Kaisercraft – Rhinestone Strips (Black), AC Thickers – Bones.

Hi Everyone…Here is our lucky last Sketch for MAY..Enjoy!

Just to re-cap on how this works…..

The rules:

Each Saturday every month a new sketch and inspirational layouts will be posted here on the blog.

From these 3-5 sketches (depending on how many Saturday’s there are), you have that many chances to create a layout of your own and upload it to any gallery of your choice, or in a blog post.

Once done, link your layout into the comments section of the approapriate sketch blog post and you’re entry is complete!

Find FULL terms and conditions here.

The deadline:

Comments with linked layout entries for each monthly sketch challenge will close on the last day of that month at 11.59 (Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC +10/Daylight Savings Time UTC +11)

The prize:

1st PLACE: One of Kaisercraft’s new collections (valued at approximately $50).

2nd PLACE: A Kaisercraft scrap pack (including new products) valued at approximately $30.

MAY # 4 Saturday Sketch:

This sketch was done by Melissa Kennedy and below is her actual scrapped up layout…just beautiful!

Materials Used: Chapter One Paper Collection, 12 x 12 Sticker Sheet, Journal Tags, Mini Alpha Stickers, Black Flourish, Paper Blooms, Organza Ribbon, Foam Mounting Tape, OTHER: Scallop Border Punch

And below are our Contributing Design Teams take on the Last Saturday Sketch for May:

“Sweet Baby Girl” Layout By Vicki Morris

Materials Used: Black Cardstock, Kaisercraft – Chapter One – Encourage, Kaisercraft – Chapter One -Beginning, Kaisercraft – Chapter One – Paper Pad, Kaisercraft – Chapter One – Belief, Kaisercraft – Chapter One - Experience Specialty – Diecut, Kaisercraft – Chapter One –S ticker Sheet, Kaisercraft – Pearl Strips (Champagne), Kaisercraft – Wooden Flourish, Kaisercraft Alpha Chipboard, Kaisercraft – Paper Blooms, Kaisercraft – Rubons (Lullaby Collection Girl, Babies), White Ink and Pen,

“Egg Collector” Layout by Leanne Allinson

Materials Used: Party Animals collection – yippee (p658), jive (p661); 6.5” paper pad (pp842); sticker sheet (ss101); alpha stickers – powder blue (as219); paper flowers – baby blue (f614); paper blooms – butter cream (f629); pearls – denium; pearl flourish – latte (pl516); rhinestone flourish – island lagoon (rs462); clear stamps – bubble wrap (cs753); ink – sepia (ip709), anitique blue (ip716); paint – deep yellow (kc006), sage (kc025). Other – alphas, black pen, ink, embroidery thread, staples, circle punch, toothpick, wooden skewer.

I have used the left side of the double layout sketch only. I’ve also removed the top two photos to give my layout some more white space and lowered the title!!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE…HAPPY SCRAPPING!

How easy is it to create fun and imaginative birthday cards from the “Party Animals” collection?  Well, it is really easy!  And you can have heaps of fun along the way!

Here’s a few ideas to share with you….

“2″ card by Leanne Allinson: Party Animals collection – 6.5″ paper pad (pp842); ink – sepia (ip709), antique blue (ip716); grosgrain ribbon – sunset; rhinestone strip – lime (rs455); alpha stickers – tangerine (as223).  Other – machine stitching, foam tape.

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Vicki says “With three kiddies in the house there is always a birthday party or an event on the horizon.

 With this in mind I thought of creating a few cards which can be quickly altered for someones birthday or for any other fun event which pops up on the calender.

The “Party Animals” range is just so bright and fun.  I found that the papers, together with the little quotes, were just perfect for these cards”

And who would not like to receive a card with all this cuteness on it!’ 

“Party Animal Cards” by Vicki Morris

Materials List: Kaisercraft – Party Animals – Paper Pad, Kaisercraft – Party Animals – Sticker Sheet, Kaisercraft Rhinestone Strips, Black Cardstock, Black Ink