Posts from — June 2011

Hello!!

Trudi here finishing and ‘officially’ signing off  with my last Kaisercraft Contributing Design Team creations.

First up, I have layout to share that I have created with the very pretty Pink Gelato collection.

The colours are so soft and dreamy.  The floral and bike elements of the collection are just beautiful and I have utilised both of these elements in my following layout.

I have a particular fondness for the 12 x 12 Sticker Sheets and have utilised one of the large floral elements as a border – it also provides a lovely soft ‘backdrop’ for my photo.

I have embellished with hand cut elements floral blooms from ‘Watermelon’ and the super sweet bike from ‘Vanilla’ patterned papers.  For some extra ‘sweetness’ ,  I have added some pretty paper blooms and ribbon.

‘You are my most favourite memory’

Layout by Trudi Harrison

Materials Used: Pink Gelato P679 Watermelon, P680 Vanilla, P683 Strawberry, P685 Pineapple, SS104 Sticker Sheet, PP845 Paper Pad, RB922 Colour Rubon ; Paper Blooms – Fairy Floss & Fushia; Grosgraine Ribbon – Little Girls.  Other: Digital Credit – Ali Edwards Word Art Brushes, Tattered Florals Die, Spellbinder Frame, Border Punch

I have also altered a frame by adding some Pink Gelato sweetness.

I have used stickers from the 12 x 12 sheet and die cuts from the Paper Pad to alter the bottom of the frame. The flowers and banners have been cut and created with papers from the pad and the bike has been cut from the ‘Pineapple’ paper.

‘Going Forwards’ Frame by Trudi Harrison

Materials Used: Pink Gelato P684 Honey Dew, P685 Pineapple,  PP845 paper Pad, SS104 Sticker Sheet; Paper Blooms – Fairy Floss, Grosgrain Ribbon – Little Girls; Frame.

On behalf of the 2010 – 2011 Kaisercraft Contributing Design Team, we would very much like to thank you for your support and all your beautiful comments and feedback throughout our term.

Congratulations and welcome to the incoming Kaisercraft 2011 – 2012 Contributing Design Team!

Hi there

It is Vicki here to share with you a creative card I have made using one of my favourite things – TIC TACS!

I was inspired by the Tic Tac container which was on my desk – unfortunately it was empty but it still provided the platform for this design.  I thought of using this to create a little book with the front inside page being used for the card – and the middle of the book being used to hold the container.

Firstly I cut 2 pieces of cardstock and 4 pieces of Kaisercraft – Velvet Ensemble – Entertain paper to measure 11cm by 7 cm.  I then adhered the “Entertain”paper to the cardstock to create 2 solid pages for my book.  Score lines at 4 cm across, and then at a further 1 cm across, to form the spine.  Ink all the edges.

Cut a further piece of “Entertain” paper 12cm x 7 cm and fold in half and adhere together.  Ink the edges.

Lay the pages on top of each other as follows:  one solid page, then the extra page, then the last solid page.  Insert eyelets into the spine to secure.

Decorate the Tic Tac container with the journal tag and stickers from the Kaisercraft – Velvet Ensemble – Sticker sheet and adhere Tic Tac container to the centre page of the book.

Add a journal tag inside the first page of the book so you can write your message.  Finish off by adding some black string and your favourite quote and embellishments to the cover.

As a last touch – don’t forget to cut the barcode from the sticker sheet and adhere to the back of the book!

“Tic Tac Card” by Vicki Morris

Materials list:Cardstock, Kaisercraft –Velvet Ensemble – Entertain, Kaisercraft –Velvet Ensemble – Sticker Sheet, Kaisercraft – Rubons – String, Black Ink and don’t forget the TicTacs!

Hello!

Kerryn,  Lesley and Trudi here to share some cards that we have created with both the Velvet Ensemble and Pink Gelato collections.

First up Kerryn with a card created with Velvet Ensemble

Kerryn : I needed a card for my Pa’s birthday last month so I went searching for ideas.  I came across accordian cards and I thought it would be good to have a go.  They are easy to make and with all the fabulous little diecuts and chipboard that you get with Velvet Ensemble I was able to add lots of fun to this card.

“Accordian card” by Kerryn Lawson

Products Used : Velvet Ensemble paper pad (PP844), Velvet Ensemble Printed chipboard (CB128), Wood flourishes – swirls (SB729), Mini alpha stickers – Chocolate & White (MA503), Alpha chipboard – Alpha # 1 (CB107).

Other products used : distress ink, cardstock

Trudi has created a card with the Pink Gelato Collection

Something generic and girly…

Created from some Papers from the Paper Pad,  elements from ‘Pineapple patterned paper and of course the so very sweet bike chipboard piece.

Card by Trudi Harrison.  Materials Used:  Pink Gelato P685 Pineapple, PP845 Paper Pad, CB129 Printed Chipboard.  Other: Cardstock

Lesley has also created a card using Pink Gelato

Lesley: This is my last post for my Design Team term. I have to say I have thoroughly enjoyed myself and the opportunity to create with the gorgeous kaisercraft product. Thank you Kaisercraft, the design team girls who were all awesome and thank you to all of you who have left me comments and supported me over the last 12 months.

I have created a card using the Pink Gelato range. I have created a frame for the front and used muslin behind it. I have stamped on to transparency and cut out the image. I have attached the image using staples – strategically placed where the spokes on the wheels are! The quotes on the sticker sheets are perfect for cards.

“Card” by Lesley Cooper

Materials Used: Pink Gelato Patterned Paper Pineapple (P685); Paper Pad (PP845); Sticker Sheet (SS104); Printed Chipboard (CB129); Clear Stamps (CS779); Other: distress inks, muslin, cardboard, transparency, staples

Hello. Lesley and Kerryn here today and we are here to share a little bit of Pink Gelato with you all.

Kerryn : At first glance all I saw with Pink Gelato were pastels.  To be honest, I don’t really work with pastels alot.  What surprised me though is that with the addition of just a little touch of colour, Pink Gelato came to life!  I added a nice bright green in my alphabet and a bit of doily trim for that pop of colour that worked perfectly with the pastels of Pink Gelato.

“Let’s dance baby” by Kerryn Lawson

Products used : Pink Gelato pp Honey Dew (P684), Strawberry (P683), Watermelon (P679), Pink Gelato paper pad (PP845), Pink Gelato sticker sheet (SS104), Pink Gelato rubons (RB922), Paper tags & shapes – White (EM923), Alpha stickers – Avocado (A218), Rhinestones – Hot Pink (SB702), Soft Pink (SB701)

Other products used : buttons, brads, twine, paper doily, paper lace

Lesley here

Amanda loves visitng the baby next door. To be honest though I am not sure who is more smitten Amanda or Tyler. With this layout I wanted to emphasise the blues in this gorgeous collection. I have also embossed the chipboard, sanded and then inked it. The letters have been coloured using a cotton bud and distress ink. To ink the edges of small things like letters I use a black pen (instead of a stamp pad) to run the edges of the letters around. Easier to get into those small corners.

“Smitten” by Lesley Cooper

Materials used:Pink Gelato Patterned Paper Honey Dew (P684), Strawberry (P683), Vanilla (P680), Blueberry (P682); Paper PAd, (PP845); Mini Journal Tags (JT621); Rubon (RB922); Sticker Sheet (SS104); Printed Chipboard (CB129); Alpha Stickers (AS219); Other: distress ink, muslin, distress stain

Hello!!

Lesley, Trudi and Kerryn here to share our layouts using Velvet Ensemble.

Lesley:  ”With its gorgeous vintage feel this collection was perfect for these photos of my mum’s family. Looking at these photos and reading some of the family history made me feel very humble and blessed.

I wanted to make use of the film strips in the Opera patterned paper so I printed out photos small enough to be trimmed down to fit the bigger film strip. Every other photo I used foam tape to add some visual interest. The bigger strip actually started and ended with half a frame so I cut off the top half frame and added to the bottom so I could fit a whole photo on it. Talking of making things fit, the scallop edgings from the sticker sheet did not fit the full width of my paper so I worked out where the film strip was going to be placed on my page and strategically cut the scallop edgings so the gap would be underneath the film strip. The third film strip was from the bottom strip of the Interval paper. Along with the smaller photos I wanted to showcase a larger photo of my grandparents on their wedding day.

I coloured the flowers with colour mist so they resembled dried flowers. My alpha was not the right colour so I sanded it lightly, textured it and then coloured it with colour mist. This gives a distressed vintage look which I was after with this layout.

This layout required a lot of journaling so I made a small concertina album from a strip of the Stage Show paper. I cut two extra pieces of this paper. With one I textured it using a texture folder and adhered this to the front. The other piece I glued on to a piece of cardboard and cut out the middle to create a frame. I sanded the edges and then adhered this over top of the cover. I added the flowers and butterfly. Between the first page and the cover I put a circle to use as a tab to open the book. I printed the journaling onto vellum and then sewed these into the book. With the mannequin I coloured it using colour mist and decorated it with a doily. I put the ‘doily dress’ underneath as I liked the wooden details and I also thought it sort of represented those ‘skeletons’ in the closet we sometimes find when researching past generations! I attached the book to the layout.

To balance the layout on the right hand side it I ripped the paper and added the left over doily from the mannequin, a sticker from the sticker sheet and a butterfly.”

“Family” by Lesley Cooper

Materials List: Velvet Ensemble Collection Patterned Paper Interval (P673), Costume (P674), Performance (P675), Entertain (P676), Opera (P677), Stage Show (P678); Rubon (RB921); Sticker Sheet (SS103); Paper Blooms (F640); Wooden Flourishes Manequins (FL335);  other – distress stain, colour mists, butterfly punches, doily die, chipboard alphas, vellum, floss, texture folders

I have also used this range to make a layout about my son. I have used a used coffee bag to drip some coffee on the layout! I have also used distress ink on the alpha stickers and added rhinestones.

“Beat” by Lesley Cooper

Materials used: Velvet Ensemble Patterned Paper Matinee (P672), Entertain (P676), Opera (P677); Mini Journal Tags (JT620); Printed Chipboard (CB128); Theatre Acetate (PS151); Clear Stamps (CS778); Sticker Sheet (SS103); Alpha Stickers (AS222); Rhinestones (RS452); Mini Alpha Stickers (MA 505); Tiny Alphas (MA512); Other:distress ink, coffee

Trudi:  We live a considerable distance from the beach and don’t often get to the visit.  When we do go, my girls spend literally hours looking for sea shells and ‘constructing’ in the sand.

The rustic, natural tonings of the Velvet Ensemble collection were well suited for these photos which were captured during our last visit to the beach.

‘Fossick’ by Trudi Harrison.  Materials Used: Velvet Ensemble P672 Matinee, P673 Interval, P675 Performance, SS103 Sticker Sheet, PP844 Paper Pad; Paper Blooms – F630 Iceberg, Rhinestone Flourish, Flutterby’s – Bubblegum, Wood Flourish – Sign. Other: Border Punch

I hand cut a large floral element from the Matinee Patterned Paper which formed the basis of my layout design.  I added other hand cut elements from the same paper and layered these with pretty iceberg paper blooms and a large rhinestone flourish.

Kerryn : When I saw the gorgeous rich, strong colours of Velvet Ensemble I immediately thought of my husband’s Nana.  At 80+ (can’t reveal a ladies true age now can I ), although fiercely independent, she is still an integral part of our family.

“An Amazing Woman” by Kerryn Lawson

Materials Used: Kaisercraft Velvet Ensemble P672 Matinee, P673 Interval, PS151 Theatre – Specialty Paper – Acetate, SS103 Cardstock Stickers,  PP844 Paper Pad, Chipboard CB128, Paper Blooms – Sage & Aubergine, Alpha Stickers – Plum & Cream, Lace, Pearls – plum, Paper tags & shapes – Manila, Doilies – cream, Mini crochet doilies – vintage.

The Specialty Paper – Acetate has been secured to the patterned paper with machine stitching.

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