My Creative Spirit (Blog Archive)

Morning everyone, inspired by my trip to the beach and a workshop booking for a layout class with Melanie and her ladies I found an old photo of Harry and me on the beach above and created this fun layout for us to make later this month.   Supplies for the project  One x Turtle Time 12 x 12  One Floating Florals 12 x 12  One Sun Kissed 12 x 12 One sheet orange Sun Kissed Patterns and Solids One 12 x 12 sheet of black cardstock Micro Beads and glitter in co ordinating colours (I used yellow WOW glitter and Stix2 Micro Beads)  Scissors for fussy cutting  Black card for photo mounts and mounting cut outs   Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pen for inking paper edges  Double sided tape  Tacky glue  Glossy Accents  Foam Pads   Use the turtle side of Turtle Time as your base paper. Trim the floating Floral paper to 10 1/2" square. Cut a piece of black card stock to 12 5/8" square and mat t...

Hi everyone, I'm back from a short break, the house is all decorated, the grand garden tidy up is underway and WHOP WHOP the new paper collections from Graphic 45 have arrived, so I thought I'd create a dimensional frame for this beachy photo of the boys that's been on my desk for a while.  If you fancy making one yourself here's how it comes together. (full supply below). I use offcuts of chipboard to create piles of tiles (1/4" x 1/4") and strips to create the different layers in the frame.  Assemble the frame following the instructions on the reverse of the packaging. Pain the base and frame using your choice of paint.  (I used PaperArtsy Southern Skies chalk acrylic). Put to one side to dry.  Take one sheet of 8 x 8 Turtle Time, cut out the centre section leaving a 1" border at the top and bottom of the paper and a 2" wide border at the sides.  Mount your chosen picture on three layers of chipboard offcuts.    Stick the paper to ...