Merry and Bright

This final layout that I have made with the Merry and Bright Collection is a nice simple one ... I love the chinese lanterns and as always, the asian feel of this whole collection. 

I did some masking with a crafters workshop template that had these adorable tiny leaves on it ... you will definitely be seeing more of these on my pages ... I LOVE them! LOL

I'm also still a big fan of using the border stamps to create an almost wrought iron window frame feel for pages, and Kaisercraft have come out with some stunning border stamps lately, so I'm quite pleased with that!

Anyway, thanks for dropping by...

Smiles from Kel.

Merry and Bright Layout

Today I'm sharing one of the layouts I've made using the Merry and Bright Collection. As usual I've completely ignored the Christmas theme these papers were intended for and followed a more retro/oriental theme.

I must confess a crime of connivence here as well ... the outside border is a Martha Stuart punch that a friend had when she came to the shop to visit ... after watching her use it for a while I decided I just had to give it a go around this page ... so there you have it ... not my bright idea at all! LOL But its hard to argue that these generous around the page border punches dont have a stunning impact.

Actually on the same day another friend came to visit and gave me that lovely lace you see on the bottom of the page, so all I needed to come up with was some wood flourishes, a few metallic leaves and that cute resin bird.

It was a fun layout to put together ... thanks for dropping by for a look!

Cheers from Kel.

         

Sat. Sketch #2 Nov 2012

I was a little behind in my sketches so I'm doing them back to back to catch up!
This time I have used  the new Merry & Bright Collection to complete this sketch. 

This is supposed to be a Christmas collection, but as you'll see from my next few posts you can get away with using this one on any theme. In fact I have not used this collection in a Christmas format at all in any of the projects I have been making with this range. It has a lovely oriental feel to it so thats the theme I've gone with as I'm all Christmased out now!!

I actually found the sketch a bit busy so I scaled the activity back for my layout ... which is not like me I know - but sometimes you have to try something different! LOL

Here is the sketch it's based on...

Thanks for taking time to drop by for a look.

Cheers from Kelly-ann