Miss Empire Layout # 2

Today I'm sharing one more layout I made using the Miss Empire Collection.

I had this awesome family photo, but it has so many colours in it... so much going on with all the clothes and plants and its quite dark in patches. I felt like it would be impossible to co-ordinate colours as there were just too many. So when I was looking over the misse Empire range of papers it occurred to me that they were mostly dark tones with a few random bright colours added.... very similar to my photo!

And I must say I'm really pleased at how the two married together... I'll be remembering this range for difficult photos in the future now! LOL

My favourite thing on this whole page is the paper flowers in the two opposing corners ... they were so easy to make and I was wondering if they would really work as I used some very patterned paper to make them with, but as it turned out... they worked beautifully! 

I'll have to be braver with my paper choice for flowers in the future I think!!

Thanks for stopping by for a look.

Smiles from Kel.

Miss Empire Cards

Today I'm sharing some cards I knocked up with the Miss Empire Collection.

This collection is full of contacts... beautiful orange and pinks all offset by deep greys and hard blacks. I didn't think I would enjoy working with orange so much, but as it turns out it's quite nice... like the softer cousin of red!

Cards are getting easier and easier to put together with the Kaisercraft papers and the matching die cuts, which is again all I have used here ... and some of that yummy organza ribbon ( I love that stuff!!).

Thanks for stopping by for look.

Cheers from Kel.

Miss Empire Layout

Today I'm sharing my first layout with the Miss Empire Collection.

This is vintage beauty of a collection that reminds me a lot of the Madame Boutique Collection that Kaisercraft released a couple of years ago... it would marry perfectly with it I'm sure!

For this layout I decided to delve deep into the family photo album to find an appropriate print to use, and you wouldn't believe it but the colours in all the photos over about 40 years old were perfect for this collection ... they all worked so well! So I can definitely recommend this collection wanting to do vintage or heritage layouts as they work perfectly with older period photos.

The page itself was very beautiful to begin with... here is the original:

And as you can see I just added a some bits and pieces to it to compliment the photo. The main technique going on this page is the stamped background. 

To create that effect I used a Kazzazz background stamp and filled the center dots with a white pearl pen... I just love the quilted look this gives.

Thanks for stopping by for a look.

Have a great day.

Cheers from Kelly-ann.

* I couldn't get this photo to present the right way!!!??? but I wanted to show you it anyway so you can see up close the 'Quilting effect'.   :)

New Releases for JUNE 2013

 Whats one day early right? 

Well I certainly couldn't wait one more day to show off these fabulous new collections from Kaisercraft... all due on the shelves as of the 1st of June.

Dont ask me how June got here so quickly.... I'm afraid I must have blinked and missed half this year already!?? LOL

Anyway ... here they are ... the one above is the BLAST OFF collection ... it's Off-the-charts cute! Wait until you see some of the aliens in the collectables pack of this range! Perfect for Boys of all ages.

This one below is the TRUE ROMANCE collection. It is soooo sweet ... I'm not too sure about the romance side of things but so far I'm loving it for my little girls with the whole collection packed full of pretty pink roses, birds and butterflies!

And last but not least we have the MISS EMPIRE collection. This is a vintage/heritage range that will have something for everyone in it. I have already tried it out with some of my mum and dads old photos and it's just perfect with the colours blending seamlessly!

So there you have them folks .... the new collections I'll be sporting about this blog for the next month!

Now which one will I feature first? 

I love the burden of such decisions! LOL

Have an awesome day....

Cheers from Kel.