Kaleidoscope Collection Layouts

Kaisercraft Products: P1462 Collage, P1463 Layers, CD501 white cardstock, CD102 Licorice cardstock, CS876 Crackle Clear Stamp, F543 Fancey Border Wood Flourishes, SB794 Snow Pearls, KFR12 Henna Fusion Pen,  PL501 White Pearl Strips, CT788 Collectables, PT206 Pink Damask Printed Tape, R715 Red Ribbon Roses,

Other: Brown Ink, white doilie, white pen, alphabet dies.

Kaisercraft Products: P1462 Collage, P1466 Impasto, P1464 Decoupage, P1470 Illustrate,   CT788 Collectables, CD118 Fern Cardstock, PL518 Black Decorative Pearl Flourishes, RS402 Island Lagoon Rhinestones,

Other: Forest Green Ink,black and  white pens, flourish die.

Kaisercraft Products: P1464 Decoupage, P1468 Blank Canvas, PS339 Expression, FL496 Love Cherish Adore Wood Flourishes, E02 Black Fusion Pen, E01 Blender Fusion Pen, WG03 Earthstone Fusion Pen, WG08 Nickel Fusion Pen, RS401 Wine Rhinestones, PT206 Pink Damask Printed Tape,  CD102 Licorice cardstock,

Other: Brown and black Ink, white and black pens, flower, leaf and border punches, flying birds stamp, small flourish and alpha dies.

True Romance Layout

Greetings all ... Welcome to JUNE!! I'm kicking off the new month and the new collections by having a good play with the lovely True Romance Collection.

This is a beautiful girly collection full of soft and pretty pinks, lots of roses, butterflies and birds.

I'm not too sure about the romance side of things but I think this collection is PERFECT for my any of 4 beautiful daughters... it feels like the ultimate girly range!! LOL

On this layout I've just done the clustering thing ... bottom right and top left. This is common pattern for scrapbook pages, and sometimes you just can't walk past the golden oldies of design formulas.

I've done a lot of scribbling on this page as well ... in fact I'm doing a lot of scribbling on all my pages lately ... I must be going through a scribble phase.... besides all the warn fuzzy feelings I get from scribbling, I feel like real hero of this page is that title ... it came off the sticker sheet in whole word segments and I just love it... just this week the little girl in this picture ( who is 7) has been in hospital twice, once for n emergency appendectomy and once for a painful gaul stone attack! When I cout my blessings... I really do count her twice. 

Thanks for looking. 

Smiles from Kel.

             

Summer Breeze Layout

Continuing on with my Summer Breeze Collection adventure today I'm sharing a simple layout I made using the good old serendipity squares technique ... there is brilliant bit of paper in the collection that has these all over it!

This is such a simple technique to use and you can get as involved or keep it as simple as you like... I remember in my early days of scrapbooking with Creative Memories this was a favourite technique of mine. 

This bright fun collection is easy to work with and fun to play with ... i especially recommend it if you have loads of girly photos to get through ... this collection is PERFECT for girls!

Thanks for popping on over for a look.

have a great day.

Cheers from Kel.

Saturday Sketch #2 May 2013

Hello, I'm back today with this weekends saturday sketch... this time I have used the 

Summer Breeze Collection!

This is another fun and bright collection from Kaisercraft that makes scrapping these kinds of photos pure joy! LOL

The bright colours are sooooo easy to layer up as well, working with this collection is plain old FUN.

Although I'm not sure what happened to the butterflies .... how could I possibly forget to butterflies on a layout???? LOL

So here is the sketch it's all based on...

 Thanks for stopping by for a look.

Have a great week

Smiles from Kel.

Remember Me Layout with a difference

Today I'm sharing a special layout made using the Remember Me Collection.

This page is a bit different for me as I have barely used any product at all on it, instead I have chosen to get a bit arty on this page... a style I believe I will do a lot more of in the future.

Don't get me wrong here... I love my products... I'll always love to add as many as possible to my pages! LOL. But there is just something so special and satisfying about adding your own unique touches to a layout as well.

Anyway, to create this effect I simply matted and stuck down my photo on the page, then lifted the edges to Ink a kind of hue that emanates from behind the photo ( I also stuck down the lettering stickers for Lilly's name before beging the inking process).

After that I laid a circle over the top of the photo, making sure to place it slightly off center and over the edges of a couple of corners of the photo. Using a pencil I traced a faint line around the circle onto the paper to act as a guide. I then used a permeant fine tip marker to draw on the vines, leaves, buds and flowers... always using that circle mark as my guide and continuing on over the photo as the circle dictated.

After this I used some quite opaque 'Pistachio' paint to block in the flowers, buds and leaves. Using my distress inks and a paint brush I then added the red to the center of the flowers and the buds, and green hues to the leaves.

It's a simple technique that pivots on the opaque paint creating an almost translucent effect with your own drawings... and it's quite simple as well... i was not careful with my sketching here at all, it's ment to look a bit scribbly... everyone can scribble so I think everyone can do this technique!! LOL

The other key element here is the permeant marker ... because this kind of marker will draw consistently over any surface ( in this case photo paper and normal papers) it means you can seamlessly transition across your page with your drawings, giving the whole thing a more cohesive look and feel. That kind of thing just helps to tie it all together better.

Thanks for stopping by again today ... I hope you enjoyed this one as much as I did.

Smiles from Kel.

365 Days Layout

This Layout made using the 365 Days collection is now one of my favourites... I adore the bright beautiful colours mixed with romantic hues and background patterns that abound in this particular collection. I found the metal feather on ebay and thought it just charming, of course anything feathery would work well with the cute prima resin birds you can see also on this layout! 

One day I'll make an actual calendar with this collection ... that will be different! LOL

Thanks for dropping by...

Cheers from Kelly-ann.