Tuesday 25 October 2016

"Seaside" - Maja Design DT Creation - Summertime Collection

Hello and a very warm welcome to you .
I am here with you today to share my next Design Team layout for Maja Design . I have been playing with their "Summertime" collection which I have fallen madly in love with, so don't be surprised if you see me using this again and again!
I have titled this ...."Seaside".....

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I found this photo of my youngest a few weeks back and put it to the side and it wasn't until I pulled it out again that I noticed my eldest daughter was also in the picture in the background ......so I just had to use it! I have kept the layout soft and softened it more by tearing the "Cute Summer Dress" a and b sides allowing the core to show through., They have been layered up with a little Kraft Cardstock. I have also cut the frames from "By the Sea" a side and reversed some to show the b side. I also saved the strip from the paper to thread through the lace at the left and right of the layout. You can see this below.

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I love nothing better than to do a little op shopping to find odd bits and pieces to add to my layouts. And this is where the scrabble pieces come from. I made them a little shabbier by added a dry brush of gesso to them and then layered them up through the middle of my flower cluster and large anchor at the right of the layout.

Above and below are a few more close-ups for you. I had thought I was finished and took photos went to bed and come back the next day to find that I thought it needed a little more, so I then made some flourish transparencies using a stamp and Seafoam embossing powders. I fussy cut these and cut them down smaller to add around my layout.


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Below are the papers that I have used from the Summertime collection to complete my layout.


You can see the Dusty Attic chipboard anchor below. It was dressed with a little Crackle Paste and then I rubbed in some Distress Ink and wiped it over with a little Glimmer Paint.

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Other Products Used
Kraft Cardstock, Acetate
Flowers - 49andMarket, Prima and Miscellaneous
Chipboard - Dusty Attic
Scrabble Pieces
Leaves - Kaisercraft
Lace, Lace Motifs, Muslin, Jute
Gesso, Finnibair Crackle Paste, Walnut Stain Distress Ink, Glimmer Paint, Seafoam Embossing Powder, Versa Mark Ink.

That is all for me today. I hope you have a most beautiful week and I will see you back here again very soon.




Happy Scrapping !xo

Wednesday 12 October 2016

"True Story" - Maja Designs, Dusty Attic, October Moodboard

A huge welcome to you today. Thank you for popping by, I really do appreciate it. Today I am a tad excited, to say the least. I have for the past few weeks been sitting on a little secret. 
Aha yes........... I am now a Maja Girl!!!!!!!!!
And this will be my first post today for Maja Designs with a layout incorporating one of my most favourite collections......Nyhavn.

I have titled this project......."True Story".


It is funny the things I remember and the things I forget about my children from when they were young, so it is a wonderful thing that I can reflect on photos which usually ignites those memories. This is of my youngest who will be turning 12 very soon! From this photo I remember the pure sassiness and I must admit stubborness she emitted. These are the things that I so love about her and I wouldn't want her to be any other way!


My background was created using Maja Designs Nyhavn collection. This would have to be one of my most favourite collections. I think because it has a lot of grey / black through them which I am extremely fond of at present. As I was using the Dusty Attic moodboard I have incoporated a sheet of A Dockside in Bloom from the same collection and the reverse of it also....it has the crowns on the reverse which I thought was only fitting for a project encapsulating this photo and all that it means.
The background page Kings Square was layered up with A Dockside in Bloom and primed with clear gesso. I added in a little texture using the Dusty Attic Distressed Diamonds stencil and crackle paste. While it was still wet I sprinkled over some silver prills and left to dry. I also painted in some extra colour using Twinkling H2O's buttercup.


I went totally bonkers with my Dusty Attic pieces on this project, pulling out a few boxes of my cut up bits and pieces and joining them all back together to create this. The first piece and a huge favourite is the Ornamental Trim #2. Love love love it! So this was cut into several pieces and laid to the left and extended to sit along the left of the photo. The centres pieces were added to the base of the photo. This chipboard was dressed in a mix of black gesso, crackle texture paste, and art stones along with a little iridescent medium to give my pieces a shimmery effect. 


So the other pieces I found in my cut up box were the bird bath which was already dressed in Crackle Paste. I added a little Liquid Pearls in Bisque to highlight some areas of the bath. And also the title word disk chipboard. I have cut away the disk and covered it in liquid pearls so that it sat upon the 49andMarket flowers that I have coloured with Black Distress Spray.


For my remaining chipboards I have coloured them in a mix of Liquid Pearls Silver and Black Pearl and also some of the #5 Foliage was dressed in Dusty in Colour Cashmere acrylic paint. Such a gorgeous colour......will be using it again!


Materials Used for Project
"True Story"




Maja Design - A Dockside in Bloom bs


Maja Design - Kings Square bs


Maja Design - Kings Square


Dusty Attic 


  

Dusty In Colour Cashmere DA0904

  

Bird Baths 2 pk DA0395

Crown #2 DA0156 


  

Leafy Stem #5 DA0156

Ornament Trim #2 DA0156

Word Disks DA1195

     

Distressed Diamond Stencil - DA1480

Foliage #2 DA1292

Foliage #5 DA1295

Cameo Ribbon Slides DA


49andMarket Rustic Barn Blooms


Other Materials:

Collections Butterflies
Liquid Pearls Black Onyx, Silver Pearl , Bisque
Lace
Prills - Silver
Gesso Black,White and Clear
Gel Medium
Cheesecloth
Prima Metal Clocks
Prima Art Stones
Prima Crackle Paste White
Prima Marketing Inc. Flowers - Item # 590062
Silver Prills
Distress Spray Black
Twinkling H2O's

Well that is all from me today. Thank you ever so much for making the time to visit me here.
Hugs

Tina xOx

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