Into the Garden, A Blog Hop for Couture Creations and Imaginarium Designs

Welcome to Day 4 of the

Couture Creations & Imaginarium Designs Blog Hop!

Can you believe it's Day 4 of the Couture Creations & Imaginarium Designs Blog Hop already? I hope you have been hopping along and leaving comments to stand a chance to win some awesome prices...

We’re so excited to team up with Imaginarium Designs sharing inspiring projects created with both our products with you this week. What could be more perfect than our Embossing Folders and Dies and Imaginarium Designs gorgeous Chipboard designs.

Each day this week we will feature our Design Team projects and over on the Imaginarium Designs Blog they will also feature their Design Team projects all created using Couture Creations and Imaginarium Designs products. So loads of inspiring projects for you to help get your creative juices flowing.

We will link to the tutorials on each Design Team members blogs, please show all our designers some love and leave a comment on their blog.

We’ll be giving away Two $100 prize packages filled with Couture Creations & Imaginarium Designs goodness at the end of the week, so be sure to play along and check back on both Imaginarium Designs and Couture Creations blogs Monday 4th August 2014 to see if you’re one of the lucky winners!

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Hop over to the Imaginarium Designs Blog and see what their Design Team has created using their Chipboard and our Couture Creations products! They also have a giveaway, so what are you waiting for – hop over! oh and don't forget to follow our Design Team Blogs

Don't forget to visit all of today's Designers,click on their names for a link to their personal blogs for their tutorials.

For Couture Creations I am joined by fellow Team mate,

Lauren Tomecek: Let's Get Messy

And the following Imaginarium Design designers are joining in today...

Natalie May: we call her happydaks

Amy Voorthuis: Amy's Pretty Papers

Chito Nakamae: Precious Time

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Unfortunately this is not my own garden...If it were, I would never come inside at all!!! I would spend my day on that little bench and just drink in the tranquillity and peace emanated in this photo.

Hello blog friends, I am sharing another page created using beautiful Dies from Couture Creation with you. I have used the 'Gate to Eden' and 'Roman Set' both from the Metricon Intricutz Die Collection.

I cut the gate twice using a black cardstock, I halved the first one to use on the sides of my photo and used the top of the second die-cut as a header for my gate. I bent the two side parts and filled them with flowers.

On my background I did some stamping and stencil work.

I achieved this beautiful rustic effect by partially embossing the gate with embossing enamel...in real life it blends in beautifully with the garden scene of the photo...

The smaller Fleur-de-lise from the Roman Set was also embossed and places on top of the gate to form an accent point.

The flourishes and girl silhouette are chipboard pieces from Imaginarium Designs...we as Design Team were graciously gifted with chipboard pieces to use in conjunction with Couture Creation Dies...Thank you therefore Jane.... I have painted them with a light, sand coloured paint and dabbed some Antique Silver and Green Glitter Paint on.

My flowers are from Petaloo...I have had this flower in my stash for ages...can not remember who's it is...

Thank you for visiting me and my garden of Tranquillity....

In the garden I tend to drop my thoughts here and there. 

To the flowers I whisper the secrets I keep and the hopes I breathe. 

I know they are there to eavesdrop for the angels. 

~Dodinsky~

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  Products used.

The Metricon Intricutz Die Collection:

CO 723748 Gate to Eden

CO 723741 Roman Set

Glitzen Glamour Glitter Glue

Glue Spots

For Imaginarium:

      IDDD 0003 Denise's Flourish Small

IDS 0023 Girl Silhouette Board

           IDFL 0011 Long Swirly Flourish Small

Imaginarium Designs blog hop with Lindy's Stampgang

Hello friends!

Welcome to my blog if you have just hopped over from Julianne McKenna-De Lumen's blog. I am so excited to combine two of my favourite products in my first ever Blog Hop! Imaginarium Design  chipboard and Lindy's Stampgang Mists and Embossing Powders... 

"We are so excited to have the team at Lindy's team up for a full day of creativity. 
This hop will surely get your creative juices flowing so head on over to all these incredibly talented crafters to check out how they’ve combined the beautiful products from Lindy’s Stamp Gang  with our fabulous chipboard, it’s a match made in color heaven!
We have a great prize for you too!
We would love for you to show some love to all our crafters and leave them a little message

You will have the opportunity to win a fabulous prize by both ID and Lindy’s Stamp Gang so please let us know that you have done so by coming back to Lindy’sStamp Gang & here at ID blog at the end of the hop."

~~~ Time Flies~~~

(Double click to zoom in)

I am such a huge fan of LSG for they match up perfectly with my chipboard...Those who know me, know that I love the subtle shimmer and two toned colours of their Starburst mists and Embossing Powders and the vintage tone of the Moon Shadow mists.

For this LO of my children in 1993 I used Prima Papers from the Fairy Rhymes Collection, several ID chipboard pieces and the gift sprays and embossing powders from LSG.

The chippies are so sturdy, they can handle quite some media as on this Hot Air Balloon. I sealed it with Gesso and then applied some Texture Gel Medium to the top half. Once dry I sprayed several layers of the Bodacious Blush and Shabby Turbine Teal onto it, drying between each layer. I embossed the raised areas with the embossing powders we received, Cosmic Pink Blue  and Desert Moon Turquoise.

The small flourishes from ID were also embossed with the embossing powders.

The large Butterfly was also Gesso'd, and sprayed with Gag me with a Spoon Grey ( lol...some of these names are seriously hilarious!!! Loving it! ) I randomly embossed with the embossing powders as well. The black is a little stamping...

I embossed the title letters with Queen Sheba's Silver and also sprayed them with the Sprays. The bigger flourishes were first Gesso'd, I did not cover the piece completely, left some of the chipboard raw, resulting in an interesting colour mix. I then sprayed with the Bodacious Blush and Shabby Turbine Teal, finishing with some stamping.

This is my creation using amazing Imaginarium Design chipboard pieces and versatile Lindy's Stampgang Mists. Your next stop will be,

Sarah Routledge - http://sarahs-scrapbook.blogspot.ca

And here is the list of  my fellow Team mates. Thank you for hopping along with us...Remember to leave us a comment in order to stand a change to win some of these products.

Amy Voorthuis - http://www.amyvoorthuis.blogspot.ca
Denise Boddey - http://passionscrapping.blogspot.com.au
Evgenia Sokolinskaya - http://eva-inspiration.blogspot.ru
Ingrid Gooyer - http://www.ingridgooyer.blogspot.ca
Kaori Fujimoto - http://scrapgarden-kao.blogspot.ca
Karen Zueger - http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.ca
Louise Nelson - http://louise-justloolabelle.blogspot.ca
Sandrine Dawesn http://sandrinedawes10.blogspot.com.au
Maiko Miwa - http://shiny-scrap.blogspot.ca
Natalie May http://happydaks.blogspot.ca
Julianne McKenna-De Lumen - http://julestheblingprincess.blogspot.ca
Patricia Basson - http://patriciabasson.blogspot.ca  This is me!
Sarah Routledge - http://sarahs-scrapbook.blogspot.ca
Shell Carman - http://www.anotherscrappyday.blogspot.com.au
Solange Marques - http://solangescrap.blogspot.ca
Cindy - http://cynthialoowho.wordpress.com/
Nolwenn - http://inner-voices.net
Ivett - http://www.ivettcarrillo.blogspot.com
Irina - http://irinagerschuk.blogspot.com/
Lynne - http://www.mymadkow.typepad.com/
Mary- http://damselofdistress.blogspot.com/
Limor http://chicscrapbookdesigns.blogspot.ca
Lindy’s Stamp Gang - http://lindystampgang.wordpress.com
Imaginarium Designs - http://imaginariumdesigns.blogspot.com/

~~~ Accept ~~~ OUAS / Jan 2014

And so the day finally arrived were I can reveal my very first page designed for Once Upon A...Sketch! Being in group B means that our reveal will be on the 15th of each month...how great is that, two Groups of designers, twice the fun and excitement of  project reveals!!! Take note as well that the entry date for challenges has been moved to the end of each month...giving you a few more days to create and enter, and with all the Marvellous sponsored prizes up for grabs, who would not want to enter? Also remember to post your works on the Facebook page, there you will stand a random change of winning a price pack of paints generously sponsored by 13@rts...

On to my take on the sketch by Nadia Cannizzo.

Journalling Theme: "Lesson learnt..." 

You are free to interpret our theme ANY WAY you like. It is for your inspiration and this theme word DOES NOT need to be part of your title or journalling. But please make sure your layout is based on the sketch below and includes journalling (hidden journalling is fine). Acceptable journalling is MORE than just a sentence, or generic writing such as date/place etc. It needs to be present and at least 3 lines long. Remember, hidden journalling (under a photo/tag or behind your page) is perfectly fine but please DO let us know in your post where your journalling is! 

 ~~~ Accept~~~

I turned the sketch on it's side. I used various Prima papers to create some layers and as matting for my photos.

Used a Prima Lace and Pearl Bling accent, two of the Prima Bark Butterfly embellishments and some chipboard. The canvas letters got a swipe with Distress Paint on the edges.

On the back of this tag is my journalling to myself...

" My word for this year is Acceptance... Besides the obvious accepting what I can not change, I also need to accept that not everybody likes me or understands me...The lesson in life that I have learned is knowing that I am sometimes seen as aloof and maybe a little snobbish, but that is far from who I am. I accept myself as being a bit of a loner and not doing great in company... I am not the one with words of wisdom, I am the listener and shoulder to cry on, the one to whom you can tell your hurts and sorrows and know that they will be save with me. Being hurt by friends in the past, I am going to let them go and concentrate on the ones that accept me as I am..."

I prefer to be true to myself,
 even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others,
 rather than to be false,
and to incur my own abhorrence.  
~Frederick Douglass~

Tags for Imaginarium Designs

Hello friends on this eve of the year 2013...!

Today I bring you a short post with two Tags that I created as birthday gifts.

On both Tags I used stencils and texture paste to add some interest, they were inked using several colours of Distress Inks.

I used the embossing powders from the Industrial Chic set from Lindy's Stampgang on the Balloons. I first embossed them with the embossing powders and after heat setting I misted with a grey and a black mist.

Small Balloons

IDT 0010

IDP 0079

Kerry Flourish Tiny

IDT 0028

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I painted the corners with Distress Paints, Wild Honey and Rusty Hinge and a little Black Soot.

The flowers and flourishes were painted with Bundled Sage, Forest Most, Black Soot and a little Fire brick on the flower Heads. I also covered it all with a coat of Glossy Accents.

Flowers and Birds

IDS 0026

S Swirl Corners

IDC 0004

Denise's Small Flourish 3

IDDD 003

I would love to take the importunity to thank  Jane, Natalie and all my Team mates for all the love and support they have shown me during the past year! May I wish you all a prosperous New Year hoping all your dreams will come true! Be save and I will see you all again in 2014!!!

Hello Imaginarium friends...

With the countdown to Christmas in full swing, I want to share two cards I created with some of the lovely items available from Imaginarium Designs!

These are the gorgeous Christmas Trees...I prepared them with a layer of Gesso and once dried, I stamped a background image with Weathered Wood Distress Paint.

I added texture with some Coarse Texture Gel and micro beads and some white paint once it was dried. I also sprayed them with Lindy's Stampgang mist, Ghostly Gargoyle White.

The Happy Christmas title was just covered with some white texture paste and some glitter.

I used Pion Designs papers. 

 Silent Night: Snowfall

                   Waiting for Santa II: Santa is coming

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On this card I used the layered Baubles...

These come with a background and a hanger and are ideal to layer... Again they were gesso'd first, the background was inked with Storm Sky Distress Ink.

The top layer just got a sprinkling of Fairy Dust glitter to finish it of.

I painted the Music with Holly Symbols with Luck O' the Irish Glimmer Glam from Tattered Angels.

Pion Papers used are...Silent Night: Church

Waiting for Santa II: Stars in Heaven

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Music with holly Symbols

IDFL 0006

Christmas Tree

IDS 0008

Happy Christmas

IDP 0073

Two Baubles, Background and hangers

IDDS 0002

Leaving you with this thought till my next post...

One of the most glorious messes in the world 

is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day.

  Don't clean it up too quickly.  

~Andy Rooney~