Couture Creations cards for June....

Hello dear friends on this Friday the 13th!!!!

Today I have two cards created with Couture Creation  products that I would love to share with you...

For this funky card I used a sheet of Black and Pink Cardstock from Color Core Core'dinations. I layered two sheets and embossed the top layer using the uber cool Great Fubu embossing folder from The Marriot Collection. The pink paper is from the Damask Delight paperstack.

After sanding the raised embossed areas, I used several colours of Glitzin glamour Glitter Glue to the images...the colours I used are, Aztec Gold, Green, Hot Pink, Lilac and Purple.

This Dragonfly is proving difficult to photograph! I did layer two black solids and the one pink Die-cut, and also have some Crystalina Glitter Glue on it. It is placed on top of a Victorian Square Nestling Die together with the word Explore...Both the Dragonfly and word are from The Van Roe Collection.

I used my Couture creation sanding block to expose the pink colour core of the paper.

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This next card is a little more elegant...

I embossed two strips of paper using the Chain Wire folder from The Marriot Collection and placed it with a piece of lace at the top and bottom of my card.

I also embossed a piece of whitewashed Core'dinations paper with the Large Only Me folder, also from The Marriot collection and also sanded it with the sanding block.

For my focal point I layered two Oval Nesting Dies with a Royal Oval Die on top. To add some interest I also layered a piece of the Quick Release Die paper between the layers.

I adged the Royal Oval Die with crackle paint and brown ink.

Thank you for visiting me...Below are the links to the products I used, all of which are from the Couture Creation Shop.

The Van Roe Decorative Dies
CO723723 Royal Oval, CO723726 Dragonfly Set, CO723734 Explore

The Marriot Embossing Folders
CO723672 Great Fubu, CO723677 Chain Wire

Nesting Dies
CO723044 Oval Nesting Dies, CO723048 Victorian Square Nesting Dies

CO723817 Glue Spots

CO721966 Tape Cutter

Glitter Glue

CO723060 Sanding Block

CO723545 Sew Jo, Damask Delight Paper Pad

CO723818 Quick Release Die Paper

Embrace your Dreams ~ Timeless Kit for Scraps of Elegance

A new day...A new week...may it be a Happy and productive week for all my friends.

When I saw the preview of the June kit "Timeless' from Scraps of Elegance, I could not contain my excitement for apart from all the other goodness that Melinda has put together for this kit...it also contained paper from 7 Dots Studio!!! A big Hooray for me as this paper is not available in South Africa and I have been dying to use it! We have gotten some of the Nature Walk collection and must say it is all that I hoped it would be...It is a sturdy paper, just ready for all the mixed media products that are so popular these days. And I must congratulate the designer of the range, DeeDee Catron who b.t.w is Guest Designing for Scraps of Darkness for June and July, with the amazing designs...I am loving the grungy feel of the collection!

For this photo of Chantelle I used Gray Day, Songbird and Winged Vines from Nature Walk. I did my masking using the a Damask stencil from Teresa Collins, in the Main kit and the branches stencil from Joggles, in the Creativity add-on.

The flowers are from Prima and I even used the packaging for the die-cut piece and the 'Time Traveler's' little tag. On the page I only used a few snippets of the black lace ribbon from the Embellishment add-on.

These are two of the Prima Metal Clips, also from the Main kit.

I created a border using the Craft Tapes from Docrafts Madam Payraud's added in the Embellishment add-on.

Three tags from Melissa Frances tied together with the string from the Kit and a brad from my own stash. I also did some stamping on my background with various of my own stamps.  

The golden sheen shown here is from last month Colour add-on, the Prima Color Bloom 'Tea Stain'.

I absolutly love this swirl image on the Winged Vines paper and think the Prima frame complimented it perfectly...I painted the frame with the Olive Vine Silks Glaze from the Creativity add-on, dabbed a little black paint on to it and lastly rubbed some gold paste on the raised areas. The black flowers are from Petaloo, in the Flower add-on. The centre of the flower is a glass pebble from the Main kit that I coloured with some caramel alcohol ink. I used Studio 490 embossing paste with the Damask stencil and with the stensil still in place, I misted with the Irresistible Colored Texture Spray, Desert Sand from the Colour add-on. The texture spray gives a plastic like feel and look to the image...I wish you could see and feel it i.r.l...just loving it!

Some more of the coloured glass pebbles and another stencilled branch. The branches also got a little gold paste rubbed on.

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 We are not only less reasonable and less decent in our dreams... 

 we are also more inteligent, 

 wiser and capable of better judgment

 when we are asleep

 than when we are awake.

  ~Erich Fromm~

Scraps of Elegance June Kit ~~~ Timeless

Our June kit truly is timeless elegance, with gorgeous papers from 7 Dots Studio's Nature Walk and Prima's Time Traveler's Memories collections. It's perfect for scrapping those heirloom vintage photos you've been holding on to, as well as your more current treasured photos. As always, we've included beautiful butterflies from Reneabouquets, as well as a 12 x 12 stencil by Teresa Collins, a Scraps of Elegance exclusive Ephemera Collage Sheet, Melissa Frances and Prima embellishments, and more. Don't forget to check out this month's Creativity add on - which includes a 9x12 stretched canvas, Prima Wood Dolls, and other great items...

The Main kit

Colour Add-on

Patterned Paper Add-on

Coordinating paper

Embelishment Add-on

Floral Add on

Creativity Add-on

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Let the Sea set you Free...SOE May Kit

How fortunate for me that my youngest daughter went away for a short Sea break recently...resulting in a perfect picture to use with some of the items in the gorgeous 'Cape May Holiday' kit from Scraps of Elegance...

I used Sun Chaser from the Kaisercraft Paradiso collection as my base, several of the 7 Gypsies Maritime collection as well as some of the Journal Tags and pages for matting.

I used the Kaisercraft Checker Plate template together with my Spritser and Black Soot Distress marker to create the background. Also did some stamping and used the Liquitex Acrylic paint through a Prima stencil to create the cracked texture.

In the main kit we had three Capiz Shells...I coloured mine with a few drops of alcohol inks. Really love the fragile look of these pieces of shell...

A butterfly from Renea Bouquets, Resin embellishments from Melissa Frances and Prima and Petaloo flowers.

I distressed a piece of the ribbon from the Embellishment Add-on.

Some micro beads and cheesecloth for added texture. 

Thank you for strolling through my post...

"Take your shoes off,"

 purred the ocean waves.

~ Dr. SunWolf ~

Breath...Scraps of Elegance " Cape May Holiday" Kit

The May kit that Melinda Kelly put together for us at Scraps of Elegance was once again packed with the most amazing papers and embellishments...One of the paper collections featured is the new Prima Seashore collection, and that is what I used for this page.

This is a photo of me ~really~ taken when we went Ocean Walking during our vacation on Mauritius in 2007.

I used two sheets from the Seashore Collection 'Sea Shell', Different flowers from the Main kit and the Flower Add-on, products from the Creativity Add-on and ATC cards from the Embellishment Add-on. From my own stash I used a Prima Say in in Pearls flourish and some wooden flower, leaves and frame.

The frame was coloured with the Prima Colour Blooms from the Colour Add-on, the title was cut from the backing paper of one of the flower packs...the Die-cuts were cut from some of the ATC's.

I used the Seashore clear stamp to create the border...I inked just the corners, or just the straight lines and also used the adorable shell stamp as a focus point. I coloured the white Pearls with some Victorian Velvet Distress Paint and a little Fired brick.

The leaves were colored with the Glistening Waves Color Bloom and a little Tea Stain was painted on as well...I also dabbed a little of the Natural Sand Texture Gel onto them. The idea to place them as sea-grass came from my daughter Chantelle...clever girl yes?

I had so much fun creating the background...All because of the gorgeous products in the Creative Add-on...I am posting some close ups and details at the end...

I must admit that receiving a piece of cheesecloth was the highlight of my kit...for some reason our local haberdashery doesn't know what cheesecloth is, hence I have been using surgical gauss. And Melinda has been so generous, I will be using this for many projects still...!

Some more of the small stamps that are in the stamp set, and tags from the 'Tag Me' package.

To follow, some close-ups and techniques on how I prepared my background...

After applying and drying some gesso to the page, I sprayed Glistening Waves Color Bloom onto the page. With the Catalyst brush I attempted to create waves, but instead the mist formed these bubble like shapes...which in the end I loved more than the wave idea..The Peony Mist I applied with a brush through a stencil, also resulting in a different texture then what I set out for. 

I used all three the mists to create some spatters as well.

Awesome colour and texture achieved with the Natural Sand Texture Gel and the Tea Stain Mist.

I applied the gel and Tea Stain mist directly to the page and used the brush to mix it and create the waves. For the Blue waves I did the mixing on a piece of scrap and then brushed it onto the page.

The page before I covered some of the goodness with my photo and embellishments...

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 Inhale, and God approaches you. 

 Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you.

 Exhale, and you approach God. 

 Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God.

 ~Krishnamacharya~

Family - May Once upon A...Sketch

I have been absent from my Blog for a while...apologies therefore, but am back now to share some of my latest pages with you all!

First up is this page created for the May challenge at Once upon A...Sketch. I had it created in time, but with all the happenings I did not get to posting it on the challenge site.

Our journalling theme this month is 'Anything goes' 

This photo is one of the rare ones of my Mother's family taken in early 1944. I used papers from Jodie Lee's Princess Collection Kit from Prima for this page. This is such a beautiful range, being a little Girly Grunge and Shabby Chic all in one.

My clock-hand was inked and embossed with a little random UTEE

Some Prima flowers and a new resin Oval Frame.

I did some stamping using a Script and Diamond stamp, also from Prima.

As I said, this photo was taken early in 1944, In the back row is my Onkel Heinz, Grandmother Maria, Grandfather Wilhelm, Tante Trude. Then the twins, Onkel Willi and Tante Wilhelmine. The little sweety in front is my Mother Mariliese. My hidden journalling is about the following obituary...

" Im jugendichen Alter von 10 jahren wurde Wilhelmine Beuel auf Gut Neuenhof bei Nideggen am 12 Dezember 1944 ein Opfer des Krieges."

As this was World War 2, my GP farm was commanded by German soldiers. My mother often tells us tales of the time she grew up with the sound of sirens and bomber planes flying overhead...a soldier was allocated to each child to make sure they made it to the bunkers in time whenever the sirens were sound. On this fateful day, after another bomb attack, Wilhelmine aged 10, went out after the all clear was given,but a young German soldier, merely a child himself, lying in the trenches, lost his head in the madness and shot and killed her. My mother used to tell us that when my Grand father got the news of her death, his hair turned white overnight from the shock. 

To create this beautiful texture on the 2 Crafty Chipboard, I dabbed a thick layer of Bundled Sage Distress Paint on the leaves and stems, and Victorian Velvet on the flowers and gave it a close blast with my heatgun in order for the paint to bubble. I also painted some Lindy's Stampgang Ghostly Gargoyle White onto it for a little shimmer.

Loving the new Prima Doily Stickers.

Another piece of 2 Crafty Chipboard and a Prima Clock hand.

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There is still time enough to create a page using the gorgeous sketch by Nadia Cannizzo and enter the 'Anything goes' theme...

Thank you for your visit...

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If people want to make war they should make a color war,

 and paint each others' cities up in the night in pinks and greens.

 ~ Yoko Ono ~