Bohemian Bouquet Layout Dream Catcher

 Love the New Bohemian Bouquet range from Couture Creations one of the new hot foil stamps I used on this layout.

 The new Bohemian Bouquet heat activated foils

 The new paisley Die, I can see myself using this for many projects to come a must have!

 Love this machine!!!!!

 Getting ready to create!

 Beautiful Gold foil!

Papers cut and ready to go!!

 
 Used the  Go Press and Foil Machine to foil and add some colour to my chipboard the green is amazing and fast becoming my favourite behind the gold lol!

 Everything placed and ready to go. Love it

 I distressed all the edges of the paper cut out and cut out extra flowers that I  embossed and placed raised with foam tape on the edge of the page.

 I added a few pear drops to finish of the chipboard and die cut a few paisleys.

 Added a few flowers and foiled flower.

The photo is of me about to head out for a night of dancing which I thought suited the colour scheme and the Bohemian Bouquet Design.

ENJOY!!!!

New Bohemian Bouquet

 Just a quick layout done today using the New Bohemian Bouquet 12x12 paper pad

 I printed 2 photos 1 6x4 and 1 5x7 of the same photo of my Oldest daughter Denee pregnant with her third child little Slater! I only used two sheets from the collection, Bohemian Bouquet chipboard, fletching background.

 I double matted both photos with a cream and light blue cardstock, I decided not to use ink on this layout and keep it clean and soft.

 I took a saying cut out from the paper pack and matted in a double mat with the cream and blue cardstock as used to mat the photos.  Also I embossed some soft green vellum with my Ultimate Crafts embossing folder Screen of Leaves, Using my Sizzix bigshot machine I then cut the embossed vellum in half, and placed just over to one side of the photos tying them together.

To finish of the layout I framed the outer edges of the layout with decorative pins and added 3 cut out butterflies to finish the page.

The saying is matted onto the chipboard which I left it's natural colour as it suited my photos .

Hope you enjoyed this little tutorial 

there will be more to come .....

2017 Fresh Start

Hi all time to get back to blogging, This year has been crazy. I am now happily married to my soul mate, best friend and my everything who fully supports my craft and recovering from the expense of a wedding lol. My son is only weeks away from completing grade twelve and I happily work 3 to 4 days a week luckily in the area of arts, not that I make much money but my arts and crafts supply is blossoming every day lol . Like I see it I'm saving for my retirement fund.

I have entered the world of Art Journaling and upcycling and love it that's in my spare time !!!
But my passion still remains with my Scrap Booking and paper crafts 20 years plus and I,m still going.

I am still teaching and classes are commencing back in November, including Scrap Booking, Card Making, Mixed Media Art, and Art Journaling / smash books. and Off the page creations.

I also plan on getting my book written  been off track with this one, as one does with life.
My Craft room has been reorganised and so has my office, the decluttering is done and now it's time for bigger things.

My Goals - Create teach and share my designs
                 - keep learning and exploring
                 - apply to Design Teams
                 - blog everyday!
                 - post regular posts on instagram
                 - live my creative life to the fullest........

So stay tuned as I share my Adventures with you all!!! 
Let's get creating !!!!!!!

Road Trip 2015

Went on a Scrap Booking road trip on the North Side of Brisbane with friend and fellow
Scrap booker Julie and did we have fun. A great start to the new year, Julie introduced me to Toni at
Tj,s scrappin with style on the Southside with their 50% off sale , then next stop Daisy Chain at Nambour another shop that gave us a nice discount thanks guys, and we saw our childhood pass by while driving past the Big Pineapple after that we decided to stop and have a little lunch

Have a look at the size of this coffee machine, mmmm did it smell nice there and great food to, nice people with  great service. Our next stop was Arnolds Scrapbook & Craft Supplies at Rothwell, that was a quick visit but did we find some nice things, OWL stamps had to have them......

There was only enough time to fit one more in before heading home and we decided on The Stamp Trap being that we just love stamps.

Small shop but big discount on our Judikins stamps 40% off , The owner was fantastic and even stayed open a little after hrs for us p.s she wasn,t disappointed, p.s thankyou julie for finding that one extra gypsy stamp set to add to my stash it was so me who could say no.....

heres the pics of my stash........

But wait theres more but i,ll leave that for my next blogging session

Time to go off and be creative with my Stash !

A little bit of what I do

My daughters request for her 21st Birthday, Repurposing unwanted furniture is so much fun love the dresser idea, a little costly for the vintage look but can be recreated using old desks as well.
I can see myself doing a lot of this in my furture (my other Job lol)
contact me if anyone wants me to repurpose anything for them just love it and I never turn down a challenge .

New Begginings

Hey guys been a bit slack on my blogging but back again, just getting some pics organised and ready to announce some great news over the next few weeks so stay tuned Cheer Karen your mixed up Gypsy !

Powertex and Stoneart mixed media classes

A quick note to let all know that I am a powertex and Stoneart trainer and will be starting up again   my mixed media sculptural class from my home studio again I will post pics and dates soon. They will be on either a Saturday or Sunday and take a full day to complete. Later this year I will also be doing my Masters training and I just can't wait one of my many hobbies.
Don't forget I also teach Scrapbooking at PhotoContinental and the majority of products I use on my layouts are available from Photo Continentals Craft store.
I,m also dabbling in a bit of beading, another creative medium to play with.
I will have a website that u can purchase my finished art pieace from soon. Now back to the creating............

Getting back to my Blog

Finally I have a new laptop to work from, and I have many many many projects to get up on display, just have to get use to using this one lol sure it won't take long. So stay tuned Cheers for now

How to make a rosette

Found this fantastic link on making rosettes with the Martha Stewart scoreboard: one of my favourite tools. You can purchase a scoreboard at Photo Continental or pop in for a quick how-to demo.
I will be adding my next layout this weekend with plenty of rosettes.

Source: http://scrappystickyinkymess.wordpress.com/

Cheers for now,

Karen

2013 Prima design team call my 3 favourites

I decided to give my self a challenge and submit my application for the Prima 2013 design team call out.
these are the three main projects I submitted. I went Prima crazy....  and just loved it.
number one was my pastels page majority of the products used are Prima, so pretty

My second layout with body form which I used left over product on, is my favourite. I'll be placing the layout in a shadow box and displaying both of them in my Kitchen, I themed this one around the world of steam punk. and again lots of Prima products.

my tag was made using Collections products and the K is for Karen

and my third final pieace is my minimal page, In This one I made washi tape feathers my favourite new technique and added pearls and lots of Prima flowers and papers........

This was the tiniest rossette i've ever made, just watch the hotglue gun and those fingers! I will follow up with the instructions soon for the washi tape feathers...

Aren;t these the most beutiful flowers, I love using beads and wire and all those found objects on a layout just to finish them of...

Now to send my email and pics to Prima, fingers crossed!  I enjoy the challenge and either way I'll be creating more and more for u all ................

"Baby Girl"

This was a quick present I whipped up Friday night and gave to my friend Tiri at her baby shower on Sat.
and I'm on stand by as daddy is away , the baby will arrive on Anzac day will be taking lots of pic'!

I had a lot of fun doing this one, now I have to do more!
here are a few pics of the day...........

lots of sleeping chirldren by the end of the day and exhausted adults with all the games we played..........