Imaginarium Designs- March DT work (Part 2)

Hey everyone! Hope you are well. 

You still have time to enter my giveaway HERE :)

Today I wanted to show you my second project for Imaginarium Designs for March which were shown on the blog today. The link is HERE

                                                      "Love Cherish Adore"

Imaginarium Designs Chipboard Used

 Heart top Fence 

Clock without Hands

Love, Cherish and adore Board

                   ** To keep an even flow of colour and to combine all pieces of chipboard I used the same technique on all 3 pieces 

**firstly I went over it with white acrylic paint.

               ** I then went over it roughly with a vanilla coloured ink and lastly randomly dabbed some gesso on top

**I inked the edges with a dark brown ink

Other Materials

Bo Bunny : Paper, metal embellishments

Petaloo: Trumpet Vine Spray (teal), Canterbury Roses (brownie)

Prima: White flowers, small brown flowers

The Crafters Workshop: 12x12 Chicken Wire mask

Dies: Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fleur de Lis Motifs Cheery Lynn Designs English Tea Party  doily dies.

Gesso

gauge

brown ink

Liquid pearls

To purchase Imaginarium Designs chipboard, please visit Seriously Scrapbooking online store HERE and if you are already creating with Imaginarium Designs chipboard don't forget to share your work with us at our ning site HERE

Have a great weekend everyone! Really really really busy here! Have a wedding on Sunday, and as any mum out there with a couple of young kids knows, for me to get to the wedding it is almost a logistical operation LOL! So anyway, its been a long time since I dressed up to go anywhere and feel good about it, so ....kind of looking forward to it, but if it was up to me I would be staying home in my pyjamas all weekend, watching movies! LOL! Gosh, how long has it been since I could do that? Maybe my university days when I was single! WOW..that feels like a lifetime ago. 

Take care everyone :) Enjoy your life!

C' est Magnifique April Reveal (Part 1) + a little video

Hi everyone! 

Here to share with you a layout created with the April kit from C' est Magnifique. This is 1 of 5 layouts created with this lovely kit and I will show the rest of them in April when the full kit is revealed. 

All materials are from the April MAIN kit.  

Here are some close ups

* The chipboard swirl is from the main kit. I went over it with Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Distress Crackle Paint .

* The title "Remember This Beautiful Day" is from one of the sheets of patterned paper from the "My Private  Happiness" collection from Karola Witczak from The Scrap Cake. 

*The diagonal shapes were fussy cut again from one of the patterned sheets. Yeah..I was in that sort of mood! LOL! It took about 1 and a half hours just to fussy cut that. Must have had too much time on my hands I say..LOL!

*The BEAUTIFUL roses are also included in the main kit,. 

*The main kit also includes these mini bags and tags from Melissa Frances. PERFECT for hidden journalling and actually fit a lot of writing on them. 

* The bags/envelopes, come in a brown colour and to blend them in with the rest of the layout I simply inked them pink and also created a design with a swirly mask. 

 This is the description I gave about this layout for the blog post HERE. 

"This is a layout of my 2 gorgeous girls (yet again!) on a very special day late last year...it was September 24th and it was both their birthday party and a very significant day. It was the last time everything was as it was supposed to be with my advanced pregnancy and all was going well ..the world was a perfect place, but..a few days later I lost my 5 month old unborn 3rd daughter. But its OK! I did not want this to be a sad layout for them, so I decided to make it bright and happy with lots of love and details thrown all over it, and heartfelt journalling so the tag with the journalling was perfect for HIDDEN journalling. YES I did fussy cut the diagonal shapes from the gorgeous 'My Private Happiness' paper and it took a while but I enjoyed it very much. I quite like the finished effect!"

Yeah..pretty hard to forget EVERYTHING from that awful time in my life, just 6 months ago. Feeling some very strong emotions these days. Just ...really missing the baby. Miss that INTOXICATING scent of their skin, their touch, the way they fit right under your chin...I should have had that right now..BUT... just have a look at how badly my 2 girls made me laugh tonight! I HAD to share these videos with you! 

In this one, I CANNOT believe Maria knows almost all the words to "I'm sexy and I know it" and that Ioanna used the word "stupid" ! LOL Seriously! How old are they again? No Mother Of The Year award for me. But anyway..here is part 1. Just check out Ioanna..she is only 3 and has NO rhythm at all! LOL! And Maria is just 5 going onto 15! And HOW bossy is she? LOL! I often feel sorry for Ioanna..but its just SO funny to watch. 

And here is Part 2. I had to stop because I literally could not stop laughing. They somehow found Moves Like Jagger on the laptop again...LOL! remember that first video I posted a few months back? Well they surely have not lost their moves hey? 

Oh man! What a laugh! They are the absolute centre of my whole entire world and I would have simply disappeared into thin air had they not been in my life all this time. I love them DEARLY and with every last bit of my heart. They make me laugh, and cry , and weep, and stress and worry...I just could not imagine wanting to be anywhere without them. 

Have a great week everyone!

Last Projects With Bo Bunny *Ambrosia*

Well hello there. The weekend has found me sound and well once again and here is hoping you are also well in your corner of the world. I do not want to sound old and philosophical here, but health is all that matters in the end. I shouldn't think like this, but I am worrier, and at the end of each day I always thank God for making it through another day, and for everyone that I love and care for making it through another day ..and I pray for those that didn't to have peace. Everything ..our whole entire lives can change in a minute..so lets make it count while we can hey? I truly hope you and your loved ones are all doing OK :)

Oh and before I show you my next creations I wanted to thank you all for the OVERWHELMING love you left me on my last post about the canvas I created. WOW..It's such a good feeling when others like what I make. The desire for acceptance and approval by others never ever leaves us, and a sweet comment and go so far and mean so much to someone, and it is free! SO THANK YOU :) 

Sooooo, as I have been telling you all month long, I was happy to receive the lovely and VERY new Bo Bunny collection Ambrosia from Handmade By Suzanne to work with this month. 

Don't forget about the sketch challenge happening in the gallery until the end of the month. You can find the sketch HERE and just by entering you can be in with a chance to win $30.00 (including free postage)  to spend at the store! Its a random draw so anyone can win it!

SO here are the last 2 cards I made with all the left overs in my DT kit. 

And here are the rest of the projects I have been showing you all month long that I created with the Ambrosia collection..

Materials Used For ALL projects available at Handmade By Suzanne right now:

 Bo Bunny: Ambrosia papers

Bo Bunny: Ambrosia buttons, combo stickers , Noteworthy die cuts and tags, Jewels - Self Adhesive Rhinestones and Pearls. 

My Favorite Things: doily die - Dainty Doily Duo 

  Green Tara: Mini Roses - Ivory and White

Martha Stewart Edger Punch: Traditional Scallop

 Dusty Attic:  Chicken Wire chipboard 

 Kaisercraft:  Ribbon Roses (Sea Breeze) 

Kaisercraft: Wooden Flourishes (Vines) 

  Kaisercraft : Wooden Flourishes Funky Butterflies

Kaisercraft: Quote Rub Ons - Love

Martha Stewart: Punch Around The Page-  Swirling Lace

My Favorite Things (MFT) : Die-Namics Rosette small (1/4 inch) 

Pro Art : Gesso  

Miscellaneous: gauge, gesso, moulding paste, Versa Color cube sand/beige, Ranger Liquid Pearls 

Have a great weekend everyone! Bye for now!

Love You - March DT work for Imaginarium Designs (Part 1)

Remember I said a few days ago in my last post that I am loving creating canvases these days? Well here is another one for you. This was actually one of my first ones. I created this about 1 month ago, but it has just been revealed at the Imaginarium Designs blog today. This is one of 2 projects I created for Imaginarium Designs this month. The second one will be up later in the month. 

Love you 

OK. I will not lie to you. I LOVE this. I am sorry if I sound arrogant, but I very rarely finish something and look at it and NOT pick at something. LOL! I am my own worst critic. But this..I LOVE! I think it is my favourite thing of all time that I have created.  First of all I love the picture. I think even with all that detail around it, it still stands out. The girls look just like I see them..happy, loving, sweet and innocent. I just like the way the whole thing turned out and you want to know a secret? It took very little time to put it together! Much less than a layout, because its just messy without looking messy! Does that make sense? 

I think, it also helps that Imaginarium Designs sent us a TRUCK LOAD of chipboard to use and I think you create more freely when you have heaps of product to work with. I have used 6 different types of chipboard here!

Imaginarium Designs chipboard used:

(click on name to purchase from Seriously Scrapbooking) 

                                                      

Heart Top Picket Fence 

   

 

9 Cogs on board 

   

Love You title

 

Steam Punk clock  

    

 

Small Clock face (No Hands) 

     

 Long Swirly Flourish

Here are some close ups..

So, I went to town with all awesome pack of chipboard and used many pieces on here. To bring it all together, I simply left all the chipboard bare, but created a mixture of gesso, white paint and brown ink on 3 separate parts of a piece of cardboard and using a sponge I dipped it on the 3 mediums and while I had all my pieces of chipboard on a piece of paper, randomly either splashed the mediums on the chipboard or dabbed them roughly and randomly. I then got a dark brown ink and coloured my title and other areas of chipboard so it some of it stood out. Lastly, I layered it randomly all over the page.

Other materials Used

Bo Bunny: paper and metal embellishments

Petaloo: Canterbury Roses (brownie)

Prima : white flowers, small brown flowers, brick mask

Dies: Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fleur de Lis Motifs

doily

gesso

Hope you are having a great week :) Bye for now. 

You are a good person!

Sunday today. Sunday night actually. Weekend is almost over and so is a season. You can feel it in the air that the warm and long summer days are on their way out and the cooler nights and shorter days are on their way in. Sigh.... a change of season huh? Here's hoping it finds us well.... Here is a chance for renewed hopes and dreams. You all tell me that you never know how life turns out, all the time. Its true..you never know. For the time being, I have a new appreciation for my life, my husband, my children and my family. Even for my health and my every day routine. Just knowing that tomorrow is Monday, and the week and the routine starts again, is a safe thought. At least i know what is coming. 

I made this following canvas, for my best friend of about 10 years now. She is having it tough. She is strong though. She knows it too and I draw strength from her because of that. I wanted her to understand that she is a good person that deserves happiness, so I gave her this as her 40th birthday gift last week,. It saddened me that there was a doubt in her eyes as though she didn't think she deserves happiness. No one should feel that way. Everyone is entitled to happiness dont you think?

This is created using my DT kit from Handmade By Suzanne for March. Don't forget that there is also a gorgeous sketch for you to play with over at the gallery, and you can give your self a chance to win AUS$30.00 (plus FREE postage) just by uploading your take on the sketch in the gallery.

To create the background, I simply mixed gesso with some white paint and spread it all over the canvas using a piece of cardboard. I then spread some moss coloured paint in random places all over the canvas. I am loving creating these now days because you know what? There are no set rules. If this looks a little messy to you, or a bit rough on the edges its because I made it so. There are no set rules or cutting or measuring when creating a canvas. Its pretty free flowing. 

I used again the new Bo Bunny Ambrosia collection . You can see the pretty colours and flowers I fussy cut above. To create the effect with the gauge, I simply cut random pieces of gauge, and using gesso and my fingers just placed it where I wanted it to go. Gesso acts like a glue to keep the gauge down while creating a nice textured effect. 

Another trick I used to stretch the use of Dusty Attic Chicken Wire chipboard panel is to cut it up in a few pieces and spread it out all over the canvas. I then dabbed some gesso on it with my fingers. 

Over here you can see some of the Ambrosia stickers, papers and buttons.

Now, here is my fave thing in a while. See the above flower? It is made with the gorgeous brand new Kaisercraft Ribbon Roses (Sea Breeze). They have just been released from Kaisercraft and they are pretty generous in price and in length . So I turned 1 into a flower simply by putting some glue down where I wanted to place it, and then creating a circle out of a small strip of it. Once again, I dabbed some gesso on it with my fingers. 

The metal love heart is from the Ambrosia collection buttons and the chipboard swirl is Kaisercraft Wooden Flourishes (Vines) which I cut in two and again (!) coloured using gesso. 

Here is a list of materials I used to create this canvas. These are all materials available at Handmade By Suzanne right now and if you click on their name they will take you directly to the link in the shop. 

 (The canvas was just bought at a discount store. Nothing fancy!) 

                  

    Ambrosia - Buttons       Ambrosia - Combo Stickers        Ambrosia - Pearls  Ambrosia - Die Cuts

                             

         Double Sided paper (Flowers)      Kaisercraft Wooden               Kaisercraft - Wooden Flourishes

                                                                 Flourishes - Vines                            Funky Butterflies

                                                                        

          Dusty Attic - Chicken Wire Panel       Kaisercraft Ribbon               Pro Art Gesso 

                                                                             Roses

Hope I have given you some inspiration today :) Oh and if you wanted to see a Step by Step on how I put together another layout a few posts back please check out the blog at handmade By Suzanne HERE

Have a GREAT week everyone ! Stay strong..as strong as you can and just keep going. Tomorrow is a new and better day. You'll see ..

oh and before I go..a shout out to the incredibly happy and wonderful Rachael Funnell and her blog post HERE! The girl is awesome and she know why! 

Oh how I wish!

How I wish, I could win $500 from Websters Pages!! Can you imagine the endless paper I would buy and all the embellishments..*sigh* I will give it a go, I am never EVER lucky with these things. But you never know right? 

Ok..so I have to share this video here with you and let you all know that WEBSTE's IS NOW SHIPPING!!

Good luck to me :)

OK one more giveaway you might like to enter is over at my friend Keren Tamir's blog right HERE. Check it out fr your chance to win :)

Bye for now. Hope you are having a good weekend so far. 

I Miss Me - OUAS March 15h

Good morning everyone. 

I hope this post find you well. 

I am here to show you my DT example for the March 15th challenge at Once Upon A...Sketch. 

Here is this fortnight's challenge. 

March 15th Challenge

Journalling Criteria:   Finish this line "I miss...". 

 Tell us about someone you are missing right now and why. Your journalling can be as long or as little as you like, but we want to hear all about someone you are missing!

Ideas for journalling: missing time alone with your partner, missing your old self, missing your children because they are off to school, university or living away from you, missing your children being young, missing a friend you have not seen in a while, someone in another country, someone that has passed away, a mentor whose advice you could use, a relative you wish you lived closer to, someone you regret having an argument with, missing a pet

Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and theme and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote. 

YOU MUST combine our journalling criteria with this sketch..

I can think of a million people I miss right now. Some that have passed away, some that are overseas, some I do not see anymore. But you know what? Without sounding selfish..I miss my old self. I miss ME. I miss being the happy person I was. I looked through ALL my pictures trying to find a picture of me at a happy time. I came across this one and my heart just warmed up instantly as it does every time I see this rare photo of Maria and I. She was my dream come true. No one ever really knows if they can have children, but when she was conceived so easily and then having her in my arms ...well this was the epitome of happiness for me.  I was 28 years old. So ready to be a mum. So happy, so together, so certain and almost a little arrogant because I was a confident mother. This was a high point in my life. 

When I look at this picture, I remember happiness. I remember the excitement of having a baby of my own. New prams, new baby clothes, new experiences. Everything was new. Everything was hopeful...and Ioanna followed 2 years after and all that was doubled. The world was perfect. Everything was going to plan. 

And of course, the last 2 years have been so unbelievably opposite to that. I would have NEVER guessed I would be where I am today, 5 years after this photo was taken. I don't think I am asking for too much. But every day that passes is SO different. Some days I am OK. Most days I am just existing..pinning all my hopes on a child, a pregnancy that might never be realised. That is SO dangerous. But ..I will not pretend to not feel what I feel, and I will not sit here and act like its all Ok..whatever happens , happens.. what will be will be, etc etc. No. That is unrealistic and it is dishonest when  my whole entire being is focused on one and only thing. That is a bit of a cop out ..a bit of giving up. That is not fighting enough for what you want. And I want this so badly.. I will not give up. But ..every day..I lose hope. Maybe..not lose hope, but become all that much more isolated from everything and everyone. 

Anyway..such a sad story to go with these bright and happy papers isnt it ? LOL! 

The papers and other embellishments were sent to me by Handmade By Suzanne in my monthly DT kit, and they are the new Bo Bunny collection Ambrosia 

Here are some close ups..

** Th different pieces of paper you can see sewn together are all the off cuts from papers I have used previously in this collection. I try to maximize the use of  every little bit I have in my DT kit. 

**To create depth and layering, I use 3D square dots and layer die cuts and other embellishments on top of each other, overlapping. 

** The papers from Ambrosia have gorgeous printed designs on them that lend themselves to fussy cutting . One more way to extend the use of the papers. 

*The  circular butterfly embellishment is actually a sticker from the sticker sheet. I punched a tiny bit larger piece of matching paper with a scalloped punch to create a contrast. 

** I am really into hidden journalling these days. I have a lot to say and it doesn't fit at the front anymore. In this instance I backed the photo on some die cut papers and glued it down one side so that it can be listed to reveal the writing. 

**Again here I used cut offs from other papers you would normally throw out and created a nice detail to the corner. 

**  I also punched the border of the maroon paper with a Martha Stewart edge punch. 

Materials List

Bo Bunny: Ambrosia papers

Bo Bunny: Ambrosia buttons, combo stickers , Noteworthy die cuts and tags, Jewels - Self Adhesive Rhinestones and Pearls. 

My Favorite Things: doily die - Dainty Doily Duo 

  Green Tara: Mini Roses - Ivory and White

Martha Stewart Edger Punch: Traditional Scallop

Bye for now everyone :)