Best Wishes cards

These cards were made with the Miracle paper kit and chipboard irrestistables embellishments.

I used the pattern from Originals once again...Lucky Three! it seems to be working for me lately.

Celebrate!

A good way to use chipboard and scrapbook stickease .... decorating special cards.

I blended ocean , hollyhock, and sweet leaf markers onto the Irresistables chipboard. See how the stitching and the white flower remain white? That's because the irresistables chipboard are printed with white designs that resist ink so you can custom colour them to match anything!

The inspiration for this card is on page 96 of the Autumn Winter Idea Book.

You can also find directions for it in Originals: Handcrafted Cards Made Easy, page 59.

In fact, the same card is featured on the cover of Originals, using Alfresco, blush, hollyhock, and olive.

http://www.closetomyheart.com/en/Products/Online_Idea_Book.aspx

Papers are from Close to my Heart Miracle Kit.

Majestic Blue / Bo Bunny 9 Square layout

Okay... I had fun on both of these... and let me know if I am overdoing the "squares" but as I explained to Beth, linear works for me. And being a paper addict, I could showcase some different textures here that blend in well with the ocean shots. The bleached wood with the surfboard just does it for me!

The photos again are from the Mayan Riviera , showing the beautiful coral beach. Our beach was almost overrun by coral. By saying almost, I hesitate to condemn it completely. Coral has its pluses and minuses... it is amazing to look at, and attracts gorgeous fish which are wonderful to view as you snorkel, but it is tricky to walk in on when it is close to the shore. Other than that, our resort was perfect in every way. I had more difficulty than Rick, but am having a total hip replacement August 16 that should eliminate my mobility issues the next time we take a resort vacation!

The first page is almost collage like, and was inspired by the Splendor layout by Close to my Heart. I am liking leaving some open white space too.

Materials:

Close to my Heart Majestic Blue papers

Bo Bunny chipboard and papers

Hero Arts paper flowers

Close to my Heart craft buttons and Journey Journalling Spots

Florabunda

Florabunda is a type of rose with many blooms... but to me, here, it means Floral Abundance.

Our resort was very well maintained and exquisitely landscaped.

I love the way palm fronds move , glisten in the light, and wave in the night. We had some spectacular giant ones in Mexico right outside our hotel room balcony . The colours were surreal: the bright orange and blue painted buildings were lit up at night to contrast with the pink and green foliage.

Beth joined me tonight and inspired this layout with a plan she had downloaded from the internet and printed off. Coloured resist Chipboard is from Close to My Heart . I also tried my new scallop punch that I bought at Lasting Impressions.

Blending markers on an acrylic Block

I forgot who showed me this tip, but Beth used it tonight . Beth wanted to colour a chipboard butterfly fuschia but I didnt have that exact shade. I suggested that she load a block with orchid pink and then add pansy purple to deepen it, and then colour the chipboard with the lighter coloured pink marker dipped into the mixture from the block. The results were a bit like batik in the irregular way the colour blended .

Majestic Quilted Beach Layout

I love the way this CTMH Majestic Blue paper kit looks with Beach photos. Really classic colours. I also added paper with sea creatures from BoBunny (Paradise) that just looks super. I bought the adhesive Chipboard stickers today to fill in those squares. I will repost when they are added, along with journalling.

I love quilting with paper squares like this!

My friend B... N...... is coming over tomorrow night, for a girls scrap evening! How wonderful!!

I will post results soon.

Splendor Layout Class !

OH we really had fun last Thursday... exchanging ideas... working from a kit and template together, using the new irresistables chipboard ! see brackets and flowers... they look embossed but are just coloured in with marker. Jen, Erika, and Michelle did a wonderful job on their Splendor projects.

I love all the "white space" in this layout design. It looks so clean.

I found the perfect pictures to fit in with this unique "quilted" layout. The squares are only 2 1/2". The small photos were taken with a colour filter, so they only highlight the colours yellow, light blue and green, against black and white. I love the effect.

The main picture was taken by the Observer on my daughters first night at work! She started the night of the third annual ArtWalk restaurant tour. Ironically, she was hired at the Treehouse on the day I was going there for lunch with a friend, and , I taught the young man working with her at London Road School. I am picking Mo's brain for recipes... the House Lemonade rocks for sure as does the Asian Noodle Salad and the Veggie Pizza. If you want to see them on Facebook, here is the link.

http://www.facebook.com/stephanie.kerlovich#!/treehouseballs?ref=ts