Love by Michelle van Oudtshoorn

Hello lovelies

I am so in love with the Purple Blossom Pocket Paper Collection 12 x 12 papers. I have created a layout using this collection.

I painted all my wooden embellishments with Chalkpaint first  - the wooden leaves were painted with iCraft Chalk Paints - Billow and the clock and the arrow love were painted with Romantic Pink Metallic Chalk Paint.

I have cut the photo down to a circle size to fit under the clock face, and adhered with foam tape to the page. I have raised the frame so that I was able to added the leaves and other elements under the clock.

 

There is a page in the collection with the elements that can be fussy cut - these were the single flowers and the leaves. I fussy cut the long purple blossoms off the front cover the collection pack. The flowers, leaves, wooden leaves and purple blooms were then added around the photo and under the clock.

The title was added once the flowers and leaves were added. I then added multi-coloured beads to finish it off.

These are the products that I have used.

Thanks for visiting the blog today.

Take care,

Michelle

Little Moments Big Memories by Michelle van Oudtshoorn

 Hello crafty friends

I have created another layout using the Flimsy sheets - I just love them, and as I love fussy cutting these are just right up my alley. iCraft have such beautiful Flimsy sheets.

The paper is from The Rose World Collection. I used two pieces of paper and torn and added together. I have used the Flimsy sheet no 2 and cut out all the flowers and the leaves.These were layered around the photo in different heights using foam tape to create dimension. 

Once these were added, I added flourish chippings to the cluster. These were painted with blue acrylic paint and then once dry I sanded over these and on the edges.

The title Little Moments Big Memories is also from a Flimsy sheet - no 8

These are the products that I have used

Thank you for visiting the blog.

Take care,

Michelle

On the Day you were born - Michelle van Oudtshoorn

Hello lovelies

I am on the blog today with an album that I have made using a Ready Album - these arrive already pre-cut with chipboard covers and cardstock - and all you have to do is put it together - no measuring needed. I have used the Octagon Ready Album and Toddler's Story paper collection.

The kit is first assembled - there are instructions that come with the album kit. The cover us made using many fussy cut elements from the papers and element sheet. The wooden frame as been painted very lightly with Distant Haze Chalk Paint.

I first put the pages together before adding the pages to the album. I used the octagon cardstock for the inner pages as a template to cut out my patterned paper for the pages - taken from both the 12"x12" and the 8"x8" paper pads. I also fussy cut a number of elements from Toddler's Story Element Sheet as well as from the papers in the two paper pads. 

This is the first page:

All the elements on this page are fussy cut from the Elements sheet. 

Here are page 2 and 3 

Page 4 and 5

On page 4 I have used Chippings #10010. The base is covered first with a piece from Decoupage paper #3044, then covering the rest of the chipping with paper and using the circular part of the chipping as a frame. The titles are also part of the chippings, which I painted with Distant Haze Chalk Paint. I then cut wording from the Flimsy Sheet #7 for the title. Page 5 I have created a little flap with tags and used a ribbon to hold it together 

 For the last page I have made a waterfall, and closing this off with a band with a magnet at the end.

The top flap is done layering fussy cut elements.

These are the products I have used 

Thanks for popping by,

Michelle