Anita Enright: tassels

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26 March 2017

Relax | D-lish Scraps

Hello Everyone,

I thought I would share with you my final creation as part of the D-lish Design Team.

So for my last share with you I decided it needed to be a puppy page. I haven't done many lately, and since they are my babies, thought I would finally do one.

So, this page is all about my old boy Max. He is now over 13 years old, and I know his days with us are becoming numbered (he is going blind and deaf and becoming riddled with arthritis), so I want to make sure I have his scrapbook album full so I can continue to enjoy the memories for years to come.

To start I decided I wanted a printed border around my page. After choosing the patterned papers that I wanted to use, I took my white cardstock and trimmed 1" off my cardstock. I then stamped it with a stitched circle stamp.
I mounted my photo on some cardboard just to give it a bit of height from the page. Behind it I added some more patterned papers and then one of the D-lish paper doilies.

Once I have layered my papers and photo I then just went to town on embellishing the page with heaps of goodies from the D-lish Scraps store.

I have used a whole heaps of D-lish goodies including some from previous 'Just Add Paper' kits. Goodies include the cute little resin flowers, wood veneer title, washi tape and flair button. I really love using the ombre wordfetti as they have words in different shades of the same colour palette.

I have little clusters all over the page. They include everything from the cute little sequin bow, to wood veneer hearts, a tassel and paper flowers of all different styles and sizes. To finish I added some of the enamel dots.

So for one final time Thanks for Looking.

I wish you all well on your crafting journeys.

Ciao for now.

Anita

18 November 2016

Laugh.......

Welcome back Everyone,

I don't know about you but I am f the 'vintage' where there always used to be sayings about colours that should or should not be put together... it might have been at '80's thing.

Well one of those colour combinations was "blue and green should never be seen".... well let me tell you how wrong they were. I think they look amazing together.

I love how scrapbooking is all about making the photo the hero of the page. The new Instagram photo size availability when printing our photos is a great change from the generic 4x6" and 5x7" photos that once appeared on our pages. I like how the square photo give more background to play and embellish :)

I found a piece of patterned paper in my stash that looked like bricks and decided to follow some of the white lines to cut an unusual shape to the paper and then attached it to a piece of white cardstock. I added a few splatters of green and blue ink to match in with the photo and other embellishments.
I plucked out one of the previous 'Just Add Paper' kits Tranquil Pools from my overflowing collection and used a lot of the kit due to how well the colours matched the photo.

You have to be oh so quick to snap up one of the monthly kits they definitely don't last long in the store. In saying that there are so many goodies in the store including embellies I've used on my layout - punchinella, flair buttons, resin flowers, colour journal spots, twine, suede tassels and wood veneers

I used a fine tip glue pen to draw a squiggly line around my page before sticking down the twine. It was a different alternative to me normally attaching it with a stapler. I coated my 'laugh' wood veneer with blue embossing powder and heat embossed it.
The wood veneer stars I just simply inked with a matching lime green ink. The finishing touch was the lime green Charms Creation felt banner.

I am loving creating for D-lish Scraps. I get to play with some really bright colours which I really love, and all the embellishments..... perfect!!.
With summer just around the corner and temperatures starting to heat up alot and kids about to start their summer holiday break, it's time to get out the cameras and start snapping photos. You'll then have plenty on hand when Amanda releases the next Just Add Paper kit.

Thanks for stopping by today. I off back to my craft desk to play a little more before heading in to work.

Don't forget to drop by the blog everyday to see some new inspiration.

Ciao for now
Anita

17 August 2016

Magnolia Lane Shaker Card

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Hi Everyone, I thought I would share with you some shakers cards I created using the Magnolia Lane collection by Susanne Smyth that recently featured on the Couture Creations blog. I hope you enjoy my creations.

To start I selected one of the panels that I liked from the Poetical Labels patterned paper. Okay, I admit it I love every single one of them so I wasn't short of one to chose from :)

You will find that the panel is not wide enough to go behind the frame that you cut out next. I added a small strip of matching patterned paper to the left side. It will be covered by the embellishments and dies you add to the outside of the frame later.

I then used the largest two dies from the Rectangle Nesting Dies and cut out a frame using the Ultimate Craft Obsidion cardstock. So that the frames did not move when I ran it through GoCut and Emboss machine, I placed a post-it note over the two dies as per the photo below.

The next step was to cut out a piece of the Couture Creations Acetate Sheets just big enough to be adhered to the back of the black cardstock frame. Attach some of the 3D foam strips around the inside back of the frame on the acetate making sure there are no gaps or your sequins could fall out.

Prior to removing the backing paper from the 3D foam strips add a mixture of matching coloured sequins then remove the backing paper from the foam strips and attach your chosen panel. Don't do what I did first time around and put it back to front. Make sure you chose panel can be seen through the acetate sheet.

I made a 5 x 7" card base in the Obsidion cardstock from Ultimate Crafts. I chose the Magnolia Borders patterned paper as this was similar to the panel that I chose and cut it to 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" so that I could see a good border of black behind the patterned paper.
Next, I attached the shaker to the patterned paper and attached a seam binding ribbon across the top securing it on the reverse side of the patterned paper. You can then glue the patterned paper to your card base.

I am still loving the Couture Creations Bulk Flowers. I sprayed two of the Camden Cottage Roses with a bright pink spritz. Next spray the flowers with adhesive and scatter with white or crystal glitter over the adhesive. Once dry, using glue dots, attach to the top corner of the black frame. The flowers just come up so beautiful.

Whilst my flowers were drying a little I quickly cut out the Tassels die in Precious pink, again from Ultimate Crafts, to use as a trail down the left hand side of the black frame. It also hid the seam where I widened the back panel. I added a few of the small 2mm Onyx gemstones to the tassel and then attached it to the black frame at the top using glue dots. Finally I added some 2mm Wisteria gemstones to the corners of the frame, a couple of small black flowers and a sentiment to finish.

As an added bonus I have also recreated the card using the SEA BREEZE collection by Denise Boddey. This one is perfect for Father's Day which is just around the corner.