Beautiful Layout

Hello Sweet Crafty Friends!

Kendra here today to share a layout with you!

I thought it would be super fun to show you how Lisa's products are great for scrapbooking!!

I absolutely LOVE the new Mini Banner Alphabet die set!  It's a perfect die set to create your own sentiments, so in this case a title for my layout:

 I decided to create the word 'beautiful' to go along with the lovely photo of my daughter!

Close-up:

I also used the lovely In The Loop Die twice on this layout!  I thought it would add a nice accent to the page!  I kept some of the circles from the border, so that I could add them randomly back in the border and outside of it to add more interest!  I love the look!!  I also added a few rhinestones!!

I used the Nested Flags die set to create the light purple flags!  I love the size of these flags!  Perfect for scrapbooking!!

I also used the Nested Banners die set to create this grouping of three banners:

Which I then added some lovely die cut butterflies from the Butterfly Flourish Die Set!

I absolutely love how this layout turned out!!  So fun!!

Have a lovely day!  

Making Books!

Hi everyone, Nikki here today from Addicted to Art. 

On Lisa's recent show on Create and Craft one of the products was the MDF Bookcase and Greyboard books. I made several books so I thought I would share more details of one of them

Now I don't want to bore you so will keep the post quite brief - however this was quite a long project so please get in touch if you want to know anything else.

I started with the greyboard pieces secured together with strong tape . The outside texture is created with stippled gesso and once dry texture paste added through the flower stencil. Again once dry I made sure the entire surface was black (and dry) before dry brushing with white gesso to highlight the texture. Washes of paint were then added to create blue / deep red tones on the cover before quinacridone gold paint was added to edges to give the rusty tones.

I highlighted the flowers with gilding wax to highlight further and used the word stencil to add 'Enjoy'.

For the inside of my book I decided to use some gelli plate prints I made using Lisa's stencils. I do love my gelli plate and the slight unpredictable nature of the results!

Here close ups of the different pages:

See you next time!

Nikki xxx

Butterfly Hello

Hello Sweet Crafty Friends!

Kendra here today to share a card with you!

I am so excited to share my first project with you today using Lisa Horton Crafts products!

Tomorrow is the day!! Lisa will be on Create & Craft TV at 1pm UTC sharing her new products!!  They are sooooo amazing!!

I'm a huge sucker for butterflies, so I am very excited about the new EDGEcuts Collection Butterfly Flourish!!

I used the largest butterfly shadow from the set to die cut the window for this shaker card:

I then used the middle sized butterfly die to die cut from a piece of vellum.  I added to the center of the die cut shadow.  I really love the look!!  

I added some new pearls to the butterfly!!

I used the new Mermaid Tails: Lilac Set for the lovely glitter inside my shaker card!  I love the new Mermaid Tails!!!  Yummy!!

The designer paper used is from the new Capri paper set!

The stamped 'Hello' is part of thew new In The Loop stamp set!

Along with all the fun new products, I am also super excited about some fun new stencils coming soon!!!

I was going to get out some paste and created a fun background, but decided I wanted to keep it elegant and not take away from the butterfly, so I thought it would be fun to use the stencil to emboss my paper. These stencils are so thick and create an embossed background so beautifully!!

Here is a look at how to use the stencils to create an embossed background:

I used a Big Shot, so this may slightly be different between machines, I'm not sure.  But don't be afraid to experiment and have fun!!  That is exactly what I did!

Open the main plate to TAB 1 and place in your Big Shot, add a cutting pad, your stencil and then paper:

Then add your crease pad and another cutting pad:

Run it through your Big Shot!  
Use those muscles!! 

So easy and fun!!!

*Note I've learned from another crafter that if you lightly spritz the cardstock with water before running your sandwich through the Big Shot creates deeper embossing.  I did not do this with this piece, as I mentioned before these new stencils are made with really nice thick material and I didn't think I would need to spritz the cardstock. 

Here is a look at the cardstock:

How fun is that?!

So nice to have multiple uses for your supplies!  This new stencil I used is called Pennies in a Line!!

Have a lovely day!  

Be sure to tune into Create & Craft TV tomorrow for a look at all the NEW products!!!