Kasiercraft Sandy Toes

Good Morning, Rikki here today with another Kaisercraft Sandy Toes share, and the timing couldnt be better with the weather slightly warm up over the next couple of days here in the West. And if your feeling inspired why dont you pop into the store to grab some of this paper.

When doing layers I love textures like the Kaisercraft Corrugated card, its is so versatile and helps support all your other layers on the page.

The boarders and diecuts in the Kaisercraft Sandy Toes 6x6 Paper pad give you loads of instant layers to add to your layout.

 I love the Kaisercraft Distressed overlays over your photos either staple them on or in a little corner use some glossy accents to help adhere it to your photo. Also they Kaisercraft Distressed Overlays have a protective cover on so dont forget to peel that off, this means that you can guarantee that they overlays have no scratches on them.

Another thing that is a must on a beach layout is a raw chipboard, this Your Creative Wings piece is the perfect finishing touch and it helps tie in the twine. 

12x12 Scrapbook Paper Ocean

Sandy Toes Paper Pad

Distressed Photo Overlays

Prima Art Basics Heavy Gesso - White

Till next time have a creative day 

Rikki 

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Kaisercraft Cherry Blossom Cards

Good Morning, Rikki here today with something that I dont normally do....... CARDS!!!!!!!! Yes people that know me can say that I do not do cards, especially scrapped cards. So to say I was out of my comfort zone was an understatement. 

But I am very happy with the results plus it used all my leftover bits, which eliminated hoarding small bits of paper. 

12x12 Scrapbook Paper Fragrance

12x12 Scrapbook Paper Petal

12x12 Scrapbook Paper Garden

So dont forget to use your leftovers and at this time of year a card or two doesn't go astray for sure.

Till next time, have a creative day.

Rikki 

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Kaisercraft Cherry Blossom fusion

Good Morning, Rikki here today with a bit of a fusion piece.I love mixed media and I often try to use up the end of a range by blending it together with some artistic, messy fun.

You should pop into the store to see the fabulous range of mixed media goodies perfect to get you started on some messy fun.

For the background I have used the Tim Holtz Distress Stain Mists, I love, love, love these for there vibrancy and how they interact with water. When you bring yours home why dont you grab a piece of white cardstock, add some water to the page then your mist and see what you can create. 

If they are too bright add some Prima Art Basic Heavy Gesso to the page first, this will make the mist more pastel.

Dont forget to keep your little strips that have the barcode, they will help ''fuse'' your mixed media background with your range of papers.

Another important thing to remember is to give your eye a rest, somewhere that is white and help give contrast to the background. A great way to do this is to use chipboard, like the Your Creative Wings Scribbles, and also with diecut shapes. 

The Tim Holtz Distress Stain mist has Picket Fence a perfect white, it allows minimal bleed through to keep it close to white over colours.

The next thing to do is add your Prima Art Basic Texture Paste through a stencil, its all about adding layers to your background.

Add some fussy flowers over and under your layers to complete the ''fusion'', also another tip, flick the Tim Holtz Distress Stains white over all your layout. This will tie the pattern papers to your background.

12x12 Scrapbook Paper Fragrance

Prima Art Basic Modelling Paste 

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain

Till next time have a creative day and dont forget to pop into store to grab some off these mixed media goodies.

Rikki

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Kaiser Sandy Toes

Good Morning Rikki here today, to share with you a layout using the Kaisercraft Sandy Toes collection. I have to say I am beyond impressed with this range.  I love the vintage, beach feel and its so nice to work with this range especially if you have boys. 

When creating this layout it was one of those ones that fell together and without a lot of stress and worrying about if I had enough to make the layout perfect. I suppose thats one of the pit falls about being on a design team your always worried that your layout is to ''simple'' and not inspiring.

The Kaisercraft Sandy Toes 6x6 paper pad is perfect for layering and it offers some little hidden gems, like the die cut shapes and also little journal cards. All you have to do is cut them and your ready to layer.

I can already hear the people saying ohhhhhhhhhh noooooooooo fussy cutting !!! But with a scalpel and with a few not to perfect cuts you can add an instant layer that blends your photo to the background.

When in store check out the charms there's always a great new one to see and ones which are the perfect little touch.

One little tip is when layering don't forget to distress your edges on each layer, it helps tie them all together and its perfect for a beach layout. 

Sandy Toes Paper Pad

Sandy Toes 12x12 Die Cut - Postcard

Till next time have a creative day

Rikki 

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Mixed Media.... Panic Attack?

Good Morning, Rikki here to share with you some mixed media fun. But first I need to breathe.... freaking out a little bit ,ok who I am I kidding, I am breathing into a paper bag, rocking in the corner!!!!! 

Christmas is here, the crazy season is here!!! The I dont know what to buy you? season is here. Well one thing for sure is if you have scrappers in your life I am sure the girls at Tomorrow's Memories has some great ideas to help you, and no you can never have to many supplies.

My favourite go to is mixed media, why? I love that you can make 'art', a one of a kind, messy, bright or dark piece of work that is uniquely yours, no one will have the same, even if you copy someones work it will always look different. Its a great way to revamp some of your old supplies, you know the ones that you have but dont want to get rid of , just in case you need it or it comes back so then you have the vintage version......

To start a layout like this you need a good base coat of Prima's Art Basic Clear Gesso once you have stuck down your flowers, charms and resin. Use it around all those embellishments and leave to dry.

Next once everything is dry now its time to brush on the Prima Heavy Gesso all over the flowers, metal and in your clusters to allow your mist to ''grab'' to all these things, like your flowers, metal, wood and resin. 

Once its dry your good to go with your mists, I used the new Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stains, starting off with what you want to be the primary colour and then 2 complementing colours and then 2 shades of the complementing colours.

Also when your in store grab some of the metal charms like the small leave sand butterflies they are perfect for little hidden gems in your cluster.

Dont forget to prime your wood veneer with Primas Heavy Gesso if you want it to be a lighter version of your background.

Prima Art Basic Heavy Gesso

Prima Art Basic Clear Gesso

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain

So why dont you pop into the store and grab some of these awesome mixed media products... it would be a great Christmas gift!!!

Till next time....

Have a Creative Day 

Rikki 

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New Mixed Media Class in January

For all you ladies out there wanting to dabble in 'Mixed Media', we have a special class planned for you in January using the very popular "Gelatos"....

....Mel loves Gelatos and once you create with them, you will too!  In this class you will choose your colours of Gelatos to compliment your own decor.

Definitely a class for those of you wanting to learn something inspiring and fun! 
Phone us on 92792183 to book your place.

'Rainbow Canvas'
Saturday 10th January
10.30am-12.30pm
$29.00 (includes class kit)
Teacher: Mel

Framed layers

Good Morning... how are you? Rikki here with another post using the very feminine and romantic Bo Bunny Madeleine range, this time using the framed piece. If your like me you see these frames and think I dont want to cover them up, so this inspiration is just for you....

My darling daughter seems to be going though a huge poser stage at the moment, to the point if you take photos she needs to see them at the back of the camera, it reminds me of a star approving the photos, thank goodness she hasn't got to the stage of asking the ones she approves to be deleted. 

So if you have a series of photos this paper is for you......

Why dont you grab two sheets and then use some of the frames and flowers to double up over the original for a 3-d effect..... so when you in store don't forget to grab some foam mount.

Love the Kaisercraft die cuts..... a perfect title or two.

Wondering about the titles? no they are metal its the die and all you do is use Rangers Perfect Pearls and trace around the word.....

Bo Bunny Madeleine Paper

Kaisercraft Dies

Rangers Liquid Pearls

Till next time why dont you pop into the store to see what is new.....

Have a creative day 

Rikki

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