Butterfly Dreams Canvas

  Welcome back Memory Maze friends and chipboard lovers!

I am excited to bring to you today my first DT projects for 2016.. A truly lovely and girly canvas that actually has quite an airy feel to it - A matching card - And a layout that I had already shared a few days ago thrown in as an extra.. :)

 

 Butterfly Dreams

 

This canvas is approx. 12"x6" which made it perfect for some 6x6 pattern papers the brand new range out by Magnolia Lane.. I adhered the paper to the canvas using a Heavy Gel medium paste and then coated the top and added some strips of torn paper in the middle..

The next step was to lightly paint all over the canvas with gesso, lightly wipe some away - Spray with some mists, coat again with gesso and again lightly wipe away..

Then it was time to have some fun with a brand new Memory Maze stencil!! LOVE LOVE!! I used clear impasto for this, so it is difficult to see in the photos, but in real life it looks great! The design is a Diamond pattern.. 

 

The flowers are from the Adalyn collection by Couture Creations, plus that big white flower in the middle which I painted the centre Gold to match the butterfly.. I actually painted the Butterfly gold with Ranger Adirondack alcohol ink so it would match the centre of the mini flowers.. I continued this by painting a Gold rim on the edge of the canvas also..

 

The Butterfly Dreams circle and the hanging Hearts chipboard pieces were simply painted white with gesso.. The last additions to the canvas were the strip of pearls on the right side and the Memory Maze bling at the top..

 

Memory Maze products used;

 

Butterfly 2

 

Stencil

 

Hanging Hearts

 

Butterfly Dreams

 

Bling 

 

Matching CARD

 A simple card created with the leftovers..

This time I coloured the chipboard piece with some heat embossed powder.. Added a couple of flowers, the butterfly, gold rim edges and the pearl strips... This card took me no longer than 5 mins to complete.. Such a lovely and quick card!

 

 

Memory Maze product used;

 

Leaf Swirl flourish

 

 TOGETHER layout

One last layout to share with you.. I made this the other day and am loving it so much that I really wanted to share it with you again.. I have used a beautiful Memory Maze Doily piece.. Coated it black using Gelato and a paintbrush dripped in water.. Then spread some white gesso on top lightly..

I used only one piece of 12x12 pattern paper, one piece of 12x12 cardstock, gesso and impasto pastes for texture and the embellishments that you can see - Flowers and title letters.. It turned out much better than I thought it would.. lol..

 

 

 

Thank you so much for joining me today

Toni Herron

2016 Memory Maze DT Member 

 



 

 

 

 

 





6x4 Antiquities Album - designed by me..

For an upcoming swap, I designed this Mini Album.. It has loads of flaps so that photos or journaling can be added.. I searched around Pinterest and came up with concept myself.. I sort of meshed some together to suit my needs..

 



 

The front is embellished with Prima flowers, small Kaiser flowers, Bling swirl, a rustic style key &  clothes pin.. It closes with a Velco dot..

 

This is the inside as it's first opened.. All of the paper are matching from the same collection.. It came from an 8x8 paper pad..  each set of pattern paper I brought in by 1/4 inch each time.. So the brown is 6 & 1/2.. The first pattern paper is 6 & 1/4..

 

On the left there is a pocket for a tag at the back that will fit a cropped photo.. And two smaller one's towards the front, best for journaling..



 

The first middle flaps open to the left.. All of these are double sided and will fit 3x2 inch photos..

I love how you can get the college prints done at Big W which have the two small photos on the same piece of 6x4.. Makes life easy when a lot of photos are important to include.. 

 

Next two flaps open towards the right.. 

 

Again, another two open to the left.. This time it reveals a full length flap with two tags..  

 

It then opens to the right and the base is left blank for two a 6x4 photos (middle and open flap) 

 

 Close up of the front cluster..

 

Very simple products used to make this album.. The full specs are 6 and half inches x 12 inches when completely open.. 

 

I have actually really enjoyed making this album and do intend on making another soon! Now that I have worked out the measurements for myself, it will be much easier and quicker next time..

Thanks for dropping by today, I hope this has inspired you to create something special today!! Toni.. xoxo



Girl themed Tri-Fold card

I tried to make a Tri Fold card a few years ago and have to be honest, I really didn't like it..

Since then and especially lately I have seen a revival of these cards and so made it a mission to make another and hopefully love it this time.. Thankfully I was successful within my own standards and really like how it has turned out..

 

 

 

Staying with my trend of trying to use up old paper pads, I managed to get three collections into this one card.. Kaiser - Butterfly Kisses & Violet Crush and the Bo Bunny Enchanted Garden ranges..

 

 

I kept the embellishments simple and added only cut out pattern paper, one flower and some twine

 

Perfect for a Pre-Teen girl I think.. BFF to BFF.. What do you think?

 

Thanks for dropping by today.. Come back soon for more of my crafting goodness.. Toni.. xoxo



123 Challenge - January

 

 I'm a bit excited to share with you today a layout that actually turned out WAY BETTER than I had expected.. lol.. It looks pretty amazing IRL.. :)

 

It is my entry into the January challenge over at the 123 Challenge Blog..

 

 

 

 

This layout was created with one purple cardstock base - it matches the dress I am wearing in the photo..

And one piece of newly released 12x12 Kaiser pattern paper.. I had to do a tiny bit of trimming to all of the squares to make them fit with a small purple frame showing..

 

 

For the texture part of the challenge I have included Gesso, Clear Impasto, Glossy Accents, distressed edges and because "texture" can sometimes be with the eyes not only by touch, I included some faux stitching around each pp block and glitter.. And the final touch for texture was depth - I did this by included the flowers, 3D'd the days of the week, title and the chipboard doily piece..







 

 

I used the word part of the challenge quite differently to what others have.. I have used a photo of ONLY myself and made the journaling about MYSELF... -- However, there is a twist ---

 

Me, Myself & I

2016; I am going to grab the HAPPY! I am taking it upon myself to make the year positive! So together, "me, myself & I" are looking forward to a great year ahead!

 

As it mentions in the journaling, I am taking the steps within myself to be positive.. Put out positive vibes and thoughts! I am no longer going to let bad or sad rule my reactions or decisions.. Every day I am going to make a great day! :)

Now back onto the 123 Challenge Blog... I believe they are having a DT call this month.. So if you're a lover of challenges, why not drop on over to the blog, check out the details and then send through an email to Alicia.. Good Luck!

 

Thank you for joining me today, I hope you've found some sort of inspiration from my layout too.. Toni.. xoxo

Interactive Super Card - Violet Crush

Trying to get back into the swing of things and so far I'm doing not to bad with my crafting.. I have been trying to use up some old stash of 6x6 paper pads.. Cause lets face it, don't we all have way too many of those suckers! lol..

 

Anyway, I found this awesome card fold on Pinterest, not sure what it's called (maybe
"Interactive Super Card" ??? This is what that poster called it..
Anyway, I love it.. So wanted to give it a go myself.. Of course, like normal I didn't go searching for a tutorial, I just winged it and figured it out from the photo..

 

 

This the inside of the card, standing..

 

 

I used the old Kaiser collection - Violet Crush..

 

 

Securing the card shut with a Velco dot..  I couldn't see in the Pinterest one how they closed it, so just improvised with what I thought would be best.. I definitely needed something to keep it closer properly..

 

Here is the back side (flipped over) view of the card..

 

With scraps I was able to whip this little beauty up.. I was having a lot of fun with the layers..

What do you think?  Cards perfect for a teenage girl maybe?!?!?! :)

 

Valentine's - Slider Card

Recently while Hunter and I were searching through Pinterest, he found a really fun Plane Slider Card..   We didn't have a plane, so we had a look at some of our favourite 3D stickers and found this lovely little love birds one.. Hunter adored it and picked it right away..

So with that picked, we got some cute Valentines paper (old 6x6 paper pad stash) and started making our card..



 

I actually really enjoyed making this card and with intend to make some bases so that when I make more in the future, it wont take anywhere neat as long.. I didn't use any tutorials for the measurements of the card, I like to work these things out for myself by just looking at templates..

 

Here is the card slid open..

 

To embellish the card, we picked out some flowers and used some glitter to make it pretty.. :)

 



 

 

 



Fairy Garden - January 2016

 This year I am creating a special Fairy Garden.. This area will be sort of a Calming / Zen place for me to just chill out at.. Hunter has been awesome at making sure we get the stuff done over the past couple of weeks.. lol

Energy Rocks / Mini Zen

First (with Lane's help) we layered some weed-proofing mesh down, then covered with potting mix to give a nice soft base for the fairy garden..

 

As part of my soul journey this year, it included a trip to a local store to pick up some Spirit / Energy rocks.. We used an old glass bowl, filled with clean & washed sand to create a Zen garden feel.. Surrounding and grounding it are some rocks from Hunter's "rock collection".. lol..

 

Fairy House Pot

 



 

Next was to crack out special Fairy house pot.. Hunter had the duty of doing this, he loved it!  Since the pot actually split in two halves, we relocated our operation to the Fairy Garden to glue and fill the pot..

 

Once we were out the front again, we picked the spot right in the middle for the pot.. Hunter was then tasked with opening the Fairies and deciding who was going to live in this house pot while I was filling it up..

 

We placed sand down and then filled the pot with soil and slid in the broken bits.. It has turned out pretty good actually.. :)

Special mention of the Fairy Dust so they can come alive, fly around and play together..

 

We have some Glow In The Dark stones that we placed to the sides of the bot so the Fairies can see at nigh time.. The fake grass at the front looks FAB and we can't wait for our big lot to arrive!

Hunter didn't want the blue Fairy to be lonely, so we put Tink out there too!

 

We made a special pool for our Fairies.. It has a sand base, then covered with blue pebbles and a glass tile on top.. There is also a small bridge on top of it at the moment (which will be getting moved in the future.. lol)  and a tiny little Street Light Lamp by the edge of the pool..

 

Hunter was having a blast playing with the Fairies.. lol..  He especially loves Tinkerbell   Twinkerbell.. We then added some extra sand and spread it around so we could place the cement Toadstools that my Mum got me for Christmas.. Their position may not be 100% finalised just yet.. Some may change when other Fairy houses and other products arrive throughout the year..

 

Here is a little Tree House ornament under one of the toadstools..

 

It was hard getting him out of the garden.. lol.. I finally succeeded by allowing him to play with my inside Fairies in my room..

 

 

DINOSAURS

 

Yes, we are having a Dino section in our Fairy Garden.. :)



 

This is only the beginning, as we collect more things for the Dinosaur exhibit we will be able to add more of the Dinosaurs to the garden.. Hunter and I have some big plans for this area too!!

 

We were very careful not to place the Herbivores too close to the Carnivores.. hehe..