" The Two of Us "

Hi and welcome back again to my little blog. 

This was a layout for White With 1 for the month of April.

I am a little behind in uploading some of my blog 

entries as you can see.  

I completely forgot to load this one for 

April but here it is now, I hope you like it.

This is a photo of my youngest son Wade and his girlfriend Kelsey when they were first going out.

It was such a long time ago now (approx 4 years) and they just look so young and so cute. 

This was taken at a pirate party at our home.

I used a corrugated piece of cardstock and painted it white.

I left most of the paper backing on it except one small part in one of the corners.

O then dribbled heaps of the red colour down the grooves in the corrugation, the problem was that the gorgeous Kelsey said  it looked a lot like blood so hence why it was turned on the side.

I must say I do like it like this.

White With 1 April colour " Jester Red"

I used some drinking straws painted in the colour and wrapped thin lace around them. 

Love the effect it made.     

I added some bits of  "2Crafty interlocking grid pattern " chipboards 

that I painted white and flicked some red glitter on.

I love the title in this red glitter. Just made it pop off the page.

I had fussy cut out a few red flowers of the right red but you can only

see them in the main photo.

The skeleton leaf die cut was perfect as I didn't want a solid leaf. 

I painted the wooden filigree heart white. 

Added a paper bow and glitter flowers to the cluster.

I love these tassel die cuts. I used red glitter paper to cut them out for this layout.

Bits of white string behind the photo with 

die cut string of hearts running down the side of the photo.

More of the red tassels with beautiful glitter flowers and 

a few white stars with the hearts.

More flowers, hearts and stars.

I finished the layout off with flicks of red paint.

Some of the items used:

Corrugated board

Ceramcoat -white & mixed red

glitter

Couture Creations Ultimate Crafts -" Magnolia Lane dies"

2crafty Chipboard

ScrapFX Chipboard

drinking straws

lace

string

FLOWERS;

Enthaily flowers

Petaloo

Thanks for stopping by

and please leave a little love

keep on scrapping

Carol xo

" Siblings"

Hi everyone and thank you so much 

for stopping by.

Today I am sharing a layout that I did for the challenge site Color,Stories and Inspiration as part of the design team.

This is a photo that was taken at my youngest son, " Wade "at his 21st birthday family dinner.

This is him on the right with his older sister and brother.

Its so hard to get these 3 together for a nice photo.

I distressed down each side of the layout and added a layer from Bo Bunny - Double Dot collection "Chiffon Vintage" . All the fussy cut flowers were inked around the edges with Distress ink.

The ScrapFX title was painted with  ceramcoat paint.

The Case File

The Scheme:  Buttery Yellow, Turquoise, orange, White and Copper Brown.

The Evidence: I used stripes, googly eyes, light bulbs, bows, labels and circles.

The Testimony: I wrote  my journalling on the back of the page. I wrote about the night which was for Wade's 21st.

Some of its personal (sorry) but some of it goes like this.. Happy 21st to my baby Wade. I begged and begged for you to have a party but no, you are not the man to be put in the spotlight. So we had a small family dinner and it turned out to be a funny night. I gave you the traditional socks and jocks, all wrapped separately. Photo time and of course in each photo except the one above, one of you three pulled a stupid face. This seems to be a tradition in our family when having photos taken. I must say on this night your "Siblings " played up more than you did.

I sat with a cuppa and fussy cut out heaps of the flowers to place around the photo. I found the little 

bird in my Kaiser cut outs and added a googly eyes as per the case file.

The background paper Kaisercraft - Paradiso Collection " Sandy Toes"  had so much on it that all I did was add some Gesso with a credit card. Popped some tags from the Kaiser cutouts stash with the date on on of them, 

I use some 2Crafty chicken wire which I inked with Distress ink 

then some random brown embossing powder.

I found these layered butterflies in my stash and they are just perfect for this page.

You can see all the layers in this side photo. I added a key to 

signify Wades 21st. I love the date stamp on the side.

CSI has a library with heaps of items you can print off and use on your layouts.

Here you can see the yellow paper in the layers, this is from the CSI library.

21 for his birthday and some fussy cut out butterflies to go with the 

other layered butterflies.

I felt that the flowers needed some depth to them so I added

some buttery yellow pearl paste to the centre of them all.

Finished the layout off with some Petaloo flowers in the Turquoise.

This is case file 196

Some of the other items I used;

Brown bassill card stock

2Crafty chicken wire chipboard

Petaloo flowers

Gesso

lightbulb

metal key

string

CSI papers from the library

" Simply Adorable "

Hello everyone,
 welcome to another White With1 challenge. 
I want to share with you all my design team layout for this months colour,   'Lavender '

I just love this colour, its just so pretty and so girly. Everything I just love to do. This is a photo of my Mum and my Grandaughter Emelia. My Mum lost part of her finger when I was about 6 months old opening a can of baby food. Emelia was so intrigued that 'Little Nanny" (that's what the grandkids call her ) finger that she wouldn't let go of it, that's what Mum is laughing at. 

Torn edges top and bottom and then inked. I random punched these edges. 

Lace peeking out just adds that girly feel.

I used a stencil and added some Impasto then Gelatos and water to get that soft inked look.

White ink with white embossing powder with a script stencil.

I find that the white ink from Stamping up just wont dry but if I use embossing 

powder over the top and heat set it, its brilliant.

You will see that the script writing is running down the page. This is because I was going to run the 

page the other way but I liked it more the way it is.

This is the March colour at White With 1. 

There are some great prizes up for grabs, so why not have a 

go and play with this gorgeous colour.

The ScrapFX and 2Crafty chipboard have been painted and rubbed with a white shimmer ink

from Mr Huey. I love these strings of diamante  and think they look gorgeous running down the page.

Plus the little diamond hearts just finish off the jewels.

Lots of layers as usual. I don't think I could do a 'flat ' layout. I did several 

layers of white embossing on the title till I got the look I was after. 

Not as smooth as I normally have 

but I still like it.

I have been trying to use lots of those left over pieces of chipboard that we all seem to accumulate

and in this layout I found some 2Crafty pieces that I painted white and added some

 of the lavender Gelato to the edges.

I added some Lavender splatters to the background to finish it off.

I found the bridges in my chipboard left over box. Yes I have a plastic tub/box that sits on my 

work space and I put all my left over chipboard pieces in it. When I do a layout I am trying to 

get into a habit of checking this to see if there is anything I can use.

Love these D-lish flowers and my 'little bird" peeking 

out over the top. I think he is gorgeous.

Flourish with Bling puffy flourish on the background was just the perfect colour. Some more chippy 

vines that I painted white. 

Well there are lots more to see on this layout and I do love to add lots of little 

bits and pieces of yummy goodies.

Till next time

keep on scrapping 

Hugz Carol xx

Some of the products I used:

White cardstock

Ceramcoat paint

2Crafty Chipboard

ScrapFX chipboard

D-lish 'After 5 Flowers'

Prima flowers

Petaloo flowers

Enthaily flowers

Gelatos

Mont Marte diamonds

"Favourite Memories"

Hello again,

 thanks so much for dropping by.

Today I'm sharing a very vintage layout that I completed as part of the design Team at Color, Stories and Inspiration for case file 192. I loved the darker colours in this case file and to me they just screamed vintage.

This is a photo of my Dad's mother " Ann" as a young girl.

I decided that this time I was not going to re-touch the photo at all. I thought it was just perfect the way it was..

Lots of case file elements in this one. 

The tearing of the papers, the old fashioned newspaper prints then all inked in aged mahogany distress ink looks amazing.

This is case file 192 as easy as 1 . 2. 3

1. The Scheme all 5 colours here -  Charcoal gray, Light gray, White, Flax yellow and Maroon

2. The Evidence I used the following-  newspaper, birdcage, bird, heart, leaves, flowers, vintage elements, distressing, and tearing.

3. The Testimony- I wrote the testimony on the back of the layout and I wrote a list of at least 7 things. I did it in the form of the family tree and was bale to go back 8 generations.

I found this piece of old lace in my stash and I think it just goes beautifully here.

All the chippy pieces and the wooden birdcage all were painted then I rubbed

inka gold paste and finished  them off with a few micro beads.

Lots of flowers on this layout (as usual) I rubbed a little inka gold paste 

on some of the flowers for this layout. I picked up the little yellow resin flowers in  Officeworks, gorgeous and self sticking.

Love the added Microbeads

Lots of layers of papers, wooden clock and the die cut paper clock.

I found this " Mont Marte"mannequin in one of the $2 shops in my area, little bit 

of dressing up and I think it looks very vintage.

 Just the right embellishment for this layout.

Some of the items I used:

Plain cardstock

Carta Bella  paper " Yesterday Ads "

Kaisercraft  paper - Art of Life collection  " " Creative"

Ceramcoat - Maroon

Jo Sonja Naples yellow

Mont Marte Mannequin

2 Crafty Cartia's swirl

Scrap FX chipboard

Green Tara flowers - Blossoms Ochre, Blossoms, Fantasy blooms

Petaloo flowers -Wild Mini blossoms

Prima Flowers - Parchment petals scrolls, Cartographer Adventurer

Officeworks-  resin flowers

Micro beads

Inka Gold paste

wooden birdcage and bird

lace

Thanks for stopping by

till next time

keep on scrapping

Carol xx

" Those Eyes "

Hi there everyone and thanks for stopping by today.

I am sharing my Design Team work for White With 1

For this month, February they have the very interesting colour of

" Chocolate"

This gorgeous photo, which I might add is a friends daughter  is just perfect for this colour.

Using lots a ScrapFX chipboard and teaming them with 

Prima and Petaloo flowers cant beat that combo. Lots of stamping on the 

background plus some stenciling that once dry I rubbed some chocolate Gelatos and Distress ink

 over

just so that it would stand out that little more.

The Resin Rainbow generously provided some

gorgeous little resin embellies for this month.

Here's another of the resin pieces, the doily. How gorgeous is that. 

I cut it in half for this layout. I love to add lots if layers to my pages.

All the ScrapFX chipboard, painted white and then I added a 

shimmer over the top.

More resin embellishments, yummo. Bits of gauze poked in here

and there.

I left the white round the photo and added a brown matt, just 

something a little different for me. Tags and butterflies.

You can see the ripped paper best in this photo. The resin star

with splashes of white on some of the flowers.

The resin feathers, aren't they just gorgeous and so many

 layouts that you an use them on.

Love my flowers on my layouts. 

Love doing those shabby chic girly pages.

White With 1, take a look and have a go for this month. Can't wait 

to see your layout...

Some of the products I used:

Plain card stock

Graphic45 Kraft Reflections Collection -"Bed of Roses"

ScrapFX chipboard

The Resin Rainbow

Script stencil

Gelatos

Distress Ink

Jo Sonja  paint

Petaloo flowers

Prima flowers

Enthaily flowers

Kaiserraft Cutouts

Gauze

Enthaily butterflies

Lace

Thanks for stopping by

till next time

keep on scrapping

Carol xx