" 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

" Beautiful Daughter "

Hi and welcome back.

This is my Design Team layout for White With 1

for the month of May.

This month's colour is the gorgeous 

" Tangerine Tango "

This is my baby girl  " Kyra " during her pre-school year many years ago..

Kyra is now the mother of 2 gorgeous little girls of her own. So my baby is no longer that cute little girl she is now a beautiful young lady, Mum and wife. How quick does time fly by?

For this one I  randomly punched some of the edges and then inked all the edges.

Using a chevron punch and put two rows on the bottom and both sides. I love the way the under paper comes through the chevron arrows..

I embossed some different sized circles on plain white card stock.

Using Gelatos and an Aqua brush I slowly coloured in the circles making

sure I shaded them lighter to darker.

This month's gorgeous colour

Once I punched out the chevron shapes down the sides and I had inked the edges

I added those pretty little Prills to the edges.

 Love those little balls of yumminess.

I love this large die cut butterfly.

 I added some Gelato colour to the body and then some glitter.

You can see where I have used some texture paste on the circles on the background 

and added some smaller solid circles.   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     All the chipboard is painted with white Ceramcoat paint.

The papers behind the phto's you can see I did a little punching on those too.

Added some doilies to the layers and then I thought 

it would be really cute to add angel wings to this little angel.

Just a close up of the chevron punching with my embelly fav at the

moment which are Prills

Love this large butterfly and this was the perfect layout to use it on.

Its just a shame that you can't see the glitter on it because

it is beautiful. 

Added some random  bits of chipboard left over from other projects.

Some of the items I used..

White card stock

Tangerine Cardstock

Prills

Gelatos

White embossing powder

2Crafty chipboard

ScrapFX chipboard

Ceramcoat paint

glitter

Enthaily flowers

Lace flowers

Pearls

Stampin Up chevron punch

Thanks for taking the time to stop by

Don't forget to leave a little love

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

" You Rock My World"

Hi everyone, thanks so much for dropping by to have a peek at this layout, which I must add, is one of my all time favs.

This one I created for CSI as part of the DT which is for the " Major" case file no 191.

I just love the colours in this case file and of course I

love all things girly so what a combination for me.

This is my eldest granddaughter " Emelia"

I started by created the base page with watercolour which is one of the case file elements.

After if was dry I added the star bursts with some Archival ink and a stencil.

Tear a Kaszazz paper and adding a plain white card stock gave me my starting point.

Love these little owls and I added the "googly eyes" which are one of the case file evidence requirements.I picked up the string in one of the cheap shops recently.

Oh and the circular diamonds are from the Reject shop here in Australia.

They are also stocking a few bits of scrapping item.

I added the bunting which I edged in gold Inka gold paste as I did the edges of the layout.

The other items that I did was to paint the chipboard pieces with the Inka Gold too.

I found some beautiful white and gold ribbon in my stash which I cut out 

some fishtail tags and I ran it through the Bigshot and made some gorgeous little bows 

which you can see on the layout.

I added a huge white polka dot bow to the cluster with all those stunning flowers. There are doilies behind the cluster. The pink and gold butterflies are from a paper in one of those 6 x6 paper packs, I love those.

I added some dots to the background with the Inka Gold paste in the pink colour.

You can see I splashed around some white too.

How beautiful is this case file, so here are the elements that I use:

The Scheme; I used all five colours.

The Evidence: I use the following, watercolour (the base page) strips, birds, stars, triangles, string, banner, hearts and googly eyes.

The Testimony is on the back of the layout, I used the inspirational words and it reads:

Emelia, it is such a treat to have you come over and visit Nanny and Poppy. We both love to hear all your stories and now that you have started school they are longer stories.

On this day we sat on the back deck, with you on the table  with your treats.

I decided to get my camera and while you were engrossed in your tales I snapped these photos. I love that you had no idea what I was doing and the look of surprise on your face when you realised that I was taking them was just so funny.

I rotated the sketch a little but kept the photos the same

Some of the products I used...

Plain  cardstock

Kazazz paper

Kaisercraft 6x6 paper pad "All the Glitters"

Flowers:

Prima - Charlotte

Enthaily

Petaloo -velvet hydrangeas

Green Tara - Fantasy Blooms rose 

Delish - after five

Delish white leaves

Delish heart doily

ScrtapFX chipboard

2crafty chipboard

doilies

watercolour paints

Archival ink

Inka Gold pastes

thanks for stopping by

tiill next time

keep on scrapping

Carol xx

" Love This "

Hi and thanks for taking the time to stop by my little blog. 

I really appreciate it.

Today I'm sharing my Design Team layout for case file 190 at 

Color,Stories and Inspiration

This is photo of my youngest son " Wade " and our fur-baby " Charli Girl"

not long after we got her. We had a pool way back then and Wade would take her for a little swim in the pool.

Today she got a little tired and went to sleep in his arms. 

Wade didn't mind as he was cool in the pool.

For this layout I tore my papers down the page. 

I added the white and the striped as it was just missing something without them.

The bottom paper had some dots added with texture paste. 

The birds were stenciled on with black Distress ink 

How cute are the little fish "swimming" across the page?: 

I just love to add lots of pretties to my pages.

They didn't photograph well, but there are 2 sign posts in the bottom

cluster with Wade and Charli Girl on them

The case file evidence called for something in wood so I found this anchor and decided to 

leave the title "a la natural "

Of course I had to have flowers on the page so I changed the colour of the 

daisies and the little Green Tara ones. I love the jute string ribbon also from Green Tara

and have just been waiting for a page to put it on. Adhered some Micro beads to it.

I have a few of these wooden thongs and how good do they look on 'a 

" beachy" page. I found the little white anchors and the ships wheel was white 

too, so I changed its colour to match the page.

Oh I just love this ScrapFX light house. This is a 2 pack and I used the smaller one.

I had it white but it was missing something so I added the stripes, LOVE IT!!

My journalling is on the tags behind the photo.

I always keep a look out for those little pretties, those gorgeous embellies when I'm

out shopping or at garage sales and on the internet. In this layout you can see heaps 

of them including the sunglasses in this photo.

Oh the last thing I did was to add some Micro beads and I think they look like 

weed under the water.

Case File 190 at CSI. If you haven't played along yet

its as easy as 1.2.3

Case file Elements

The Scheme...I have used all the 5 colours listed

The Evidence..I used the following stripes,bird,nautical elements,scallops hearts,wood, 

The Testimony... I chose to write about a special bond and it is on the scalloped tags behind the photos and it reads:

Wade and Charli Girl relaxing  in the pool we used to have. Wade came with me to get Charli Girl and since that day they have been inseparable. When she was so little he would carry her around, putting her in the pool ever so gentle just to cool her down. He would put her on the surf board and float her around the pool. He never put her in the water on her own and never left her unattended near the pool. You can see here in the photo that it all just got to much for the little Charli Girl, so when Wade stood, chatting me me she walked over, climbed into his arms and went to sleep. She knew she would be safe. Wade didn't move  for ages and when he finally did, he lifted her ever so gently and placed her in her bed to continue her sleep. She knew she was safe in his arms.

Friends forever !!

Some of the products used:

White card stock

Kaisercraft Sandy Toes collection  

" Ocean"

 "Flip Flops"

" Seashells"

Bella BLVD Color Chaos " Ice Strandz"

ScrapFX Chipboard

Prima flowers

Kaisercraft wooden anchor

Dusty Attic chipboard

Kaisercraft cutouts

Green Tara jute ribbon

Green Tara Fantasy Blooms

Petaloo Forget me nots, Botanial Collection - gray blue

2Crafty chipboard

Jo Sonja paints - Brown earth, Nimbus gray

Distress Inks , Faded jeans, black soot

gauze, Micro beads, string, wooden hearts,shells,fish and all the other embellies...

thanks for stopping by

till next time

keep on scrapping

Carol xx