Winner ....

Hi there

Just popping thru with the winner of this fortnights pack of Imaginarium Designs chipboard!

Nicole DoironMay 11, 2012 9:28 PM

All these cards are simply EXQUISITE! Thanks so much for sharing! :)

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Nicole, can you please email your postal details to  ... sales@imaginariumdesigns.com.au  and we will post a little something out to you!
 

Pretty feathers ....

Today I have some very special layouts to share with you.


I have chosen gorgeous layouts featuring our pretty feathers from all the wonderful layouts I have received from our talented design team.

Our feathers are so versitile and suit pretty, feminine pages through to something a little different and grungy!

First up is Julianne, who is famous for her bright and beautiful layouts, so this layout is very special. Having seen this one, I think she should do pastel more offen.
  

IDS0031 Button Board

Techniques used....

Buttons - Begin by embossing all buttons with an embossing folder and machine (I used the Cuttlebug). Then thoroughly coat all over, with brown ink (I used Ingvild Bolme Prima inks). Once dry, wipe a lighter, contrasting colour gently over the top of the buttons (you do not want the ink to go down in between the embossed areas). Allow to dry. If desired, highlight embossed areas with Kindy Glitz.. Finish with twine in the centre of the buttons, and adhere to the page. 

Skeletal Feather (Large) Designed by Louise Nelson IDDL0003

IDW0036 Love Cherish Adore

Words - Simply coat with brown ink (I have used Ingvilde Bolme Prima inks). Once dry, adhere to page.

Feathers - coat with two layers of white Gesso. Once completely dry, colour in selected shades using Copic Pens (in this example, I have recreated an ombre range). Once dry, coat with clear embossing ink, and sprinkle with clear embossing powder. Shake off the excess powder, and heat using a heat gun. Once cool, adhere to page.

OTHER PRODUCTS USED: 

My Mind's Eye papers; The Twinery twine; Tim Holtz die cut; washi tape; Zva Creative rhinestones; Copic pens; Tim Holtz Distressing Ink (Spun Sugar); Ingvilde Bolme Prima inks; clear embossing ink; Zing clear embossing powder; Zva Creative foam dots; and Kindy Glitz

You can see more of Jules work here on her blog.... Julianne

 

This next page is titled Wishing you Happiness by Natalie May.

This page has recently been published in one of Australia's leading Scrapbooking Magazines.

Natalie created it on a 12x12' ID chipboard background which gave great support for the layers of paint and ink that she applied to get the final look.

The skeletal feathers, title and butterfly have been given a coat of gesso and then Glimmermist and once dry, Dimensional Magic was wiped over to give a glossy look.

Wishing You Happiness IDP0036

       

4 Small Butterflies with cut out wings in board IDT0014

 

Skeletal Feather (Large) Designed by Louise Nelson IDDL0003

Materials Used to create this page ...

ID 12x12 sheet, ID Skeletal Feather, ID tinies butterfly, ID title,The Crafter Workshop template, Making Memories paper, Teresa Collins transparency, mesh, staples, paint, gesso,texture paste, Glimmermist

You can see more of Natalie's work here on her blog.... Natalie

And finally the gorgeous Solange has sent this into us. This has a wonderful mixed media feel to it that is just so sweet and innocent

Solange has used our Peacock Feather and covered it thickly with Gesso to create a stunning look.

Material used for this page ... Prima paper, alphas and flowers, Pan Pastels, Gesso and Glimmermist.

Flourish 1 (3 per board) IDT0001       

Peacock Feather by Louise Nelson IDDL0002

Embellishment 8 (4 in board) IDS0014

Lower Case letters IDALC0001

You can see more of Solanges work here on her blog.... Solange

Thanks so very much for sharing these beautiful pages ladies. It's refreshing to see such a different range of pages using our wonderful feathers.

Dont forget to leave a comment to win a pack of chipboard too! I will pop back in on Wednesday this week and draw a winner from the last fortnight.

Altered Art Projects from our Design Team

Today I am sharing some Altered Art Projects for you. These are pieces that will hang on a wall or stand on an easle. I love this style of scrapbooking and the three pieces I have to share today are just beautiful. Each one is different from the other ones, but each one is very special.

First up is one from Adriana. She has called hers Home Sweet Home.

 

Here is what Adriana had to say about her project

" When I received this “Emma Frame” IDTFR0012, it reminded of my days when I did quilting and stitching. With the small rectangles and squares with the gorgeous flourish on top and inside the frames. I decided to make a mini quilt hanging piece, and have called this project,  “Home Sweet Home”.

First I painted the Emma frame with brown paint, then embossed ink all over the frame, sprinkled Vintage photo distress embossing powder by Tim Holtz. Heated the frame with my heating gun. The finished effect is like a soft suede mat look with a vintage distress look.

IDFR0012 Emma Frame 139mmx 169mm

Then I cut a piece of chipboard slightly bigger than the frame covered with it paper, inked the edges then added lace & ribbon on bottom.  I then cut out pieces of paper, placed on the underside on each opening. Inked the Letters, flourishes and tinies. Arranged embellishments. Attached clips to hold the frame on top, tied with beautiful seam binding. Then attached the finished frame on to the covered chipboard square.

IDS0015 Embellishments 8 Small (4 on Board)

IDT0003 Flourish 1 and Variations

IDT0019 Bird Cages Small

Materials Used

Papers

Kasiercraft - 6x6 paper pad - "These Days"

Kaisercraft resins bloggoms

Various metal embeslishments, clock face

Inks, seam binding, ribbon and mini flowers

How special is this wall art piece, Adriana makes it all sound so simple. I love all the bits and pieces whe has added to her frame.

If you would like to see more of Adriana's work visit her blog

Adriana Bolzon

Next up is Karen

Again she has created a wall hanger and in true Karen style it is full of detail with lots of little bits and pieces. You could spend a hour looking at this and still see more and more.

Karen has used Tim Holtz configurations boxes to make this piece of art.

This photo shows the inking and stamping Karen has added to the chipboard flourish.

IDFL0011 Long Swirly Flourish Small

So many little bits and piece to take in, here it is the pearls she has used to great effect.

IDFR0002 Photo Frame 1

Karen has used BoBunny papers, and cut and punched lots of butterflies. Karen has inked her chipboard then stamped over the top for a beautiful effect.

Each little compartment is a complete work of art.  You can tell this project has taken quite a lot of time. So much attention to detail and beautifully done. Karen is quite the master at this form of scrapbooking.
To see more of Karen's work visit her blog
Karen Zuegar
Last up I have a wall art piece from Hilde. Hilde does amazing work and it is always detailed with beautiful colours.  This project is a perfect example of Hilde's work, its just perfect and I love all the photo's.

 She has used some of Imaginarium's chipboard words, inked them and added them to her wall art.

Materials used

My Mind's Eye Papers

Marieanne Design Frame

Flowers from Petaloo and Prima

Tim Holtz crackle Paint

Glimmermist.

What a perfect little keepsake, with so detail to catch the eye,  who would not love to have one of these hanging on the wall.

to see more of Hilde's work visit her blog

Hilde Janbroers

What a great start to the week, don't forget to leave a comment to go into the draw to win some of our wonderful chipboard.

Have a great week.

Jane



Special Cards for Special People

I always love getting cards from our design team. This form of scrapbooking is something I am not good at, and with so many talented ladies on our design team who are experts at it, there  is no need to ever show any of my cards.  Today I am going to show some amazing cards  from the Design Team "Girls". First up is one from Gloria, who is in a class of her own when it comes to making cards.

She has a beautiful card to share today. Using papers from Graphic 45 and one of our butterflies. This cards is very special and deliate and pretty. Who could not be delighted to receive this card in the post! 

IDS0002 Butterfly

  Gloria painted the butterfly with white acrylic paint.  She allowed it to dry completely. Then, inked the butterfly with Watermark ink, and dusted with various mica powders to give it a soft, pastel shimmer. She the inked the edges with Wisteria chalk ink.

For the flowers:  Gloria create flowers with die cut shapes. She inked all edges with chalk ink to match the theme of the art piece. She did a lovely job of hand making her flowers.

For the alphas: Gloria inked each letter with Frost White pigment ink. She sprinkled the letters with violet embossing powder and heated them. Gloria allowed some of the white ink to peek through for a distressed look.

IDALC0001 Lowercase Letters

Don't you love the flowers, they are simply amazing and they must have taken lots of patience to make. Gloria has done a wonderful card, perfect any special occasion. As I said she is in a class of her own when it comes to cardmaking.

Supply List:

Imiganiarium Designs: Extra Large Butterfly, Lowercase Letters
Paper: Graphic 45 Little Darlings: Heaven Sent, Cherished, Little Treasures
Die Cutting System: Spellbinders Grand Calibur; Die templates Grand Peony Creations, Rose Creations, Bitty Blossoms
Wire: Artistic Wire
Crystals: Prima leaves; craft supply branches
Ink: Clearsnap Colorbox: Pigment Frost White; Fluid Chalk Wisteria, Lime Pastel, Orchid Pastel; Watermark
Embossing Powder: Stampendous Violet
Mica Powder: Pearl Ex Pearl White, Duo Green Yellow, Interference Violet; Cosmic Shimmer Silver, Pale Gold
Paint: Deco Art Acrylic White
To see more of her work, visit Gloria's Blog
Gloria Stengel

Next up I have a card from Nadia, again another amazing cardmaker. Don't you love this card, it has a shabby chic look to it, so pretty and fresh. Nadia also is in a class of her own when it come to her work.

Nadia has done a simply beautiful card and I love the finish she applied to her chipboard. She has included some tips for using the chipboard and how to get the look she has.

IDS0002 Butterfly

"For the butterflies and other chipboard pieces - apply gesso, then dab light coloured ink and with your fingers run a darker paint in random places on the chipboard. Finish with a coat of Glossy Accents".

IDT0014 Small Butterflies on a Board

IDS0009 Bird Cage

 "For the birdcage - apply gesso and dab brown ink at random places and leave as is. For the butterflies and other chipboard pieces - apply gesso, then dab light coloured ink and with your fingers run a darker paint in random places on the chipboard. Finish with a coat of Glossy Accents."

IDC0007 Coners with four Circles Small

Just look at the attention to detail Nadia does with every project she makes, whether it's cards, layouts or off the page projects, she is meticulous  in in her attention to detail.
Again other amazing card, perfect for any occasion .
Materials List
Ribbons
Prima Print Papers and flowers.
To see more of Nadia's work visit her blog
Nadia Cannizzo

Another Card I want to share, as I said the Design Team are experts at Cardmaking, is one from Sandie and is perfect for Mothers Day which is coming up soon.

Don't you love Sandie style of paper crafting, it is always so classic and pretty, delacate and dainty. What Mum would not love to receive this card on Mother's day. Again I love the finish Sandie has applied to her chipboard

Here is what Sandie had to say about the process of making her card and the finish she gave to the chipboard.

"I applied texture paste to the 'Mum' chipboard piece (IDW0021), and lightly pounced with the end of my paint brush to give the chipboard a more textured appearance.  I wanted the inks when I coloured to sink into the crevices, and be more intense in colour. Painting with Gesso after the texture paste has completely dried, allows for a nicer surface to ink on.  The distress inks I used are 'Walnut Stain' and 'Stormy Sky', and each was carefully applied to one half of the chipboard, blending slightly in the middle to give a more variegated appearance.

The butterflies (IDT0014) were simply painted with gesso and inked lightly.  All surfaces received a generous coat of Glossy Accents."

Imaginarium Designs: 4 Small Butterflies (IDT0014), Mum for Cards (IDW0021)

Papers: The Scrap Cake, American Craft Cardstock

Flowers: I am Roses

General Craft: Double Sided Tape, Velvet Ribbon, Guipure Lace, Sewing Machine, Thread, Texture Paste and White Gesso

Ranger: Distress Ink 'Walnut Stain', and 'Stormy Sky', Glossy Accents.

To see more of Sandies work visit her blog

Sandie Edwards

Last up I have a card from Nat. Again a beautiful card and one she made for a friends wedding, it almost a gift in it's self.  Nat also makes amazing cards and I have been lucky enough to have received a few over the years. I treasure them all.

She created this card for her best friends wedding. She is what she had to say about her card.
"I'm lucky enough to be able to get our wonderful chipboard man, John to custom cut their names which was perfect for this card. I used the Edward relief border and altered it to create an interest strip on the card. I inked the ID in charcoal ink first and then used metallic silver memory mist to give it some colour".

Nat has done some punching using some of Martha Stewarts border punch's and layered them on her card.

Don't you love the touch of bling on her card. I love the way she has clustered her flowers. Who would not love to receive a card like this and I love the fact that it can stand up.

The custom ID names are simply sprayed in cream household spray paint! It does the job perfectly!

Again another amazing card from Natalie. 

Material
Making Memoreis paper
Bazzill
Prima flowers
Green Tara flowers
ZVA flourish
Martha Stewart doily and punches
Maya Road Crystals

To see more of Nat's beautiful work visit her blog

Natalie May

The Design Team Ladies have certainly got cardmaking down to a fine art as seen here. Who would not love to receive cards like the ones above. Thanks to the Ladies for sharing their skills with us.

Just would like to wish all the Mum's, Mom's and Mothers a happy and wonderful Mother's Day. A special wish for those who have suffered the lost of a child and for who Mother's Day will have a special memory.