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Design Team Callout
my2angels is looking to re-new and re-fresh our Design Team.
If you are a
layout or card scrapper and think you have the time, energy and
commitment to work as part of the my2angels inspiration sales-team, we
welcome your application.
Please email us via our website with
links to your blog and facebook page and any online galleries - no need
to create anything specifically for us - and we will email back with
terms and conditions.
Positions are for 6 months in the first instance,
with the potential to continue. Previous experience in a DT is not
necessary, however. our preference is that you are not currently working
in the DT of an online store.
Applications will be accepted until the
17th of June.
and now some inspiration from Ngaire
I have to
admit I had not given much thought to getting the Meadow
Lark range - a little too bright for me and some
of the papers had me stumped as to how I would use them. But then I remembered a
set of photos taken a couple of years ago on our way back from the (sometimes)
annual ski trip. Madame in a bright, cheerful flowery top and shorts and a field
full of yellow flowers. A match made in heaven - so off to Tracy's I went to get
me some Meadow
Lark.
The base
for Forever
Spring is a piece of Grace - a
very pretty floral pattern. I've cut it into a die cut shape using a new
template shape (it's a recent LYB die cut) that's taken my fancy. I then
stitched around it in a pattern that was part of the original die cut's pattern.
Over this went a cut down piece of Buttercup
Coredinations cardstock. The third and top
layer of the layout is a piece of Labelle,
cut so that the birds/flowers on the right side were not included - most
of what I kept was the script pattern.
This gave me a
very soft and pretty base to work with - all I needed to do was fill it with a
photo and some embellishments.
For the title, I
used some Linen Texture
Alphas from Prima - which I coloured
a pretty lemon yellow using the new Tim Holtz
Spring
Inks set - the ink is called
Lemonade
and is a perfect match for the yellow cardstock.
I've popped it over the top of a flourish tag that has been cut out of the Astor
paper - one side is just full of different shapes and
sizes and they are very easy to cut out. The flowers you see behind the tag are
from Chloe -
they've been fussy cut and popped here and there all over the layout to provide
extra colour and interest and to block out some of the yellow
cardstock.
There are a couple
of layered clusters here and there - this one has layers of flowers cut from the
reverse of Astor .
I've coloured some of them with Twinkling H2O's from my stash and left the
others raw - though I have edged them with a pinky coloured chalk ink. There are
also some more fussy cut flowers from Chloe and
another of the gorgeous Charming Words from my2angels. This one is the yellow
rose/Forever version - but
Tracy has a number of
colours to choose from and several words.
On the other
corner of the photo I have popped some more layered and fussy cut flowers and
added in one of the Meadow Lark
Lucerne blossoms. These have huge, clear
crystals and a little glitter on them and although simple - are very
pretty.
The biggest
cluster on the layout though involves more layered/fussy cut flowers and several
more of the Meadow Lark
Lucerne flowers - along with a sparkly
sticker from the Chipboard
Sticker Sheet. There are also a couple of
small yellow
roses and I used one of Tracy's clear glass
cabochons (they come in a range
of sizes) and a bit of left-over patterned paper to make a pretty ornament as
well.
The two special
'bits and bobs' though were one of Tracy's cute, new birds
nests and the gorgeous yellow and
antique bronze Charming Pin. Whoo hooo -
finally got her to put these in the store - they're so cute and easy to
use.
There is also a
hand-made flower I made from a spare bit of patterned paper - Windsong -
this was made using one of my MFT dies - and I have popped a pearl into it for a
centre.
Tucked in here and
there on the layout are 2 birds cut out from the leftover bit of Labelle.
I popped one behind the nest and the other over near the title.
So there you have
it - Meadow
Lark - a soft, pretty range from Prima
with much more potential than you would think from the online images. The
watercolour look to the patterns is very pretty in real life. I have a heap of
bits left over from this layout, so I can see something else coming up.
Tracy is off to
the Brisbane Scrapbooking Expo next weekend - so you might want to get in early
with your purchases - as I am sure the nests and pins will be a big hit there
(along with all her other personal designs).
NGAIRE
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