A House is made of Walls ....

Hi Jen here today

It's no secret that my favourite colour is purple so when I saw the new purple Graphic 45 Secret Garden range at my2angels I couldn't wait to get creating!

I grabbed a 13 x 13 square Twiddleybitz white card  with a matching envelope for my base.

I then cut a square from my patterned paper and double matted it - first with white, and then with purple.

I loved how this stripy G45 Sun Kissed paper gave me the impression of wallpaper so decided to use it like it was on a wall!

I added another panel of patterned paper (the horizontal stripes) to the front over a strip of white tape, to draw the eye.

I painted my Twiddleybitz frame with white and while it dried, stamped my "house" greeting in Dusty Concord Distress Ink on white cardstock.

I trimmed the edges of the greeting so I could adhere the frame and mount on the 'wall'.

The perfect finishing touch - is the gorgeous new addition at my2angels, the rose chain in purple (of course)!! 

This I attached with hot glue and trimmed the last few rings of chain with jewellery cutters.

I added a strip of the stripe to my envelope to carry the theme and stamped again in Dusty Concord Distress Ink.

Now I have the perfect card for a house-warming - anyone moving soon???

Jen

April is FULL of birthdays...

...so I find myself spending every spare moment making cards for family and friends.

I'm sharing two of them here today because they are both made entirely with products available from my2angels :)

The base for both cards is a Twiddleybitz Kraft Card (with matching envelope)

Kaisercrafts Remember Me is a really great range for card makers with the perfectly sized panels on both Marilyn and Adeline, as well as heaps of papers with card-sized patterns in the 6.5" Paper Pad. As you can see it is also very versatile - it's hard to believe these two cards are from the same paper collection!

My first card was covered with a piece of the pink reverse of Hannah left over from my "Beautiful" layout - just large enough to fit the C6 card with a thin edge of Kraft still showing.

I die cut the two labels on the front from papers in the 6.5'' Paper Pad and mounted them on Foam Mounting Tape to give the card some dimension.

The two words...happiness and always, were cut from a sheet of words - again in the Paper Pad. I cut the ends into a V and inked the edges with Antique Linen and Tattered Rose Distress Inks. 

I always think that if I'm taking the time to create a card, I should make the envelope pretty too, so I lined the inside with the same paper that I used on the small 'window' label. I don't think it's really visible in these photos, but the script is pink foil and looks stunning in the right light. 

The decorating was simple...some pretty Pink & White Cherry Blossoms, a few tiny Light Pink Roses, a scattering of Coconut Ice Sugar Beads and a pink and silver Charming Pin I've had in my stash for ages. To finish off I added a tiny Pink Organza bow. Inside the card is another of those handy journalling spots from Marilyn, the pink one with the two flowers on it. Oops...forgot to take photos of the inside!

My second card was so quick and easy to make! I used a panel from the reverse of Marilyn to cover the entire front of the card and then just added a few embellishments. The three red poppies are from the Remember Me Collections pack. I gave them a light coat of Glossy Accents and added a few Mud Cake Sugar Beads to their centres. 

The banner in the corner is made of three of the stickers from the 12 x 12 Sticker Sheet , cut down to card size. More Mud Cake Sugar Beads form the string. Both are mounted on Foam Mounting tape.

Finally a pair of Antique Bronze Butterflies (without the clips) are flying up the page, and the envelope is lined with a piece of paper from the 6.5'' Paper Pad that matches two of the banner's flags. On the inside I have die cut a label for writing on from another of the 6.5'' papers.

Michele 

Morning everyone

Tracy here

It was intention to share my resist layout today BUT I made a Lest We Forget pendant with matching flowers for a customer the other day and another customers was here and saw it and asked for one.  Then yesterday I posted this picture on facebook more so out of respect BUT I seem to have created a popular embellishment and have had quite a few orders for them LOL so my blog post hasn't yet got itself written up

These are not listed on the website but I do have enough products to make 6 more with a silver flower in the centre of the cross and 5 black flowers ... sorry no red flowers in the centre of the cross left

If you would like a set or two, please email me via the website or if you know my direct email sent your request there

each set includes 2 flowers and a Lest We Forget Pendant

and is $2.99 (excluding postage)

Introducing ....

Introducing the Mauve and Silver Rose Charming Chain

The combination of Silver Chain with coordinating roses and silver flower charm with a sparkling flower centre, is the perfect embellishment for your cards, OTP's and layouts.

 

In each pack you receive one silver rose chain measuring approximately 18cm in length  and  coordinating flower centre approximately 2cm 

and

Blue and Silver Rose Charming Chain

and new

Pink Sister Charming Rose Chains

 

and Sister Mauve Charming Rose Chain

You will find all the new release charming chains here

That is the end of our new releases for now

Back soon with some more examples of using our new charming rose chains

New Release Pink Charming Rose Chain and much more ...

Introducing the Pink and Silver Rose Charming Chain

The combination of Silver Chain with coordinating roses and silver flower charm with a sparkling flower centre, is the perfect embellishment for your cards, OTP's and layouts.

In each pack you receive one silver rose chain measuring approximately 18cm in length  and a coordinating flower centre approximately 2cm

and also new in a different style to what we usually stock are ...

Pink and White Large Mulberry Leaves

4cm x 5cm

and White Large Mulberry Leaves

4cm x 5cm

and more handmade prettiness!

Black, Pink and Silver Leaf Pins
3 x 7cm Silver Hat pins adorned with beads and roses backed with a coordinating mulberry leaf

here is a card I have made with our pink flower centre and using a "resist technique" for the background

Using a Twiddleybitz 13x13 white card, randomly stamp your background stamp (I used Prima Engraver Stamp One) using your emboss it pad or dabber and clear Zing! embossing powder (this acts as a resist when sprayed or inked)

then heat set it with your heat gun

.

now spray the backside of the front of the card lightly with water (this helps prevent warping when we spray with glimmer mist)

then start with your lightest colour first, spray your glimmer mist ... I used Viva Pink

then your contrasting colour ... I used Pop Rocks

and lastly your darker colour (than the first sprayed colour) ... I used handmade Picked Raspberry Glimmer Mist

Emboss a piece cut from Twiddleybitz bird on a branch chipboard for the background of your flower bouquet.  Add a collection of our pink flowers and thin white mulberry leaves above the flower centre, which has a pink organza bow underneath and below 2 pink lillies with a large daisy charm

I LOVE the colour combination of this background that I have also started a layout using the same technique and the left over piece from the Twiddleybitz bird on a branch chipboard which I will show tomorrow:)

Introducing the Red and Silver Charming Rose Chain

Red and Silver Charming Rose

The combination of Silver Chain with coordinating roses and silver flower charm with a sparkling flower centre, is the perfect embellishment for your cards, OTP's and layouts.

In each pack you receive one silver rose chain measuring approximately 18cm in length  and 
coordinating flower centre approximately 2cm

And here is a card I created with a Twiddleybitz 13x13 Black Card and our Red and Silver Charming Rose Chain

 I edged the card with my White Picket Fence Distress marker

then with a doily as my base, place a piece of red card stock and topped with a cut piece from Kaisercraft 75c Pound pattern paper 

added a strip of white lace and white velvet ric rac and topped with our Red and Silver Rose Chain

The centre of our Red Engraved Love Felt heart and Twiddleybitz Flourish Pack for Cards which was covered with Christmas Red Stickles

Happy Monday Everyone

See you tomorrow with more new releases

3rd addition to our Charming Button Collection

We’d like you to welcome the 3rd addition to our Charming Button Collection –  Fuschia and Silver Memories Charming Buttons

Our ‘Precious Memories Banner’ collections provide the perfect matching embellishments for your cards and layouts. 

Each set includes a “Precious” plaque, a button with charm; and a “Memories” Banner.

and here is a layout I have created with Glitz Design pattern paper distressed and sprayed with  Black Cherry Glimmer Mist.
All inking has been with Fuchsia Pink Stazon

 

Our Fuschia Banner and Twiddlebitz Flourish Pack for Cards chipboard which has been covered with Pink Stickles

I also applied Pink Stickles

on the Twiddleybitz Birthday Girl Chipboard title

 

Our Fairy Girl Charm (wings have been painted with Flirty Glimmer Glaze), and white flowers sprayed with Black Cherry Glimmer Mist

Tucked in underneath the flowers are a couple of Large Daisy Charms

Love this effect on the white magnolia ... it's like a completely new flower

I am back on Monday afternoon with more new releases

Hope you are all having a wonderful and creative weekend

2nd new addition to our Charming Button Collection

We’d like you to welcome the 2nd addition to our Charming Button Collection – the rustic brown ‘Precious Memories Banner Set’. 

Our ‘Precious Memories Banner’ collections provide the perfect matching embellishments for your cards and layouts. 

Each set includes a “Precious” plaque, a button with charm; and the “Memories” Banner.

Also new to arrive which is a perfect match for our Brown Precious Banner Charming Button Collection are ...

Creamy Butter Magnolias

(they have more of a brown tone than yellow tone as the photo shows)

3 Magnolias per packet for $1.20

measures approximately 4.5cm in diameter

 On this layout I again used the Twiddleybitz clock template, except this time I ink blended over it with Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Bordering the photo is a Twiddleybitz Long Flourish (no tail) which I inked a light green/teal and heat embossed with Stampendous Ochre embossing powder and embellished with brown flowers (the magnolias arrived after I had completed and photographed the layout, but I think I may add one or two to my flower cluster)

I popped a small diamond filigree and dark brown rose under the top right hand corner of the photos

Our precious plaque is sitting on a bed of Creamy Latte Sugar Beads (thanks Michele for the idea)

is there more?

absolutely ...

see you tomorrow for another new release

Introducing "some of" our latest new designs

We’d like you to welcome the latest addition to our Charming Button Collection – the ‘Precious Memories Banner Set’. 

Our ‘Precious Memories Banner’ collections provide the perfect matching embellishments for your cards and layouts. 
Each set includes a “Precious” plaque, a button with charm; and the “Memories” Banner.   

and also new to arrive are ...


 White Magnolias
approximately 4cm wide
3 for $1.20

First we had Antique Bronze Rose Chains
and now we have ...

Black and Silver Rose Charming Chain
with a coordinating Flower Centre

The combination of Silver Chain with coordinating roses and silverf flower charm with a coordinating sparkling flower centre, is the perfect embellishment for your cards, OTP's and layouts.

In each pack you receive one silver rose chain measuring approximately 18cm in length  and 
coordinating flower centre approximately 2cm

In between designing I have managed to complete this layout

The theme just had to be time!
as it was the first time my brother and sister met my DS - at approximately 20 minutes old.

So out came the clock charms - pretty much all of them - and then it was 'time' to get down and dirty with texture paste and my Twiddleybitz Clock Template over some black cardboard. (which I tore in some areas)

I've worked with the embellishments and a Twiddleybitz School Dayz Chipboard Clock to place them down the page on an angle - this helps to direct your eyes from the top to the bottom of the layout.

 

Once the paste was dry I covered everything with Claudine Hellmuth Multi-Medium then sprayed with Metallic Pewter Distress Stain which I put into a spray bottle

 then sprayed with Jack Frost Glimmer Mist and Tarnished Silver Glimmer Mist

added our "precious" plague
and white tags for my journalling

and our new Black and White Precious Memories Banner

COME BACK TOMORROW
as we have more new releases to share