Black Felt Frames ....

Black Felt Frames

is the focus for the weekend

Good Morning everyone
Geli here

I have the my2angels black zig zag felt frame , which is nice and thick with a sticky back and easy to attach BUT I'm not a fan of black frames and borders on photos (where I grew up they're only used for dead people).

I'm not the superstitious kind but I can't help it.

So something needed to be changed.

Here is the simple solution: I stuck on 2 lengths of pink stars and scrolls felt ribbon , which I totally adore.

They're so easy to stick: just peel a little section, stick it down, peel some more etc.
Easy as.

Trim off any felt ribbon sticking over the edge 

and you now have a totally funky frame (fit for the living, LOL)

Since I hate wasting cute supplies I used the trimmed off bits to decorate the my2angels girlfriends ribbon.  It's enough to go across the bottom of a card.

Geli :)



Hi everyone Tracy here


Here working with our Black Felt Scroll Frames and the Scrapware Natalie Large Frame which is just about identical to our felt frames

Starting off by inking the inner frame with peeled paint distress ink then lightly inking towards the outside BUT using my ink blending tool for the outer parts so I could control the colour ... the outer edge of the frame was covered with Spanish Olive ...

Then I got my Peeled Paint Distress Ink Reinker because it wasn't dark enough for my liking and using the eyedrop applicator that come with the bottle, dropped ink in the middle of the chipboard frame  then blended it to give a darker green (always working in an outward direction of the frame ... and since it is for DS to give more of the boy feel and "army touch" I randomly applied Black Soot Distress Crackle Paint

The dog tag was made from some scrap chipboard and embossed with Zing Metallic Silver Embossing Powder then stamped with words with Stazon Jet Black ... obviously an army dog tag needs our ball and chain.

The date are foam thickers which I covered with Pitch Black Paint Dabber ...just wait around 30 minutes for them to dry

The Scrapware Small Foliage and Scrapware Army Men both had peeled paint distress ink WIPED over it so it didn't fully cover it (giving it a bit of a camouflage feel)

The leaves got some random inkssentials crackle accent applied to them on them. 

Then with plyers took the loop off our leaf charms and added them using dimensional magic as an adhesive

and for DD album using the same photo ...

(sorry but purple and my camera don't seem to like each other)

Using the same technique of inking the chipboard background but I only using
Dusty Concord Distress Ink and the reinker but controlling the amount of ink with my blending tool
Giving it a light spray on the outsides with Marshmallow Glimmer Mist and using my fingers wiped  Clear Rock Candy Distress Stickles randomly on both the felt frame and chipboard frame

 

Lots purple flowers, roses, daisy charms and rose buds
 were used for the top piece and a few lilac roses and black roses scattered around the frame

The title is using the Prima Linen Alphas which were placed over our  White Organza Ribbon

and lastly, using the same zig zag felt frame as Geli above
(not your usual wedding portrait but its for DS's album)

 

The nightfall core dinations cardstock needed "something"

so with a script stamp I randomly stamped with perfect medium then applied perfect pearls for a bit of added interest

Lots of Black and White Bakers twine, Black Cotton Ric Rac and our Camera charms
Silver Horseshoe charm held on by a silver glitter brad (scratch some of the glitter off with a nail file)
See how I didn't put the photo under the frame ... half in and half out for a bit of added interest

Thanks all for me today

Hope these have given you some ideas of creating our felt frames (which are on special until the 20th July)

Hope you all have a wonderful and safe weekend
It is a perfect day here on the Gold Coast for scrapping ... FINALLY WE HAVE RAIN
so I am out of here to scrap

Let's Celebrate with Websters

Okay so I wasn't that keen when I first saw this collection, and I won't publish the comments a few of my friends said about it ... BUT ...now that I am looking at it IRL I eat my words (or cupcakes as the case may be!)

I should have known to trust Websters!!!!

Bright, bold colors combined with lush florals and lots of blooms

and since (as always) the suppliers photos don't do the papers any justice so I quickly (before the sun disappeared on me, they are still a little dark sorry) got a couple of close up shots to help you decide.... looking at the papers they appeared to have cupcakes everywhere BUT they aren't ... check it out

I am out of here, because the You're Invited to calling for me to cut it up and create layers


You can find them all in the New Arrivals section , from page 9

Tracy :)

It's all about FELT

It's Felt Week at my2angels

and to kick start off the week we have

30% off all FELT

until 21st July

Are you one of those scrappers saying... “Felt – that’s so yesterday”?

Some scrappers don't use felt, because it isn't considered trendy, but heck, if it is easy on the budget, easy to use and looks good - then why not?

Other scrappers think that it is boring and limited in how you can use it.

Many scrappers don’t use felt because of past bad experiences: backing paper not coming off; it doesn't stick down properly; or it sticks to everything in sight, including itself.

Whichever category of scrapper you fall into - read on – because we have some felt tips for you....

I was talking to a scrapper the other day, who has been around for a few years and is pretty well known and was surprised when she told me that she has difficulties sticking down felt ribbon and it had turned her off because it sticks to each other before she can get it onto her layout OR it goes wonky ... BUT when I heard that she takes ALL the backing paper off the felt first then tries to apply it to her layout I was surprised!  I thought everyone did it the same way as me ... so if you have been turned off using any type of felt because of the above then watch on ... its pretty simple :)

(this is also how I apply my rhinestone words and shapes)

4 simple words ... PEEL AS YOU GO

If you have difficulty getting started when peeling away the backing paper .... here is an easy and reliable method.

It just goes to prove the old story that whilst some things may be obvious to you, they may not be so obvious to others! I hope these tips have helped :)

AND I WILL REFUND YOU YOUR MONEY IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS USING MY2ANGELS FELT

as long as you apply the above simple techniques ...

I am going to kick start the week off with our white scalloped felt frame

Being white - it’s a truly versatile frame. With all the different colouring/textural mediums out there – it takes no time at all to colour your frame to suit a particular photo or paper range.

Here are a few that I have played with...

Glimmer Mist

and stickles

And here is what I have made ....

A notebook with pink butterflies & flower felt ribbon and our white scalloped felt frame

Adding a butterfly from the felt ribbon with a pink rose in the centre

Love the effect of the Silver Zing Embossing Powder.  I dabbed emboss it clear ink pad, here and there, over the watering can, for a random effect

Where is all the felt ribbon I hear you ask?

Well this is what it looked like before I started adding the explosion of flowers

I also a few bookmarks to match, individually cutting up a few of the flowers from the ribbon and adding some daisy charms

And a birthday card...

with our Happy Birthday Rhinestone Words, Scrapware Butterflies, Roses and Scrapware Iron Gate

plus - as always - our wonderful silver charms ... daisy, heart locket and key…

all finished off with our peach gardenia

The front of the card is our frame with an acetate backing.  Starting off by cutting out a square from the front of the card, the same size as the inside of the frame

then cut away approx 1cm of the backing paper from the frame all the way around (as the picture has started to show) place your acetate onto the "cut" area then attach your frame to your card

Close up of card

now thinking outside the frame ...

Your photo doesn't have to be inside the frame, here I placed it on top of our frame

scrapware alyssa flourish chipboard with lots of flowers 

and lastly this layout, 

I LOVE this photo so I didn't want too much on the layout to take away the focus from the photo

Scrapware hinge "holding" the photo frame up!

Purple Puff Embossing Powder on the title

The Prima Paper I used, were mainly pink flower dominated, so with my purple gel pen I coloured in a few flowers and highlighted some with light purple rhinestones

Hope this has given you some new ideas of using our white scalloped frames

back in a few days with ideas for our black frames

How I create a layout by Jess

Happy Monday Ladies : )

Question:

Do you guys ever look at layout's and think.....how does that person create the way they do? I do alot.....

Sooooooo I thought I'd do a post on how I create and whats goes into my layout's.....they may look crazy and odd and well a bit messy....but I do try hard when I'm scrapping....honest : )

Before I do anything I choose a photo, I mostly scrap with one photo...don't know why just do.....

Then I decide on colours....I then go through my stash and choose papers in those colours aswell as some embellies.....

I dump it all on my scrappy desk....grab some cardstock.....which is mostly either white or kraft....and start creating : )

Here's the lo......

I always tend to cut a piece of patterned paper down a bit so it's a bit smaller than the cardstock.....then i can't just stick it on I HAVE to stitch it on...it's a compulsion.....I love using coloured cotton too!

Now the background was looking a wee bit busy soooooo I painted over it with some Gesso (this primes the paper so that when adding other mediums over the top of the gesso they don't absorb into the paper) at this point I splat paint, or mist, or do a mask on my page.....

On this page I used:

Tim Holtz Flourish mask

Dabbed over the top with a Wild Honey Distress Stain

I then patted over the mask with some paper tower to remove the excess stain....and Voila! A cool background!

After messing up the background a bit I then start layering papers....I tend to always do a rectangle or square with paper/corrugated card/ribbons/fabric etc going across it horizontally....

So I place them on my lo until it looks awesome....

Then it's embellishment time : )

On this lo I did a big cluster of flowers...



For the 2 Biggest flowers I used this AWESOME Tattered Floral Die

I cut a combination of Prima Reflections pp & brown wrapping paper with the die. I layered the wrapping paper for one flower. Then used the pp aswell as 4 Green Felt Hearts.......Which I stuck on a little square of paper as the petals to make a Flower shape...then layered the pp over.....

I finished of both flowers with a Websters Pages Yacht Club Button....

For the little layered scalloped edge paper flowers...I used a die on some more Prima Paper.....swiped over with the Wild Honey Stain.....then fixed with a glitter brad.

I also doodled on Scrapware Flourishes.....

With an Inkssential White Gel Pen

Then I use my Acrylic Paint Dabber in Snow Cap White

To alter a couple of these Acrylic Gold & Silver Cabachons

Okkkkkkkkay.....Ya still with me??

So Finally I grabbed a couple of these GORGEOUS Yellow Roses

And a White Gardenia (Which I brushed over with the Wild Honey Stain)

I Then Brushed over all the flowes with my Paint Dabber (Snow cap White)

Then I fiddle with all my pp's & embellishments until it looks right....then I stick it down!

Lastly I place my title on the page.....I LOVE to stich it on the page because it gives my page texture AND it keeps those sneaky alphas from coming off of the page!

And there you have it.........a Jess page : )

and before I have you, here is another felt shape that I have coloured, 

you may have noticed it on my layout a few days back

I used a White Felt Embossed Star

LIGHTLY dabbed on some Distress Stain

Then dab the stained side of the star with paper towel until excess stain is removed.....and there ya have it a funky coloured star : )

Love and Peace xox