Kaisercraft Time Machine Collection

Hi there! 

My turn again - this time with the brand new and really awesome Kaisercraft Time Machine Collection and ''Lunch with Grampy''. How utterly cute is my step-grandson? We love him to bits.

I've had the background for this layout prepared for ages, a piece 12''x12'' sheet of chipboard, covered with sticky backed canvass then randomly painted with Distress Paints - Picket Fence, Antique Linen and Bundled Sage.  

Then some Texture Paste applied through a brick template using my special ''my2angels'' applicator. When the texture paste is dry put the template back over it and colour just the raised areas with a light dab of Distress Ink using the Ink Blending Tool. I've used Frayed Burlap, a tiny bit of Aged Mahogony and Brushed Corduroy.

Then when the ink was perfectly dry I stamped over the top of the bricks with Stazon Jet Black ink. The Kaisercraft Graffiti stamp is perfect on a brick wall.

So that was when I just stopped. No more inspiration....got on with other jobs, made some ATC's, finished a completely different layout....basically just left it all on the side of my desk. 

Then Tracy went to Kaisercraft in Melbourne and got me a present - the new Time Machine Collection! Hooray! Inspired again and ready for this layout!

The next layer is made up of many different small pieces of paper and a few scraps of tape. First some torn strips of ''Steam Engine'' then two journalling pieces - one from ''Scriptorian'' and one from ''Gadget''. I cut the piece from ''Gadget'' into two - the first is at the top (Make this moment count) and the fussy cut clock and gear are on the far left hand side. There's a long green ribbon running underneath that's from the 12x12 Sticker Sheet and the two pennants are cut from the reverse of ''Scriptorian'' and the reverse of ''Cogler''.

My green Eucalyptus leaves are die cut from ''Cogler as well - a lovely light minty green. Love these Ultimate Crafts Australian dies too - so good to be able to have leaves (and animals etc.) that are actually growing where your photo is taken! A looped piece of twine at the top is attached to a Knife and Fork Charm. Originally silver, I coloured it with Inka Gold and a bit of Black Soot Distress Ink.

Arranged along the bottom of the photos are some chipboard, wooden and metal Gadget Gear Cog Charms. The chipboard is heat embossed using Aged Mahogony Distress Embossing Powder which gives it a rough texture. The centres of the cogs are Cream Pearls and a perfect little Plate with Cutlery Charm.

You can get a couple of charms to suit EVERY occasion at my2angels!!!

Grab yourself some Kaisercraft Time Machine...it's full of all those gorgeous chocolate, caramel and mint colours that make you crave dessert!!

You will find Time Machine and all our newest arrivals here

my2angels Scrapbooking Retreat

Drop-in shopping!!! 

Anyone who lives locally (Gold Coast – but if you want to come down and visit – Brisbane too) is more than welcome to drop into the Retreat at the Runaway Bay Super Sports Centre and browse through the my2angels store. 

Pick up a bargain or two and check out what our Retreat is like – you never know, you just might find you need to come to the next one. 

Shop hours are between 10-12 on Saturday 25th July and 9.30-1pm on Sunday 26th July. I’ve bullied my poor partner into loading up as much of the store as we can fit into the vehicles – so you will have plenty to choose from.

We’d love to see you there.

 

Lots of Flutterbies!

Based on last month's post, How to scrap those pesky un-matching photos, I created a similar layout to use in my scrapbook class:

This time I used the Brilliant Blue Flutterbies, but look at all the colours you can get! 

Find them all in the Flutterby section here

In my class at Scrapulous everyone gets to bring their own papers and choose their own colour scheme and I thought I'd let you take a peek of how wonderfully different everyone's turned out! Some of these photos were taken at night, so please excuse the bad lighting.

Here are a few using the Perfectly Pink Flutterbies:

It's always amazing, how different they all look, simply based on different colours and photos!

Feast your eyes on some Classic Tones Flutterbies. You can never go wrong with black and white, it simply matches everything:

Here, some of the white flowers were sprayed yellow:

The Seeing Green Flutterbies are bright and cheerful, you can't help but love them and the wonderful layout they were used on:

Turquoise is my favourite colour and how happy do the Totally Turquoise Flutterbies look on this layout:

They even brighten up an otherwise soft and subdued colour scheme:

As the name suggests, the Brilliant Blue Flutterbies are, well, brilliant:

And if bright colours aren't your thing, how about the beautiful soft colours of the Autumn Tones Flutterbies. Just like the black and white set, this one goes with a lot of different colour mixes:

This last layout is a little special because it not only uses some of the elements of the Perfectly Pink Flutterbies, but also a few extras:

Filigree Wishes "Our Angel":

and a few other my2angels embellishments 

(find similar ones here under Wings and Things):

I hope you feel inspired from seeing so many ways to use the beautiful Flutterby sets. Head over to my2angels and find your favourite set here!

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What's new at my2angels?

It may not be spring outside, but it sure looks like it here at my2angels with the recent arrival of some yummy flowers in store. 

25mm cherry blossoms

We have restocks in all your favourite colours, plus a couple of new additions.

Gypsophlia

The perfect small 'filler' flower to tuck around your larger blooms.

Stamens

Restocks of our very popular stamens.

Sprigs and Flower Stamens

Check out these stunning sprigs and stamens. Loving the bright colours.

New stemmed star flowers

New colours for old favourites - check out the new star flowers.

Nana and Grandma "Cap It's"

And for all you Nana's and Grandma's out there - your very own 'cap-it' range.

New Wendy Vecchi Archival Inks

These inks will help you to create crisp, waterproof stamped images that won't bleed when used with water based inks.

The ink is archival quality that provides long lasting results and are permanent on many surfaces.

Of course no newsletter is complete without a listing of the new arrivals in our charms and handmade embellishments range ...

Introducing our 'Charmed Corners' photo corner embellishment collection. These delicate and beautiful embellishments were a sell-out success at the recent Scrapbooking Expo. 

'Forever Florals' - our first range - features a tulle or muslin piece over a filigree base, adorned with roses, beads and a hanging 'forever' charm. Perfect for cards or layouts they look stunning in a page corner or next to a photo.

Adding a new colour to a popular favourite - we have the new turquoise Charming Words. Check out how well that crisp turquoise contracts with the bronze filigree.  This was another popular embellishment at the recent Scrapbooking Expo.

And of course we have new charms ... a selection of childhood themed charms (trains for little boys, a school bus, rocking horse for your baby cards/layouts), a gorgeous comb and mirror set, an addition to our animal range (tiger) and more.

Our new kits with free dies proved to be extremely popular at the Expo - so much so that we have no more stock for several of them. However ,we have been able to get supplies for a few of the kits and have restocked those kits. PLUS, we have a few new kits

$25.00 for each kit - which includes everything you need to complete the layout - including a FREE die.  You just need your basic tools, adhesives and inks on hand

FREE birthday charms with your Birthday Boy Kit $25.00

All our kits can be found in the my2angels kit section here.

 

Inka Gold, Ferro and Stampendous Embossing Powders are back in stock YIPEE I love these products! 


And my favourite embossing companions

"Emboss it", Emboss it in a pad & pens

A few of Tim Holtz new Distressing Inks - well what the supplier hadn't run out of (:

And finally, a few new template for the "multi-medium" in us!
Get in quick as we have sold half of them in store today!

I'm off to finish unpacking my car, reacquaint myself with my family and maybe even catch a few minutes sleep...

Nah!!! There's scrapping to be done ... I'm off to see what I can hot glue!!!!  :) 

Too Much of a Good Thing

Hi there! 

This weekend I was in the middle of a background for my next layout, waiting for the texture paste to dry and checking my emails, when I was suddenly and completely inspired by the newest Case File at a challenge website that I sometimes visit - CSI: Colour, Stories Inspiration. Here's what I saw:

And here's what I made....a spontaneous, simple and fun layout filled with my2angels goodness :) Tracy has an embellishment (or 10 or 20) to suit EVERY occassion!

My background paper is randomly dotted with texture paste pushed through the Kaisercraft Quarters template. After it was dry I put the stencil back over the dots and very gently and lightly coloured them with some Pumice Stone and Mustard Seed Distress ink, using my Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool. 

There's actually no other paper on this layout at all. All the paper elements are bits and pieces from my (extensive!!!) stash of left-overs. The Inkssentials Black Tag #5 has my journalling on it - a shopping list of my DD's favourite foods when she was little) and slips easily out from behind the rest. 

Black, Pink/Peach and Yellow Cotton Ric Rac and Blossom Light Pink and White Baker's Twine were perfect to add more texture to this layout. 

There are Coconut Ice Sugar Beads in the Pink Heart Mini Pick and the bowl of the Large Antique Bronze Spoon.

A pretty pink Charming Pin is poking out from behind a large Pink Rose. There are several Light Pink Sweetheart Blossoms and a few Pink Rosebuds surrounding it. 

In the bottom corner, a large Black Rose.

Finally, for a bit of bling, there are four pretty Rhinestone Dots...Black, Fuschia and two Golden Yellow. This was possibly my fastest ever layout...but now back to the other one...pretty sure that background will be dry by now :)