Design team project #2 - by diana

Okay, like i said earlier this week i LOVE this paper line by Kaisercraft Art of Life. there is so much that one can do with it!
so for this project i decided in amongst the cleaning of my room.. which yes unfortunately, or fortunately seem to do at least once a month, that i needed to do something with this so i started by taking out my trusting tim holtz sander to sand off the gloss.

then i cut and ink the inside pieces

and glued them on with one of the bestest glues out there

next it was time to do a bit of decorating to the outside. i added pieces of paper and some of that glorious lace to the front cover

i then started just layer things.. trying to figure out what went where:

i didn't like the whiteness of the papers so i found in my stash some walnut crystals and thought would mix it with a bit of water.. i quite like how it turned out:

now it was just a matter of final placing of everything. i had cut out the circles from one of the pages and folded them to make a flower. i then added one of tim's clock keys in the centre. some stickers from the sticker sheet along the bottom and a butterfly.
i gave everything a final mist of walnut spray. i also added a couple of pieces fabric and lace that i received as part of a happy mail swap.

for the inside it was a matter of stamping pages throughout the pad of paper and stamped the wooden pencil with some of the live/love words.

i have to say it is one of my favourite projects yet and has already found a 'home'. thanks for sticking through the photo heavy post!!!!
diana

DT Project #1 - Diana

HI everyone!!

as the lovely ladies had all shown you this month already we all have been working with Kaisercraft's Art of Life line and the projects before me were totally spectacular i must say!
for my project i decided to follow suit with Minxy and show a video close up of my project followed with a  few pictures.


i must say i absolutely loved working with this line of paper.. the neutral tones were so my style!!!
so here is my video:

and here are the close up pictures including a few befores and durings!! so here is the plain book i started with.

 i used my ruler and a fiskars rotary trimmer and cut out some centres all the way through.

 i coloured the cut outs with my lovely tim holtz distress markers

because i had mod podged sections of my book together it allowed me to use the cards as tabs on each section. i really love how it turned out. i find it very antique/vintage like!!

i hope you enjoyed my project! i will see you again at the end of the week!!

diana

DT Project #3 - Diana - featuring jillibean soup - art journal

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!

i am back one final time with my 'oh how i love thee' art journal page.

i just thought i would pop back and show you what inspiration hit me when i saw the set of jillibean soup heart healthy red bean soup clear stamps along with the versa fine satin red stamp pad and the WOW opaque Bright White embossing powder in my design team kit

it turned out exactly as i hoped it would! this for sure will be a set of stamps i use over and over on those 'love type' pages i create!

that's it from me! see you next month!

diana

DT Project #2 - Diana featuring jillIbean soup quick layout

hi there again. just popping in really quickly to let you see another project i have created using the jilly bean soup papers.

i loved the mix of using paper, the tsukineko red versa fine ink included in our kits along with a crafters workshop stencil and of course my black archival ink pad.
i love how it came together... not necessarily a 'valentine' type page but a true story. i do love this kid 365 days a year
Diana

DT Project #1 by Diana - blocks of love featuring JilliBean Soup!

hi everyone. here i am sharing with you my creation using JilliBean Soup Heart Healthy Red Bean Soup collection
i started my project off with a 2x4 which i cut down to size, sanded the edges and then painted it black.
next it was just a matter of layering on this lovely paper and adding bits and bobs along the way. i am not a neat kind of scrapbooker or mixed media artist or well okay neat anything when it comes to art so i just had to add a bit of distress to my papers along with a bit of black edging using archival ink.

for those papers that were white based, and i wanted to use them, i just added a bit of frayed burlap distress ink to them to add the kraft touch

here is my project. hope you like it!

 a bit of a close up to show you that they can be angled (not attached to each other!)

i love that i can rearrange them depending on where i want to stack them!

i will be back later on this week to show you a couple other things i did with this paper and stamps!!

graphic 45 prize winners!!!

hi everyone!! thanks for stopping by and commenting on all the fantastic art work created to hopefully inspire you and yours using the Graphic 45 12 Days of Christmas line.

as promised a draw has been done and the two winners are Maryann Laursen and Ricky LeBlanc. Ladies you have 10 days to send me your addresses and i will be sure to send out your prizes!!

Merry Christmas and a Joyous Happy Holidays to you all!!!

Graphic45 and me -

i have to fully admit that Graphic45 is one of my favourite lines of paper.. not that i use paper because as a rule now a days i don't but i have to say that of ALL the paper lines out there Graphic45 is my favourite by smell alone!!!

so with that said let me get started on the first of three projects that i have completed in the last couple of weeks to share with you.

i am a big believer in using what you have so i started with an empty cheese container, the package of Graphic45 papers, and a pair of scissors (tim holtz scissors but of course!)

added a bit of glue:

a bit of sanding and a bit of paint:

next i mixed a bit of Tim Holtz paint and wendy vecchi embossing paste and using a prima brick mask created the outside of the container...

now it was a little too messy (i know!!) for me so added a tad bit of paint to calm it down.

and ended up creating this:

a little mini book inside the once ready for the recycle bin container!! i had so much fun...i wasn't sure what was next but before too long i was creating again...you can see the sneak peak in the background of this photo!!

have you had a chance this month to check out the other design team members to see what they have created...you will want to perhaps leave a comment on each.. just saying...

i will be back on Wednesday!!
diana