#BrotherInspires

 

April 25th -ANZAC day 2015

Brother Banner

Hi all,
              Today is ANZAC day and I have spent lots of time watching the dawn services. They are very moving on this the 100th year since that terrible battle. One can not imagine the horror those men saw and I can't comprehend how many paid the ultimate sacrifice. May the Rest in Peace and may we continue to honour their bravery each and every year.


I have also been busy over the last few days working on a few projects, The first is a banner as my entry into the #BrotherInspires competition.

It was fun to do mixing fabric and scrapbooking/multimedia techniques.

I have included a number of photos so that you can see each banner piece up close. Which one do you like the best. I still can't decide!

The second project has been a wedding album for a friend of mine. Her wedding photos have not gone online yet so I will just have to tease you with a sneak peek. I used an acrylic album something I have been wanting to do for so long now. I was really happy with ait and will reveal more photos as soon as I have delivered it to her.

Thanks for looking, until next time.

Regards,
Angela

Be happy and win a beautiful hand made card!

 

 

 

Saturday, 18th April 2015

Happy Layout

 

Hello there,

 

                    Today I wanted to share a couple of creations I have made. Firstly a little layout called Happy that I put together for the April sketch challenge #25 at Scrap Our Stash. This sketch was done by Laura Whitaker.

 

                   I don't often do a sketch to do a layout, I am not sure why. Somehow I thought it was a little bit like cheating but in fact it is interesting how different everybody's take on the same sketch seems to end up. I love the mood board that went with this sketch and I think that is why it attracted me.

 

                     I am interested in putting textures on my page and using fabric to do it. I find that is where my personal style is leading me so I visualized this page before I even had a picture in mind. I got started using these delicious colours and it was easy to find a cute photo of my grand daughter (I have just one or two lying around!) to add when it was nearly done.

 

                     I hope you like it. Please leave me some love in the comment section below if you have any thoughts or if you want any information about how I created it.

 

*****Don't forget to scroll down to see my new cards using the bokeh technique. Don't miss out on the opportunity to win a free card!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also spent a bit of time playing with the bokeh technique. It is very effective although I didn't have all the appropriate tools so another trip to my favourite craft store Paper Flourish will have to be on the cards next week so I can make some more. I will pop a tutorial on my blog next week.

This technique is meant to reflect a camera out of focus and can be done in any number of colours. I love the pink one which I mounted on pink felt (as I didn't have any pink cardstock the right colour - another reason for a trip to the scrapbook store!)

So now, here's the go. I will be giving away this beautiful pink card to one of my followers who leaves a comment by the end of the month. I will select a follower who leaves a comment about todays post. It will be a random selection so follow and comment to be in the draw.

Thanks for taking the time to view,

Until next time

Angela xoxoxo



 

To my followers....Win this beautiful card by leaving a comment on todays post. Good Luck!

 



April Card challenge

 

 

Sunday 12th April, 2015

 

April Card Challenge

Hello there,

 

Today I have worked on completing the April card challenge for Paper Craft Addicts. The challenge was to make your own background for your card. I chose to use my brand new Tim Holtz 'Abandoned Coral' distress ink through a stencil to create a bright patterned background. I highlighted this with some 'bisque' liquid pearls by Ranger. With my background complete I then added a number of layers of papers and doily until I finished with a heart and wrapped it all up with some ribbon and string.

 

This was a quick and easy project but quite effective.

 

 

 

I hope it inspires you to give making your own background a perhaps add your own card in the Paper craft addicts April Challenge here  https://www.facebook.com/events/740065766110170/

 

Thanks for dropping past, until next time, enjoy yourself    xxx Angela





Good news and bad news

 

 

Saturday April 11th, 2015

 

 

 

Hello my friends,

 

                            Sorry it's been a while since I blogged but I have had a lot on my plate (more about that later) I have been working on a mixed media piece and they always take so long. I like to let them dry naturally between coats of mediums and there are lots of different products on this page.

 

                            It started one night when it was so cold I didn't want to go out into my studio so I did some drawing while watching tv. I have done a couple of the bloom girl workshops with the uber talented Jamie Severtson Dougherty so thought I would get in a little practise. My girl came out halfway decent so I decided to put in the effort and paint her. I used a technique outline by Dina Wakely which I saw online but to be honest it didn't work for me. I ended up painting her with about 30 layers of paints of all types, pencils and inks until I felt she was vaguely pretty.

 



                          The background was a mix of paints, stencilling, foiling and textures of all sorts. It didn't end up like my original vision but then again most things I start don't! Not sure what I will do with her as she is just in my sketch journal, (I really should have done her on a canvas) but I just like looking at her so she might go up on my message board for a while.

 



 

                        That's the good news our bad news is we lost our beloved dog Barney this week. It is the second dog we have lost in 6 months so it made it doubly hard. We miss them so much and life seems strange now without them. I took some beautiful photos of Barney before he left us and so I will be working on some special pages to treasure. I will share them here when I have them complete. I have also been asked to work on some special items for Art Gluttony which makes love collars and accessories for dogs and I will share them too. It is an exciting project to be involved in and I am very proud to be associated with them as they part profits go to caring for dogs.

 

 

I will leave you with one of my photos of our sweet Barney

Until next time,

Stay well,

 

Angela

Lazy Monday

 

 

 

Monday 6th April

 

 

 

A Lovely Lazy Monday

 

Hello there,
 

I have been enjoying a lovely lazy public holiday Monday. Hubby is not due home until later today and so I have had some time in my craft studio.

 

Firstly, I used the scraps left over from my Pussy Cat Pussy Cat page to make a card.

It was very simple and I must say with coordinated papers from Kaisercraft and their collectables sets it is a breeze to produce any number of great cards quickly.
 

 

After that I thought I would have some fun using inks and acrylic paints. I just wanted to experiment with mixing colours in different ways. 
The creative card and the tag were done with Tim Holtz distress inks and then stamped and the final card was done with a range of different acrylic paints,

I wrapped the final card in contrasting string taken from an idea my step daughter has been using to make art works which she has been selling. I really liked the effect and might try some more using a range of fibre. Its a bit hard to see in the photo but I sprayed the card with a gold shimmer spray and it sparkles beautifully as you turn it in the light.

I hope you like them.

Until next time,

Angela




 

Happy Easter

Saturday, April 4th

 

Easter Blessings

Hello there,  Happy Easter to all!

                                                      What a wonderful time of year. People spending time with family and chocolate at every turn. What more could you ask. Of course the blessing of Easter is far more important than that of course, with Jesus Christ dying on the cross for us so that we may have eternal life. Easter Sunday reminds us that if we put our trust in him we have nothing to fear and that he will be there for us forever more. What an amazing gift he has given us.

                                                        In Australia it isn't spring but the Autumn weather is still beautiful and makes for a great time to have picnics, go camping or just spend time with family. I have been busy making some Easter treat bags for some very special little girls. I am sure they will like the contents even if they are a bit young to appreciate the wrapping!!

 

Also with hubby away on his yearly toy soldier weekend I have had lots of peace and quiet to get creative in my studio. I have complete a page of our cat Piper which as you can see from the picture obviously got up to a little bit of mischief. Now I don't know if she found a mouse under the Queens chair but she is a magnificent mouser and certainly catches her fair share.

 

I used a range of Kaisercraft pages that combined beautifully. Even the chair and little mouse came from some older collections and with a little embossing powder ended up being just what I needed.

Hope you like it. Have a safe and restful Easter.

Until next time,

 

Angela xxx