'Portrait of a Lady'

Hi girls, I'm back with another garden page....

this seems to be my style lately, just lots of textures, flowers and in this case,

lots of bright spring colors bursting through.

'Portrait of a Lady'

This is my second page with the lovely March kit 'Hello Beautiful'. I always order the Paper Add On each month as there are always some papers that compliment the main kit papers, and this month's add on included some pretty vintage papers by Scrapberry's.

To purchase our kits please go here, and don't forget to stop by our blog to see all the 

different interpretations of our kits by our design team, here.

I found a challenge called 'Boho Style' on one of my favourite shabby chic blogs

called 'Vintage Card Cafe'. I was inspired by the gypsy style of all the photos 

in this post, the vintage flair, and ultra feminine look with lots of lace.
To read an amazing post all about this style please go here, it's really well done :)

Here is the challenge:

Here are a few close ups:

This month's kit had some really pretty lavender flowers that I added here with some

green twine, and some sisal to give the page a natural look.

I also used some super pretty Prima flowers from the Floral Add On,

some of the gold Prima trim, the tiny white pearl beads from the kit, 

the Graphic 45 chipboards,

and lots of gold beads and pearls from my stash.

 Thanks for looking,

Hugs, Lisa xo

'Believe in Yourself'

Hello my crafty girls.....I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and get some crafty time 

to do what you love...we have a brand new kit from Scraps of Elegance called 

'Hello Beautiful' that I started playing with last night....

'Believe in Yourself'

This kit is chock full of Graphic 45 'Portrait of a Lady' collection...

papers, chipboards, stickers the whole shebang.

Green is not an easy color for me at all, but I saw the rich green of this paper and after choosing

this pretty image from the paper 'Maria' I decided to go wild and crazy and create a little garden

as a backdrop to this lovely girl, full of flowers and leaves. I fussy cut some roses out of one of the papers and tucked them in here and there and I also used a die to cut out some branches.

Here is the kit for March:

To find out where to purchase our kits please check out our online store here.

And don't forget to check out our blog here, for lots of ideas to make with our kits!

Here are a few close ups:

I created a messy background by adding lots of heavy white gesso, 

some stamping and then using lots of inks to add some colors.

Then I layered on a few 2 Crafty chipboard pieces that I embossed in gold, 

some pieces of the gold Prima trim and lots of flowers.

I also added one of the Prima metal charms that I glued on underneath an image cut out 

from one of the kit papers.

I hope I have inspired you with my wild garden page :)

See you soon,

Lisa xo

'No fear of depths...'

“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.” 
― Anaïs Nin

Hello my lovelies, I'm back to share with you a layout I created for

2 Crafty Chipboard using some of their new pieces.

'Anäis'

I usually feel quite overwhelmed with Graphic 45 papers, they're very pretty, but so intricate 

and finely detailed that my usual messy paints and gesso splattered style doesn't seem to work....

(well just a little bit here to look like bubbles :)

But I immediately thought to fussy cut this beautiful mermaid riding that goldfish and my idea was born :) 

I added some 2 Crafty Chipboard pieces, a vintage photograph of the author herself and away we go! 

2 Crafty Chipboard pieces used:

'Fishing Net Bits'

'Cartia's Swirl'

'Seashells'

I created this layout using my June Scraps of Darkness kit which you can 

purchase at the Scraps of Darkness online store here.

To see my 2 Crafty post, please go here.

What a beautiful quote from the author Anäis Nin, you can read more about her here.

I first discovered her and the works of Henry Miller after seeing the film

'Henry and June', the story of their affair in Paris in the 1930's.

She not only thought outside the box, but she passionately and unforgivingly

lived outside of it, damn the consequences.

I try to challenge myself to transform chipboard pieces and turn them into 

something that doesn't look like cardboard! Here I covered the starfish with

a thick coat of heavy white gesso and then hit it with high heat to make the gesso 

bubble up. Once it dried, I colored it with orange Lindy's Starburst spray.

“Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.” 

― Anaïs Nin, Henry And June

Kisses, Lisa xo