Rolo - Flourish With A Bling June Challenge

Hi there friends!! Hope that those of you who celebrated Father's Day yesterday, had a wonderful day :) Meet Rolo, my darling daughter's chocolate Labbie:) This is my entry for the June challenge over at Flourish With A Bling. This month the challenge is hosted by Amy Prior and she provided this beautiful sketch to work with.

I used the FWAB Elise Flourish Silver without the matching flowers which I will keep for another time...lol!
I also used papers from Maja Design. I absolutely adore this collection:

Maja Design: Björnbarskakor

Maja design: Våffla m björnbärssylt

Maja Design: Våffla m björnbärssylt-bs

Maja design: Vintage Summer Basics - Memories - bs

And that is all for today:) Thanks for the visit and keep warm and safe!!xx

Hugs
Cathy
 

My Molly - Maja Design

Hi friends!! I have another project to share with you which I did for Maja Design and I'm feeling rather sad that my month as guest is almost over :( I am loving each and every one of these papers and I would just like to mention to my South African friends that these papers are available from Scrap and Card Boutique . Merle has a lovely selection of Maja Papers.  The little lady in the photos is as most of you know by now, my sweet Miss Molly. The two of us are joined at the hip :) If you're curious to know how I made the beaded flowers on this layout, I have done a little tutorial which you will find at the end of this post. I have no idea what flowers they are so I kind of invented a name for them and called them "Beaded Delphiniums"..lol!! They look so cute if you do them in blue because then, at a glance they really do look like little Delphiniums.:) AND they are super easy to make.  Yes, I know that Delphiniums don't hang downwards and they are not viny either but in the scrapping world we don't care, do we?? LOL!! Oops, almost forgot to give Vicky Alberto credit for teaching me how to make the white flowers with her wonderful tutorial which you can find here. Whilst mine are not nearly as pretty as Vicky's, I just love them and loved making them :) Thank you Vicky...your flowers are just awesome :)x

Products used:

Vintage Summer Basics - 1922

Vintage Summer Basics - 1904 BS

Vintage Summer Basics - 1933

I have also used the beautiful flourish from Flourish With A Bling being FWAB Grace Pearl Flourish.

Other products used:
Imaginarium Designs - Silver fern leaf
Imaginarium designs - 4 Small Butterflies
Martha Stewart Punch
Clearly Impressed Stamp
Prima Bird Cage
Chiswick Alphabet 2

I also stumbled upon a beautiful sketch on Pinterest and traced it back to Scrap Friends. 
I thoroughly enjoyed working with this sketch and just wanted to say thank you for the inspiration :)

Here is the littlle tutorial as promised. Should you give it a try, please send me a link to your layout so I can admire your beautiful little "Delphiniums"...lol!

Materials needed:

Wire
Florists tape
Seed beads (colour of your choice)
Glue gun
Wire Cutter

Step 1.
Cut a few pieces of wire in different lengths.

Step 2.
You now have to work relatively fast as hot glue dries very quickly. Heat up the glue gun. Take one strand of wire and adhere hot glue to one end of the strand. It looks very "blobby", but don't worry about that. I covered about 3.5cm with hot glue.

Step 3.
While the glue is still hot, dip it into your little bowl of seed beads and twirl it around so the beads can cover all the glue.

Step 4.
Whilst the glue is still warm, press the beads firmly into the glue using your fingers. If you find that not all the spots are covered, you can always just add an extra little bit of glue on those spots and then dip it back into the bowl of beads.

Step 5.
Gently remove any excess loose beads and this is what it should look like when it's nicely covered.

 

Step 6.

Now you can take a strip of florists tape and start winding it around the wire starting close up against the beads, working your way down.

And this what they look like when they are all finished and ready to "prettify" (is that a word?) your page!!

I think they are just too cute and the nice thing about them is that there are no two that are the same. Have fun and I hope you enjoy making them as much as I did!! 

I have the flu so I'm on my way back to bed and no doubt Miss Molly will join me :)

Till next week, take care and stay safe!! xx

Joyful - Flourish With A Bling Blog Hop

Hello again friends and hoppers! We hope you're having a fabulous time on our Flourish With a Bling Blog Hop, and getting lots of inspiration on how to put your FWAB to good use. Haven't the projects you've seen so far been amazing? Well there's plenty more eye-candy to come!You should have arrived here from Angella Peardon's blog. But in case you stumbled here by chance I suggest you start at the Flourish With A Bling Blog and go from there. If you get lost, here's the blog hop order:

Flourish With A Bling
Amanda Redcliffe
Angella Peardon
Catherine Lane (You are here)
Elena Olinevich
Emilia van den Heuvel
Ilene Tell
Jennifer Hodge
Kate McCulloch
Natalie Elphinstone
Sandi Smith
Sonia Thomason
Flourish With A Bling

We're so excited by all the changes that have been happening at FWAB over the past year. We've had the addition of a new Design Team, some stunning new products (the Elise flourishes) and the most exciting of all is FWAB going retail! That means you can buy all your favourite bling straight from the FWAB store itself!Some of my favourite pieces are the FWAB Grace Pearl Flourish Pewter and FWAB Adhesive Pearls 100 Pack Plum and here's a project I made with them to show you how you can use them.

Your next stop on the Blog Hop is Elena Olinevich andI just know you're going to love what she's created. Don't forget to follow the Hop all the way back to the FWAB blog and leave a comment there for your chance to win the grand prize and here it is:

The winner will be announced next Friday the 19th!! Good luck, thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping!! xx

A Little Ray Of Sunshine - Maja Design

Hello my friends :) Just sharing a layout I did for Maja Design as Guest Creative Team Member for April. I am so totally in love with the Vintage Spring Basics range :). For some reason unknown to me, I always seem to shy away from yellow but I just LOVE the beautiful soft yellow tones in these papers and was drawn to it at first glance.  The little beauty in the photograph is of course my sweet, precious little niece Isabella who truly is a ray of sunshine in every sense of the word.:)

Products Used:
Vintage Spring Basics

 Vintage Spring Basics 1st of March

Vintage Spring Basics 2nd of April BS

Vintage Spring Basics 7th of April

Vintage Spring Basics 7th of April BS

I also used Flourish With A Bling 100 Pack Adhesive Pearls in Antique Gold and Pearl.

And that my dear friends, is all for today. Till next time...happy scrapping!!xx

Happy Hours On Tamborine Mountain - Once Upon A Sketch March Challenge

Hello friendies! March is gone...anyone know where it is? Didn't get much done this month but I was not going to miss out on an opportunity to take advantage of another beautiful sketch by Nadia at Once Upon A Sketch for the March challenge. The theme of the challenge is "It's the Weekend". This photo of little Isabella was taken during my visit to Australia in 2012. One weekend we decided to drive up Tamborine Mountain and the beautiful scenery took me right back to South Africa even though I was in a different country and the few hours we spent there almost made me feel like I was back home together with my family. Of course little Isabella took every opportunity to explore, and of course I took every opportunity to take a picture. At five years old, this little girl already has such a busy little life..school, homework, karate, swimming and the list goes on, so when the weekend arrives, it's bliss not only for her, but also for Mommy! :) Here is the gorgeous sketch for this month. Journaling is done on a piece of vellum rolled up and tucked into the torn section on the left of the page.

I also used some pretty pearls from Flourish With A Bling being FWAB Adhesive Pearls 100 Pack Pewter
and FWAB Adhesive Pearls 100 Pack Plum. And with that I am going to love and leave you and try and get on with my next project. Happy scrapping!!xx

You Colour My World

Hello again my scrappy friends :) I made this layout for a challenge over at Berry71bleu hosted by the incredibly talented Kay Fatula. The theme is "You Colour My World" and the challenge is to use paint in any form on your layout. Of course my darling little niece Isabella fits the theme just perfectly. I became very frustrated with this layout as I really struggle to work with more than three colours at most but it kind of came together in the end. I painted the background paper with some gesso and I also painted the little scalloped chipboard circle.I also used Kay's very clever method of rolling journaling into a scroll when you find that you don't have much space on your page especially when you have a bit to say...lol!! What I love about doing journaling this way is that it actually serves as an embellishment at the same time. Thank you Kay...you are such a clever lady :)

On this layout I also used the very cute little FWAB Trent's Fence Puffy from Flourish With A Bling and also some pretty little pearls from Flourish With a Bling  which are the FWAB Adhesive Pearls 100 Pack Pewter. Well, that's me for today. Need to get ready for a hectic week at work again.

Well, that's all from me for today...till next time, stay safe and take care!x

Love

Hello my friends:) This month it is my turn to host a challenge over at Flourish With A Bling and the theme is loosely based on Valentine's Day!! I used the gorgeous FWAB Elise Flourish Black so hop on over to the store and have a look at all their gorgeous products!! Once again poor little Miss Molly had to come to my rescue because Valentine's day often comes and goes unnoticed in this household but for the furbabies in this house it's Valentine's Day every day :) So, by now Valentine's day has definitely come and gone but I still hope you were spoilt rotten and I hope you indulged in tons of chocolate!!

Till next time, take care xx

Scrapmatts and Flourish With A Bling Product Swop

Love is A Four Legged Word

Hello again my friends :) Phew, it's been a hectic month, work-wise and scrapping wise. At the beginning of February I couldn't help wondering what happened to January? It seemed as if it passed me by completely and now I am sitting and wondering what happened to February?? Welcome to the Scrapmatts and Flourish With A Bling Product Swop for March 2013! It's been such a lovely project to do because who doesn't love chipboard and bling together? Here are a few projects and close-ups using the lovely Scrapmatts and FWAB products.

Product used:  Scrapmatts CB1016 Birdcages.
                                              
 Product used:  Flourish With a Bling FWAB Adhesive Pearls 100 Pack Antique Gold

Product used: Scrapmatts CB6072 Birdbaths.
                                           
Product used:  Flourish With a Bling FWAB Adhesive Pearls 100 Pack Antique Gold

Product used: Scrapmatts CB5060 Signboards. These chippies are sooo beautiful :)
 

                                

Product used:  Flourish With a Bling FWAB Adhesive Pearls 100 Pack Antique Gold

Product used: Flourish With a Bling FWAB Chloe Pearl Flourish Antique Gold, my all-time favorite flourish!!
                                   
                                                


And here is my second project for the product swop:
 Cherish

This is my gorgeous niece Kathleen and yes, I am going a little vine crazy lately...just love making them but it takes forever!! Once again I have a few close-ups of the products used on this layout.

Product used: Scrapmatts CB5083 Leaf Spray 03
                   


Product used: Flourish With A Bling FWAB Chloe Pearl Flourish Antique Gold. Can't keep my hands off this flourish. Reaching for it has become an automatic reaction..lol!!

                                             

Products used: Scrapmatts CB1170 Wicker Chair 02
                 

Products Used: Scrapmatts CB5060 Signboards 02. I used the centre piece of the original signboard above.
Products Used:  Scrapmatts CB6071 Assorted Words 07
                                
                         
              
And then there are a few close-ups where I used the Flourish With a Bling FWAB Adhesive Pearls 100 Pack Antique Gold.
                                   

Altered CD

I had so much fun doing this one. Made it for my dear sister in Australia who is constantly in my thoughts and I really do feel like a bird without wings since she left. All the modern technology in the world doesn't make up for not being able to jump into your car, meet, have coffee, laugh the afternoon away, go shopping and just enjoy being together. :( Anyways, let me not ramble...this post is long enough as it is and I really hope that your'e not bored stiff by now..lol!
Products used: Scrapmatts CB1016 Bird Cages 01
Products used: Products used: Flourish With A Bling FWAB Adhesive Pearls 100 pack Pewter
                                    
                                                                  
Here are two close-ups of the birdies used.

Products used: Flourish With A Bling FWAB Adhesive Pearls 100 pack Pewter.
And a close-up of the gorgeous pearls...love this colour!!

                                            
Now for the best part of this whole product swap!! To celebrate our very first product swap, we'd love to give you a chance to win this fabulous FWAB prize pack:)

 

Leave a comment under this post over at the FWAB Blog (and any of the other FWAB/Scrapmatts product swap blog posts) by clicking on the title at the top of the page and scroll down to the comments section and you wil go into the draw to win this fab prize pack to be drawn on Friday 9th march 2012. "Like" us on  Facebook and leave a comment that the FWAB/Scrapmatts product swap sent you and receive another entry! Don't forget to also go over to the Scrapmatts Facebook page and "like" them and say that FWAB sent you and go into the draw for a fabulous Scrapmatts prize pack up for grabs on their page as well! Don't forget to check back with us tomorrow for another DT share for the Scrapmatts/FWAB product swap and also make sure to check out the Scrapmatts blog here for stunning creations by the Scrapmatts design team.

HAVE FUN and take care!! xx