OPEN BOOK EASEL CARDS

I love it when I come across a new technique. This one was shown to me by one of my members of my Facebook Group The Joy of Sets.  Called the Open Book Easel Cards there are a few tutorials on You Tube to discover - I came across one made by Tina Zinck and her enthusiasm for this type of card is quite infectious.

I used some old Kaisercraft papers called Take Note for my pages.  I really liked the one that had the words which was very apt for a book.  My flower is also from Kaisercraft from the Rosabella set. I coloured it in with Tri Blends by Spectrum Noir in Vintage shades and cut them out.  The sentiments are from Stampin Up A Special Someone..  The butterflies were cut out with old SU butterfly punches and some tiny pearls added. 

I love how this turned out and have caught the bug - I've made a few more which I will be sharing on my blog in the very near future.

I found a great challenge on my travels which suits this - called A Vintage Journey and their theme is flowers.  
I'm also adding this into Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - Use Flowers
Craft Rocket Challenge - Shaped Card
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Butterflies




 

ROMEO ROMEO.......

What a great challenge over at The Library this week - Romeo and Juliette.





I was lucky enough for my 50th to be taken by hubby to Verona and we stayed in the hotel right opposite Juliette's balcony. We were able to visit her house and stand on the actual balcony too - it was a really lovely weekend.  

For my card I knew I definitely wanted to use a rose stamp and found out that I actually only own one!  Kaisercraft's Rosabella stamp set has this lovely rose.  I also wanted to use a quote from Romeo and Juliette and found the most famous rose quote and printed it off.  I then sponged it with SU Creamy Caramel to age it. I cut out the panel with a framelit and added the quote behind.  

I used SU Watercolour Pencils to colour in the rose using Calypso Coral, Real Red and a touch of Melon Mambo - I used Old Olive for the leaves and added a drop of Gloss Accents to the rose bud to resemble dew.  I then cut this out and added it to the panel.  The sentiment comes from the same set.  I then added this to white card stock.

   

#JOSTTT009 AND TRY STAMPIN ON TUESDAY #TSOT424

We have a joint challenge this month for Joy of Sets teaming up with Try Stampin on Tuesday so we have brought Joy of Sets forward by a few days.

It was my turn to chose the grid again and as September is my anniversary month this affected my choices I think.  I chose to do a scrapbook layout for a change - inspired by someone who often joins in with Joy of Sets with her layouts and I have been determined to do one.  I used the sketch from TSOT for my layout and used some Kaisercraft papers and stamps. I must admit Kaisercraft are my go to papers for scrapbooking.  I've used the Rosabella set here with the matching stamps.