Here I am back again with my followup of leftovers from Meg's new collection, White Flowers on Green. I put together six greeting cards. The complete post can be found over at Meg's blog HERE. Be sure and pop over to Meg's blog and give her some love and check out the pictures of all the cards. I'm just leaving you a little teaser here today.
Hi everyone, most of you know that I was on the Meg's Garden Design Team for quite some time. Meg's Garden is a unique online shop located in Australia. It was always such fun getting those Australian packages delivered to my doorstep. Meg recently created a new paper collection call White Flowers on Green and contacted me to see if I'd like to play with it. Meg's collections come two-fold You can either opt to get the physical, printed papers, in your mail the way I did or do a Digital Download. When you purchase via Digital the collection is instantly available to you via your computer and you print at your leisure. When making a physical order be sure and really browse the store for Meg has some delightful things tucked inside. Lots of cool embellishments, ribbons and what nots.
I decided I wanted to turn Meg's collection into a mini, there's a full post about it on the Meg's Garden blogspot HERE, I'm only going to give you a little teaser on my blog so be sure and check out the full article.
This collection combines lovely greens, blues and pinks with that irresistible feel of Victorian old world charm. Something I'm sure to please everyone. I had some issues with my mini album cover and came up with a new process for covering and strengthening the outside front, back and spine. I'll be sharing that process on the video along with more photos and a complete walk through of the pages so I do hope you'll join me there. The video link follows along with links to Meg's store as well as her other social media outlets. Be sure and check out the new White Flowers on Green Collection.
Here's a new mini using Blue Fern Studios Autumn Anthology gifted to me by the very generous and sweet Tammy Merrill of Country Craft Creations. The base of the mini is a chipboard word album from Kaisercraft which spells the word LOVE. Each page was cut from the decorative paper to fit the letter and then sanded completely around all the little nooks and crannies to give a very smooth line to the edges.
The mini measures 4" x 9" not including the ribbon ties. Here's the first letter "L" which holds a tiny wooden clothespin and ephemera from the collection. I painted the clothespin and all the edges of the mini with Tim Holtz Distress Paint and Ink in Victorian Velvet. The perfect color accompaniment with this paper.
The front of the "O" has two tiny hearts snipped from the gorgeous ivory Heart Lace. I also hung a Bronze Birdcage charm around the outer portion of the O with some seam binding. I had tea dyed the seam binding but in order to get the pink for the mini I brushed over it with the Victorian Velvet ink pad, it adds just enough here and there to work nicely with the pages.
Here's the back of the "O", there is a clock dangling in the distance on the left. On the right is a fussy cut book and perfume bottle which I left open to allow the little tuck ins from above.
The "V" page is this gorgeous typewriter. I wasn't thinking when I glued my mats, I should have used unadorned decorative paper for the back and then the fussy cut image over top. Luckily Tammy sent me two of each design so I was able to retrieve the typewriter and flowers with the addition of the added fussy cut piece on top. A waste of pretty paper underneath though, I wish I had thought of it before I glued everything down. I've used some cut outs from the paper which measure about 3" x 4" for the photo mats.
Here's the back side of the "V", I'm so happy with how this turned out. The bow and ribbon with flowers are individual pieces cut from the paper. There are actually five cuts to make this. It looks like it was printed on the paper doesn't it? I added Gold Wink of Stella over the top for a nice shimmer. The bottom again are fussy cut pieces from the paper which form a narrow pocket just the right size for two more photo mats to tuck in.
The "E" page is purple, sigh, my favorite. I cut an extra pansy cluster from the paper for the middle of the E and kept the left edge free so you could tuck in a photo. The Bronze Puzzle Key is also from the store.
Here's the rest of the "E" page with a pocket for the photo tags. and you can again see the extra pansy cluster.
The back I left plain except for a strip of flat back pearls across the bottom. I wanted room for a large photo or some journaling. And how do you cover this paper up!
Come join me on the video I'll walk you through the pages and show you all the little tuck ins here and there throughout.
Tammy Merrill from Country Craft Creations gifted me a week or so ago this Blue Fern Studios Blush paper collection. Such gorgeous paper! I had had this Tim Holtz Assemblage Clock in my crafty drawer forever it seems and pulled it out because I could envision it with these papers. What a perfect combination that turned out to be!
I fussy cut a lot of bits from the collection for the top, front and sides of the clock. Here you can see the little bird flying off at the top, he's got a flower branch tucked beneath his toes. I tucked a grouping of these flowers from my stash above, around and below the bells on top. I brushed them with Distress ink in Ground Espresso just lightly to give them more of a vintage feel.
For the front main focal point I used the Angel fussy cut from the paper. Using another decorative paper I die cut Heartfelt Creations Arianna Blooms flower, dipped it in Tattered Angels Dazzling Diamonds and Valentine Pink (which I had mixed together). With the pre-made yellow flowers I diluted a little Tattered Angels Gold Glimmer Mist with the Dazzling Diamonds and dipped the flowers in it (they were originally cream). I think the addition of the dimensional flowers really took the front of the clock up a step.
For the sides of the clock I again fussy cut strips from the decorative paper and put them around the curve of each side running the flowers from the top down to meet.
The clock was originally silver which I painted with Gesso and then several coats of Martha Stewart Wedding Cake Acrylic Paint. To get the yummy pale pink tint I first mixed Tattered Angels Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Mist with Tattered Angels Plumeria Glaze in a small spray bottle, the result was an exceedingly pale pale pink. To intensify the color I added Tattered Angels Valentine Pink Glimmer Mist to the mix and resprayed resulting in this soft feminine pink.
On the back I added a round circle cut from the Blush collection and dabbed some painted around the edge. I slit the middle to go over the ring on the panel and slipped the paper over the top of it through the slit. Attached to the ring I added the pale blue satin ribbon and the Handmade metal trinket from Tammy's store. I did vintage up the trinket again with the MS paint. To finish off the back I took just a single heart from the lace that was included in my goodie box and placed a fussy cut butterfly in it's center. Falling from behind is one single heart another fussy cut piece.
When you pull the back off inside is a round mini album. I cut circles with Tattered Lace Essentials Circle dies to fit the altered coasters and painted around all the edges with the Wedding Cake paint. To join them together I punched a hole on each side and alternated the ribbon ties so it will open as and accordion.
There are ten rounds which give ample room for a photo, journaling or memorabilia on each side.
I hope you'll join me on the video, I'll share the process of how I altered the clock and made the mini plus share many more photos. Please visit Country Craft Creations and tell Tammy hi for me!
