Pieces of my life

It’s time for a Blog Hop!

Come and join the fun with the amazing Design Teams from Lindy's and Imaginarium Designs … combining their creative forces for a massive blog hop and it's starting RIGHT HERE and RIGHT NOW!

There are prizes galore and so many stunning projects to inspire you!  It's so easy to play along and be entered into the draw.    All you need to do is leave a comment on the Lindy's Blog and then hop on over and check out each of the designer blog posts (please leave them all a little love as they each work incredibly hard to bring you all amazing projects!) and finish over at the Imaginarium Designs Blog by leaving a comment there.

Prize Winners will be announced everywhere on October 30th - check back in to see if you are a WINNER.

Hop on over and check out these stunning projects using Lindy's and Imaginarium Designs products from our super talented Designers.

 

Lindy’s Stamp Gang – https://blog.lindystampgang.com/ – you are HERE

• Marta Turska-Grochocka – http://ja-majka.blogspot.com/
• Amanda-Jayne Baldwin – http://happyartydays.blogspot.com.au/
• Natalie May – http://www.happydaks.blogspot.com/
• Tanya Palamarchuk –http://chashe4ka.blogspot.com.au/
• Cindy Brown – http://talkis23.blogspot.ca/
• Leonie Neal-Dawson – http://leonieslife-leonie.blogspot.com.au/
• Djamila Khiter – http://confectionmaison.over-blog.com/
• Sonia Thomason – http://soniathomason.typepad.com/
• Miriam Haggar – http://miriamskeepsakes.blogspot.com.au/
• Ekaterina Zenevich – http://katrinkadesign.blogspot.com/
• Karyn Schultz – http://karynscraftingobsession.blogspot.com.au/
• Solange Marques – http://solangescrap.blogspot.com.br/
• Sue Smyth – http://suesmyth06.blogspot.com.au/
• Carol Theng – http://carolpaperie.blogspot.com.au/
• Caroline Elliam – http://www.creationselliam.blogspot.com/
• Louise Nelson – http://louise-justloolabelle.blogspot.com.au/
• Belinda Spencer – http://happyscrapspace.blogspot.com.au/ 
• Kareen Brochu Harvey – http://kareenbrochuharvey.blogspot.com/
• Leeann Pearce –http://thepaintbrushgoesspottie.blogspot.com.au/
• Yulianna Efremova – http://www.yulianna.pro/
• Chitose Nakamae – http://chi-to-chan.blogspot.com.au/?m=1
• Tracey Fowler – http://traceyfowler.typepad.com/
• Kate Palmer – http://www.sparkletart.com
• Sandi Spink – http://sandishobbysecrets.blogspot.com.au/
• Imaginarium Designs – Finish HERE!

I know this hop is MASSIVE!

Hop Starts: RIGHT NOW!

Ends: Sunday 29th, October 2016 - at the last stroke of midnight!

Winners Announced: Monday 30th, October 2016

There are 5 x $25 Gift Vouchers available from Lindy's Stamp Gang and 5 x $25 Prize Packs from Imaginarium Designs to win!

Winners will be drawn randomly from among blog comments.
Local and international entries are welcome - this hop is worldwide - a bit like our Design Teams!

To celebrate this awesome event, I have created this project using Lindys Stamp Gang Sprays in Canna Lily Burnt Orange and Opal Sea Oats and Magicals in Ramblin' Rose Pink and Screamin' Banshee Black and Imaginarium Chipboard.

'Precious Moments' 

The Lindy's sprays and Magicals colours inspired me to create a soft, vintage style layout:

I mixed some of the Screamin' Banshee Black Magical with some water on a craft mat and painted it on to the chipboard title. The resulting colour on the chipboard is just amazing!!!

My background was made with an initial layer of the Ramblin' Rose Pink Magical - the powder was sprinkled on my paper and then spritzed with water and allowed to run. Once dry I added the Canna Lily Burnt Orange and Opal Sea Oats sprays randomly over the page. A little spritz of water allowed these to run and soften. Finally I flicked both of the sprays over the page once the bottom layers were dry

Adding some random stamping over the background colours help add to the fabulous aged / distressed look created by the Lindy's Sprays and Magicals

Good luck with the blog hop!

Sonia x

 

Flowers, flowers and more flowers!

I was very happy when the brief came through from Kaisercraft for this weeks DT post - flowers!!!! Something I definitely don't have a problem playing with!

Along with the flowers we are using the gorgeous new 'Ooh La La' collection which is just so pretty :)

'Live the life you have imagined'

Kaisercraft products used: P2178 ‘C’est La Vie’ | P2180 ‘Belle’ | P2182 “Oui Oui’ | P2183 ‘L’amour’ | P2186 ‘Au Revoir’ | CT866 Ooh La La Collectables | KM102 ‘Antique Gold’ Kaiser Mist | KM107 ‘Peach’ Kaiser Mist | KM113 ‘Coffee’ Kaiser Mist | F630 Iceberg Paper Blooms | F662 Coral Paper Blooms | F667 Coral Mini Blooms | ST928 ‘Life’ Clear Stickers | SB700 Silver Rhinestones | EM405 Paper Doilles

I absolutely love the mix of the Iceberg and Coral coloured flowers. Set off by the greenery in the vine it's just so light and summery

A little bit of Gesso on the flowers just soften them down and helps the layout flow. To finish it all off - one of the Clear Stickers. The black in the stickers helps with grounding the layout and gives it that touch of a dark colour that it needs without overwhelming it

Happy scrapping!

Sonia x

Kaisercraft playtime!

October has seen two amazing collections released over at Kaisercraft - Glisten and Ooh La La. Both are stunning and so easy to play with :) Glisten has fabulous gold and silver highlights which are just perfect for your Christmas creating and Ooh La La is a beautifully soft and pretty floral collection.

'Beautiful'

Kaisercraft products used: P2179 ‘Merci’ | P2181 ‘Bonjour’ | P2185 ‘Tres Chic’ | SS323 Ooh La La Sticker Sheet |  CT866 Ooh La La Collectables | DD519 Nesting Square Brackets Die | CD101 Coconut Weave Cardstock | PL506 Champagne Pearl Strips | ST928 Life Clear Stickers | FL575 Flourish Wedding Pack

Other: Paper Clip

With the Ooh La La collection I was inspired by the 'Tres Chic' paper which had these fabulous decorative squares that reminded me of the pressed tin ceilings in old buildings. I cut these into it's squares and built up a 3 x 3 panel layout. It's something that's a bit of fun and a little different for a layout :)

Now as you probably know, I do like to make tags! I find them a fun size that you can experiment with and they are always handy to have on hand for presents! The Glisten collection looked perfect for a bit of tag making and mixed beautifully with the Kaisercraft Glitter Cardstock. I made two sets of tags - one with the gold highlight and the other set with silver:

'Christmas Gift Tags - Silver'

Kaisercraft products used: P2172 ‘Lustrous’ | P2173 ‘Luminous’ | P2175 ‘Shimmering’ | SS322 Glisten Sticker Sheet | CT865 Glisten Collectables | GC102 Glitter Cardstock Steel | GC103 Glitter Cardstock Platinum | GC104 Glitter Cardstock Crystal | DD941 Stitched Circles Die & Stamp set | DD518 Nesting Tags Die | DD326 Reindeer Die | DD310 Ornate Frame Die | SB700 Silver Rhinestones | TM803 Silver Metal Bookplates | LD81059 Natural Twine

'Christmas Gift Tags - Gold'

Kaisercraft products used: P2169 ‘Glittering’ | P2174 ‘Crystal’ | CT865 Glisten Collectables | GC107 Glitter Cardstock Golden | DD326 Reindeer Die | DD518 Nesting Tag Die | SB700 Silver Rhinestones | RS452 Black Rhinestone Strips | LD81059 Natural Twine

So there you are - two very different collections but both so much fun!

Happy creating

Sonia x

 

Spring has sprung!

The joy of warmer weather is here at long last (well on the odd day or two at least!). It certainly makes taking the dog for his morning walks a little bit more pleasant!

Over at Imaginarium Designs I've been playing with my aged metallic heat embossing powders. I'm absolutely addicted to these fabulous powders and the colours they come in is amazing. I use the Stampendous range which I get from The Scrapbook Store

'Chase your Dreams'

Imaginarium Designs products used: 'Chase your Dreams' Phrase (IDP0197), 'Leaves and Circles Flourish (IDFL0008) and Sheet of 7 Leaves (IDFL0018)

The chipboard has been heat embossed using the aged gold. When I sprayed my blue mist I let some overspray go over the top of the chipboard to give a slight patina effect

The white Prima flowers with the touches of colour on the edges are a bit of a favourite at the moment!!!

 

'Precious Baby Girl'

Imaginarium Designs products used: Skeletal Feather (IDDL0003) and 'Precious Baby Girl' phrase (IDP0047) 

The Skeletal Feather is just divine and is a statement piece all by itself!

The chipboard has been embossed using the aged silver this time

How gorgeous is the effect of the aged embossing powders? The silver is one of my favourites as it has such an amazing finish on it

 

'Artist Trading Cards'

Imaginarium Designs products used: Desnise's Art Deco (IDDD0010), Nat's Hand Drawn Leaves (IDD0044) and Denise's Flourish (IDDD0003)

Now for a really fun finish you can used the aged colours in the embossing powders. On the ATC's I've used the aged Teal:

Thank you for visiting and I hope you have a fabulously creative weekend!

Sonia x

Kaisercraft October Blog Challenge

Yes October already!!! That means the new challenge is up over at Kaisercraft and you could win one of two amazing Kaisercraft goodie packs! All the details are over on the Kaisercraft blog here and we're playing BINGO!!! 

Something different and a whole lot of fun :)

This is my take using: 2 Photos - Mist - Flowers - Clear Stamp

'Live Today'

Kaisercraft products used: P2181 ‘Bonjour’ | P2183 ‘L’amour’ | P2184 ‘Je T’aime’ | CS274 Ooh La La Clear Stamp set | CT866 Ooh La La Collectables | IT919 ‘Be Yourself ‘Template | KM106 Denim Kaiser Mist | KM107 Peach Kaiser Mist | KM111 White Kaiser Mist | KM113 Coffee Kaiser Mist | DD941 ‘Stitched Circles’ Die and Stamp set | CS257 Script Background Stamp | CS162 Stains Clear Stamp |  F662 Coral Paper Blooms | F627 Coconut Paper Blooms | F630 Iceberg Paper Blooms | F667 Coral Mini Blooms | TM802 Printed Tape Black | EM404 Chevron Tag Pack | ST928 ‘Life’ Clear Stickers | LD81059 Natural Twine | SB700 Silver Rhinestones | 

Other: White Gesso and Texture Paste

Entries close Friday 31st October 2016 at 11.59pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC +10/Daylight Savings Time UTC +11)

Have fun and good luck!

Sonia x

Imaginarium Designs and Kraft +

Imaginarium Designs sponsored the September challenge over at the Kraft + website so the Design Team all got to have a lot of fun with their mood board!

This is the mood board - Kraft + melon colours:

Such beautiful soft colours to play with:

Imaginarium products used: Denise's Flourish 1, 'Happy Days' Word Phrase and Nat's Hearts

I love the different mixtures of fonts that you find on so many of the Word Phrases at Imaginarium Designs:

The hearts add a that perfect touch to the flourish:

All of the chipboard was spray painted white to create a strong highlight to the melon colours of the Kraft + mood board

I must admit I found the layout hard to get started as I very rarely use Kraft as my base but once I got going I had fun creating outside of the old comfort zone!

Sonia x