"Everything is Hard Before it is Easy" Tag made for the Graphic 45 December 2024 Challenge!

 Hi lovely friends, 
First I would like to wish you a very happy New Year may 2025 be the best year ever! Let it be a creative, healthy and loving year for you and your loved ones. Fot today I would like to show you this tag I created with Graphic 45 papers. I have used the pretty "Life is Abundant" collection which is a bold coloured one although that is a little harder for me to create with since I love soft toned papers so much. But I love how it turned out in the end. 

"Everything is Hard Before it is Easy"

With this project I will be entering the Graphic 45 challenge.

For this tag I used two of the dies in the G45 collection. I always love to use two different sizes in tags. The flowers are handmade and I really love the phrases in the collection so I wanted to make that the centerpiece of my tag I used a frame mould to put it in. 

#G45Tag at the blog here:

 Graphic 45 December Challenge and I will post my tag here: Graphic 45 - Official Community Facebook Page.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog I sure hope you like my work as much as I love making them. 
Stay happy & creative
 much

Three Spring Tags for ***2Crafty Chipboard*** & playing at ***Tiets' Creatieve Wereld*** on Facebook!!!

 Hi lovely creative peeps, 

Hope you are having a warm & sunny day here in my part of the world spring is not breaking through yet! So for this post I made a couple of happy spring feeling tags sometimes it's very therapeutic to just make tags and fussy cut a little in front of the tv. My first tag is with a picture of my husband and I the 20th of this month we had our 12 year wedding anniversary.

Our Forever Jouney: 

2 Crafty Chipboard used: 
2021's
BeeYoutiful Set
Foliage Set 6
Arrow Word Set 2
Spring Flower Bunches
ATC Word Banner Set 2

For this tag I altered the chipboard pieces in a very simple way I just added some spray paint on the Foliage Set 6 & the Spring Flower Bunches and the first one was altered with a thin later of embossing powder and some crystal drops. 

The ATC banner was just altered with some white gesso and some wax. On the word arrow I added three layers of white embossing powder to create a thick layer. 

My second tag was made for a tag challenge {it was to add some bees} I had so much fun making these tags that I just can't stop hihi.

Bee Gorgeous: 

2 Crafty Chipboard used: 
Lattice Leaves
Frame Jenna
Mini # Word Set 1
Frame Viney Circles
ATC Word Banner Set 1
BeeYoutiful Set

I altered my pieces the same way as the first tag above only for the bees I used some posca pens in black & yellow but also some orange watercolour paint and to finish them of I added a piece of paper behind them 

For the leaves and frame I also used some spray paint and waxes. The big frame & word bee are altered with three layers of embossing powder to add a little dimension. 

My third tag is my last for this post and was made with the same collection as the first two that collection make my heart very happy & sunny oh how I long for spring & summer. 

Finding Beauty in Everyday: 

2 Crafty Chipboard used: 
Mini Branches
Phrase Stick Set 2 {6x4}
Leafy

I cut up the Phrase Stick Set 2 {6x4} in two and just added a thin layer of white gesso later I added some rusty brown wax the make a little woodgrain effect. 

Both leaves I used here are altered with some green spray paint both in two layers after that I added some matte white wax & some shinning white wax. 

Thank you so much for your visit today. And I sure hope that I have inspired you to take out your lovely 2Crafty Chippies and create and have fun while doing so. Have a blessed & sunny weekend! 

My Family back in 1951 Layout for ***Graphic 45***!!!

Goodmorning lovely friends,

I am a huge fan of old photos so I went to my uncle & moms Facebook page to steal some.

This one is with my great grandmother in the middle on the left you see two of my granddad’s sisters and on the right my two great grandfathers.

I also really love soft toned Graphic 45 paper collections so that’s why I used an older one here “A Ladies Diary” you can surely remember that one right? The graphics are amazing and on this layout I used two molds a set of little hands to hold the title and a frame to hold the photo.  

My Family back in 1951: 

Making layouts is my thing as you can see, also I love to add layers so that’s what I did with this one. Stitching is my signature style as you see here I did that on both cream colored sheets. Then I used a script stamp and a stencil to my layout and later on I added some white spray. For this layout I did a lot of fussy cutting which is very relaxing but also very time consuming and of that last one I don’t have that much. 

Metal embellishments are amazing to use and on this layout I have used two buckles, one in the left upper corner and one in the right lower corner. And wow even for me it’s odd that I didn’t use any chipboard pieces on this one. 

I distressed all the edges of my layout, building this page was very easy and this one was made within five hours without counting the fussy cutting part. I colored the molds pieces with some sprays, acrylic paints matte & metallique and some waxes. 

I also used the stickers sheet which is full of pretty phrases, words and letters. The letters I used for my title, and I also used the “Graphic 45 unique papercrafting” in my buckles I cut them off my papers. 

That beautiful lady was lifted with foam tape so I could add that flower cluster in the end I added some bubbles and waxes on the flowers to soften them up a little. 

I also did a lot of fussy cutting on this layout I find that very relaxing. 

Graphic 45 products used: 

Classic Black Inkpad

Rose Bouquet Collection Precious Pink

Antique Brass Stamped Metal Brads 

Black 12x12 Chipboard Sheets (10 Pack)

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope I have inspired you in some way until next time 

Much

Born to be a Mermaid Layout for ***Graphic 45***!!!

Hello lovely Friends, 
When the “Make a Splash” collection got introduced on the blog & on the socials I was in love in a heartbeat as was my daughter Abbey who wants to be a mermaid when she grows up. Purples & Teals are my favorite colors to scrap but really hard to photograph. For this layout I used two pictures of Abbey in a swimming pool in our back garden last summer. 

Born to be a Mermaid:

This layout was a copy of a layout that I created a couple years ago. The big “Mermaid” word was made with a very old alphabet tool named the colluzzle maybe some of you don’t even know it. {I am a huge fan of the old stuff} I also really love to use chipboard pieces and other mixed media related products on my layouts. 

How I made this layout, I took a sheet of the 12x12 collection and distressed the edges then I took a sheet of the solids and trimmed that one of about 1,5 cm then I made some big tearing pieces throughout that sheet after I did that I took out another piece of the solids and placed them behind the tearing pieces. 

After that I added a couple of stamps under which one designed by my all time favorite artist Gabrielle Pollacco {the water drops} and a splash stencil to fit my layout. I matted the photos with three layers and I placed some cheese cloth underneath them.

I also stitched around the edges of my photos and matted the phrases from the collection with a couple of layers. To finish off my layout I added some sequins and dark blue diamante gems.

In the end to soften up my layout and make it more whole I sprayed with some white ink and added some matte white wax to my flower clusters & chipboard pieces. 

Graphic 45 products used:
12x12 Make a Splash collection

12x12 Make a Splash Patterns & Solids Pack

Rose Bouquet Collection Bon Voyage & French Blue

Rose Bouquet Collection French Lilac & Purple Royalty 

G45 Script & Argyle Stamps

Classic Black Inkpad

Other products used: 

Ink, Waxes, Stencil, Flowers, Stamps, Chipboard, Colluzzle, Sequins 

I hope you enjoyed my post & layout as much as I love creating them.
Stay happy & creative, much 

Love You Long Time layout for ***2Crafty Chipboard***!!!

 Goodmorning lovely friends, 

Today I show you some inspiration on my blog. For this post I made another layout this time I have used some beautiful pastel tones more my style. Again I have used a baby picture of our Abbey two weeks after she was born relaxing in a deep sleep. This layout was created with the "Little One" collection by Graphic 45 and a whole bunch of beautiful 2Crafty Chipboard pieces as shown below. 

Love You Long Time: 

2Crafty Chipboards used: 
Your First Breath Title
Groovy Flowers 
Ava's Butterflies
6x4 Phrase Set 4
Mini Title Stick Set 3
Baby Girl Title
2019's 
Baby Pram Set
Mini Buttons 
Dana's Ornate Rectangle Frame -NEW-

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Open to most countries if shipping allows.

All the chipboard pieces are treated with two layers of white gesso. For both word sticks I only added some darker ink around the edges and then added some clear embossing powder I also did that with the rattle, babysock and safety pin. The Ava's Butterflies I sprayed with some gold yellow-ish spray I did that several times until I had the right color.

Both phrases are firstly sprayed and then I added two layers of green embossing powder on "Your First Breath" & "Girl" so that they would have a two toned color. The Dana's Ornate Rectangle Frame was painted with several matte pink colors then to soften it up I used some matte white wax and in the end I added some darker ink around the edges. The buttons, groofy flowers and 2019 I treated with two layers pink embossing powders and for the centers of the flowers I used screwheads and bended the leaves upwards. 

Sure hope you like my layouts as much as I love making them. 

Stay happy & creative much

"Unusual" In Your Eyes Playing at ***More Than Words*** May 2021 Mini Challenge!!

Goodmorning my lovely friends, 

Today I'd like to show you a tag made for this months mini challenge over at the More Than Words blog! This time you need to use the word "Eyes" which I thought was very applicable since my occupation is working as a optician. I treasure my Graphic 45 "Olde Curiosity Shoppe"papers & I just LOVE this collection so so much. That I just don't want to cut in them so this tag was all made out of scraps 

In Your Eyes:

I really love the song "In Your Eyes" by The Weekend. So this tag was made based on that song. And I was listening to it while creating this tag. 

 

I was inspired by this months mini challenge at the More Than Words blog; More Than Words Blog May 2021 Mini Challenge Eyes.....I just loved this mini challenge. 

 

Thank you so much for your visit today and I wish you a happy & sunny day hugs