Up up & Away

I was so excited to be asked to be a guest designer over at Scrap Africa, I was asked to make 2 cards with a Masculine and a Feminine theme. I was in the middle of coating some balloons with book paper and decided to make these into fun birth announcements (sort of an elaborate card!)

 

I just love how they turned out!

 

After covering the baloons with book paper I gave a quick coat of gesso and then added strips of pattered paper. These take ages to dry properly and I left them dangling from the washing line for the day

 

 

I created some rolled roses for the sides and this also doubled to cover the strings that attach to the base of the balloon.

 

 

 

 

The bases are stacked corrugated cardboard that I glued together and then covered with paper and added a border punched edge (another way to cover up any raw edges)

A few more of the rolled roses and a couple of store bought butterflies finished it off.

 

 

 

For the "Crowns" I cut a cupcake wrapper on my cameo and glued it to the top, I then added a spray of wired stars/hearts that look like they are bursting from the top of the balloon.

 

 

I made a layered centrepiece for the front and was thinking that these could be personalised too! (ote to self must cover more balloons lol)

 

 

 

 

 

I had real fun making these and am definately going to be making more!

 

Thank you for looking

Toodle Pip x

 

 

 

 

Guest Designing over at Scrap Africa

I was very excited to be asked to be a Guest Designer over at Scrap Africa
It goes live today and you can see it here

here's a sneak peek

I will be back tomorrow to share my project in full
Toodle Pip x

Sprinkled with Love

Here is the post I have up on the Papermaze blog today.

Hi Tracee with you today. Hope you all had a great weekend filled with crafting delights, this weekend I got to play with the Sprinkled With Love collection by Alison Kreft for Websters Pages.

 

These papers were a real delight to work with and I created my page in record time (for me anyway!)

The beautiful Ombre effect on the Follow your Heart sheet made the perfect background for my layout and I simply layered some of the Dear Diary & Love Notes pieces onto the background and it was almost done.

 

 

Also Included in my package of goodies this month were some Zva Creative bling swirls and some tiny Petaloo flowers. The cork arrows are by Studio Calico and are from my stash.

 

The supplies for this layout and all of your scrapping needs can be found in the shop HERE

 

Tracee x

Bo Bunny Mix and Match Cards

Oh Happy Day by Tracee Provis

Whatever the occasion you can always rely on Bo Bunny to have a collection or two to fit the bill. In this post I have mixed up the collections and as you can see they all still match perfectly resulting in some cute cards.

Sometimes I like to create a card that can be used for a number of occasions, Oh Happy Day could mean a new baby, a birthday or simply a card to brighten someones day.
I have mixed papers and embellishments from the Baby Bump, Pincushion & Happy Tails collections to complete my card.

I added a couple of layers to the Pincushion Sew Fun paper from the collection and a little machine stitching completed the look it was that simple!
I cut the title from Happy Tails License paper for a good strong title to sit on all the different patterns in the background.

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper; Baby Bump, Miracle, Bundle/Baby Bump; License/Happy Tails; Measurements, Sew Fun/Pincushion
Cardstock; Shadow Vintage Dot
Chipboard; 12 x 12 Pincushion



Happy Birthday 2U by Tracee Provis

I wanted to make my second card using the same Green, Orange and Black palette that I used on the Oh Happy Day card. I drew out more of the Blacks which gives it a more fresh funky look.

I love that Bo Bunny has many elements in their papers that are just perfect for fussy cutting. Here I cut the camera from the Modern Miss paper and popped it up on foam dots to create a 3d embellishment. I anchored the chipboard balloons to a button from the Happy Tails collection along with some twine. I splattered a little mist around to give it an extra dimension.

Bo Bunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Backstitch, Toile, Measurements / Pincushion; License / Happy Tails; Modern Miss / Modern Miss
Chipboard: 12 x 12 Baby Bump
Cardstock: Sugar Dot
Buttons: Happy Tails

More from the Papermaze April Kit

This is the post I have up on the Papermaze blog today


 Hi Tracee with you today to share another project I created using the April Kit.

This time I created a little gift for a new baby girl, consisting of an Easel card with a drawer and box. Inside the little drawer there is a small Minibook with space for the new parents to add some photo's

 

I attached the Kraft envelope to the main part of the easel card and added a tag that pulls out and a couple more pics can be added.

 

 

 

The little mini album is made from tag shapes and I used some of the string to hold them all together.

 

 

 

I used scraps of the papers from the kit to decorate the tags.

 

On the sheet of alpha stickers there are quite a few different images along with the letters and I added a few of these here and there through the minibook

 

 

 

I hope you have been inspired to purchase one of these fab kits for yourself and all supplies used can be found in the shop.

 

CSI 120 - Solved

Today I am sharing CSI 120 and how I solved the case

This was the Case File

Debbi Always manages to find the cutest images!

And here is my take on it

 

 

Evidence Used;

Stripes

Textured paper (I used texture paste to make my paper textured)

Gesso

Mixed Media background

Place something upside down (my letter l's are upside down)

Wet Medium

Scribbles

Testimony:

Write your journaling as a Haiku

Well I tried and failed lol

I have written extra journaling on the back explaining how this was the first time that Poppy had driven to see the girls

Hope you find time to play along this week

Toodle Pip

Our Lil Monster Misc Me

Our Lil Monster Misc Me

Our Lil Monster is perfect for all the little monsters out there, I have "borrowed" mine from my youngest daughter, he is the little boy she child minds for and I thought this collection and the Misc Me concept is perfect for recording her time with him.

I have added smaller pictures to these pages to also show off the adorable patterns and images that make up the Our Lil Monster collection as well as leaving plenty of space for her to add her journaling.

As well as all the cards that slot right into the pockets, I have also added some of the 12 x 12 papers and the noteworthy elements from the same collection. It all coordinates perfectly and makes creating your pages a breeze.

You can add elements from different collections as I have done wit the Kraft chevron bag. I simply cut it to size and the stitched it directly to my 6 x 4 journaling card. I then added another card that slips inside the pocket for extra journaling or photos.

Bo Bunny Supplies List:

Misc Me: Our Lil Monster Box Set

Misc Me: Black 8 x 9 Binder

Misc Me: 8 x9 Page Protectors Variety Pack

Patterned Paper: Our Lil Monster, Curiosity/Our Lil Monster

Stickers: Combo Sticker,Our Lil Monster, Head Over Heels

Noteworthy: Our Lil Monster

6 x 6 Paper Pad: Our Lil Monster

Kraft: Wood Shapes Moustaches

Kraft: Kraft Gift Bag Chevron