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Sweet On Fabscraps ~ Tammy

 Hey everyone! Have a couple of projects to share with you today. This week at Flying Unicorn we are spotlighting one of my favorite companies! Fabscraps!! I am so loving there clever and delishes lines! They are sure to please those out there, who love shabby sheek.. I am discovering that I am one of those people.. So with that thought and the up coming holiday, I thought about a 3d project that I wanted to do.. I have been seeing these awesome projects done with a slice of cake.. So I set out on a web journey to find one that suited my needs and found one.. I found a box design on the Modern wedding  website. I will put the file for this delishes design in our file section of the site. I did alter mine a bit to make it bigger, as the one that was downloaded was a bit to small for me.. I will put both my altered version and thier original one there so you can have your pic. I also used one of the first rose techniques that I learned on this piece too. You can find out how I made them by clicking this link. It was done By Tonya Dirk. Thanks Tonya for the awesome tute!! Now for my projects.

I used Fabscraps on the box, roses and card. The PP that I used was "Shabby Chic", "Timeless Travel Filigree", "Timeless Travel Stamp". Love, Love these PP. 

Other Products used was CTMH ink, stamp, cardstock, ribbon and shape for card was cut with my cricut. The Butterfly is one that I got from Lisa G., Small little roses both pink and green, also the other little flower and spray are all Sd's. How about some close ups?

I shabbied up the card a bit to give a little romantic feel. But those delishes papers does the rest! lol

Ok how about some views of the box close up?!

The white lace is Walmart.. Forgot to mention that.. I have found a few good laces there so I can't complain to much.. LOL.. Here is the back view..

 So much fun to make! I might just have to do some more!! Don't forget you can find the files for these in the files section of the website.. Hope you enjoy and if you make one, load it in the gallery for us all to take a peek at your delishes creation!! Fabscraps available in the Flying Unicorn store! Take care!

Mojo Monday

Happy Monday and  look how pretty  this sketch is created by our creative team member Laura .  Simply embellished, with unique layering  you are sure to create a one  of  kind  LO. An to  help get your muse flowing a  little more.. take a look at  Sandi's creation using the  Sketch 

Created by Sandi using  G45 Tropical Travelogue. 

So come have some fun with us in the  forums  and enjoy the creativity and the friendship. 

More sneak peeks! Maggi

This kit rocks!!!!  I love every scrap of it and you will too!!  Here are a few more sneaks!  We will be revealing the full kit on February 3rd!

 

 

Enchanting Creations - Winter 2012 Now Available

NOW  AVAILABLE  

Dressing Up Your Chippies!

Hey scrappers! Denise here to share a few fun creations using some laser cut chipboard from Fabsraps and Dusty Attic all from the Flying Unicorn Store.

I have a brand new baby great neice!! So of course, I had to scrap a couple of her pictures!! There is not a better subject to work with than a brand new baby!!

For this first layout I used a mix of FabScraps High Tean and Prima Moulin Rouge papers.

 

For the first chipboard piece, I chose a flourish from FabScraps and painted it with Peeled Paint Distress ink, let dry, and then used a script stamp to stamp over it..just for a little effect. I then covered it with a light coat of Rock Candy and sprinkled some Diamond Dust on top.

The next two pieces I chose were from Dusty Attic. I chose a DA border trim and candlealbra. I used Glimmer Glam on the candlealbra and distress stain on the border and added a little liquid pearls to top it off. The Glam lets you get a different effect than regular stains or inks. I paint a few coats of the Glam on and then 'pat' a generous amount of it on top of the dried layers.You can cover with Rock Candy or Glossy Accents if you wish also.

For my next layout I used some Graphic 45 "Once Upon a Springtime" Collection. I chose  a Dusty Attic Fairy and Fence to use with this lo.

I did some fussy cutting and used pop up dots to add the cut outs on the lo to give it a dimensional look. For the Fairy, I used paints left over from the Dec Kit and painted her body first, wings and hair. I then covered her with some Rock Candy. When painting chipboard, be creative! Your chipboard doesn't have to be one color..mix, blend..distress..have fun with it!

On the fence I lightly brushed some white Crackle Paint with my fingers over it. I then used my heat gun to dry it and took some Aged Mahagony Distress ink on my blending tool and inked it a bit.

 

Well I hope you get inspired today to pull out that chipboard and get creative!! Happy Scrappin!

February KOM Sneaks - Maggi

Oh my goodness, you definitely are going to want this kit!  It is full of amazing papers and products.  I love the unusual collection of embellies that come with the kit!!  We will be revealing the full kit on February 3rd so be sure to check it out!

Here are a few sneak peeks to whet your appetit!

Dusty Attic, PION and Prima

Hi everyone Shona here with two little cards that I have created featuring the gorgeous PION Studio of Memories collection and Dusty Attic chippys…both available in the Flying Unicorn Store.

My first card is a pocket card and I have used yummy layers of PION, inking the edges to make them pop and added in some liquid pearls, swirls, ribbon and flowers. The two larger pink flowers I have made myself.

On the inside is a tag that pulls out and I have added one of the Dusty Attic title pieces to it. The tile is first painted white, than I added some Rock Candy Crackle paint and some ink to it. All available at the Flying Unicorn Store.

My next card is a Tea Light card and I have used the same PION collection. The butterflies are cut from the same paper with a punch and then I inked the edges. The leaves on the flowers and the title piece are from Dusty Attic. I always paint my chippys white first then I finished them with glimmer mists and inks.

Here is the inside of the card…it is really like a little book. Inside is a 6 pack of tea light candles. These make amazing little host gifts or when you need something little for that special person.

I also have a layout with lots of Dusty Attic Chippys and papers from the Prima Printery Collection. Every once in a while I like to get my girly grunge on LOL!

Remember to check out the Flying Unicorn store for many, many more different chipboard pieces with both Dusty Attic and Scrap FX!

From My Personal Dusty Attic

Hi everyone!  It's Helene aka 2amscrapper.  Today I'm dusting off some items from my attic and making a layout with them. How old do you think this photo is?  I'm thinking it's around 60 years old.  It's a photo of me taken at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.  Yup, it's me only wearing a different bonnet!  It's hard to see, because it's white on white, but I'm holding in my hand this very same postcard of Bushman the gorilla.  Can you believe I actually hung onto this postcard all these years? 

Today's product feature is Dusty Attic.  I used Francy Trim #4  to make a "zoo fence".  On the larger piece I used Ranger Black Soot Distress Ink and then brushed on some Perfect Pearls Green Patina, followed by heat setting.  On the smaller piece which I overlaid, I used Ranger Wild Honey Distress Stain.  I used the same color on the Bird of Paradise. 

The papers are Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue.  The ticket is from Graphic 45 Curtain Call. I always edge my fancy cutting with black pen.  For a softer effect on the beige items, I used Ranger Distress Ink in Antique Linen.

You will find Dusty Attic lazer cuts in the Flying Unicorn store, along with the Graphic 45 paper collections. 

Other items are from my stash. 

I hope you have time today to scrap a lot!

chipboard lovin'

I love to work with chipboard!   you can do so much with it...ink it, stamp it, spray it, crackle it, paint it, bling it and so much more....you can even leave it naked and it looks fabulous.

 

For my first project I used Riddersholm papers, Bello Pastello Collection No64,  Bello Pastello Collection No69, Bello Pastello Collection No77 and of course some awesome chipboard....Flourish 1 ( 3 on board) : by Imaginarium

 

 

To enhance the awesome chipboard I used Tattered Leather - Glimmer Mist  and a few pearls I had in my stash

My second project is a Fabulous little chipboard album from Melissa Francis!  I also used some wonderful papers from Fabscraps, and Riddersholm and Pink Paislee's Anthology Flair rosettes. Some alphas, embellishments and lace from stash

I decided touse the album as a memory keeper from 2011....I used my favorite photo from each month or a photo that affected me somwhow (see March)

I hope I have inspired you a bit today to get out your shipboard and have some fun!

Fun Playing with Dusty Attic and Scrap FX

 Hey Everyone!! Hope everyones week is off to a great start! This week at Flying Unicorn we are spotlighting Dusty Attic and Scrap FX. Let me tell ya if you have never played with these chipboard products you are really missing out! You can do so much with them. You can stamp, color with all kinds of paints, embossing powders, mist and so much more! The sky is the limit and the detail to these pieces are amazing! I am gonna show you a few examples of how you can use them. I also have used the Ruby Rocket PP in the LO's that I am gonna show you. If you haven't got you some of these PP from the store yet, run don't walk to the store and snatch you up some! LOL Of course making sure that you grab up some of the Dusty Attic and Scrap FX pieces as well!!! 

Here is my first LO its called "County Girls"

 On this LO I painted the Dusty Attic piece "Fancy Trim #3 DA0469" with white paint. Just giving a white wash look. Then I took a crackled stamp by Tattered Angels and randomly stamped the piece. I also used a technique that one of our wonderful CT members Shona (total genius with this techique), told us how to soak a piece of chipboard in water for a few seconds and tear apart to get layers with the piece. I did that with the Yellow flowers these are Scrap FX pieces "Funky Flowers". I also painted them with white paint to give a little wash, inked and then misted with 2 different colors. let dry and glued them back together curling the petals. For the center I used the water tech with it as well. Inked and then shaped with a end of a paint brush. I then stuffed the pieces in the center hole and put some clear fast drying glue on top. Here are some close ups of the 2 effects.

Dusty Attic piece.

Here is the Scrap FX flower.

The PP used was the Ruby Rocket Le Jardin " Balmy and Bloom". 

 Other items used on this LO is Prima small blue flowers, The large Sunflower is my own creation that I will be adding a tute on in the Tutorials Group. The Cardstock is CTMH and the Hemp. Letters and black swirls EK success and Lisa G. Butterflies. Cat tale stem and other stem is Hobby Lobby finds. Leaves was cut with my Cricut and misted with Lindy's.

Here is another LO using another technique that I use a lot! I love to use puffy paint with mists and Shimmerz paint.  To give a aged, kinda romantic feel to the pieces.

 I also took some of our little bitty blooms from the Flying Unicorn store called "Playful Secrets" and a piece of the "Ruby Rocket" trimmings. Which is also awesome I might add! lol Wove the trimnings around the top and then secured the piece in place with the little blooms. I didn't cut the stems at all. Just wove them around the DA piece and trimmings. This worked well for keeping the trim in place. Here is some close ups of that piece.

 This is how I colored the piece. First painted with white paint. Next I applied the Shimmerz paint ( I used mossy stone color). Then went back and randomly and lightly added the puffy paint. Very lightly, kinda rubbing with the tip. Let that dry for a few minutes. Take your heat gun and let the puffy paint do its thing. After that was done, I then went back over the piece randomly painting it again with the Shimmerz paint. Let that dry and gave it a light misting with another color.

 PP used was Ruby Rocket Le Jardin "Grove" and Large Die cut shape in the back ground is also Ruby Rocket.

 Other items used was Prima flowers Large brownish and little blues ones, as well as the vine, blue roses are Kaisercraft. Walmart doily misted with Lindy's. I also used Tattered Angels stamp for the bricks in the title and background. Kaizercraft script stamp was also used. CTMH ink for the edge destressing, cardstock and cork letters. The other piece of the title was made with my PC.

 I hope you do give these ideas a try and have lots of fun! Remember to check out the Flying Unicorn store for many, many more different chipboard pieces with both Dusty Attic and Scrap FX!

 

Mojo Monday Sketch of the Week

Happy Monday!  After an incredibly successful crop this past weekend, here we go to keep the mojo flowing ! 

This week sketch  has been artistically designed by Our Creative Team Member Sandi. 

 The design  is  learning to layer and to  create outside of the  box and  challenge  your comfort  zone . To help with a little more inspiration, Laura  our  wonderful Product Creative Team Member has completed the sketch using Prima's Printery Collection . 

So come on over to the forums and  enjoy the creativeness of  Mojo Monday with a chance  to win a RAK 

Have fun and lets get Creative ! 

Just a little something to share ...

Today I wanted to bring you a little inspiration using some yummy Creative Imaginations Devotion paper collection available in the Flying Unicorn Store.  How perfect they are for the upcoming Valentine's season.

I had this new photo of my dd Danielle that I was wanting to scrap. It was taken with a cell phone and is a bit fuzzy but hey, she's my baby girl! So, I started with Wave as my background paper and distressed the edges altho they have been mostly cropped out. Next I positioned a thin circle cut from the Passion paper to see where I wanted it. Before I adhered it though, I used a Prima lattice stamp to give the page a bit of character.

Taking some brown cardstock I used my Martha Stewart Floral Vine punch and layered that with a strip of the Wings paper where I had used my Martha Stewart Scrolled Hearts punch. Next I layered in an off-white crocheted doily from the craft store and tucked a Kaiser Craft wooden lamp post in behind that. I love using doilies on my page as I just adore having a variety of textures on my work. It makes them more interesting to me.

Behind my photo is a couple of paper layers .. a bit of the Rose Garden paper along with some vintage MME gold cardstock. Everything has of course been inked with various Ingvild Bolme fluid chalk ink pads in various colors. These are also available in the Flying Unicorn store and I can highly recommend them for use on your projects.

The gates are among my favorite Dusty Attic pieces and are the ornate gates in medium. I first sprayed then with Glimmer Mist Chalkboard in Decadence (from the store again)  and then touched them lightly with some Ranger Distress Stickles in Vintage Photo.  My flowers are a mixed of Prima and Petaloo from my stash. Of course, I had to have a few butterflies, so added a vintage Prima butterfly in red from my stash (finally used it!) and some misc dimensional butterlfies that I keep on hand.

Lastly, I added a "paradise" sticker from my January Kit of the Month to serve as a quick page title .. I don't usually do such a last minute title but  I was thrilled to use up some more of my KOM.  I am down to tiny scraps now but hoping to make at least one more project .. maybe a card!

So, there you have it! My quick little something to share .. be sure and PM me if you have any questions!

Sandi

Ruby Rock It

Happy Saturday!  We're in the middle of our Polar Bear Pajama Party at the Flying Unicorn.  It's a great weekend for a crop!

This is Helene aka 2amscrapper with another layout using the Avalon collection from Ruby Rock It.

I used several of the patterned papers to create this layout.  I fussy cut some extra roses that matched the corners so that I could pop them up on top of the yellow doily paper (which reminds me of the sun--perfect for the photo).  From other patterns, I cut two circles for the center of the doily and distressed and inked the edges.  I added the matching rub-on roses to the two corners. 

This is a close-up of the Avalon rub-on:

The family ticket, yellow bird cage and key are all stickers from the Avalon set.  The Avalon collection and many of the flowers are from the Flying Unicorn store.  The beautiful crocheted butterfly is from a friend.

The photo is of my two daughters.  The word strips are the lyrics to the song, You Are My Sunshine, which I sang to them when they were toddlers.

See you at the crop!  I hope this weekend you have time to Scrap A Lot! 

POLAR BEAR AND PAJAMA ON LINE CROP PARTY

We're having an online crop, all weekend so go mark your calendars now!! The party starts at 6 pm EST Friday, January 20 and ends at 6 pm EST, Sunday, January 22nd. There will be special challenges for the crop and each challenge will have a RAK for the challenge winner. All of our winners are chosen by Random.org so everyone has a chance to win! We'll have live chat going on and games galore, posting prizes (that's kinda like a door prize!) and who knows what else! So make sure you send everyone in your household off for the weekend, make sure you've got pizza delivery on speed dial and come join us! Just click on the badge below to link to our Polar Bear Pajama Party!! Be there!! If you go to your blog and click on the edit HTML tab and paste the below, the badge will post and clicking on the badge will take you to the polar bear forum topic.

Ruby Rock It Avalon

Today it's Helene (2amscrapper).  I worked with the Avalon collection from Ruby Rock It.  I have to tell you that the double sided papers are fabulous to work with as are the Rub-ons. 

I made this layout of my grandbaby trying to sneak a peek at one of her Christmas presents.  Actually, as you can tell by her age, she needed some help in this endeavor--and grandpa was the partner in crime.  I, of course, told her, no peeking. She looked up at me, as if to say, Seriously? no peeking? I chose not to use a flash so the photos are a bit grainy but I felt they captured a moment  worthy of scrapping. 

The bottom strips are all from the Vision paper.  I added my ribbon framed with some foil stickers and cut a slit to insert the photo.  The backside of the Vision paper is the photo mat.  I cut a Christmas tree from the Illusion paper, following the pattern in the design.  Then I decorated it a bit with things from my stash as well as the Avalon rub-on butterflies.  One butterfly is fussy cut from the Vision paper and added for some dimension. 

I will post more items from the Ruby Rock It Avalon collection later this week. 

Ruby Rock-It - Beloved Wedding Collection

I love this paper!! It has a shimmer shine to it, and is so pretty on its own that  yes even me had a hard time adding a lot of embellishments to the  project!  I For this card I used Beloved and Beloved Stripes which  was cut using  my cricut and  TC Sophisticated Cartridge.  A little bit of  tulle, one   Flying Unicorn Flower, a touch of baby's breath and  voila the  card is  done ! 

So girl girl that  one  really has  to love  workign with  these  papers.  MS punch, Spell binders, Beloved Pink Strip paper, fussy cutting,  ZVA bling  and again only ONE  Flying Unicorn Flower and the  thank you card is  done ! 

Rocking it with Ruby Rock-It!

Hi everyone, Maggi here to share some layouts I recently completed using the Avalon collection straight from Ruby Rock-It in Australia.  These are a great heavy weight paper perfect for misting, distressing and inking, all those things we like to do to our paper.  This first layout is a vintage picture of my grandparents probably taken in the 50's or maybe even earlier.  I have so many wonderful vintage photos, unfortunately, most of them are not labeled as to the who or the when. 

I started with a white paper, Celestial, from the collection and gave it a quick spritz with Cadillac pink Glimmer Mist.  Then I cut a 10" square from Fantasy and used my Wild Flowers Martha Stewart punch to punch all around the page.  Since the photo and Dusty Attic bracket frame cover the center of the paper, I fussy cut some of the flowers from the center of the page and tucked them behind on the upper left and right side of my layout.  Behind the photo and filling to the edges of the DA frame is a green paper, Illusion.

The Dusty Attic frame is painted with Distress picket fence Crackle paint and then lightly inked with Distress pumice stone.

I used two rubons verses on the left and right, the butterflies are also rubons, all from Ruby Rock-it.  From my stash I added the Prima  canvas resist floral spray and birdcage.  These are resist treated so you just ink with Distress in to bring out the details.  The flowers are mostly Primas .

To finish off this layout, I added two special pieces that were given to me by a couple of our Unicorn members!  The beautiful white butterfly was crocheted by our Cathi and is really perfect for this layout as it reminds me of the crocheted pieces that my grandmother did.  That fabulous cameo was made for me by Tammy and I so appreciate it!! 

Well I had that string of beads laying around and, I don't know, it just looked good tossed onto the layout so there you go, not alot of careful thought there, LOL!! 

This next layout  is of me and my sweetheart.  I used Ruby Rock-it's diecut Stitch, Daydream in the center, and the base page is Noble.  The tattered green under the diecut is Illusion.

I used a Dusty Attic Holly Flourish on this that I misted with Lindy's Starburst Yellow Rose of Texas. 

I also used some Ruby Rock-it rubons here, the flowers and butterflies.  The two larger flowers are handmade using McGill's Floriano  and EK Success Retro Flower punches.  The pearl accents are Ruby Rock-it embellies.

I wanted to mimic the circle pattern in the diecut so I used molding paste and a mask to dress up my center paper.  You can see this technique in my tutorial here. 

The title Always is a Making Memories Eclectic Metal that I mounted on a Tattered Banner diecut from Alterations as is the hand written sentiment under the photo.

And finally I leave you with these two cuties, Nika and Jen (aka Jrabs).  Jen visited us last September and she and Nika fell in love!!  I just adore this picture of them, it is soooo sweet!!

The papers I used are all from Ruby Rock-it Avalon, Melody-pink frame, Mysterious - floral (my favorite sheet in the collection!), and Illusion- green border strip.  The flower is a Petaloo velvet and the greenery is a Sizzix diecut.  Again I used Prima Resistant canvas for the chair inked with Distress Bundled Sage.

There's some Dusty Attic Fancy Trim #3 peaking out from under the lacy flowers trim from Hobby Lobby that I painted with Shimmerz pink paint.  I added some heart lace from Hobby Lobby and Pink Paislee Mistable letters inked with Victorian Velvet.

 Thank you for taking a look at my creations, I really appreciate it!  I think you'll like these Ruby Rock-it papers!

Mojo Monday Sketch of the Week

Happy Monday !!  New Week - New  Sketch !

This sketch was designed by our Creative Team Member  Tammy - So pretty with  unique circles and embellishments that frame the  pictures ...This week was Frank's  turn to make the  sketch come alive and   wowzie did  he ever !

Creation by Frank Garcia : 

Every Little Thing I Love 

WE ARE THRILLED TO INTRODUCE RUBY ROCK-IT TO THE STORE

10% OFF RUBY ROCK-IT PRODUCTS  FROM 1.16.2012  TO 1.22.2012

 

 

Ruby Rock It *Le Jardin* Collection

Hey everyone!

Denise here to share with you some new creations with a collection from an Austrailian company, Ruby Rock It. The collection I'm working with is called "Le Jardin" which is coming soon to the Flying Unicorn store.

For this first layout, I scrapped a picture of my nieces son and new baby girl. This is big brother's first kiss to his baby sister and they captured the moment perfectly!

First I cut out a circle from one sheet from the collection and punched around it, taking the cut out piece and using it for a 'frame' so to speak. Misted the outside of a doily with Cadillac Pink Glimmer Mist and added it before I continued on..

The rub ons in the collection are really nice to work with. I cut each word out of one phrase to get it around the arch of the circle like I wanted. I painted some Dusty Attic with Picket Fence Crackle paint and topped it with a beautiful Flying Unicorn flower which I added some Prima leaves on to. I also took a small piece of cardboard, ran it thru my crimper and painted it..then added my masking to it.

I used lots of Flying Unicorn flowers, along with some Prima and Kaisercraft as well. The sheer trim is from the Le Jardin collection, and the white 'bloomers' are Tim Holtz. The bridge is Shabby Chic Resin from Prima.

The word 'first' is Websters alpha stickers and I used the scrabble tiles, courtesy of Lisa Gregory, to add the word 'kiss'.

 

For the next LO, I kept it simple, using different sheets of the collection to mix and match colors. I stamped the orange frame with a Prima stamp and inked the edges of both frames. I made sure to cut the orange frame and inch bigger than the blue one. After I took the picture, it didn't seem 'finished' to me...so I'm not sure if I will add more to this one or not.

I pained the DA fence with Distress Stains and misted some of the flowers with Marmalade Glimmer Mist to get the orange color. I then painted the petals with Liquid Pearls to give them some depth.The rubons and brown ribbon are from the collection as well.

For the last project I made a tag with some of the scraps I had left over from the previous lo. I made it a Valentine theme.

 

I hope you get inspired to create something today! Keep your eyes open for more highlights this week!! Happy Scrappin!

My First Guest CT Post - My Graphic 45 Love!

Hello everyone!  I am very excited to be creating my first post Guest CT post!

 

One of my favorite companies to work with his Graphic 45!  Their fabulous graphics are both whimsical and classic and often beg to be fussy cut, the colors weither vibrant or more reserved are always rich and robost, and the quality is outstanding.

 

I worked with the Once Upon A Springtime papers.  From the Unicorn store I worked with Once Upon a Spinrgtime, Pixie Post, Flight of Fancy, Woodland Fantasy, and Fairy Folk.  I also used the Tattered Angels Ir*Resist*ible alphas

From my stash I used some glass beads, gems, glitter, lace and alphas

 

I hope you like what I created!

 

 

and a few detail shots....

 

and I created acouple of cards

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have enjoyed my post!

Graphics 45 - one of my favorite paper lines!!!!

Hi everyone, Maggi here, I am so loving that we are featuring G45 this week and that our January kit was full of Tropical Travelogue from G45!  Here are a couple more layouts I did with Tropical Travelogue.

Here I am - "Enjoy the Moments that Make You Smile" and yes I was enjoying myself!!  I went with a vintage style on this layout employing a sepia toned photo with an oval fade frame applied to give it that old look.  I used lots of layers that I distressed and inked with Distress Gathered Twigs and Vintage Photo.  The title is a Dusty Attic piece that I have painted with gold Smooch paint, it really is gold although it looks orange in this photo.  The 2 bird images are from the Tropical Travelogue Botanica paper, I just love them!!  I think the net and shells adds the perfect touch to this tropical layout, they were included in the January KOM!!  I really love the unusual things that Alda always adds to the kits!

The largest flower is handmade using the Alterationgs Tattered Floral die, I have a tutorial for it here.  The other flowers ar some older Prima flowers from my stash.  The two black swirls are printed on a transparency, then I cut them out and added to my layout.  The butterfly came from LisaG, I simply added some black diamond Stickles.

Here's another layout, again using Tropical Travelogue.  I lived in Florida for 14 years and of course these G45 papers really remind me of my time there.  I took this picture many years ago while I was taking a nature photography course at Blowing Rocks Nature Preserve.  I thought the colors in the stump and surrounding flowers went great with these papers.  And Laura is hosting a challenge to make your own flowers so I did this as inspiration for her challenge.

I used Spellbinders Sunflower 2 die to make the sunflowers and misted them with yellow daisy Glimmer Mist.  The centers are micro beads and because I only have silver microbeads I had to dye them with black alcohol ink, that was kind of interesting!!

In addition to Tropical Travelogue papers, I used Bo Bunny Back to Basics Clover Dot for the base paper and cut the black swirls with a Sizzix die from some very old black patterned paper from All My Memories.  The leaves are fussy cut from Tropical Travelogue Rainforest.  I just have a hard time with peach colors so I used Distress ink Scattered Straw on the G45 Hibiscus paper to turn the peach more orange, Distress inks are great for those kind of problems!!  I water distressed the inner edge of the frame that has been punch with Martha's Stewart's wildflower punches and also water distressed the peach dotted layer.

Now I want to share with you an older layout that I did of my Dad using G45's A Proper Gentleman, this is one of my favorites.  I fussy cut the old car image and the postcards behind my Dad's photo.  He is standing in front of his Dad's car that he had recently wrecked (oops!!)  The journal says:"This man grew up to serve proudly his country in the US Army.  His service began during WW II where he went to the European theater.  He spent 28 years traveling the globe, sometimes with his family and sometimes not.  He served in South Korea, Nepal, and in Vietnam twice. 

 This man married a beautiful woman and together they had three children who are so grateful that their parents have such an enduring love for each other.   They dote on their children and have given them the most important gift of all, unconditional love.

 This man is my father and I am very proud to call him my Dad."

 

And one last layout to share with you today that I did using Romantique papers.  The flowers are a Prima vine and some individual Primas added in too.   I have a great story about this layout, I showed it to my Dad and asked him if he remembered when this picture was taken.  Well he very nonchalantly says, "Well it must have been after we were married because your Mother let me put my hand on her butt."  OMG, I almost died laughing!!  My Dad was 88 I believe at the time.  They will both be 90 soon and they're working on their 69th year of marriage.  My journal says:

"Lifelong Love - Mom and Dad have been married sixty-seven years now, and happily, they are doing well for their senior citizen status.

 I love this picture of them taken early in their married life.  Their smiles are saying to each other, “I am crazy about you.”  I was very blessed to grow up in a warm and nurturing home by loving parents that set an example for us to follow all the days of our lives."

 

Thanks for letting me share some of my G45 layouts with you.  You can find all of these collections in the Flying Unicorn store.

 

Lovin' Graphic 45

I have been a fan of Graphic 45 paper collections since the day I started scrapbooking.  Their color palettes and vintage designs fit my style. 

The new Tropical Travelogue collection offers so many crafting possibilities.  I decided to make an accordian folder.  I envisioned a nature lover visiting the tropics and recording the sites in this little sketchbook.

The covers are made with real wood thick cherry.  After cutting the wood veneer to size, I dabbed on some Ranger Walnut Stain.  I covered the back sides with G45 paper.  Then I scored the strip of cards and folded them accordian style.  I glued each end onto a wood cover followed by embellishing the covers.

Here is the front cover.  In addition to the stickers from the Tropical Travelogue collection, I used a G45 metal flower and a vintage earring as the flower center as well as a Holtlz hitch fastener. The alphas are byAuthentique. The Graphic 45 papers, metal flowers, and Authentique alphas are available from the Flying Unicorn.

Here is the inside when you open the cover.  You can see how I notched the strip and glued it to the covers.  I used Ranger Walnut Distres Ink to edge the paper.

Then I turned it over and added additional images to the accordian folder.  You also can see the back cover in this photo on which I used more G45 stickers from this collection.

In keeping with the travel theme, this week I  made a postcard tag.  I used rubber stamps from Stampotique and Red Lead.  I mounted the G45 stickers onto manila tag and used them with the fibers and ribbons.  I fussy cut the bird from the leftover panels from the accordian folder project. I also cut out a seashell image from Gecko Galz. The postage stamp also is from this G45 Tropical Travelogue collection.

I think I own every collection that Graphic 45 has produced.  The papers are wonderful to use with stamps and with clipart images.  I've been using the various papers in my projects this week at the Flying Unicorn. 

One collection I continue to go back to is Communique.  I hope this final little project that I'm leaving you with brings a smile to your face.

Thanks for sharing my love of Graphic 45 today. 

Helene aka 2amscrapper

Graphic 45 Mini Using Renaissance Faire

Hey everyone!!

I am pretty excited to share one of my favorite Graphic 45 collections today, Renaisaance Faire. Every collection that G45 has is so gorgeous and I love the vibrant colors of the Ren Faire collection. I made a mini album using a Cosmo Cricket album that was given to me in our Secret Santa Swap on the forum from one of our wonderful members, Colleen. I was waiting for the right time to use it and this was it! I did use one sheet of Romantique Collection in the album, but the rest is Ren Faire. Hope you like it and get inspired to do some crafting with G45!

This is the cover. I saw an album from Tara Orr and loved how she used the ladies on the front, so that is what I did.

After inking the edges with some Distress Ink, I used Liquid Pearls in Bisque around the edging. The cover didn't need much due to the beautiful images on the paper. I used Prima. Petaloo and Flying Unicorn flowers throughout the album and a Prima butterfly on the cover.

The first pages:

I made a pocket for the tag and fussy cut the lady out which I added to the 2nd page.

The next pages

I inked all my edges in my album, and used the Liquid Pearls to outline some frames as well. I also used one of the beautiful cameos sent to me from my Irish friend Cathi..she's a doll! I love the punch out sheets that come with the collection. It makes it so easy to use alot of them as frames. If I didn't like the picture on one side..I just flipped it over.

 

I added a embellie I made using Memory Glass and an image off one of the papers of the Ren Faire. I love working with Memory Glass..it's alot of fun to make your own embellies this way. Fragments also work great!

 

 

On this page, I made a little folding piece. It has room for little pics or journaling. Stamped the bird cage and bird using Prima stamps. The flocked rubons on the next page are from Prima as well. When working with flocked rub ons, be sure to press harder than you would a normal rub on. Flocked rub ons are tricky but if you gently peel back as you go, you will be sure to get your rub on correctly without any mishaps.

 

Last page. I cut out one of the beautiful ladies, and added her to one of the pages. I also added a little hand mirror to the flower.

 

I hope you had fun browsing thru the pictures! I really had fun making it to be able to share with you all. Hope you will grab some G45 and get crafting! Remember you can get G45 in the Flying Unicorn store along with those beautiful Flying Unicorn flowers!!

Happy Scrappin!

Denise

Yippee Flying Unicorn is just a little more awesome today !

Yes  Ladies and  Gentlemen  I  am  thrilled  beyond  belief  to announce  straight  from British Columbia  Canada, that Shona is now part of the 2012 Creative Team for Flying Unicorn.

I could not think of a better way to introduce her and for you all to get to know her, then  to make  her our  AOW as well ...   So make sure to Friend  Her  if you have  not  yet,  and  do no  miss the  incredible  creations on her blog  

and  ps  ..  do not  forget to congratulate  her over at  Dusty Attic for being the Artist of the Month there too .. Way  to  go!! 

Here is a  sneak peek of  her  incredible talent ! 

Graphic 45 - Tammy

 Hello, everyone!! At Flying Unicorn we are spotlighting G45 this week!

 I would like to share a few LO's that I have done with G45 this week. First, I would like to say G45 papers are so very versatile. With ease I was able to match papers from different lines to match the LO that I was working on. I have 3 examples to show you this. 

 First LO is done using G45 "Playtimes Past Collection" (background) and "Botanicabella Collection" (forground). I also used some Petaloo Color me crazy orchids.

 I think they are a perfect match to my photo's that was taken at Disney.

 On this next LO I used G45 "Le Romatique Collection" fussy cutting the roses to go with this LO was perfect and "Once upon a Springtime Collection". I also used Dusty Attic cupid that I altered and the corners. The small blue blooms are Prima. The small off white is  SD's. The Large ones was hand made by my mom. I also used a cricut design for the heart. The Pearl swirls are Zva. Ribbon is some from my stash.

 This is of me and my sweetie on our wedding day.

 The Last one is my kids favorite. I didn't use different collections together with this one. The whole collection was perfect for this LO. The Collection that I used is "Tropical Travelogue Collection". I used some Prima botanical mix for the blooms (they are all white and in pieces) I colored and built them to make the flowers. The Large design around the photo was cut using my Cricut. The small black swirls is EK success as well as the title for all the LO's. All butterflies are from a good friend Lisa G.. This was a extremely fun LO to make. All the goodies that match this collection, a person could get lost for hours (and I did LOL!). I also used one of the PP to fussy cut out the leaves around my blooms.

 This is a sunset that was taken on our vacation back in '08. That is way to long to stay away from the beach!! I hope you enjoyed, and come on in a take a peek at the store. All PP are availble as well as most of the products mentioned.  Take care!

Mojo Monday Sketch of the Week

This week's sketch is about layering and simplicity ...  Join our  forums and Mojo Monday challenge  for a  chance  to win an RAK 

 Here is   Helene's take on this  week sketch and staying with the G45  theme she used  papers from A  Proper Gentleman collection 

have  fun and  lets get creative ! 

Focus on Graphic 45 ~ Sandi ~

I think it's safe to say that I'm a Graphic 45 addcit. So, I'm most excited about this week's focus on their products.   I thought I'd start with a couple of projects using my January Kit of the Month which features G45's Tropical Travelogue.  The layout above is a fairly straight forward project using Hibiscus Heaven pp, Tropical Travelogue, as well as small pieces of  Island Jewel, Garden Isle and Paradise Postage. The base is from Core'dinations Nostalgic collection. My white hibiscus flowers were fussy cut from the papers and the leaves were bent to look more life like. I've finished the page with some jute, Websters Bloomers, Stickles and a Prima bling I had on hand.

Next I did a quick altered project with some tags cut from the Tropical Travelogue papers and using a teal blue charger as my base. I first covered the charger with some fish net from the KOM, then added my tags, papers and photo, seashells and  flowers from my stash.  The photo is of one of my dd's and her hubby, so I suspect that she will be claiming this one.  I plan to add a few more embellishments to this one but I was running out of daylight to take a photo of my project.

One of my all time favorite collections is Steampunk Debutante  .. wow, the colors are so dynamic! There is still some Steampunk Debutante in the Flying Unicorn Store in the 8x8 size. You won't want to miss it! For this one, I fussy cut the flowers then added some dimensional florals as well. I've used a Dusty Attic lamp post as a mask and love the look. The wings and title were cut with my Cricut. I've added some Diamond dust on the tag and florals and that makes this page really sparkle!

Another one of my favorite is the Baby2Bride collection from Graphic 45! You might remember this layout that I did earlier this year using a gazebo as a mask. The tree, gazebo mask and photomat were cut with my Cricut. The butterflies were made with my Martha Stewart punch. I love the paper curls which I made to simply mimic wisteria on the gazebo. Those awesome title stickers are more Graphic 45.

Lastly, I wanted to share another layout from the Fall using the Magic of Oz collection available in the Flying Unicorn store. For this one, I simply wanted to show that this collection is not just for Halloween, The beige, black and red tones can be used in many different ways! Here I've done a simple birthday page adding some fussy cut flowers and then a doily from my stash and a Dusty Attic piece from the Flying Unicorn Store.  I've used my Cherished Heart punch to make a bit of eyelet looking trim.

That's all from me today. I hope I've peaked your curiosity to check out the store for more of these great designer papers. Once you tab over to the store, you can find a Graphic 45 link on the left hand side bar. Happy browsing!  

Its Graphic 45 Week ! This week the Creative Team will be  highlighting layouts, cards and projects using Graphic 45

paper and products.  Join the  fun ...  post  your  new  G45  creation  in the  gallery

between now and  January 15th   and  you can win the  Tropical Travelogue Paper Pack !

Winner will be  randomly chosen. So lets get  creative ! 

American Idol - Flying Unicorn Style

You may watch, you my have  tuned out, but there is no doubt we know what happens on  American Idol every week. We welcome  Idol - Unicorn Style  This is an on going  weekly  challenge. Every week  there will  be a new  music  theme to  scrap . When Idol starts eliminations will occur by  Random.org .   The  final  two  contestants,  yes  like  idol we  will bring them  to  vote  … Everyone is welcome to play along even the Creative  Team !  If you are  ready  .. then  head  over  to the  auditions ! here are  some  of the  inspiring   auditions :

MEMBER  :  COLLEEN 

MEMBER : AMY 

CT   MEMBER :  MAGGI 

CT MEMBER  DENISE 

 

Jackie's KOM Projects

The  versitility of creations from Janauary's  Kit  of the Month  has  clearly  been  shown in Jackie's creations. Enjoy  her  creative approach to the  KOM,  she  will  be  missed as  part  of the creative team . 

Alda's KOM Creation - Mini Album

This is  my  project  using the  Kit  of the Month and Travelogue .   I  LOVE  G45  and  using their  lines  for  mini albums  ...    

The  Cover.. Used  the flowers from the  kit as well as  handmade ones and a few  from  the  Enchanted   series .  The shells found  their  home on the  cover with a vintage  pearl  from  my  collection of  vintage  jewelry. 

The  tags  opens  to lined  paper  for  journaling 

Undo the  ribbon and  extra hidden  space  for more pictures. 

Simple  tags  cut  for the  line  and  photo  holders  on the  back of them . 

Flip the  little  page  part  

and an  additional  three  tags  secured  by a  brad  

Undo the  twine  

and an  accordion   photo  holder  

I am   done  ..   and  living in Florida  .. off  to the  beach I can  go ! 

Denise's KOM Creations

Hi everyone!! I am so excited to be able to share my creations using the January kit "Wishing and Hoping". The items in the kit really bring out your creative side! With the fish nets and seashells matching the Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue perfectly, you will have no trouble bringing your layouts to life!

 

For this layout I started with the Island Jewel paper and used my mask I made with my Cricut and  Tim Holtz mask sheets. I used Tim Holtz Peeled Paint Distress Ink for the masking. I spritzed a little Charcoal Glimmer Mist on the background as well. I used a piece of the Rainforest paper to double mat my picture and punched around the edges of one of the mats using a MS punch "Deco Fan".  I used Tim Holtz Die Cut "Hardware Findings" for the hinges and after adding those I placed my netting using very small dabs of hot glue. I had a string of peach pearls which I cut and glued down onto the netting. I added my shells and flowers and used letters from the G45 stickers that come with the kit for my title.

For the next one I tried to lift Shona's "Snow Babe" layout as I LOVE the background effect she used. Well mine didn't turn out so well..lol I used Picket Fence and Broken China crackle paints for on the Jungle Fever sheet which I placed on top of the Oceania paper.  Stamped a postcard on the right hand side as I was looking to make a vacation type layout. I used some of the netting from the kit to give the background texture, again using small dabs of hot glue to hold. I cut out a fence using a Timmy die and again painted with some Picket Fence. Layering using Tropical Travelouge and Tiki Voyager sheets for the picture. I did add a doily underneath as well. I painted a larger Dusty Attic flourish I had with Vintage Photo Distress Stain and then cut it into smaller pieces to tuck into my flower clusters. Used some Websters Bloomers to tie it all together.

The 3rd layout is one I did for my daughters album. I have scrapped this picture before, but as soon as I opened the kit, I knew I had to do it again! Hibiscus Heaven sheet is used for the background and I cut the Garden Isle sheet using my Cricut to make a frame and mat. I started by stitching around a couple of corners and inked edges with Rusty Hinge Distress ink. The faceplate did not come with the kit, but I painted it with Old Paper Crackle Paint to give it an aged look..like it had been under the sea for awhile. I fussy cut the images from the double sided Tropical Travelogue sheet and used some pop dots to give dimension. Tearing a bit from the left side, I added some journaling about the day. I had a Dusty Attic corner piece that I painted with a Paint Dabber-color is Pool. Made another hinge with my Timmy die and some coral with my Cricut which I misted with Marmalade Glimmer Mist. Added that wonderful netting and topped it off with my shells and flowers! Title lettering is from the Alphabet Sticker sheet in the kit as well.

 

The Off the Page project was super fun to work with. It will push your creativity to a whole new level! The OTP comes with 3 gorgeous glass bottles..each one is unique. A glass plate and 3 candles...plus the paints and stencils. Unfortunatley my plate and one bottle broke, but if you look at Franks gorgeous creation, you will see exactly what I'm talking about. I did however get to make 2 of my bottles which are SO cute!

This first one I swirled the blue on first. To get this look I used a very generous amount of paint on my brush, painted on the bottle in a slanted direction. I let dry before adding the green (it looks  yellow) in the same way. If you do this you will notice the paint is very thick at the top and thins out towards the bottom ..this is what you want to give it dimension and texture. I wanted to do a beach theme so added the netting, flowers and pearls.

For the last one I wanted a spring theme so I painted it yellow. Let it dry in between coats if you want more coverage. I then used the stencil that comes with the kit to paint on the flower. Added some ribbon and a flower..and wah lah! *Tip*-if you are using the stencil and paint, make sure to add a generous amount of paint on your brush and 'tap' it into the space of the stencil. Do not 'brush or paint' it on as it will smear and not look right. Do this a few times for each stencil so you get better coverage.

I hope you enjoyed my creations as much as I enjoyed making them and sharing them with you! Check back tomorrow for some more wonderful projects!

Maggi's KOM projects

The January kit, filled with Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue, is just what you need to chase away the winter blues!  I am a G45 junkie anyway so imagine my delight when I received this colorful kit!

  

Sail Away -This was the first layout I did with the kit and it's a photo of my Mom taken back in the 40's, probably 1944. I love the netting that came in the kit this month and chose to use that to represent the sea along with the blue papers. You can see some fish swimming around up there! I fussy cut some flowers from the Garden Isle pp, the frame is Seaside Holiday, stripes Tropical Travelogue, fish Oceania. The 3D flower is from my stash and is from ZVA. Behine the photo I've  used fusible webbing (here's a link to a tute from our Santa's Workshop tutorials)  with two different colors of embossing powder to represent seaweed. I added some silver microbeads indicative of bubbles you see in the water. Oh you can't really see it, but there is a pearl in the upturned shell.

Another Day - Paradise - On this LO I started out with a sheet of plain ivory cardstock, I used a Prima mask on the left and sprayed with Starburst Mist in Hagsworth orange and then inked around the edges heavily with Distress ink in ripe persimmon (frm the 2011 fall issue). The swirls on the right were stamped with Perfect Medium and then brushed with Perfect Pearls in several colors. (all of these supplies came from my stash) Then I added a blast of Starburst mist in bachelor button blue. I cut a circle from Tropical Travelogue pp, then I layered another circle cut from Bazzill Red Rocks (from my stash) under the Tropical Travelogue circle and layered a circle punch cut from orange CS (from my stash) over top the Tropical Travelogue circle. Lots of fussy cutting here from the Island Jewel pp., all those flowers around the circle. The 3-D flowers I made to mimic the Island Jewel pp and these flowers are from the Tattered Flowers tute that I did recently during our Santa's Workshop tutorials. I used an image from G45 papers and stickled it up on the left. The letters are from my stash and are Pink Paislee Hocus Pocus.

Mom - This is pure G45 heaven to me, black, ivory and a bright pop of color, in this case green.  The photo is again of my mother when she was about 16. Lots of fussy cutting going on here, all those leaves are fussy cut from the Rain Forest pp. I made the flowers (with stuff from my stash) using a McGill Floriano punch and cut them from Tim Holtz glassine paper. Then I brushed gold Perfect Pearls on the flowers and heated with my heat gun. The heating sets the Perfect Pearls, really a neat effect. On the right under the flowers is a Petaloo rose leaf spray from my stash. The black pearl swirls are a Prima SIIP that I cut apart. Flying Unicorn has some great bling swirls  in the store!

Something about the tropics kept screaming pirates to me so I had to scrap this picture of Capt. Jack Sparrow.  The red paper is a piece of Core'dinations that came in the kit that I first embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and then painted with Big Apple Glimmer Glam.  The chippie swirl is a Dusty Attic piece that also was painted with Big Apple Glimmer Glam.  I heat embossed the two Tim Holtz grunge board hinges using Distress Walnut Stain embossing powder. I layered a couple papers from the kit under Capt Jack, inked up the white fish net that also came in the kit (it reminds me of the rigging on a sailboat) added some Prima baubles, Tim Holtz metal foliage and a bookplate and called it good!

 

The January kit also contains a really fun Off the Page Project - glass painting. The kit includes 3 glass bottles, a glass plate, candles and glass paint to really get your creative mind working.

Since February is just around the corner I thought some Love Potion would be appropriate it!

This bottle just mimics the tropics, I love the colors!

 

And this bottle has a note in it that I'll deliver after giving dh some love potion!  ;-)

I can't wait to see what you come up with!  The diversity of the projects from the CT has been really amazing! 

 

Kit Of The Month Projects by Frank

Hello Everyone and Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had an amazing New Year and that everyone enjoyed some family and friends time, and of course I hope you all got crafty this weekend!

Today I am sharing the projects I made with the amazing Flying Unicorn January Kit 

"Wishing & Hoping"

I must say that when I first saw this kit I was immediately blown away by the amazing colors of the different patterned papers included. I for one LOVE bright colors, I have to say these papers are simply amazing, you get the right amount of brightness and you mix in a bit of vintage appeal and you get a perfectly balanced set of papers that will simply be perfect for any of your projects. I was so completely refreshed by the patterns and the imagery on these papers that all I could think about all day was the beach, mango margaritas and even Hawaii! Oh my!

Let me share the projects I made with this amazing kit, and give you some insight on each,

This is the first layout I created and I simply could not get enough of the included netting, wow, such a wonderful texture to add to any project. I created sort of like a fisherman's net, capturing all sorts of ocean goodies, fishes, shells (which are included in the kit as well), and even some starfish in there. Of course my layout could not be complete without some banners.I added three and STUFFED them with all sorts of embellishments and yummy die cuts. I love the flowers and how the frame the picture!

The second layout was is truly one of my favorites, I created what looks like a vintage travel log book, and added all sorts of distressing and vintage elements! Really love the dimension.

This third layout was somehow a very inspirational one, I wanted to give the look of the paper opening in half to reveal a net with treasures, pearls, shells etc, and really those flowers give so much beauty to the layout as well.

I also created some cards with this amazing kit I thought the papers were perfect for Hello cards or simply any type of cards!

Of course the kit could not be complete without the Off The Page portion which I completely enjoyed, and was so awesome to work with! I painted the glass plate with the paint included in the kit and I added some paper from the kit as well, and some flowers and candles. In the middle I added one of the bottles included and added some pearls inside, just for fun.

Well those are the projects I created with the kit, I hope I was able to inspire you today, and if you were able to pick one up I hope you share your creations with us too!

Thank You for stopping by!

Love, Frank

Kit of the Month- Wishing and Hoping

Happy New Year!  With the New Year upon us, we take this time  to wish you blessings and happiness this whole year through! 

Wishing and  Hoping  

“I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.”