Flying Unicorn

"OTP Sept KOM"~ Tammy

Hello everyone!

Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend!! I wanted to show you my OTP for Sept today.. Thought I would close up Sept with one last inspo piece of this awesome kit! All the CT really rock this project!

I did mine in a Christmas theme.. I use some pieces of every manufacturer I believe! LOL I thought they all mixed rather well! Here is the front of the house...

 For the top shingles is TH embossed CS, The background is Bo Bunney "Father Christmas", Vine is Petaloo "Canterbury Collection Poinsettia and Berries Branch" Poinsetta in the middle of the bow is Prima, Angel is Flying Unicorn, Rubbons that was used to make a stained glass window at the top was Kaisercraft "25days" collection, The top of the eves are Prima Resin and the Christmas Tree is Melissa Francis. Lace ribbon and bows are some I had in my stash. Oh and the Saying on the little brass tag is TCP. Haaaha told ya I had just about ever manufacturer on this piece..

 I don't have a lot of Christmas in my stash but really wanted to do a house with it. So I took what I had and some way some how it all worked! Now all of this stuff is last years releases. But I do know that the new ones are yummy and Alda has been loading the store day with new goodies!! Vines in different types and kinds are in the store as well! Your stash should never run out of these!! LOL Here is a link to the store. Now you can search by your fave manufacturer or by the item or even by the season! How cool is that?! The side bar guides you to easy access to your favorite goodies!! Now for the right side of my house..

 Here I used G45 "Christmas Emporium" I think just maybe there is some of this YUMMY PP in the store!! This is a gorgeous line that screams to be fussy cut as does all of G45 PP!! Oh I also spotted some really cool embellies on my trip to the store recently by G45!! All kinds of cool and fun items!! The little oval metal pieces are TCP. The Background PP is Bo Bunny "Father Christmas". Now for the back side..

 These pieces are G45 "Christmas Emporium" as well. Except for the little medal piece and it is TCP. The Back is Bo Bunny "Father Christmas". Here is the left side of the house..

More Yummy G45 and Bo Bunny  I fussy cut all the pieces. The Vine worked out really well with this side! I decided to use my house to store Christmas cards that I get from people! That way they are not lost! Oh and the frame on the front is able to exchange out pictures from one year to the next! Just a Wally world frame that I customized! Here is the inside of the house..

Ready and waiting for those Christmas cards!! Ya know its not far away now.. Boy does time fly!! Be sure to keep your eyes out for the new Christmas goodies coming to the store!! You can click on the Christmas Link at the bottom of the stores main page to get ya started!! Here is the Link to the store again.

 Oh and this  project was the Off the Page project that comes with the KOM! So also be sure to be with us as we release our new KOM the one for OCT on the 3rd at 12:00 am! Not much farther away!! Check this link out to see all the cool sneaks that is going on right NOW from the AMAZING CT!!

Hope your day is awesome and thanks for taking a peek at my OTP! Hugs for now!!

Kosher Salt and glimmer mist tutorial with Laura

Hey everyone!  I saw this really cool technique by tattered angels and thought I would share it all with you!

1) gather your supplies...you will need
     photo paper (I used glossy)
     Kosher Salt - yes it has to be kosher
     3 - 4 different colors of mists
     paper towels or a splatter mat

 

 

there is great texture and the colors look awesome!  You can use it now!

I made a card!

and here is a close up.... love how the salt added some texture!

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial and I can't wait to see what you create!

Stretching Your KOM - With Kelly

Hi there! Kelly here today, with a little something different for you. Today I want to show you a way to get the most out of your kits. If you are anything like me, (and maybe you aren't, but this might change things..) you save every little scrap of amazing goodness from your Flying Unicorn KOM. Yes? Well, yes, that is what I do...nearly every useable scrap. I'm talking even the little strip at the bottom of the patterned paper that you cut off...with a peek of the pattern on it, yep, I keep those strips!
Ok, so what do you do with these leftovers?? I made 6 layouts, and have a seventh started, from the September kit, and I still have a bunch leftover. Same with the August kit, 4 layouts, a tag, and my OTP came out of that kit, and now the scraps sit in plastic packaging waiting for the perfect project...
How about trying to combine both kits?? Sure, they are two completely different kits, different color schemes, patterns, everything, but just maybe....
Let's see what we can do..
(I have to apologize for the photo quality, my good camera broke the other day..so ignore the glare, shadows, and poor lighting, please!)

 Ok, seeing these side by side...hmm they don't really go together well at all..but persevere! You don't have to use everything...

 I grabbed a lot of the neutral, more muted papers from the August kit to contrast the brighter, bolder colors from September.

 I have said it again and again, don't over think!! It still looks like a mismatched mess, I know, but it will get there...

 Now the fun stuff!

 Here is an important part of tying the colors together...a good coating of various mists in colors that go well with the papers, I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Olive Vine, Rum Punch, Trunk Bay, and Sprout, and Dylusions in Black Marble..all from the Flying Unicorn Store...

Ok, choose a photo, I prefer to use sepia or black and white when using a crazy color scheme. Here is another spot to use a ton of scraps and really add interest, start piling the layers under the photo.

There's the "throw away" strips I was talking about...

Another opportunity to bring all the colors together..mist your flowers to coordinate better..then layer flowers and trims, and add a title...

And look at that. One thing I love about this process, is it helps me to come up with such unusual color schemes, that I never would have thought of if I didn't stretch myself to combine these products..and it all matches pretty well, dont you think??

Thanks so much for taking a look! I hope I was able to inspire you to use your scraps!!! Have a great day!! Now it is time for me to try to use even more of the September kit, and combine with my October kit scraps...should be fun!! If you enjoyed seeing this process, I would love to do it again another month, let me know what you think!

Mixed Media Dominoe Teeny Mini Album

Hi all I want to share a teeny mini I like to call them made from 2 domino pieces. These are so fun to make because you can even make them to hang off on keychains which I have done for friends. Well I hope you guys enjoy so sit back and enjoy the world of Mixed Media...

Supplies Needed:
2 Dominoe Pieces
Alcohol Inks
Ribbon
Embellishment
Paper

1. Ink the dominoes whatever color you choose


Finished look




2. I chose to cover the dominoes with a mesh ribbon but you can add rubons, stickers, etc.. I have done these with rubons and they are gorgeous



3. You will need to cut a strip .75 x 1.75 to fit the dominoe - then score at .75



4. Glue a piece of ribbon to the dominoes so you can tie the book closed


My finished mini i used Prima embellishments that is from the store as well as the paper



Side view of the mini

 

This is the inside of the mini - I did this one as an accordion but you can add straps and make it like a book. I will have to post that so you can guys can see what I mean.

I hope everyone gives this a try super easy but definitely different

7 Gypsies Trousseau with Kelly

Hi everyone! Kelly here today to share a layout I made using the Trousseau range from 7 Gypsies, what a fun collection!! If you didn't already know, all 7 Gypsies products are 20% off right now in the store!!! Woo hooo go check it out!!!! I had never worked with 7G before, and I was impressed. Unique designs and patterns, lots of fussy cutting opportunities, and a great vintage feel to them. Here is what I came up with, playing off the papers to come up with the theme..

 I also used some Petaloo and Dusty Attic flowers, Authentique word stickers, and Bo Bunny pearls and gems, all from the store. The green flowers were a perfect match for these papers, and to tie in with the pink flowers I added a touch of pink chalk ink to the green flowers..

Thanks for stopping in and having a look!!! 

7 Gypsies-Trousseau Collection

Hi-Tracey here with a vintage style layout I made using the Trousseau collection by 7 Gypsies.

The picture is of my grandparents on their wedding day. These papers have so many gorgeous detail, it just begged to be fussy cut! I used a Plaid stencil and molding paste on the corners. I sprinkled glamour dust while it was still wet for that little extra sparkle. The flowers are Dusty Attic and petaloo and are also available in the store. Hope you like it!

7 Gypsies Trousseau Collection

Hey Unis! It's Stephanie here today with more layouts using these wonderful papers by 7 Gypsies! I'm sure you all are aware by now that 7 Gypsies papers are currently on sale in the store at 20% off!! Grab them while you can-you don't want to miss out! They are beautiful and vintage and fun. They screamed to me to be fussy cut so I did a lot of just that.

Here is my first layout:

 I started by splattering black paint on the paper, then made a brick wall with gesso & mists. I started layering and adding bits and pieces until I felt satisfied. It didn't take much because the papers stand alone so well! I used a piece of paper with the negative space of a punch (the stars) & painted the paper behind them white so that they would stand out more. 

My next layout is of the kids and Santa from 2008. I love this picture! They both look like such babies still! I started by adding drops of ink to my paper then adding the fussy cut  images and doing some layering.

 

Make sure to browse through the store for some 7 Gypsies papers to add to your cart. You're sure to love them!! Have a fabulous day y'all! 

 

7 Gypsies Trousseau Collection

Hello Everyone! Adrienne here to share with you the beautiful, soft, and oh-so vintage paper collection Trousseau collection by 7 Gypsies. This collection is 20% off all month long in the store!!!!! You can find it here! 

Here is my take on this beautiful collection......................

 

I found that this paper was very vintage inspired with some beautiful prints and fun fussy cutting opportunities. I decided to get right down to business and began layering these papers one right on top of the other. I layers three papers to give the border some visual interest. I began with a tan colored pattern to start and then went with a bold stripe for a POP! I LOVE the print on top the best with its fun prints and images. I took my border punch to this third layer to further empathsize the vintage look and finished it off by inking the edges. I also took a brick stamp to the background and then went about adding my embellishments- flowers and chipboard.

What a fun collection it was to work with, pretty for heritage photos, weddings, babies. It can be used virtually for any theme, as it can be tailored to both masculine and feminine themes! There is soemthing for everybody!

Again, all 7 Gypsies paper lines are 20% off this month in the Flying Unicorn store , take a peek and be sure to stock up!

Thanks for stopping in!

Adrienne

All Smiles with 7 Gypsies

Hi everyone Shona  here today. Right now at the FlyingUnicorn we are promoting 7 Gypsies papers and it is 20 percent off right now in the store. I have a layout to share that I have made with their Trousseau Collection. I love all the little pieces that can be fussy cut from this collection to add dimension to your layout. I have done lots of punching, masking and fussy cutting on this layout.

I have used two different Prima masks and molding paste on the background. The store has recently loaded up with new masks. I have punched out the hexagons, inked and added some gesso to the edges.

 The white flowers and the chippys are Dusty Attic and these are also available in the store. The background flowers and tags have all been fussy cut from the collection papers.

Well that is it for today. Stop on by the Flying Unicorn store and stock up during the sale. I hope that you all have a fantastic weekend! ...take care and happy scrapping J





I love this 7 Gypsies collection, Trousseau, its so pretty, so vintage!!!  I cut apart one sheet of paper to get the stripes and Grace title.  Then I used a WRMK Lucky 8 punch to cut the circle from another sheet and layered that behind the striped piece. I cut a frame using MS punch around the page Deco flower to layer under the photo and also layered another  clipping from the Trousseau papers.  Then I tore bits of gray paper and put under the large circle.  I finished the LO off with some Dusty Attic flowers that I colored with a bit of pink water color.  The dressform is a Fabscraps piece that I covered first with white gesso and then misted with Glimmer mist.  The pretty white bird is a clay piece that Alda made, thank you!!  And that wonderful white swirl is from another dear friend, Kathi.  Its embossed with Stampendous aged cream.  I added a white swirly rubon on the right to complete this simple LO.  I just wanted to accent the beautiful painting of the bride working on her wedding dress.

 

 

 

Remember, that you can get this and all other 7 Gypsies products at 20% off for the rest of this month at the store, don't miss this great sale!

 

7 Gypsies Product Spotlight - Laura

Hey everyone Laura here!  This month the Flying Unicorn is spotlighting 7 Gypsies!!!  I was lucky enough to receive the 'Trousseau Collection' LOVE the versatility and the colors in this line!

I created a layout about my oldest son...animals just love him...we go to a petting zoo and the animals follow him...shows he has a real sweet soul.  One of the goats was trying so hard to get petted by him and when he would walk down the lane it followed him wanting to be petted some more.

and some close ups

I used some liquid pearls (Silver Pearls) on the fabulous chipboard (Fabscraps - double swirl) that I ad sprayed with Dylusions Ink Spray (black Marble).  The masking I used some dimensional paint from my stash.

I had enough left to create a cute and simple card!

I punched the bottom edge and added some coordinating paper on the inside!

thanks for stopping by!

7 Gypsies with Denise

Hey scrapping friends!

Just sharing with you a couple projects I did using 7 Gypsies Trosseau collection from the Flying Unicorn store..which happens to be 20% the whole month of September. 

The first project I did was a layout. I love the soft muted tones of the papers. The Green Dusty Attic flowers from the store went perfect with this collection!!

I did a little masking and sewing on the background..but I didnt want to do too much as I thought it was so pretty as is. Here are some close ups

The next project I did was a mini album. I used up my scraps of some of the papers too for this..so nothing went to waste!

Here are theh pages inside. Using all 7 Gypsies Trosseau collection.

I made some areas for pull out tags..and some pages for adding photos.

 

Well thanks for stopping by Today!! Go grab some 7 Gypsies and DA flowers while they are in stock..and remember 7 Gypsies is 20% off this month!!

Denise

7gypsies making hertiage LO's easy~Tammy

Hey everyone!  Tammy here!

 

We are having a sale on 7gypsies this month 20% off till September 30th at the Flying Unicorn Store!  Whoo hoo! 

 Let me tell ya if you like to do heritage LO's, then this PP is screaming to be played with! I got to do a heritage LO using the fabulous "Trousseau" Collection from 7gypsies! I so love to see Maggi's heritage LO's, she can flat make you drool over them! I always love the stories behind the photo's she has too tell. As scrappers that is where it all began for us really, a story to tell and a memory to preserve. I have always wanted to give a heritage LO a try...  I got my hands on a awesome heritage item this week right when I was playing with these papers!! Tooo Cool!! It must have been fate?!

 My cousin had came over to the house and was asking my advise on a newspaper cover that her Mom and my Aunt was on in 1962. I end up scanning in my computer and that is all it took! LOL It was on!! I had to play!! LOL... Here is the Newspaper artical..

 She was 16 when this was taken. Out in a cotton field picken cotton and up came this person taking pics for a Newspaper in Saint Louis. They were publishing a article on cotton fields, and my aunt presented them a opportunity for a beautiful face to adorn their cover! How cool was that?! Now for the heritage item to meet scrapbooking!! A little resizing and some beautiful papers to play with!! And Bamm! A heritage LO is born!

I used several fussy cut sheets on this LO. Pieces from just about all the sheets!! LOL  I loved each one and so much yummyness I couldn't help myself! I also used some Dusty Attic Flowers and pieces for this LO too!! I made the door, but adorned it with some DA corner pieces and the Yummy clock face is DA too! I used some Tattered Angels Glam on it. You can find them in the Flying Unicorn store too!! Along with the TH Crackle paint that I used on the door as well! I used "Picket Fence" and "Rock candy".  How about some closeups..

 Sooo many really cool vintage images to fussy cut!! Oh and some really cool tape to use too! It is behind the word "true". I love the washi tape from 7gypsies and really wanted to use it more than I did! It worked like a charm to remove a area that was bugging me. Looks like it is just a part of the PP, with a bit of texture to boot! Next close ups..

 Now ya know that LO's for me, just aren't LO's without some beautiful flowers to adorn them with! On this LO, I used Dusty Attic blooms in white, and tinted them with the paints that came in the June KOM. I didn't do them all that way just a few. On the door, I used TH crackle paints, as mentioned above, and fussy cut out some of the numbers from the PP, to form the date of the photo on the door. Had some of the DA mini corners to frame the plaque that holds the date on it. Next and last close up.

 Here is the DA clock that I applied some Tattered angels glam too.. What was really cool is that if ya don't color the clock with gesso and apply the glam straight it gives almost the look of a old cherry wood. Well at least with the colors that I used! I coated several layers of "Plumeria" and then gave some areas a light touch of the Champagne glam.

Well that is all from me today! I hope your day is a awesome one!! :) 

7 Gypsies - Trousseau with Monica!!

Hi everyone I want to share my project for the Product of the Month - 7 Gypsies "Trousseau" collection.  This was a very unique collection.  It had a lot of greys and subtle colors but you also get some nice bright colors which added a lot of contrast.  I loved making this layout with this paper line.

This is my niece and the love of my life little nephew Jayden who is a handful.  I have been working on applying gesso to my layouts and trying to work with "white space". 

I used some prima flowers to wrap around the image to sort of hug the photo.

I used some of the Tim Holtz filmstrips as embellishment embedded in the flower arragnement. 

I fussy cut one of the images from the papers.  This collection has a lot of these neat little vintage photos.  I made a toilet paper mini with this collection that  I will be posting.

 

A closer look at the image.  Well, I hope everyone has enjoyed my POM for today and trust me this is a must have from the Flying Unicorn Store!!!

 

Hugs

Monica

7 Gypsies Trousseau with Jax

7 Gypsies is currently on sale for 20% off in the Flying Unicorn store through September 30th.

I had a chance to work with the beautiful papers from the Trousseau collection.

My fellow CT member Kelly had done a gorgeous layout with the August kit where she had inked the edges of torn strips of patterned paper with black ink to make her background, and I took that as my starting point.  I didn't want to use any of the vintage photo images on the papers because they didn't fit with my modern photo, but I was able to cut and tear around them.  Although it may not look like it at first glance, the papers have lots of opportunities for fussy cutting, and I cut out the details I wanted, such as the words and the photo mat with banners, before I tore my background strips.

I placed some rectangles and some strips of paper, patterned masking tape and canvas writer's tape where I would be placing my photo and my accent clusters, then applied Crystal Gel through a brick wall mask to add some more dimension to my background. After adding my embellishments I misted everything using Tattered Angels Abominable Snowman Glimmer Mist and Chalkboard Cherry Cola, Perfect Pearls in Blue Smoke and Dylusions Black Marble.  I went a bit too heavy with the black mist, so I painted over the flowers in my main cluster with Silks paint in Jasmine which I lightened with Distress Stain in Picket Fence.  Disaster averted!

I used three sheets of patterned paper for this layout: Grace, True and Charming.  The Prima wooden buttons and wood tickets and the Petaloo Color Me Crazy orchids are also available in the store.

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Vintage Harmony with Jax

Let me start off by saying, I love this kit!!!  From the moment it came out of the box it has been a kit that just keeps on giving.  I've completed 5 layouts and the OTP so far and I still have lots of product left for more.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, this kit is a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll.  It will take you in all sorts of directions.

First up from me is a new share.  I have completely abandoned all gender/color rules in scrapbooking; I was tired of not using my pretty papers just because my three little boys are the subject of the lion's share of my layouts.  So here is a layout of my youngest, Colby, after his first time eating chocolate chip pancakes.  Doesn't he look plesed with himself?

Do I Have Something On My Face?

The layout is a mixture of Carta Bella and Kaisercraft from both the Main Kit and the Patterned Paper Add On.  The letters are a mixture of Prima from the main kit and Webster's Pages from my stash.  The beautiful pink ribbon and the Kaisercraft rubons are from the main kit, and those gorgeous rosettes are from the flower add on - I love the flower kit from Little Yellow Bicycle.

Next up is a more "country chic" layout.

Again I used a combination of Carta Bella and Kaisercraft from the Main and PP Add-Ons for this one.  I painted the beautiful Petaloo gates from the Embellishment Add-On with Picket Fence Distress Crackle Paint also from the embellie Add-On, then inked the cracks with Vintage Photo Distress Ink from my stash.  The lovely flowers are from the Main Kit and the Flower Add-On.  I used some of the gesso from the main kit to brush over the background papers to soften the look of the layout.

And a grungy one...

Ride Hard

I used the Tim Holtz film strip ribbon to make some flowers and spritzed those with the Shimmer Spritz to add a little shine. I heavily distressed my edges with water and Distress Ink, and also stamped with Distress Ink and the great grungy Kaisercraft Vintage Fence stamp to give my background some more interest.  I pleated, inked and sewed my cutoff strips and used those behind my photo mat, which includes corrugated cardboard painted with the Vintage Photo Distress Crackle Paint from the main kit, I think it looks a bit like mud (which is what I was aiming for, LOL).  I printed my photo in duplicate and fussy cut one of the images of my son riding his bike and mounted that above the Polaroid frame (love these!) with foam tape to give the added feeling of movement.  I finished everything off with some Liquid Pearls from my stash in Hot Cocoa and some die cut letters I inked with Shaded Lilac Distress Stain from the store then coated in Rock Candy Crackle Paint from the Embellishment Add-On and finished it off with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

And last, but not least, the OTP.  As soon as I pulled it out of the box I knew I wanted to make a Cape Cod-style beach house.  I have a step-by-step tutorial on my blog to show how I put it all together.

I have a couple more layouts prepared for different challenges that I will share throughout the month.  Be sure to stop by the Flying Unicorn Store and pick up your kit before they are all gone!

Laura's September KOM reveal!

Hi everyone!  Hope you are all having a fabulous week!

The versatility of this kit really is amazing!  I have created a Christmas project, a frilly girly project and a grungy masculine layout and more!!!!!!!!!!!

The OTP this month is this really cool house..I stared at it for a day or two trying to decide what I wanted to do.../Christmas, Halloween, spring, and finally decided on Christmas! Its the perfect size to hold my Christmas cards!

 

I painted the house with the crackle paint from the kit then sprayed it with the copper mist also in the kit.  From my stash I added some texture paint around the windows and on the base, the poinsettias I made and the evergreen trees from my stash and added crystal glitter while the paint was wet.  I dipped some Christmas pic's in Gesso then added glitter too!

For the roof I cut about 50 1 1/4 inch circles and painted and glittered them, then painted and glittered the edges & peeks of the roof

Now I also got a few layouts done!

and a few close ups

and I also did layout about my boys going paintballing for the first time!  I really wanted to grunge it up so I used lots of ink, and water distressing!  These little yellow bicycle papers were perfect for making a 'dirty' layout!  The title and gears are from my stash but available at the Unicorn store!

and some close ups

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will share the projects you made with this months awesome kit!

OTP with Maggi

I love that in our main kit, you always get an off the page project!  Every month I look forward to this surprise as Alda never tells the CT what's coming in our kits.  Its kind of like Christmas every month!

I decided that I wanted to make a French dress shop decorated for Christmas so I used papers from G45 Ladies Diary and made Christmas boughs of poinsettias and roses to decorate the windows and door.  I used Dusty Attic chippies to make my windows and a tiny Dusty Attic dressform to put in the window.  Gold braid and green bead trim from Hobby Lobby decorate the seam where the roof meets the body of the house.  Then I added sparkling pale pink beads around the roof line to imitate Christmas lights.  This was a really fun project to do and I'll love using it as a Christmas decoration!  You can purchase this great kit here.

Vintage Harmony Shares with Adrienne

Hi All! Adrienne here- I am stopping in today to share some of my work from the GORGEOUS and oh-so versatile September Kit of the Month Vintage Harmony! Isn't it so beautiful!? I know this has been said a thousand times before, but I will say it again- You can do so much with this kit. There is something for everyone and really- every theme!

The first one up I decided to be a bit playful and create a Fall layout. I thought the bright colors of the diecut peices would look fun layered behind the photo. I loved this time of year as Fall is my favorite. This time last year we were looking forward to the arrival of our little "Pumpkin" Karina...She came 3 days afer this photo was taken- this was our family outting to the Pumpkin Patch!

And a close up.....prego belly close up ;)

 

Next, came Christmas.....Oh, how I llllllllooove the Christmas season. I love the colors of some of these papers in the this kit for their romantic reds and greens- which I thought were prefect for scrapping some photos of my little man opening some gifts Christmas morning!!! 

I wanted the paper to look like it was being torn like a Christmas gift, which would meet in the center where my photo and large sparkly cluster was! For this layout I punched some of the kit paper and began taking my brick stamp and some brown shimmer spritz from the kit pooled onto a plate and make a print on the background. I then went even further and topped it off with a black inked stamp. I love the bold background and how there are subtle hints of the patterned paper showing through, but there is also lots of brown and black stamped images on top........

Out of this kit came a two baby layouts, a fall layout, and a Christmas layout. WOW! I had so much fun creating for this kit! 

Lastly I want to share some pictures of my off the page project- The house. I was a bit stumped when I first got it. It orginally was going to be a Christmas Country Home with lots of snow and more snow, but I worked and worked at it and it just was'nt coming together. That is how the cookie crumbles sometimes. I worked double time to come up with another idea in its place.

{{Enter Haunted House}}

And some close ups....

I added crooked shingles, and door, some clear transparencies inked yellow for the windows, painted the house with textured paste in black/brown, and added some cute stickers. I changed my snow filled trees by cutting the "limbs" haphazardly and then adding LOTS of glitter. My Son is going GAGA over this thing and has since shaken out all the glitter from the trees. I guess my intent of making it kid friendly succeeded.

Thanks for stopping in and sharing in my creations! 

XOXO,

Adrienne

KOM Reveal "Vintage Harmony"~ Tammy

Hello everyone!! Have a couple of LO to share today with you! First let me say this kit is INSANELY awesome!! I have had so much fun playing with it! I have been working on the OTP to show you, but its not quite done yet so I am gonna give ya some close ups of 2 LO that I do have done! I am running a little behind due to family issues. Thank you guys for hanging on with me during this bumpy ride in my life! Now for those LO's!!

This first one is of my DD.. I have a story behind the Doily in the LO! LOL I was a the hospital with my dad, me and mom was in a discussion. My eye spotted these beautiful doilies and BAM all things was whiped out of my mind! The scrapper in me took over and thought to myself "Dang those sure would look good on a LO!" LOL Mom noticed I stopped talking and she seen what I was looking at. She just shook her head and laughed! LOL She said "Stop looking at those doilies!".. Well the lady that was working the booth was so kind to give me a few!! So here is the LO with it and the INSANELY awesome KOM! I sure hope ya got one!!

The Carta Bella PP are so GORGEOUS!! Those blooms begged to be fussy cut and I did!! LOL The Kaisercraft embellies and Petaloo blooms just completed the LO! Here are a few close ups..

I did some water distressing and then some misting with some black mist to tone down so much white that I had going on.. Fussy cut that little bird too! Soooo much fun!

 Oh and this kit came packed and I mean packed with so many gorgeous blooms!!! I love the little white ones they make excellent fillers! Added a few little pearls from my stash for the centers. But never fear this kit has some pearls in it too! You will see them in the next LO! But one little close up left of this one..

Here is a close up of some of the Kaisercraft "Miss Match collection" that is in this kit! So much goodies I haven't come close to playing with all the Yumminess in this kit! Now for my next LO!

This one was done using more of the "Miss Match" collection! I have scrapped this pic before, but I just had to do it again! This paper and pic went together like peas and carrots!

More gorgeous blooms to pay with! The only one from my stash is the large hot pink one from MH. The rest came from this kit! Oh yeah and I have bunches more left to play with!!! I used the large circle to create a frame around the pic. Lots of distressing going on here! Isn't that little girl die cut just the sweetest you have ever seen?! Ok a few close ups of this one..

This kit has embellishments out of this world and little letters and rubbons too! Little tags oh my I could just go on and on.. LOL next close up!

Here is that sweet little girl die cut! All I added from my stash is the little bows.. Sorry can't make bows that tiny.. Heehe.. Ok that about wraps it up for me today! I hope you enjoyed and have a awesome day!! More to come keep checking the forums for more inspo using this kit! Here is the link to the CTs work with the kit! Oh yeah if ya didn't get one here is the link to the store if there is any left!

Stephanie and Vintage Harmony Kit

Hey fellow Unis! Stephanie here today to share with you all my creations using the September kit. I know you've probably seen the pictures & heard all the buzz about this kit, but just let me say again how amazing it was to create with!

It is such a versatile kit, which I loved as I have a daughter & a son & was able to make layouts for both. That is always a good feeling!

My first layout uses a mix of Paper Loft papers & Little Yellow Bicycle. I first stamped the paper with the fence stamp that comes in the embellishment add-on. Then I stamped circles in white, dropped on some black ink splatters & started layering!

  The diecuts from Kaiser Craft are so much fun & easy to use! I added in quite a few here along with the Tim Holtz film strip ribbon. The flowers are also part of the kit & I lightly inked them in white.

 

My next layout combines the Anna Griffin embossed cardstock with the Kaiser Craft Miss Match papers. I even added a paper title strip from the Carta Bella paper.

I love the collection name "Beautiful Moments" & thought this would make an appropriate page embellishment! I lightly distressed the cardstock, did some inking on the KC papers & then added my photo and embellishments.   

Lastly, I want to share my OTP. This paper mache house was so much fun to decorate! I love everything about Christmas time & home decorations are no exception. So I knew exactly what I wanted to do when I saw this month's OTP.

 

 

I covered the house with some paper, cut out some of the windows, added a light coat of ivory paint, then put on Modge Podge & lots of coarse glitter. It was so extremely fun to make!! And now I will have one more Christmas decoration to add to my collection!

Thanks for letting me share some of my creations with you! Now go forth & get your September kit & start creating!!! 
 

Vintage Harmony with Monica

Good morning, afternoon or possibly evening deoending on what time everyone checks in. I want to share my creations with the AMAZING VINTAGE HARMONY kit.  First I want to say I totally lost my drive for creating layouts - we just could not get along.  I am slowly and I mean slowly learning to create them again and it is simply because of the Flying Unicorn.  There are so many inspiring women here to learn from and though it may not seem like I am always here looking - unfortunately I am a bit of a studier or onlooker at first.  You may not see alot from yet, but I am trying to soak in things and learn.  I think I am on the right track because now I have done more layouts than I have in years.

 

 

 

 

Now these are the layouts I have done - the kit makes things so much easier to especially for someone who is just getting back into layouts -so you can not and I mean can not go wrong with getting a kit!!

 

This is my beautiful sister-in-law and my niece and nephew who are demons but the love of my life - especially my nephew Jayden...

I fussy cut the big red flower off of another paper in the kit which was the Beautiful Moments and it broke my heart to cut it too...  I have recuperated (I think)

 

I believe in using almost everything off the paper the title was the title off the paper and these borders I used from cutting the end of the paper if you turn it over it has the color of the paper on it.  So I figured hey I can use this and I did.

This is the Little Yellow Bicycle from the kit - I love their papers too well I am a paper hoarder so I love it all!!

I hope you have enjoyed my creations with the kit

"Vintage Harmony" Creations with Denise

Hey scrappers!

Just sharing you some of my creations I did using the new September KOM "Vintage Harmony". Flying Unicorn seriously has one of the best kits around and it's jammed pack with all kinds of yummy scrappy goodies!!

For this first lo I did, I used some of the gorgeous Kaisercraft papers.

I took the beautiful lace included in the kit and trimmed it down to use as a banner. I loved all the cute Petaloo flowers that are in the Main kit and Add On kit!!

I love the versatility of this kit. You have papers that you can make either girls, vintage, boys, shabby..the possibilites are endless! Here is a boy LO I did.

The Tim Holtz Film strip, bingo cards and those fabulous Little Yellow Bicycle Flower Kits are amazing and so fun to work with!

This next one I used some mixed media on! I love the gesso that came with the kit, and I mixed mine with a little molding paste and used Crafters Workshop Chicken Wire Mask for the background.

 

 

The DA Vine is from my stash which I painted white. I also made the blue flowers out of the cardstock that was in the Cardstock Add on. I highly suggest if you don't get any other add on's. Get the cardstock..well worth it!

Now I've been waiting to share the OTP with you! I love this house that comes with the kit!! Just so you remember..the OTP is included with the Main Kit. You don't have to purchase separtely which I LOVE about Alda..she always gives us the most bang for our buck!

For those who know me..you all know my favorite holiday is Halloween! So as soon as I pulled it out of the box..I knew I wanted to make a Halloween house. I will fill it with candy and put on my desk at work for the students. Dont'cha love how the lid comes off?

I used G45 Happy Hauntings for this.I painted it black first and used bubble wrap with orange Smooch on the roof top.

This is the front.

Some other views of the house

I precut some G45 and glued it inside the house for the windows.

 

Well I thank you for stopping by today and taking a peeksy!! I hope you got a kit this month and remember..they always go on sale on the 3rd of each month @ midnight est!! So if you didn't get one this month..stay tuned for October!! I got mine already and you won't want to miss it!!

Happy Scrappin!!

Denise

Tracey and KOM-Vintage Harmony

Hi there,talented folks! Tracey here with 3 layouts created with the KOM-Vintage Harmony.We know Alda's kits are always versatile but this one is incredible! I was able to make layouts with completely different looks!

This first one, kinda shabby/grungy,features my daughter and her sister goofing around in a hat store. They are sisters,both adopted into separate homes who found each other last year when they ended up on the same soccer team. My journaling and the Kaisercraft bingo cards reflect my happiness for them. Don't you love the polaroid frame? You get multiple sizes with the kit,too!  Lots of water distressing done here with the pearlescent watercolors from the June kit-love them!

 

My next one, kind of fresh and classic,features my neice,Vivi, who is such a treasure to me! I did some folding work with the doilies on the title and the cluster and highlighted the frame of the pic with some of the elegant lace from the kit. Can you see the gate chippies? I treated them to gold rub n'buff and copper liquid pearls.

 

 

The last one for today,in a inky/girly mode is my daughter,Naomi after her "makeover" by a friend. She was feeling quite fabulous and I had picked up the title tag ages ago, knowing someday it would be perfect! I cut the background design with my underused Cricut and misted the page and the doilies with the included copper mist and mists from my stash!

I hope my examples show some of the many directions you can take with this kit!

Thanks for reading and have a blessed day!

September KOM - Vintage Harmony - with Kelly

Good morning!!!! I trust you all have had a peek at the amazing September KOM by now, but if not, you NEED to see it!! This kit was seriously amazing! I really really enjoyed working with this one, and I felt that every layout I made came out so different from the next!!
The layout I want to share with you today was actually the 5th layout I created with this kit, using all kinds of scraps and bits and pieces. It amazes me that I have made 5 layouts and still have enough leftover to create more!
So this layout features my beautiful sister, Erin, who is also my very best friend. She was a little irritated wtih me for "borrowing" this photo from her Facebook page!! The quote/title of this comes from a favorite show of mine, Grey's Anatomy. If you aren't familiar with the show, I won't get into it, but basically what I'm saying is she is that person, you know, the one you can tell anything to, and they won't judge, the one who is always just a phone call away, the one who knows every little detail about you and still loves you anyway!!

I stamped on the white background with the stamp from the embellishment add-on, then layered torn pieces of paper, lace, bling, and die cuts. I used some of the Distress Crackle Paint from the embellishment add-on to paint the blue butterly..the die cuts were by far my fave part of this kit, so versatile and fun to tuck in here and there..

For this flower I inked the edges and  layered paper flowers from the Little Yellow Bicycle Paper Flower kit that came in the flower add on, and for the center I added a Petaloo flower from my stash (from the store!)

Thanks for taking a look!! Head on over to the Flying Unicorn Store and grab one up for yourself, you're sure to love it :) Have a great day!!!

September KOM – “Vintage Harmony”

Hi everyone Shona here and today I have 2 layouts and my OTP project to show you from the gorgeous September KOM – “Vintage Harmony”. I love the Kaisercraft Miss Match collection…so versatile for boy or girl layouts. Today I have my 2 girl layouts to show you.

 

The first one I have done lots of distressing and inking on it. Also I white washed the background some with gesso and did some stamping on it.

 

The flowers in the kit are just the perfect colors for working with these papers…I also softened them a bit with some gesso.

 

I love all the cards and tags with the kit. Tuck them in here and there to finish it off.

 

My next girlie layout is called Dream and yepp…my grand daughter blowing bubbles again LOL. You can see one of my Jacks in the background…that is Emma. There is a wood looking stamp that comes in the kit and I have used it to create the lattice background.

 

Close up of the title section with the gorgeous vine in the kit.

 

I have punched the butterflies from the scraps that I had in the kit.

 

I tucked in some gauze and added some liquid pearls.

 

Ok so now the OTP project. My son is in the middle of moving again so I decided to make this cute house into a house warming gift box. I have covered it with some Pion papers that I had in my stash and added some flowers and gift tag and a big bow.

 

Here is the inside of the house….I have filled it with some candles for them as a gift. I think this is a cute House Warming Gift box.

 

Well that it for today. Hurry on by the Flying Unicorn store to grab your kit with it lasts…they go fast. Have a great weekend everyone!  

VINTAGE HARMONY - SEPT 2012

We are  pleased  to showcase this month's  KOM  - Vintage Harmony

VINTAGE HARMONY - MAIN KIT 

 PAPERS :

PAPER LOFT

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

Made in the Shade

Our Song

Something Old

Lifetime

KAISERCRAFT MISS MATCH

 Trash

Bric Brac

Knick Knacks

Junk

ANNA GRIFFIN

AG1675

AG1708

LITTLE YELLOW BICYCLE

Blue Riverie

Pattern Play

CARTA BELLA

Damask

Remember

EMBELISHMENTS :

Technique Tuesday 12” Borders x 8

Prima Tiny Alpha Stickers

Kaiser Rub Ins  Miss Match

Faber Castell Accents Sampler

Kaiser—Photo Frames x 2

Bingo Cards x3

Cards x 10

Shimmer Smritz—Copper

R anger Crackle Paint—Vintage Photo

Making Memories Charms x 2

Vintage  Ribbon 12”  and  18”

Perfect Pearls—Heirllom Gold

FLOWERS :

Petaloo  Chatreuse x  32

Petaloo Small Daisy x 4

Petaloo Burgandy Vine   

 OFF THE PAGE 

PAPER MACHE HOUSE 

PATTERN PAPER ADD ON 

· PAPER LOFT 

· Easy Breezy See yOu later Alligator

· Hunky Dory 

· KAISER—MISS MATCH

· RUMMAGE

· TREASURE

· ODDS

· CLUTTER

· ENDS

ANNA  GRIFFIN

· AG1713        AG1710    AG1674

LYB   - Saturdays—Cottage Dreams

CARTS BELLA  - Beautiful Moment  \

Chickadee paper

CARDSTOCK ADD ON

 CORE’DINATIONS  CARSTOCK

· Wicker Chair

· Sun Coral

· Iced Cocoa

· Burnt  Sugar

· Rivulet

· Flamingo Lilly

· Snowflake

· Persimmon

EMBELLISHMENT ADD ON 

· LAKEHOUSE STICKER SHEET

· Tim Holtz Film Strip Ribbon

· Petallo Laser  Gates

· Kaiser Brick Stamp

· Kaiser Miss Match  Die Cuts

 · Kaiser  Pearls

· Distress Paint—Picket Fence 

· Rock Candy

FLOWER ADD ON  

· Celebrations—White  Flowers

· Bazzill Red  Flowers

· Little  Yellow Bicycle Paper Flower Kit 

· American  Craft– Anastasia

· Petaloo Florettes x 32

 Check Out the amazing  creations from the Creative Team 

The Visual Triangle with Laura

I thought with todays post I would cover a basic but importanmt rule - the visual triangle....to me this is one of the most important rules or theories in scrap booking. One of the easiest ways to improve the design of our pages and achieve a balanced overall look is to use the design principle of the visual triangle. The visual triangle helps to unite the elements on a page and pull them together, and also gives the eye a natural path on which to travel around the layout so that the viewer can take in all the elements one by one. Imagine laying a triangle across your page and at each corner place an element or cluster of elements.

Here are a couple of examples….

See how the first one intersects across the photo…. Keeping the readers eye on the photo

Now on the second one  it is a larger triangle but the clusters still form a visual triangle

Now on the third example the photos create the visual triangle

 

Now here is my example following this rule and using the yummy Glitz papers found in the store

see how the three flower clusters brings your eye to the photo of my hubby being a bit of a goofball?

 

Hope you enjoyed this and have a wonderful day!

Maggi here with the Scrapcake!



The Flying Unicorn specializes in carrying those hard to find papers and embellishments from overseas.  One of my favorites is Scrapcake and I used the One Moment in Time collection to do this layout of my Mom. The photo was take on Easter Sunday 1949.  I've used gorgeous Manor House flowers to help add to that spring time feeling!

 

The Dusty Attic chippies are treated with a fun technique that I learned from my good scrappying buddy, Shona.  I mixed micro beads into white gesso then I added some liquid pearls in peacock and ocean blue to get the varigated blue colors when I painted on the gesso bead mixture.  To complete this simple layout, I just layered the papers and added a doily and a ribbon floral border at the bottom.

 

 

 

Here you can see the detail of the microbeads on the chiipy, its a really great texture look.

 

 

These were yellow Fairy Floss Manor House flowers that I sprayed with Glimmer Mist in Cadillac Pink.

 

 

Be sure to visit the store to see this beautiful Scrapcake line and all the other lines that we also carry!