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2014 - Bring in the New Year

 

I have not yet  decided what I need to make before the new year - but I have  designed the following calendars for your  project  pleasures - Right click and save to your  computer  or  you can download the pdf file from the  forums (  but you need to be a member to do that )

 

Designed these pages as well which can be  used for your creative project - I am not sure again what I am making  - but  I know I need to  make  something ! 

 

You can download the pdf version from our  forums - But you need to be a member to do so. 

Mojo Monday

The last sketch of the 2013  - how incredible is that - Well we say goodbye to 2013 with a  sketch by me -  and an amazing  inspirational layout by Denise! Enjoy the creativeness the sketches  bring you and  we can not  wait for you to share  your take on it . 

She used Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basics Collection.   3 sheets were used- Basic VIII for the main background, Basic V for the 2nd layer which was punched using a Martha Stewart "Around the Page" punch...and the top sheet, Basic IX  was hand torn around the edges.

The masking was done using an older Tim Holtz Clock mask (you can find the new one HERE)and some Stormy Sky Distress Ink and then she used a Music Stamp and stamped over the masking.

The stitching was done using her Sew Easy tool and Zig Zag attachment.

Flowers are an assortment of Prima and handmade. The flourishes were made using her Cricut machine and Serenade cartridge and she topped it off with some Liquid Pearls in Platinum

Pretty in Pink ...

I whipped up a tag recently and thought to myself, as you do, I will share the creating process and so here it is.

Photo heavy - you have been warned.

I've used a Prima canvas as my base and covered it with patterned paper ... easy peasy, I know, I know.

Distressed and inked the edges.

I've then grabbed a Leaky Shed Victorian Oval piece of chippie and OMG, I so love these with a passion ... and then I've used a shabby enamel embossing powder over the top ... and then adhered to my tag.

 

Here comes the compulsory muslin and string and for all you creative souls around the world, 

muslin is our name for cheesecloth ...

 

 

A few leaves stuck down with a little more string ... no rhyme nor reason, just because.

 

 

okay, so then someone you know forgot to take a few more pics here for some reason.

 

Oops ...

 

But you can see that I have found a quote, inked and adhered and found a little pink peg and stuck that down too.

 

and then I've played really ... I found some flowers in my stash, a little more of that Leaky Shed chippie, some more muslin and some baubles.  I've also used a Kaisercraft fairy die cut.

 

Then I've got busy with the hot glue gun.

 

 

 

A few close ups for detail ... that shabby embossing enamel is just gorgeous and look at that, it brings that chippie to life ... bea-u-ti-ful.

 

 

 

and then, well then you just have to add a butterfly [or two] and then you need to play with the gesso tube, cos it's still looking a little bit blah, well to me it is.

 

 

 

oops, one out of sequence ... i.e., before gesso ...

 

 

and then whilst in the process of making your tag, you decide that something is missing ...

 

BINGO ...

 

You need another layer ... another layer added completely to the back of the tag.

 

So you cut out a slightly bigger tag again than the base tag, distress, ink,

 add a little mesh ribbon top and bottom and a few triangle banners.

 

 

and then you are done and dusted.

 

Voila !!!

 

And then, what do you do, you bundle up your tag and send it on its merry way - to brighten someone else's day.


Happy creating everyone.
Michelle [aka Mrs Frizz]

 

 

Available from the Flying Unicorn Store :

Leaky Shed Studio - Victorial Oval Frames
Leaky Shed Studio - Flourishes
Petaloo flowers
Web Weave - pale pink
Shabby Embossing Enamel
Prima flower
Ink

Maja Designs - Vintage Autumn Basics

Hi Everyone,

Today I am here with you to share a OTP project which has been created with the absolutely stunning collection of papers from Maja Design called 'Vintage Autumn Basics'. Have you all seen these papers yet? they are truly beautiful and well worth adding to your stash.

My project is an old cardboard box which was destined for the trash, I scooped it up and gave it some much needed love my covering it with 'Vintage Autumn Basics'. All the joins have been covered with Tim Holtz Tissue Tape and then inked over with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Wishing you all a fabulous and creative week, happy holidays!!!

~ Bex ~

Layout Clean

 

Hello to all!

 

Today I show you a layout with Prima Anna Marie collection is a beautiful and very colorful collection.

I used my Cameo for some cutouts as the frame of the picture.

I love the passion the chalks and painted the chipboard butterfly with it.

 

 

A clean layout using even some flowers.

 

 

There are only a few days in 2014 and wish you all a wonderful year!

 

 

MIXED MEDIA CANVAS - BELLA BY BUBBACHOOKA ( inspired by Finnabair)

 

Hello Ladies,  Mish here, Merry Christmas and welcome to my Christmas post......

I wanted to create a canvas that I could give as a gift to my mother.

so I set about choosing the photo and getting my supplies together.
I have to say this is inspired by finnabair, her work is awesome and
inspires me everyday.....

 

 

So here are the supplies I used! 

All avaliable from the Flying Unicorn store.....

 

 

Lindys Stamp gang - Industrial chic!

 

 

Finnabairs 9th wave, Stencil and Canvas sheet from Prima.

 

 

 

 

bits and pieces listed below.....

 

 

I used:

 12x12  canvas***

Gesso***

Helmars 450 glue & double sided tape.

papers from the 9th Wave collection by Finnabair***

 denim, burlap*** and lace***

metal embellies***

Stencils by finnabair***

Modelling paste***

twine, glass baubles, flowers***, vintage book pages.

Lindys stamp gang set - Industrial Chic***

Studio 490 Gold embossing paste***

misc bits and bobs from my stash.

 

*** - Directly from the Flying Unicorn store.

 

 

 

Here we go:

 

I took the canvas, and pasted a vintage page to the centre of the canvas

so I could keep an eye on my design. I gesso'd over it, its just visible.

I then used the stencil by Finnabair and added modelling paste

for texture and design.

 

Then I took my photo and laid it over this canvas, and started to build underneath the photos the many layers of paper, denim, burlap, book pages and diecuts you see. Thisis the time consuming part, but the best part, this is where your imagination, style and character appears, this is where you make this canvas your own......

 

 

 

Then Once I was happy with the layers, and the setup of the photo and its surrounds, I moved on to spritzing my background..

 

 

 

 

After I spritzed my Lindys onto the canvas, I let it dry naturally then replaced the

stencil on the design, and went over my raised areas again with the studio 490

gold embossing paste.

 

 

 

this gave it a splash of gold that I wanted, but not to much, I wanted

the industrial chic colours and the splotching to be the focus!

 

Now all I had to do was glue down my photo and its layers that I had pre glued

earlier, and add a title.   Bella!

 

 

I hope you enjoyed watching me get my hands dirty....I love mixed media and its so

much fun and the possibilities are endless!!!!!

 

And dont forget, this doesnt have to be a canvas, you  can put this into a layout, just swap out the canvas board for a sheet of 12x12 White textured cardstock.....or you can do this in your art journal,

so ladies, be creative and get  happy scrapping!

Have a great week!

And Happy New Year, may 2014 be the best for everyone!!!!!

 

 

 

 

We wish you all a Very Merry Christmas

 

Joy

 

Hi everyone and Merry Christmas Eve!!!!! Shona here today and I have a layout to share that I created using Authentiques Glistening Collection, new Petaloo Flowers and lots of Shimmerz products! My cutie pie grandson…getting so big now!

 

 

The background I have used a couple of masks with Shimmerz Texturez.

 

 

I also added lots of drips of Shimmerz mists and paints in the background and tucked in lots of bits and pieces.

 

Ok that is it for today…make sure to pop on by the Flying Unicorn store and check out all the new stuff being loaded everyday!  I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Stay Safe and Keep Warm!!!!

Mojo Monday

 Welcome to one more day closer to Christmas and another Mojo Monday! This weeks Gorgeous Sketch has been done by me Alda,. and inspiration piece by Tammy!

 

 

Tammy used the New Kaisercraft "St. Nicholas" Collection. She Changed up the direction of the main focal points on the LO to suit the need to highlight the Santa on the left. That's the thing with sketches. They give that idea of placement. Then the magic of the paper and your creativity takes on the rest.  She used bits and pieces from her stash. Inspired by the challenge I am hosting this month about using up the old and making room for the new.  Here are some close ups..

 

 

 

So come on and get creative with us and let your Christmas Mojo take over! Happy Mojo Monday!!

Graphic 45 - Twelve Days of Christmas

Hi!! Wow, Christmas is just 3 DAYS away!! Can you believe it? In light of that, today I’m sharing two layouts I created using the Twelve Days of Christmas collection by Graphic 45.

 

This is one of my most favorite Graphic 45 collections because I love the rich, vibrant colors. I also appreciate that this collection includes a few non-traditional Christmas colors, like blue and pink. And, because each sheet is absolutely gorgeous I used lots of layers! I finished both of my layouts off with a pile of chipboard tags, Prima and Manor House flowers.

 

 

 

Also, if you’ve not checked out the NEW Inspiring Your Art section over in the store, be sure to check out Maggi’s picks for this collection. The Inspiring Your Art section is FABULOUS, because one of the Creative Team members has selected 15, YES, 15 items that coordinate with a paper line or collection. So, if you love the Twelve Days of Christmas collection as much as I do, but want a few different or additional items to go along with it, click here, and you’ll have 15 beautiful, coordinating products!

  

Paper

Graphic 45, Twelve Days of Christmas

 

Embellishments

Graphic 45, Twelve Days of Christmas – tags 1& 2

Prima, Manor House, Ashland & Michael’s – flowers

Karen Foster – floss

Wilton – doilies

 

Products

Martha Stewart – daisy edge punch

Tim Holtz – distress ink

 

Merry Christmas!

Erica

Ranger Embossing Antiquities powder with Maggi

I love dressing up my chipboard and diecuts with embossing powder!  I think it gives chipboard such a finished look and there are so many different things you can do with it.  Today I  want to show you my latest find, available in the Flying Unicorn store, Ranger Embossing Antiquities powder.  It leaves a textured finish on your chipboard and depending on what color you are using, you may get a varied color effect.

I've been working on a mini for a friend whose Yorkies got "married".  LOL, it has been fun.  On these first two pages I've mixed Fabscraps Marie Antoinette and Shabbylicious collections.   I used Ranger Antiquities Rose Quartz on the words Bride and Forever and Verdigris on the rose petals.  It has a more elegant and subdued effect than Stampendous Embossing Enamel which I also LOVE!  I've used Stampendous on the frame and the rose itself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Then on this tag featuring Graphic 45 Twelve Days of Christmas I've used Ranger Embossing Antiquites Weathered White on the Leaky Shed poodle chipboard and also on the picture frame (I only partially covered the picture frame to give it an antique look.) It was perfect to represent  the curly texture of a poodle's coat.

 

 

 

Here's a layout with Graphic 45 Twelve Days of Christmas and a Leaky Shed Studios Julie Nuttig chippy.  I really love how her dress looks. I used Range Embossing Antiquities Chinese Red on this one and you can see that it has gold and multicolored red in the powder and really gave her dress a beautiful Christmas sparkle!  For the fur trim I used Aleene's Glitter Snow. (you could use a similar product, Glistening Snow-Tex)

 

 

 

 

There are a lot of different colors available so check it out.  I think you'll love using this on your chippies!

 

 

"Enjoying Christmas with Kaisercraft St Nicholas Collection"

 Hey guys! Tammy with ya today. Ok, so I am totally in LOVE with the Kaisercraft collection "St Nicholas". Let me tell ya I have almost used every single drop! It is totally Gorgeous and can so be used to make the most beautiful LO's and cards!! Here is some of  cards I have made lately using it!!

First one, I have studied Alda's Gorgeous cards and inspire to make them as half as gorgeous as hers! Making this card was soooo FUN and Kaiser made the Christmas shine!! Added some of the new Petaloo flowers and a few Flying Unicorn roses to really make it soft and sweet!

Here is the 2nd card I made with these gorgeous Papers!!

On this one, I just had to use that gorgeous scenery picture! These images that Kaiser has put together really are so vintage and so perfect for any project that you might want to use them on for Christmas! That one reminded me of the movie "Its a Wonderful Life". One of the great movies to watch during the Christmas season. The Window is from Fabscraps. Its was a gift to me from my sweet friend Shona. I thought it was made for that image. It was easy as pie to color it up. Just a bit of gesso add the Stampendous embossing Enamel and Bam beautiful colors to make the window shine! The beautiful flowers are the New Prima and Petaloo. The lace is also new to the store. The Venice collection from Flying Unicorn.

Thank you so much for joining me today!! Hope you get your hands on this paper! It is PERFECT for Christmas!!!

Webster Pages - A Christmas Story

Hello everyone, 

Not long now till the jolly man in red arrives...I know my boys are super excited and are counting down!

I am here today to share with you a layout I created using the gorgeous Webster Pages - A Christmas Story papers which you can find in the store. 

What I love about these papers is the lots of different colours in this range.  Pinks, blues, your tradiontal red and green, cream/golds.  A colour to suit any Christmas theme. I chose my favourite at the moment the aqua and gold.

 " Believe"

 

Lots of background stamping and mix media techniques used on this layout using a combination of Prima, Kaiser and SODAlicious stamps and Tattered Angels Jazz Blue Glimmermist, PanPastels and water colour paints. You can find many similar stamps and mixed media products in the store.

 

Gorgeous Reindeer Chipboard from 2Crafty....they are super cute..love them! And sigh...the glittery gold Manor House flowers are my absolutely favourite!

 

 

 I hope you find this Christmas project inspiring...Thanks for visiting!

Melinda

 

WCYDW - Lindy's Stamp Gang Magical

 

Hello to all!

Another Christmas layout with Santa's List Tereza Collins collection.

I did not have my stuff in a round and decided to create a frame with hot glue.

I used a small dish and did several laps on it with hot glue 

 

 

I waited for the glue to cool to remove all the glue from the plate

 

 

And my frame ready

 

 

This ink Lindy's Stamp Gang is fabulous, it is a powder that you mix with water and voila the paint is ready to be used.

 

 

 

I wanted a little more creamy, then mixed it with white acrylic paint

 

 

I painted my frame hot glue and here the result

 

I spent a strand of pearls that had here around the frame

 

 

 

I could not resist and used this photo of my son's girlfriend with her mini poodle so beautiful!

 

 

 

I wish you all a wonderful Christmas, full of peace and love!

 

 

Masks Zarza Laser

Note Cards Santa's List

Santa's Letter Santa's List

 

Music Santa's List

Santa's List-Sequins

Prima Sprites- Rose

Santa's List - Tags

 

Little Flowers Petaloo

Drink Me Silly-magicals

 

 

A cigar box altered with G45 Couture.

First a thank you to Jen for giving me this fabulous wooden cigar box.  The moment I saw it I knew it would be altered with something from Graphic 45!!  Well when Couture came out, I literally swooned, it was the perfect collection to use for altering my box!

The box itself is so pretty that I did not want to entirely cover it with paper so I used the black wood as framing for my papers.  The wood is a bit rough so I sealed it with mod podge to prevent those painful wood splinters!

I used a Tim Holtz Idea-ology knob for the lid, Petaloo flowers, and some metal flowers that I had.  In the upper right corner is a Leaky Shed chippy embossed with Stampendous aged black embossing enamel.  It's perfect for this box!

 Top/side view

 

Top

 

Leaky Shed small flower corner embossed with Stampendous aged black embossing enamel.

 

 

I dabbed Stampendous aged silver embossing enamel on the metal flower and heat set, then topped with rhinestones.

 

 

 

Inside view.

 

Leaky Shed 4" Julie Nuttig doll Spooky.  Her dress is done with Stampendous marcasite embossing powder.  I love the sparkly effect it gives.

 

 

 

I placed the Webster's cameo on a frame and filled in the size difference with Stampendous glass glitter.  

 

Supplies:

 

Leaky Shed Studios 4" Julie Nuttig doll Spooky

Leaky Shed Studio Flower Corner Small 

 

Graphic 45 Couture collection

Petaloo Mixed Textured Blossoms

Idea-Ology curio knob

Webster's Cameo

Mod Podge

Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday

Tis the Season and we bring you a Mojo Monday to capture the magic of the holidays! 

This week's sketch was created by me - Alda and the incredible inspiration layout was done by Shona!  So head on over to the  forums and  play along this week ! 

Supplies Used : 

Authetique Tradition Collection

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/category_s/1107.htm

 

Shimmerz Golden Wheat

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/product_p/shimmerz-shimm-golden-wheat.htm

 

Shimmerz Royal Red

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/product_p/shimmerz-shimm-royal-red.htm

 

Goldie Lox Shimmeringz

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/product_p/shimmerz-shim-goldie-lox.htm

 

Shimmerz Spritz Bamboo Leaf

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/product_p/shimmerz-spritz-bamboo-leaf.htm

 

Shimmerz Dazzlerz Spun Sugar

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/product_p/shimmerz-d-spun-sugar.htm

 

Petaloo Flowers

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/category_s/109.htm

 

Prima Doily Stamp

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/product_p/prima-stamp-961015.htm

 

Prima Mask

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/category_s/953.htm

 

Prima Junkyard Findings

http://www.flyingunicornstore.com/category_s/724.htm

A Little Mid-Month Mixed Media

Hi Unis! Jax here today. I am hosting two mid-month challenges this month, both with a mixed media component, and I hope you'll be able to make time in your busy holiday schedule to play along.

What do you do with the little bits and bobs you have left over from your kits? The individual flowers, the chppies and embellishments you've trimmed down for other projects, the scraps of paper? If I file mine away they might never see the light of day again, so I like to make my scraps into cards.

Here is the card I prepared for the Card and Tag challenge (running through January 14th, 2014), using leftovers from the December kit of the month and some Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays.

 

 

This month's challenge is to make a mixed media card. Finish up your Christmas cards, make some birthday cards, thank you cards, sympathy cards, whatever you wish as long as they have at least 2 media on them.

 

Next up is the Mixed Media/Art Journal challenge, celebrating its one year anniversary January 1st. Have you been enjoying the challenge? It's one of my favorite places to go for inspiration.

This is a technique page for me; a chance to practice different techniques and use different media and see how they perform. Sometimes I go into an art journal pages wanting to tell a story using images and words and other times I just want to experiment - this page is one of the latter.

 

 

The background is two monoprints made with acrylic paint and Crafters Workshop stencils on a Gelli plate which I've trimmed down and glued into my journal using Viva Decor Crystal Gel. I then applied a thick top coat of Crystal Gel and dragged some scrapers with decorative edges through the gel before setting it aside to dry. I then topped of the gelled areas with Primary Elements pigment powder from Splash of Color (the same pigment used in the Silks paints) for an incredible sparkle.

I can't wait to see the amazing mixed media projects you create this month!

 

Christmas/ Holiday Greeting Card from Non-Traditional Supplies

Jennifer Snyder here sharing a card I made conveying the meaning of the Christmas Season in my opinion with nontraditional materials and colors.  You don't need to necessarily use holiday papers and supplies to have a seasonal look and feel.  The elements you select and the sentiment you choose have the biggest role in this card.  Christmas cards do not need to be a budget breaker.  

 

 

We are all used to seeing traditional colors for Christmas.  Try having some fun with some different color combinations from your paper stash.   I added the gesso to help provide a frosty look.    The little Prima Typeset letters also help to set the tone along with the trees and wreath.   

 

This was made using my favorite collection ever, the Madeline Collection by Prima. The papers are anything but seasonal, bright fushia, teal, browns, mossy greens

 

 

I used the Dusty Attic Mini Scrolls for some flourishes. I covered them with Stampendous Aged Pink Embossing enamel. 

 

I hope you try to make this holiday more of a "feel" and less of a color. 

 

 Supplies:  

Prima Madeline Collection
Dusty Attic Mini Scrolls DA0685 
Prima Bel Canto
Prima Typeset Alphabets
Stampendous Aged Pink Embossing enamel
cardboard
Gesso
Clearsnap Mixd Mediz Inx  Berries, Vintage, Truffle, Mossy

Happy Christmas!

Hey Scrapping friends!!!!

Denise here to share a bit of Happy Christmas by Inkido with you today! When I saw this new line I just had to get some to play with!! The colors are so soft and vintage..right up my alley!

I started with doing a LO of my grandson. I did add a little bit of Kasiercraft St. Nicholas to this lo as it matched so well!

 

I started by distressing and layering my papers, then I used my Stuido 490 Embossing paste with 2 masks- Prima Finnabair Bubbles and Mister Huey Triangles Mask from a previous Flying Unicorn kit. I then used Lindy's Autumn Maple Crimson Spray.

I cut out a flower/circle design using my Cricut and the Kaisercraft Sheet "Christ Kindle".

The letters are Prima stickers which I colored using a black marker. I finished it off using Stickles

 

The new Petaloo Florals were perfect for this lo!!

 

I made a card next using Santa's Sledge. I really hated to cut into this gorgeous paper!! lol But it had to be done.

I used the Cottage Cutz Ivy Die, Tim Holtz Deer, Silver Beaded Wire trim and flowers from my stash. I really wanted a festive look so I smeared Diamond Stickles all over to make it shine!

 

Hope you are getting into the spirit of the season like I am! Be sure to check out all the new items being loaded in the store!!

 

Happy Creating!

Crackers anyone ...

Who's crackers ... not me ... but I enjoy making them.

 I've made a few lately - we all know it's the season and what better way to gift a gift than in a hand made cracker or box or envelope ... or just about anything really.

 But hand made is good.

 Both of these crackers are totally hand made and hand cut from scratch ... using the St Nicholas collection from Kaisercraft.

 I guess you could say, a his and hers.

 

 

 

 

Now the next few Christmas crackers have been whipped up using the We R Memory Keepers Christmas cracker gadget/punch board and what a super duper wee gadget it is.

 

And this Christmas paper is last year's ... another Kaisercraft release ... and because one of the challenges with the girls at Flying Unicorn this month is to use your stash, well that's exactly what I've done ... dug deep and ta da ...

 

A set of three, two the same size and one slightly smaller and yes, they have been filled with gifts.

 

 

 

 

And it goes without saying that sometimes you just have to make a box to present said gifts/crackers and that's exactly what I did.

 

Man alive did I have some fun and games making the box and I am being so polite.

 

Let's just say there were a few attempts and leave it like that and I was pleased that it was old stash that I was using.

 

 

and of course the box had to be decorated ...

 

ssssssshhhhhhh!!!!!  

 

You might see a little something newer pegged there that wasn't exactly old stash ...

 

 

Then I thought of something else, as you do ... crackers don't have to be gifted only at Christmas.

 Birthdays coming up in the New Year and so I created a little more ...

 

 

One quickly became more than one ...

 

 Three in fact ...

  

 

All three in a row ...

 

From the Flying Unicorn store :

 St Nicholas - Santa Claus

St Nicholas Paper Pack collection

Petaloo flowers

Echo Park - Beautiful Life - Doilies

Echo Park - Beautiful Life - Damask

Echo Park - Beautiful Life - Banners

Petaloo flowers

 Extras : seam binding, muslin, string, tags, texture paste, Christmas baubles, corrugated cardboard, flowers

 Happy creating everyone.

Michelle AKA Mrs Frizz

 

WCYDW A Viva Moment

 

 

VIVA 3-D (STAMP)PAINT   

VIVA PEARL PEN

HEARTFELT STAMP 3407 

MAYA ROAD BIRD CAGE

BIRD BY PRIMA

STAZ ON INK

 

 

Faber Castell Gelatos Art Journaling

Hi Everyone,

Rebecca here with you today to share a mixed media double art journal page. Art journaling is relatively new to me, I initially thought 'I cannot do it and I don't know what to do'. To my amazement, I am LOVING it, CAN do it and love the idea of having an art journal with a selection of my work in it. Who has not attempted an art journal page? I challenge you to give it a go, I did!

This double page has been created with music sheets, and Faber Castell Gelatos. Coloring with Faber Castell Gelatos and water is so much fun, you scribble scribble and then blend with water and a paint brush. It is borderline impossible to mess it up (note the word borderline), I love this.

Products Used

Faber Castell Gelatos

Tim Holtz Tissue Tape

Who is feeling inspired to start an art journal too?

Wishing you all a happy and creative week.

~ Bex ~

q

Mojo Monday

Time for some Christmas inspiration with the beautiful sketch by Me- Alda .  You could use the non traditional colors of the sketch or go traditional as Maggi has done in her inspiration piece below.

 Maggi flipped the sketch from left to right and used Kaisercraft's St Nicholas collection which has the Christmas balls printed right on the paper.

Supplies:

Patterned paper:  KaisercraftSt Nicholas collection:  Base - Bellsnickle, circle - PapaNoel, Frame-Grandfather Frost, music sheet - Kriss Kringle

Chipboard:  DA0648 Christmas Trees #2

Embossing powder: Stampendous aged gold, green

Diecuts and punches:  pine sprigs - Alterations pine cone die

Flowers:   Petaloo Cantebury Magnolia and Berries vine, Petaloo Botanica Faux Dried Booms Cranberry/Amber/Green

Mist:  Lindy's Ponderosa Pine Olive, Glimmer Mist Timberline, Shimmerz Vibez Snow Storm, Glitz Spritz Blazin' Sun

 Masks:  Prima Doily

 Masking paste:  ViaModeling Creme Mother of Pearl Champagne

Other:   TPC Studio - Timeless Christmas  Metal Accents

The Rules :
01. You have one week to create your project using the sketch as inspiration ( it does not have to be a layout it can be a card, a tag etc )

02. You must post your creation in this thread in order to be eligible for the 10.00 GC

03. You may use your project for any other monthly forum challenges except for the Anything goes challenge

04. Your project must be posted no later than 8:00pm on 12.15.2013

05. All other standard rules apply .

Christmas Teresa Collins - Collection Santa's List

Hello to all, Marilia Lopes here with you today I show a layout with Santa's List collection of Teresa Collins, Available in store Flying Unicorn

A little masking the background with spray paint.

Some layers and Prima Flowers.

I used the sketch OUAS I thought perfect!

 

 

 

 

Some papers in this collection have glitter that gives a beautiful shine and who does not like a little sparkle?? 

 

 

I hope you are inspired and come play with us at Flying Unicorn forum.
Have a beautiful day!!!

Note Cards Santa's List
Santa's Letter Santa's List
Santa's List-Sequins
Chevron Santa's List
Prima Sprites- Rose
Santa's List - Tags

Art Journal Pages with Bubbachooka

Hello Ladies, Mish AKA Bubbachooka here to share a couple of my latest projects.....

I have been busy using my Art Journal......

This I love, I have discovered that you can express yourself however you want!!!!!

 

Today I want to show you pages I have creted with

Pan Pastels. These are easy to use and make very little mess!

The first page, I have used my stamps, a twilddly bitz chippy tree and my Orange and Purple pan pastels.

 

This second page, I also used Orange and Purple pan pastels, but I added a few stencils using Versa Inks and dylusions sprays. I topped it pff with 3 black velvet flowers.....I havent added a saying or title, this will come later....maybe.

 

 

 

The last item Id like to share with you today, is a canvas that I have made using the gorgeous

lace you can find in the FUL store.......so exotic and gorgeous, I couldnt wait to use it!

I added some Prima mechanicals, Prima flowers and used Lindy stamp gang colours, I also used the gorgeous lush Studio 490 Gold embossing paste with my stencils.....There is even some drywall tape, or gauze and you can find ALL of these in the FUL store!!!!!!!

 

 

I hope I have inspired you to get our your journals and try these easy peasy pages.....its so much fun.

Love, laugh and do something crazy everyday!

Mish

 

 

 

December BAP with Denise

Hey Uni's and scrapping friends!

While I can't believe December is upon us, I am excited to share a quick easy to do BAP with you using the new December Kit "Magic"!

I always like to do several styles of layouts when I get my kit so for this BAP I thought I would share a more simple artsy style with you.

 

I have to say this is one of my top fave kits of all time! The papers are GORGEOUS!!! So many things you can do with the OTP and lots of fun beautiful embellies and flowers to play with!

I apologize for the quality of some of the pictures. Here in ND when the weather starts changing, the sun likes to hide!

Now...Let's get creative!

I used 3 sheets from the Pink Paislee Color Wash collection.  I wanted to use the star die cut paper "Bright" as a mask.

 

Since my photo was going on the left hand side, I wanted to focus my masking on that area. Using my Studio 490 Embossing Paste I masked the background. The great thing is this is double sided paper so after I was done masking, I just wiped it off and let it dry. I can then use the other side of the "Bright" paper for later!

After the left side is finished, move your paper to the right and do a few more stars. Look how they pop off the page!

Dry with heat tool or let dry naturally. Do some alternate punching around the edge.

 

Distress Edges.

 

I used my 3rd sheet of the Color Wash collection to adhere my main page to.

After you adhere your page, play with the edging, lifting and distressing more using your fingers.

Adhere your photo to the cute cardstock frame and pick embellies you want to use

 

Adhere cheescloth to area your photo is going and then glue photo on top

Add charm

Add another strip of cheesecloth to the bottom right and tuck the clocks in

 

 

 

Now I wanted to do more to the background but not loose the softness of it, so I grabbed some mist of my own and the mist from the Embellishment Add on.

Using a small brush I painted around my stars using all the colors.

 

Snip off a small piece of the banner and add under photo

Finish off by decorating using your flowers and embellies!!

I would love to see what you do using this BAP!

Happy Creating!

KOM Video - Altered Fairy Shadowbox

Hello there! Jax here today with my Off-The-Page project from the December "Magic" Kit of the Month, and a step-by-step video on how I put this project together.

 

The cute little fairies on the Kaisercraft Enchanted Garden papers were just too good to pass up, and I made them the focus of my fantastical shadow box.

 

Thanks for watching!

Supplies:

From the Kit of the Month:

- Kaisercraft Enchanted Garden "Rapture" & "Magic"
- Darice fence

From my Stash:

- Media: Glass Beads Gel, Gesso, Vintage White Acrylic
- Shimmerz Texturez: Sandy Stone, Artie-Choked & Patina
- Shimmerz Dazzlerz: Sour Apple
- Magenta Nature Elements mask
- Shimmerz mists: Pop Art Pink, Sea Foam, Bed of Roses
- Prima stencils: 12x12 Scales, 6x6 Poppies and Peonies

WCYDW - Twiddleybitz Rusting Powder

Hi Everyone!!

Rebecca here today to share with you what I consider to be a MOST exciting product from Twiddleybitz called Rusting Powder. Now a few of you may have seen it in the store and may have been a little unsure what to do with it. I am about to let you in on a sneaky secret, check out the below nuts and bolts. What you are looking at is painted resin with Rusting Powder, how good does it look?

To replicate this look you will need the following....

Twiddleybitz - Rusting Powder

PVA Craft Glue (any old white runny glue should work).

Vinegar (I used cleaning vinegar, but any white vinegar should do)

Mini Misters

These are my plain resin pieces which I made from molds. 

I mixed together in a small bowl a small amount silver, grey and black acrylic paint to replicate a similar color of a nut or screw.

The paint was applied and allowed to dry.

Take x 2 Mini Misters and fill one with vinegar and the other with equal quantities of both water and glue.

Now apply fairly gentle spray of your water/glue solution. You really do not want to over spray here as you want a gentle rust appearance not a completely rusted look.

Sprinkle on rusting powder and then shake off excess.

Spray liberally with vinegar, you can see below that I really sprayed quite a lot of vinegar on the pieces.  Now that your home smells like a fish and chip shop, you wait, and I mean WAIT. Do not be tempted to use your heat gun, leave over night and see the results in the morning. 

And hey presto, one long overnight wait and look what I awoke to in the morning. My lovely rusty nuts and bolts.

Think about what you could do with this? start thinking beyond resin. It can be used on chipboard, cardboard, paper, wood, paper mache, flowers etc. Here are a few more projects I have used it in. 

Rusty frame, rusting powder over silver painted cardboard frame.

 

 Rusty Leakyshed Studios chippy. 

A full sheet of instructions are included with every container of rusting powder. The instructions also state you can use bleach too, I have not tried this as I much prefer the smell of vinegar over bleach. 

Cannot wait  to see some creations with this amazingly versatile powder. 

Wishing you all a happy and creative day!!

~ Bex ~

We are so Happy to Share

This is one of those exciting posts  I LOVE  to write and everyone at Flying Unicorn, including myself is over the moon with happiness, that  yes - Nadia has joined the Creative Team of  Flying Unicorn - how exciting is that !! 

 

 

Lets state the  obvious first that she has mad crazy talent and her works are  pieces of  art  - and I know I am thrilled that she shares her passion with all of us to see.  What you may not  know  is how truly adorable, and  funny, and a heart of gold she possess  that  if you do not know that  yet, you  will - She is  beautiful inside and  out !  Without  further adieu I will let Nadia introduce herself : 

"My name is Nadia Cannizzo, I am 35 and I live in Sydney, Australia. I was born and raised in Greece, and I have been married to my Italian husband for 14 years now, and that is where my surname comes from! I have 3 young MUCH loved and MUCH wanted daughters, Maria Elena (6 ) and Ioanna (4) and my precious miracle baby Sofia who is just 2 months old. . Being a mum is what I always wanted to be and nothing fulfills me more than my children. By day I am a Primary School teacher, which I absolutely LOVE and at the moment I am working part time. I started scrapping about 3 years ago and consider this craft to be the longest hobby I have ever had! I am a Gemini after all , and can't really stay interested in anything for very long. When not creating, I absolutely LOVE cooking, spending time with my family, and ...believe it or not cleaning! I am a bit of a clean freak. My motto in life is "Nothing is impossible" and I rarely take no for an answer ."

We grabbed a few of her creations to show the amazing talent she posses  - and there is  so much more  to see on her blog .  So if  you are not a follower - then  please  hop on over and be one  - you will not be disappointed with all the other drop dead  creations! 

 

 

 

Mojo Monday

Wow can you believe its December?   Happy Mojo Monday! We have an amazing sketch  by Tammy to get you creating, along with a fabulous inspirational layout created by Lynne. Get your  papers, stencils, and inks ready and  come play along  this week ! 

 

Magic - December Kit of the Month

 

 

Sit back and enjoy as we  give you a parade of eye candy gorgeousness from the creative team using our December Kit of the Month. You have till tonight to get the  kit and  all the add ons while we host  our  Black Unicorn Sale - Use  coupon code  "FRIDAY" to  receive your 30% off.