iluvcats and scraps: Imagine Ink embossing powder

Friday, October 25, 2019

Purrfect

After finally capturing a gorgeously purrfect photo of Miss Gali,

I was able to create a layout of her, worthy of being framed!

Gali is a timid girl and it's very hard to capture her gorgeous blue eyes wide open.

This photo was taken September 6th, but I waited for the perfect paper for this beauty!

The new and GORGEOUS Blue Fern Studios

Eclectic Charm collection is absolutely breath taking!

Full of RICH blue; purple; cream; gold; burgundy; green!

I cut out several cards in the collection and arranged them in fan fashion to go behind the photo.
I used a rounded corner punch on the photo for extra interest.
I die cut a piece of beautiful blue paper from the collection to go directly under the photo.
The photo is popped up with cardboard.

Using The Dusty Attic's chipboard set "You are Purrfect",

I chose only the word "Purrfect" for the title.

This is heat embossed in BFS luscious EP color "In the Navy"!

How GORGEOUS!

Below the photo area and centered on the page is BFS Eclectic Charm chipboard Border.

It's got a gorgeous design that matched beautifully with the paper.

My concern is that BFS new chipboard is about one third the thickness that they used to be.

Here is what happened when I heat embossed it using the same

"In the Navy" EP that I used on the title.

When heat embossed, the new BFS chipboard curled up and didn't take the color fully.

A second coat of Embossing Powder was added and now the color is right.
Also, the curled edge went down more.

Now my favorite part began!

Adding flowers and embellishments!

The Eclectic Charm Ephemera is so pretty!

The flying bird is actually carrying a piece of mail,

but I decided to cut it out and make my own piece of mail!

So, on the opposite side of the page,

what better to have than an ornate Letterbox!

I painted it first with Gold Metallic Acrylic paint.

Then I heat embossed the letterbox & sign with "In the Navy".

I added a computer printed "Gali" adhered to the sign.

On the letterbox, I put in gold glitter stickers #10.

Gali is 10 years old.

ReneaBouquet's Beautiful Board "Quilled Leaves" in size small were just perfect for this layout!!

They are heat embossed with BFS beautiful green EP color "Avocado".

I also chose ReneaBouquet's "Frosty Kisses" butterflies!

They are light blue with navy blue centers.

GORGEOUS & PERFECT!

My choices for the flowers stayed within the same vintage colors that are on the paper -

Navy Blue; light blue; golden yellow; burgundy; caramel.

Ephemera card stock pieces are strategically placed and tucked around the layout;
with some of them popped up with foam tape.

The very last thing was to add Prills in "I'm A-Maized" color.

Thanks for coming by!

Have a great weekend too,

Lisa >^..^<

Gali's gorgeous eyes just melt my heart with love!

Products used:

Blue Fern Studios - Eclectic Charm collection

"Charmed" - for main layout

"Sentimentality" - for under photo

"Calling Cards" - Cut 2 for under photo

"Mercantile" - cut 1 card for under photo

"Ephemera" cardstock die cuts

"Borders" (chipboard)

Blue Fern Studios - Embossing Powders

"In the Navy"

"Avocado"

The Dusty Attic - Chipboards

"Purrfect" used for title

"Fancy Letterbox #2"

ReneaBouquet's

Tiny Treasures "Frosty Kisses"

Beautiful Board - "Quilled Leaves"

Cheery Lynn (Maker's Movement) Die

Horizon Boutique - "Coved Rectangle"

Punches

Recollections - Rounded Corner Punch
(used on photo)

Fiskars - Twist & Flip "Scalloped Corner"
(used on one of the cards behind photo)

US Artquest - Prills

"I'm A-Maized"

49 and Market - Flowers

Botanical Blends - "Navy"

Wild Orchid Crafts - Flowers

25mm & 30mm Blue Cottage Roses

20mm Navy Open Roses

30mm Earth Tone Wild Roses

15mm Yellow Open Roses

10mm Vintage Colored Open Roses

Michaels - Folk Art Metallic Acrylic Paint (Antique Gold); Recollections Gold Glitter Stickers

Sizzix Tools

Big Shot machine

Magnetic Platform

Chalk Inks

"Creamy Brown"

"Night Sky"

Adhesives

Elmer's Foam Tape

Liquitex Matte Gel

Recollections Foam Circles

Beacon 3-in-1

Scor-Tape Adhesive Sheets

Scotch Advanced Tape Glider

Tombow Mono Glue

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Elvis Presley - for Joanne

My BFF's sister, Joanne, asked if I would make her an Elvis layout.
I wasn't sure where to begin,
but one thing I knew was it had to be gaudy in a tasteful way...if there is such a thing.

Elvis' signature is the title.

I found a couple of nice photos on Pinterest.

I feel these were taken during a time when he was in the prime of his career.

THIS is the "Elvis" I think of....

flashy; gaudy; sexy.

I selected the backside of Blue Fern Studios "the Powder Room" page

from their Tattered Walls Artisan Collection.

There's a beautiful design on the left hand side of the page.

I turned the page so that the design could adorn the top of the layout.

This is because it reminds me of a beautiful ornate arch above a stage.

White Modeling Paste was applied through TCW's stencil "Mini Confetti".
I wanted it to emulate fireworks.
The addition of silver glitter dots adds to Elvis' style...flashy.

I placed his popular song titles along the layout edges.

These were computer printed in various sizes and fonts on

Maja Design Denim and Friends page "Sunbleached".
I added cardboard under some of them for dimensional interest.

Kaisercraft's wonderful "Iron Gates" were easy to emboss

using Blue Fern Studios EP "14 Karat".

Since Elvis is known as the "King of Rock",

what better way to express this than to top these glittery gates with a crown!

The Dusty Attic chipboard "Music" is embossed in the beautiful glittery blue of BFS's EP "Starry Night".

I created a couple of small flower arrangements to place under each photo.

The Dusty Attic leafy branches are inked in Olive Pastel color
and lightly brushed with white gesso to tone them down.
I added drops of "Ocean Blue" Liquid Pearls on the berries to bring them out.