A QUICK CARD

Hi, it's Honor here.   Recently I needed a quick card for a friend.  She isn't an overly "girly" girl, so I thought the Kaisercraft Base Coat range would be perfect for the occasion.   I kept it quite simple, using ribbon pieces from the Base Coat range, Flourish With A Bling "Grace Pewter" embellishment and a very cute butterfly "Critters".   The cogs and clocks were from my stash, with a little piece of Green Tara Paper String.  

  Thanks for stopping by.  Don't forget to check back here regularly to see more amazing inspiration from Molossi's awesome DT.   Honor xo    

LAYERS

Good Morning how are you on this fine  Friday, week one of the holidays is nearly over.... maybe flying by too quick but it has allowed me to get a lot of creating time in and also some time spent scrapping my youngest son., just Project Life things for him. 

Today I thought I would share with you one of my travel photos from the time I went to Italy in 1996. I haven't done a lot with the album as I want to do it justice and it don't have all the negatives any more.

The large flowers I have always had trouble sticking on the layout especially more than one, a handy trick is to layer them under and over card stock, so a little bit just peeks out, allowing your layout to not look too cluttered, it also gives you layers and depth. The Manorhouse Creations Heritage Value pack is a great way to get coordinating flowers.

Also to add more depth to your layout when sticking journal cards, distress the edges and curl them up on the ends, and dont use a lot of tape this adds interest in the page.

Flourish with a Bling is the perfect finishing touch, don't forget you can cut them up to use all over your page, so here this is only one flourish just cut up into 3 pieces.

Inking your edges of your layout and flowers with Tim Holtz Distress inks.

Concerto

VALUE PACK - Heritage

FWAB Jasmine Laser Flourish Gold

Distress Ink Pad - Aged Mahogany

Hope this has inspired you to use your larger flowers, till next week hope you have a creative weekend. 

Rikki 

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DREAM CARD BY HONOR

Hi, it's Honor here with a quick card I've created using lots of goodies that can be found in the Molossi online store.   I've used the Kaisercraft Base Coat range to make this card, with the base made from cream cardstock.  

  The flowers are from the Manorhouse 'Melissa' range, embellished with Flourish With A Bling.   "Dream" is a pre-cut Manorhouse word, available in both black & white and can be coloured to suit your project.   I hope you're all having a lovely day, and find some time for creating today.  
Thanks for stopping by, Honor x

JUST TAKING A MINUTE

Good Morning, Rikki here today with a quick share...

Its getting to be the mad end of the school term... touch Rugby .... Assembly items .... Swimming lessons .... Easter Hat parade !!!! Which then means Easter will be upon us sooner than we know with school holidays arrrghhhh! 

While I get over my panic attack, why don't you look over my latest creation, something for the boys.

With any range of paper they are always journal cards sometimes its hard to figure out how to work them into a layout, why don't you cut them into banners..... all the banners you see here are journal cards.

The love heart was a perfect title but it was in a square journal card, and with a quick cut it became the perfect title, with the left over part being added as a tab. This is also where the Zoom part came from too.

I love the Flourish with a Bling Chloe Pearl Flourish, they are really easy to cut up and create the perfect finishing touch on your layout or you can just keep them as is.

FWAB Chloe Pearl Flourish Blue
Thanks for looking stay turned next week to see something special for Easter, maybe it will give you some ideas for those lucky parents that have to help make Easter Hats.
Rikki  xxxxx

KAISERCRAFT - BASE COAT

 
Hi, it's Honor here and today I'm sharing a card I've made from Kaisercraft's "Base Coat" collection, showing you that you can make a card from just one piece of paper.  

The base of the card is brown cardstock, and the remainder of the card is made from Kaisercraft's Base Coat "Whitewash".  I've used both sides of the paper, and layered the card, distressing the edges.  This paper is so versatile, and makes great male cards, that I sometimes struggle with.   The paper string is from Green Tara, and Flourish With A Bling is Pewter "Grace".   The metal flower and leaf is from my stash, and suited the paper perfectly.   Thanks for stopping by, Honor xo  

IS IT A HYBRID???

Can you believe it is the end of February already? Rikki here with another Friday layout share, but seriously the end of February!!! 

Today I am sharing with you a mixed media layout, more like a  hybrid as it includes loads of layered flowers, fussy cut butterflies and gesso.

So to start just build put your background with some texture paste through a stencil... allow to dry, but if your like me and want to continue working on it this is where your Alsion Ellis Designs Heat gun will come into play.

Once its dry you will need to paint Derivan Paints Gesso all over the texture paste and you will want it quick thick, allow to dry. Also if you want your Molossi Chipboard Butterfly frame, white this would be also a great time to do that.

Then its time to spray your mist for your background colour I have used Ranger Dylusions in several colours.

Once it is all dry its just about the construction, the hardest part of me was cutting the photo so it sat in the frame, I just cut a circle the same size of the frame, onto some tracing paper, then used some washi to attach it on the photo and then cut the photo around the template. Don't forget to attach some X-press It Foam Mount under the photo.



Then its just a matter of clustering all my flowers on, around and under the frame, I also attached some of the fussy cut butterflies around the frame and the flowers. 

Alsion Ellis Designs Heat gun




Derivan Paints Gesso





Molossi Chipboard Butterfly frame



X-press It Foam Mount


Manorhouse Creations Minuettes - Pink mix



FWAB Grace Pearl Flourish

 Well that's all for today why don't you pop over to the Molossi Store and grab some of the art and chipboard supplies to start you own ''Hybrid" layout. xxxx

   

LAYERS, FLOWERS AND FUSSY CUTTING...

Rikki here with another layout to share with you all. Last week I mentioned about layers, fussy cutting and flowers.....

 

So where do you start? For myself its about keeping the background simple, flat with a boarder so things can ''spill'' from the centre section. The glitter cardstock is perfect for that, just remember its thicker and to be a little bit gentle with your board punches....

I broke one handle on one of mine, for this layout, but it can still be used and its was worth it :)

When it comes to your ''clusters'' I work on odd numbers so 7, 5, 3, its an old graphic design trick it looks pleasing to the eye. So there's 3 flowers, 2 butterflies and 2 fussy cut flourishes. 

You can also see 3 doilies that the photos are sitting on. The centre cluster has 1 flower, a paper flower and a flourish and I am sure you can figure out the rest.

 

This is one of the reasons I love to fussy cut sometimes the paper is too busy but it might have a flow to it and it might be the perfect little embellishment to finish off your cluster.

Manorhouse Creations Coordinations pink



Manorhouse Creations Flexible Words - Love


Manorhouse Creations Lace Butterfly and Hearts


FWAB Grace Pearl Flourish

Hope you are feeling inspired, why don't you pop over to the Molossi store and grab some of those stunning Manorhouse Creations flowers and embellishments.

Next week I will have another mixed media layout for you. Have a great, creative weekend xxxx