Borders for days .....

Hello and welcome to August!

What on earth happened to the last few months?

Anyway ... this month the ID Team are playing with Borders!

We have a great range of Borders and have some new ones in the pipeline too!

Check out what the girls have been up to ....

Carol created this super sweet layout.

 "Used 2 border (Moroccan and Paul borders) chipboards and Clock & Compass chipboard under the photo. Lined up the title chipboard in same direction, hanging down. Cut a part of Moroccan border chipboard at the other edge of paper. Painted all the chipboards with gesso, then colored them with Twinkling H2O's watercolors ], Colorarte Primary Elements."

Louise has used a potential new release design of chipboard, one she has designed herself, in a typically fun and funky style.

I LOVE this and cant wait to see it on the shelves

 

And finally Sandi has created this page

My 'Kryal Castle Magic' Border Theme page used the 'train track' and '4 Circle' borders. I cut the circles from the border and used them individually over the page. I chose to use 3 different size Alphas for the title and the 'Mirror Bracket' frame to frame one of the photos. The chipboard was inked with either Olive or Black Versa Color Ink and them embossed with Copper embossing powder to provide an antique appearance with beads and glitter adding a touch of magic.


Thanks for sharing ladies and I hope you are all having a great day!

 

Cards & Tags with Belinda, Louise & Tatiana K

Good morning to you all

Today I'm sharing three really great projects from our Team - all totally different and all totally amazing!

First up is Belinda Spencer - Belinda teaches here with me in Adelaide and this is one of her cards created for a class early in the month

 

"For this card I created a mixed media base using stamping, gesso and Faber Castell Gelatos before gluing on the awesome crosshatch circle. I then dabbed on some Brushed Pewter Distress Stain and sprayed with the Distress Spray Stain in the same colour to allow the colour to run down the card. I covered some stars with a self adhesive metal checker plate material, painted with gesso and then filed with an emery board to allow some of the silver to show through. The smaller stars were covered with cardstock which was stamped, gessoed and inked."

Ummmm.....  FREAKING AMAZING 

The incredibly talent Louise Nelson has made this tag - featuring my absolute favourite photo of my daughter Jessica  when she was a toddler.
Lou has used a new releases designed by me!

 And finally the divine Tatiana K has made the STUNNING card.
 I LOVE the way this all works together - the white chipboard is the perfect match!

 I hope you are all having a wonderful day
xxx
Natalie May

A little grungy ....

Today I have 2 pages to show.

Louise recently attended a class in Darwin with the incredibly talented Finnabair.

"This canvas was created when I attended a class by the amazing Finnabair from Poland. Along with several items of junk and ephemera, I used the wheels from both the pushbike and penny farthing bike chipboards.

Other materials used include canvas board, lace, bubble wrap, netting, string, buttons, pot scourer, mists and sprays, black paint, gesso, gel medium.

This piece of genius is inspired by her.

 Penny Farthing IDS0012

Bicycle IDS0011

Thanks for sharing Lou - you can see more of Lou's work on her blog - LOUISE


I have also created a grungy page using papers that Finnabair has designed from 7Dots Studio.

This page is about me being 37! :)

I used quite a few techniques on this page - lots of gesso and texture paste, stamping, misting and inking!
The chipboard has quite a few processes added to it but mostly texture paste over a mask and then inked! I love how it turned out!
I designed this page especially for Once Upon A Sketch who we proudly sponsor!

I've used the following supplies for this page ... 7Dots Studio paper, Prima flowers, Green Tara flowers, various spray mists, gesso, texture paste.

Imaginarium Chipboard Used ...

Emma Frame IDFR0012 

 Swirl Corners 4 per board IDC0002

Long swirly Flourish IDFL0011& small IDFL0005

Sheet of Numbers (Small) 16mm High 38 per sheet IDN0002

To see more of my work, head over to my blog - NATALIE

Thanks for stopping by!

Natalie

It's all about Butterflies

Every one loves our Butterflies and by looking at these amazing creations, we need to add some more butterflies to our collection, but when you have the perfect butterfly that looks amazing on any layout and works well for any style of scrapbooking then you really don't need anymore.

Today I want to show you two very different layouts using the same butterfly.

The first one is one of Carole's layouts. 
Carole has called it "Happy". 
She is our french Design Team Member and her work is so Chic. 
I love the way she has tied all her elements together.

She has used our most popular butterfly designs in two different sizes

IDS0001 & IDS0002 Butterflies

Carole applied some silver acrylic paint over the chipboards for a shiny effect and then she added pearls in the center of the butterflies.

IDB005 Heart top Picket Fence.

Carole certainly has done a "Happy" layout. Its all the attention to detail and the way she layers everything that sets her work apart.

Carole’s supplies list

Imaginarium designs : chipboards

Butterfly extra large (Code:IDS001)

Butterfly large (Code:IDS0002)

Heart Top Picket Fence (Code:IDB0005)

Crate paper: paper

My mind’s eye: papers

Making memories: paper

Zva creative: flowers

Zva creative: pearls

Cheery Lynn design: die cut template

Acrylic paint.

To see more of Carole's work, then visit her blog.

Carole Maurin

Now for something different, Louise has used the same butterfly but smaller.
We make a butterflies on a board and they are tiny.

 Louise is the master of using the backing board that the butterflies are in. They come in a board to protect them, which all the rest of us throw away. But not Louise, I call her my upcycling queen, and she is so good at it.
Louise has created this layout about herself, which is brilliant, as most of us don't do many layouts on ourselves.

I love the way her layouts are minimalistic but still have lots of interesting elements. Note the wire and beads.

As you can see from the close up photos, Louise first scraped gesso over the whole sheet of butterflies and then gave it a light spray with mist.

Louise creates her layouts on 12x12 sheets of chipboard, which gives them a unique look, it also allows her to use sprays and inks, which she does so well.

Photo Credit - Lynette van Barrelo [My Lens and Me Photography]

Materials used;

Imaginarium Designs - 12 x 12 chipboard background board, Butterflies

Vellum

Krylon Gesso

Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer Mist

Wire

Beads

Hemp string

Staples

Uni Posca paint pen

If you would like to see more of Louise's work then visit her blog.

Louise Nelson

Thanks so much Carole and Louise for sharing your layouts.

White Backgrounds with a splash or two of colour.

A white background on a layout or card always looks so clean, it must be nice to do a layout like this.
You start with a white clean space, whether it's a layout, canvas or a card.
Then you add the colours you want.
I have always wanted to do this type of scrapbooking, but have never quite mastered it.

Today I am going to share some excellent examples of this style of scrapbooking by three of our design team who are masters at it.

First is Louise, she uses gesso to give her a white foundation.
Then she works her magic, a splash of colour, a small photo, embellishments, some of our chipboard, her own doodling and voila, another Louise Master piece.

Don't you love the splotches, I wish I had the freedom to do this, mine always looks like I have spilt the whole bottle! I am sure there is a nack to this.

IDS0001 Butterfly Small

IDT0014 4 Butterflies on a Board

I love the way she uses butterflies on her work, we need to do some more designs for her.

To see more of Louise's work then visit her blog

Louise Nelson

Next is Carole.
Again Carole has used a white background for her layout. I love the way she has added colour to her page. The strips of paper is so effective and I love the clear elements she has added to the paper. She has called her layout "La vie couleurs" or life in Colours.

 IDFL0005 Long Swirly Florish

I love the what she has done to the chipboard it looks amazing.

Carole used black glitter embossing powder over the chipboard.

Materials used:

Chipboard: Imaginarium Designs

Long Swirly Florish

Echo Park Paper

Les Papiers de Pandore: Paper

Bo Bunny: Paper

Simple Stories: Paper

Kaisercraft: Paper

Webster's Pages: Paper

Zva Creative: Crystals

Prima Alpha Stickers

K & Company Alpha Stickers

Epiphany crafts: Punches and expoxy Buttons.

To see more of Carole's work, visit her blog

Carole Maurin

The last project is a card from Gloria .... again the white foundation works so well even on a card, isn't the cutiest card you're seen, perfect for a little fellar. 
Gloria is a master at cards, I love this one. 
Gloria has included some techniques as well.

Techniques:

1. I wanted to show that Imaginarium Designs chipboard can be used for simple and cute projects. I cut several items apart to create this card. I cut the Title into two pieces, I trimmed the cars from the train, and I even trimmed down the train track! 

IDS0034 Star Goods Train

 

IDS0021 Fence/Railway track

 

IDP0036 Wishing you Happiness

2. I used Copic alcohol markers to color the word art. I used Ranger Distress ink to color the train and track.

3. Once the ink was dry, I sprayed the train with Goosebumps Texture Spray. I allowed that to dry, then added the dots with Ranger Picket Fence Distress Marker.

Gloria is an expert at Copic markers, just look at all the shading she has done. I love the finish on the train, it looks amazing.

 

Imaginarium Designs Chipboard:

Train Track Border,
Star Train with three Carriages,
Wishing You Happiness

My Mind's Eye Papers: Lime Twist Out of the Blue

American Crafts: Black Cardstock

Copic X-Press It: White Cardstock

Tsukineko: Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink; Goosebumps Texture Spray

Copic: various markers

Ranger: Distress Fired Brick, Faded Jeans; Distress Markers Picket Fence

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps: Snips and Snails stamp set

Wild Orchid Crafts: Flowers

Spellbinders: Grand Calibur die cutting machine; Nestabilities Standard Circles Large, Standard Circles Small

Craft supply: Glue

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: Foam squares

Scotch 3M: Tape runner, foam tape

If you would like to see more of Gloria's work then visit her blog.

Gloria Stengel

Thanks Louise, Carole and Gloria for sharing you lovely work with us.

We are going to start our weekly give away again!
To win a pack of our gorgeous chipboard, please leave us a comment and we will draw a winner next Friday!


Have a great week!