Hi, I feel like its been ages since I blogged, life can get so busy for us all, today I'm sharing a 12 x 12 Layout using Kaisercraft Coastal Escape, the Summer hols seem so long ago now; so feels great to share the memories.

Coastal Escape

Starting wth a plain Bazzil cardstock, I've added some 6 x 6 Coastal Escape papers and some stencilling, paint splatters and bling highlight details; to break up the space.

Stencilling, paint and bling details

Finally I added some of the lovely Prima French Riviera flowers.

Hi there. :) Today I have a couple of layouts featuring Kaisercraft's Sea Breeze range, which would have to be one of my recent favourites. The colours and designs are great, and it has been really popular with both the Design Team as well as customers! :)



I started with a base of chocolate brown cardstock, upon which I added some spatters of white Tim Holtz ink. It's a nice opaque one, and dried fairly quickly which is useful when you don't have a heat gun. (I don't have a heat gun- just a wallpaper stripper which tends to singe things. Ask me how I know this. ha! Note to self:  BUY A HEAT GUN.)

Ahem. Moving on. I added my photo, then layered some of the Lake and Raindrop papers at the bottom of it, tearing the edges of them to add a little dimension. On the right, I added some of the flower Collectables which I fussy-cut to remove the excess white border, as well as one of the leaves, and a couple of tags, stapling the "with love" sentiment to one of them as well as adding a small strip of sparkly gold washi tape.


On the top right, I added a die-cut doily (kindly supplied to me by Juanita, so if you'd like to know which one it is, you can ask her!), and another of the Collectables with some aqua rhinestones added to it. And that's it! :)



The second layout starts off with a base of cream cardstock this time, upon which I attached a sheet of the Sea design paper from the small paper pad.  On top of that, I added a piece of the Waterfall paper, which I embossed using the Kaisercraft Circles embossing folder- the design matches the paper perfectly.


Another die-cut doily (thanks, Juanita!) is behind my photograph, and adds another layer of texture to everything. You can see a closer view of the nice mix of textures in the picture below:

 Each page had its only special embellishment theme. Butterfly buttons on one page, flowers on another, Lace on the next. Page by page it came together.
Again Kaisercraft provided quotes and sayings at the bottom of the 12x12 papers which I used on the pages to help tell the story. I just love the and they always seem to fit with the photos.
I made this album with the thought of giving it to my niece as it was photos from here 21st. However I love it so much I may keep it for a little bit and gift it to her later in life. I don't know if anyone is like me and can't part with their projects. Guess I'll just have to learn to let go :-) Hope you enjoyed this album. Happy scrapping. Diane 

Hi there - Christine here today with some cards I have made using Kaisercraft's Old Mac Collection...

 For the first 2 cards I chose to do landscape long cards.  I tried my hand at making hessian flowers to give them a country feel! I layered up various sizes of petals diecut out of a few different pieces of hessian/calico.
 I enjoyed makimg this style of card but certainly need my envelope punch board to make a nice fit envelope for them!
 These 2 cards are square ones, all the cards are on a kraft base. I have really been getting good use from my Kaisercraft circle vines die - I just love it! With the above card I cut out a kraft piece and embossed the centre and placed it into the centre of the blue paper vine,
Some twine and some collectables to embellish and finish off the cards.
I think these cards will be going to some males that have Birthdays coming up!

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Hello there! Long time- no blog postings from me, I know. My apologies, and I'm totally going to blame it on the fact I've been busy working in the shop, selling pretty papers instead of crafting with them. :) However, I do have some layouts to share over the next week or so, and first up today is one I've made with Kaisercraft's farm/country-themed range of papers: Old Mac.



I absolutely love the Rusty sheet, so used this as my starting point - it adds a great dimensional look as the base to the rest of the layout.  I wanted to highlight a variety of different textures, so tried to use a selection of items to achieve that. I added a few splatters of white Tim Holtz ink, and then put my photo in the centre, layered with some paper doilies in two shades of brown slipped underneath.


I then added a piece of hessian fabric, topped with one of the Collectables tags, with some brown & white twine tied through the top.


Lastly, I added a Prima paper rose and a couple of contrasting leaves,  to add a little bit of femininity in amongst all those masculine colours. :) The very final touch was to add a border of raw string around the entire layout, held in place by Tim Holtz tiny attacher staples. (You can see it in the top photograph.)

And that's it! Such a fun range to work with. Thanks for looking, and I'll see you again soon.
Cheers,
 Lisa :)

I spent quiet a bit of time embellishing the front of the album using small shells, fish and shell beads, driftwood sticks from a West Coast beach, flowers and die cuts. But I really pleased with the effect.
Throughout the album I embellished again with die cuts and shells. I cut the net pattern from one of papers and used it as a pocket to place the photo under. (Strategically placed as the photo wasn't too flattering but I wanted to include it because of the smile :-)
 The Coast Escape 12x12 papers had some great quotes and sayings on the strips along the bottoms of the sheets as you can see here and they seem to suit the photos perfectly.
 The papers really suited the showing off of our beautiful country and can highly recommend this range if you have some of your own memories of coastal New Zealand (or any country) to scrap.
I hope you enjoyed this mini album as much as I do. Happy crafting. Diane

Today I'm sharing a couple of 'quick' cards that I've made using Kaisercrafts Sea Breeze collection.

Things were rather hectic around here on the school holidays. I managed to find 10 minutes to myself and threw these 2 cards together. I've used the Sea Breeze 6x6 Paper Pad and the Sea Breeze Collectables along with a few paper flowers and... done! Very simple and very pretty.

Hi there - Christine here today with a couple of 12x12 layouts and pocket pages using Kaisercraft's Old Mac Collection...
 I really like this collection and being a country girl it fits in well with my farm photos. These photos are from last Spring when I was busy feeding calves. I decided to photograph a day in my life! I document mainly in pocket pages, but like to make a couple of layouts to go in my album as well.
 For these 2 LOs I have used kraft card with a black card border, then using the smaller print papers from the paper pad I have layered them under my photo. I used some of the Collectables to embellish.
 For the pocket pages (sorry about the glare!) I made my own 3x4 cards using more of the paper pad papers and collectables. Love being able to do this and make them my own.
These pages will all go in my 2015 album of which I need to have a good catch up on! These pages are all finished, but I need to go and journal and embellish the rest. At least I have my photos printed!

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine

Here is my take on the Kaisercraft Cottage Rose collection. So pretty, and lovely fresh colours! I have used a number of the patterned papers and layered these distressing the edges. The base is a very light green Bazzill cardstock, and the pattern papers are the Crochet, the Garden and the Fragrant. I have also used some of the specialty embossed paper found in the collection pack, which I have used under the torn bits of the Fragrant paper. I have then used a matching pink and green ink rubbing over this embossed paper,which then highlights the embossed pattern.


Using smaller pieces of patterned paper (Quilt and Wallpaper) ,  distress these and layer underneath the photos. I cut up the row of roses from the sticker sheet and layered these between the collectables, flowers and charms.

Good morning to all - Betsy here this morning to share a couple of cards made with the gorgeous Cottage Rose Collection from Kaisercraft. This range is for April and it is so lovely and delicate. So pleased that again Kaisercraft have delivered on their usual standard! I sure enjoyed working with it. A little secret ladies - I am using this collection for our cards on Wednesday morning at Artfull Crafts and I know you will enjoy them, as well.




A simple card for this one making full use of the collectables which come with the collection. The lovely apricot border was cut using an EK Sucess punch.





I do love this style of card - it is an easel card which I picked up the template for, some years ago. It is very pretty and always seem to get an A+. The frames are part of the collection.

Trusting you are all enjoying our lovely Autumn - we really are having some super days here in Geraldine. Thanks for taking the time to check this out and do keep an eye out for the SENZ classes which should be advertised in the very near future. It is creeping up on us ladies!

Happy crafting and many blessings,

Betsy.