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Here's a layout I did for my hubby to document how he feels for a change. I'm always doing layouts about my mum and my nana who I miss dearly.( Sorry I couldn't crop out my craft mat as the wings go off the edge of the page).  So a change of subject was definitely in order. I do try to do layouts of my mother-in-law whenever possible but I just don't have the sheer number of photos of her. (My dad gave me all the photos in the house of my mum right back to her childhood when she died) So how did I save on this layout? Well the cardboard was free.  I handmade all of the embellishments except the frame which I bought from K-Mart. I made all the flowers out of off-cuts of paper from other projects. I also made the wings in the top left hand corner by stamping on a scrap of acetate and then dusting fine  glitter over the wet ink. The little resin bird is a more expensive element but well worth it. I did save by doing the title and journalling by hand so I guess tha...

August Class - Adore

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Here's is the canvas class I have designed for August. The class is called "Adore". In this class you'll learn how to embellish with ribbon, how to make your own flowers (of course) and team them with some of the gorgeous prima ones to great effect. You'll also learn how to create a quick and effective background using glimmermist.  I've also added some distressing techniques and a great way to use some of your stencils to achieve a raised 3D effect. Here I used one patterned paper as my frame and clustered my embellishments in the bottom right hand corner of the photo. I really love the prima bird and "adore" branch. If you're coming to this class you'll need scissors and double sided tape and a wet glue (helmar 420 is my favourite for making flowers)an embossing tool and mat and a distressing tool if you have one. Call Arnolds to book in on:   07 3293 4390

Pink and Black and White "BFF"

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I have some fabulous photos of me and my BFF's..I'm a very lucky girl cause I have a few..... so of course these need to be scrapbooked to make them look even more beautiful (LOL). Here is a layout I did recently.... So how did I save money on this layout? Well I used scraps of patterned paper from other previous layouts..... I misted my background to save on using a patterned paper, I made flowers (of course)..... hmmm I made my own embellishments (Butterfly is glitter on acetate; I didn't stamp the image onto acetate I just placed my acetate over an image and used art glitter glue to mark out the outline and then covered this in black glitter.  Then I added the other colours. Hint: leave white glitter till last! Then I cut around the image). Also I took some chipboard letters, covered them in glue and then glitter to make my title Tip: I keep all my chipboard letters in drawers after I've made a few words out of the packet and don't think there's an...