This weekend, one commenter will win a strikingly beautiful picture print from Black Baroque.
Alexandra from Black Baroque creates glorious prints on vintage book paper. The designs in her store are so wide and varied that you are sure to find something you adore! Alexandra gave us some insight into what inspires her to create her beautiful work.
“We use gorgeous antique book pages from 1883-1890 for our art prints. The pages are two and three column pages with borders. The pages were printed in the 1800’s by running the page through first for the text, then back again through the printer for the beautiful borders. My home is filled with antique furniture and all sorts of eclectic treasures. But the two things I collect are rare antique books and chandeliers. I have a thing for bling and books. Miniature, gold leafed paged, 1 -2 inch books are my favorite and very hard to find. I have been collecting for years”
To enter, just leave a comment on this post, letting us know what your favourite book is, the story you could read over and over and never tire of.
Entries close at midnight Thursday UK time and the winner will be posted Friday evening, so be sure to check back to see if it’s your lucky day!
Good luck!
Congratulations to Nora, who wins her choice of print from Restyle.
Nora, please email me (shimelle at gmail dot com) with your address.
There’s a new giveaway every Friday night, so check back next week for another chance to win just by leaving a comment.
Next up in my mission to use every bit of all the Studio Calico kits this month came in the form of add-on two: Twisty Slide. There’s a red and turquoise vibe going on here, and that’s a colour combination I always love. I made this page with a combination of this add-on and the main kit, Elmwood Park, with a single photo The Boy snapped on our first wedding anniversary, then used this page to document the lovely day we had in the sunshine, wandering around the beautiful city centre of Bath. Here’s a little look at how it all came together.
If you missed grabbing this kit at Studio Calico, you can find many of the elements here. Those items are starting to sell out there too this week, so if there is something you fancy but it’s out of stock, you can always click that ‘request and notify’ button so you’ll get an email as soon as it’s back on the shelf.
I love the colours in this kit and it’s rare that I have to really get up the nerve to cut through all the papers straight away. Usually that doesn’t bother me at all, but all of these are so pretty I wanted to use them all for full page backgrounds! Um… I may have ordered an extra sheet of more than one of them so I can do just that another day.
I may have a small problem when it comes to paper, I realise.
Thanks so much for watching, and there’s more to come soon!
xlovesx
This week Glitter Girl can be found under a giant pile of layered embellishments, with pop dots stuck to her fingers, face and hair! She answered this question about adding depth to the embellishment on scrapbook pages and then used it as an excuse to add more than a little embellishment to a new layout – the title page of an album filled with pictures from the Harry Potter film studio tour.
All the supplies for this project can be found here – just scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the shopping section. That includes both heights of pop dots as mentioned in the video. I regularly use two brands so I can have two different levels of things that are raised up off the page. A pack lasts quite a long while, and they aren’t very expensive to start, so if you’re looking to add dimension to flat embellishments like stickers and die-cuts, then they will definitely be your new best friend.
Aside from that, there are plenty of things you’re likely to already have on hand that are great for adding depth. Buttons, brads, chipboard, fabric, thread and badges are all things that add depth instantly. Three-dimensional layered stickers and bold letter stickers like Thickers add depth easily since all you have to do is peel and stick. But don’t ignore the background! If you really want to great depth, you need to build something flat first, so look at stamp designs you can use for many themes and don’t be afraid to cover up much of the stamped design or a paper element. By adding that extra detail to the flat background, your raised elements will create even more depth.
This isn’t a Glitter Girl layout, but I thought this was as good a time to share it as any! My Harry Potter album has just three layouts at the moment – the ‘Welcome to Hogwarts’ title page, the ’5 girls 1 enchanted car’ page here and this one with us knocking on the Dursleys’ door on Privet Drive. The layering on this one is different but follows the same principles – build up the flat layers first (in this case it’s with ink splatters and washi tape), then build up with various dimensional items (papers on pop-dots, dimensional stickers, Thickers letters, badges and brads) and don’t be afraid to make sure everything is overlapping and close together. I think that is probably the thing that tends to go wrong with layering from time to time – for fear of covering up the things we like, the embellishments get spread too far apart and then they don’t read as one united element but rather lots of different things. If your layers aren’t making you as happy as you would like, try pushing them closer together and see if that’s the solution. (Supplies for this page are all by American Crafts – find them here.)
This week, Glitter Girl challenges you to build depth in the embellishment of your project, then share the results in the gallery! You can also leave a link in the comments here if you like.
Onward, covered in glitter, my dear scrapbookers!
The Adventures of Glitter Girl is a weekly series on Two Peas in a Bucket, and goes live every Wednesday. I’ll share each adventure here shortly after that. I hope you enjoy her quests for crafting happiness, and if you ever have a scrapbooking dilemma yourself, you can always call her to action on the message board.
In addition to the main kit of scrapbooking goodness that’s available on subscription each month at Studio Calico, there are four different add-on kits that go on sale on reveal day. Getting to scrap with all four of them was pure luxury! So today’s video includes one page from start to finish (mostly) using the main kit (Elmwood Park) and the first add-on, Capture the Flag. Take a look at the kits here to get an idea of where I started.
Also… I say this is mostly start to finish. After many grumpy looks at my computer screen, I had to admit defeat with one part of the video that wouldn’t play no matter what. Of course it was the bit of video that showed the embellishment (and the title). Please forgive me. The goal of the using up everything in all five kits meant I couldn’t go back and film it again with additional supplies! I promise it’s not difficult embellishment – what you see is what you get with cute little die-cuts strung along a bit of twine, with the safety pins in the BasicGrey embellishment pack.
While the add-on kit is sold out, you can find some of the items here, all in one place to help if you missed out on the kit at Studio Calico.
I’ve been scrapping the photos from Luang Prabang in Laos so slowly. It was my most favourite place on our adventure and scrapping it lets me relive it a little. Even though I have hundreds of prints from this town, I’m taking my time so I don’t rush to the end of them! These photos are at the top of a big hill in the centre of town, with a beautiful view in every direction, including a river either side. There’s a very quiet temple at the top too. And ladies who catch and sell little birds in tiny cages so you can set them free at the top and they repeat the entire process. But that’s another story entirely.
I did warn you there was quite a lot going on around this time of year: new collection sneak peeks, kit scrapping videos and today also marks the blog hop to support UKScrappers and the sponsors who provide plenty of scrapping fun and inspiration here in the UK!
Did you know I post a monthly page tutorial at UKScrappers? It’s called and now for something completely different because every month we try something new – but always relatively simple, because the layout is always twenty steps from start to finish.
On the tenth of the month, I post the supplies including the photo requirements, so you can choose what you want to use and print your photographs.
Then on the twentieth of the month, I post the twenty step-by-step photos and instructions so you can give the same idea a try with your own supplies and images. There’s always room to adapt the ideas to your own style in case you don’t scrapbook just like me.
The most recent edition gives steps to help build layers of embellishment from die-cuts. You can find that here.
You can upload your work to the special gallery at UKScrappers just for this project. You can find others’ work there too – it’s here.
Everyone is welcome to participate, even if you don’t live in the UK, and there are six tutorials waiting for you should you like to jump in now. You can find them all here. There are six more to come as it’s a year-long project for 2012, and all entirely free.
Your next stop on the hop is Sir Stampalot from Peterborough. Keep hopping to see all the different projects on offer. And there are prizes to be won! Two ways to win here: I’ll give one prize (a shimelle.com class of your choice for yourself and a friend) to one person who comments here by the end of Thursday, UK time. There are also prizes to be won by commenting on all the participating blogs in the hop then reporting in here on UKScrappers to say you did so! Do be sure to leave your UKS membership name in your comment if you are entering for those prizes. Please be aware that to leave a comment here, you must write your comment and hit the preview button first – once you have previewed, the post button will work!
And do bookmark the monthly scrapbook page tutorials at UKScrappers if you they seem useful for your crafting!
This July, I’m delighted to be the special guest of Studio Calico, the scrapbooking kit club. I had the very fun job of creating with their July kits, including the main kit Elmwood Park and the four add-on kits to complement. And oh goodness, did I make quite a bit! You can see my gallery here.
In all, I finished twenty-one projects from their July kits! (Sixteen are shown in the gallery.) And as a little bonus, this week I have a series of five videos to share with you, then a few special things to come at the end of the week. In the first video, I’m working with just the main kit, to create a jubilee-themed page. This photo was one of my favourites of all the jubilee fun – it’s the window display at a local vintage shop.
The Elmwood Park kit already sold out, but you can take a look at previous kits at Studio Calico to see if subscribing is a good option for you. The kit is a mix of supplies available elsewhere and exclusive products only available in the kit, but you could still use the video series with your own stash if you like. Plus tomorrow I’ll link up the supplies that are available for individual purchase should that be more helpful.
I hope you enjoy the video series this week, and thanks Studio Calico for inviting me to have so much fun with all that paper goodness!
It’s not long now till the summer CHA trade show, where this year’s autumn, winter and Christmas lines debut to retailers, and with that comes a few sneak peeks at what we can expect to see in stores throughout the rest of the year. As a big fan of her first two collections, I’m very excited to see the new autumn collection by Amy Tangerine for American Crafts, and the name has me hooked already: Ready Set Go! Bring on the globes and arrows and catchy travel/life phrases!
Here’s a little look at the Remarks sticker sheet for Ready Set Go, and you can get an idea for the colours of this new collection. Reds and warm yellows, with pops of blue and pink, making me think it will be quite versatile for scrapping photos of boys or girls and possibly even more importantly, it will look fabulous with kraft cardstock. That little ‘real life’ camera sticker kills me – love it!
Today you can hop around a few scrapping blogs to get a look at this new collection, piece by piece… and you might even win something. Once you hop through all the sneak peeks, you can enter at both Amy’s blog and the American Crafts blog for two chances to win the full line of Ready Set Go scrapbooking goodness. Your next stop on the hop is the lovely Kelly Purkey so go see what she has to share today!
And while you’re here, what new things are you hoping to see from your favourite scrapbooking brands? I’ll be attending the show and bringing you my tour of all the booths and new products, so you can mark your calendar if you like! CHA starts on the seventeenth of this month!
This weekend, one commenter will win a print of their choosing from Restyle.
Restyle prints are designed by Jan Skácelík, a graphic designer, photographer and music composer from Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Jan’s work is inspired by beautiful and iconic mid-century styling. He explains, “I love everything about design and especially vintage 50’s & 60’s Scandinavian patterns, found in catherineholm enamelware. Stig Lindberg, Marianne Westman, Eames, and Danish modern furniture are also big ‘go to’ inspiration points for me”.
And a special bonus for shimelle.com readers! Jan is also offering 15% off his prints to all customers using the code “ILOVERESTYLE” when ordering.
To enter, just leave a comment on this post describing your favourite era of design.
Entries close at midnight Thursday UK time and the winner will be posted Friday evening, so be sure to check back to see if it’s your lucky day!
Good luck!
Congratulations to Sandy G, who wins the stunning handbag from LuckyCann.
Sandy, please email me (shimelle at gmail dot com) with your address.
There’s a new giveaway every Friday night, so check back next week for another chance to win just by leaving a comment.
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