Happy Arty Days

Couture Creations DT Projects: October #1

Hello again!

Welcome back for more Couture Creations inspiration!

Today I am sharing with you a cool technique to try with any of our fabulous embossing folders.

Here’s my finished project…..

Gorgeous, huh?!!

And as usual, it’s another super easy one to recreate!

Here’s how……

Emboss your cardstock (or quality watercolour paper) using your favourite Couture Creations Premium Embossing Folders. I used The Marriot Collection: Great Fubu.

2. Stamp over the raised/embossed image with your embossing ink. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder.

3. Dust away excess powder with a stiff bristle brush. Apply heat to powder until all particles are completely melted away & allow to cool for five minutes.

4. Use watercolour paint, or spray inks, to cover straight over the embossed areas – so easy! (No fancy painting skills required!) Allow to dry.

5. Cover cardstock with baking paper & on a low-medium heat setting, iron in a circular motion until the clear embossing ‘melts away’. Be sure to follow all safety instructions when using iron.

You are now left with the embossed cardstock in it’s original colour & a fabulous painty background that doesn’t detract from the embossed pattern.

Love it! A really stunning effect that you can try today!

I'd love to see your creations with this technique,

Please post them on the Couture Creations Facebook page for everyone to admire!

Thankyou for visiting.

til next time,

Happy Arty Days!
Amanda xo

Couture Creations Products:

CO723672 The Marriot: 5 x 7" Embossing Folders: Great Fubu

CO721984 Adhesives: Double Sided Tape 12mm x 50m

CMS Challenge #72

Hi everyone!

Thanks for taking time today for a-look-see at my creation for

Challenge # 72 over @ Color Me Scrappy!

Here's what the new challenge looks like......

Another fabulously fun colour board to create with, and the added challenge is to feature some 'wood' on your creation.

Here's my layout, "Believe"

Isn't this the sweetest Christmas page???

Their first Christmas together - so a really special moment to capture!

My entire layout is created from the amazing Kaisercraft: Basecoat Christmas collection!

The colours worked so beautifully with this challenge.

Basecoat Christmas is one of my absolute faves & seriously, how good is that background paper?!!

Love it (and plenty of wood featured in the paper too)

The stickers, the collectables, even that cute candy stripe printed tape is all from this incredible new collection!

But I wonder what you will create for this challenge?

Be sure to upload your entry over at CMS here!

(& check out what my talented DT members have created too!)

Thanks for stopping by,

til next time,

Happy Arty Days,

Amanda xo

Scrap & Play Challenge #12

Hi everyone!

Welcome back for another peak at what I've been creating over at Scrap & Play!

Here's the new challenge......

This was an especially challenging layout for me, as being 'Aussie" we don't really celebrate Halloween!

I hope I have done this holiday justice and created something special for my gorgeous friends overseas!

But enough chatter, let's see my take on it....

Cool, huh?!!!

Loving the sequins with the chevron chippies and all that inky, painty splatter!

So I didn't have a Halloween photo to scrap with so......

I used a 'Halloween Greetings' Clip Art from Paper Wings Productions (Halloween Fun 1 - #107)

& combined it with some fabulous and funky Imaginarium Designs chipboard!

A lil Kaisercraft Printed Tape & an old sheet of Basic Grey: Hey Boy! Paper completes this super fun page!

And there you have it! My take on this spooky October challenge

I would love to see what you create with this challenge though -

so be sure to upload your entry at Scrap & Play here!

Thanks for visiting,

til next time,

Happy Arty Days,

Amanda xo

Paper Wings Productions October Blog Hop

Hi Creators & Stamping Superstars!

Welcome to the Paper Wings Productions October Blog Hop!

In case you are new here, Paper Wings Productions hosts a blog hop on the first Friday of every month.
If you've arrived here from Dana's blog, then you're in the right place.
If not, please visit The Aviary here to start the hop.

This month at The Aviary we're going back to basics with classic Black!

Black is so wonderful to create with - it is modern, contemporary, classic, refined, uber-stylish & most of all it's timeless.....

To entice you even further to follow our hop, one lucky winner will get a $25.00 gift certificate to the Paper Wings Productions online store.

For a chance to win all you need to do is:

Be a follower of this blog, The Aviary
Visit each of the participating designer's blogs and leave a comment
Come back and leave us a comment here telling us you completed the hop

To increase your chances of winning you can like our Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop. Be sure to leave a separate comment at The Aviary for each of your additional entries. The winner will be announced on Tuesday October 7, 2014 at The Aviary.

Let's have a look at my take on a little black number,

'Altered Vintage Domino Melange Bottle'

Isn't this altered bottle just striking?!! Black is so classy!

This stunner features one of my favourite Paper Wings Productions Stamps,

Vintage Domino Melange.

This stamp set has so many glamorous images to create with!

Let's take a closer look........

Yes, that stamped lady is just sophistication supreme! Love it!

Here's the stamp set in it's entirety.......

Vintage Domino Melange Stamp Set

It really is fabulous & an essential for your 'must have' stamp collection!

And an altered bottle is just another use for it....

Thanks for hopping over and taking a peak at my creation!

Please be sure to leave a comment, and now it's time to send you over to see what the talented Erica has created......

***Here is the complete line up just in case you get lost along the way***

Dana

Amanda - You are here!

Happy Hopping!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY!!

Let Your Creativity Take Flight!

Happy Arty Days,

Amanda xo

Paper Wings Productions: October Challenge

Hi everyone!

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've created for the
Paper Wings Productions monthly challenge!

October is all about Halloween & the colour orange at The Aviary.
I know, such a fun challenge, right?!!

Here's my take on it...................

A mixed media card that acknowledges the 'mystere' of Halloween,

and showcases some fabulous Paper Wings Productions products.

You'll spy the Art Textures Stamp Set,

Golden Gel Tar (I used it as an alternative to resin for those bottle cap cogs)

& Tim Holtz Label Letters.

Both of these delicious products come with the

Well Dressed Nesting Components Mixed Media Kit.

The Art Textures Stamp Set is a 'must have' in my stamp collection!

I use this stamp set for so many different projects;

scrapbooking pages, altered items, ATCs, canvas artworks, collages

- it's just so versatile & adds great dimension!

You can visit the store here.

Hope you liked this little card!

For more inspirational ideas please visit The Aviary

& see what my fellow DT members created for this challenge too!

Don't forget to link up your own entries for the challenge -

we'd love to see your take on it!

Thanks for visiting,

'til next time,

Happy Arty Days,

Amanda xo

Scrap & Play Challenge #11

Welcome everyone!

Today I am sharing my take on Challenge #11 over at

Scrap & Play!

Here's what the new challenge looks like.....

Have some fun with this terrific sketch!!!

Here's how my creation turned out.....

Such a pretty page!!!

Love this lil lady! Too cute!

And yes, I really did keep to the sketch!

(it was just a really fun sketch to lift)

Those soft papers and fabulous collectables are from

Kaisercraft: Dream Big Collection.

So very pretty!

Let's take a closer look......

Too divine!!!

Hope you liked my take on the sketch!

Can't wait to see what yours will look like!

To get more inspiration from my fellow DT members,

and to link your creations,

please visit Scrap & Play here!

Thanks for visiting,

Happy Arty Days,

Amanda xo

CMS Challenge #71

Hi everyone!

Thanks for taking time to stop by
and see my take on Challenge #71
over at
Color Me Scrappy!

Here's what the new challenge looks like.............

Autumn inspired colour board & a lil sketch to work with too!
Such fun! :)
I kept with the sketch - but instead of a layout,
I created this inspiring card....