Shell scraps her little girl Evie

Hi Bloggers

Little girls always make for a very pretty page & Shell shows us how she does it.

Shell explains:  'Today I'd like to show you a page I created using some of the gorgeous papers designed by Denise Anne.  Evie just turned 2 last month & I captured some stunning photos of her all dressed up ready for her party. I wanted to use some romantic papers & was thinking of a pink & green theme to match Evie's dress & the garden background. A French Garden collection has a gorgeous colour scheme that suited perfectly. In the end I edited my photo to black & white as it matched the papers better!

I have done some fussy cutting of the flowers & leaves on the French Garden sheet & some of the frames on the Collage Cartouche sheet

 I sprayed the lace with some Glimmermist to give it a more vinatge feel rather than leaving it white

To give the chippie frame an aged/vintage look firstly prime the frame with gesso. Once dry use the a cinnamon ink as a base & lightly ink the entire frame

Next take the olive green ink & ink over the top of the cinnamon ink  & use the brown ink & roughly/randomly ink edges. Use the Distress crackle paint over the top for that beautiful textured crackle look

No page is complete without some beautiful floral embellishments! I prefer to use a large flower as a centrepiece so I chose the Princess flower for this & surrounded it with some smaller flowers in complementing colours

Meg's Garden Products used

Cream Lace P6240

A French Garden- The French Garden 3404

A French Garden- Collage Cartouche

Caged Damask 3401A

Lace L2862

Clock Medium C695

Notepaper Rectangle Doily - Note

Circle Doily- circle 15

Pink/cream open paper rose

mini oval laser frame FR001

Princess Flowers MH003

Mia Flowers white MIA-WH

Other products used

White Cardstock

Versa colour ink pinecone, Hint of Pesto, Cinnamon

Ranger Distress Crackle Paint Rock Candy

Gesso

Kaisercraft scrablle letters

I hope you enjoyed my first project with Meg's Garden!

Cheers

Shell'

A beautiful LO for a beautiful little girl - she is gorgeous Shell & the LO is well done.

Love the elements; the fussy cutting is beautiful, the butterflies perfectly placed & I particularly love the vintaged frame & lace - perfect touches for a lovely LO

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

A Little Box & Tutorial from Shell

Hi BloggersThere are so many times when we have a beautiful little gift that requires an especially beautiful little box for it.  Shell created this little box for a special Pandora bead  & also showed us how to make our own.

Shell explains:  'Today I'm sharing a tutorial on how to create a cute little gift box. The size is perfect for filling with choccies or for jewellery.
I have made this for my MIL so I can put a Pandora bead in it for her! I wanted a shabby chic girly theme so I have chosen Le Belle Jardin Collection With its beautiful peach/pink colours
Here is what it will look like finished:'

To make this you will need:

Cardstock

X2 sheets pattern paper

ribbon

flower

lace

organza lace motif

1. Cut cardstock 10"X 7.5"

2. Score along the 10" line at

1 1/4"

2"

3 3/4"

6 1/4"

8"

8 3/4"

3. Score along 71/2" side at 2 1/2" & 5"

4. Cut along the second score line along the 10" side to the first score line in the middle. Then cut along to the 1 1/4" line & the other way to the 3 3/4" line. Repeat this at all corners then cut inner corners of the small flaps as shown in picture 

5. Place some double sided tape on the small flaps & 2 large flaps (only on one side of box). See where I have marked in pink for tape placement

6. Fold box ends & stick down

7. Fold both sets of inner flaps. Keep the tape on the inside & stick to form inner box

8. Fold up the sides to form the box

9. Time to decorate

X6 pieces 1 1/8"X 2 3/8"

X4 pieces 2 3/8" X 2 3/8"

Ink the edges

Stick to outside of box

Attach lace & ribbon as desired. Just make sure you do not cover the opening with it

10. Cut a strip 1"X11" & wrap it around the box. Make sure it is loose enough to slip on & off then attach the ends with tape

Decorate the band with ribbon, flowers & lace motif

Meg's Garden products used

Le Belle Jardin- Eau de Cologne P6293

Cream Lace P6240

Princess Flower MH003

Lace L2976

Light pink & pink ribbon R609

Organza Lace Flower Lace 1

Other Products used

versa colour ink pinecone, white cardstock

Next time you have a special gift to give you now have a special package to place it in! I hope you will try it out!CheersShell'
A fabulous little box Shell - well done & thank you so much for showing us how to do it.  There are so many times we need a little box & now we do not have to think about where to get one.  So much more elegant than a little bag.
Doing the tutorial on the board was particularly helpful in being able to visualise the dimensions.
Bye for now
Megwww.megsgarden.com

A List of Inspiration from Vicky

Hello Bloggers

'Happy New Year! Vicky blogging today. First up is a card I made to MYSELF

I used a beautiful paper from Meg's Garden "The Spring Paisley" collection and I attached a transparency butterfly with clear dots and some pretty flowers with glue.  

My list is actually inside the card and with an extremely personal top 5 things I need to work on. I plan to keep this card sitting on my home desk to remind me each day of the important life goals I have set for myself.'

Fabulous list Vicky - well done

An inspiration to all of us. Thank you so much for sharing it with us

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Denise Ann uses the new paper collection

Fantastic projects Denise - well done
Thanks for the creative ideas on Ode to a Summer's Day Collection of papers

Bye for now
Meg
www.megsgarden.com

New Papers - Ode to a Summer's Day

Hi - Good News

Ode to a Summer's Day - PLUS a special price on packs

Denise Ann presents her latest collection of papers to celebrate the colours of summer.

They are very elegant in delicate shades of greens, lemons, burgundy & touches of blues.

•   six 12x12"+4x12" strip papers
•  a gorgeous mini pack for cards, off the page projects, adding to layouts .... 

All these can be found at www.megsgarden.com under 'What's New & Exciting'

Apple Blossom  P6332

A Summer's Day  P6333

Summer Beauty  P6334

Buds of May  P6335

Summer Bouquet  P6336

A Summer's Dance

Mini pack of papers reduced to 144mm square

There is a special NY promotion for these papers - choose 1 of each at a special price of $10  ie. 2 papers are free.

Print shop opens Monday 14th January & these are high on his list so preorder for delivery that week 

Denise Ann suggests the following bazzill colours:

  haley 2-223, pear 5-569, chiffon 4-406, lemonade 4-426

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

'Unlock the Window to your Soul' by Jen

Hi

Jen has been super busy creating this awesome artwork.  She proves she is a lady that loves the dimension in a project

The chipboard & the hardware combined with the delicate lady on the brickwork is amazing;  the colours on the background create so much dimension; the 2 flying birds create action.  I love the way the light plays & changes the colours.
Well done Jen - a fabulous creation to inspire us in the New Year - totally love this awesome piece.

Bye for now
Meg
www.megsgarden.com

PS. Worked on the website yesterday & have created a separate category in Embellish It!/Charms.
Metal Hardware now have their own category so you can scroll through them to find what you are looking for - the handle or drawer pull shown on Jen's project is just one of the items in this new category.

Jen starts the New Year for us

Hi

After all the fuss of the holiday season, the fancy foods & wines & the stress of websites being down & support staff being useless, it is a pleasure to step into a new month of a New Year.

The Christmas projects have been put away for several months & the Design Team ladies are showing us this month some new & very elegant projects from some of the Denise Ann's collections - they are all in really gorgeous pastels & Jen starts them off with an extremely elegant wall hanging -
she explains it:

'I have made this wall hanging for a Christmas Present

using the background Paper from MEGS GARDEN

Nesting (P6301) - I totally love that they have the extra stip

down the bottom which allows my 3D Demon loose to add

extra flowers and birds etc from the paper set !

 

The Image is from the (amazing) Forget me Not Collection

this is the Elements 1 sheet (1083)

 

I have also used the Bridal Veil (DA805) and Cornsilk flowers  (DA806)

and those cute little leaves (DA810) all available from Megs Garden

 

The clock and the Butterflies are from Dusty Attic and

that very yummy frame is from Moulds by Mel

 

I have an ATC Mailer (from Megs Garden) to share soon

along with some layouts

 Luv Jen xox'

This is a very beautiful wall hanging Jen - I am sure the recipient was totally pleased with it - Well Done!
I love all the embellishments, lace & the fussy cut elements.

Denise Ann is polishing the last details of her new collection which should be released this month

Bye for now

Meg
www.megsgarden.com