Meg's Bundles of Goodies

Hello Bloggers

Denise arranged to have a special promotion at some of the local stores in Adelaide for one of her new designs - The Damask Garden Collection.  As a special feature for the days, she requested that the local girls on the Design Team (we meet for lunch once a month), design some projects using the collection for a spectacular display table.  These projects will be featured on the blog this month. From what I have seen so far they are totally fabulous.

The colours in the collection are shades of blues & greens.  I thought that I had better contribute something so I pulled out ribbons in different shades & textures - organza, plaid & double sided satin, then the flowers in silk, velvet & paper, embellishments in different levels - pearls, glitz and then some diamante trim, pearls & beads, little bottle to put the tiny beads in & anything else that I thought might work.  Forgot the fibres

When I saw the blue & green collection of goodies, I thought maybe you would like them too.  So I put my projects aside & created the following bundles of temptation.

Blues bundle of goodies

Green goodies bundle

Pink bundle of goodies

Each collection of colour bundles to tempt contains:

12m ribbons, 1 or 2 bottles of beads, 4mm double sided satin ribbon, a handful of fibres, diamante trim, paper petals, beads, genie stones, velvet daisies, silver pearls.  Each bundle will change slightly as I run out of goodies & find more to add.

There will be more bundles added to:
Bundles of Goodies

Bye for now
Meg
www.megsgarden.com

Bloggers' Cards

Hello Bloggers

I am always interested in the projects done with the Meg's Garden papers.

Here we have 2 cards from Wicked Lady Cards:

'Hi

Just wanted to share a couple of cards using some of the Meg’s Garden papers – I really enjoy that they don’t require a lot of embellishments to look great!

Regards

Wendy'

Thanks for sharing them with us Wendy - well done.

Kind regards

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Garden of Dreams by Sue Smyth

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This is Sue's first posting to the Blog & we welcome her

'Garden of Dreams 

By Sue Smyth 

'Hello bloggers, this is my first post as a Meg's Garden design team
member. I am so thrilled to be here and those that know me
will know I love flowers and frills, so I should be right at
home. 

I loved the iron fencing on this paper and thought straight away of a garden

with a fairy in it. Of course the photo is of  my daughter, now a lot older, but still

she was my little fairy back then.

To start with I have fussy cut the gate and layered over the top of the 

image on the bottom. This way I could make the gate

seem a little further up the page.

I love to alter papers, even when they are as nice the Damask Garden Collection.

I have splattered a little purple Glimmer mist and White dylusions over the surface 

to add depth to the background.

I love to coil the wire on paper roses and dab them with 

a little gesso to soften the look.

I have cut out the striped flowers in the Damask labels. I like to roughly

cut them out first, then use a dry glue stick to adhere

the shape to smooth white cardstock.

Then I fussy cut the image, this makes the element sturdy and 

you can attach it to your layout with less 3 D foam tape.

Ink the edges with black ink to disguise the white card on the sides.

I have done this for the vines at the top right of the 

layout too.

I have sprayed the chipboard gate with black spray paint, then covered with Dimensional magic

while wet I added micro beads. Allow to dry, then

swipe with gesso to bring up the texture of the micro beads

I have trimmed the tassels of the band and adhered them to the rail of 

the gate. 

Meg's Garden Products 

Gates into the Damask Garden P6381

Damask Labels P6382

More Butterflies Tr004 More little butterflies with colours designed for Damask Garden papers

Rose Pink Open Paper Rose 6 flowers/bunch. 2.75cm diameter

Azaleas - paper azalea

Evening Blush da808 Fabric & paper flowers:

Antique green tassel ft9 2cm tassel

Other items

Edward Relief Door Chipboard

Sophia Mimi dies

pearls & lace 

Glimmer mists and black ink

Muslin and gesso

Happy Crafting 

Cheers Sue'

What a start to the team - well done Sue. Love all the fussy cut flowers & butterflies & also the coils of wire from the flowers - they really add another dimension to the page along with the black chipboard gate.  Great description of what you did & why - thanks.

Kind regards

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Adriana Bolzon - Damask Garden layout

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Adriana starts our Design Team using the new papers with her beautiful LO:

'Hi there everyone, 

Adriana here today, on the Meg's Garden blog sharing a layout with you all using the latest paper collection "Damask Garden"

designed by Denise Boddey.

The photo in my layout is a very 

old photo of my Grandmother with her sister, 

father and mother.

It is a very special photo of our family history.

The papers I used are;

"Damask Birds & Bees"

"Damask shades of Green"

"Damask Blue Belle Jardeniere"

I Punched a side border on each of these papers and added lace and flower

clusters on the bottom of the layout, 

with touches of diamante bling and pearls.

All the flowers, laces and ribbons are all

available from Meg's Garden website.

I could not resist to fuzzy cutting the little busy bees from the Birds and Bees paper, embossing some honeycomb chipboard from "Imagarium Designs" 

Materials used from Meg's Garden website

here are the links to all the products...have a look!!!!

Rectangle shape paper doily

Lace trims Organza lace trims

Skeleton mesh

Flowers - paper and fabric

Diamonte cluster trim

Viola Posy flowers

Oatmeal flowers & Paper leaves

Burlap trim for the little nest.

French Garden Transparency

Please check out all the wonderful products 

 Megs Garden Website

and see all the design team members inspirational work at

Meg's Garden Blog

Thanks for looking, till next time :)

Cheers Adriana XX'

Love the LO - well done Adriana.  What a gorgeous heritage photograph & memories.  The flowers, the little nest of pearls as well as the fuzzy cut bees make a beautiful accent; the framing of the photograph is perfect with the lace doily, cardstock & photo corners; the skeleton mesh & honeycomb chip make it eeven more special.

Bye for now
Meg
www.megsgarden.com

Heather amazes us with an unusual LO

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Heather explains her project:

'Hello and a warm welcome to Meg's Garden .

Heather with you today, showcasing one of the older paper collections, combining a rustic/grunge theme with fussy cut flowers. .

I rarely use yellow on my work but this paper is so divine I made an exception.

Wild Flowers Field P6273

DREAMER

I chose to use a foundation of “Dark kraft paper “ with stitching and stamping.

I fussy cut the yellow blooms and layered them at the bottom of the photo , along with the old world clocks, secured them with a bling brad ..

I added some rusty hinge ink and crackle paint to the clocks, to age them even more. 

I diecut some tags with the Top Hat & Automobile collection.

( these are partly hidden on the bottom right hand side of the photo . )

For my final touch I included some white and yellow Azaleas,  love these blooms .

Meg's Garden items used

Wild Flowers Field P6273

A collection of time pieces to add to any project .

Old World Time P2063

Top hat & Automobiles collection .

Automobile Parts P6354

Azaleas – paper flowers

Thanks for popping by and taking a look at my work … why not have a play with some of these paper collections, you will have such fun .

Until next time , take care and big hugz from me x'

Wow - what an unusual collection - well done Heather.  Love the layering & what a fussy cutting job on those yellow flowers!!  The azaleas with tiny rosebuds are a perfect addition & brings all the browns & yellows together.  Love the way you have aged the clocks.  The whole LO is marvellous.

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Kerry-Jean loves Top Hat Papers

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Kerry-Jean present her card:

'As I am so in love with the "Top Hat & Automobiles Collection" from Meg's Garden, it was fitting I make a card with it. Instead of making is a little feminine as I did in my January project for Meg's garden, I worked on just having that quintessential masculine feeling. The "Top Hat & Automobiles Collection" has some wonderful motifs in it, from the top hat to the old style light bulbs and gears/cogs.

So I did a lot of fussy cutting to get the hat and label shape a long with the light bulbs and watch. Having a easel card made sense to show off the beautiful motifs. 

Over all I used the following products in this design:

Top Hat & an Automobile Paper P6355

Burgundy Paisley Paper P6313

Old World Time Transparency Tr1037

The Ephemera Pack

Other products used:

Wood Embellishment

News Script transparency'

Totally fantastic - well done Kerry-Jean.  What a fussy cutting fantasy.  Love the layers with a touch of burgundy; the easel card is fabulous & showcases the paper perfectly.  The transparency gives another dimension to the card.

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

An Altered Box by Marg

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Marg shows us  her altered box

Altered Box

'Hello everyone, 

Margaret back again to show you an Altered Box I made with the Forget Me Not Collection Mini Pack.

I needed a box for some index cards I had and was actually going to make one from scratch but, when I went to the Quilt and Craft Fair here in Adelaide a few months ago, I purchased a small LED lamp and discovered that the box it came in was the ideal size to hold my cards.

There was one problem though, it wasn’t deep enough.  So I measured the depth needed for the index cards and added a strip of paper board all around the base of the box ….

… so now the lid sits high enough and the cards fit beautifully. 

The strip around the bottom of the box was covered with some of the paper and then I simply glued a lovely bit of lace all around the edge.  The lid was covered with a different sheet of the paper and then I started embellishing … this is the part I really enjoy!!  

Attached a small hanging sign on the front which was lightly coloured with Versa Color Lapislazuli and then clear embossed.  The embossing toned down the brightness of the colour so it blended better with the shade of the papers.  Cut a piece of printed paper to cover the front of the sign and then attached the metal flourish.  The blue flowers used are from Dusty Attic and are available at Meg’s Garden.com and the leaves were cut with my Silhouette. 

On the left side I allowed the leaves to trail down the box, using some tiny pearls to represent the berries  …

… but the right side was left clear.  

I also trailed some of the same leaves down the back.

Glued a diagonal strip of contrasting paper from the Dreaming in the Meadows paper pack across the top and added a small piece of gauze to soften the cluster.  The white paper flower is also available from Meg’s Garden and was sprayed in the centre with some diluted Faded Jeans Distress Ink.    Along with the DA flowers and the leaves I also used some home-made gem sprays.

Here you can see how well my index cards fit.  It’s like the box was specifically made for them.

Thoroughly enjoyed altering this little box and so pleased I found a use for it before I threw it away. 

Meg’s Garden Products used:

Forget Me Not Mini Paper Pack

Dreaming in the Meadows Mini Paper Pack

Dusty Attic Blue flowers

White paper flowers

1.6cm white lace'

What a wonderful way to create the size box you need - well done Marg.  Great ideas for your alteration - finding a box with the right dimensions is almost impossible - now it does not matter.  Love the way you used 2 different stripes - it is very effective. Your embellishing is gorgeous.

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com