Helen shares her Heritage Layout

Hello Bloggers  

Today we have another of the promo projects - this beautiful one is from Helen who is doing some Guest Designing for us:

'Today I'm sharing a page as GD for Meg's Garden, 

using a brand new collection of papers 

designed by Denise Boddey, the Damask Garden Collection. 

MEG’S GARDEN PRODUCTS 

  I used “Damask in shades of green”

The papers are a delight to create with and lend themselves

 to many different styles.  

I've chosen to use a vintage photo as I think 

the muted grey/greens of this paper 

work superbly with the delicate frock and the bobbed hair style.

I chose the Bluey/purple colours as a foil for the delicate damask tones.

The extra strip was used to fussy cut some of 

the leaves to create the vine along the right.

I chose a textured alphabet cardstock to mat with, 

because Maris was a teacher for years. 

That long ago it was rare for a married woman to continue to teach. 

 She also had a family of five to care for.

The chipboard M was coated with gesso, then dabbed randomly 

with Glimmer mist and Gold paint to give an antique look.

The same treatment was used on the ornate corner frame 

and I added some seed beads as well.

This page was inspired by the sublime work of Heather Jacobs.

If you have not seen her Art, do yourself a favour and pop over to her blog.

I also made a card with paper from the new collection.

Extensive journalling is on the back of the layout, 

so the papers and the design take centre stage.

The flowers are fussy cut from P6368 "Blue and cream damask"

Apart from the texture paste background, some beads and ribbon,

I wanted to keep the card relatively simple to allow the flowers to shine.

The inside of the card.'

This is a very beautiful layout - well done Helen.  Your choice of the blue/mauve touch was superb - it made the papers & the photograph look so fantastic.  The flower cluster added just the right amount of contract with the delicate colours. Love the way you used the fussy cut leaves & die.

Also love the card - the cover is gorgeous & I love the inside  - think this is an area that is often missed.

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Adriana's "Adore Family" project

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A gorgeous layout from Adriana using the new collection:

'Hi there everyone, 

today on the Meg's Garden blog 

I am sharing a project with you all, using the latest paper collection 

"Damask Garden"

designed by Denise Boddey.

I firstly paint this old frame, which I had

in the cupboard, it was all gold, but with

a coat of spray paint and a touch of

off white paint. This old frame has a new shabby chic

appearance.

The papers I used are;

Damask Blue and Cream stripe

Damask Birds & Bees

Damask shades of Green

Damask Blue Belle Jardiniere

 I created some flower

clusters on the bottom, and each side of the frame

and also added touches of diamante bling and German scrap trims.

All the flowers and trims are all

available from Meg's Garden website.

I used nesting dies from Couture Creations,

 to create all the layers shapes.

Materials used from Meg's Garden website

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

Damask Garden papers

Flowers - paper and fabric

Diamante cluster trim

Viola Posy flowers

Oatmeal flowers & Paper leaves

Please check out all the wonderful products 

 Megs Garden Website

and see all the design team members inspirational work at

Meg's Garden Blog

Cheers Adriana XX  Happy Creating'

This is such a fabulous project - well done Adriana. It is even better when you can see the layers and how they all complement each other; the flower clusters of many different colours & textures are so beautiful & the die cut leaves just show them off so well.

Bye for now 
Meg
www.megsgarden.com

Hello Bloggers

We continue with projects using the Damask Garden papers with a card from Kerry-Jean:

Using the new 

The Damask Garden Mini Pack S120 and painstakingly cutting out the butterflies from More Butterflies Tr004 , I wanted to achieve a spring garden feeling in a card. I just love the butterflies! 

I distressed the edges of my patterned paper and inked it and then cut out 2 frames on my Silhouette: Cameo and inked those as well. Naturally where there are butterflies there are flowers too. So I used the Azaleas - paper flowers azalea, Mini Rosebuds - white 1cm gt-w, Mini Rosebuds - ivory 1cm gt-iv, Small White paper Roses Wh Paper,  Small Latte Paper Roses latte roses, Green paper leaves - sm gr leaves sm.

A very beautiful card - well done Kerry-Jean.  An extremely spring garden achieved. Love the frames & the many layers of flowers, leaves & curly wires.  The effect of the butterflies is awesome & the combination of greens, creams & pastels is simply gorgeous.

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Heritage Layout by Kerry-Jean

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We continue with the DT promo collection with a heritage LO from Kerry-Jean using the new collection titled The Damask Garden Collection.  

'As part of the promotion of this collection the design team got together and created some projects.  

I started this layout by coloring my flowers. I really wanted flowers that coordinated with the papers. So I used Tim Holtz distress reinkers: Peeled Paint, Broken China and Black soot. Using a small amount of each color in different ratios, I added the ink to water in a mini misters, then sprayed my plain white 

Azaleas - paper flowers azalea,  Gardenia - 3 layer White gar wh, Mini Rosebuds - white 1cm gt-w, Small White paper Roses Wh Paper.

Using the Damask Labels  P6382 and a few pieces from French Writing Ephemera 3377 I created a simple but very effective layout. I started by cutting out the labels and ephemera. I used my Prima distressing tool to achieve that really aged look. 

After working out my layout I stuck everything down and then misted the page with a bit of watered down gesso and some of the left over ink from the flower misting. I added the stencil design after to add some more detail that the layout was needing. 

After my flowers dried came the fun part, incorporating them in to the layout. I love adding the rose buds to flower clusters like this, adds a lovely level of details. After that flowers were added I noticed there was still some thing missing, leaves. Which were added sparingly. 

This is a very beautiful heritage LO - well done Kerry-Jean. An excellent use of the labels & the layering & distressing of them is fabulous.  Love the stencil design & the splatters - just the right amount of each.  The colouring of the flowers is perfect - the mix of blues & greens complements the papers & creates the perfect amount of colour to the LO.  The leaves are a gorgous fresh finishing touch.

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

In Step with Damask Papers by Marg

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Today e start with the fabulous projects from the Damask Paper Collection displayed at the paper promo

'Hello everyone and welcome to the Meg’s Garden Blog.

   Margaret here again to show you another Step  Card, this time made with the beautiful new Damask range of papers.

As you can see, I’ve incorporated a few different papers in this card to create the layers.  Some of these papers are from the Mini Pack and some are  scraps from the 12 x 12 sheets left over from another project.  The side panels were stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black.

Here I’ve used a square doily which was cut in half and scrunched up a bit and placed a torn bit of the paper over  that.  I then added a piece of lace and another strip of torn paper.  I love using odd bits of paper.  The uneven edges look more interesting to me than regular straight cuts.  The flourish and the twigs were cut with my Silhouette and the label was fussy cut from the mini papers.  You’ll also see I’ve inserted some small branches in between some of the layers for extra interest.  The small gem sprays are from Magnolia Ink.

Just a closie of the layers.  You can also see that I’ve used a little bit of gesso in the corners.

This gorgeous flower was white originally, but it simply looked too stark against the rest of the card so I decided to give it a bit of a make-over.  I gave it a burst with My Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst Spray in Sea Grass Green and ‘Voila’ now it fits in beautifully.  Well, I think it does anyway.   I love that the centre is now more or less a solid green and the petals have also got some spots of colour as well.  Wetting the flower with the spray actually caused it to open out a bit and gave it more dimension … you could say the spray made it blossom!

The chippie border is from Little Birdie and I’ve simply

 colored that with some watered down Acrylic Paint.

And there you have it.   My Centre Step Card made with the New Damask Collection Papers.  These papers are truly beautiful - so much detail and such lovely colour.  Why not visit the shop and have a closer look, you won’t be sorry.

Thank you so much for visiting  …  Marg ox

List of Meg’s Garden products used

The Damask Garden Collection:

Blue Belle Jardiniere  12 x 12 Paper – P6380

Blue & Cream Damask 12 x 12 Paper – P6368

Framboise Fleur 12 x 12 Paper – P6371

Damask Mini Paper Pack – S120

Gardenia 3 Layer White – gar wh'

A very beautiful card - well done Marg.  Love all the layering & your attention to detail.  The spritz of green certainly did make the gardenia blossom.  Step cards allow so much creativity & this one is extremely creative.  Love it!!

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Damask Garden Promotion

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The Craft Trap invited Meg's Garden to promote the Damask Garden Paper Collection at their beautiful store yesterday.  The Design Team ladies created some awesome projects to display the many different styles of work using the same paper collection.  Denise Boddey did a LO class to several students from the Craft Trap; 3 of the DT ladies attended & did a fabulous show & tell using their projects.

It was a fun day for all.

I took the following pics of the display table that Denise arranged beautifully.

The Craft Trap is at 106b Sturt Rd, Warradale SA

 All of these projects will be featured in detail in future blogs

Thanks Margaret Lynn

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Heather's Grunge Tag

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Heather shares this fab tag with us:

GOING GRUNGE THIS MONTH 

'Hello and a warm welcome to My Blog

Today I am sharing my March project for 

MEG'S GARDEN. 

This month I thought I would create a steampunk / grungy masculine Tag 
for my man on his birthday .

Birthday/Valentine Tag 

Megs garden papers :

Top Hat & an Automobile

P6355

Take a Roadster for a Spin

P6357

These papers are perfect  for anything masculine . 

I feel the little pop of red is a smashing idea, creating contrast to the darkness of the earthy browns

 Red is the color of love, so I thought,  with Baden's birthday coming up ,

 what better than to create a tag , as an expression of my love . 

I covered a tiny heart shape in these papers and tied it with string .

I fussy cut the clock and light bulb and stacked them securing them with a brad .

Some close ups of the details.

 I love the look of stacked images and I added some pieces of inked chipboard .

I don’t feel a tag is complete without creating on the back side .

Here is an image of how I  decorated the back with these stunning papers.
I combined this with Baden's Birthday and Valentines day ..
" you are my world and you make my life so amazing in so many ways,
 I love you with all my heart and soul !
Happy happy Birthday my darling xoxox "

I added one of my fave Quotes,and my words on the back .

LIFE

' Is not measured

by the number of breaths we take 

but by the number of moments that take

our breath away.'

Happy Birthday my darling

You are my soul mate, you are my everything .

I love you with all my heart and soul xoxo

Thanks for looking everyone, 

Until next time, take care and happy scrapping x'

You continue to blow me away - well done Heather!!
How do I comment on this project?  Every element is totally fantastic. I will  let you comment!!

Bye for now
Meg
www.megsgarden.com