'A TWINKLING CHRISTMAS' - A CARD WITHIN A CARD , BIRTHAY CARD and XMAS GIFT BOX

Good morning everyone,

Liz here with you, once again showcasing Megs beautiful range of  'A Twinkling Christmas' and how versatile it is with other Collections.

A CARD WITHIN A CARD

 Now for a closer look.  I love making with card, as it is a little surprise packet, especially using  this new Collection 'A Twinkling Christmas'.

  This beautiful collection has such stunning images and suit this type of card quite well.  Meg's Christmas bell is unique and so delicate. Along with the ribbons and trim.  The little star I had in my stash which I heat embossed with some gold and glitter and perfect for keeping the card closed.

Now open, the card has a little surprise.

 A bit of fussy cutting of the little cherub, stocking , bauble and ribbons to make it bounce of the card.

                                                             BUTTERFLY KISSES

I created this Birthday card for our little granddaughter and used 'Spring Pastels', along with A Twinkling Christmas Ballerina.

                                                               
                                                         CHRISTMAS BASKET

This little basket would be lovely as a 'Teacher' gift or for that special person, filled with some goodies for Christmas.

For the inside of the box, I used 'White Flowers on Green' , and 'Parisian Gardens' Collections.  Here is a close up look of the outside panels which were completed using 'A Twinkling Christmas' Collection. 

Well I trust that you have enjoyed our little journey today and that you agree with me, that this range of 'A Twinkling Christmas' is simply stunning and versatile with your other Meg's Garden Collections.

Thanks for taking the time to look and be sure to check out more of this Collection HERE.  Until next time.......happy creating......Liz.

Butterfly Tag Album

Hi everyone, Adriana here today at Meg's Garden blog,
thanks for stopping by,

Today I have a project I created with the

new The Butterfly Mini Book papers / printables.

and all the embellishments are all from Meg's Garden

website.

I had this oversized tag/album in my possession

for such a long time, I thought I would create with this and

the papers from Meg's Garden.

The Butterfly Mini Book papers

These set of papers come with many pages

and for you to create many projects.

Here is my finished Large Tag/Album...

Set of over size Tag album..

This is what I started with  

The Butterfly Mini Book papers.

I covered each tag with the Papers 

Front page - I made a layered butterfly with music
papers and butterfly image from the lovely papers. 
Adding embellishments all from Meg's garden.
List of materials is at the end of this post.

Second Page - Adding a Calendar for 2015
This set of tags can stand up - so I think I will put this
on my desk. Lots of gorgeous flowers and washi tape
and german scrap lace to decorate tag. And
of course the butterflies from the 
The Butterfly Mini Book papers.

Close up of second tag....

Third Tag - Made a pocket with the an envelope 
and decorated on top of envelope
Made some tags with the wonderful Butterfly papers.

Fourth Tag - Using images and butterflies from 
the Butterfly papers, adding some
flowers and diamonte trim
all from Meg's Garden.

Beautiful Butterfly tag/album.

List of Materials used from Meg's Garden website

here are the links to all the products

The Butterfly Mini Book papers.

FLowers & leaves & Rose Buds

German scrap border

LACE

Washi Tape

Seam binding Ribbon

Silver diamonte trim

Love shaped Paper doily

Please check out all the wonderful products 

 Megs Garden Website
and Facebook page.

and see all the design team members inspirational work 
here at

Meg's Garden Blog

Thanks for stopping by,

enjoy your week

CHEERS  ADRIANA XXX  :)

Sherlock Book Card Set by Nicole Doiron

Hello Meg's Gardeners!

It's Nicole and it's my turn once again to share with you a project designed for Meg's Garden.

Last month, I created a Vintage Mini-Album using the Sherlock Book Kit.  Well, this time around, I decided that I would use more papers and trinkets from the Sherlock Book Kit to create a multi-card set.

As you can see, I created 5 cards, all complementing one another in their design, patterns and colours.

I tried to use several paper patterns from the Sherlock Book kit in order to showcase it all.

Most metal accents were included in the embellishment kit that I received with the kit.

Look at the end of this post for the complete list of products used 

that came from the Meg's Garden shop.

Card 1

I decided to use french sentiments on my cards as I'm participating in a craft show in December in my hometown which is mostly French and am hoping that a client will want to give this card set a new home.

Card 2

The Sherlock Book kit papers offer many vintage images that are perfect to add to cards.

Card 3

 All the beautiful and colorful paper butterflies used were fussy cut 

from the Butterflies ATC paper available at Meg's Garden.

Card 4

 I added some handmade stitching to my cards to give them a bit more dimension.

Another way to add dimension is to pop up some parts of the card with 3-D foam dots, 

like in this case, the sentiment tag and the fussy cut pocket watch.

Card 5

 

My favorite part of the Sherlock papers are the tags.

I used 3 of this card and added metal eyelets that matched the Vintage Brass piece.

This was a fairly short post, but I wanted show you how versatile the Sherlock Book Kit is 

and let the pictures do the talking.

I hope you've enjoyed my cards

and that you will visit my blog HERE to see more of my creations.

List of products used from Meg's Garden Store:

The Sherlock Book Kit

Butterflies ATC Paper

Vintage Trinkets

 Small Blue Roses

Small Copper Paper Leaves

Butterfly Bay Window by Angela Johnson

Hello my crafty friends.

When I received my Slide Mailers from Meg's Garden, I really loved the shape of the windows.
I had so many thoughts and ideas rolling around on how to use these little beauties, I just had to use one.
These are obviously designed to hold securely your glass slides for postage,
but I had a different purpose in mind.
Coupled with some beautiful paper from the Correspondence Collection

designed by Kerry-Jean Watson and some butterfly images, I created myself a little bay window scene.

Can you tell that recently I have been on a bit of a canvas and Mixed Media kick.

For this project I carefully separated the pieces of a Quad Slide Mailer, and slightly curved
the windows to create my bay window.
I then cut my sheet of Distressed Letter paper into little bricks.
To allow the bay window to pop, I dry brushed my brick background with a little Gesso.
I also die cut the leaves and flowers from paper from the Gentleman Collection.

Meg's Garden Products Used

Distressed Letter Paper
A Gentleman's Bike Paper
A Travelling Gentleman Paper
A Gentleman's Ephemera - Cut and Create Paper
Fairyland 12" Collage Paper
Old World Time Transparency
Butterflies & Nature's Wonders Stamps
Doily Strips
1cm Off White Lace
Cottage Cutz Leafy Foliage Die
Temptations in Dusty Pink
Filigree Strip

Other Products Used

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

6" x 8" Canvas

Matisse Turquoise Background Paint
Gesso

Flower Die

I thought this might make a wonderful gift to a special someone.
So as a bonus project, I created a handmade card to accompany it.

Meg's Garden Products Used

Distressed Letter Paper
A Gentleman's Bike Paper
A Travelling Gentleman Paper
Cottage Cutz Leafy Foliage Die
Temptations in Dusty Pink

Other Products Used

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Leathergrain White Cardstock
Cardstock Scarps for Matts

Cheesecloth Offcut

Gesso

Flower Die
Doohickey Die
Chocolate Kaisercraft Pearls

Thankyou all for stopping by and happy crafting to all.

Home Canvas Set by Nicole Doiron

Hello everyone at Meg's Garden!

Nicole here, and I am thrilled to be sharing with you this very special project
created with some beautiful Meg's Garden products.

Home Canvas Set

I made this canvas set as a special order from a neighbour who wanted to offer it as a gift to her brother.  She had a lot of old and new pictures as keepsakes of her brother's life.

 

I immediately thought that the Meg's Garden Correspondence collection would be perfect 

to document all these treasured memories from the past and present.

The first and main canvas measures 12" x 12", featuring the most recent pictures of the man's life.

Large Canvas

I used a mixture of papers from both the Correspondence and Gentleman collections, many embellishments available on the Meg's Garden website as well as lots of 2Crafty chipboard.

All papers were distressed and misted with various color inks to give the canvases a more aged look.

The big Moonlight fabric flower seen above was a perfect focal point for the flower cluster 

on the large canvas as it is quite large itself, measuring at 11cm diameter.

I gave it a more antique look by dabbing brown ink on it followed by white paint. 

The Puffy Paper Flowers were just as perfect, being that they're very thick and ideal for giving added dimension and relief to such a project.

 

Adding a strip of Burlap Trim covered by the Watchband Silver Trim 

gave just the right amount of antique and at the same time pizzazz to my canvases.

You can see here a close-up of the mixed media techniques I used on my canvas.  I started off adding layers of the beautiful Meg's Garden papers.  I then used a stencil with molding paste to add texture and then went crazy with the mists and white paint for whitewashing.

More close-ups of the details...

And finally a sideways look to show you the depth of the canvas.

Each side canvas I used to document the earlier memories and older pictures 

measure 15" x 6" approximately and were less deep.

Small Canvas 1

Small Canvas 2

I added some several family-themed quotes that I already had in my stash.

 

I also added a few pieces of the Round Silver Diamante Trim with a brown gem inside each centre.

Below you see a chipboard keyhole that I covered with gesso, 

glimmer mists and paint to give it an old rusted look.

Wanting to keep the same look constant across the 3 canvases, I put smaller flower clusters on each smaller canvas along with butterflies from the Butterflies Collage Art ATC Paper.

 

One last look at some precious childhood memories...

My neighbour was very happy with the finished result and I can say that I made her shed a few tears.

She couldn't believe the finite details that I added and the amount of beautiful flowers and products used.
She had never seen scrapbooking done this way before.

I told her that it was thanks to Meg's Garden!

  

Thank you for joining me on this DT reveal.

If you liked this project, please visit my blog at http://scrap-utopia.blogspot.com to see more.

List of supplies used from Meg's Garden Shop

The Gentleman Collection 
Gentleman (P6407)
The Correspondence Collection 
Distressed Letter (P6402)
Letter from Tucson 1909 (P6403)
Mademoiselle Louise (P6405)
Butterflies Collage Art ATC paper (ATC015) 
Fabric Flowers 
Moonlight (mh003-4)

Paper Flowers & Leaves 

Puffy Paper Flowers (puffies)
Small Roses white 2 cm (008wh)

Silver Diamante Trim Embellishments

Watchband Silver Trim (RBY47)
Round Silver Diamante Trim (RBY28)
Rafia & Burlap

Coffee Burlap/Jute 38mm (burco)
Jute Twine (twine)