Denise's Layout

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Denise explains her LO:

'This layout is inspired by the colours of the rainbow & it was a challenge to work with these colours.

I have used texured paste and glimmer mist on my background paper and combined with lots of cutting out to achieve multiple layers without having too much height in my album'

 I have used papers from Meg's Garden

My Ode to Summer Collection and Dreaming in the Meadows

 

 

 

 

A beautiful LO Denise - well done.  Love all the layers, fussy cutting & embellishing - just gorgeous

Bye for now
Meg 
www.megsgarden.com

 

A Vintage Trinket Box from Stephanie

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Stephanie shows us a fabulous idea for the upcoming season of gift giving - a box is an ideal spot for a combination of goodies that are difficult to package.

'Hi everyone, it's Stephanie here today to share a vintage trinket box that I made using a small box I got at a local dollar store. Before doing any altering on the box I painted the inside and outside of the box with a layer of Gesso.

 I then gave the outside and lid of the box a pink crackle paint effect; it’s a little hard to see the crackle effect in these photos. 

I love fussy cutting the flowers from the “Summer Bouquet” papers which I did for this altered trinket box and glued them down to the outside of the box. I then took some of the off white lace and used some Tea Dye distress ink to give the lace an older vintage look to it and then glued it down on the side of the top of the box.

 I used two of the Burgundy roses and two of the Rose Pink roses and three of the Dusty Attic medium paper leaves glued them to the top of the box.

 I had a couple of the wire stems which I twisted up and then popped them into the flower cluster.'

Materials Used from Meg’s Garden

Paper - P6336 A Summer Bouquet

Burgundy/Cream open paper roses       

Rose pink open paper roses

Rose leaves medium

L2895 – 2cm off white lace

Other Items Used

Tea Dye Distress ink

Fabulous idea - well done Stephanie.  There are some terrific items in the $1 shops

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

When Meg's Garden becomes Versaille's Garden

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This is what Sylvie calls this small shabby chic card and its matching box envelope & she explains this beautiful project: 

 

I cut in differents papers: Birds in Forget me Nots P6303A, Old Writing from the Element Collection, Old World Time 1037; Summer Beauty from the Ode to a Summer's Day Collection, Antoinette 3373A.

This is what I like about Meg's Garden papers; there are so many small patterns that can be kept & all the paper falls to create  an entire  project... I love above all flowers and foliage..Just take a look at the card frame or the Eiffel Tower embellishment at the  back of the card to see how these small patterns work together to adorn themselves as a part of the project.

 I used  paper lace doily square to create an envelope. I just  folded the doily paper and I stiffened it with cardboard. I then cut another lace doily paper and this time I kept the pattern inside the square. I colorized it with pastel Brown chalk. To finish I used gesso on the flowers, round silver diamante trim and  iridescent gold paint on the frames to remind me of the gilding of the castle of Versailles and its gardens...

  

What a beautiful card & box envelope - well done Sylvie.  The way you have put so many different papers together is fabulous & each of the embellishments & elements is terrific.

Papers used:

Antoinette

Old Writing & Old World Time

Summer Beauty

Birds in Forget me Nots

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Love Layout from Stephanie

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Stephanie explains her LO:

It's Stephanie here today to share a quick layout I did using the “Ode to a Summer's Day Collection” designed by Denise Ann for Meg’s Garden. I used the “Buds of May” paper for my background which I distressed using my distress tool and distress ink in Vintage Photo. I also tore the top of the paper down a bit and added a small piece of light green cardstock behind the tear and placed one of my small handmade rosebuds between the tear. To start my layers off I caught off one of the lace corners of the Bond 25 square white doilies. I then cut a strip 8¾” x 1½” from the “Summers Day” paper. The other long strip is actually two small strips of paper cut from the “Summer Bouquet” paper and placed behind the 6¾” x 3” piece of the bottom left corner of the “Summer Beauty” paper to give the illusion of being one long strip. I distressed all of the layers (except the doily) using my distress tool and distress ink.

I love fussy cutting the flowers from the “Summer Bouquet” papers which I did for this layout and popped them up with pop dots. I then added the white Azalea flower and the two pink roses between the fussy cut flowers. I used one of the butterflies from the “Elements” butterfly sheet and glued it to the layout only down the middle so I could bend the wings up. I cut the “Love” title using my Cricut machine and I was all done!

Materials Used from Meg’s Garden

Papers - all from Ode to a Summer's Day Collection

 P6333 A Summer’s Day

            P6336 A Summer Bouquet

            P6334 Summer Beauty

            P6335 Buds of May

Bond25 Square White Doily

Azaleas,  Rosepink open paper roses

ButterfliesTR015

Other Items Used

Light & dark green cardstock    

Small handmade green rosebud

Vintage Photo distress ink, Distress tool

A beautiful Layout Stephanie - well done.  Love the layers, fussy cutting & embellishments.

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Altered Letter Holder by Jen Waugh

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Here is another OTP project - this is Jen's first project on the DT & she explains:

'I used the beautiful A Day in The Meadows paper to create the panels for the letter holder. I edged them in lace and them used some of the pearl trim to accent the paper. 

I used the Oval Victorian Frame from my DT pack and gave it a layer of Tim Holtz crackle paint in Tattered Rose;  added a resin cameo which I made myself, a doily and a beautiful Jewelled Pin.

For the bottom I used your beautiful velvet flower vines on top of another doily for texture.

The sides were given a coat of Gesso, then I used a stencil with modelling paste to create the texture effect. I blended different inks to give a touch of colour.'

 

decorated bottom of hanger

side of one of the pieces

beautifully decorated top of hanger

What a work of art - well done Jen.  Love the colours you have used to highlight the paper & all the textures.  Almost too beautiful to use.

Bye for now 

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Sylvie Creates with Elements

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Sylvie explains her  unique creation:

'... this is my creation with the Elements  Collection (Vintage Tags, The French Cinema), Dream Believe from The Ode to a Summer's Day Collection, Discover and Remember 1078, and French Garden.

I used Vintage Tags to create a background and cut the frame in Dream Believe paper in order to stamp the title "love love.."

The Tags can be removed to include journaling.. I used also French Cinema Elements paper because it goes well with tim Holz film strip ribbon...

To finish & complete this layout I created a 3D frame with watercolor paper...

I hope you'll like it... hugs'

Love it Sylvie - a totally unique use of the Elements papers along with the Ode to a Summer's Day - well done.

Collections used:

Elements Collection
Dream Believe from Ode to a Summer's Day Collection
Discover & Remember Paper 1078


Bye for now
Meg
www.megsgarden.com

Adriana's summers day LO

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Adriana uses

Hi there everyone, today I have created a 

layout of my daughter, for my DT assignment for
Meg's Garden. 

Using the new paper collections, 

ODE TO A SUMMER'S DAY

These papers are so bright and cheerful for

all your fun summer projects.

The photo was taken during these 

last Summer holidays.

I fuzzy cut the leaves, apples from the papers, layered them around the photos. The 3 large colourful butterflies are the TRANSPARENCIES also available from Meg's Garden,

 they look so real, 

they look like they will fly off the page. 

I added flowers, charms and JEWEL PINS all available from Meg’s Garden website. 

MATERIALS used

All available from Meg’s Garden website

Ode to a Summer’s Day paper collection

P6333 A Summer’s Day

P6332 Apple Blossom

P6337 Summer’s Dance

Butterfly Transparencies – TR015

Burgundy/Cream open paper rose

Forget me not antique blue flowers

Lilac and Lavender paper rose

Bridal veil mini white paper buds

Duchess Pin Jewel

Charms – Frog C141 and Ladybird C194

Paper doily square Bond20

Burgundy Viola Velvet Pansy

Velvet posies burgundy

Other materials used

Paints, inks, cardstock, chipboard alphas,

Green vine ribbon.

 Thanks for looking , Have a great day

Cheers Adriana XX

The Monkey Tree by Stephanie

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Today we have a unique layout from Stephanie & she explains:

'I love this photo of my grandson playing on a maple tree and I thought the colors of the tree would go perfectly with the reds in the “Ode to a Summer’s Day” collection. I used the “Summer's Day” as my background paper. The next layer is a piece of light green cardstock which I punched the corners on.  I then used one of the pretty square doilies from Meg’s Garden and the final two paper layers were a “Summer's Day” and a “Summer's Dance”.'

I took a piece of cheese cloth from my stash and sprayed it with Tattered Angels Glimmer mist in “Lily Pad” and then dried it with my heat gun. I decided where I wanted to lay my photo and then glued the cheese cloth down running from the left side and bottom of the photo and poking some pieces underneath where the photo would be and glued my photo down. For my flower cluster I used the white meadows, burgundy/cream open paper roses, rose pink open paper roses and champagne kisses. I love the champagne kisses flowers, there are different sizes in the pack and the color is so soft, they would go perfectly on any layout with any papers! I also took a couple of the wire stems that I cut off the flowers and wound them around a thin paint brush, so when I took them off I had little curly Q’s to pop into the flower cluster. I used some alpha stickers from my stash for the title and then added a few gems to the layout to finish it off.'

Materials Used from Meg’s Garden

Papers – P6337 Summer’s Dance 

            P6333 Summer’s Day

Bond 25 Square Doilies

Paper Flowers – White Meadows

                 Burgundy/Cream Open Paper Roses

                 Rose Pink Open Paper Roses

                 Da801 Champagne Kisses

Other Items Used

Pale Green cardstock

Cheese cloth, Alpha stickers

Tattered Angels spray in “Lily Pad”

Green gems

What a terrific layout Stephanie - well done. Love the title & the photo is totally precious.  Also love the way you have tiled the photo with the torn & distressed pieces of paper.  The flower cluster is perfect.

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Shell uses her 3 kids on the Ode to a Summer's Day Collection

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Shell explains her page:

'Shell Carman here today sharing a page I created using the gorgeous Ode to a Summers Day collection. If you are as addicted to fussy cutting as I am then you will love this collection!

I have used a recent photo of my 3 kids Hunter, Kayla & Evie in our front yard. I thought it would better suit in Sepia one to match the tones of this paper collection

Because I have fussy cut so many flowers I wanted to keep the rest of the page fairly simple'

Megs Garden Products used

Paper Doily 15cm

small blue paper roses

Ode to a Summers Day- A Summer Day

Ode to a Summers Day- Summer Bouquet

Ode to a Summers Day- Summers Dance 4X12 strip

P6240- Cream Lace 4X12 strip

ATC025 Bingo ATC A4 Trading Card

Beautiful page Shell - well done.  Love the fussy cutting & the placement of your embellishments - a really unique collection that works extremely well.

Bye for now 
Meg
www.megsgarden.com

Sublime LO by Vicky

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Vicky has also chosen the same paper as Ulrika for her last project with us on the DT.

'I am back with a final layout for my year term served on Meg's Garden design team. On this project I have used a combination of beautiful papers from the The Spring Paisley and Ode to a Summer's Day collections. These collections blend together so seamlessly. I also cut a gorgeous square doily (from Meg's shop) and tucked it behind to reveal it in a few curled back areas. Next, I added some fabulous Dusty Attic chipboard and Prima flowers as well as Prima resin shutters to polish things off and frame the photo. I just adore the soft floral graphics in the papers - perfectly vintage to suit this layout of my mom on her wedding day (and my grandparents in the background).

I would just like take this opportunity to thank Meg for letting me serve on this wonderful design team for the past year, it has been a true pleasure!'

Buds of May paper P6335

Lace doily 25cm square

Gorgeous layout Vicky - well done.  It has been a pleasure to have you on the DT.

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

A Birthday Box & Card from Ulrika

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Ulrika has retired from the Design Team with this project being her last but she is going out on a high:

'First I must say Thank You Meg! Thank you for this opportunity to create with your beautiful papers.

This will be my last project as a DT for Meg´s garden. I have loved every second of it but now it´s time

to say Good Bye. But I hate Good Byes so we say See you later Alligator instead ;)

My last project is a box with a card inside. I used the large image for the lid and the small image for the card.

I think it feels very luxurious to have a box for the card and this will even fit for a wedding. On the card I also  used

the square 10cm doily. In the shop you can find really beautiful chipboard frames. I painted mine with Crackle

paint and put the image inside of it. Use your sewing machine and many layers to get the same effect as me.

For my box and card I used Ode to a Summer´s Day Collection – Buds of May.

Big Hugs from Ulrika aka LillBlomman!'

Thank you for this gorgeous project Ulrika - fabulous & well done.  We will miss you.  
Love the colours in the flowers& ribbons that you used - the perfect shades for the sage & lemon of the papers.  Very simple & extremely elegant.

Bye for now
Meg
www.megsgarden.com

Buds of May P6335
Small Victorian Laser cut Frame

Denise does a LO using Finnabair's techniques

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Today we have a LO from Denise Ann using 2 of her papers from the Ode to a Summer's Day Collection.

She explains:

'After doing a class with Finnabair in early March this year, I really wanted to make a page using her technique, but make it my own. So before adhering it together, I sprayed the background card stock and the embellishments with Glimmer-mist  etc. I have become very fond of the filigree brass embellishments and am gathering a nice collection.'

 The papers I used are:

 

Dream Believe P6338

Summer's Dance P6337

Finnabair would be very proud of you Denise - well done. It is so great to see Finnabair's techniques used on your papers; and also to see how they really work using the brass embellishments along with flowers, laces & fussy cutting.

Bye for now

Meg 

www.megsgarden.com