The Traveling Man's brother by Kerry-Jean Watson

Greetings to all the bloggers out there.

This dashing young man is my maternal grandfather, Adriaan 

Back 2006 mother and I arranged for a large suitcase of family photos to be sent to us in Perth, Australia.

I was amazed at many of the picture mostly because they showed my mother parents younger than what I knew them as. It was like being introduced to total strangers. My grandparents were well in to their late 70's early 80's by the time I was born, so I never saw them as children or young adults. My grandfather would be in his mid thirties in the portrait.

So for this layout I wanted to combine the new Correspondence Collection with some of the previous Meg's Garden collections and some French Writing Ephemera. The Hot Air Balloons were a nice add to the photo and the feel of the layout. 

Some more work from Belinda Spencer

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From "Australian Scrapbook Ideas" magazine, Belinda Spencer used the Top Hat & Automobiles Collection papers on these 2 layouts:

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
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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

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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

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A Heritage Picnic from Kerry-Jean

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Kerry-Jean takes us on a Heritage Picnic

'I really wanted to work with the "Top Hat & Automobiles Collection" from Meg's Garden, I just had to find a suitable photo for the layout. I started going through photos of my grandparents from when they were young, the 1920/1930 and came across some pictures of a picnic.  

I felt the photo complimented the paper collection perfectly, especially that sepia tone. I used the Take a Roadster for a Spin P6357 page and fell in love with those floral arrangements on the edges. I wanted to extend that motif through the layout, so using some of Meg's Small White paper Roses I sprayed some of them a lovely deep red and worked out the arrangement with those gorgeous Green Paper Leaves that I bent and tweaked a little to give a more natural look.

  

I used the transparency Butterflies Tr015  and Old World Time TransparencyTr1037 also which I think are just fantastic to use. The tags used in behind the photo are from the Vintage Ornate Tags 1036  and Vintage Tags 1031. Some really great new papers are the French Ephemera Pack S130 which the music sheet is from. 

I feel I captured a wonderful moment of my grandparents life 50 years before I was even born.' 

This is so fantastic - well done Kerry-Jean. Love the layering & all the elements. The painted red roses really pull it all together. The photo of your grandparents is terrific.

Bye for now

Meg

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Heather does a Masculine Tag

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Heather is here to show us her:

Masculine Celebration Tag in a Pocket.

'Hello scrappy friends, Heather with you today showcasing a

Masculine celebration Tag in a Pocket. Created with the Automobile Parts P6354

  

The Tag is slightly larger than the pocket and is created with Kraft paper .

Stamp the tag and a fold a 3 inch piece of paper over the top section of the tag to add interest.

This is such a simple yet striking masculine Tag in a pocket.

My base is Kraft cardstock .

I used a Spellbinders Nestabilities die cut … Labels Twenty-One.

There are 5 dies in the pack and I alternated 3 sizes with Automobile parts collections and Kraft paper.

I completed the stack by adding the stunning vintage clock and secured it with a brad.

Items used from Megs Garden

Automobile Parts

P6354

Old World Time

P2063

A collection of timepieces to add to any project .

I hope I have inspired you to have a play and create your own tag in a pocket.

Until next time

Hugz from Heather x'

This is so fantastic & unusual - well done Heather.  Love the combination of papers & elements you have chosen.  The layering is superb.

Bye for now
Meg
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Hello Bloggers

Helen has also created a card with some very interesting elements:

Meg’s Garden Products used

TopHat and Automobile collection - “Choose an automobile”

Top Hat and Automobile collection - “The Roadster’s Front seat blanket”

Top Hat and Automobile collection - “Automobile Parts P6354

Butterflies Tr015

Frames 3 Tr003

Other products used

white wash cardstock - Grandma’s Rocker

Stamp a lot stamp -  “Happy Birthday”

Martha Stewart Punch - String Lace

ink - Dark brown

Spellbinders die - Labels Eight, Lacey Circles, Fancy Tags

Couture creations embossing folder - Walrus and carpenter

Great card Helen - well done. The embossing on the front of the card & the touches of gold/mustard are extremely effective. Love the watch on the back of the card

Bye for now 

Meg

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Denise's Layouts

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Denise has created this wonderful layout that features her beautiful daughter using the papers she designed & some serious fussy cutting.

Dream & Believe

Her second layout is a vintage with some very serious embellishments & ideas - also using her own papers  Top Hat & Automobiles Collection

Fabulous layouts Denise - well done. Love the hand holding the pic in the bottom LO.

Bye for now

Meg

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Vintage Layout from Heather

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Heather is with us today with one of her fab projects & she explains:

'Hi everyone ,

Today I decided to go Vintage , creating a layout with the ‘Top hat & Automobile Collection. These magnificent new papers are perfect for Vintage / distressed/and grunge art.

I discovered this old postcard, which I felt was just perfect for this layout. I wanted to create an impression of an envelope, with oodles of stamping and an old grungy /messy background suggesting age and days gone by.

Women would gather together for afternoon tea and support each other.

The fashions back then have always fascinated me with such amazing detail. Although quite impractical, still very beautiful with delicate hand crafted lace and the hairstyles of the day were beautifully exquisite.

A little bit of trivia about me :

As part of our hairdressing registration exams we were required to reproduce a Vintage hairstyle, and I truly adored creating from this era . I have always loved detail, and I guess I intuitively transferred my love of detail from my hairdressing days into my scrapbooking !!   he he he !!

This vintage distressed clock fitted in perfectly with my theme, mimicking the time and the layers of that era.  I altered the Tim Holtz metal frame with gesso and paint, and stacked it over the clock element.

Again I distressed the papers and layered the diecuts to create dimension and interest . 

 Another layered cluster with papers, diecuts, chipboard, finished off with a metal brad .

Papers and items used  

Automobile Parts P6354

Roadster's Front Seat Blanket P6359

Old World Time (clock) 1037

Music Washi Tape

Tim Holtz metal Ornate Plate

Other items.

Tim Holtz die cut/ metal brads, Sizzix die cuts, Brads

2Crafty chipboard, Kraft paper .

Thanks for popping by and I truly hope you are inspired to buy some of these papers and have a play.

Hugz from Heather x'

What a fabulous LO - well done Heather. The flap at the top with a die cut makes me want to open up the LO & get more!!  The multiple layers are awesome with their tears & the die cuts terrific.  Totally fabulous but what else did I expect.  I think my favourite element is the Ornate plate on top of the Old World clock.  The music washi tape adds just a hint of frivolity.

Bye for now

Meg

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'Heritage' LO from Helen

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Helen shows us her 1st project as a member of the fabulous Meg's Garden Design Team:

'Thanks for the opportunity to create with you wonderful products…I have really enjoyed the process. 

The layout is called "Heritage" and I've listed the products used from Meg's Garden'

Top Hat & Automobiles Collection

      The Roadster's front seat blanket

      Take a Roadster for a Spin

      Cottage cutzdie

Other products

   cardstock - Whitewash, Black and brown,

    flowers, pearls & alphas

           Punches & die

A great LO - well done Helen. The colours in the embellishments really show up the detail in the papers. The fussy cutting is fabulous.

Bye for now

Meg

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Nineteen LO by Annette

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Annette shows us another project & explains:

'The beautiful papers from the range' Automobiles & Top Hats inspired by ' Great Gatsby'

available at Meg's Garden were perfect for twins Leigh & Stevie's birthday photo ...

I created this LO as a DT assignment for Stuck on U Sketches ..August 16th  sketch reveal.'

'Meg's Garden products used:

Top Hat &Automobiles Range

Taking roadster for a spin P6357

Roadsters front seat blanket P6359

Burlap

1. Using P6357 as my base paper I cut around clock hand with a craft knife, ink edges

2. Cut a circle out of P 6359 & cut in half, ink edges

3. Cut a scrap of script paper from my stash centred on the page & tucked the half circles top and bottom, distress & ink edges

4. Fray the jute a little & adhere along base of script paper,

 adhere a scalloped circle above jute on right

 5. Mount a 10cm x 10cm photo on inked corrugated cardboard, adhere to centre

 6. Add trimmings

Other items used:

wooden gears, photo turns, brads, metal clock, key, thickers & flowers

As you can appreciate these papers were perfect for the twins photo

I hope I have inspired you to visit Megs Garden & have a play with this fantastic range

Cheers

Annette '

Fabulous LO Annette - this range of papers certainly love what you are doing with them - well done.  The embellishments are perfect; love how you framed & then double framed the photo - fantastic.

Bye for now

Meg

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'Pensive' Layout by Annette

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This is Lynette's first project as a DT member & it is fab. She uses another of the papers in The Top Hat & Automobile Collection called the Front Seat Blanket.

'I oohed & aahed when I opened my box of goodies - I love this range of papers ... so perfect for masculine layouts.

Using Kraft as my base card, I trimmed P6359 down to leave a border & distressed & inked.'

Cut P6354 & off set on page.. fussy cut the car, light globe, red roses & gears from P6357 strip.

Covered the manila tags from P6354 strip

Folded cut strip of P6359 for under photo

Inked leaves & distressed & inked all edges

Meg's Garden Products used :

Top Hat & an Automobile Collection

Take a Roadster for a Spin P6357

Automobile Parts P6354

Roadsters Front Seat Blanket P6359

LeafyDie Cut CC012

Pack of Tags

Other Products:

Gathered from my stash:

 muslin, flowers, felt border, clock, twine & metal filigree flowers, ink & alphabet

Great LO Annette & welcome to the blog - well done.

Love all the elements - the lime green paper flowers are the perfect lift to the brown of the LO along with the hints of burgundy.  You have really done a great job in utilizing the strips.  I also like the way you have angled your photo.

Bye for now

Meg

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