A Little Vintage Pocket Book

Hello everyone & welcome,

Today I have a mini Accordion Pocket Book that I would like to share with you. I have created this little book using the Shades of Green collection pack available from Meg's Garden online store.

This little book measures 13x13cm. The hard covers are decorated with shades of green patterned paper & images from the ephemera sheets. The inside covers & the accordion spine is made using coloured cardstock. I have inked the edges using Tim Holtz's distress ink: old paper to add a touch of vintage flair.

Seam binding is used as a closure it wraps around from the back and then is tied in the front. 

Pretty lace and pictures are added through out.

There are 4 handmade brown paper pockets ready for some special treasures.

You could add a tag or two.

The last page has a tuck.

Here is a picture of the back cover with & without it's seam binding closure. A delightful and simple little book to create. I hope I have inspired you to give this book a try. Don't forget to stop by Meg's Garden store there are lots of lovely paper packs to choose from.

Until next time.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

I hope you have a wonderful day & happy creating.

Leanne

A butterfly dance amongst the French Roses

I loved the wording on this lovely paper from the French Roses collection

 I fussy cut the butterfly from the cut and create papers

and added some inks and glitter

 I also coloured the metal butterfly with gilding wax to match

Thanks for taking a stroll through Megs Garden

Cheers Trish

ELEGANT BOOKMARKS FOR THE BOOK LOVERS .

Hello fellow Crafters,

Today I would like to share with you, some Bookmarks that I have created.

I think at sometime or other we have tried to tidy up our paper stash, am I right?  Well I had one of those days and found myself keening thinking of new ways to use up some of Meg's Gardens 'Cut and Create' and some off cuts of her beautiful Collections.

So I decided to make some Bookmarks, which I will now be able to include in Birthday and Thank You cards, just to name a couple.

Here is a closer look for you, standard size and also a corner bookmark, which is somewhat different, but I really love how it sits on the corners.

Well I hope that you enjoyed our little journey today and trust that are now inspired to try out Meg's Garden new Collections and start creating.

Thanks for taking the time to look and until next time........happy creating....Liz

A little Christmas decor by Leanne

Hello everyone,
I have created some Christmas decorations you can make to hang on the Christmas tree.
The papers are French cones 1086 & acid free Christmas cones 1088. I have also incorporated ephemera pages to cut & create, as well as pretty laces & trims. Stop by Meg's online store for all your crafty supplies for this festive season.


This vintage style cone has distressed & inked edges, pretty laces, tulle, ribbon, stamens & a cute little bell. You receive two cones per sheet so I have cut each section from one French cone and added foam tape before adhering each piece to my other cone to create a 3D effect.

My red cone has been decorated using pretty designs featured from the 'A Twinkling Christmas' ephemera pages.

My green cone has been decorated with paper flowers, organza ribbon, gold star trim, & a pretty dancer from the ephemera pages.

Until next time.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a wonderful day & happy creating.

Leanne

Just Pondering

Hello everyone,
Leanne here with you today.
I have created my layout with the beautiful patterned papers called In The Watercolour Garden. This is a photo of our fur baby.

These beautiful patterned paper plus trims & embellishments are available at Meg's Garden Online store. Be sure to stop by & check it out for all your crafty needs & start creating today.

Until next time.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a wonderful day & happy creating.

Leanne

Album - Karen McLaughlin

Karen with you today showing you a little album I have decorated using the beautiful Lavande fr. Lavender collection.  I have also used lots of Meg's ribbons, lace and flowers.  All of this plus so much more can be found at Meg's Garden.  Thank you for looking and I hope I have inspired you to use this beautiful collection.

NEW WATERCOLOUR IN BLUES - 3 DISTINCT CARDS by Liz Hocking

Hello Bloggers,
Thanks for joining me today to see Meg's Garden new collection 'Watercolour in Blues'.  This is such a beautiful soft collection, as always and fantastic for making cards, as well as pretty layouts.
For you today, I have chosen to make 3 cards, using the Collection .

I loved using this Collection 'Watercolour in Blues' as the blue is so soft and works well on dark card.
Here is a close up of my first card, which has a 'secret' pop up sentiment card.

For my edging Versa ink 'Atlantic Blue' is a perfect match.
My next card I did a little embossing in silver, which I feel suited the theme I was trying to create.
Meg's Garden doiley, pearls, lace ribbon, and metal emb.

Finally, for my last card, I was given quite a few A4 envelopes, so decided to make some cards to fit.This is the front

and then open.

Well I hope that have enjoyed viewing the new collection and to see more you can follow this link.
http://megsgarden.com/contents/en-us/d745.html

Thanks for taking the time to view and until next time.....happy scrapping from Liz

Altered Notebook+BONUS PROJECT

Hi all Kimi here, welcome back to Meg's Garden.  Today I have a vintage inspired altered notebook using the fabulous Chantilly Cream paper kit.  Once again I have chosen Kraft cardstock as my backing papers.  I think it really sets these papers off.

I have had this little notebook with pen in my stash for quite sometime.  I thought, with its Kraft cardboard covers, that it would go perfectly with the Chantilly Cream Collection.

Here is a before pic:-

I wanted to add a little pink to this project, so I pulled out Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Tattered Rose and inked all the edges with this first.  Then followed this up by lightly going around in Walnut Stain.  I really liked how this turned out.  The Tattered Rose blended beautifully with the soft creamy tones.

I also wanted to use the seam binding supplied in our kit, so I spritzed my glass cutting mat with some water and added a few drops of Tattered Rose re-inker to change the colour.

....and here is my altered notebook.   I love the softy peachy colour.  This little notebook is now a lovely "vintage-y" journal.

  I have used layered two of  the paper flowers and lightly dusted them with some of the Tattered Rose.

 I added the seam binding to a little light pink lace from stash and topped it with the Pearl bead string from the kit.  The beautiful vintage photo is from the Cut & Create Sheet.

 On the inside cover I created a punched border/pocket to hold a small journalling tag and added the small flower trim that was part of our embellishments.

 I also covered the pen with the lovely long flower cut out that can be found on the 12x12 Cut & create sheet.

 The inside back cover is left plain....

 ....however I have decorated the back cover with another one of the cut outs.

Products I have used:-

Chantilly Cream Papers

Gardenia's

Vintage cotton Lace

Cream Ribbon

Pearl Bead trim

BONUS PROJECT

The 12 x12 Chantilly Cream 12"x12" papers come with these 4"x12" strips.

  When I first saw these I thought how perfect they would be for creating pocket letters!!  So I found myself with a little extra time and decided to add a bonus pocket letter project.

I have used a few of the cut outs to decorate the pockets with and some embellishments from my stash.

 I have used the Chantilly Cream 01 - p6445 to mat the backs.  Now all that there is left to do is fill the pockets with some goodies.

Products Used:-
Chantilly Cream 4"x12" strip 01 - P6455
Chantilly Cream 4"x12" strip 02 - P6446
Chantilly Cream 4"x12" strip 04 - P6448
Chantilly Cream 4"x12" strip - Cut & Create - P6451
Vintage Cotton Lace
Cream Ribbon

Well readers that is my share for you today.  Don't forget to check out what is new and exciting at Megs Garden.