3 Shabby Chic Cards by Cathy Cafun

Hi ladies, Cathy here,

I have a set of 3 cards which were created a little while ago, but was unable to share until now as they were published with Australian Cardmaking Stamping and Papercraft Magazine.

I thought I would show you how you can make a few quick and easy cards with a 6″ paper pad and product from the Manor House Creations.

Here are 3 cards I created, using MHC Flowers, Ornate Frames and Flexible Words.

Love You Forever

On this card I altered the blossoms to give them more dimension by pinching the centre back of the flower between your fingers.  Place a little bit of tape at the back of the flower to hold the pinched section, then top with a pearl, bead or brad.

MHC Product Used:  Layout Pack-Cheeky, Floral Mix-Krystal, Believe Blossom mix, Gothic Ornate Frame-black, Flexible Word (Love black)

I Love You

The large white flower was altered by lightly inking the edges of the petals, then backing with distressed mesh ribbon for a shabby chic feel.

MHC Product Used:  Letters from Paris, Minuettes pink, Gothic Ornate Frame-white,

Flexible Word (Love white)

Love Is Not a Because

I have backed the Gothic Ornate Frame with pp to add some contrast and draw the eye.

MHC Product Used:  Letters from Paris, Tea Rose-gold, Lace Butterflies and Hearts pack, Gothic Ornate Frame-white, Flexible Word (Love white)

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Beautiful You Collection – Mixed Media LO

Hi Cathy here,

Today I am sharing a mixed media layout using the gorgeous “Beautiful You” collection of pattern papers and flowers from the Winter 2014 Collection.

To create the background I tore the yellow “In My Thoughts” pp diagonally, then backed it with the pink side of the “Fresh and New” pp.  I masked over the top using a floral stencil design and modelling paste.  Once dry, I misted with water and randomly added dabs of mimosa IZink, then spritzed with water again to created a watercolour effect.  I dried off and repeated with the geranium IZink.

I have used one of the Journal spots from the “Journal Sheet” pp, which I cut down into a banner to create my title, then lightly swiped the edges with gesso.

You would probably all know that I love to fussy cut.  Here I have fussy cut some of the roses from the pp’s to tuck in amongst my flower clusters.

I also fussy cut the clock section from the “Fresh and New” pp to make a little cluster down the side of my photo.

MHC Papers:  Beautiful You Collection – In My Thoughts, Fresh and New, Journal sheet

MHC Flowers: Oh So Pretty – pink, Country Roses – cerise, Frilly Roses – ivory, Country Estate – lemon, Sweeties, Darling

Other Product: Artistcellar stencil, mesh, IZink – jasmine, mimosa and geranium, gesso, modelling paste, Viva crackle paste, Scrapmatts chipboard, crochet doily

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Layout by Cathy Cafun – CSI 139

Hi Everyone,

Today I am sharing a layout inspired by this week’s case file at Color Stories Inspiration, using gorgeous flowers from Manor House.

Love the denim rosettes.  They come in light, dark and floral as well as mixed packs.  Here I altered the light denim rosette by lightly swiping with gesso and adding a brad to the centre.

The country roses are the pefect filler when creating flower clusters.  I have swiped the roses with a little gesso to tie in with my mixed media background. 

I needed a slightly smaller flower for my top cluster, so I pulled off the bottom layer from one of the oh so pretty flowers, then folded the bottom layer over and tucked it under my photo.

Manor House Creations product:  Country Roses – lemon, Oh So Pretty – blue mix, Denim Rosettes – light, Mayglo – green

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Spring is blooming!

Hi everyone – Sonia here with a bit of Springtime creating! I love this time of the year as the flowers start to bloom and the butterflies emerge, not to mention the sun starts to heat up a bit! The new Country Estate is a fabulous range to help get in the Spring mood and I used the gorgeous ‘New Day’ paper as the base for my layout – how beautiful are the images?!!

I added some Misting Spray in Lime Wedge to highlight the green tones in the paper:

Products used: Paper – Country Estate ‘New Day‘. Flowers – Mia in Green, Glitz in Lemon and Country Roses in White

The printed paper underneath the photo is the reverse side of the New Day paper – it’s wonderful when both sides of the paper are as gorgeous as each other!

The Glitz flower was slightly too big for my cluster so I removed the outer layer of petals to create a flower that fitted in perfectly.

Hopefully the warm weather will get you outside for lots more photo opportunities to scrap!

Sonia x

Anything is Possible – Layout by Cathy Cafun

Hi Everyone,

As some of you may know, I am on the Design Team for Colour Stories Inspiration (CSI).  This week’s Color Stories Inspiration Challenge 137 was such a pretty colour palette, I just couldn’t resist adding some Manor House flowers to my layout.  Here is my interpretation of the challenge.

Anything is Possible

I have used one of the Colourwash Doubleups in soft pink as the base for my flower cluster, then layered with some yellow Sunflowers and white Minuettes from the pink mix pack.  The sunflowers were altered by pulling out the stamens and replacing with crochet doiles and a brad.  I also added a crochet doily to the double up flower which I pulled apart using the larger flower and keeping the centre flower for another project.

Manor House Product:  Colourwash Doubleups – soft pink, Sunflowers – yellow, Minuettes – pink mix pack

Thanks so much for stopping by 🙂

Happiness is catching – Sonia Thomason

I love it when you look at photos and you can’t help but smile or laugh! I find photos of children are often like that, pure joy on their faces as they enjoy the wonders of life. This photo of Isabella is one of my favourites – the camera has caught her at a moment of pure happiness and it sure is catching!
The gorgeous background on the Thoughts Wandering ‘Beautiful’ paper provides a perfect backdrop to your photos with it’s neutral tones:
I have used some mists over the page just to highlight the soft blue around the paper and in the flowers and a splash of beetroot colour to pick up the pop of colour from the Country Rose:

Products used: Papers – Thoughts Wandering ‘Beautiful’ and Country Estate ‘Elements‘. Flowers – Denim Rosettes Light Mix, Country Blues Denim, Country Estate Mix, Country Roses in Beetroot and Azure Blue and a Vine. Embellishments – Felt Doilies in Cream, Beautiful You chipboard Words (Laugh) and Cotton Tag

I adore the font used in the chipboard word – so elegant!

The Beetroot of the Country Rose just adds that little pop of colour that the page needs

The Felt Doilies are perfect for adding texture and movement to your page:

As you can see I’ve mixed and matched the flowers from different collections but the blues go together perfectly and the Beetroot adds in some colour that helps the page come together.

 

Happy scrapping 🙂

Sonia x

Mixed Media layout – Cherish

Hello everyone. Tiffany here. I have a layout to share with you.

I used lots of different mediums to create this layout. I love brown tones as you can see here. I love to use sprays and paints to color the flowers to match my projects.

Thank you for stopping by.

Manor House Creations products

Idylic white, Country roses.

Beautiful You Inspiration from Melinda Thompson

Hello to you all 🙂

I have recently completed a project using the very gorgeous “Beautiful You” paper collection as well as lots of stunning blooms! This paper range begs to be fussy cut so I cut out some of the flowers in the paper and arranged them on my layout. I used plain white cardstock for the base…which is so unlike me…but these colours look amazing and so crisp against a white background.

“Time Flies”

 

Some closes ups…..love the hot pinks and bright yellows together.  I have mixed a matched flowers from new and past releases, the different sizes and styles look amazing together.  I have also used a Felt Doiley in Hot Pink and a lace flower (Lullaby) to add layers behind my photo.

 

 

Love these chipboard frames.  I have altered them by priming with Gesso first then adding some Shimmerz Inklingz in Pink a Boo and then while it was still wet I sprinkled it with some Shimmerz Enamalz in Gold Digger…its so sparkly.. 🙂 Then for added interest I added on some cute little chipboard hearts up the side.

 

 

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by today, hope you feel inspired by my creation.

 

 

 

 

Products:
Beautiful You paper collection
Vinettes – White
Wood Elements – Love Frame
Felt Doiley – Pink
Country Roses – Ivory
Country Roses – Lemon
Country Roses – Pink
Fairy Floss – Soft Pink
Razzles – Hot Pink
Sweeties
Lullaby – White

Country Estate Collection – Your Sweet Smile

 

Hi everyone, Cathy here, sharing a LO created using the beautiful Country Estate collection.  This paper collection has a matching sheet of diecuts, and also has a range of gorgeous flowers and chipboard pack to tie in with the papers.

YOUR SWEET SMILE

To create this LO I used both sides of the New Day pp and punched some strips of the green side of the Birdsong pp, then layered them to create my background.

I have framed the photograph with a mix of flowers combined with the black rosette ornate frame which I cut up and tucked in amongst the flowers.

The midnight frilly roses were altered by pulling out the centre bud and replacing with a fabric brad.

 

Love the Ornate Frames.  Here I have used the roses frame which I have cut into smaller pieces. I have kept the label frame section which can be used by tucking under some pp to cover the cut edges.

Manor House Product:

Country Estate papers:  Birdsong, New Day, 12×12 Elements Sheet,

Flowers:  Country Estate – red, Frilly Roses -midnight, Belle floral, teeny weenies, Leaves – light green small

Embellishments: Beautiful You chipboard pack, Ornate Frames – rosette black

Thanks so much for stopping by.

LO by Cathy Cafun – Beautiful Smile

Hi everyone, Cathy here with a LO to share created with some of the flowers from the Winter 2014 Collection and the new felt doilies.   The bones of this LO was created a while ago and was the inspiration for a Canvas class that I taught.  I have had it sitting in my pile of projects for a while and thought I would finish it off using some of the gorgeous flowers from the Winter 2014 Collection.

Love Your Beautiful Smile

These pretty girly papers were a perfect match for the gorgeous chantilly lace flower and country roses.

To get the most out of your felt doilies when layering, don’t use the whole doily.  Just cut off the section needed and save the rest for another project.

Manor House Product:

Flowers:  Chantilly Lace pack, Flower Pack – oh so pretty, Country Roses – cerise, Solitude,

Embellishments: Felt Doilies – Beautiful You

Thanks so much for stopping by.