Kaiser Craft 'Kaleidoscope' Collection...

Today, I wanted to share with you a layout I created using the 'Kaleidoscope' collection by Kaiser Craft. I had this set of papers on my desk along with a new type of product we have recently added to the website ('Paper Soft Color') and wondered how I could combine the two on one layout ... and this is the end result:

Products used

 Kaiser Craft 'Kaleidoscope' Collection:

Impasto Paper

Mosaic Paper

Layers Paper

Illustrate Paper

Palette Paper

Collage Paper

Additional items:

Paper Soft Color - Light Moss Green

Stippling Set of 4 Sponge Brushes

Clear Embossing Powder

Stamp and Store Ornamental Clear Stamps

On the 'Layers' piece of paper I firstly stamped my ornamental corner stamp, applied clear embossing powder and then heated this. I then used a stippling brush and the 'Paper Soft Color' in Light Moss Green to create a soft effect - I went from outside of the paper and gradually worked my way in all around the page - including over the top of the embossed stamp image (you can wipe this gently with a wet cloth after to take any paper soft color away from the stamped image). The paper soft color gives a beautiful soft graduated effect and softens any edges of your paper - you can also blend two colours together.

Paper-Soft-Color instructions for graduated effects:

1. Dip a sponge into Paper-Soft Color.

2. With a gentle sweeping action apply Paper-Soft-Color.

3. Load a second Paper-Soft-Color onto a second sponge.

4. Apply the second colour over the first colour and gently rub the second colour into the first colour. This will deliver an interesting graduated colour effect.

 

~ Charlotte ~

 

Kaiser Craft 'Limelight' Now Available...

We now have the 'Limelight' paper collection by Kaiser Craft available in store. This set is perfect for any outdoors themed photos and we think it works really well for male layouts (always a challenge!) as shown in Kaiser Crafts layout below:

~ Charlotte ~

Sneak Peek...April 'Blubelle' Kit - Installment II

I wanted to give you a sneak peek today of the second installment of April's 'Blubelle' monthly kit which we released earlier this month. 

This kit uses the same collection as the first 'Blubelle' Kit yet different papers within the collection so these layouts will follow on nicely. We did use the Cosmic Shimmer Sparkle Texture Paste in Gunmetal which we used on the first kit in this kit also so if you purchased it for the first kit there is no need to buy an extra paste (depending on how much you used!)

~ Charlotte ~

'Honey Chai' by Kaiser Craft

I wanted to share with you today a layout I created using the latest Kaiser Craft collection 'Honey Chai'...

I used Frantage Shabby White Embossing Enamel on the die-cut paper to add some texture - I simply sprinkled this straight onto the paper in an area, heated this from underneath the paper with a heat gun until it started to go tacky and then finished heating this from above as normal so that the powder did not disperse. I also added Frantage to the die-cut heart and chipboard. 

The flowers are cut from the 'Clove' Speciality paper and have a glossy finish.

Products Used:

Kaiser Craft Honey Chai

Tumeric Paper

Saffron Paper

Ginger Paper

Clove Speciality Gloss Paper

All Spice Die Cut Paper

Frantage Shabby White Embossing Enamel

Ferro Texture Paste - Platinum

~ Charlotte ~

Sneak Peek of Second April Kit ... Coming Soon!

A sneak peek of the second kit to be released in April by The Craftz Boutique. A difficult kit to photograph due to being pale but as always it is much prettier in person - the Stampendous Frantage which was used on areas in this kit was the first time I have used this and it is so pretty when the light is shining on it! It will definitely be featuring on more of my layouts!

The Frantage embossing powder gives a beautiful vintage finish - it features gold particles and glitter as well as the colour chosen and can be used on paper and embellishments. 

When applying the Frantage embossing enamel, we simply sprinkled this over our page where we wanted it (no need to use an ink pad for it to adhere to). We then heated this with our heat gun from underneath the layout/picture for a while so that the embossing enamel melted slightly - enough to adhere slightly to the page. We then heated this from above the layout as you would normally do with embossing powders. By heating this from the underneath side first simply stops the powder from moving around and off the page due to the heat gun. 
We also applied the Frantage to our paper flowers - we simply sprinkled the powder over the petals and heated from high above to stop the powder dispersing off the flowers.

Frantage with the lace and chipboard: We inked our lace and chipboard first with the Ranger Ink Embossing Pad, sprinkled the Frantage and heated in a similar way to any embossing powder.

~ Charlotte ~

April Monthly Kit Sneak Peek...

Available soon... @ The Craftz Boutique

~ Charlotte ~

March Monthly Kit

March Monthly Kit

Our March Monthly Kit is now online and available {here}. For this months kit we used a combination of Prima Marketing's new 'Cartographer' collection together with some of the lovely designs available by Marion Smith.

 For the second layout using this kit we created a pocket style folder that you can use to tuck in a few photos, journaling cards, ephemera or memorable snippets relating to your photos.

 As always, we created both layouts from the kit but the kit is by no means limited to these designs.

 Additional Information

We 'gutted' the 'Cartographer - Boussole' paper to enable us to use this sheet on both layouts we created. 

To create the 12 decorative squares:

The twelve decorative squares were created by punching out a 2" circle from the 'Cartographer - Les Yeux' paper. A 3.5cm square was then cut from scraps of paper left over and stuck in the centre of the circle on the reverse side of the circle. We inked the edge of our circles yet this is optional. Using a paper scorer we scored a line down each side of the square and folded the edges of the circle back into the middle. 

~ Charlotte & Denise ~