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Imaginarium Designs was asked to sponsor the Let's Get Shabby Blog for this month. I was asked to do their monthly challenge.

Challenge #26
is all about
TOILE AND TICKING
(Your creation must contain both 'Toile AND Ticking')
What's this you might ask???
Here's a wonderful site we found that will help answer your questions.
or look to the Shabby Design Team projects.
french-country-decor-guide
You might find this in fabric, or paper...
Another question you might raise is ...
'I don't have any?'
You can also find Toile and Ticking and print off the computer like a couple of our DT have done.
Toile and Ticking is beautifully historically French and fabulously Shabby!
Toile is a distinct elegant pattern used in various shades and Ticking is a stripe – usually a double stripe or uneven spaced stripe…

I didn't have any Toile or Ticking, but found some fabric in a patchwork store for the toile. I had to print the ticking image from the Internet. I decided to do a layout on my Great Grandmother Florence. I remember visiting her in a nursing home. She was such a grand old Lady who always sat bolt upright in her chair. She died at 96 with her memory intact, by then I was 12 years old. I used a photo of her taken when she was about 19 years old. She was married by this time and had one child. The smaller photo is take at her 90th birthday. She must have had a hard life as my Great Grandfather was injured in a work related accident and died in his late 40's. She had 9 children and lived through some of the great changes in 20th century. From travelling by horse and buggy to seeing Man walk on the moon. From using candles to computers. The changes she witnessed in her life time were huge.
I used the fabric for tieing the large bow on my page. I also cut some on the fabric into a 3 inch strip and ran a gathering thread up the middle of it and pulled it up to make a bunting which I put under each of the photos.

I used two frames from Imaginarium Designs and randomly painted them with a paint dabber. This let the grey chipboard show through a little which gave it a blue tinge to balance out all the white on my layout . I also put a little bit on glitter on the frame to give it a lift. I added the ticking as stripes at the bottom of my page and attached it with some MM button brads. The flower was white and I had to spray with glimmer mist to get the deep blue colour I wanted. I added some ribbons, a lock small frame and swag from Melisa Frances. It is my first "white" layout I have done and I really like it. It still needs some journaling but I will do another page to match and put the journaling on that one.Thanks for looking
Jane
PS Don't forget to visit the Let's get Shabby blog for some more inspiration and check out their design teams work.

Don't know what is happening to my weeks but they keep disappearing!
So the winner is
DeeDee
"This is wonderful! Graphic 45 has such fabulous talented designers!! Saw you via Imaginarium ♥ "
Dee Dee can you email me at jane@seriouslyscrapbooking.net.au and I will send you your price.
Graphic 45 have featured some of my work on their blog, this means I can share with you. Grapic 45 sent me some of their new papers from the Magic of Oz collection. I decided to make an easle card.
I love the way these kind of cards stand up, making them a special card which can be on display rather than popped in a box or stashed in a draw. I used papers from the Magic of Oz collection for this card. I used some of graphic 45 hinges to make a flap on the front of my card. When you open the flap there is a pocket which lets you tuck money or a gift card into. Purple and green work so well together, and isn’t funny how the meaning of words change. Wicked now means great or cool as my kids tell me. Different from when I was a kid and it meant extremely bad. So now I have a totally cool card for a very“ wicked” teenager - Perfect.

I am really into miniature at the moment and having great fun doing lots of little projects. I have a great photo of the Lovely Graphic 45 ladies taken in Australia this year. I decide to do this project on Diane The book is only 4 inches high and five inches wide. It sits on an Imaginarium Designs chipboard stand, slightly opened. I love the way all Graphic 45 papers work together, I used papers from the new “magic of Oz” range. I love this new line of papers. The colours are so strong and the prints are delightful. I uses a chipboard compass and fine leaves from Imaginarium designs. This balanced the heavy metal staples flower from Graphic 45 which I just love. I cut out flowers from one of the prints and layered them to give them a 3d look. I added some magical words in an Imaginarium designs frame which describe Diane (hope she doesn’t mind being thought of as “antique” meaning valuable rather than old!) I also added a crown because she is the” Queen of design” as we all know.

I am also a guest designer for the Lets get Shabby Blog, they will be showing my layout tomorrow. Once it is on their blog I will post it on mine. Make sure your visit their blog for some beautiful inspiration and remember to leave a comment on my blog and go into a draw to win.

Thanks for looking

Jane

It's CHA Time Again

Once again it's CHA time, this time its the summer show being held in Florida. I was lucky to attend the winter show in LA in January. I decided to make a Victorian style theater using Graphic 45's Le Cirque. John and I got together and came up with a stage which all locks together and is easy to put together and take a part and packs flat!

It is about 14inches wide and 16 inches high. I cut lots of the animals and people from the Graphic 45 papers and put them on long sticks. It has backdrops so that a child can stand behind it and using the animas and people create their own circus.

Here it is at CHA, sitting on an old chair in the Graphic 45 Booth. It was so great seeing my work on display with all the other wonderful projects from the Design Team Members. If you are lucky enough to be going to CHA, then make sure you visit Graphic 45's Booth and check out the work from the new design team. We have been sharing on our private facebook page and the work is just amazing. I have sent my projects to them and they should nearly be there by now. Graphic 45 will be posting projects every couple of days on their blog during and after the show. Make sure you visit their blog.

Please leave me a comment any time until the end of next week. I will be choosing one of you to receive a bag of Graphic 45 papers and Imaginarum Chipboard.

thanks for looking

Jane

PS I have put more photos on the Imaginarium Blog, just click the link!

What another post!

Just checked the Graphic 45 web and found some photos of one of the new lines to be released at CHA. The girls and man on the domestic team were able to get papers from this line to work with for CHA, but us international girls missed out. We will be getting ours a bit later. Make sure you vist the Gaphic 45 blog over the next few weeks to see all the amazing projects created by the team. We have been sharing projects with each other on our private face book page and the projects I have seen so far are beyond amazing.
thanks
Jane

I have lost a MONTH

Where to start, first, sorry for not blogging for so long. I have just had too much on my platter and something has to give. So my blog has been a bit neglected. I promise to blog more often starting from now. I have been to Brisbane and done my classes. I had a great time meeting lots of lovely ladies from all over Australia and New Zealand. My classes went well and I got lots of great feed back from those attending. I taught 9 classes in three days to over 250 people. All my projects were using Graphic 45 papers and Imaginarium Designs Chipboard. I Hope to teach next year, so would love to see some of you who attended this year again. I then drove home - back to Adelaide and spent the week getting over the expo.The next big job was writing and planning all the classes and newsletter for my store Seriously Scrapbooking, we hold over 40 classes each month of which I teach 10-15. This is a huge job and takes me three days to do. I roped in Nat this time to give me a hand. While I was away my box of goodies arrived from Graphic 45 for CHA. The girls in the store got to open it and wrote me a note on the paperwork. It read, " lots of lovely goodies, please remember your amazing staff - its nice to share", with a hug & kiss at the end! Talk about a big hint. I have to say it was an amazing box with so much in it. Hampton Art was very generous along with spellbinders, clearsnap and lots of other companies, which I will mention latter. I have just today sent a box of projects back to them for display at CHA. I did a layout, card. altered art pieces and a pop up book all in the new "magic of Oz" range. Can't show any sneak peeks until they show them on their blog. But as soon as I am allowed to, I will post some photos on the blog to share with you all. Some of my work as been featured on the Graphic 45 blog so this means I can share with you all.
I have been doing some Altered Art pieces which I love, as anything small is an addiction for me.
This little book is only 4 inches high and 5 inches wide. It sits on a stand and is a great way of displaying a photo. It's a new line from Imaginarium Designs and I have done two so far. This one is on Aimee, who is one of the ladies from Graphic 45. She is another amazing lady who I have had the pleasure to met a few times.
This view is from the back and shows the stand, which I inked and stamped with a tiny word stamp. Don't you love the butterfly, it's only an inch long.
Each month as part of my being on the Graphic 45 design team, I have to do three projects, one of which is a tutorial. This is great as I can do anything I like! They are a great company to do work for and I really am delighted to have another year with them. Charee asked us to do a project using one of the staples door handle and plate. I decided to do mine as a fan and used a photo of Diane taken in Brisbane this year. Diane is the lovely designer and owner of Graphic 45, a very special person. I had John from Imaginarium Designs cut me the fan blades in the same shape as the door plate.
I used some white beautiful lace gathered up to make a circle. I glued flowers to the middle of it to make a rosette. I used one of Prima's glass looking vines which I love. They have an old world charm about them. They remind me of the cut class dishes my Grandmother used to have.

I used some of the butterflies from Imaginarium designs sprayed with gesso, this gives them a white chalky look. Don't you love the fine detail on the butterfly wings!

Well that's all for now. I am feeling like I have finally caught up, although I have an all day scrap in just over three weeks time to arrange. 85 Ladies have booked in to attend, so tomorrow I will start planning it all. One of my first jobs will be to make the project I am teaching, I can share with you that it is an altered art project using a mini black tin in the shape of an old hat box from Prima. Can't wait to get started.

Thanks for stopping by.

Catch you again soon.

Jane

I am a Guest Designer at the Colour Room

All the ladies on the Imaginarium Designs Team are being Guest Designers at the Colour Room. This week it is Askua and my turn. If you haven't visited Askua's blog then make sure you do. She is the most amazingly talent lady I have seen for a long long time. It was really hard having to put my work along side hers.

I had trouble with this palette as the colours were hard to find. I loved the blue/grey/brown colour. You can see I had trouble with this colour, I can't even describe it properly! Again I had no photo in mind, but when I was looking for the perfect photo, I remembered this one of my Grandfather and me. His suit was nearly a perfect match and I love the photo. I am about 2, my Grandfather died when I was 8, but I still remember him. The rocking chair we are sitting in is my Great Grandmothers, and will be mine one day. I have photos of my Grandfather, on the other side of the family, sitting in it, holding his first great grand child and my first child. Will have to to another page one day just on the rocking chair.
Heather and Steph have been encouraging me to leave some negative space on my pages to "rest the eyes" as Steph says. I struggle with this as I need to fill my pages and if there is space left, I feel I have left something off!

Anyway, I have a tutorial on the Imaginarium Designs Blog on how to use perfect pearls and chipboard if you are interested in looking. Remember to vist Auskas Blog, and the Colour Room Blog. I have created links for you to click.

Colour Room

Auskas blog

Imginarium Designs Blog

If you leave a comment here and at Imaginarium Designs Blog, you double your chances of winning some of their amazing Chipboard.

I will have some Graphic 45 projects to share soon and some altered art projects as well.

If you have not booked into a class in Brisbane yet, with me and would like too then click on the link on the left and book in now. The Classes have been extended to 30, so as of yesterday there were spaces in all of them.

Can't wait for the Expo, it will be a new experience for me and I hope to see some familiar faces, old friends and more importantly make some new ones. If you are visiting the show, please make sure you come and hello.

thanks for looking

Jane

Creative Block in Brisbane at Printblocks

I got to catch up with the Lovely Ladies from Graphic 45 over the weekend at Printblocks Creative Block. It was so nice seeing them again, and having lunch together each day.
I was attending as part of Imaginarium Designs stand. I spent the three days doing make and takes with lovely ladies from all over Australia and New Zealand. It was so much fun sharing and teaching lots of different techiqunesss. We did a different style of tag each day. I have been asked to teach at stores in NSW, VIC, WA and Tasmaia. The biggest surprise was being asked to teach in New Zealand by some of the store there. I would love to do that, as I was born there and have not been back for over 25 years.

I thought I would share a layout I did for Creative Block and Graphic 45. I love this photo of Anna and Kate, taken at their Grandma's 70th birthday.

I used papers, stickers and some of their staples from Graphic 45. I added some Prima flowers and crystal flourishes. I love the BoBunny Timeless embelishments which work so well with this layouts.
Check out Imagainarium Designs for more photos of Creative Block.
Leave a message here and at Imaginarium and double you chance of winning some Imaginarium Designs Chipboard.

thanks so much for looking

Jane

I'm a Guest Designer at Once upon a Sketch!

Once upon a Sketch is a international sketch challenge blog which encourage everyone from all parts of the world to take part in their fortnightly sketch challenges. They have an international design team who create projects based on the fortnight's sketch and Criteria which will hopefully give you the push you need. They invited me to send in my take on their sketch and here it is.

I decided to do a tom boy page on my daughter Leah, who as a child loved playing with mud and water. I have lots of photos take of her over the years happily playing in mud! I love the look on her face when we found her. She seem to know that she had been wicked but the face shows how much she had been enjoying herself.

I used some cogs and borders from Imaginarium Designs. The vine and border I inked with Tim Holtz Peeled Paint. For the vine I stamped over the green with a random number stamp using black soot. Peeled Paint is one of my favorite colours. The cogs I inked with Tim's black soot. Some of them I sprayed with Stewart's Superior memory mist in Sparkling Silver. If you have never used this product I suggest you give it a try. It is magic for misting or spraying chipboard.

For the title, I inked it with Aged Mahogany and then sprayed it with cream spray paint but only lightly, this allows the mahogany to still show through and gives it an aged look. I used a sheet of Prima and one of their flowers, I also used some decorative brads from Making Memories. I like my layouts to be uncluttered and the photos the focus.
Make sure you visit Once Upon a Sketch and have a go that their fortnightly sketch. I have made their logo at the top a link which will take you to their blog.

thanks for looking

Jane

Where does the time go?

Sorry about being so slack in updating my blog. It's not because nothing has happen, in fact to much has happened. Hence the lack of blogging. So I decided to make this a long one and share some layouts I have been doing for my daughters album. So working backwards in the events in my life. Heather rang me today to let me know, that a mini book of hers and an altered art piece of mine are featured projects on the Graphic 45 ning site. This is a first for both of us and we are both tickled pink!
Also excited to be able to say that 5 of my classes at Brisbane are sold out. Still getting over the shock. Another two have room for a few more people. The baby girl layout still has room and I promise it is really nice and you will love it. I am heading up to Brisbane next week and will be catching up with Charee and Diane from Graphic 45 can't wait to see them again.
Over Easter I de-cluttered the house. Wow what a job, hubby and I went through every cupboard and it was a big throw out. We had a hard waste collection the following week, so it was the perfect time. I sent lots of items to a local opp shop, and gave lots of left over craft items to a lady who does after school care. They now should have enough stuff to last them until the end of the year! this means all my cupboards have room in them for more stuff.
I also came into the shop for a day creating, which I can't show yet. What I can share is some of Beth's layouts from her album. Sorry there are no photos, need a long holiday to sort her photos and get them in. This album will be for her teen years. Beth is my eldest and has beautiful red/auburn hair. The range of papers is from K & Company and is called Blossomwood. Perfect for Beth's colouring.

I have used Imaginarium Design chipboard for the window and door and title. The window and Door is from an mini book they do. I sprayed all three pieces black with semi gloss black spray paint. I love layering papers so I go through a few on each layout. For this one I used the poppy papers from the mat pad they had, which matches the 12x12 papers. This means the prints are a bit smaller.

For this single page layout, I used some of the Imaginarium Designs corners and some of their skeleton leaves which I left raw.

I used the cricut to a flower shape with the middle missing, and layered it on die cut flower (Tim Holtz tattered florals). I used some of Graphic 45 metal flowers which I love. Again I layered papers and bazzils, and a transparency from Teresa Collins. I used some crystals for magnolia to finish it off.

Will try to post a bit more, some times life just gets in the way. Any way don't forget to join Imaginariums Blog as they will be drawing the lucky winner next week.

Thanks so much for following me, I get a big thrill every time someone follows, wish I could work out how to send you all an email thanking you all.

Thanks to those to leave a comment which I love reading. I have been trying to visit your blogs and leave comments where I can.

Catch you all again soon

Thanks for looking

Jane

Teaching at the Scrapbook, Papercraft Expo and Convention in Brisbane June Long Weekend

I am excited to be teaching at the Scrapbook, Papercraft Expo and Convention June long weekend in Brisbane. Printblocks invited me to be one of their teachers. I have three classes each day for three days. I am in class room 9. I will be repeating the same classes each day. My first class is Patchwork Pieces from Paris. I will be teaching a 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 square made up of mini squares. Some are photos and some are decorated. I love this form of scrapbooking and hope to bring my big one with me to the expo. I have been working on it and teaching it for over a year. It has over 200 squares and is 24 x 24 inches. My second class is a layout called Baby Girl. I love the way this layout has come together and look forward to teaching it.

My last class is a layout called Just You. I really like this layout, it has strong colours and butterflies just flying off the page. You will need to bring your favorite scissors for some serious cutting.

Each class is $50 which includes everything! I think you can book in now on the Papercraft expo site. There is a link on the left side of my blog. I would love to see some familiar faces in my classes. Josh an I are driving to Brisbane as we have so much stuff to take. As well as teaching I am having a stand at the show for Seriously Scrapbooking. Make sure you visit and say Hi.

Special thanks to Printblocks. Graphic 45 and Imaginarium designs for allowing me to teach on their behalf.

thanks for looking

Jane

You can now Buy Imaginarium Designs Chipboard from Seriously Scrapbooking's on line store

Our Store's new website went live on the weekend. It's all been very exciting, and lots of hard work. We have put all the Imaginarium Chipboard under embellishments and you can view/buy the entire range. I will also be selling some of the Graphic 45 work I have done as kits. I need a few free days to write the instructions, but once I have I will get them on the web. Check out the website and let me know what you think.

I have created a link on the side of my website for you to click.

thanks for looking

Jane

I am being introduced on Graphic 45's Blog

It's my turn on Graphic 45's Blog and they are showing my final round projects. I made a pop up book for them along with a card and layout. The book was great fun and I loved making it. Because my last book traveled around USA, I decided to make a box for this book to go in. I used Graphic 45 staples brads for the feet and one of the door knobs for a handle. The top of the box lifts off.

I choose some of my favorite photos of my family and did a page on each of us. I used lots of Imaginarium Design chipboard. The frame on the front of the box and corners on the lid are all Imaginarium chipboard.

I thought I would show some photos of the other pages. Graphic 45 have some pages on their blog as well. The clocks and cogs are Imaginarium Designs.

I love this photo of Anna and myself taken when she was about 6 months old. I was only 22 when she was born, so I look quite young in the photo! The Frame is a new design from Imagainarium along with the butterfly.

We also had to make a card, I am not really a card maker. I leave the card making to those on the team who are superb at it like Glorious Gloria! But I had to do one as part of our final projects for Graphic 45. This is what I came up with. I love the metal staples from Graphic 45 and by using some of the papers and my Tim Holtz die I have a lovely large flower. The black Imaginarium Chipboard Frame just sets it off nicely. Make sure you check Graphic 45's blog each day as they introduce the whole team to you. It looks like being an amazing year for us all.

Thanks so much for looking and all the lovely comments.

Jane