Alison Bevis Papercrafter

Sunday, 12 July 2015

White with One - July - Marsala

Yes another Pantone colour with an unusual name!!

MARSALA

And,

It is Pantones official colour of the year for 2015

and its such a lovely warm/wintery type colour!

I searched my sprays, inks, flowers and papers and accumulated a bunch of 'Marsala' coloured items to create this layout -

The background paper is Kaisercraft 'Fly Free' and I had spritzed it with Charcoal and the Flutter stencil before deciding it wasn't what I wanted... it happens? lol But the background was still perfect for this challenge! I swiped Prima White Crackle and sprayed with Memories Mist 'Ameretto' (perfect colour for this month!) while it was still wet...still no patience!

The Butterfly Grid was purchased from Georgia Heald when she sold off her 'stuff', would love to credit the company but I'm not sure, no packaging, sorry?

Lindys Stamp Gang 'Bucccaneer Bronze', Dylusion 'Melted Chocolate' and Prima 'Worn Leather' were sprayed here and there...

Finished embellishing with a Gardenia from My2angels, Maya Road 'brown leaf pins' - and a perfect photo of my gorgeous Nana (she is 96!)
Alison x

Kaisercraft - Little One - baby room decor - Tuesday14/7/15

On the Kaisercraft blog today the DT have created Baby room Decor items with the

LITTLE ONE collection

I was sent the

Hot Air Balloon Mobile

(sshhh it was months ago, but I was waiting for the right collection!)

I haven't created a 'mobile',

but rather have altered the pieces to create a decorative basket,

to store powders and lotions,

to keep them at hand in the nursery room.

'Hot Air Balloon storage box'

Other - small wooden crate | Pink Grosgrain Ribbon | Silver Kindyglitz

It's not that 'baby' so the decorative box could possibly be used in a little girls room too!

Alison x

Scrapping Outback - July Challenge

Scrapping Outback has a fabulous challenge each month...

"White with a Twist"

You must use white and at least one piece of chipboard, and of course, these great colours - easy right? You can also use a little black, if you like!

This month the team has added a bonus if you use the chipboard component in an interesting way.

This had me thinking...

I started with Authentique "Lively" collection - 'Bright' & 'Spirited' - yes, old range, but the perfect shade of pink and orange!

Used one as the background piece...covered randomly with Prima 'white crackle paste' and the other had every 'orange' flower fussy cut from it!

While the crackle was still wet I spritzed a little Heidi Swapp 'Coral' and Prima 'Tangerine' and tipped the paper so it dribble 'everywhere' - fun!

The chipboard (bought from Georgia Heald's stash sale) was heat embossed with Stampin' Up! 'Tangerine Tango' and while it was still 'hot' sprinkled with some white Utee, reheated then spritzed with Lindys Stamp Gang 'Hottie Patottie Hot Pink' - also flicked around the page!

The round chipboard circle was smeared with Faber Castell 'Glass glitter bead gel' and while still wet (no patience here!! haha) flicked with the Lindy's 'hot pink' the 'S' has been coloured with Izink 'Geranium' - a different way of using it?

Finished embellishing with a couple of Kaisercraft paper blooms in 'Coral', a velum and metal disc, white metal flower (from my friend Sharon), a snippet of lace doily, heart brad and lace bow!

And, another page for little Sienna's album!!

Alison x

Scrap with Us group - July challenge

A lovely group I'm in on facebook -

Scrap with Us,

has a sketch each month by Jody Urquhart.

This is the sketch for July

Jody also said " I would like to see your background as any other shape but square on this one! The sketch uses a hexagon, but my example is an artisian shape! I have also created a funky ribbon banner on this one rather than your everyday type banner!"

and this is what I did...

I started with Prima 'Envoy' from the Divine Collection by Jodie Lee...the 'shape' is made from irridescent paper (been waiting patiently in my stash ;) lol) The random chipboard flower and leaf has been sprayed with Heidi Swapp 'Sea foam' and Kaisercraft 'Pink' - the Memory Maze 'adore' the same. The photo mount is some old packaging!

The gardenia from My2angels was spritzed lightly with Prima 'Cotton Candy', and added to the cluster with a Prima 'Something Blue' flower, a Manor House Creations flower and a Funky Flair (from my prize win!) A laser cut for a little pretty!

The banner has a little twine along with an assortment of mini flowers including a couple of paper clay ones!

The photo was taken when Alex met Sienna for the first time...Emily was just lucky to have been at Nana and Grandad's that day!

Alison x

Monday, 6 July 2015

Kaisercraft - Alison's day - Marvellous Monday - 6th July 2015

It's JULY and that means we start our new term...have you seen all the fabulous new team!!

Did you know all the DT have our own day on the Kaisercraft blog!!

How exciting!!

So far this month, you'll have seen Anita and Amanda's designs - aren't they clever!!

Just wait till you see what everyone else has done..

So, I had a giant box full of

BOTANICA,

LITTLE ONE

FLY FREE

...so many choices...what to do?

I created for the challenge days for the month and then made a little bit more!

FLY FREE

I loved the combination of Pink and the shades of Green!!

When our niece sent me a selection of photos with baby Sienna it was easy to choose this one to use with the Fly Free collection - How great are the Specialty papers with each collection, I've just trimmed this one into quarters and re-adhered into the corners!

There is also this fabulous Tangerine and Lime combination...

"Laughter" card by Alison Bevis

I love a 'Rectangular' card (CD511 card pack C6 White). I've only used one sheet of patterned paper, P1896 Confidante - by trimming the 'green circle' and off-setting it over the reverse you're able to only show 2 colours! I also chose a couple of Collectables (CT833) in those colours to layer and finished by setting a Fern Sparklet (RS419) as the flower centre. There was even enough leftover paper to line the envelope!

The so so beautiful BOTANICA was next to catch my eye...

"Beautiful" layout by Alison Bevis

I chose to cut 'P1872 Plant' almost in half, and reverse the green side to sit the opposite way. After adhering them back together, I sprayed KM104 'Lime Green' over the Flutter template (T607). By also using the images from the specialty paper (PS416 Vine), the Collectables (CT831) and the Sticker Sheet (SS286) you can gather a garden of leaves and herbal flowers to layer around your photo! Everything was inked with IP704 'Amethyst'. The paper blooms F643 'Amethyst' are the perfect shade and there is even a mini paper bloom (F661 Black). Finish by flicking a little Antique Gold (KM102) - the bottle is almost finished...it's such a great colour!!

...and TAGS are easy to create, so I did two!

'Two Tags' by Alison Bevis

I cut out some basic tag shapes from Smooth White cardstock (CD650) and then proceeded to layer patterned papers (P1878 Air, P1877 Stem, P1880) Distressed all the edges and inked them with IP732 Orchid. The Sticker sheet (SS286) has the tabs and more herbal images... finish by adding a couple of Paper Blooms in Amethyst (F643) and a little lace (EM928 Natural and EM926 White).

I love to make cards... the next 5 cards are made with ONLY the Paper Pad (PP973)

and another couple...

and one with a little of that delicate shade of lavendar..

All five cards have different Square card bases (CD506 Olive, CD504 Brown, CD503 Black, CD505 Natural and CD501 White) and everything was inked with either IP702 Aubergine, IP732 Orchid or IP704 Amethyst - done!

The new baby range, LITTLE ONE has images of Hot Air Balloons...my favourites right now!

"Princess Sienna" layout by Alison Bevis

By covering some of the alphabet letters with P1884 Mia and keeping the 'S' from the specialty paper (PS417 ABC) I was able to include it in the title. Then it was time for a little spritzing... I already had the 'Flutter' template on my desk (T607) - must of had a thing for butterflies this month? - and then randomly sprayed KM104 'Lime Green', KM107 'Peach', KM106 'Orange' and Km110 'Pink' (the colours mix together, and I like that!) Add a little paper from the Paper Pad (PP974) and ink everything with IP712 'Rose'. To highlight the 'S' I added some Mini Paper Blooms in 'Fairy Floss' (F657) and the little flowers from the Sticker Sheet 'Girls' (SS288) - I couldn't go past the Title 'Princess', for this gorgeous girl, and added her name with White Alphas (AS252) - finished embellishing with a couple of Collectables (CT832)...and there is another page finished for her album!

I try to keep a few "Boy and Girl cards" in my stash as they always come in handy!!

These will be perfect for some upcoming 'first' birthdays...

Created with just the Paper Pad (PP974), Collectables (CT832), Square White cards (CD501) and a little ink IP701 'Teal' and IP712 'Rose' - easy!!

After spraying the Flutter template (T607) from the layout above, I 'stamped' it onto my Kraft Journal page with all the residual ink - no waste!

and just stickers from the Sticker Sheet 'Girl' (SS288)...just a simple page to remind me that family is precious!

I still have a few projects upcoming, so keep an eye on the blog each day!!

Hope you find some time to create today!

Alison x

Friday, 3 July 2015

Kaisercraft - Botanica - Masculine layout - Thursday 9th July

Have you seen the lovely shades of greens, browns with a hint of lavendar that make up this beautiful collection - Botanica

With the images of flowers, herbs & patterns it is a great challenge to create a MASCULINE layout!!

I picked out the darkest green, brown...and here is what I created -

"My Brother" layout by Alison Bevis

Kaisercraft products - P1873 Leaf, P1874 Pollen, P1875 Seed, PP973 Paper Pad, SS286 Sticker Sheet, T606 Bricks, KM102 Antique Gold, Black Ink, CB151 Lowercase Alphas, CB150 Uppercase Alphas.

The Kaisercraft blog has a more samples for Masculine layouts go check them out!!
Alison x