Back to Project Life.

No one likes a procrastinator right? Well I think I'm the biggest procrastinator of them all. Last year I boasted of keeping up to date with my Project Life pages but then real life got in the way and I just sort of let it slip. I gave myself deadlines to finish it up to the end of the year but these came and went and since January I've not looked at it.....once!

Well, this weekend I've put that right.

I feel so much better now for completing another week and hopefully it'll kick start me into getting it finished.

I turned to Basic Grey "Spice Market" papers to cut my own cards and an Echo Park Designer die called Thought Bubble and Hello . 

I also made use of some beautiful washi tape from MME  in teal and the stickers are mostly from Simple Stories Daily Grind.

Here I've used the negative from cutting the Hello on the title card.  I'd also completely forgotten I'd got Enamel Accents by Ranger which I used to create my own little dots on some of the cards.

I'm so happy I've got back into this project and I really hope I can keep going now to finish it off.

Jaine x

Spring birdie canvas

This mini canvas has been recycled from a project I made a few years ago which featured a bird, then stamped using a Tim Holtz stamp and a little nest made from torn strips of paper.

Well, the bird has evolved with confidence into a hand drawn and collaged image and the nest has become significantly more sophisticated along with the background.

My background is simply finger painted with acrylics but it's the addition of the Finnabair White Crackle Texture Paste through my favourite Balzer Designs stencil Fleur de Lis which really made the background interesting.

I used a mini 6X6 pad of papers by Basic Grey called Spice Market to collage my bird as I thought the designs and colours were a bit spring like. I added some extra interest by stamping with one of the lacy borders from a Finnabair stamp set called Lace and Doily by Prima.

A touch of doodling with Posca pen and it was finished. I now have it hanging above my desk to help cheer up a plain wall.

Have a good weekend.

Jaine x

BasicGrey....

You may have guessed it that the new BasicGrey collection, Aurora is safely arrived with us today and is already up on the website!

This is a fabulous collection with 12 double sided 12x12 papers, 6x6 paper pad, 

embellishments and sticker sheets

There's also a coordinating set of clear stamps, rubber background stamps

and stencils from Hero Arts.

You can find the full collection here, with a 10% discount if you purchase all 12 papers. 

Travel journal

 I'm off to Portugal in a couple of weeks time and I can't wait. Whenever I go away I like to take a small journal with me and this one was a pre-made one with simple plain pages and bare card covers.  To personalize it a bit more I covered the front and back with some Basic Grey Spice market paper and rubbed some gesso along the edges.

The striped tape running across the front is from My Minds Eye and is from the necessities range which is gorgeous. For the letters I dug out my old faithful Grungeboard which I haven't seen for years!!  If you own a die cutting machine there are plain Grungeboard sheets in the shop too.

Jaine x

Highline..

hi everyone,

Now we all complain that the US stores get products months before we get them in the UK,

but I am pleased to announce that this is NOT the case with the new BasicGrey collection: Highline!

Here’s a peek at some of the papers.

 

Chalkboard Wood Tags

Title Stickers

 

Vellum Tape

In all seriousness I am in love with this collection and it’s online right now ready to order!

There are 12 double sided 12x12 papers, Collection Kit, 6x6 paper pad, Stickers galore, snippets 4x6 stacks, brads and so much more.

You can find it here. I’m off for a play!

Vicki