Kaisercraft June Challenge

I recently bought some of the June Daydreamer collection from Kaisercraft and decided to create a page for the Kaisercraft June challenge which is based on circles. I started out roughly sketching a few circles on my cardstock and then adding some Kaisermists. Using the pack of collectables and sticker sheet I added lots of circular elements to my page.  I also used a Kaisercraft die Christmas Wreath and cut some of these from the  black 'Stargaze' paper. I finished off using some Kaisercraft epoxy stickers and some older Kaisercraft Droplets

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Scrap and Chat Retreat 2016

Hey all!  A couple of weeks ago I attended one of the most fabulous retreats.  Scrap and Chat Retreats.  Held at 'The Country Place' in the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne.   The most fabulous arty, creatives gathered together.  It's so amazing to gather with people that 'get' the scrappy/arty thing and understand where you're coming from...Look at all of us.

Here are some of the pages I created at the retreat, the rest you'll see a little later as they were for Design teams. 

Love this one using different bits and pieces from various companies.  Papers from Kaiserkraft, epoxy stickers from Cocoa Vanilla Studio and American Crafts.  And there's also a heart on there from Charms Creations, which I sprayed pink. 

The background on this page is using texture past and a Crafters Workshop Stencils and the colour is from watered down Distress Paints.  

Next page is using the Paige Evans collection from Pink Paislee, love those thickers!

And the last page today is this magical rainbow one.  Accentuated mainly with black and white papers and embellishments and black house paint a la Lisa Oxley.  A New Years Eve photo.  The rainbow effect was with Kaisermists and a smattering of water droplets to achieve a bleached effect.

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March Kaisercraft Challenge

Here's my Design Team project for Kaisercrafts March Challenge.  A sketch challenge!  I used the Finders Keepers Collection release this month.   It's just gorgeous!! All the details can be found HERE including the Link tool.  There are heaps of other delightful pages to see as well so check it out and hopefully play along with us at Kaisercraft in March. 

Kaisercraft Holy Night Paper collection

Hello, I'd like to share a page created for the Kaisercraft August Challenge reveal.

This month it's a sketch challenge.

I've used the new Holy Night Collection which you can see HERE.

The challenge is to create a layout using this Sketch for Inspiration, with at least 80% Kaisercraft Products from any Kaisercraft paper collection.

                           You can rotate the sketch around on its side or turn it upside down.

You can see all the details and enter your page on the Kaisercraft blog HERE.

First Official post On the Kaisercraft blog.

Here's my first full Kaisercraft post as it appeared on the Kaisercraft blog last Friday. Thought I'd post the whole thing here as well. 
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Hello! Leonie Neal-Dawson here today and I am so very excited and honored to be be posting on the Kaisercraft blog for the very first time as a design team member.  I am super excited for the year ahead to be creating and sharing my scrapbooking with lovers of all things Kaisercraft.

I have some projects to share today with each of the new July collections.  First up I have this page using the delightful ‘Little One’ collection.  I started scrapbooking when my eldest child was about 2 years old so I never really scrapped any of his baby photos until now.

“Sweet Dreams” Layout by Leonie

I love that this collection can be used for both boy and girl pages, it has a variety of pink and blue papers plus a mix of both with some brights thrown in for those that like to mix things up.

I chose the more traditional blues for my baby boy page but added in some modern mixed media techniques in the form of some texture paste stenciling and Kaisermists on the base cardstock.

How cute are these little elephants in the “Little One” collection?  so adorable!  I layered them here with foam tape for dimension on my page.

Kaisercraft Materials: P1881 Ollie | P1886 Noah | P1889 Cooper | CT 832 collectables | CD153 Kaisercard denim | CD601 Kaisercard white | CS224 clear stamps | T610 Template Lattice |KM106 Kaisermist Denim | KM105 Kaisermist Turquoise.  Other Materials: Texture paste

Next up I have some wall art using the ‘Fly Free‘ collection.  Let me tell you these were so quick and easy to put together, literally less than 30 minutes to create!

Recently my daughter, who is just ten, had a mini makeover in her bedroom.  New desk, chair, bed linen etc.   We had some black frames yet to be filled with anything, and the Fly Free range came to the rescue!  Perfectly pretty papers and elements for a young lady’s room decor.

It was so simple to add some of the quote cards from the collectables pack to the lovely bright patterns of the Fly Free papers.

My daughters’ smile said it all for me.  She was so happy with these simple decorations that completed her room makeover.

Fly Free Wall Art by Leonie

Kaisercraft Materials: P1893 BF | P1890 QT | P1898 Kindred Spirit | P1896 Confidante | P1897 Sister | P1895 Gal Pal | CT 833 Collectables.  Other Materials: Black Picture Frames – Target

Following on with the clean and simple theme I put together this page, also using the Fly Free range.   Apart from the lovely bright colours of this range I also love the sketchy/doodled elements on the papers, fun and funky for teenagers and young adults too.

Using some of the wood grain paper from the Fly Free collection and these Decorative Die (DD704) script words I cut my page title and outlined it with white Gel Pen.

Kaisercraft Materials: P1895 Gal Pal | P1897 Sister | P1893 BF | P1898 Kindred Spirit | P1891 Friend |P1896 Confidante | DD704 Decorative Die – Hello | CT833 Collectables | T303 foam tape Other Materials: Embroidery Floss

My last share for today is using the ‘Botanica’ collection.  I wasn’t sure what photos to use with this collection with it’s bright, rich green hues, softened by lavender coloured flowers.  Then I remembered photos of my daughter exploring the gardens down by the riverside at a local Hotel.

“Explore” layout by Leonie

The greens of the garden foliage were a perfect match for the Botanica collection.  I used the specialty paper PS416 Vine with its punched edge and layered some of the collectables over the printed reedy type flowers on the paper to recreate some of the same foliage in the photos.

I added some of what I like to call ‘messy stamping’ to the background.  Using the Botanica clear stamps, basically it’s just spritzing the stamp with a little water after it’s been inked up.  It creates a more textural – messy image rather than your traditional crisp stamped image.  I felt this helped soften the page as it already had the bold colours and striking images of the Botanica papers.

Kaisercraft Materials: P1887 Stem | P1880 Habitat | P1876 Roots | P1875 Seed | P1879 Bottany PS416 Vine | CT831 Collectables | CS223 clear stamps | IP722 Ink Red Gum | IP732 Ink Orchid | IP730 Ink Avocado | AS252 Alpha sticker sheet white | T331 Sanding block

Thank you so much for stopping by the Kaisercraft blog.  Have you got a favourite of the July Collections?  I think mine is Little One..

Happy Crafting. 

Kaisercraft Design Team Finalist Entry 2015-2016

Hello scrappy friends, I have loads to share with you today.

A couple of weeks ago Kaisercraft announced 25 Design Team finalists for 2015-2016 and I was 

on the list!!  How Exciting!

I was sent papers from two ranges, to be released later this year, and asked to create a card and a layout with each of the ranges.

The first range is called 'Home For Christmas' and is a delightful mix of traditional

Christmas colours with a nice natural feel to it, think - kraft, woodgrain, hessian...can you picture it?

Well, maybe take a look at the page I created and you'll get a better idea.

SMILE Layout

The script paper I chose as the base had a lovely banner on the reverse which I fussy cut 

out and used to create my own banner, adding some punched stars,  fussy cut holy sprigs, flower stamens and tiny pegs.

I lightly sponged some gesso on the base paper and added some splats and drips of lime green Kaiser Mist. 

I really like the natural look to these papers, so I didn't want to add too many mixed media 

elements to this page, just wanting it kept fairly simply and classic.

I layered several pieces of patterned papers from the collection under my photo ripping the edges

of some to add to the natural/rustic feel of the papers. 

To finish off my photo stack I added a Kaisercraft Photo Overlay which also doubled as 

having a title for my page.  Smile. :)

Here are some more scattered stars I punched out of the patterned papers and you can see the stitched strips of papers along the bottom and top of the page.

I also outlined the stars and a few other elements in the banner with a white gel pen to make them 

stand out more.  White always looks so good against Kraft don't you think?

Next up is a card using the 'Home for Christmas' range.  

JOLLY Christmas Card

 I used a few more mixed media elements on the card, included some stencilling with texture paste, clear gesso and then some colour with Kaiser Mists

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The second paper collection I was given to create with was the 'Time Machine Collection'.

A very cool grungy range, I had a lot of fun using.

SAYING GOODBYE Layout

I used the Kaisercraft Quarters stencil and texture paste to add my initial layer and then

coated the base paper with clear Gesso then adding colour with the turquoise Kaiser Mist.

Once the mist had dried I used a white gel pen to stencil some arrows onto the base again with the Quarters stencil.

Here's what my background looked like before I added my paper layers.

You can see some stamping here with the Kaisercraft tiny dots texture stamp and some added gauze between the paper layers.

You can see here where I have added a faint circle behind my photo stack with lead pencil and a white gel pen to replicate the cogs in the patterned paper.

These are what I call my deconstructed flowers!!  

I like to alter most things and add my own little creative touches to them 

including these Kaisercraft paper blooms which started out life 

as a pretty white bloom.  

I pulled the centre out to start with then misted them with turquoise Kaiser Mist, and added some stamens and glitter thread from my stash.

My final creation was this birthday card using the 'Time Machine Collection'

ESPECIALLY FOR YOU card

I cut out the circle element and used foam tape for extra dimension to raise it up and 

tuck some gauze behind it.  

The Kaisercraft butterfly stickers were attached to some of the patterned paper that I had misted with Peach Kaiser Mist and I then fussy cut around the butterfly sticker.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my finalist entry for the Kaisercraft Design Team. Wish me luck and good luck to all the other finalists.