Showing posts with label Tasmania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tasmania. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Live, Laugh, Love Double Layout for Ultimate Crafts | Couture Creations

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Hi Everyone, Kerrie here
I love to create embossed backgrounds on my layouts using versamark inkpad and gold embossing powder, especially for my travel layouts as it gives them a rustic well traveled look.
As you all know I love a distress look and I also love to have things not perfect this way you have the freedom to just create and not stress about lining things up.
This selection of photos are from a trip to Tasmania my girls and I took last July, we had the best time just the three of us touring the top end of Tassi.
On this day it was freezing and the wind was fierce,  I actually had two coats on and I was still cold!!! The walk down to the bottom of the falls was windy and so very cold, but we past all these people coming back up in tshirts and I couldn't work out how they could stand the cold, that is until we walked back up!!! It was such a steep walk that we too were stripping off our coats and worked up quite the sweat walking back up.
The walk down and back were so worth it though as Liffey Falls are beautiful.



Instructions

1.       Using Versamark Ink pad ink up Ooh La La Zephyr Embossing Folder, stamp background using embossing folder on both pieces of Cinnamon Cardstock
2.       Sprinkle with Mirror Gold Embossing Powder, tap off excess powder and heat until all embossing powder is molten and set. This does not have to be perfect as we want a rustic, vintage look. Clean Embossing Folder using warm sopay water or a baby wipe straight away after stamping.
3.       Cut from Obsidian (Black) Cardstock 1 x 9cm x 25.5cm, 1 x 9cm x 27cm, 1 x 3cm x 28.5cm, 1 x 3cm x 27cm, 1 x 2.5cm x 18cm, 1 x 2.5cm 26.5cm pieces
4.       Cut from Golden Baroque pattern paper 1 x 6cm x 27cm, 1 x 6cm x 15.5cm strips
5.       Cut from Chocolate Swirls pattern paper 1 x 15cm x 15cm piece
6.       Cut a 4.5cm piece from Border strip from Ephemera pack, giving two pieces to use.
7.       Emboss both 2.5cm wide strips using Zephyr embossing folder
8.       Create pennants from the 2.5cm x 18cm embossed strip and the 3cm x 28.5cm strip
9.       Distress the edges of all paper and cardstock pieces
10.   Ink all the distressed edges of all pieces of paper and cardstock and also ink the edges of all diecuts, using sponge dauber and brown ink pad.
11.   Layer all pieces onto the embossed base, making sure to match up both sides in the center
12.   Add lace trim to page before main photo on first page
13.   Before layering main photo mat onto base wrap twine around photo mat
14.   Add photos

15.   Finish off with die cut embellishments and a sprinkling of Pearls


here is a closer look at the embossed background


3mm pearls create soft accents




Photo Sizes; 1 x 4x6 landscape, 4 x 3x4 portrait

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Craft & Quilt Fair Recap | Launceston Tasmania

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I can't believe how slack I was not to do a post after my trip to Tasmania for the Craft & Quilt Fair in Launceston.
I so love Tasmania with all the gorgeous little towns and could see myself living there in future years.

Here are some photos of our time in Tassie, I took my girls seeing it was school holidays and it had been 10 years since we were last in Tasmania so the girls and I were excited to see as much as we could in our 8 days there and without the boys. Going with the girls was so much fun as if we saw something on the side of the road we stopped and looked and of course took some photos, we even bought a selfie stick so we could get photos with us all together.



including these gorgeous creatures on day 1


yes it was a tad chilly but we loved the freshness of the cold and seeing so much frost our coldest morning was -3 but luckily we didn't have to go out until it got a bit warmer




set up day 


all set up






all ready for another fabulous day


 
gorgeous Launceston and the Tamar


Mole Creek Caves



Dove Lake at Cradle Mountain


 and on our last full day we went to Liffey Falls 

when we got out of the car at Liffey Falls it is the most cold I have ever been in my life ..I had two coats on here and was still frozen through ..I really should have remembered my walking shoes though :)



I have more photos of our time in Tassie on Instagram

my next stop a Guest Designer for the Craft & Quilt Fair is Melbourne



please drop by and say hello if you visit the show



 Happy Creating 
Kerrie