You are my Sunshine by Hetty Hall

 Good morning Crafty Peeps and welcome to the Memory Maze Chipboard Blog, it is Hetty with you today. For today's blog post I have created a layout with several pieces of Memory Maze Chippies.

You are my Sunshine

To keep the layout looking uniform I embossed all the chipboard pieces in white embossing powder. I love using white as this really makes them stand out especially when you use busy background paper.

I started by breaking up my honey comb chipboard panel into bits and pieces as I wanted it to look random. On top of that I layered my gorgeous chipboard tag and added my photo. I then added the frame to my photo for many gorgeous layers. I added the cute sentiment to the left of the layout to balance everything out. 

I have used the following chipboard elements:

Honeycomb

Vintage Frame

Chipboard Tag NO 12

Sentiment (You are my Sunshine)

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Memory Maze store for more great chipboard.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs

Hetty

Memory Maze May DT reveal

Hi all 

Kim here from the UK, I hope you lovely mums all had a wonderful Mothers day this year and had lots of special treats.

I am here to show my little May treats so without further ado I will start with my gorgeous little box for a new baby boy..

 As you can see I used the Stackums again this month but made a pretty 6x6 box and also used the Its a boy chippie, I used Sakura pens to colour it in and then highlighted in white gel pen to give it some movement.

A close up and you can see all the gorgeous spots on the elephant, what fun.

Here is a side view so I can show you the ribbon work on the sides.
I really enjoyed making this one for you  all and I think it would be lovely with some little booties inside and maybe some mittens or a little hat in tissue paper, How nice would that be for a new mum.

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My next project was a melted art card and I added a little gold bird cage into the effect.

 I melted some Ultra thick embossing powder onto some card on my craft sheet and then had a stamp ready so soon as it was melted I pressed the stamp into it and waited for it to cool just a little, I then lifted out the stamp and ripped the edges away on the paper then left aside to cool completely.

 You cannot really tell from this picture as it quite late at night but i coloured this gorgeous little birdcage in gold it twinkles in real time so much but unfortunately you cant see it so you will have to close your eyes and imagine water sparkling with the sun on it for me because this is how this glints in the light with the Mica powder in the composition.

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Lastly I again used the Stackums and this time I used a very special horse and foal with a very unusual right edge stack um, I have tried to get in close so you can all see it too.

 I covered a frame in leather or skin type paper and cut out the aperture for the main image. I made a couple of rosettes One for !st place with a red ribbon and the other to hold the Happy Birthday chippie as you can see below.

 I spritzed it with its zingy turquoise colour and added a translucent gold on top for sparkle, Then used a Sakura pen to line each letter too.

 If you look closely on the right hand side you can just see the triangle shapes in the stackum.

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Thank you to every one who has been enjoying my post for May and I would like to wish all the girls taking part in the blog hop good luck and sorry I couldn't attempt it this time, I am going in to hospital Friday for a small operation but girls I will be thinking of you all. good Luck .

All for now 

Kim 

xxxxx

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Kim Robertson April DT reveal.

Time Flies

 Hello to everyone out there following the gorgeous Memory Maze Design blog, Kim Robertson here in the UK .

It's my turn to return and post some goodies for you to have a browse through.

I have a really different selection of cards today in that some cards are more difficult than others to create , male cards and sympathy cards are among them I believe so I decided to do just that.

This card I think would be very good for male or female and features the chippie 'On your day' which I sprayed with a cosmic shimmer spritz in gold. Here is a close up view.

I have also used a lot of layering techniques with stamping and embossing and one thing I like to do is to melt ultra thick embossing powder and pour it over things to get an imprint or to pour a puddle on a non-stick surface then stamp into it with heat resistant stamps only (some of the clear ones can melt).

Here you can see
both those techniques.

This is the item I used and you can find it on the shop section of Memory maze.

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This card I think is definitely male even though I did sneak in a little ribbon on the left with a tassel and a sparkly button.

I have used one of the stackums for this and it is difficult to see details here but I have used a glaze on the lapels to define them a little.

I used the Forever chippie and cute and sprayed it purple and it goes darker to one side , I then covered the whole thing with some glossy accents which gave it a nice shiny coating but also allowed it to stand proud and protect the chippie.

As you can just pick up the shine here in this close up.

and here on the 'cute'.

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One of the sad things in life and the surest thing too is that at some point we will lose someone special to us or know someone that does, lots of people struggle to know what to say at the difficult time so in my opinion the best thing to do is to write it down but what do we write some people are religious some aren't , some would like lots or words others don't but if you create something like this from the stackums on Memory maze I think it makes it easy for you to then open the card and write from your heart  YOUR words not a generic shop one.

Plenty or room to write on this elegant but simple paper here.

This close up shows that rather than add glitter and turn it into a 'happy card'

I just outlined a few of the petals with a Sakura pen to just hint at separation in the leaves to let the image of peace and lillies say what you need to at this difficult time.

Religious cross stackum.

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On a happier note and not forgetting the ladies I used some really pretty papers which I got free in a magazine but it was really good quality ( unlike usual in mags) haha 

I added my stamped image and coloured it all in with promarkers then stamped in the flower cascade with a few flowers shades. added a little ribbon etc.

I used the simple and Perfect 'Happy Birthday' chippie after I spritzed it with a baby pink shimmer spray.

This is the inside which I decided to add a book mark as a little gift rather than the usual inserts.

And of course a close up on the wonderful chippie all sparkly on The Happy Birthday.

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Well that's everything for this post, I hope you enjoyed the items I created for you this month and Hope you feel you can leave a comment as it is always lovely to see what others think of your work. Look after yourselves and have a great weekend. I am off to a craft show with my son and his girlfriend at Alexandra Palace here in England which is always a great place to go.

Best wishes to all.

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Kim Robertson Stackum High...

Hello Crafty friends all over the world,

 I'd like to introduce myself to you properly.

 My name is Kim Robertson and I am in the UK.

 It is my pleasure to bring you 3 projects this month and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them, (even if my fingers seem to have puff paint stuck everywhere )

The first is a 6x6 box and I used a very sweet Image from one of the stackums section on the fabulous Memory Maze Design shop which I decoupaged onto the lid of the box for dimension and interest. I also used chipboard elements that are so delicate but sturdy and so easy to add colour to.

I Then added embossing to keep the colour True.

 The vintage corners that are so very pretty look great with added puff paint and blasted with the heat gun to expand them, I rubbed a little gold wax onto the corner to make it shine and colour my project a little.

Here it is...

I added some little Easter treats as we are nearly at that time of year again.. they may have been 5 in the beginning haha...close ups below.

I hope you like this image, I loved the beautiful shades of pink as soon as I saw them and really enjoyed taking time cutting out the stackums (In the UK this is called Decoupage coming originally from a French term) wow history too hey...

The products used from Memory maze on this project were.

Just for you 

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  Vintage Corners   

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Animal Stackums

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Next I have another cute card for you from the stackum selections , this time in a richer darker colourway , I am very much enjoying my time on this Design Team with the fabulous girls all designing with Memory Maze design products.

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 A close up on the pretty little bear, I added sparkle to each flower too.

 

 I really enjoy making Roses and these came out very pretty and although the picture hasn't picked it up there is some very subtle sparkle all over the petals.

 

Lastly I again added puff paint and heat set, adding gold wax

and bright blue gel ink all over to tone the chippie to the card.

You can see the Stackum layers just a little on the right hand side to make the image stand proud of the card.

The Memory Maze products this time were

Boarder Hook 1

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On Your Day

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Animal Stackums

 http://memorymaze.com.au/category/animals-105.html stackums

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My Last Card for this month of March and the start of my Term with Memory Maze is a rather elegant easel card using a very special stackum shoe design and a sentiment included on the sheet.

 I added a Beautiful chippie word to the side here and used a pearl embossing powder which looked so gorgeous and much better to the naked eye.

 A close up of all the tone on tone details with the embossing and die-cutting elements complementing the fabulous MMD chippies and Stackums.

Lastly the pretty Stackum shoe with it's diamond sparkle peep toe. I really hope

you enjoyed my first time out this month and I look forward to bringing you lots of surprises next month and maybe even a little altered goodies. 

Please feel free to leave me a comment as I do appreciate every single one of them

Take care and have a fabulous chocolaty Easter.

All for now

Kim 

xxxxx

The products this time were

Love 

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Wedding shoes and diamonds 

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