Inspiration with Basic Grey Olivia, and more

I hope you have all had plenty of time for papercraft over the past week and are enjoying the gorgeous work in the gallery as much as I am. Our "advertising" Cybercrop is well in progress and entries are due in the Gallery by Sunday 19th September.

September's mid-month challenge is a great Recipe Challenge brought to us by Annette.

New products in store: A selection of new products have recently arrived in store. All Christmas stock is entered into our Christmas Shop.

Kaisercraft 'Tis The Season collection
Kaisercraft wooden Christmas Flourishes, including some 3D sets
Mini-Alphas in a selection of colours and Organza Ribbons from Kaisercraft
Cambridge is the latest collection from Bo Bunny
a selection of gorgeous trims from Bo Bunny
Fynmark Kraft Envelopes and Cardstock, along with the very handy and ever popular Work In Progress Albums
to be loaded to the store shortly; Coredinations Core Amour Cardstock, Craft Concepts Embossing Folders, along with re-stocks of some Bazzill andPrima Say It In Pearls with Flowers. These will all be loaded to store shortly.

Inspiration from Beth: This week's Inspiration is brought to us by Beth Jarrett, showcasing the gorgeous Olivia collection by Basic Grey.

This was definitely for me a much anticipated range! I love Basic Grey and I was excited to be able to work with Olivia!

This week I did 2 very different layouts as I wanted to show the versatility of the range as sometimes you may overlook a range simply because you can't see the potential. I know I am guilty of that!

Firstly I created a bright, bold layout using pink as my background cardstock. The second layout I did was a softer, more shabby layout using my favourite cardstock, kraft, with a fine misting of Chalkboard Mist. I also created a whimsical card.

As I like to do, I set myself a challenge this week. The challenge was to use as many stickers I could from the Element Sticker sheet. This might not seem like a monumental task, but for me it is! I always buy these sticker sheets as I like the look of them, but I fail to use them. Every time.

Here is the first layout, Frown. It shows the fun, fresh and funky side of the range. I just love the sweetness that exudes from the baby banner, which coincidently is from the sticker sheet!



The second layout I created is Hold and it shows a sweeter, more subtle side to the range. I used more earthy tones to create the softer look including some old sheet music which I find is a perfect little compliment to any shabby layout.


Lastly I wanted to use that cute little chicken from the sticker sheet, so I created a more simple card to focus on the sticker.I popped the chicken up on some magic mount to further draw attention to it. This is a birthday card for my neice who has turned one!


Well, looking at my sticker sheet, there is not really alot left on it. I think I fulfilled my challenge to myself this week. I hope these projects have inspired you to look at a range in a different light. Happy scrapping!



These are great projects Beth, with such a gorgeous collection. Thank you.



Check out our "clearance" sections for some great bargains. These are limited to stock in store (ie no rainchecks or back orders) and are on a first come basis.



Wishing you all a wonderful week.



Best regards,

Mary



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