Me and Mine

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Sky Above, Earth Below, Peace Within

Hi there, here’s my ny next post for January for 49 and Market.

Fresh crisp and back to nature. Vintage Artistry Naturalist has all this and more. I created a window scene using the beautiful arched doors from the Naturalist laser cut sheet

The photos behind them is of my little piece of Zen in my back garden where my meditating gnome sits as a reminder to me to take a mindful moment to breathe & be grateful. And what a perfect quote from laser cut sheet, ‘Sky Above, Earth Below, Peace Within’.

I began by playing with positioning the Vintage Artistry Essentials Stitched Frames and the doors. Once happy I cut one frame diagonally in half, applied foam tape behind the frames and stuck one half in place to the top left and the other slightly lower to the right of where the doors will sit.

I then proceeded to place and stick the photos behind the doors, then applied two layers of foam tape to various places at the back of the doors and stuck them in place. I overlapped two frames and stuck in place with a couple of layers of foam tape. I chose laser cuts from both Vintage Artistry Naturalist & In the Leaves along with flowers to fill the frames, in front and behind them. I placed more laser cuts on and around the doors.

To finish off I glued the quote to chipboard and cut it to fit on the door.

49 and Market Products Used

https://www.49andmarket.com/product/vintage-artistry-naturalist-classified/

https://www.49andmarket.com/product/vintage-artistry-essentials-washi-tape-pre-order-mid-march-ship/

https://www.49andmarket.com/product/vintage-artistry-naturalist-12x12-collection-pack/

https://www.49andmarket.com/product/vintage-artistry-in-the-leaves-6x8-collection-pack/

https://www.49andmarket.com/product/enchanted-petals-sunshine/ https://www.49andmarket.com/product/rustic-bouquet-marigold/

Until Next time

Happy Creating

Audrey x

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Wild and Free

It's Summer time here in Australia so it's a beach theme page to start off my 2022 Design Team year with 49 and Market and probably a few more to come this season. I hope it brings you some inspiration to spend some time creating.

I used the paper Vintage Artistry Peace and Joy - Northpole as my base page because I just loved the blue colour. I matted my photos with a very slight border of pink toned paper from the Vintage Artistry Beached 8x6 Collection pack to bring out the pink of Cadence's bathers in the photo.

Once I decided on where I wanted the photos placed I added foam tape to the centre back of each photo. I do this so that I can tuck papers, embellishments, tags etc behind the photo if I wish. I then used a collection of flowers and laser cuts to create the piece at the bottom left of the photos. Laser cuts from both Vintage Artistry Beached and Shore, Frames, Flowers, Baubles and Trinkets, Chipboard Stickers and Jute. I used lots of bits and pieces from the Vintage Artistry Ephemera Stacks to create tags and tickets to the right of the photos and the bottom right of the page. These bags of goodies come in every colour collection in the Vintage Artistry Range. I love that I can always find that little something to tuck somewhere.

49 and Market Products Used:

⮝ Vintage Artistry Peace and Joy - Northpole Paper ⮝

⮝ Vintage Artistry Rub-on Transfers ⮝

⮝Royal Spray - Passion Pink Paper Flower ⮝Wishing Bubbles and Baubles - Blush ⮝ Royal Posies - Ivory Paper Flowers

⮝ Vintage Artistry Beached 12x12 Collection Pack ⮝

⮟⮝ Vintage Artistry Beached Laser cuts ⮝⮟

⮝ Vintage Artistry Beached Rub-on Transfers ⮝

⮝ Vintage Artistry Essentials Shaped Clips - White⮝

⮝ Vintage Artistry Essentials - Whitewash Chipboard Frames ⮝

⮝Vintage Artistry Beached 8x6 Collection Pack⮝

⮝ A closer look at the laser cuts from Vintage Artistry - Beached⮝

⮝ Vintage Artistry Beached - Chipboard Stickers ⮝

⮝ Vintage Artistry Teal Ephemera Stack ⮝

⮝ Vintage Artistry Blush Ephemera Stack ⮝

⮝ Vintage Artistry Coral Nouveau Ephemera Stack ⮝

⮝ Vintage Artistry Shore Ephemera Stack ⮝

⮝ Vintage Artistry Shore 12x12 Collection ⮝

⮝ One of the laser cut pieces from Vintage Artistry Shore ⮝

⮝ Vintage Artistry Blush 12x12 Collection Pack ⮝

⮟⮝ The awesome lase cut pieces from Vintage Artistry Blush Collection ⮝⮟

⮝ Vintage Artistry Blush/Sage Rub on Transfers ⮝

⮝ Jute Cording - Single Ply ⮝

Happy Creating

Audrey x

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

The Joy of December

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it. Such a magical time of year for most. These photos of my granddaughter were captured by my son a few years ago as she took a break from helping me decorate the tree that year. I love them so much.

Did you know it's not to late to join the 49 and Market Sketch Challenge for this month. I often use the sketches as a mojo kick starter. I start off following the sketch and in the end it quite often turns out nothing like it!! The pure fact that I actually got a layout finished or that I sat and created at all and thought of nothing more that what I was doing in those exact moments, I find is food for my soul. If I get a layout or project completed it's a bonus. I hope you too, can find some creating time real soon.

This time though I stuck with the sketch BUT rotated it and this is what I created. After seeing the sketch I knew exactly what paper I wanted to use. Well actually, the first thing that came to mind when I seen the sketch and thought of doing it, was those fabulous frames in the Vintage Artistry Ephemera Bits!!! I started by using the Vintage Artistry Peace and Joy - Starry Paper as my base. I trimmed the Vintage Artistry Peace and Joy - Holly Paper so that I could see a border of the Starry paper then ripped a strip and stuck it to the bottom of the main page leaving a border. I didn't apply any glue or tape to the ripped edge so that I could tuck bits behind it, including a strip of the Vintage Artistry Peace and Joy Yuletide paper. As usual I played with placement of things and tucked frames, laser cuts, bows etc in between all the papers. I added some Wishing Bubbles and Trinkets and to finish off some rub on transfers from Vintage Artistry Peace and Joy.