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Christy:  Finding time to make a handmade gift during the Holiday season can sometimes feel a little overwhelming.  Today’s project is a great solution to those who may be strapped for time but still want to share something crafty and handmade with those they care most about.  These Christmas cones could be used for decoration or to hold a special gift like hot chocolate and candy canes.  They are affordable, simple, and fun to make.  Here’s the template.  Happy crafting!

Product List:

Patterned Paper: ‘Tis the Season P563, P564, P566
Paper Pack:  ‘Tis the Season PP830
Chipboard:  ‘Tis the Season CB115
Buttons:  Misc.
Fibers:  Misc.

Did you see this post yesterday about our new Pearl Brad’s and Lace Packs?

No, well head there to see some awesome projects featuring these vintage beauties!

Today we’re featuring another three projects from our Design Team.

The first, from Leanne:

“Sugar Rush” layout by Leanne Allinson

Nothing shouts out to me as being more feminine than lace and pearls. So why not use it for that exact purpose! A girly layout! I have combined the La Di Da patterned paper collection with Kaiser’s new Pearl Brads and Lace.

To create a similar look on your page, try pleating a grosgrain ribbon (white) and machine stitch down the middle of its length. Cover the stitching with a pearl strip, but leave a space on the ribbon wide enough for the pearl brad, mounted with a small flower, to push through. Layer the ribbon over a strip of lace and simply adhere to your layout. Very easy, yet quite effective for a girly page!

Materials: La Di Da paper collection – Sing (p475), Hop (reverse, p477); 6” paper pad (pp809); die cut elements (dc311); lace pack – natural (em928); pearl brads – pearl (em930); pearl strip – champagne (pl506); pearls – chino (sb789), pearl (sb713); ribbon – monochrome (ri601); flowers – antique pink (f609); alpha stickers – white (as221); alpha chipboard #2 (cb108); ink – black (ip707); rub-ons – you & me (rb803); foam tape (t303). Other – bazzill cardstock – white; machine stitching; sharpie pen; Martha Stewart butterfly punch.

“She called me…’my precious firstborn’” layout by Kirsty Piper

Here Kirsty has layered lace for an eclectic looking layout…

Materials used : Core Product ; Lace pack Natural EM928, Lace pack Cream EM927, Pearl Brads Soft Blue EM933. Secret Bird Society Products ; Patterned Papers Shh…P546, Conceal P549, Rubons RB872, 6″Paper pad PP827, Stamps CS748

Mini Album – Kerryn Lawson

“I used the lace to create my own background for my album cover.  I laid a strip of lace over the cardstock (making sure to cover the rest of the cardstock with scrap paper) and sprayed with Maya Mist.  I moved the lace and scrap paper and repeated until the front and back covers were completely covered. The inside of the album is pretty simple with lace featuring throughout”.

Products Used: Lace – White (EM926), Pearl Brads – Ice Green (EM934), Clear Stamps – Secret Bird Society (CS748), Dated (CS724), Ink – Black (IP707) & Jade (IP717), Paper Flowers – Sweet Pea (F619), Black Rubons – Pack Your Bags (RB834) & Up, Up & Away (RB869), Patterned Paper – Secret Bird Society Mystery (P544), Prairie Lane Oakwood (P439), La Di Da Skip (P472), Diecut Elements – Secret Bird Society (DC323), 6×6 Paper Pad Secret Bird Society (PP827), Printed Chipboard – Up, Up & Away (CB111), Mini Alpha Stickers (MA501).Other products used:Maya Mist, Bazzill Swiss Dot Cardstock, Bind it All.

Gift Jar – by Kerryn Lawson

“Once upon a time this jar held flowers.  It has sat empty on my cupboard for a very long time waiting to be converted into something else.  Now I have a pretty jar that will probably end up holding a yummy treat as part of someone’s Christmas present”.

Products Used: Lace – Cream (EM927), Pearl Brads – Latte (EM931), Patterned Paper – Secret Bird Society Undercover (P548), Prairie Lane Oakwood (P439), Up, Up & Away Carousel (P540), Diecut Elements – Secret Bird Society (DC323), Organza Ribbon (RI613), Alphabet Stickers (A225), Mini Album Stickers (MA503), Pearls – Blush (SB716). Other products used: Martha Stewart Punches, Distress Ink, Jewellery Tags.

Today I’m sharing with you just a couple of projects featuring Kaisercraft’s new Pearl Brad’s and Lace Packs!

Pearl Brads are available in 6 vintage colours – Pearl, Latte, Soft Blue, Pink Ice, Ice Green and Chocolate.

Kaisercraft has just released four mixed lace packs – available in four colours – white, natural shades, cream and black.

Each pack contains 5 different types of lace measuring 23 1/4 inches (60cm):

To see all the packs head here.

These little gems are awesome – and are the perfect additions’ to your scrap stash!

Our Design Team have been creating masterpieces with these little beauties, and over the next few days we’ll be sharing with you these amazing projects!

First up… Trudi Harrison…

“You give me HEART wings” layout

Layout ‘You give my heart wings’ by Trudi Harrison.  Materials Used: Pearl Brads – Latte (EM931); Lace Pack – Cream (EM927); Secret Bird Society Collection: Patterned Papers Disguise (P547), Classified (P545), Conceal (P549), 6” Paper Pad (PP827), Die Cut Elements (DC323); Grosgrain Ribbon – Forest (RI608); Alphabet Stickers Cream and Plum (AS217); Chipboard Alpha #2 (CB108) & #3 (CB109);  Turquoise ink.  Other: Doily Lace Border Punch.

The cream lace pack and Latte Pearl Brads coordinate beautifully with the Secret Bird Society Collection.  I have secured the thinner cream lace by machine stitching to a length of grosgrain ribbon from the ‘forest’ pack.

The large cream lace has been gathered into a circle.  To do this; cut a length of lace and then hand stitch a running stitch along the top. Pull gently until if bunches up, using fingers move the gathering until it forms a circle effect.  Secure and tie of.  I have attached a bow to the centre and finished off the arrangement with a butterfly and pearl brad.

Make butterflies ‘take flight’ using Pearl Brads

The Pearl Brads have been used to not only decorate the hand cut butterflies but to also add dimension to the wings by raising them up when they are sitting on the page.

To achieve a similar effect attach a pearl brad to the centre of the butterfly and push the prongs of the brad flat against the back – I have positioned the prongs to sit across the wings.  Now bend the prongs gently upwards – for a subtle result they do not need to be bent too much.

Wear your pearls

The pearl brads are gorgeous and I reckon that they a good enough to wear.  This got me thinking about using them to create a piece of costume jewellery.  I found this piece:

And added some chocolate pearl brads (prongs removed) and some Secret Society Patterned Paper to come up with this,

The patterned paper has been sealed with dimensional magic and the pearls have been attached with hot glue.

‘Pearl Bracelet’: by Trudi Harrison.  Materials Used: Pearl Brads – Chocolate; Secret Bird Society 6” Paper Pad (PP827).  Other: Bracelet, dimensional magic, hot glue.

Card – Special Day

Lace is not only pretty, but it provides a lovely textural effect and adds a touch of softness to a project.  This time I have layered a length of lace from the natural pack over patterned paper.  I have sprayed it lightly with some patina glimmermist to add a touch of shimmer and a hint of blue to it.

Card ‘Special Day’ by Trudi Harrison.  Materials Used: Lace Pack – Natural (EM928); Secret Bird Society: 6” Paper Pad (PP827), Clear Stamps (CS748); Wood Flourishes Frames (FL305); Rubons – Romance (RB808). Other: Cardstock, white embossing powder, glimmer mist, machine stitching, heat gun

Next, a pretty vintage card by Karen Shady,

Here Karen has made a lace flower…. Gorgeous!

Vintage Card

Next a cute headband tutorial from LG!

Girl’s Headband

“Altered Headband” project by LG Belarmino – Kaisercraft Lace Packs white (EM926) and cream (EM927), Pearl brads pink ice (EM932), Grosgrain ribbon Little Girls (RI602) and some Shimmerz paints.

My 2year old daughter just started attending school a month ago, I decided to alter one of her old headbands because I find the new Kaisercraft laces to be perfect for this project. The patterns and the texture is so amazing for a gorgeous and fun hair accessory.

To achieve a colored look for the lace, dip it or use a brush to add some paint. By using the white lace, it will allow you to achieve the color you wanted. On my project, I have used some pink and yellow colors. Here is my daughter wearing this beautiful headband. She loves it so much!

Next, a cute gift bag from Christy!

Gift Bag – Christy Saeger

Decorate a simple brown (or white) paper bag with your favourite scrapbooking embellishments!

Stay tuned for more Pearl Brad and Lace Pack projects in the coming days!

Vicki here with something a little different – I hope you like it!!

When I first saw the Family Tree I thought how brillaint it was that it stood alone – which got me thinking of how I could use it.  With a ten year old and seven year old girl in the house I am forever picking up there necklaces and bracelets – so I thought a Jewellery Tree using the funky Hippy Girl range was on the cards – so here it is – adding Rhinestones for bling like every girl wants and the girls have now got somewhere to hang all their jewellery

BTP “JEWELLERY TREE”

BY VICKI MORRIS

Materials List: Kaisercraft – Family Tree, Kaisercraft – Hippy Girl – Melody, Kaisercraft – Hippy Girl – Spirit, Kaisercraft – Hippy Girl – 6” Paper Pad, Kaisercraft – Rhinestone Strip (Hot Pink), Kaisercraft – Rhinestone Strip (Pink), Kaisercraft – Rhinestone Strip (Lilac), Kaisercraft – Pearls (Chocolate), Kaisercolour –  Violet, Kaisercolour –  Raw Umber, Kaisercolour –  Red

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Hello Scrappers!  Christy here to share one of my favorite Beyond The Page projects to date!  I just love the bright wonderful colors in the Hippy Girl collection and have been wanting to put together a brag book for my mom with some pictures of her only granddaughter.  This was a blast to put together and I can’t even tell you how  many hours I spent making the flowers in this book.  They all started out as triangles with both sides rolled in, glued, pressed and formed into these edgy flowers.  I hope you enjoy!

Material List:  Long Tabbed Album: SB2016, Paint:  Kaisercraft KC043 Sea Breeze, KC 002 Antique White, Patterned Paper:  Hippy Girl P550, P551, P552, P553, P554, P555, Paper Pack:  Hippy Girl PP828, Alphabet Stickers:  Avacado AS218, Sea Breeze AS220, Fairy Floss AS215, Mini Alpha Chocolate & White MA504, Tiny Alpha Chocolate MA512, Diecuts:  Hippy Girl DC324, Chipboard:  Hippy Girl CB113
Rub-ons:  Doilies RB 819, Pearls:  Hot Pink SB787, Rose SB786, Mango SB781, Buttons:  Misc. Border Punch:  EK Success

Christy here today sharing a home decor project.  Slowly I have been trying to do a few projects that I can use to decorate my scraproom, this happens to be one of them.  I used scrap 2×4 boards left over from a recent basement remodel project, I had the edges sanded for a clean look and feel (thank goodness for dads right?).  The first step was to paint the blocks with Kaisercraft Antique White paint, applying 2 coats.  Next  I chose and arranged my patterned papers in a way that suited my taste.  Using Mod Podge I adhered papers to the  blocks, sanding extra off loose edges of paper.  I cut all my letters and diecuts using my Cricut, applying them last and embellishing with Kaisercraft Pearls-Latte. 

Material List: Patterned Paper:  Hippy Girl P554, P555- Paper Pack:  Hippy Girl PP828- Pearls:  Latte BR202- Other:  Mod Podge, Sandpaper