Yes !!!

Today has been a big day ... oh wow ... it's now official ...





Kaisercrafts new 2011-2012 Contributing Design Team are:


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Kirsty Piper from Australia
Vicki Morris from New Zealand
Jodi Dolbel from Australia
Janna Werner from Germany
Toni Crane from from Australia
Cassandra Bright from Australia
Pearl Lui from the USA
Genevieve Allen from Canada
Debbie Marcinkiewicz from the USA
Michelle Frisby from New Zealand [ ummmmmm ... that's me ]
Lori Leng from the USA
Leanne Love from Australia
Ann-Katrin Toresen from Norway
Hilde Janbroers from The Netherlands
Svetlana Austin from South Africa


And now ... wait for it ... I'm going to share with you my creations ... just cos I can and just cos I'm still so excited ... still in shock really ...


Here's my treasure chest ... and truly, what a delightful wee treasure chest it is ... easy peasy to make up.

Originally painted in turquoise Kaiser paint mixed with antique cream Kaiser paint – once dry it was still a little too turquoise-y for me against my paper choice used from the Pink Gelato collection of papers – obviously it takes a while for paint to dry [no kidding] and when it had dried, I was thinking to myself, holey ska-moley ... you've mucked this up big time and then thought to myself, come on Michelle, make it work ... so to tone it down, I over painted with Tim Holtz distress crackle paint and once dry, dabbed with pinecone ink to give it a more distressed look, but still leaving some of the turquoise colour to show through.

I’ve paper curled the edges of my papers on the top and sides to give my treasure chest a shabby look.

I’ve dabbed a little distress crackle paint on the edges of my Kaiser blooms sitting on the top of my treasure chest, added a Kaiser key, painted with distress crackle paint and dabbed over the top of it with pinecone ink as well.

I’ve tucked in a little gauze bandage, intermingled blooms, leaves and punched out leaves as well on the top and used a little Kaiser bling [light blue rhinestones].

And there you have it ... lol ...

And moving along.

Creating with the Velvet Ensemble collection

I’ve used my Making Memories Slice to cut out scrolls and a Martha Stewart punch for the fronds. I’ve used a Tim Holtz die to cut another layered flower and popped it under one of the Buttercream paper blooms and lifted it with foam adhesives to give it a little more height. I’ve wet rolled and inked my paper edges. I’ve pulled apart one of the paper blooms and popped in a brad – I did originally stamp over the top – but oops, I had a wee smudging and opted not to use that ...

Miscellaneous chipboard for the hearts sprayed with Glimmermist Chalkboard Charcoal as well as on the background paper. Glimmer Glaze [oil slick] painted on the punched out butterfly.

I’ve tucked in a little bit of tulle between the layers on the right hand side and popped on a few strands of pearls and voila!

and then ... yep, we have more ...

Looking at the range of papers I used I thought to myself, how about a ticket/voucher holder ... it went along with the theme ... and this is what I came up with.

and a wee close up ...

I’ve cut out a 6x6 piece of paper and scored it in half ... I’ve cut a strip of the reverse side of the paper and adhered it to form a pouch to hold the tickets. I’ve used a selection of stickers and popped them on the top.

I’ve used a circle punch [half circle] each end, cut out a few of the small admission tickets from the paper, pop dotted one of them for dimension, cut and curled a piece of the film strip to make it look like a fake roll of film, popped on a couple of tags, added a little piece of lace and a Kaiser bloom to make an embellishment cluster and added/sprinkled a few Kaiser self adhesive pearls here and there.

And then I put together another layout using the same range of papers ...

Isn't she gorgeous ... wedding photos are of Meg and her sister Amber on Amber's wedding day ... ummmmmmmmmmmm ... Meg ... perhaps we should let Amber know now ... lol ...

Keep an eye out ... this range of papers is fab-u-lous to create with ... go on you know you want to ... those wee tickets, the wee film strips ... awesome!!!

So after creating with the Velvet Ensemble papers I thought that I would have a wee play with the Pink Gelato papers and whip up a layout ...

Had a wee play with this one, a little paint, a few baubles, used a few punches and voila ... adored the photo of my cousin's wee girl ...

So ... there you are ... are you still awake ... you've done well if you've got this far ... imagine how I felt putting it all together ... nuh ... just jesting ... although in saying that ... blogger has been driving me nutty again. It suits itself where it puts pics when you upload a few of them ... and then I've spent like forever dragging them here and there trying to tidy them up ... it's been a mission, let me tell you that ... the joys of technology ... grhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

But on that note ... I'm still stoked ... to everyone else that made the team ... if you are reading my post here ... congratulations ... it's going to be fun ... it's going to be challenging ... but it's going to be fun ... oops, did I just say that already ... you know what I mean.

And to the ladies that didn't make it this time around ... it's never easy getting a no, not this time ... and I for one, am not sure what to say to be honest ... but I guess we all need to remember when we create, whether we create for the memories or to bring out the artistic side of ourselves ... we do it for ourselves and for future generations ... and we shouldn't ever forget that.

And on that note ... I'm so outta here ... we had a really cold start to the day this morning and I'm thinking that it's going to be another cracker frost overnight tonight.

Wrap up warm people

CYA

Me

P.S. thank you to my buddies for your texts and emails, I've felt kinda special today and I've been grinning from ear to ear ... and a really special 'thank you' to a 'special friend' who gave me a 'wee push' in the right direction ...