Simple chipboards make beautiful pages

Hi everyone!

Myry here and today we're going to talk about how chips can embellish our album pages. Something very simple for some but it can be a challenge for others.

I recommend you to have at least 2 types of chipboards: shapes like hearts, circles... and plants; and to be on the safe side: frames and elements like corners.

Once we've chosen the theme of our pages, we can color our chips. In my case I'm making a mix between vintage and heritage, so I decided to take advantage of the original color and only give it a diffuse touch of brown.

So let's start with shapes and plants. Doodles Set 1 is the most versatile set I've ever used. I love it!

Take a look! All you need is in this set. Place the small shapes between the different elements like flowers, leaves or diecuts, so that they stand out.

No matter how simple may seem, it will always add a special touch to the composition

And of course, some natural elements can embellish very well every page

Let's now move on to frames like this chipboard: Arliss Frame. Don't be afraid to use the frames in different ways: I've used the round frame to make a shaker (turn it over if necessary)

And corners no need introduction: they can decorate any corner; the space for a photo, a frame... 

So many possibilities!

I hope it will help you when decorating your pages! 

Bye :)

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts items used:

Art Deco Corner Set

Arliss Frame

Doodles Set 1

Other items used:

Brown acrylic paint

Memories of Portugal

Happy Saturday everyone! My husband and I recently met a few friends in Portugal, somewhere we have never been before. We had a really great time eating, shopping, seeing the sights and more eating! While waiting for a food tour to start in Lisbon, we found ourselves in a section of town with lots of jewelry supply shops and I fell in love with the blue and white cabochons that are reminiscent of the gorgeous tiles that adorned so many buildings and brought some home to play with. Here is what I made as a reminder of our great time in Portugal.

This project started with a GSL Half Scale Arch Front Room Box, which very easily assembles using a bit of tacky glue.

 

I had two really pretty blue mosaic scrapbook papers in my stash and chose the larger print one for the facade of my little display. I have found the easiest way to paper around an opening in one of these pieces is to glue the paper to the chipboard then use an exacto knife to cut the opening. 

I chose the smaller blue mosaic paper for the back wall, a blue star print paper from Authentique Latest and Greatest for the ceiling and walls and a wood print from MME Necessities for the floor.

The display counter was made from a Bagatelle Box 1.5 by 4 inch which, once assembled was covered in a neutral gray paper from Tim Holtz. I glued five of the pretty Portuguese tile cabochons to the front of the box.

With the display counter in place, I glued on the front of the room box. 

To make a focal piece for the front of the display I decoupaged a blue and white rabbit image from a piece of tissue paper that was also brought back from our vacation. I chose a GSL Arliss Frame cut down to size a bit to fit this project. I traced the interior of the frame onto cardboard, cut that out, primed it with white acrylic paint then decoupaged the rabbit image onto the cardboard circle using Mod Podge.

One of the things we tasted on our food tour was a famous Portuguese egg tart known as pastel de nata. I made a few out of polymer clay, baked them off then browned the edges with pastel chalks.

I painted the custard onto the center of the tart shells then added a drop of Glossy Accents to give them a shiny finish.

There were tins of fish for sale everywhere (and I brought home my fair share)! I made a few by painting dollhouse brick edges with silver acrylic paint and gluing on printed images shrunk down to size. 

Here's the finished display. I also added some blue and white mini pottery and a porcelain bottle of port which is actually a king's cake feve.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Gypsy Soul Laser Items Used

Half Scale Arch Front Room Box

Bagatelle Box 1.5 by 4 inch

Arliss Frame

Other Items Used

Tacky glue

Mod Podge

Glossy Accents

Acrylic paint

Small and large blue mosaic scrapbook paper

Authentique Latest and Greatest scrapbook paper

MME Necessities Wood scrapbook paper

Tim Holtz gray and blue papers

Portuguese tile cabochons

Rabbit image

Polymer clay

Pastel chalk

Dollhouse bricks

Printed images

Miniature porcelain