My Brown Eyed Boy by Carla Holmes
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Supply List:

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Specific Techniques:
1. Applying silver and Stream Alcohol ink to canvas
2. Applying silver and Stream Alcohol ink to clear film and using Sizzix machine to cut into circular 'buttons'.
3. Sanding stickers
4. Crackle accent accents to pattern paper photo frame

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Instructions:

1. Open paint dabber bottles and mix 3 parts 'Snow Cap' with one part 'Denim' and paint entire canvas using a paintbrush.

2. Spray Adirondack colourwash 'Denim' randomly in top left and bottom right corners of canvas.

3. Swirl 'silver' and 'stream' alcohol ink with Holtz blending solution in top left and bottom right corners of canvas.

4. Adhere pattern paper and cover board together using Supersheet

5. Gently curl the edges of the pattern paper and ink the edges with 'Blue' Encore metallic stamp pad.

6. Run tape around the edge of frame and adhere brown ribbon around edge. Double end of ribbon over secure with tape under ribbon tab.

7. Cut panel of pattern paper into a frame to fit a 5 x 7" photo.

8. Pour Crackle Accents onto frame and smooth over using finger. Set aside overnight to dry. Adhere photo to rear of frame.

9. Adhere frame towards bottom right hand side of canvas.

10. Coat Anthology letter 'B', tags and 'button' stickers from Anthology sticker sheet with Glossy Accents. Let dry. Wrap part of sanded Anthology journaling sticker around middle of Anthology letter 'B' sticker.

11. Back Anthology 'Irresistible' sticker with cover board, sand and set eyelets into both ends.

12. Set eyelets into tag stickers.

13. Thread eyelets with silver cord and attach 'Irresistable' sticker to bottom, left hand of frame, with long length of the cord reaching across frame, thread tag eyelets and star charmer through cord and secure cord at rear of canvas.

14. Apply 'Silver', 'Stream' and 'Caramel' Alcohol inks with Blending Solution onto clear film. When dry use Sizzix machine to cut out circles.

15. Set eyelets into one of the circles and tie piece of brown ribbon to create a 'button'.

16. Adhere journaling that has been inked with 'silver' Encore stamp pad, onto Anthology journaling sticker, sand and adhere slightly higher on the right hand side of the frame.

17. Add centres to prima flowers using silver Deco fastners, Bodacious Brads or

18. Adhere Anthology letter 'G' at the top, partly on frame and partly on canvas.

19. Arrange Anthology stickers, Prima flowers and 'buttons' to top right and bottom left hand side of frame. Use magic mount to raise some embellishments.

20. Cut long thin corner piece from coverboard, apply perfect Medium and then 'Platinum' UTEE and 'Weathered Wood' embossing powder. Add edge portion of Anthology sticker to part of corner and adhere corner to top left hand side of canvas just about frame.

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My Teddy, My Buddy by Carla Holmes

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Supply List:

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Specific Techniques:

Instructions:

1. Open paint dabber bottle and use with paint brush to cover canvas, including sides.

2. Shake out silver alcohol ink onto pallet, use bubble wrap as stamp to transfer ink onto sections of the canvas

3. Cut panel of pattern paper 13.5 x 20cm and adhere to canvas.

4. Dab silver ink to top and bottom edges of pattern paper.

5. Adhere ribbon strip top to bottom in 2cm from left hand side of pattern paper strip, going over the edges of canvas to finish at rear of canvas.

6. Cut off top decoration from Anthology journaling sticker, sand and adhere slightly higher than where top of photo will finish.

7. Adhere 6 x 4" portrait photo to bottom of pattern paper

8. Coat Anthology letter 'G' and 'button' stickers from Anthology sticker sheet with Glossy Accents. Let dry.

9. Place silver Deco fastners through centre of button stickers

10. Place button stickers, Bodacious Brads, KI ice dots, KI Metallix word and prima flower in a line down right hand side of pattern paper.

11. Wrap part of sanded Anthology journaling sticker around middle of Anthology letter 'G' sticker.

12. Adhere Anthology letter 'G' partly on photo and partly on ribbon.

13. Back Anthology journaling sticker with cover board, sand sticker. Attach journaling to sticker and place sticker across pattern paper, ribbon and photo.

14. Place silver fastner through centre of prima flower and use mini magic mount to attach flower to top of journaling sticker.

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My Wild Things by Carla Holmes

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Supply List:

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Instructions:

1. Cut panel of Pink Wash paper and adhere to a slightly narrower width of cover board.

2. Adhere photo to bottom third of Pink Wash paper.

3. Cut strip from Creative Imaginations Black and White embossed Harlequin paper and cut into diamond pattern on top side of paper.

4. Place transparency over top of photo panel and attach Harlequin paper on top of the transparency just above the photo. Turn over transparency and place tape onto back of transparency where the rear of the Harlequin paper is located. Use this area to attach transparency to photo panel.

5. Cut a strip of the fuchsia suede paper to reach from left hand side of layout to ¾ of way across photo. Trim bottom edge with decorative scissors. Adhere to bottom of Harlequin paper.

6. Wrap floral sticker from Anthology Jacqueline from front of transparency to rear of photo panel as another means of attaching two elements. This sticker is placed at the bottom, left hand side.

7. Also w rap floral sticker from Anthology about edge of transparency only above Harlequin paper strip.

8. Add oval sticker from Anthology Jacqueline sheet, locate sticker near top left hand side flourish. Place journaling strips on top of sticker.

9. Sand letters for 'my' and 'things' with sanding block and stick 'my' next to journaling block and 'things' across top of photo.

10. Cut letters for title from cover board using the 'Tall and Thin' font on the Ellison.

11. Apply Perfect Medium to each letter for the title and dip into Fuchsia UTEE. Apply Jet Black StazOn to stamp. Sue heat gun to melt UTEE and when in molten form rest stamp into UTTE.

12. Use KI ribbon sash to tie bow about the letter 'w' and adhere letter to front of transparency, slightly overlapping top of photo with the ribbon going behind the letter and continue the length of ribbon along to the left hand side of the layout, ensuring the ribbon is placed in the centre of the Harlequin paper strip, where the diamonds meet.

13. Adhere the remaining UTEE letters.

14. Pierce ribbon and paper with craft knife as guide hole 4 to place silver Deco Fasteners. Make holes align with centre of ribbon and meeting points of the diamonds of the harlequin paper.

15. Adhere KI ribbon sash 'I love you' across bottom left side of layout to 1/3 way across photo.

16. Use Daisy D rub ons to achieve 'easy to love' and decorative line near top right hand side of layout and 'precious' on bottom left hand side.

17. Use Stickles in Crystal to make dots on ends of flourishes on transparency.