AmiraInOz

Hi everyone, I am so excited to announce that I have joined the #take5 art journal collaboration team!! Yaaayy!!!  This is my first official video (have played along before though so am very familiar and in love with this group of ladies).  I had so much fun with Kyra's prompts which this month were: - Butterflies,  - Circles,  - Collage, - Handwritten quote,  - Blue If you are inspired to play along, please do and share your project with the hashtag #take5art Let me know in the comment section below, I'd love to watch your video and get you added to that month's playlist. You can watch the process video HERE Don’t forget to check out all the other amazing ladies! Thank you so much for watching!!! xx Amira ***

Hello Crafty Friends, I'm back for another journal layout for the February Prompts for #take5art . The prompts this month are: -Napkin - Black/white/grey - Add butterfly / dragonfly - Apply paint with card - Use bubble wrap The journal I am working in is this blue and green watercolor art journal I made out of watercolor paper. If you want to make your own, I have a DIY video for you  HERE This journal layout turned out to be a black and white theme- which I LOVE! And I love the fairy garden theme (which may or may not be a subconscious fault of watching too many Lolly Palooza fairy tutorials LOL) I did break my black/white theme but adding pink cheeks (I couldn't resist it). Fairies ..... and butterflies .... I love the splash of gold from Heidi Swapp's 'Shine'. Here is the final layout!! Check out the process video HERE Thank you for stopping by. xxAmiraInOz ...

Have started our East-West Swappers group again for 2017. Our theme for February is butterflies. Have decided to incorporate background techniques in my ATC's. This one is called faux fresco. I love how it turned out.

Hi everyone, I challenged myself to replicate this adorable shutter card produced by the design team at Graphic 45 using their previous Sweet Sentiment Collection. Sweet sentiments is an old collection and I managed to get my hands on just 1 sheet given to me by the kind and fearless Vera from Aunty Vera's Scrap and Craft . So I thought I better make it count.  Here is my humble attempt at a reproduction: I visited Graphic 45 to get the dimensions to create the shutter card. You can find them here . And then I used my only Sweet sentiments sheet plus a whole lot of butterflies and easter bunnies and glitter to embellish it to do it justice. Here are some close-ups: I used glitter and glossy accents on areas like egg shell and lace to make it pop and seem more realistic. Doilies and butterflies are perfect to frame the sweet Easter sentiment. I wish you could see just how pearl-like the glossy accents and glitte...

Hi everyone, I have been having an absolute ball making my own paper clips and book page markers. They are so easy to make and you actually end up using a lot of embellishments you didn't know how to add in your scrapbooking/crafting routine. My biggest challenge was finding 50mm paper clips!! I ended up finding silver ones at Officeworks and coloured plastic ones at Big W. My heart was really after the zebra paper clips but so far, no luck. Let me show you what I came up with: These were chipboard pieces by American Crafts which I have had for about a year now and I never knew how to use them because they were so chunky. They are perfect for paper clips !! I adore that bee!! Here is my favourite! I love these coffee themed wood veneers by Prima. So so cute!!! On the back, I placed a pretty button over the hot glue to make it look prim and proper. Next, I moved onto handmade items and I made them in categories. #1- Butterflys These ...