Layouts from the retreat

Layouts from the Retreat

Hello gorgeous ladies, Tracy here

Kathie has asked me to share my completed layouts that I taught at her fantastic (brilliantly organised, delicious food and fantastic company) retreat we had last weekend

Here is my Friday night class where the ladies played with the Tim Holtz Blending Tool, using a resist technique on chipboard gates and created a layered border with pattern paper, gold chain and lace

Our chipboard title coloured by using Tim Holtz Distress Stains and a "finger wipe" of gold stickles

Chipboard again coloured with Tim Holtz Distress Stains and using our gorgeous brown gardenias with resin flowers

Our chipboard gates with charms, roses, stemmed flowers and (as always with my layouts) charms

My Saturday night class was quite a different type of layout from Friday night where we used a pizza box to create a woodgrain effect, to match the Prima papers (using the opposite side of the pattern paper ... take a look next time on the opposite side of your double sided pp as they sometimes can be a subtle pattern which is great instead of using cardstock)

Cut very thin stripes of the pizza box (around 2mm) and turn on its side then attach in strips with double sided tape to create the woodgrain effect

then adding our leaf charms with bakers twine

we also added a few lizard charms eating there way through the pattern paper

Damm, we never did come up with a name of the pizza box technique did we?

and the title is Scrapware Correboard Letters

 Scrapware Trees covered with Peeled Paint Crackle Paint and of course charms ... our trees and snails

Kathie has a few of the kits up in her store for sale, so if you like what you see pop on over and grab them while you can

Huge thanks to Kathie for inviting me down again, I had the best time again
huge waves from the (warm) gold Coast to everyone who attended :)