A little lantern light

I am so loving that the clocks have gone forward and that the evenings are drawing out meaning more time for chilling outside.  

Today I have a little lantern to share with you which I made with the Faded Empire and iWood collections to help shed a little light on my outside table.

Product Used

Faded Empire Papers

Faded Empire Droplets

Faded Empire Stamps

IWood Paper

Fundamentals Bling FAbric Trim - Chocolate

Fundamental Flowers

WoW Embossing Powders

First of all I create a rectangle shape in the iWood papers before cutting out some apertures.  I wanted to have a frosted effect on the 'glass' so I used some tracing paper.  

Using the Faded Empire stamps, Versa mark ink and WoW white embossing powder I created a border along the top edge.  

I then used the keyhole stamp and add this to the centre, but instead of the white embossing powder I used a clear one so that it looked like a watermark.  I then added them to the sections on the inside of the panels.

I assembled the lantern together and then decorated the base with some different flowers cut out from the Faded Empire papers mixing and matching the colour scheme.

I love the mellow lighting it gives off and think I'll be making some more to add all around outside .... as long as the rain holds off!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by

Faded Empire and Mother's Day

Spring is filling the air once again and with that in the UK means that we have a very special day come up in the next few days.  

This week I am here to share with you a layout using the new Faded Empire to celebrate this wonderful day .....

Mother' Day

Products Used

Bella!  Faded Empire Chipboard Alphabet

Bella!  Faded Empire Wood Veneer

Bella!  Faded Empire Stamp

Bella!  Faded Empire Droplets

Bella!  Faded Empire Diecuts

Bella!  Faded Empire DropletsBella! Faded Empire 12 x 12 paper My Lady

Bella!  Faded Empire DropletsBella! Faded Empire 12 x 12 paper Twelths

Bella!  Faded Empire DropletsBella! Faded Empire 12 x 12 paper Ledger

Bella! Iwood

Fundamental Alphabet Stickers - Gold

Fundamental Hearts and Stars Wood Veneer

The muted tones of the Faded Empire are so soft looking and the floral designs are fabulous for your mother and daughter pictures.

I 'fussy' cut around the lady on one of the pages and added it to another sheet.  I then used it as a background for the photo and embellishments.

The large gold letters in the range mix perfectly with the mini gold alphabet.  You can just about see one of the stamps I have used to accent the page near the corner of the photo.

There are so many beautiful 3D die cuts and wood veneer embellishments to adorn your crafty creations that I am sure you are going to LOVE the whole range.  It also coordinates beautifully with the iWood range.

I hope you have some beautiful pictures of a beautiful mother that you can find to scrap book with

Have a wonderful day

RRBF's New Bolt!

Are you ready Ruby Rock-it Fans to see some more of the brand new product in use?!

This month the team will be sharing our work with Bolt and Iwood.  

The Bolt collection has a sewing theme to them along with a range of fun patterns where as the iwood is just as it says .. amazing wood designs on the papers ,,, Delish!

I used mainly the patterns from the Bolt papers here to create this Crazy Love layout but some of the iwood papers crept in!

Products Used

Bella! Bolt Collection

Bella! iwood Collection

Fundamental Alphabet Wood Veneer

Fundamental Hearts and Stars Wood Veneer

The background is made up of strips of the Bolt paper and I used a some of the iwood too which went perfectly.  I also used some of the pink hearts and stripes paper to add a line of little hearts.

I used the die cut buttons to accent the side of the circle frame along with some of the epoxy stickers.

I cut the little ticket from the Bolt papers and added the 'Crazy Love' with the wood veneer alphabet.  The floral bling added a bit of sparkle to the page.  I could resist using the corrugated paper to the mat the photo on!!

 This has to be my favourite saying in this range  .... you do have to get out there and create your own happiness!  This is pretty much what we were doing in this photo on the layout, just goofing around and having a laugh

I used the stitching stamp along the edge of the paper as I loved the effect it gave.

Are you tempted to get to your local Ruby Rock-it stockist and get some Bolt and iwood?

We sure hope so!

Have fun