Coffee Love by Charmane Koch

 I don't know about you but I NEED my Coffee! 

My layout I am sharing with you today is of a couple of coffees Ash & I had at a cute Coffee Shop in the Central Market in South Australia after an overnight stay at the Hilton!

I just loved the coffee table/bench that we were sitting at - with the old newspapers! Love the quirkiness of it... but must of all LOVE the coffee! {and probably needed it after a big night too haha}

I used mostly Grateful Heart goodies mixed in with a few other Bee Arty goodies which I will list here for you!

I started off with Kraft Cardstock as the base. I did cut out a square from it so that I could matte me photo. I did this with a Black Cardstock piece as well, which I trimmed slightly to use as a matte for the Grateful Heart Paper that I used for the background of my layout - love the woodgrain paper! You can get the full Grateful Heart paper pack for only $20! It's such a timeless pack!

But why not get the Stencils, Dies & Stamps that go with the papers? I have used these all many times for different projects! The BUSY BEES are only $70!

I trimmed about 1 cm off each side of the Faith paper and distressed the edges, I stuck this to the Black Cardstock followed by the Kraft.

I tore the Hope paper to give a rough edge, distressed and curled the paper over to expose the other side slightly. I fussy cut part of the leftover paper to tuck behind the ripped cardboard & my photo matte.

I cut out from Kraft & White Cardstock a number of floral/leafy dies - Sweet Floral, Aussie Leaves & the love from the Flower Talk set - this I used for part of my title...

I then added flowers & wood veneers & bits from my stash...

Of course a Charms Creations Book Page Heart was a perfect match...

I also cut out a Butterfly from one of the Butterfly Cut Aparts -  so many to choose from!

And a Flair from the Assorted Flairs from Bee Arty.

This layout was one of my favourites at the Charms Creations At Home Retreat I organised - it was a Scraplift of a Tina Steinborner layout! It just came together so easily - don't you just love it when that happens?

Here's the Dies I used: 

Sweet Floral - CURRENTLY ONLY $10!

Aussie Leaves - a DEFINITE must have!

Flower Talk - perfect for titles! Another must have to your Die Collection!

Thanks for popping by! I hope I've inspired you with this GORGEOUS Paper Collection!

XO Charm

Serenity by Charmane Koch

 Happy Monday & almost the end of January! Already??? How does that even happen?

Today I wanted to share one of the layouts I have created over the weekend for an Australian Day Crop! What is more perfect than the Aussie Bushland Collection? I managed to create 3 layouts using this fabulous collection - and of course I have STACKS more to use! It's so full of possibilities!

The papers are just so gorgeous! And the Dies & stencil I used as well of course!

I started off by cutting out a few Aussie Flowers & Aussie Leaves & Autumn Trio Dies using White Cardstock & Kraft Cardstock... I always cut out extra and came in handy as I used them on the other layouts I created!

Next, using Thick Modelling Paste {or you could use the Heavy White Gesso} I used the Aussie Map Stencil laying it over the Cockatoo Paper.

While that dried, I decided I needed to colour some Muslin but wanted to make a colour that would match the background paper - so I combines Tan & Amber Shimmer Dusts the colour came out perfect!

I also coloured a White Paper flower that I wanted to use on the page...

To create my Photo Matte I layered Kraft Cardstock, then another layer of Aussie Bushland Collection. I also tore a piece of cardboard from one of our many Deliveries we get {LOL} to create a textured background behind the photo matte, allowing me to add a few bits around the edges of the photo to create interest - cutouts from the Aussie Bushland Collection and from my stash - mini doilies & Paper Leaves.

After working out the positioning of my Photo Matte & playing around with my Die Cut Leaves/Flowers I then stick them down...

I carefully stick them down with double sided tape behind the Photo Matte like so...

I also had the Wildflowers stamp in my stash that I had stamped onto Tissue Paper that I thought was perfect for the photo... {you may have seen this stamp in another recent layout of mine?}

I stick it down with Gel Medium - can you see I wasn't careful enough? I had to get a black pen a fix "Yourself" up! OOPS!

So once everything was stuck down and the Tissue Paper dried, I added all the extra embellishments to finish it off...

I layered the Muslin, more Dies & Cutouts...

a Charms Creations Little Floral Tab...

Fixed up the Y & as you can see I did machine stitch around the edge of the layout - I did trim 1/2cm off the edge of the Cockatoo Paper, distressed it and then used Kraft Cardstock to back it. I think doing this ties the whole layout together.

I absolutely loved putting this layout together, and it was so easy with all the different Aussie Bushland & extra Bee Arty Goodies! So much fun!

Bee Arty goodies I used - Stenciles, Dies & Stamps:

 

Shimmer Dusts:

Kraft & White Cardstock: 

Thanks for popping by! I hope I have inspired you to play with the Aussie Bushland Collection!

XO Charm