Elisa feels like she's been crafting since forever :)  "I started digital scrapbooking a couple of years ago and

did my first paper layout soon after joining the www.craftsupplies.ie forum last year.  Scrapbooking is my first

love and takes up all my free time.  My style is graphic and simple and my biggest influence was the book

"Clean& Simple Scrapbooking" by Cathy Zielske. I also get inspiration in ads and from children's clothing (while

ironing them:)).  Elisa has a gorgeous modern and graphic style that has seen her published in Scrapbook

Inspirations more than once, and she won our last year's December Layout Challenge!  We're thrilled to have

her on the team.

                Flower Template                                                                                    Flower Detail

Make a flower template with a shape like the above. The flower should be about 2 ¾ inches in diameter. Cut out the

template and use it to draw 3 flowers in the back of the light pink cardstock Cut out the three flower. With the needle,

prick the each flower from the centre to the middle of each petal at regular intervals. Put one of the punched circles in

the middle of the flower using a foam pad.

If you don’t have a chipboard alphabet, first print your title in a left-over cardstock and cut each letter out.

Cover each letter of the title, varying the colours for each letter. Use whatever you have available, stamp pads, paper

or paint. Optionally cover some letters with Diamond Glaze afterwards.

Cut two strips of the patterned paper, one around 1 inch wide and the other 2 inches wide.

Arrange the papers strips, the photo and the title on the dark pink cardstock, with the photo partially covering the papers.

When you are happy with the placement, glue everything on the cardstock.

Find something circular, such as a dessert plate, to use as a template. Place the plate on the layout surrounding the

photograph, and draw a circle lightly with a pencil. Glue the 3 flowers on the circle so that it frames the photo. Glue only

the centre of the flowers, leaving the petals free, to give it a more 3D feel.  Use the remaining punched circles to complete

the big circle. Leave out the photograph, if you wish. Draw small dots between the punched circles.

Project 2 - "Berceuse"

Project 2 - "Berceuse". 

This is a girly and sparkly layout which is great fun to make.

It would work very well with a black& white photograph.

Materials:

2 sheets of Chatterbox double sided cardstock Rosey Villa Dots

1 sheet of Chatterbox double sided paper Villa Teacups   or similar pink flowery paper.

Prisma Ultra Fine Glitter

Clear Self Adhesive Gemstones or Round Clear Gems

White cardstock

Black journaling pen

Also:

6 x 4 photo (portrait)

Mini Foam Pads

Sand paper

Cardboard

Suggested font: Ribbon Happy

Instructions

Step 1 - make the swirl using the template below and some patterned paper or cardstock.

To download the image, right click on the picture and chose "save as" to save to your machine.

Next, cut one of the Villa Dots cardstock to an A4 size. Save the template above in your computer.

Print the swirl template on the dotted size of the cardstock, resizing the swirl to make as big as possible in the A4

cardstock. Glue the swirl on cardboard and cut it out. Sand the edges. Apply glue to the edges of the swirl and

sprinkle glitter on top of it.

Cut the Villa Teacups paper to A4 size and reserve. From the remaining piece o

of paper, cut out 2 or 3 of the flower-like patterns, glue them on the cardboard and cut them out again. Decorate it

with glitter and gems.

Print the title on the white cardstock and cut it out, leaving a white border around each letter.

With the journaling pen, draw a border on the photography. Sand the edges before if there is not enough contrast.

Glue the swirl over the Villa Teacups paper, at a slight angle, making sure that there is enough paper left to put the

title in. Cut out all the paper that is left above the swirl. Arrange all the components over the remaining Villa Dots paper.

When you are happy with the position, glue first the photograph, then the paper with the swirl and then the embellishments.

Glue only the centre of the embellishments.

Fix the title with foam pads.