Magnificent Magnolias
- Belinda
- Feb 1, 2023
- 3 min read
Introduction:
I am very happy to have been accepted into the "A Perfect Time to Craft" Design Team. As part of this team I get to work with some beautiful images from various digital graphic designers. The Design Team's focus is handmade cards, however many of my projects will be used to create Journal related ephemera instead, with a card here and there as I feel so inspired.
I am thrilled and grateful that I have been given the ability to stay true to my journal making centre while still designing for this team. There is a lot of cross over between journalling, card-making, and scrapbooking, so I believe it will be a very happy collaboration.
My First Project:
For my first project I have the delight of creating with a fabulous Magnolia frame from
Anne Constantly-Carding.
The item I am working with today may be purchased here:
The graphic is a beautiful black and white frame with magnolia flowers and leaves at opposite ends. The image can easily be used horizontally or vertically and coloured in any way you choose. It is a very versatile image that would suit a great number of occasions. There is a version with "Happy Birthday" text on it included with the download - a very useful option.
For my project I chose the design without text as I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to do with this image.
My creation is a window pocket with matching journal card. The page I chose to place them on is a digital printable of a magnolia bloom; part of a Vintage Florals themed kit (link to purchase is below).
Step by Step
Here's how I brought my project together:
Printed 2 copies onto 240 gsm white card stock and a third copy at reduced size onto regular copy paper.
Coloured in one of the cardstock copies with Inktense pencils activated and blended with water. To the center of the flowers I added some detail with a yellow Stabilo fineliner. I did the same with some of the flowers and leaves on the smaller paper copy.
Fussy cut around the interior and exterior of the main piece. I left a small white border out of personal preference and to suit the end purpose. From the paper version I fussy cut out a flower, a half-open flower, and three pairs of leaves - no white border on these pieces.
Cut a piece of tracing paper to suit the size of the black border and adhered it to the back with double-sided tape, creating a translucent window. For a different effect you could use acetate (or any clear plastic), or omit this step altogether.
Glue was placed along three sides of the black border, leaving one side open to form a pocket, and I glued it to a page which will go into a journal. The white border helps the pocket 'stand out' from the background page. If making a card, you would glue the entire piece down after first positioning whatever image or element you want underneath, thus creating a layered 'seen through the window' effect.
Taking the second, uncoloured version that I printed out, I trimmed it down so that it would fit inside the pocket as a journalling card.
I applied Stampin' Up! ink Calypso Coral to an acrylic block, spritzed it with water, then dabbed my journalling card onto the block. Once dried I layered up some music and text book pages, a stamped number, and the prepared flowers and leaves from the copy paper. And the final touch was to ink around the edges of the card with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo.
Follow the link below to be taken to the full range of products available from Anne Constantly-Carding:
Vintage Florals Digital Printables here:
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