Kelly's Tutorial Videos with the July Kit

Hello everyone!  

It's Kelly here to share some techniques from my July kit layouts.  I was so inspired by this kit, that I created two tutorial videos for you!

First, let's take a look at my vintage wedding layout and the techniques I used in my design.

On the reveal and blog hop day, I posted a video that showed a fast forward on how I designed this layout.  You can click HERE to see that video.

I created a tulle and pearl border around the heart

I scattered the tiny pearls for a 'confetti' effect.

I made a tulle flower base for the other kit blooms.

Here is a video that shows how I made this easy tulle flower:

You can also click HERE to watch it on YouTube.

My second layout with the July kit is also a vintage design, using a photo of my mother's cousin:

The small butterfly balloons are punched from the cork sheet with a Martha Stewart punch:

I glittered the edges and adhered black twine beneath each one.

The larger cork butterfly beneath the journaling strips is cut from a Sizzix die with my Big Shot.

I painted the kit leaves and glittered them too.

You can see that I cut the Pink Paislee journaling cards into frames and popped them up with 3D foam squares, then layered stamped vellum behind.  

In the next video, you will see how I used the kit's Prima stamp and Smooch together to make this title as well...

You can click on the centre of the video to watch it now, or click HERE to watch it on YouTube.

Although this is my final blog post and video for the ScrapThat! Design Team, I will continue to make videos and blog tutorials on my own personal sites "Kelly Creates" and YouTube Channel.

I've really enjoyed being a part of the ScrapThat! Team, sharing my designs and techniques... and will continue to stop by here to be inspired!

Sarah's Tattered Wild Sunset Rose Tutorial

Today, I am sharing how I created the flowers used on my "Grandpa's Girls" layout, created with the ScrapThat! June Kit - "From Sunrise to Sunset". I've decided to call these flowers Tattered Wild Sunset Roses since I used the Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die and the flower colours remind me of a sunset!

1. Materials Required:

     -Coffee Filters

     -Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die

     -Die Cutting machine (I used a Cuttlebug)

     -Mists in your choice of colours

     -Jewels/Brads for centre of flowers (I used the Versailles Flats included in the June Kit EAO)

     -White Craft Glue or Glue Dots

2. Cut the coffee filters with the Tattered Florals Die and your Die cutter.

3. You'll need a lot of flowers to do all the layering - I cut a total of seven coffee filters to yield 28 flowers.

4. Spread out the Die Cut Flowers and mist them with your choice of colours - I've used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists in Lemon Zest, Butternut Squash, Oriental Poppy, and Candy Apple Red, as well as Smooch Spritz in River Mossy and Black Velvet.

5. Let the flowers dry completely. You should have a good assortment of flowers in a variety of variegated colours.

6. Choose the flowers you want to layer for your flower - use a variety of colours - for the larger flowers on my layout, I've used 2 large, 2 medium, 1 small and 1 extra-small flower, plus the centre jewel.

7. Layer your flowers, offsetting the petals of each successive layers - I used Glue Dots (Craft) to adhere the layers together, but you can use white craft glue as well.

8. A close-up of all the assembled flowers on the layout - the 28 die cut flowers let me create 3 large and 2 small flowers.

That's it - these aren't hard to make and really make a huge impact on a layout. Here they are on the completed layout! I finished off the flower cluster with some leaves cut from the brown ribbon in the June Kit and some raffia-wrapped floral wire from my stash.

I hope you'll give these flowers (or a variation of them) a try - be sure to leave me a comment and link if you do so I can see your creations!