Friday, May 25, 2012

Some More Deliciousness
By Guest Designer
Adriana Bolzon

We are so lucky today to have another fabulous post to share with you from this months "Guest  Designer", Adriana Bolzon. Thanks so much Adriana for showing us all your beautiful projects this month, using our favourite Green Tara goodies. I'm sure all our blog followers would agree that we have loved seeing your gorgeous designs.  Di x


"Rock Around The Clock"
I created this layout of my DD. The top she is wearing is one of her favourite tops, she always wants to wear it everywhere. When I received the inspirational & gorgeous goodies from Green Tara,  Black, White & Red theme goodies, I knew  the perfect photo to scrap.
Using Graphic 45 paper in red and vintage cream with a bit of Kraft cardstock,  perfect combination of colours.


  I cut out a clock face from the Graphic 45 papers and glued the frill and mini tassel from Green Tara around the edges, quite effective piece of embellishment for any page.


  Here is a close up of some of the fab Green Tara flowers I have used. I have also used some of the Flowers Sprays, Paper & fabric leaves as well as Crystal & Pearl Butterfly Sprays.
Just love the richness of these colours. If you look closely you can see the lovely Green Tara ribbons & trims aloing the bottom of the layout.


As well I  created a tag using Mulberry papers also from Green Tara.
I covered the whole tag with the black paper and made a tassel edge
on the  bottom of paper with the red papers. This would go really nice on the front of a card or perhaps as a main embellishment on a layout.


Thanks Green Tara for this awesome opportunity to play with such fabulous goodies, I have enjoyed  this month creating for you and your many followers.
I hope I have inspired you all.
Cheers Adriana

Green Tara Products Used 

Layout
Red Gardenia flowers FDV054R
Maple leaves white 4.5 cm LA7Wh
Poppy black flower 8 cm organza XF9212BL
Black Flower spray PFSTBL100
Black 3 cm roses FDR024BL
16cm pearl/silver butterflies spray XP0585
16cm silver/acrylic/pearl spray XP0617
Rubber black tree leaves RT15BL
White paper leaves LA13wh
Small white roses FDR003Wh
Red Roses 1.5 cm FDR003R
Cherry Blossoms Red/white FLC22RW
22mm Red Lace RB6740R
Stitched grosgrain Black/white 3mm RB244BL/W
Satin single frill black 1 cm RB439BL
Satin Leaf Garland Black ribbon RB573ABL
Mini tassel Ribbon RB456BL

Tag
 Maple leaves white 4.5 cm LA7Wh
Red Roses 1.5 cm FDR003R
Cherry Blossoms Red/white FLC22RW
Mulberry paper pack – black/red/white
Red Flower spray PFSTRD100
White paper leaves LA13wh
Heirloom silk organza flower white XF9213Wh
Assorted Japanese Paper 1212AAJ
6mm Ribbon Satin Red RB6R
23cm Satin Edges Organza red ribbon RB16R




 
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

"Sweet Girl" Layout & Card
By Di Garling


Hello Green Tara fans. Thanks for stopping by.  Today I would like to share a layout & a card I have made using lots of yummy, you guessed it, Green Tara goodies. I have also used lots of  beautiful chipboard pieces from 2 Crafty as well. 


I have used various sizes of the Green Tara Roses,  Mini Rosebuds,  in both purple & aqua  as well as some sweet little Cherry Blossoms. Next I have used my current favourite Flower Sprays in Aqua. If you  click HERE you will see my "Tips & Tricks" of how I twist & curl these to make them look really nice. They are a really good, well priced flower option as they really do fill up a good space without costing the earth & they come in soooo many different colours too. There is three in a pack. I have used two down the right side of the page & I folded the third one in half to make it more compact. If you haven't tried these out before & I suggest you grab some & give them a try. You won't be disappointed!!! Lastly in my cluster I have used some of these great 
Green Tara Skeleton Leaves.


In this photo you can see I have tied a bow with the lovely 25mm Coloured Jute Ribbon. This ribbon makes such a beautiful bow & it is very soft so it is not too bulky either.


 While I had all my things out I thought I would make a card out of all the left overs. Again I used Green Tara Gardenias, Roses, Mini Rosebuds, Velvet Leaves  & a couple of  different Green Tara ribbons & one of their NEW laces as well as some 2 Crafty Card Greetings & a  Butterfly.

Green Tara Products Used
 Ribbons & Lace
25mm Lilac Jute Ribbon    CODE: RB407Lav
25mm Organza Butterfly on Wire Ribbon (On the tag on the Card)     CODE: RB6764
10mm Satin Frill Ribbon in Lavender    CODE: RB436Lav
Lace     CODE: L2923OW

Flowers & Leaves
Gardenias in Turquoise   CODE: FDV054Tu
3cm Velvet Leaves in Purple    CODE: XL266Pu
Skeleton Leaves in Turquoise    CODE: RTB113
Flower Sprays in Turquoise    CODE: PFST4
Cherry Blossoms in Violet    CODE: FLC22V
Mini Rosebuds in Purple    CODE: FDV025Pu
3cm Roses in Turquoise    CODE: FDR024Tu
2cm Roses in Purple    CODE: FDR009Pu
1.5cm Roses in Blue   CODE: FDR003B
 Mini Daisy Flower  in Aqua   CODE: FDR003B
Mini Daisy Flower  in Lavender    CODE: FDVL

Thanks so much for stopping by. Until next time.
Cheers Di  xo


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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Layout, Card & Headband
By Jan Rankine


This photo of a friend’s little girl inspired me to do something really colourful and these orange petals, combined with black and white with a touch of yellow and green just felt right. I love this beautiful spotted ribbon from Green Tara, it adds impact to the layout & really pops off the page.


I used green Bud’n Bow ribbon instead of leaves and I think it looks really good. These orange flowers are just the flat petals, moistened & scrunched up, you would hardly recognise them.


I liked this colour scheme so much  I decided to make a card as well.
   This great little chippie Birdcage & Birthday greeting are both from   
 2 Crafty Chipboard. . These little Green Tara flowers are just perfect on a card.



Decorating a headband was a challenge set  by  Allison  who owns Green Tara. I thought why not keep the colour scheme  going.  I’ve twisted the stems of the yellow Flower Sprays to wire them onto the beadband & teamed them with some other Green Tara petals & little rose in the middle.

Green Tara Products Used
Flower Sprays in Gold
CODE: PFSTGo
9mm Sequin Satin Ribbon Black
CODE: RB375BL
25mm Double Sided Reversible Spot Black White
CODE: RB365BW
6cm Petals, Orange
CODE: FDS022Or
4cm Petals, Black.
CODE: FK018BL
2.5cm Petals, Gold
CODE: FK04Go
Silk Flowers with Swarovski Crystal Centres. 2cm White.
CODE: SDWhS60
Black Roses 2cm
CODE: FDR006Bl
1.5cm Roses Orange
CODE: FDR003O

Thanks for calling by.
Jan xx
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Layout, Card & Treat Box
By Vicky Alberto

"Home is Where the Heart Is"


I have been so busy this month but had to sneak some time to play with the new "For Mother" collection from Pion Design and fabulous Green Tara goodies I received. I was given a pink and white/cream themed design team "challenge pack" from Green Tara to work with (pink is my fave color to scrap - thank you Alison!) and combined everything with the Once Upon a Sketch challenge for April too - 
I just loved Nadia's sketch last month!


This is my daughter as a baby in our backyard wearing her favorite outfit at the time (I have a lot of pictures with her wearing this, LOL). Don't you just love the printed doily pattern on that paper? I enhanced it by using a Martha Stewart corner punch on the edge. The chipboard rose vine is from Dusty Attic.

Green Tara Products Used:

Cherry Blossoms Pale Pink
CODE: FLC22PP

10cm petals. White Pack
CODE: FDS023Wh

Heirloom 6.5cm Silk and Organza Flowers Dusky Pink 12pcs
CODE: XF9213DP

Daisies Pink
CODE: FDS027P

3.8cm White
CODE: L2862W

Loop n Tassel 10mm Pink Champagne
CODE: RB9694PC


"Life is Beautiful" Card
You can never have enough blank cards for all those unexpected occasions that seem to just pop up. Here I used the Meg's Garden "Forget Me Not" paper collection which includes some amazing vintage image elements sheets - this is a card maker's dream. Combined with a 4x12 paper strip from the collection, it is easy to pull together an elegant card. I added some gorgeous Green Tara cherry blossoms, twisted organza/pearl trim and tassel trim, plus a stamped title and a pull tag... to really polish things off.

"Treat Box"

I modified my own template from my gingerbread house box that I made for Christmas and came up with this cute little birdhouse box and the roof is actually a card! The box is made of one 12x12 sheet of paper from the brand new "Forget Me Not" collection from Meg's Garden.  Here I used Green Tara cherry blossoms, paper leaves, lace and trim. The bird was cut out of another paper from the collection and I watercolored it blue to match and added feathers. Thanks for taking a peek today. All of my tutorials are listed as quick links on the right side of my blog at http://simplypaperandcreativity.blogspot.ca

Thanks for taking the time to visit the blog today!
Vicky




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Sunday, May 13, 2012

"Snow Girl" by JJ Sobey

"I wanted to use these yummy Green Tara flowers and trims, so I went looking for photos that worked with the colours, and turns out my daughter's snow suit was just the right thing!  Mix in a few snow flakes and winter papers, and why not flowers on a girlie snow page?  Precisely.

This cobweb trim is really growing on me - the more I use it, the more I like it.  The texture really makes me happy.  Here, you see it layered with some Wave Ribbon.


I twisted the sequin trim into flourishes, because why use just a straight line when you can have a curve?


You may notice a few of the petals flowers tucked in around my page.  Because these flowers are relatively flat (in comparison with some of the others), you can use them as layering elements, tucking them under the edge of photos and papers...

and using them to add a little more oomph to non-floral embellishments, like this snowflake."

GREEN TARA PRODUCTS USED :
Flowers -

Ribbons - 
Cobweb Fuschia (RB6772Fu)

Trims -   

Thanks for looking & I hope I have given you some ideas for using lots of gorgeous flowers & ribbons on all sorts of different layouts. Until next time.
JJ

(Scroll done & have a peek at a cute  little card I made recently)
Pigs Might Fly!!!
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Hello everyone, today I want to show you  this card to show one of the fun ways you can use the
 "Petals"  from Green Tara.

These flowers started out white, but I wanted them to match my paper, so I tinted them with glimmer mist, and voilà - easy customization.  I then cut them in half, and tucked them under the edge of the ribbon, for a flowery border.  


Oh my goodness - these new crinkle organza ribbons are so pretty, and I'm delighted with this particular shade - it's a perfect match for some of the aquas in current paper collections."

Green Tara Products Used :
Flowers - mixed petals, White (P22Wh)
JJ
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Cheeky Girl by Tina Dalton


I created a gorgeous Shadow box for Green Tara this month, but I cant show you as it is going to be published in Scrapbook Creations magazine issue #95, so make sure you grab the magazine and take a look, it is loaded full of the awesome new flowers.
So after all of this I decided to create a layout for you all to see, and again using some of the awesome new Green Tara goodies combined with some of the beautiful  previous released items as well.  


 This photo is my granddaughter Shontay, being her Cheeky little self as per usual, the camera always seems to turn her into a cheeky monkey lol.


 I have used lots of the gorgeous NEW fabric flowers here in my cluster & I have added some of the Green Tara leaves, flower sprays & Gardenias  as well

Green Tara Products Used:
Flowers
Camellia 8cm Paper flower - Cherry
CODE: XF9219Ch
Damask 8cm Fabric and Organza Flower - Aqua
CODE: XF9225Aq
Poppy 8cm Organza Flower - Dusky Pink
CODE: XF9212DP
Apple Blossom - Ivory
CODE: FDV044Iv
3 Flower Sprays - Cream
CODE: PFSTC
Velvet Leaves 3cm Green
CODE: XL266GrP
Trims
7mm Loop Trim  - Butter
CODE: RBDABu
20mm Self Adhesive Flower Garland - Ivory
CODE: RB797Iv

Thanks for looking and have a great creative day.    Tina
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