March Calendar page: Wedding Photo

Another page from my 2010 Calendar. This one celebrates our wedding, six years ago! Allison McKellar took our photos.

This page was really easy, because I used a beautiful template from Pickleberry Pop (an Australian digi scrapbooking site). But I did alter it a bit and added some extra embellishments. I created the resin "&" in Photoshop.

Credits:
Template: by Deb Fisher, Kitbash Vol 4 (no longer online); Pickleberry Pop.
Elements: "Flower 6" and "Doodle 2" by Kirsty's Scraps, Keepsake free kit. "Jewellery Tag Coffee", Springy Weedy Freebie (altered); "Cream Button", Grandma's Scrapbooks Free Add On Pack (both no longer online) Shabby Miss Jenn Designs. "Shadow White Butterfly" by Sherrie JD, from Shadow Dance free kit (altered colour); "Charm Topper" by Tangie Baxter, A Walk in the Park Free Collaborative Kit (altered colour) both from Christina Renee's Block Party 2008. Glitter by Thaliris Just For Me free kit (altered).
Stamped letters: "Handstamped Alpha Freebie" by Michelle Coleman; LD.

February 2010 Calendar artwork

 

This is the February page from my calendar, which I printed at Snapfish. The photo I took in the British Museum (and was promptly told off for! - oops!)

All the design elements here are my own creations. The butterfly is a scanned image of a watercolour painting I did on holiday at the beach :) The yo-yos I made myself, photographed and recoloured (originally pink). The buttons I photographed were vintage buttons belonging to my grandmother. There is also some of her lace there and some scanned torn cardboard. The stitching, ribbons, and fabric flowers I created in Photoshop. The doodled flowers were hand drawn and then refined in Illustrator, and the background paper was created in Illustrator.

Crafty Collages

Collages I created for Cristina Re Designer Stationery. These were for the Silk Road Collection catalogue/Creative Ideas Book. I actually designed the Harlequin Rose reversible paper too - that's the argyle pattern seen most clearly in the bottom right collage.

Old Book Illustrations

Old Book Illustrations are useful for designers - commercial use is allowed! (Refresh this page to see more images.)

Rosy Rosettes

I really like these layered rosettes I've seen on scrapbooking lately (Studio Calico Looking Glass Alice Add-on, Two Peas in a Bucket Frosty Aqua Lollipops). I also saw something similar on a dress a few months back. So I had a go at making some, and put brooch pins on the back.
This is the first brooch I made. I used bits of fabric that I already had - satin, cotton, organza, plain, patterned, floral... I was pretty happy with it! The cute flower buttons are from Spotlight.