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Recycled Treasures - pg 4Recycled Textures - pg 8Beautiful Blooms - pg 9Fabulous Favours - pg 12

Hot Products - pg 3Sketch Challenge - pg 7

A key to easy-reference icons found thoughout the issue:

FRESH FACE: made by a designer new to Australian Scrapbookers & Crafters.

ONLINE CONTENT: Downloads and Online Extras.

In this issue our designers show you some great inspiring projects. We take some things you might have around the house and show you how to up-cycle them. We take some vintage sewing paper and show you how you can add some texture to your layouts. New to Australian Scrapbookers and Crafters designer Neha Aggarwal shows us how to make some beautiful hangmade blooms and I show you how to take your scrapbook ing products and use them in a new way to create some favours for your new event.

Erin ApplebeeEditor Auscrappers is now avaliable to view on your electronic device.

Hot Products

The World’s First Home & Hobby Cutting Machine with a Built-in Scanner.www.scanncut.com.

A Sneak Peek at the Hottest Products to hit Scrapbooking Stores

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Marisa Pawelko for Sizzix has released 20 Originals steel-rule dies that createfashionable clothing appliqués, cards,stickers, notepads, and locker décor forteens and preteens.

“Iced Enamels® were expressly developed for creative people who enjoy the look of torch-fired or kiln-fired enamels as much as we do. Combine our Enamel Medium with our quick-melting Rel-ique powders and solidify with a craft heat gun for beautiful mixed-media metalwork in minutes. Seal with a thin coat of ICE Resin® to create a perma-nent Cold Enameling bond that will never rub off, fade or yellow over time. Use Iced Enamels® in our new mixed metal bezels or on our Talisman Silhouettes for art that lasts lifetimes.”http://www.iceresin.com/

Create an airbrushed effect using the Distress Marker Spritzer. Add unique layers of color and depth to projects. The spritzer is hand operated, lightweight and easy to use. Simply insert the brush tip end of the Distress Marker into

the tool and squeeze the bulb to “spritz” ink onto paper craft projects. The adjustable marker insert can accommodate a variety of marker brands.

Recycled TReasuRes

Get inspired to take your scrapbooking to a whole new dimention with these inspiring projects.In this issue we take scrapbooking out of the box and show you how to up-cycle and recycle.

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UP-CYCLED PAINTBRUSHBy Erin Applebee

Materials.Paint brush.Spray Paint.Lace trim.Fringe trim.bling.glue (450, hotglue).heatgun(optional)

With this inspiring project we show you what to do with those old paint brushes you have

laying around.

How-ToPaint the handle of your paintbrush with spray paint. (you may want to sand it back) 1Use your heatgun to dry the paint quicker. 2Take your glue and put some on the top of the metal on your brush.Place your lace trim on and follow around the brush.

3Do this two more times.half way down the metal and at the bottom.4Add some fringe trim under the bottom layer of you lace.5


For a final touch add some bling to the stem of the paintbrush6

I wanted to create a sketch that could be interpreted by the individual artist and create inspiration for all scrapbookers.

Storm created an amazing layout, in which she took my seemingly girly layout sketch and came up with a cute masculine

interpretation.

Sketch Challenge

By Erin Applebee

sketchChallenge

life is in the DetailsLucan

MaterialsCardstock - treasures, smoke.Paper - echo park, for the record 2.Flowers - prima.Canvas banners - Maya road.Alphas - prima.Ink used - versa color, pinecone.Kaiser bling.

Add some demention to your page by using some

foam dementionals.


Recycled TexTuRes

There are many fabulous treasure both pre-loved and from around the house.That can add some fabulous textures and interesting elements to your layout.

Here is some great ideas to inspire you to think out side your stash.


Heritage Presurving our family history

MaterialsPaper- prima marketing - fairybelle - La Spa.Recycled- vintage sewing tissue paper, fabric doily, burlap ribbon, stamped postcard, vintage sewing pattern, paper doily.


BeauTiful Blooms

In this article, Neha Aggarwal from Auzz Trinklets N Krafts, shows us how to make some Beautiful handmade flowers. Outlining two different techniques that she has learned to make handcrafted paper blooms. flowers.

Creating handmade flowers for scrapbooking, card making and other paper projects allows you to be creative and make your own embellishments in accordance with you personal choice and preferences.

Moreover, creating your own handmade flowers is cost effective and a simple way of improving your hand made designs. There are different methods to create flowers with paper. You can take any number of flower dies and use them to create a variety of different flowers by just giving a range of alternative folds or cuts. Outlined below are the two beautiful techniques which I have used to make the pretty blossoms.


TECHNIQUE 1 – PAPER PINCHING

Materials

In this technique, I have followed the online tutorial of “Crumbled Paper Gardenias” by Luvleesscrappin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HHyQnyIaOA

Cut five blossoms of dif-ferent sizes. Align the blossoms on top of each other and make a hole in the centre of each of the blossoms.

1 Fold each blossom into half and keep folding such that at the end, there is only 1 petal shape

2 Repeat the process with all the other 4 flower blossoms. 3 Apply distress ink on the

edges of each blossom as shown in the picture 4

After the ink is applied to each blossom, open the die cut on the work-ing mat. Spray a good amount of water on to the blossoms using the Mini Mister (do not spray too much as the blossom may tear)

5 Picking up each blos-som, carefully pinch each petal as shown in the picture.

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1. Distress Ink: Seedless preserves (or any color of your choice) 2. Mini Mister filled with water; 3. Stamens white (or any color of your choice); 4. Heartfelt dies: Tattered Blossoms (HCD 722) one die cut of each size (you can also you any other blossom die);

5. Glimmer mist (clear) / Smooch spritz (vanilla shimmer);

6. Heat gun; 7. Blending tool; 8. Paper (you can use 120 GSM to 180 GSM of paper); 9. Punch for making center hole (you can also use paper piercing tool); 10. Glossy accents

Dry the blossom with the Heat Gun. 7 When the blossoms are

dry (as shown in the pic-ture), align them on top of each other.

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First take the smallest blossom and insert the 4-5 bunch of stamens 9 Then at the back of

the blossom, put a drop of glossy accent so that when you at-tach the next blossom, it will stick to the first blossom.

10 Repeat the process with the remaining four blossoms. 11

When you have attached all the blossoms together, use the Pearl Spray, Glim-mer Mist of Smooch Spritz (as per your choice) to spray onto the blossom. Then dry the blossom with the Heat Gun.

12Brush the blossom with the Blending Tool. 13


TECHNIQUE 2 – PAPER SCRUNCHING

Materials

This technique includes a tutorial from Little Miss Stamper. A link to this video is as follows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dumUmjFHHBQ

cut five blossoms of different sizes.

align the blossoms on top of each other and make a hole in the centre of each of the blossoms.

1 Colour the edges of the each blossom. 2

Spray water onto the blossom so that the colour bleeds and makes a shad-ing effect. Then, scrunch each blossom, but be careful to not tear the blossom.

3

Place all of the blossoms in a container or a mat, and then dry them a little bit with the Heat Gun.

4 Open the blossoms whilst they are still a little moist

Completely dry the blos-soms with the Heat Gun.

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Distress Ink: Salty Ocean (or any color of your choice); 2. Mini Mister filled with water; 3. Stamens white (or any color of your choice); 4. Heartfelt dies: Vintage Floret (HCD 727) one die cut of each size (you can also you any other blossom die); 5. Glimmer mist (clear) / Smooch spritz (vanilla shimmer);

6. Heat gun; 7. Blending tool; 8. Paper (you can use 120 GSM to 180 GSM of paper); 9. Punch for making center hole (you can also use paper piercing tool); 10. Glossy accents; 11. Washable Markers (Crayola) can also you distress inks I have used washable markers.

As per the previous tech-nique, when the blos-soms are dry (as shown in the picture), align them on top of each other.

6 As per the previous technique, first take the smallest blossom and insert the 4-5 bunch of stamens.

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then at the back of the blossom, put a drop of glossy accent so that when you attach the next blossom, it will stick to the first blossom

8 Repeat the process with the remaining four blossoms. 9

when you have attached all the blossoms together, use the Pearl Spray, Glimmer Mist of Smooch Spritz (as per your choice) to spray onto the blossom. Then dry the blossom with the Heat Gun.

10brush the blossom with the Blending Tool. 11

faBulous favouRs

Give your scrapbooking supplies a fresh new twist by designing some fabulous favours and bombonieres for your next party. Here we share some unique ideas to get you started, these favours

can be changed and adapted to suit and party theme, event or colour scheme. Have fun experimenting with different styles, designs and themes to see what amazing creations you can

come up with.

PILLOW BOXBy Erin Applebee

Materials.Store brought pillow box.scraphooking paper.Ribbon.Flower.glue (450, hotglue)

Take Store Brought Pillow box or create one1Cut a two inch by 10 inch peice of scrapbooking paper. try and use something to com-pliment the colour or design on your box.

2

wrap paper around the box (as pictured above) and secure with glue.

3

Cut some ribbon in a com-plimentry colour and tie in a bow.

4Glue a paper or fabric flower over the ribbon5Place some candy into the box6


CONFECTIONARY BAGBy Erin Applebee

Materials.Store brought lolly bags.Doilly.Bakers Twine.Flower.glue (450, hotglue)

How-ToTake Store Brought Confec-tionary bag.1

Cut a small to medium sized doilly and cut in half. 2Glue doilly lining up the cut edge with the bottom of the bag.

3

Cut some bakers twine enough to wrap around three times and tie. cut of excess

4

Glue a paper or fabric flower over the bakers twine.5

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FABULOUS FAVOURS

MILK BOTTLESBy Erin Applebee

Materials.Store brought milk bottles.Scraphooking paper.Bakers Twine.Doilly.Flower

Take Store Brought milk bottle1Cut a two inch by 10 inch peice of scrapbooking paper. 2wrap paper around the bot-tle (as pictured above) and secure with glue.

3

Cut some bakers twine in a complimentry colour and wrap around the bottle and tie.

4

Glue a paper or fabric flower over the ribbon

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cut a small doily in half and glue around the bottle


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TAKE-OUT BOXBy Erin Applebee

Materials.Store brought take-out box.Scraphooking paper.Bakers Twine.Doilly.Flower

Take Store Brought Take-out box1Cut a two inch by 6 inch peice of scrapbooking paper. 2wrap paper around the front of the box(as pictured above) and secure with glue.

3

Cut some bakers twine in a complimentry colour and wrap around the box and tie.

4

Glue a paper or fabric flower over the twine

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cut a small doily in half and glue on top of the paper


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