Monday 22 October 2012

A Touch of BLING
A Hanging Bird Cage & More....
By Di Garling

"Magical Memories"

Hello everyone. It 's my turn up on the blog & I have 
 three different  projects to share with you.
This first layout I actually made about a year ago, but I was 
never really happy with it. Soooo, I pulled everything off it
except for the chippie frame & totally re did it & now
I am finally, really happy with it.
  I have gone TOTALLY OVER THE TOP 
with glitz, glam & bling!!!
It is nice to go crazy once in a while with such "girly" things, 
& I thought a wedding page deserved something a little special.
This fab pic is of a friends daughter & her bridesmaids.


Well as always I have done lots of layering, distressing & stamping
but I have use a couple of gorgeous Green Tara blings.
First up I used one of their 
 Acrylic/Diamante Flower & Bud  Sprays.
These are just sooo glam, love them.


The other piece of Bling I used was another fab piece from 
Green Tara called, a Crystal Teardrop Spray.
When I use these I always break them into about six little individual
Crystal Sprays & just tuck them in here & there amongst 
my flower clusters. These come in several pastel colours.
I have used a clear one here.


I have also used lots & lots of the Green Tara Roses in
 three different sizes & three different colours.
 These Roses come in so many different colours 
& different sizes too. I just love these, can't get enough of them.

In the photo above you can see a beautiful
Green Tara Lace tucked in underneath the photo.
They have so many laces, we really are spoilt for choice.


All of my pink & aqua Roses I have added a little gold paint to
the petals to add to my touch of glamour.
I have also used lots of Green Tara Daisies as well as some of
their  Flower Sprays.
 (which is actually a wired spray of daisies)
I painted all of the Daisy centres in gold too, 
to keep in with the whole glam theme.


I have also tucked  some sweet little 
Green Tara Velvet Leaves in
here & there. These little Velvet Leaves are great because they
 are actually wired , so you can bend & push them however 
you like & they stay put.

All of this beautiful chipboard on these layouts, including this big
Flowery Swirl Frame & both my words are from 
I used a Medium on it to create this lovely texture &
then applied lots of metallic paints.


 I hope this layout inspires you to lash out & do something over
the top girly & blingy too. 

Green Tara Products Used
CODE: XP0622
CODE: XB30526
CODE: L2920W
CODE: PFST4
CODE: XL266Wh
CODE: FDR024Tu
CODE: FDR003Tu
CODE: FDR003Wh
1 cm Roses White
CODE: FDR001Wh
 2cm Rose Hot Pink
CODE: FDR009HP
 1.5cm Roses Hot Pink
CODE: FDR003HP
1.5cm Flower Cerise
CODE: FDVCer

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"Hanging Bird Cage"

For my second project this month I thought I would do something
a little different. Now I have to admit I don't do a lot of
 "Beyong the Page" but when I saw this gorgeous "shabby"
Hanging Bird Cage, I just couldn't wait to get started.
I thought it would make a lovely present for someone special.
This project, I have to admit, was really soooooo easy.
I just got out all my white Green Tara flowers & started. 
I wanted to keep it all in whites with just a "kiss of green".

Ooops, before I forget, A friend of mines hubby,
Kent Nguyen,
 photographed this for me. 
I am not the best at photographing things like this,
& he is such a great local photographer.
Thanks Kent xo


I have used one of the gorgeous Green Tara ribbons, a
 "Satin Edged Organza
& I have also used some of their green "Velvet Leaves".
Apart from those two things, I kept everything else white.
The large white flower you see on the left is the "Damask"
& the two bigger ones in the photo on the right are
"Gardenia" on top & "Sakura" underneath.
All of the others are listed below.

Green Tara Products Used
CODE: XF9225Iv
CODE: XF9221Iv
CODE: FDV054Wh
CODE: PFST1
CODE: FLC22Wh
CODE: FDR024Wh
CODE: FDR009Wh
CODE: XF2075Wh12
CODE: XL266GrP
CODE: RB16Li

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"Our Sweet Girl"


For my last layout this month, I thought I would show you this
 one I did a couple of weeks ago for a challenge.
Some of you have probably already seen it.
I really loved it because as well as lots of yummy
Green Tara flowers, I have also used one of their 
NEW ribbons. It is a 38mm wide
"Polka Dot Organza" Ribbon.
I think this ribbon is fabulous & even though it is 38mm wide, 
because it is a fine organza, it doesn't make your
layout bulky at all.


Just a little close up of some of the flowers.
The biggest one is called "Tutu". It has a little pearl in the middle &
 it comes in some really beautiful colours as well.


Also used more Roses, Cherry Blossoms, Velvet Leaves & then added
a Silk Flower with a Swarovski Crystal in the middle.
All from Green Tara naturally.

Well thats all from me today.
I'll see you back here on the blog next month.

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18 comments:

  1. Di, these are amazing and so very pretty. I especially love the detail on the background of the last page. Awesome work.

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  2. Simply stunning! So many gorgeous details to look at! xoxo

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  4. wow these area ll totally outstanding Di .... loving all your texture and richness you are pouring into your work x

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  5. These are just stunning Di. Such super sweet creations and wow that bird cage is out of this world! Love!

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  6. Love them all Di, esp the hanging bird cage - the great photography by Trent captures it perfectly.Cheers.

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  7. HOLY SMOKES Di!! All 3 creations are DE-LISH.... That bird cage is SOOOOOOO PRETTY!!

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  8. oh wow Di...amazing layouts just so so yummy and that bird card is to die for........YUMMMMMM

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  9. Thanks girls for such lovely words. Mwah. xoxo

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  10. Oh Di These are so beautiful!! love all the flowers, so pretty, layouts are extraordinary... love em!

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  11. WOW!!! Gorgeous designs! Fantastic clusters! And that bird cage is so stunning!!!Love them all so much!!!TFS!
    xxx

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  12. Wow, Di, these are all super gorgeous! I adore that bird cage, very beautiful!!! Lovely layouts, too, of course!

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  13. Fantastic Di - love them all - the bird cage is really inspired. Love what you did with the first layout.

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  14. Love all of these and your first layout is absolutely exquisite! :)

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  15. Di, these are all super gorgeous!!!!
    I loooooooooove the bird cage!!

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  16. Yummy Di!! LOVE that birdcage... I have the same one at home waiting for a whole pile of Green Tara loving!

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  17. Totally amazing love it all that little bird cage would make the perfect wedding decoration

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  18. Those are stunning! Great work Di!

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