Going for Gold with Riddersholm Tailgate Marked from the Flying Unicorn Store

Sometimes I just get a little crazy with the metallic colors and today was one of those days.  I just thought these Ridersholm papers from the Flying Unicorn Store would look great with lots of gold accents.  Scroll down for a tutorial to build this page.

TUTORIAL

Step 1:

I'm using Ridersholm's Tailgate Marked collection and this page is called Poppy.  It will be the base layer of the layout.

Use a mask to stencil on gold masking paste.  I used TCW's Tile Texture Mask (12 x 12) and Studio 490 gold embossing paste.

Here's how the paper looked after removing the mask.  The effect is subtle but pretty and as the paste dries the gold takes on a really shiny metallic look.

Step 2 - cut layers:

• Cut a  mat for your photo from Woodland sized slightly larger than your photo.
• Cut a rectangle 5 x 12" from Farfalla.
• Cut a rectangle 3.25 x 10.25" from Woodland

Use border punches to punch around the two larger rectangles.  I used Martha Stewart Deco Flowers and Cherish.  Use whatever punches you have or leave plain.  Ink the edges with gold ink or paint.  I used gold StazOn.

Step 3 - Prepare chipboard:

I've taken Creative Embellishments Berries and cut the berries and branches apart making 3 pieces from each piece of chipboard.  

• Paint the berries with gold paint.  I used Silks Emperor's Gold
• Stain the branches with mist.  I first dabbed on Lindy's Frost Forest Green which is a great color that goes well with this paper.  After that dried I dabbed on a bit of Lindy's Gator Gumbo Olive which added gold sparkle to my branches.  You can achieve a similar effect with water colors or other paints/mists.  Just look for two colors that are similar to what I've used.
• Ignore the doily in the photo, I decided not to use it.

Step 4 - embossing the edges:

Now dab on a little embossing ink randomly around the edge of the page.  Then sprinkle on Stampendous Aged Gold Embossing Enamel or something similar, and heat.  It is better to do smaller portions of the edge at a time so that you don't get embossing powder everywhere!

After you've done all the edges, it should look something like this:

Step 5 - prepare the flowers:

I've sprayed Petaloo Black Burlap Blossoms and sprayed them lightly with Prima Empress Gold mist.  This softens the black color and adds a really pretty metallic gold cast to them.

Step 6 - prepare the layers:

Cut cardboard to fit under both of the layers and glue to the back of each piece.  You could also use foam tape.

Adhere and center the smaller rectangle on top.

Step 7 - Assembly:

• Adhere the layers to the base page about 4" from the top.
• Chose a title and adhere on the right side of the popped up layers as shown in the below photo.  I've used a Creative Embellishments word chippy painted with Silks Emperor's Gold.
• I decided to pop up my photo too so put either cardboard or foam tape underneath that.  You will need to put two layers of cardboard at the top of the photo where it hangs off the layered rectangles.

Step 8 - the fun part!

Now its time to add your flowers and embellishments.  Add the flowers as shown on the right building a cluster on the right bottom of the photo and right side.  Tuck in the gold painted berries and the branches.  I also tucked in a cameo from my stash.

You may need to add a little piece of cardboard to your flower, especially for the flowers at the top of the photo because of all the popped up layers.

Floral cluster at the left top of the photo.

And that's it, all finished!  I love the rich gold look of this page, I think it  makes it look antique to go along with the vintage look of the photo.  The photo is not really vintage, it's me and a friend dressed up in flapper clothes while on a cruise with Graphic 45.  

I love how the gold mist looks on the black flowers.

Supplies - links are to the Flying Unicorn Store:

Riddersholm Tailgate Marked collection:

Poppy

Farfalla

Woodland

Other:

TCW Tile Texture mask - use any texture mask

Studio 490 Metallic Gold embossing paste

StazOn Gold Metallic ink

Martha Stewart punch around the page punches - Cherish, Deco Flower

Creative Embellishments Berries

Creative Embellishments Friends Word Set

Lindy's Starburst Mists:  Gator Gumbo Olive, Frost Forest Green

Silk's Emperor's Gold paint

Stampendous Aged Gold Embossing Enamel

Petaloo Burlap Blossoms Black

Prima Color Bloom Mist Empress Gold

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  

New Riddersholm Design papers

One of the great things a bout the Flying Unicorn store is that we carry those hard to find papers from overseas manufacturers.  One that  I really love is Riddersholm Designs from Denmark.  The papers are a nice weight cardstock and feature lovely vintage designs, they work great for vintage and shabby chic projects.  And the best part, these papers are 20% off from now through August 30th!

Here's a layout I did of my older brother when he was just a little boy in Verdun, France, the older child is a french friend.  I used the Riddersholm Huntington Garden collection mostly for this layout.

I made rosettes with my Tim Holtz Alterations die and used Bo Bunny Time Piece buttons to embellish the centers.  The other flowers are a mix of Flying Unicorn and Recollections flowers.

Thanks for visiting!!

Flying Unicorn February KOM-OTP project

Included with every Flying Unicorn is an off the page project.  Each month the project differs and it is so fun to see what's in the kit!  This month the Off the Page project is a Kaisercraft word mini - DREAM.
I used Riddersholm papers for this mini and a Crafty Secrets Valentines (included in the kit) image sheet to create this mini.  I combined flowers from the kit with handmade flowers and a few flowers from my stash.

I used a heart chipping from the kit on the letter D and accented with Distress fired brick ink.  The detailing on the left is a Kaisercraft rubon included in the kit.

I stamped swirls onto the paper and heat embossed with white embossing powder to create the swirls pattern on the paper.  Those are Petaloo flowers from my stash.

Kaisercraft rubons on the left and images from the kit.

Dusty Attic chipboard vine colored with Lindys Starburst Alpind Ice Rose, flowers from my stash, image and butterflies from the kit.

Kaisercraft "Love" - it was bright pink but I used red pepper alcohol ink to change its color to match my page.   Blue flowers from the kit, red from my stash. 

Thanks for stopping by, as always I love reading your comments!

What's happening at Flying Unicorn in December?

Oh there is so much going on at the Flying Unicorn this month!!!  First let me tell you about Santa's workshop.  Alda and her CT elves have been very busy writing tutorials for you. Everyday through December 24th there will be a new tutorial for you to try, some are easy, some a little more complicated but there's surely something for everyone.  There's a great flower tute today and more flowers to come.  How about quilling?  That's on the schedule for tomorrow.  Just visit the Santa's Workshop thread to learn all about it!  Oh, and there are some great prizes that will be awarded to 9 lucky winners selected at random.  You'll get one entry for each tutorial you complete.  Sweet!!

Wow, I have so much to tell you about!!  We have not one, but two fabulous guest designers this month, Tammy Henderson and Joyce Lawrence.  Both of these gals are so very talented.  I can't wait to see what they show us this month.  Both have posted awesome challenges, keep reading to learn about those!

Tammy Henderson

Joyce Lawrence

In addition to al those great tutorials, we have 13 challenges lined up for you, all with fabulous RAKS for the randomly selected players of each challenge.

Play it Again Sam

Extreme Christmas Trims
Picture This
The Christmas Wrap

Glam it Up! 

Let Them Eat Fruitcake

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Tis the season to be Tearing (Tammy's challenge) 

First Childhood Idol Crush

Christmas Ornament(Joyce's challenge)

Challenge of challenges

Silver Bells

Artist of the Week Challenge

My challenge this month is Glam it Up!  The challenge is easy, just create a project using at leat 3 kinds of glimmer, glam and sparkle!!  Go here, to learn more about my challenge.

Here's my example - it's an 8 x8 layout with lots of glam and sparkle!

And here's the great RAK up for grabs!

Come visit us at the Flying Unicorn, its a happening kind of place!!

Flying Unicorn and Sketches: Creatively Yours

I did this LO using the beautiful Riddersholm papers made in Denmark.  They are a nice heavyweight and so very pretty!  You can get these papers at the Flying Unicorn store.   There are two Christmas lines and several other lines that are great for vintage and shabby chic projects, really good for ANY project!

I used this week's sketch from Sketches: Creatively Yours.   There are lots of great interpretations of this sketch posted at S:CY, be sure to check them out.  We'd love to see your interpretations of this sketch so give it a try and leave us a link to your LO. 

Here's my interpretation.  I made the ginormous poinsettia using a Sizzix die, kind of over powers the photo  but it was fun to make.  The picture is of NIka, Christmas 2010 when she was 8 months old.  The snowflakes are Dusty Attic covered with Stickles crystal and icicles.  The letters are Pink Paislee sugared with Diamond Dust. 

Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it!