Manorhouse Creations

Step card with Beck Beattie

beckbt — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:56:55 +0000

Step cards add an additional element of dimension beautifully teamed with stunning flowers and feathers.

Here is some steps to easily re-create this card.

1. Add patterned paper to the step card cut out of white cardstock.

2. Now add a trim of lace (I coloured it to match with some Tattered Angels chalkboard spray) to the bottom with a strip of pearls.

3. Add a Doily adhering it only in the centre of the doily.

4. Stamp your sentiment and you are ready to pretty it up with some Manor House Creations products.

5. Lastly add some of the divine Icicles flowers in blue and yellow and the most beautiful soft feather from the ‘Roring 20’s’ pack.

MHC Products Used: Icicles – Yellow and blue, Roaring 20’s white feather.

Card by Beck Beattie

Gloriously gold

karenshady67 — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:31:38 +0000

Hi, and welcome to our blog today, on this lovely Sunday. We are hoping you are going to get some creative ‘me’ time today, and are here to give you a little inspiration, using some of our stunning gold tones from the new Winter Collection.

Our amazing design team have once again created some jaw dropping beauties,

take it away girls

Layout by Elena Olinevich

MHC Products used: Leaves – Cream, Teeny Weeny roses – cream, , Lotus – Divine Beauty, Capri – orchid, Shades – Ivory.

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Layout by Gwen Wruck

MHC Products: Lazy Days misted with gold Perfect Pearls mist, Vines – white, Poetry – Sage, Shades, Lotus – white, Capri Rose – Gold, Ornate frames.

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Alicia shares a little about her layout: ‘I have used Capri flowers and mini glitter roses along with soft gold
ribbon and rhinestones. I also went with a peach colour theme to try to support
the gold colouring, with purple and apricot flowers to tie into the bride’s
bouquet in the photo’.

Layout by Alicia Barry

MHC Products used: Sunflowers - white, vine – purple, Sweeties - white, Capri -gold, Mini glitter roses - gold, Petite roses - Peach, Venice lace heart, ornate frame – cheval.

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Altered box by Tiffany Morgan

MHC Products used: Capri – aqua, Glitter mini roses – caramel.

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Using only white cardstock layer embossed and non embossed pieces to create
interest. Contrast this with coloured flowers for a striking
effect. I used Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots to raise the frames and butterfly
for dimension without unsightly foam being seen under such detailed pieces.

Card by Beck Beattie

MHC Products used: Layout pack – camelia/coffee, Ornate frame – oval.

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In the press

karenshady67 — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:47:01 +0000

Our flowers have been appearing on projects far and wide recently. We are noticing them popping up so much more among the pages of crafting magazines, both here in Australia, and overseas. We thought it would be fun to showcase some of the beautiful creations we have come across in the magazines, here on our blog. We plan to make this post a regular event, so, please, if you have had any creations featuring Manor House Creations products published in a magazine, anywhere in the world, we would love to have to chance to share them with everyone.

Just send your work to us here designteam@manorhousecreations.com , along with the magazine it was published in, and the issue, and we will do our best to feature it here on the blog for the world to see.

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We have a few creations from our design team to kick things off.

Heather McMahon - Scrapbook Creations – Issue 97

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Trudi Harrison – Scrapbook Creations (colour challenge) Issue 98

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Karen Shady – Scrapbooking Memories (flower vine feature) Vol 15 No 8.

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Card set by Linda Langes – Australian Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft Vol 19 No. 4.

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Trudi Harrison – Scrapbook Creations (colour challenge) Issue 97

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Card by Linda Langes – Australian Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft Vol 19 No. 2

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Remember, if you would like to see your work featured here, send the details to us at designteam@manorhousecreations.com , along with the magazine and issue it was published.

Happy Crafting

The team at Manor House Creations

Something a little different

karenshady67 — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:50:26 +0000

As you have probably noticed, our gorgeous new ‘Great Gatsby’ collection is full of stunning, rich, and bold colours. We thought it might be fun to show you a colour combination that you may not have thought of, let alone tried before. I would never have thought that red and purple together in a project could work, but, well, take a look at what our design team have done below, and Im sure, after seeing these, you too will be a convert.

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Alicia has used the bright colours, while still managing to keep her usual soft, romantic style

Layout by Alicia Barry

MHC Products used: Vines - red, Sunflowers - purple, Razzles - purple, Sweeties - white, Shades - mauve, Ornate frame - cheval, oval.

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A stunning, bold, mixed media masterpiece from Elena

Layout by Elena Olinevich

MHC Products: Vine – red, Camellia – purple, Razzles – purple.

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And, another totally different, but equally stunning look here from Gwen,

Layout by Gwen Wruck

MHC Products used: Dahlia – mini, Springtime – Lavender, Razzles – Red, Sweeties – mixed pack, Peacock feather.

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Thanks so much for joining us today on the blog. See you again soon.

Happy crafting

The team at Manor House Creations

Step x step card with Beck Beattie

karenshady67 — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:05:37 +0000

Hi there, and welcome to a special post, where Beck Beattie is going to share a little of her creative genius with us, and show us how she goes about creating a stunning card.

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Step 1: Add an embossed piece to the plain Kraft cardstock card and Colour the embossed accents of the card (I used the Spellbinders 4D emboss folder). Then ink the remaining in some Old Paper Distress Ink.

Step 2; Take one of the pink Icicles flowers and remove the centre so you have the icicles on their own.

It should look like this

Step 3: Now take your Tweeney Weeney roses and remove the green ‘leaf’ (discard this piece) as well as one set of petals

Step 4: Now add the flower to the card layering in the roses and icicles. Finish it off with a die cut butterfly, some pearl flourish and a little tag with your sentiment. Lastly add a little bow made from some pink netting to finish it off.

Card by Beck Beattie

MHC Products used: Icicles – pink, Teeny weeny roses – white.

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We hope you enjoyed Beck’s little step by step, and we hope you will have a go at creating your own.

Happy crafting

Starting June in style

karenshady67 — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:00:25 +0000

Hello, and welcome.

For those in Australia, welcome to the first day of winter. Some of you will be dreading the cold weather, but for me, it means I have an excuse to be inside, in my little craft room, creating!

We have some gorgeous work to share with you today, I’m sure there will be something here to inspire you, and get the creative juices flowing.

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Joanne has once again wowed us with her ability to turn a cute metal bird cage into an amazing work of art. Here she has created an amazing ‘Ice princess castle’

Joanne shares a little about her creation ‘ This time I altered yet another cage…it is the fairy-tale castle home of my ice princess. She lives within and holds a flickering battery operated candle at night. It really does look gorgeous at night but doesn’t photograph so well…I did try ‘

Altered bird cage by Joanne Bain
MHC Products used: Vine – Light Blue, Vine – White, Shades – Ivory & Springtime – Blue.

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Next, a very elegant all-purpose card, designed by Linda

Card by Linda Langes

MHC Products used: Capri – gold, Springtime – white

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A gorgeous headband created by Tiffany. A big thank you to her adorable daughter for being our model

Headband by Tiffany Morgan

MHC Products used: Lotus Purple, Sweeties- white, Fascinating – White

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A very pretty, shabby card designed by Elena

Card by Elena Olinevich

MHC Products used: Springtime – white, Ashlee – blue.

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Nancy has created this very pretty pair of cards, perfect to give to someone you love

Card set by Nancy Winter

MHC Products used: Capri – pink and blue, Imagine – blueberry.

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Thank you for joining us today. Enjoy your weekend, and happy crafting

The team at Manor House Creations

MHC at the Scrapbooking Expo !!!

Manor House Creations — Fri, 31 May 2013 20:16:08 +0000

Yes, last year we were SWAMPED by customers who just couldn’t get enough of our flowers and its all happening again this year! We are at STAND 47 – right opposite the stage.

We will have all of our new collections there, as well as the favourites and past collections (well, what’s left, that is!) Yes we are selling out now…THANKYOU for loving our flowers. And yes, there will be discounted prices!!

Stop by and say ‘hi’ . Meet some of the Design team. And yes, you are MOST welcome to take photos of the projects at the show – in fact, we encourage it!

See you there!!!

Designer Inspiration

karenshady67 — Thu, 30 May 2013 20:44:59 +0000

Hi, and welcome to our blog today. Do we have a treat for you. We have a mammoth post to share with you, full of gorgeous floral creations from our amazing design team ladies. We are sure you are going to be just as blown away as we are.

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To begin, a delightful layout by Heather McMahon

Heather tells us a little about the creative process: ‘I made the flower banner by using only the centres of flowers. I glued them in place to look like they were strung across the page. I made some small satin bows and glued these at the top of each flower loop to make it look like the string of flowers was tied into place. I used soft pastel colours to add to the dreamlike feel of the page.’

Layout by Heather McMahon

MHC Products used: Wild rose – green and sherbet, Poetry – white.

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Another soft, and pretty layout, this time from the talented Alicia. The flowers vines make the perfect frame for this adorable photo of her children.

Alicia shares a few tips: ‘I decided to stick with the blues and build the layout around the vine piece (which I LOVE). I cut it into 2 sections. I added the black touches and the paper lace doily to tie in with the Great Gatsby colour scheme I was after.

Layout by Alicia Barry

MHC Products used: Blue vine, Icicles – blue, Sunflowers - white, Little Sweeties - white.

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Layout by Elena Olinevich

MHC Products used:

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Layout by Trudi Harrison

MHC Products used: Pink Vine, Razzles – pink, Glitz – lemon, Sweeties – yellow, Mini Roses – blue and white, Springtime – white.

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We have lots of wonderful creations to share with you in June, so please don’t be a stranger

Happy crafting

The team at Manor House Creations

You’ve been spotted

karenshady67 — Wed, 29 May 2013 08:25:33 +0000

Hi, and welcome once again to one of our favourite blog posts of the month. It’s the time we get to share with everyone some of the amazing talent out there in cyber land. We search the internet, looking for the most gorgeous layouts, created using Manor House Creations flowers. We are constantly surprised by the amount of talented scrapbookers, and card makers out there. And, below, are just a few of the wonderful creations we came across.

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Adrienne Ford

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Heather Jacob

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Camilla Ekman

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Cathi O’Neill

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Evgenia Sokolinskaya

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Sonia Thomason

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We would like to thank these talented artists for allowing us to share their beautiful work with you. and please take a minute to visit their blogs for even more detail and inspiration.

If you would like us to feature your work here on our blog, please forward your layouts to

designteam@manorhousecreations.com

Roaring 20′s glitz and glamour

karenshady67 — Sun, 26 May 2013 23:09:14 +0000

Think roaring 20′s, think glitz and glamour… Our gorgeous new release is all that plus more. deep luxurious purples, reds and gold’s, bright, bold amazing colour.

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Just take a look at this stunningly elegant creation from Gwen Wruck. Gwen has gone with elegant purples, mixed with silver, and black, isn’t this a perfect combination.

Gwen says’ ‘I just love the new banners, they are plain white and can be used as they are or easily altered with ink, mist and water colours etc. and they are not just for cards… here I’ve used the “Happy Birthday” banner on a birthday layout. I’ve simply spayed with glimmer mist in a perfect co-ordinating colour and added it – easy’

Layout by Gwen Wruck

MHC Products used: Idyllic – Oatmeal, Royalty mix, Sunflower, Razzles, Happy Birthday banner – sprayed with glimmer mist.

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Next Beck has made a cute gift for a little friend.

‘Z’ By Beck Beattie

MHC Products used: Razzles – pink, Shades – pink and white, Teeny Weenies – white.

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Joanne Bain has once again wowed us with her amazing talent, this time, with a stunning dress form

Dress form by Joanne Bain
MHC Products used: Sarah, Vine – Purple

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Lastly, a gorgeous card from Tiffany, featuring the beautiful, bold red of the Ruffles flower.

Card by Tiffany Morgan

MHC Products used: Ruffles – red;

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Thank you all for joining us today. Bye for now, and happy crafting

The team at Manor House Creations