I Love ILS!

Hi everyone!

It's really amazing how international scrapbooking has become. There's so many wonderful paper collections, chipboards, embellishments coming out from other countries, so many international blogs with really fun challenges and so many seriously. talented. people.

One paperline I absolutely adore is ILS or I Lowe Scrap. They're out of Poland and I love their stuff and I LOVE to see what the talented DT members do with the papers. You know how a certain style of scrapbooking just calls to you? Well ILS calls to me :)

I'd been coveting those papers for some time since they are not as easy to get in the US and I finally got my hands on some!! In case you are interested, Freckled Fawn sells them stateside.

I vowed not to hoard the paper ;) so I jumped right in to this month's color challenge here:

I used watercolors and Gelatos to get the colors in the background. Behind the photo are layers made of ILS paper, vellum, and washi tape. 

I've also decided to try a new thing. At the end of every post, I'll do a snapshot of the supplies used for that page. I got the idea from Yvonne Yam and her blog Do More With Less who gives a great anatomical breakdown of her pages.

Patterned paper and sentiment tags from ILS, yellow tissue paper, black CS from Recollections, vellum paper by Daiso, watercolor paint from Angora, Faber Castell gelatos, spray by Color Shine, gesso by Golden, mini roller stamp by Glitz, stamp by Studio g, washi tape by Recollections, thread by Daiso, and TH paper distresser

That's all for today, thanks for stopping by!

Ready, Set, Scrap!

Hi everyone!

I'm always envious of fast scrappers because it's something I'm not. Just imagine being able to crank out gorgeous page, after page! My endless pile of photos might actually get smaller!

Well this month's challenge with True XOXO Scrapbooking asks for just ONE thing: ONE hour! That's right, print that photo, get your supplies ready and then SCRAP for one hour!

I really enjoyed this challenge because it took me to the core of how I scrap...what are my go to supplies? What techniques do I turn to? I'll be honest, I thought a lot more than an hour about my page before putting anything down on paper but that's the way I work! My page took 1 hour and 4 min to actually make...

What are my go to supplies? Over and over again, I turn towards my paints, inks, and mists. 

What techniques do I turn to? I love to...wait, NEED to splatter, spray, or drip color to feel good about a page...weird? On this page I took my Faber Castell gelato sticks and mixed them with water to paint and splatter on my paper.

Here's our youngest (then 5 months old) attending her
first luau in Kauai.

So plenty of time for everyone to join in the challenge but, hey, we're only asking for one hour so why not join in and get it done now;)

Well that's my page for today! Thank you for your visit and comments!