UmWowStudio and Gauche Alchemy

Hi everyone!

Today is the last day of the UmWowStudio/Gauche Alchemy swap so if you haven't done so already, go check out the all the different, inspirational projects by the DT members here and here!

My page was up on UmWowStudio yesterday and I wanted to share it with you all:

I don't know about you but I find with little ones around, it's tough it a get photo that has everyone in it AND everyone looking. Oh and it's recent too, yay! So this one is precious to me. And I just loved using the UmWowStudio Potty People to represent us!

Most of the title bits come from the Gauche Alchemy blue mixed media color kit...lot's of cool bits and pieces to make your page look unique!

One more close up...used some heart punchinella as a stencil with some molding paste.

All right people, that's all for now! It's Friday (!) hope you all have a great weekend!

Thank You Gauche Alchemy!

Hi everyone!

OK, this post is a little overdue but better late than never, right?

This was my last project I made with the wonderful, awesomely cool kit I got from Gauche Alchemy! Their Dia de los Muertos kit was so unique, I really enjoyed working with it!

 I dedicated this one to my friend Dora (on the left)..I've known her since we were five years old! Way before anyone ever coined the term BFF she and I were chums. This is a fairly recent photo of us...we'd met up in Mexico with our families and it was close to the Dia de los Muertos holiday so we got this fun shot of us next to our skeleton friend. I love our pose, it's kinda taking me back to a 1980's-minus-the-pumped-up-hair thing!

Lot's of layers here..I cut circles out of punchinella, used a cool skeleton sticker, threw in a charm of my own.
In the background is emphemera paper, layered with gesso, stamps and paint.

I had some fun here with the cameo and frame! First I painted the frame (originally grey/silver) to suite my page.
Then I took some Rub 'n Buff in Gold Leaf and applied it to the cameo so that you could really see her face. A little
Rub 'n Buff goes a long way! I also added a little rosette charm into her hair. Finally I placed  a little mirror charm..you know, as if she is looking at herself :)

I globbed on the Lumiere paint! Love the texture it creates.

Do you remember the earrings I made with Shrinky Dink and stamps? Well I had a bunch of these charms left over so that I could use them as embellishments on other pages. Came in handy here!

Thanks to Gauche Alchemy for having me as their guest!

That's all for now...thank you everyone for your visits and comments!

Made a Little Canvas

Hi everyone!

Before I enter into a tryptophan stupor from all the turkey tomorrow I thought I'd quickly share another project I made for Gauche Alchemy with their Dia de los Muertos kit. 

Stone skulls, ephemera paper for the hearts, braille paper for the wedding gown, washi tape,
background skull stamp, and Crafter's Workshop mask all courtesy of Gauche Alchemy's kit!

The holiday is past but I'll have a little something to put up for the special day next year! I loved working with  those stone skulls and that mask!

I got heavy handed on the heavy gel medium and Distress Crackle paint and though it took FOREVER and then some, to dry, I'm loving the result! Aren't they a cute couple ;)

OK, that's all for now! Have a wonderful rest of the week however you decide to celebrate!

Scrappy and Not So Scrappy Stuff!

Hello everyone!

I'm going to spend a good part of this weekend prepping for Thanksgiving festivities because I've got my Aussie in-laws flying in Thanksgiving day! So before time totally gets away from me I wanted to share with you two projects I'd been working on...

First up is my page for CSI case no. 46..

Look at that beautiful room! I love the colors purple and green in and of themselves but I don't often make pages with those colors together. And that's why I love working with challenges! They encourage you to try new or rarely done things, don't you think?

For my evidence I incorporated frames, animal accents, pom-pom trim, painting, textured element, and translucent element. As for my testimony I created a translucent "pocket" (the window) to hold my journaling tag.

I've always loved this quote and on the tag I write a letter of encouragement
to my oldest daughter to do just that.

I shaped the window outline with floral wire and used vellum as the "glass" to create my transparent pocket.

I had some fun making a collage element to this photo. The fairy hat is foil tape
stamped and decorated with glitter.

I'm not huge into fussy cutting but I'm glad I worked on these frames, I really liking
the effect...

My second project is very un-scrappy. A first for me...jewelry! I made it with the November Gauche Alchemy Dia de los Muertos kit  Talk about inspiration! Their kits are so cool because they include such unique, not-usually-found-in-scrap-kit type items! These were pretty easy to make and I've got a quick tutorial right here.

Aren't those stone skull beads fun!

Well hello there friend! :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Hanging Out With Gauche Alchemy!

Hi everyone!

Gauche Alchemy asked me to be their guest designer for November for which I was all jazzed and elated! I had the chance to work with their very unique and awesome Dia de los Muertos kit...

This kit is full of all sorts of goodness!

 It definitely got my creative juices going! I'll be sharing with you all the fun I had with my kit....see ya soon!