A Background Process Video - The Crafters Workshop

Hello everyone!

Dropping by today to share a project and video for The Crafter's Workshop.

I worked with one stencil, TCW450 Art Deco Leaves, and many different media to create the background for this page:

Here's some close ups:

And enjoy the video:

Thanks for visiting and watching!

Supplies:

TCW450 Art Deco Leaves

Dylusions Ink Sprays

Gloss Super Heavy Gel medium

Various Arcrylic Paints

Recollections Microbeads

Chalk Sticks

UmWowStudio Celebrate Confetti

Amy Tangerine Roller stamp

Dear Lizzy Roller stamp

Studio G butterfly stamp

Martha Stewart Glitter

The Crafter's Workshop - A Little Piece of Paradise

Hi everyone,

I've got a layout up at The Crafter's Workshop with how to's and all! I used super gloss heavy gel to make the page so if you're interested, please go have a look!

I took this photo on our recent trip to St. Maarten. The water, the sand, the sky.....ahhhh, seriously beautiful! My eldest is just looking so contented here...she couldn't get enough of the beaches. I wanted the page to have some flowing movement, feel tranquil yet fun. For me feathers just lend themselves to movement and TCW has feather stencils both big and small. 

I also used TCW Mini Letters Collage in the background...I like using alpha numerics on my kids pages, something about school and all that ;)

Oh and those canvas circles are cut out after using TCW Mini Circles Regiment. One last close up.....

Again if you're interested in how I made this page, head on over to The Crafter's Workshop! Thanks a ton for visiting!

Supplies:

TCW389 Fancy Feather and 389s Mini Fancy Feathers 

TCW336s Mini Letters Collage

TCW377s Mini Circle Regiment

VLVS Hexagon Stamp

Canvas Corp canvas sheet

Tattered Angels High Impact paint

Angora Watercolors

Twinkling H2Os

Kreative Koncepts Color Challege - You & Me

Hi everyone!

Well, I'm sad to say that this is my last Color Challenge with Kreative Koncepts. The time has gone by quickly and I thoroughly enjoyed working with the challenges that Zeneva made for us!

This color challenge was a unique one and I really enjoyed it! I had fun pulling out lots of my green supplies and working them into the page. And of course, making a dent in my stash always puts a smile on my face :)

I'm going to laugh everytime I see this page because green is not generally considered a romantic color and some of those green splatter marks even remind me (dare I say) of mold on a petri dish!! But you know what, I love this "days gone by" photo of me and my hubs at our friends' wedding and humor is always good ;)

It's a bold combo and I hope it challenges and inspires you!

I've had these Sassafras letter forever and finally I got to use them!

Glitter, ink, paint, rhinestones, washi tape....I threw them all in there...

There's a bit of the TCW Specimans stencil that I used.

So I bid farewell to Kreative Koncepts, thanks for having me on the team and best wishes to all the talented, wonderful ladies I worked with!

Supplies:

Distress Paint Mowed Lawn

Derwent Inktense Pencils

Daler & Rowney Acrylic paints

Mr. Huey Mistletoe

Twinkling H2O Rainforest

Recollections Scripts Stamp

Glitz Roller Stamp Camera

Washi Tape Frecked Fawn

Speed Ball India ink

Studio 18 rhinestones

TCW 454 Specimans

Kreative Koncepts Sketch Challenge - You Two Color Our World

Hi everyone,

There's a very bold, new sketch up at Kreative Koncepts! That big triangle reminded me of pie wedges so here's my take:

What do you think about this sketch?

I made each wedge it's own little mixed media slice. It was fun making those backgrounds! I went crazy with my TCW stencils :) And my little girls have grown so much since that photo was taken.....

I love to see all the creative handwriting that people do on art journals and such so I had a go of it on on that dragonfly :)

Have a wonderful day and hope you play along with that sketch!

Of Feathers and Friends

Hi everyone!

This month at XOXO Scrapbooking, the challenge is to use chipboard! You all know you've got some so pull out your chippies, show us what you like to do with them and link you project to XOXO Scrapbooking for a chance to win more chippies from Words or Whatever (WOW)!

WOW has been gracious enough to sponsor this month! Here's what I made with the beautifully shaped chipboard they gave me.....

Hence the title of my post.....:) These two little ones are as different as can be in appearance and temperament but they are such close friends :)

I painted the chippies with metallic acrylic paint, covered them with glue and micro beads, then painted over the micro beads with more paint. 

A mix of different media layers here...

So for your chance to win some WOW chipboard, coming along and play...you've got all month!

Party At True XOXO Scrapbooking!

Hi everyone!

Have you heard about the month long party we're having over at True XOXO Scrapbooking? Everyday there's a new December project featured...tons of ideas for this festive season! I'm telling ya, it's a great place to stop by for inspiration!

I made my project for Xmas last year but we'll still be pulling it out anew this year! It's very easy to make and a great way to use your scrap papers...

I gathered matching scraps of paper and fabric, gessoed, stamped and painted them up, rolled up the bits

and glued them on a piece of canvas. I'd prepped the canvas beforehand with silver acrylic paint and splats of orange. The frame is from the dollar store and I sprayed it white beforehand. My little star is handcut out of foil tape and wrapped in orange string. That's it!

Hope to see you at the True XOXO Scrapbooking party!

Cheers!

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!

Summer's End...

Hello everyone!

Summer officially ends for us tomorrow as my daughter begins her first day of FIRST grade! Wow!

It's been a great summer full of lots (and I mean lots) of activities to keep the kiddos busy and while I've enjoyed all the time together, I've missed not having as much time to play around on paper. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we'll soon ease into new routines and I'll find more "me" time :)

I did manage to play along with CSI case #33 and eek out a page at the last minute...

Evidence: liquid medium, woodgrain, sand like stuff, white background, metal
and metal. Testimony: journaling strips

I've always loved this photo of my oldest daughter! Whenever I see it I smile...it's full of just the right mix of happy, adventure, and magic and I really hope that is how my oldest will feel about her childhood when she someday looks back on it.

Prima flowers and sentiment tag. Washi tape from Gauch Alchemy. Dripped
ink from TA (beige) and Distress Stain (blue).

Splatters by Distress Stains.

Most of the work on this page was with the background. I started with gesso, added stamps, sprayed and dripped TA and Distress Stains and added splatters. I took scenic sand and mixed it with a gel medium until I got the desired consistency and applied it with my palette knife.

Prima paper

The one piece of background paper I embossed with a woodgrain die. I added some Ranger glossy accent drops for the "water splashes".

But wait, there's more.......

True XOXO Scrapbooking is holding their challenge of Olympic Proportions through August...that's still 6 days to go everyone! So get on over and play along! Here was my take on the challenge. I obviously used the Olympic rings as my inspiration:)

Faber Castell gelatos and washi tape by Gauche Alchemy.

I drew circles of different sizes onto watercolor paper using Faber Castell gelatos and brushed over them with liberal amounts of water. 

I made the chevron arrows from masking tape and washi tape. 

OK, now that's all for today! Thank you for your visits and comments, I always appreciate them!

What a Weekend It Was!

Yes, the next weekend is almost upon us but let me tell you about my last weekend....

I had the FANTASTIC opportunity to meet Anna Dabrowska aka Finnabair (!!) and take her Mixed Media class!!! And yes, it was all that I'd hoped it would be! Anna is a wonderful teacher, passionate, straight forward, challenging, encouraging and most certainly inspiring....THANK YOU Anna!

Anna and me!

Our class was sponsored by Swirlydoos, and held at Prima Marketing. Anna hand picked the yummy Prima goodies for our projects so it was a great group, great venue, and great teacher! 

Cool learning points for me:

1. When working on your layers, commit that stuff down with glue! No humming and hawing with each piece...this is art, there are no mistakes!

2. New approach...thinking in black and white and in shapes...add the colors later (a completely different way of thinking for me!)

3. You don't need gesso (gasp!) to get those bold colors over already colorful items...Lumiere acrylic paints baby! I knew I loved those paints for a reason!

  

Here's my journal...

Some close ups:

Also got to meet some cool people along the way...

Hi Jodi, Pom and Frank!

It's a pretty awesome thing when you get to meet live and in person
a fellow scrapper you've been DT and blogging friend with! Hi Frank!

It really was a memorable event and I'm promising myself it won't be my last! Have an inspired weekend!