Some Shine and Pizzazz!

Hi everyone!

My turn up at UmWowStudio! You can see more details of the reveal here. 

The page I made was totally inspired by the fun photo of my eldest...I so love this pic! She was at dress rehearsal for an upcoming performance and I thought I'd better a photo "now or never" in costume. So glad I did! 

I used the UWS chipboard to add some pizzazz to my page by loading them up with glitter..they really sparkle under the light!

For the background I painted with an acrylic metallic blue and stamped with paint too. The red is watercolor paint on watercolor paper (imagine that) (insert self sarcasm) and stamped with Stazon ink. 

I used my Silhouette all over this too....the star page, the anchor, and the helm. Got the nautical shapes free from here. It says they will only work in Photoshop but I just converted them to a PNG file on my PSE so that I could open it up in Silhouette. 

Hope mid week is treating everyone well and thanks so much for stopping by! Oh and you're probably going to be sick of me repeating this but you can follow me on Bloglovin' by clicking on this imagine in the sidebar:

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!

Where's Miae?

Hi everyone!

Wow, it looks like I took an unintended hiatus from the scrapping/ blogging world. I haven't posted anything since early June! Yikes!

I was thinking about what it was that kept me away for so long it really wasn't anything more than the busy-ness of life. First there was the visit by the in laws, then there was my daughter's end of school year activities, quickly followed by a family vacation overseas....phew! One thing I have discovered about myself is that my creative mind is like a muscle. If I don't use it, I lose it.... Drove myself a little crazy wanting to scrap but drawing blanks whenever I'd squeeze in a little time to try :(

I did finally manage to make a page. I struggled, I'm ambivalent the way it turned out but that's OK because I created SOMETHING! Thanks CSI for this one!

I don't think I've ever worked this color scheme before, it's not an easy one for me. I turned to my trusty washi tape, paints and stencils to help me sort it out. Once the paints ran in the directions it did, the rest of the page came together a little easier. 

Molding paste mixed with Adirondack Color Wash gave me a blue textured medium which I spread over my TCW circle stencil. I painted over some of the circles with Daler Rowney Liquid Acrylic in Sky Blue 

Used the Silhouette to cut out the "kapow" shape (no really, that's what it's called) out of vellum to imply a burst and with green paper as leaves for this flower cluster.

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Textured Layers for Let's Get Trendy Now! 3

Hi everyone!

I'm up at the Let's Get Trendy Now! 3 workshop! Come and see all the different projects and be inspired to create! The focus for today is Textured Layers and I love me some texture and some layers!

I thought I'd do a quick run down of how I usually approach my layouts. I typically start by layering different mediums to create the background. There are so many out there: gesso, textured pastes, paints, mists and crayons just to name a few.

And just think of all the different ways to apply those mediums: brushes, stamps, stencils, punchinella, heck.... fingers! Again, just to name a few.

After I'm satisfied with the background, I layer with my papers and embellishments.

For my final step, I'll doodle here and there to emphasize certain features or to create interest. I also flick on extra bits of paint or mists at this point. And that's it, my formula for a textured, layered page!

Now for the supplies....

AC Cardstock (not shown), Strathmore watercolor paper (not shown), Stazon ink, Golden gesso, Lumiere's paints, Dr Martin Bombay india ink, Faber Castell Gelatos, Big Brush Pen, and Pitt pen, Zig Writer and Photo Signature pen, Heidi Swapp Color Shine, TA Glimmer Mist, Shimmerz Colorings, TA Glimmer Glam, Studio g glitter, Angora water color paints, washi tape,  7 Gypsies stamp, Studio g stamps, UmWowStudio Chipboard (arrow), Heidi Swapp chipboard, Colorbok hearts, Glitz alphas, Heidi Swapp alphas, Prima alphas
***also not shown are the bits of punchinella used to apply gesso***

For even more textured layered ideas go and visit Let's Get Trendy Now! 3 !

It's Time For Let's Get Trendy Now! 3

Hi everyone!

Would you like some fabulous ideas for working with some of the hottest trends in crafting today? Why not come join us for a fun online workshop?

I’m joining this group of awesome ladies in the Let’s Get Trendy Now!3 workshop where we will be showing 5 trends – neon, sequins, handmade embellishments, stitching and textured layers. Not only will you be inspired by 32 never-been-seen projects, you will also get a chance to win some prizes if you play along with our challenges.

Just add your name to the linky tool and join us from 3 – 7 June at Let’s Get Trendy Now!3 site.

UmWowStudio and Bloglovin'

Hi everyone!

It's been a whirlwind of busy-ness here with the school year coming to a rapid close (OMG second grade here we come!), family in town, and some trips coming up! So life has kept me too busy to get too much scrapping done but I did want to share with you my layout that I've got up at UmWowStudio!!

I really loved working with the UWS chippies to create a layout with a girlie/grungy feel. The butterflies and the triangles helped me to do just that!

Here's some close ups of the butterflies:

I covered them with gesso followed by Kroma crackle medium. Next I used mists and powders to emphasize the crackle.

I left the triangles raw (plus some black sprinkles)...love the natural brown color of this chipboard!

When I snapped this photo, I laughed because my daughter looked so paparazzi ready ;) hence the title of the page.....

And one more important thing....I'm sure most of you know by now that Google Reader will no longer be available after July 1st. I've decided move my RSS feed to Bloglovin'. You can continue to follow my blog (and I hope you do!) by clicking on this symbol in my sidebar:

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Hope that helps! 

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!