Relax'n - 3/18

Friday I finally got to go to a crop!!! I haven't been in months due to so much happening with holidays, school stuff, and life. I had so much fun seeing all my favorite ladies!! I especially love the food and the chatting. I don't have to crop alone. lol. I usually only get a page or 2 done during the crop, but hey it's all worth it! Creative Memories has some very cute stuff coming out this spring! I even got my hands on some really cute spring stickers.

Well 1 of the pages I got done was of course for my DT work at LGS!!! I really enjoyed playing with this week's sketch. I was able to add several of my own touches to it to make it my own. I struggled a little trying to find the right background paper and I'm definitely not a big fan of paisley.

The Sketch:

My Page:

Authentique Loyal papers, Thickers

Close-ups:

Bling, flowers, Liquid Pearl

Used alcohol ink on chipboard butterfly, then added smooch gold on top

2 border punches

added liquid pearls to punch

Come join in the fun all month long!

Pool Fun - 2/16

This past weekend was so much fun! We went on vacation to visit friends and family during Mardi Gras break. I couldn't wait to start scrapping all the awesome pics we took while down there. My Scraps and More was hosting a Love is in the Air Crop while I was away, but the deadline isn't until tomorrow! Which still leaves me time to play along with some of the challenges. I'm hoping to get most of them done this weekend. My friend Lisa hosted one of the challenges "A box of Chocolates." The challenge was to use a heart and brown paint/ink. This was a fun task and I could use any pic!

I ended up using some of my new Distress Crackle paint on a stamp for the background. Turned out kinda neat, but was a pain to get off my rubber stamp. lol. I also misted my chipboard heart with brown smooch spritz.

My Page:

Materials:

Authentique Loyal papers

Momenta alphas

Dew drops

Trendy Twine

Distress crackle paint

Alcohol inks to dye white Prima flowers

Close-ups:

Used lettuce, butterscotch, bottle alcohol inks to dye flower.

Added gold smooch on tips.

Used lettuce alcohol ink to dye chipboard, then added gold smooch and pearls to butterfly.

Outlined my title with a brown pen for extra flare.

Distress crackle paint stamped on background.

Smooch Spritz on chipboard heart.

Gold smooch and latte alcohol ink to dye flower.

Trendy Twine wrapped around photo.

Hope y'all enjoy this adorable summery page!

Beach Bound - 2/6

It's new month! Which means a new chance to win the fabulous prize over at Let's Get Sketchy! There are 4 challenges which means 4 chances to win the drawing! This weeks sketch is an awesome one! I had a lot of fun working with this one.... not to mention the messy hands and table I ended up with! I don't mind my table being messy at all...It gives it character! It has stickles, mist, alcohol inks, chalk, distress ink, and no telling what else is stained on it. But it's mine! Do any of y'all add character to your scrappy desks?

The Sketch:

My Page:

I actually turned the photo to make it work.

Materials:

LYB Boardwalk

Life's a Beach cricut cart

Prima flowers

Trendy Twine

Adirondak inks

stickles, smooch, Glossy Accents

Close-ups:

Dyed flowers with alcohol ink and blending solution

Added stickles, smooch, and glossy accents as well.

Keep an eye out for a tutorial coming in the next few months! 

Viva Las VegaStamps DT Tryout!!!!!!

So I am interrupting the normal flow of things here...... to bring you....... this awesome company...... called Viva Las VegaStamps! Did you know they make over 15,000 stamps!!!! They even have embossing powder and stamp pads! I have recently discovered this company through one of my great scrappy friends DeeDee. I also love her monthly kits, but that's another topic. Well I love using stamps especially if it involves embossing!! Well here are a few of my projects using stamps. Hope y'all enjoy the interruption.....

ATC:

My fav of them all! I used 2 or 3 shades of green TH distress ink on some TH resist craft paper.

I stamped and heat embossed the flourish. Added 2 different alcohol inks to my Prima flower.

Painted gold Smooch on the flower.

 

Cards:

I love this Valentine card! I used 3 different heart stamps with 3 different color embossing powders.

I also stamped the owl and sentiment with TH distress powder.

This was a card for my Lilybug's b-day. It's simple, but yet I love it.

I used my Nests then stamped Cinderella and Happy B-day with Staz-on black.

 

 

Layouts:

I stamped the MME butterflies using TH distress ink then fussy cut them using my TH scissors.

I also stamped and heat embossed a flower in pale yellow.

I used tone on tone stamping for the background here. I used BG Oliver Stamps with some TH distress ink to create a background that wasn't just plain cardstock.

 

Hope y'all enjoy this interruption with my stamping techniques!!!

 

And check out that awesome stamp site!!!



Techinique Thursday - Alcohol Flowers

So I have been having fun playing with my Adirondack Alcohol Inks! They are so much fun to put on my white Prima flowers. Here is an easy way to use these fun colorful inks.

First and foremost... To keep from having a huge mess, place a napkin or paper towel over your work area. Add a few drops of alcohol blending solution to your flower. Don't coat the flower just a few here and there. This will give you lighter and darker shades throughout your flower.

Second..... pick your color and just add a drops onto your flower. The ink will spread especially with the blending solution already on parts of it. When finished just dab a napkin on top to make sure all the excess ink is removed.

Here is what your finished flower should look like. See the different shades in the petals... This is caused by the blending solution.

Here is the finished product. I added another flower using a darker green and black brad. I also added some Glossy Accents on the tips to give it a shine.

Here is my layout using my flower and a sketch from sketchers:

Here is the sketch:

Hope y'all enjoy your new and improved flowers!