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Valentine Card - Ruby Rock-it

2012-01-25T10:00:00.000-05:00

I made this card for the new Ruby Rock-it "Vintedge" collection. I love the versatility of this line (and I love the dark reds a lot). Don't forget to visit the blog this week (and especially over the CHA week) - lots of inspiration, and you never know what will be posted live from CHA.

For the keyhole plate, I first adhered the patterned paper to a piece of raw chipboard, then I put them through my sizzix in one go - it gives a much better result than passing the paper and chipboard separately.

(PS - trying out a different size for the photo today. Let me know what you think - too big?)

Supplies (Ruby Rock-it):
PP, key sticker, mini letters, twine - new "Vintedge" collection

Other Supplies:
CS - Bazzill
ink - Ranger
other - sewing thread, raw chipboard sheet

Bowties are Cool

2012-01-23T10:00:00.000-05:00

This week on the Ruby Rock-it blog, the design team is showcasing the versatility of the new "Vintedge" collection. There's also a giveaway to enter - get all the details on this post.

Doctor Who is a big favorite at my house. Even though my son has never seen the show, he has taken a liking to bowties (all on his own - no prompting from me), and was super excited to get a new one. Of course I had to document that, and the anglophile imagery in parts of this collection were perfect for my page.

I die-cut a couple of extra gears to match the ones in the papers:

I love to combine minis with chipboard for larger titles:

Some of the silly 'out takes'. :) Little Miss didn't want to be left out of the action.

And the story:

Supplies (Ruby Rock-it):
PP, stickers, board stickers, mini-letters, twine - new Vintedge Collection
glitter chipboard letters - Fundamentals cardmaking collection

Other Supplies:
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
other - sewing thread

It's Not a Dinosaur! - Love My Tapes

2012-01-16T10:00:00.000-05:00

I created this layout for Love My Tapes, to showcase how well the tapes work on 'boy' pages. I love how this turned out. I've scrapped these photos before, and I was never satisfied with the outcome. Now I'm happy. ;)

See - you CAN use lace on boy pages. Being 'chose-y' helps. :)

Don't worry - I'm not coming over to the dark side of banners... it's just what 'worked' here. I do think it was kind fun to try it once...

The wood shapes from Studio Calico were a good, neutral match for the tapes - I want to use these again.

I added a die-cut piece of fabric from the 'anchors' fabric sheet. And the ink splats were just for fun.

Supplies (Love My Tapes):
fabric tape - blue stripe (FT020 Silverton), red stripe (FT020 Royal), Olivia (FT007), Jane (FT011), Chocolate mini-check (FT015), Mix mini-check (FT018)
lace tape - 17mm beige (LT2004)
fabric sheet - anchor on beige

Other Supplies:
PP - Basic Grey
letter stickers - October Afternoon (lg), Cosmo Cricket (sm)
wood embellishments - Studio Calico
acrylic ink - Liquitex
ink - Ranger
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
other - paper-wrapped wire

Waiting for the Hurricane

2012-01-13T10:00:00.000-05:00

One of my last projects for Tattered Angels. We had to take inspiration from our fellow teammates for this assignment, and for this page I took some ideas from Peg Hewitt. I love how she layers stencils.

I used a bunch of different stencils from The Crafter’s Workshop and Prima, and a pile of mists (Latte, Tattered Leather, Black Magic, Silver Sugar, Olive Vine, Vintage Pink, Red-nosed Reindeer, and French Vanilla Chalkboard). (The adorable thundercloud is from Kimmieprout).

These Prima flowers are so pretty; and more awesome fimo embellies from Kimmieprout:

The story...

Supplies:
PP - Bo Bunny
letters, flowers - Prima Marketing
fimo embellishments - Boutique Kimmieprout
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels
masks/stencils - The Crafters Workshop, Prima Marketing (bricks), $ store (letters)
washi tape - Hambly Screenprints
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Treat Time - Ruby Rock-it NEW release!

2012-01-11T10:00:00.000-05:00

Well hello there - Happy New Year! Finally getting back in to the routine after the holidays, and that means getting back to my blog as well. I've be working on lots of projects - most of which I can't show until closer to CHA, but they will definitely show up here around that time.

And speaking of CHA, this layout features the brand new 'Nostalgia' line from Ruby Rock-it, which is debuting at CHA later this month. The design team is showing off the new lines all month over at the Ruby Rock-it blog, and there are prizes available to be won for joining in on the party - so don't forget to hop on over there and check it out!

Yup - these cute little letter stickers are in the Nostalgia collection as well. :)

This yummy twine had such a nice texture to it. I love that it's thick and easy to manipulate.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:
PP, letter stickers, paper twine - Ruby Rock-it 'Nostalgia' collection
CS - Bazzill
ink - Ranger
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Let's get this party started

2012-01-02T10:00:00.000-05:00

If you thought the first sneaks of these two lines looked good - get a load of these:

On the Ruby Rock-it blog, there is a party going on all month leading up to CHA. Full previews of the new collections, challenges, giveaways, and just some general fun celebrating the new year - you don't want to miss it!

Don't forget to follow Ruby Rock-it on Facebook - you never know when there might be additional fun stuff there as well! I hope to see you there - and tell them I sent ya!

Pewter - Ruby Rock-it

2011-12-30T10:00:00.000-05:00

For Ruby Rock-it this month, we were asked to create projects based on some of our December / Christmas traditions. This layout is about the pewter ornaments that I collect each year. I used papers from the Le Jardin collection, because the backs were absolutely perfect for a Christmas page!

I thought of these silver tags right away for using on a pewter themed page. To give them a little more seasonal look I embossed them with a snowflake pattern.

I die-cut holly shapes from the papers, and doodled some stitches for a little definition. (I find doodling helps give die cut shapes a little more character).

If you would like to find out more about these pewter ornaments, please visit Amos Pewter's website. The ornaments are designed and hand-crafted in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. They ship internationally (and they are worth it).

Supplies (Ruby-Rock-it):
papers
RRJ88-Le Jardin 12x12 Cardstock - Floret
RRJ95-Le Jardin 12x12 Cardstock - Bloom
RRJ01-Le Jardin 12x12 Cardstock - Grove
RRJ57-Le Jardin 12x12 Cardstock - Balmy
tags - FNT28 - Tag Pack 24 pieces - Silver
chipboard letters - PD42- Paper Doll Chipboard Alphabet

Other Supplies:
die cut & embossing folders - Tim Holtz
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
distress stickles - Ranger

Birthday Card - Boys Rule Scrapbook Kits

2011-12-28T10:00:00.000-05:00

What? Two cards in a row? ;)

I loved working with the December Big Boy kit from Boys Rule Scrapbook Kits. I used some of my smaller scraps to make a birthday card for my brother (these papers are perfect for boys and men - you can't go wrong with this kit). The kit was generous though - I have a lot more than just scraps left - I could easily make 3-4 more layouts (and probably will when CHA commitments quiet down a little).

Supplies (Boys Rule Scrapbook kits December Big Boy kit):
PP - Scrap Within Reach
wood letters - Pink Paislee
ink - Ingilvd Bolm by Prima Marketing
other - corrugated cardboard, buttons

Other Supplies:
mini letters - Rose Moka

Thank You card - Love My Tapes

2011-12-27T10:00:00.002-05:00

Since many of us have thank you notes to send after Christmas, I thought I would show a quick thank you card. Just a few stripes of Love My Tapes fabric & lace tape, a little embellishment and sentiment, and you're ready to write your note.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies (Love My Tapes):
fabric tape - Jane Polka Dot (FT011), Lily Wildflowers (FT002)
lace tape - 15mm beige (LT2003)
canvas sticker (butterfly image)

Other Supplies:
CS - Bazzill
flowers - Prima
letters - Lily Bee
marker - Staedtler

Ruby Rock-it Sneak Peek # 2

2011-12-26T10:00:00.000-05:00

Ruby Rock-it Website

Are you ready for another Ruby Rock-it sneak peek? I think this one is even more of a tease than the first one, as my favorite parts of this line aren't showing in the sneak. Hard to believe it's almost time for CHA Winter 2012. Be prepared to be delighted and surprised with what we have in store at Booth #3117. We are gonna ROCK-IT!!

Bagels - Ruby Rock-it

2011-12-23T10:00:00.003-05:00

Hi everyone. I know many of you are scrambling around with last-minute Christmas details (I am too, at this point - I love that I can prepare blog posts in advance, ha!). I wanted to show a layout featuring one of my favorite little Christmas morning traditions. We always bring fresh Montreal bagels back east to have on Christmas morning, with cream cheese and smoked salmon - Yum!

This layout features products from the Ruby Rock-it Paper Doll and Paper Boy collections (since these photos include both my boy and my doll) ;) These collections mix well together.

I love that the chipboard shapes and felt icons are just the right thickness for layering!

Whenever I feel my titles need a little boost, I outline them with a marker, and it usually does the trick.

I am not normally drawn to word stickers, but I found the perfect words in the sticker sheet for this collection, so why not? (I added a few ink splats with acrylic ink, too - just for fun).

You can kinda see that I outlined the banner border with a marker too. I find that helps give a little more definition to stickers. I'm not a banner person - anyone who scraps with me regularly will know that. But it somehow works here.

Supplies (Ruby Rock-it):
PP - PD12- Paper Doll 12x12 Cardstock - Nostalgic
PD67- Paper Doll 12x12 Cardstock - Collage
PD99- Paper Doll 12x12 Cardstock - Dotti
PBY80- Paper Boy 12x12 Cardstock - 4X4
embellishments -
PD04- Paper Doll Cardstock Sticker
PD28- Paper Doll Floral Accents
PD35- Paper Doll Felt Icons
PD59- Paper Doll Border Sticker
chipboard letters - PD42- Paper Doll Chipboard Alphabet
ribbon - PBY89- Paper Boy Ribbon

Other Supplies:
ink - Ranger
acrylic ink - Liquitex
markers - Faber-Castell, Staedtler

Do you see what I see? Ruby Rock-it Sneak Peek

2011-12-20T10:00:00.002-05:00

Oooo - yeah baby - this collection rocks - I can't wait till they show all of it!!

Blog Candy Winner!

2011-12-19T10:00:00.002-05:00

Hey everyone - I promised to announce my blog candy winner, and here she is:

Emily said...: Congrats on getting published!! I've never read Canadian Scrapbooker, but I do read Scrapbooks Etc. on occasion and I read Somerset Studio most of the time. :)

Congrats Emily! Please email me your snail mail address at kilroy @ videotron . ca, and I will get that in the mail as soon as possible!

Get Your Art On - Love My Tapes

2011-12-16T10:00:00.005-05:00

I had fun combining some great Love My Tapes fabric sheets and tapes on this page, mixing girly with boyish. Here you can see the brown dot fabric (which I die cut into a tag shape) and the pink reptile fabric. It didn't need the stitching to hold it, but I have a hard time resisting using the sewing machine when fabric is involved.

The white newsprint fabric works on so many projects. I added a little pop of green with the Sherbert mini check fabric tape. The 'you & me' and 'just the 2 of us' tags are from Ormulu.

In this picture you can see some of the 15mm beige lace tape and the Brooke Wildflowers fabric tape - so easy to create little borders. These fun wood asterisk shapes are from Studio Calico. Normally I would have the urge to mist them in some way, but the natural colour was just right.

I had a few diecut shapes leftover in the brown dot fabric, so I placed them in the corners and added a few splats of acrylic ink.

This Maya Road journaling spot was just the right size. :)

Supplies (Love My Tapes):
fabric sheets - brown dot (FS022), pink reptile (FS006), white newsprint (FS028)
fabric tapes - Sherbert mini check (FT016), Brooke Wildflowers (FT001)
lace tape - 15mm beige (LT2003)

Other Supplies:
PP - Making Memories
letters - American Crafts
wood shapes - Studio Calico
tags - Ormulu
journaling spot - Maya Road
acrylic ink - Liquitex
marker - Faber-Castell

Cutterful - Boys Rule Scrapbook Kits

2011-12-14T10:00:00.003-05:00

I was lucky to get to guest design for Boys Rule Scrapbook Kits this month. This is a fairly new kit club dedicated to putting together awesome kits for Boy pages. Anyone who has a lot of boy photos to scrapbook knows that there aren't nearly as many options for masculine supplies as there are for the girly stuff. Boys Rule wants to help you find the best boy stuff out there and make it easy for you to get! No Girls Allowed, ha ha!

This is the first layout I made with the December "Big Boy" kit (there's also a December "Little Boy" kit, which is adorable!) This kit features perfectly grungy papers from Scrap Within reach, and they were loads of fun to work with.

I loved that there was a nice big sheet of clean corrugated cardboard in the kit (it's easy to get the dirty stuff in my blue bin, ha!). Of course, it didn't take me long to use the chalk ink pads from the kit and add some grungy colour (there were 4 of the new Ingvild Bolme inks by Prima - nice and creamy!).

I'm in love with any wood scrap supplies lately, and I was delighted to find these Pink Paislee letters in the kit. I decided to leave them bare for this page, so they would pop. This kit also included an awesome Smash book date stamp - just that little bit cooler than the average date stamp - you can be using this one on all sorts of things, for years to come.

The kit had a full sheet of Technique Tuesday coaster board stars. I customized them with two of the ink pads from the kit (the grey and the blue) and then lightly spritzed them with water so the colours would blend. Super easy! And the chunky zipper was also part of the kit - love this - it's like the boy version of lace.

Supplies (from Boys Rule Scrapbook Kits - December "Big Boy Kit")
PP - Scrap Within Reach
wood letters - Pink Paislee
coasterboard stars - Technique Tuesday
ink - Ingvild Bolme for Prima Marketing
date stamp - Smash
other - corrugated cardboard, buttons, zipper

Other Supplies:
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
(yup - everything else - even the ink - was included in the kit!)

First Grade

2011-12-12T10:00:00.004-05:00

This was my last layout for Sketchabilities. Thanks for all the great sketches Karan!

I love the zipper trims that are popping up in scrap supplies lately. It kinda gives me permission to dig in my sewing box and pull some out. It's certainly easier than inserting them in a dress seam, ha ha!

It's fun to 'sprinkle' brad and small chipboard around a page.

I wanted some burgundy paper behind the photo, so I layered a couple of journaling spots - who says you have to use them for just journaling?

I placed the letters on a lighter patterned paper and cut around it, so it would stand out a little more from the background. Then I added a rub-on crown for my little prince. ;)

Supplies:
PP, chipboard, letters, stickers, zipper trim, brads, rub-ons - Bo Bunny
ink - Ranger
marker - Faber-Castell

Love My Tapes Christmas Blog Hop

2011-12-10T06:00:00.007-05:00

Hi Everyone - so glad you found your way here today. If you've been following the Love My Tapes Christmas Blog Hop and this is your first time here - welcome!

These are the stops in the hop.

Ashley
Giovana <--- you found your way from here
JJ <--- you are here
Lisa <--- next stop on the blog hop
Rita

If you encounter a wonky link and get lost, you can pick up on the hop again here: Love My Tapes blog.

Don't forget to leave comments on your way through the hop - there's a prize in it for you! ;)

So, on to telling you about my layout. I started with a simple background and added some glimmer mist using Crafter's Workshop stencils. I also used some glimmer mist to customize my letters.

There are a lot of very girly products from Love My Tapes, but don't let that fool you - there are also a lot of products that are awesome for little boy pages, and I found some that totally worked for a Christmas page. The brown suede fabric sheet has a great texture, and with the help of a die cutter, the green and red polka dot fabric sheets make fun holly shapes.

This green plaid fabric sheet is perfect for Christmas projects, and the brown check fabric tape is great for boy pages. This lace is subtle enough to add to masculine pages. (I'm in love with these wooden buttons too!)

I added doodled 'stitches' to the holly for a little more definition.

Thanks for stopping by on the Love My Tapes Christmas Blog Hop - don't forget to visit Lisa at the next stop on the tour!

Supplies (Love My Tapes):
fabric sheets - text (FS027), brown suede (FS010), red dot (FS021), green dot (FS023), green plaid (FS026)
fabric tape - Mini checks Chocolate (FT015)
lace tape - 17mm beige (LT2004)

Other supplies:
PP - Scenic Route
letters & wood buttons - Prima
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels (Tattered Leather, Snowy Pine, Lucky, Olive Vine)
stencils - The Crafter's Workshop
twine - My Mind's Eye
markers - Staedtler, Faber-Castell

Canadian Scrapbooker Winter 2011 issue, and another BLOG CANDY!

2011-12-09T10:00:00.001-05:00

If you read Canadian Scrapbooker, you might want to check out page 82 (hint, hint) ;) My friend Erin Morehouse snagged a sweet spot on page 84, too. Just sayin'...)

And, to celebrate being published, I'm offering another blog candy.

To get your name in the drawing, tell me what your favorite scrappy magazine is. (If you don't read any scrappy magazines, tell me what you like to read). Simple as that. Comments are open till Dec 17, 11:59 pm. Open to everyone.

1 Product, 3 Ways - Green Tara Metal Swirl Embellishments

2011-12-07T10:00:00.014-05:00

When I received my DT kit from Green Tara, there was a little post-it note on some of these metallic swirls that said "Would like some ideas for these". So, I started pondering how I could showcase them. The swirls are available in several festive colours (red, green, silver and copper) and my first instinct was that I should use them for Christmas projects. They measure approximately 8.5 cm high (about 3 inches), but they are quite flexible, allowing you to stretch them out a little longer if your project needs. Oh, and before I forget - my favorite adhesive for these is Fabri-tac liquid adhesive.

For my first project, I used a silver swirl as a gift card holder. I used the silver metallic swirls for this.

Here's a shot without the gift card. I misted the entire tag with Sea Glass glimmer mist, then used screens from the Tattered Angels Vintage Seasons Winter Trees set, and misted with Mallard and Midnight Blue glimmer mists. I then added some stamped images (Chillin’ and Tattered Textures sets). The Mistables crepe ribbon is from the Rockin’ Renaissance set and was misted with Mallard and Midnight Blue mists. The entire tag received a coat of Chandelier Glam.

The Green Tara tassel trim started out cream, but was misted with glimmer mist (Mallard).

These swirls were perfect for holding a gift card in place!

This blue/silver beaded stem adds some sparkle and texture:

The blue (Gardenia) and teal (apple blossom) flowers started out white and were customized with glimmer mist. The ivory flower is it's original colour.

Gift Card Holder Supplies
Green Tara:
Metal Swirls, Silver (MS858S3)
20m Mini Tassel Ribbon 15mm Cream (RB456c)
27cm Blue/Silver Bead Stem (XB31356BS)
Gardenia, White (FDV054Wh5)
White Apple Blossom (FDV044Wh5)
Ivory Apple Blossom (FDV044Iv5)

Tattered Angels:
glimmer mist - Sea Glass, Mallard, Midnight Blue
glimmer glam - Chandelier
screens - Vintage Seasons Winter Trees
stamps - Chillin’, Tattered Textures
tag
printed crepe paper

All that sparkle made me think of decorations for the tree, so my next project was a Christmas ball. I started with a clear glass ornament, coated it with clear gesso, and a couple of coats of Glimmer Glam (Jolly Old Elf). Once it was all dry, I added red metallic swirls, using Fabri-Tac as an adhesive. You definitely want a strong liquid adhesive for this project, as the swirls want to snap back to their original shape rather than curve around the ball.

To finish off the ornament, I wrapped gold bead trim around the base, and tied an extra loop of it for hanging. I adhered the bead trim with Glue Dot - Glue Lines, as they are quite strong, and a little less fussy than a liquid adhesive.

Christmas Ball Supplies
Green Tara:
Red Metallic Swirls (MS858R3)
3mm Bead Garland, Gold (RBY06Go)

Tattered Angels:
glimmer glam - Jolly Old Elf

Other:
glass ornament - DeSerres
clear gesso - Liquitex

For my third project, I made a simple Christmas card. This is something that you can make quickly. I started by embossing and sanding kraft-core cardstock. Then I misted with Pearl glimmer mist for a little extra shimmer.

I added a strip of Mesh Gold trim,. a White Gardenia and an Emerald Metallic Swirl. I cut the swirl into 3 pieces, to place it around the flower. (No reason why you can't cut your embellishments!)

I brushed a little Pixie Dust glimmer glam on the flower.

Add a sentiment, and call it done!

Thanks for checking out my projects. Let me know if you try any of these ideas - I would love to see!

Card Supplies
Green Tara:
Emerald Metallic Swirls (MS858Em3)
Gardenia, White (FDV054Wh5)
38mm Mesh Gold trim (RB6734Go)

Tattered Angels:
glimmer glam - Pixie Dust
glimmer mist - Pearl

Other:
CS - Tim Holtz by Coredinations
letter stickers - October Afternoon

Liam & Grammy - Green Tara

2011-12-05T10:00:00.009-05:00

Hey Everyone, I have a layout to share with you featuring Tattered Angels and Green Tara - a great pairing! (I realize the journaling is missing. I forgot to add it before I photographed - it has since been added. Pretend you can see it below the title, OK? ;) )

To create the background I used texture medium with the Winter Crystals screens to get the dimensional snowflakes. (After I misted the snowflakes, I spritzed with water so that the texture medium would stand out from the background)

I misted the background with Glacier (all over), Icicle Blue, Snowy Pine and Night B4 Christmas glimmer mists, using screens from the Vintage Seasons – Winter Trees set.

After spraying some of the screens in one location, I would flip them over to another spot on the layout, allowing the screen to act as a stamp. I also brushed a little Pewter glimmer glaze around the edges of the layout, and randomly stamped a 'Tattered Textures' stamp on the background (hard to see in the photo).

The silver rose leaves were misted with Bubble Light Green glimmer mist, and the red and purple gardenias received a generous helping of Pixie Dust glimmer glam.

These sprays with the dark iridescent beads were really cool - so easy to get them to sit where you want because they are wired.

I cut apart a second spray to place around the flower clusters. No problem doing this, as the beads are individually wired, so they won't come off if you cut part of the stem.

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
glimmer mist - Glacier , Icicle Blue, Snowy Pine, Night B4 Christmas, Bubble Light Green
glimmer glaze - Pewter
glimmer glam - Pixie Dust
screens - Winter Crystals, Winter Trees

Supplies (Green Tara):
beaded sprays - 22cm Silver Stem, 7 Leaves, Peacock
flowers - Gardenia Red 6cm, Gardenia Purple 6cm
leaves - Rose Leaf 7cm Silver

Other Supplies:
PP - Studio Calico
letters - American Crafts
texture medium - Liquitex
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Ruby Rock-It giveaway!

2011-12-03T10:00:00.000-05:00

Happy December everyone! I hope everyone is in the Christmas spirit because Ruby Rock-It sure is. Stop by their blog and see what they are up to. There is a giveaway going on...just in time for the holidays!

Fall drinks - Art Journal Every Day

2011-12-01T10:00:00.001-05:00

Another page in my watercolour journal (3.5"x5"). Still playing along with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's Art Journal Every Day. This is one where I feel I should have stopped sooner.

Supplies:
journal - Strathmore Visual Journal (watercolour 90 lb)
water colour crayons - Caran d'Ache Neocolor II

Fabric Tape Christmas Tree - Love My Tapes

2011-11-28T10:00:00.000-05:00

Here's another super-fast Christmas project. Grab some green and red fabric tapes from Love My Tapes and a styrofoam tree, and start taping! The self-adhesive nature of these tapes is what makes this a quick project.

I added a few buttons as 'ornaments' on the tree - a little Fabri-tac or a Glue Dot is all it takes.

I cut out a circle of green fabric from one of the fabric sheets, to give a clean finish to the top of the tree, and popped a Maya Road Star trinket pin on top.

I hope you'll give this a try - let me know if you do, I would love to see it. If you liked this Christmas idea, be sure to take a look at this tree I made last year. Full tutorial, because it's a little more complex, but worth the effort.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies (Love My Tapes):
Fabric Tape - Polka Dots Jane (FT011), Polka Dots Emily (FT009), Red Stripe Royal (FT025)
Fabric Sheet - Green polka dot (FS023)

Other Supplies:
star pin - Maya Road
Other - styrofoam tree, buttons

Blog Candy Winner!

2011-11-26T10:47:00.002-05:00

We have a winner - Random.org picked comment #15:

Crystal said...: wow! i just found your blog through runs with scraps and am so glad i did. just love your work! such gorgeous layouts...which is what i love to see the most. and fab blog candy too...aren't you just a sweetie! hugs and blessings!
crystal
http://scrapcandydesigns.blogspot.com

Congratulations Crystal (and welcome to my blog - always nice to meet new people!). Please send me an email with your mailing address: kilroy @ videotron.ca (no spaces).

Thanks everyone for your feedback - I really do appreciate it!

Christmas Card - Green Tara

2011-11-23T10:00:00.003-05:00

These paper leftovers were kinda staring me down, so I decided to make them happy and give them a home in a Christmas card. ;) Of course, I used more Green Tara goodies to complete it.

This Satin trim begs to be used on greeting cards - it's perfect for cards that have to be mailed because it doesn't add a lot of bulk. (The shapes are pretty cute, too)

After using a bunch of the wire stars, I was looking for an opportunity to use the Wire Heart, and it fit perfectly with the sentiment on the die cut.

Supplies (Green Tara):
Wire Heart 3cm gold
Satin Xmas Shapes trim, red

Other Supplies:
PP - Canvas Corp, Harmonie, Jillibean Soup
die-cut sentiment - Authentique
ink - Ranger

Strong & Free

2011-11-21T10:00:00.002-05:00

I like to scrapbook Canada Day photos, but it's not easy to find Canada papers that suit my style. (OK - not even close!) So I made my own. For this layout I used one stencil over and over, moving the position and varying the mist colours (Burnt Red, Indian Summer, Coffee Shop). It’s an easy way to create depth in your misted images. I then misted the entire background with Nougat and the edges with Tattered Leather glimmer mists.

The chipboard leaves were primed with gesso, then received multiple coats of Brick glimmer mist and/or Flirty glimmer glaze (depending on which leaf). I used a heat gun to make the gesso and glaze bubble while they were drying, to give more texture. (Stamps are from the Tattered Textures set).

Had fun with my new Fiskars border punch, too. :)

The layout needed a little pop of another colour, and the green wire was just the trick.

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
glimmer mist - Burnt Red, Indian Summer, Brick, Nougat, Tattered Leather, Coffee Shop
glimmer glaze - Firty
stamps - Tattered Textures

Other Supplies:
CS - Scenic Route
letters - American Crafts
chipboard - Scrap FX & Maya Road
gesso - Liquitex
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
other - paper-wrapped wire
stencil - Creative Imaginations

Easy Christmas Ornaments - Love My Tapes

2011-11-19T10:00:00.007-05:00

Want a quick & easy Christmas ornament project? Something that your kids can do, too? Grab a few plain Christmas balls and some Love My Tapes fabric and lace tapes in festive colours, and have at it! What's fantastic about these (and why they work so well on the clear balls) is that the adhesive is clear, so they still look good even from the reverse. And truly - this is super easy, because it's like applying masking tape!

For this first ornament, I used the 17mm cream lace for the stripes, and the 15mm cream lace around the top to camouflage the base. I cut out some holly from the polka dot fabric sheets (also self-adhesive).

The second ornament showcases the fabric sheets again, but this time cut with a large Tim Holtz die. The base is wrapped with the 13mm white lace.

For these two, I used the fabric tapes, and wrapped the bases with the green 13mm lace tape.

All of the ornaments have coordinating 'strings' made from the fabric tapes folded over on themselves. This ornament features the Red Stripe fabric tape in 'Royal'.

And this one shows the Mini-checks fabric tape in 'Peppermint'.

I don't think these ornaments took more than 1/2 hour total - I hope you'll give it a try!

Supplies (Love My Tapes):
Lace Tape - LT2005 (17mm cream), LT2003 (15mm cream), LT1001 (13mm white), LT7023 (12mm green)
Fabric Tape - Mini checks "Peppermint" FT013, Red Stripe "Royal" FT025
Fabric sheets - FS021 (red), FS023 (green)

Other Supplies:
glass Christmas balls - DeSerres

Tissue Box cover - Ruby Rock-it

2011-11-17T10:00:00.003-05:00

Today I wanted to share an altered tissue-box cover I made for my son's room. This features papers and die cuts from Ruby Rock-it, and was part of my design team application.

I started with mists and a little acrylic paint to get the base colour on the wood box, then I started layering a little bit of old book paper with patterned paper (using gel medium as an adhesive).

The die-cut borders from the Paper Boy collection made it easy to embellish the box. I also die-cut some of the patterned papers using a Spellbinders set of gears.

This project went together so quick that I want to do one for my daughter now. Thanks for visiting!

Supplies (Ruby Rock-it):
PP, die cut borders - Bella! Paper Boy collection

Other Supplies:
wooden tissue box cover - DeSerres
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels
acrylic paint - Decoart
gel medium - Liquitex
other - old book paper

You gonna eat that? - Sketchabilities

2011-11-15T08:30:00.003-05:00

This is my take on this week's sketch over at Sketchabilities. Don't for get to hop on over and see what the rest of the team has created!

Here is the sketch, I hope you find a chance to play along - be sure to link up your page to Sketchabilities, we would love to see your take on it.

In this close-up, you can sorta see the thermo-glitter on the paper. That's right - Bo Bunny is one of the few companies that makes glitter that this glitter-phobe can deal with, ha ha!

I cut up a large Zva crystal flourish, to spread it around the page. I like how it looks combined with the stickers from this collection. I also outlined the stickers, like I usually do. It makes them pop a little more.

I love these wood snowflakes from Maya Road. I added glimmer glam in "Blizzard" for a little extra sparkle.

Supplies:
PP, stickers, letters - Bo Bunny
lace tape - Love My Tapes
wood snowflakes - Maya Road
crystals - Zva Creative
glimmer glam - Tattered Angels (Blizzard)
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

How about another Give away?

2011-11-14T10:00:00.002-05:00

I've been sorting through some of my supplies, and found a few things that need a new home. And since I've been having some pretty good scrappy luck lately, I thought I would offer these as blog candy.

To enter, just leave a comment telling me what your favorite kind of blog posts are. I do a bit of a mishmash, and I was curious as to what people like to see.

I'll leave the comments open for entries til November 25 at 11:59 pm, and I'll draw a name on Saturday Nov 26. Open to everyone. Thanks for visiting!

Matching Christmas Pyjamas - Green Tara

2011-11-13T10:00:00.005-05:00

Hi Everyone! I'm excited to be sharing my first project for Green Tara, an Australian company that specializes in flowers and trims. Pop by the design team blog to see what the rest of the team creates - there are some very talented artists on the team.

For this assignment I was asked to feature red and gold embellishments in a Christmas theme. I decided that they would really pop if I backed them with kraft papers - so that's what I did. I fell in love with the 38mm Mesh with the gold filaments - so easy to use for boy or girl pages:

I layered a few trims and embellishments here. The red 9mm Shimmer Threaded Ribbon added a little more colour, while the gold Xmas Bouquet a little extra dimension, without being 'in-your-face-shiny'.

I wasn't sure at first what I should do with the Bead Garland, then it hit me that it looks a lot like some of the crystal flourishes on the market these days - which led me to adhere it in flourish shapes using micro Glue Dots.

These Wire Stars are so unusual - I've never seen embellishments quite like these. I love them! They also come in other colours and in heart shape as well. I used Craft Glue Dots to adhere them, which worked like a charm. You can kinda see the Glue Dot in this close-up, but that's because it's larger than 'life-size'. When you look at the project as a whole, you really don't notice the adhesive.

Sometimes a page just needs *something* else, so I added a few stitches with twine.

I'm in love with this wood grain kraft paper from Harmonie. I might need to go buy a couple more sheets!

Supplies (Green Tara):
Wire Star 3cm gold
Xmas Bouquet gold 10cm
38mm Mesh gold
3mm Bead Garland red
9mm Shimmer Threaded Ribbon red

Other Supplies:
PP - Canvas Corp, Harmonie
letters - American Crafts, Authentique
ink - Ranger
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
other - twine

Easter card - Tattered Angels

2011-11-08T10:00:00.001-05:00

Once I was finished my 3 layouts with the Tattered Angels Bold Brights Paint System , I decided I wanted to show one more quick project, showing off the pink side of this collection. I started with Bazzill resist cardstock and painted it with Pink Lipstick glimmer glam. I added the Shy Violet glimmer glaze to the edges and blended them together. The felt eggs were each coloured as well, using the Pink Lipstick glimmer glam, Meadow Green glimmer mist and Teal High Heel chalkboard. All worked beautifully on felt.

I find I tend to go simpler on cards than I do on layouts. How about you - do you work differently on cards than pages?

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Bold Brights Paint System, also available individually:
Glimmer mist - Meadow Green
Chalkboard mist - Teal High Heel
Glimmer Glam - Pink Lipstick
Glimmer Glaze - Shy Violet

Other Supplies:
Glazed Cardstock - Bazzill
PP - Pink Paislee
lace - Love My Tapes (13mm - LT1001)
felt eggs - Dollarama
letters - Rose Moka

La Magie des Lanterns - Tattered Angels

2011-11-06T10:00:00.000-05:00

This is my third layout using the Bold Brights Paint System from Tattered Angels. This time, I wanted to show this bright paint system with brightly coloured photos.

I wanted to mist the background with the Teal High Heel chalkboard, but I didn’t want the intense opaque colour, so I misted the paper with water first, then gave it a good dose of the Chalkboard, and immediately blotted with a towel and brayer. The water allows the Chalkboard mist to ‘float’ briefly, allowing you to get this mottled effect if you blot right away.

I stamped the pink dots pattern using Pink Lipstick glimmer glam.

I painted these older Heidi Swapp resist letters with the Meadow Green glimmer mist. Even though there was already some black printing on the patterned paper, I added some stamping with the asian characters.

The Love My Tapes lace was misted with Meadow Green glimmer mist.

I forgot to photograph the journaling, but it simply states these photos were taken at the Montreal Botanical Gardens in 2009.

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Bold Brights Paint System, also available individually:
Glimmer mist - Meadow Green
Chalkboard mist - Teal High Heel
Glimmer Glam - Pink Lipstick
Glimmer Glaze - Shy Violet

Other Supplies:
PP - Studio2mers, Pink Paislee
stamps - Kaisercraft, Pink Paislee
letters - Heidi Swapp, Lily Bee
lace - Love My Tapes (15mm LT2003)
ink - StazOn, Ranger
markers - Faber-Castell PITT pen, Staedtler pigment liner 0.05

Brave - Ruby Rock-it

2011-11-04T10:00:00.002-04:00

Hi Everyone. I wanted to share with you all, one of my application projects for the Ruby Rock-it design team. I had a lot of fun with this paper collection - the papers are just so 'usable' for pictures of my son (he wears red a lot, and I find that a lot papers look funny with my pictures). These papers worked great with my photos.

I backed the title with one of the darker patterned papers, to make it a little more readable on my busy page. These letters are nice thick chipboard.

I am in love with these felt shapes. They are thick enough to not be fragile, but thin enough for layering. I like that they don't look to 'heavy' to use with other items on my page, which I find is sometimes the case with super thick felt.

The grey gears and arrows are from the die-cut borders. These are printed on a thick cardstock, making them easy to work with, but not too thick to layer. I apparently am a bit thick in the head lately though, because I didn't realize that these were self-adhesive, ha ha ha! I didn't peel the backing off - I just added my own glue. These are very thick for a sticker, so no worry of tearing them.

I used Spellbinders dies to make all the orange gears on the page. I traced around them to help define the edges.

Supplies (Ruby Rock-it):
PP, die cut borders, felt shapes, chipboard letters - "Bella! Paper Boy" collection

Other Supplies:
ink - Ranger
marker - Staedtler, Faber-Castell

Where the 'Pushers' are - Art Journal Every Day

2011-11-02T10:00:00.002-04:00

Another page in my watercolour journal (3.5"x5"). Still playing along with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's Art Journal Every Day. And yes, I see the "green apron cult" as my enablers. My name is JJ and I am a coffee addict.

Supplies:
journal - Strathmore Visual Journal (watercolour 90 lb)
water colour crayons - Caran d'Ache Neocolor II

Ruby Rock-it Design Team!

2011-11-01T10:00:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone! I was super excited to get the email inviting me to join the inaugural Ruby Rock-it Design team! I'm delighted to be working with this talented, international group of ladies:

Sandy Ang - Singapore

Sarah Hill - Indiana

Amanda Jones - UK

Rebecca Keppel - Arizona

Gina Lideros - California

Becky Olsen - Utah

Benedicte Raphalen - France

Debbie Sherman - Wyoming

JJ Sobey - Canada

Carrie Walz - Illinois

Erin Yamabe - California

Keely Yowler - Kentucky

I will be posting my application projects here soon - I want to show off these great products!

Blog Candy Winner!

2011-11-01T09:35:00.002-04:00

Random.org picked comment #3:

Hannah said...: "oooh can I have it?" Said Miss Hannah before she fell asleep!; October 26, 2011 9:30 PM

(The little stinker didn't answer my 'survey' because she knows I already know where she found my blog)

Thanks so much for all the kind comments everyone - I really do appreciate it!! (And stay tuned - I have another box of blog candy ready to go, and will post it later this month).

Still Loves to Swing - C'est Magnifique Kit Club

2011-10-31T10:00:00.006-04:00

Here's my final layout using the October kit from C'est Magnifique kit club. I hope you'll hop on over to their store and check out all the awesome goodies (there's even a sneak of the November kit).

The kit included a multi-layered pearl & lace trim. I tried to use it on all of my layouts, and despite it being very, very pretty, I couldn't make it work. So, I took it apart, and used just the lace. Who said you have to leave supplies 'as-is'?

For this layout I made some additional flowers from the Prima and My Mind's Eye papers. Guaranteed way to give you flowers that match your project...

Speaking of which... I swear, that green flower looks the right colour in person, but I could not get it to photograph correctly! I love these keys from 7 gypsies - something that I could happily include on many, many layouts.

I was tempted to mist this wood laser-cut, but it was so pretty on it's own, I decided not to mess with it. The pearls are from a Viva pearl pen.

Supplies (C'est Magnifique October main kit):
PP - Onirie, My Mind's Eye, Prima Marketing (used for flowers)
letters - American Crafts
wood clock - Kaisercraft
key - 7 gypsies
other - lace trim

Supplies (C'est Magnifique October add-on):
flowers - Petaloo
small letters - Bo Bunny
button - Webster's Pages

Other Supplies:
brads - unknown
pearl pen - Viva Decor
ink - Ranger
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Pumpkin Queen - Sketchabilities

2011-10-30T08:30:00.006-04:00

This is my take on this week's sketch over at Sketchabilities. Don't for get to hop on over and see what the rest of the team has created!

Here is the sketch, I hope you find a chance to play along - be sure to link up your page to Sketchabilities, we would love to see your take on it.

Lots of paper layers, and a little bit of lace from Love My Tapes.

These brown pearls from Zva were the perfect accent for these papers.

There's just something about this paper line that had me wanting to fussy-cut before I even had it home. (I did resist the urge to trim and drive)

I interspersed the fussy-cuts with die cuts from the collection.

I used some of the word stickers as part of my journaling.

Supplies:
PP, die cuts, letters, sticker words - Authentique
lace - Love My Tapes
pearls - Zva Creative
ink - Ranger
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Through my viewfinder October 2011

2011-10-29T10:00:00.002-04:00

This was on the bottom of my frozen pizza. I guess they wanted to make sure I could tell what the contents were? (Also, to encourage bad spelling)

Kiss Me - C'est Magnifique Kit Club

2011-10-28T10:00:00.009-04:00

Back again with another layout featuring the October kit from C'est Magnifique kit club. It's a gorgeous kit - I love the papers.

I started out priming this Dusty Attic chipboard shape with gesso, then I coated it with two shades of glimmer mist (Lucky & English Ivy). The 'pearls' on the butterflies are from a Viva Decor pearl pen.

I had two sheets of this My Mind's Eye paper, so I cut out the shape below and pop-dotted it over top of the first sheet. It became the perfect spot for my title.

There was a multi-toned sheet of Prima paper that I cut apart to make flowers. I love all the shades that were on the one sheet - it gave me a nice variety of flower, all from the one piece. The ivory flowers are pre-made Prima, and I gave them a little glimmer mist in "Dazzling Diamonds".

I used up the last of the Bo Bunny metal trinkets on this layout. The one at the bottom got the addition of a 'pearl' from Viva Decor.

Supplies (C'est Magnifique October main kit):
PP - My Mind's Eye, Onirie, Prima Marketing
letters - American Crafts
metal trinkets - Bo Bunny
key - 7 gypsies

Supplies (C'est Magnifique October add-on):
chipboard - Dusty Attic
ivory flowers - Prima Marketing

Other Supplies:
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels (Lucky, English Ivy, Dazzling Diamonds)
gesso - Liquitex
pearls - Viva Decor pearl pen
markers - Faber-Castell PITT pen, Staedtler

Miramichi - Tattered Angels & Love My Tapes

2011-10-25T10:00:00.006-04:00

Here's my second project using the Bold Brights Paint System from Tattered Angels. Because this paint system was chosen as part of the Color Connections with Pink Paislee, I wanted to use it with one of the Pink Paislee Mistables papers. I misted the entire sheet with the Meadow Green glimmer mist, then I added the Teal High Heel chalkboard around the edges, allowing the colours to blend before I blotted off the excess.

I used texture medium and a stencil to get these rocks on the page. Once it was dry, I painted them with the Shy Violet glimmer glaze, and immediately misted with water to make it run. It left me with a softer version of the glaze, which was perfect for these photos. I also added some stamping using the Architectural Trims stamp set.

The Love My Tapes lace was painted with Pink Lipstick glimmer glam, and the striped fabric tape was painted with the Shy Violet glimmer glaze. (The teal patterned paper is from the Pink Paislee ‘Soiree’ collection).

I painted these Prima canvas letters with the Pink Lipstick glimmer glam. This photo also demonstrates how much of a difference Chalkboard mist can make on a piece of fabric. The tan Love My Tapes fabric is the original colour and the teal fabric is the same fabric misted with Teal High Heel chalkboard. It was a happy discovery to find the white anchors resisted the mist!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Bold Brights Paint System, also available individually:
Glimmer mist - Meadow Green
Chalkboard mist - Teal High Heel
Glimmer Glam - Pink Lipstick
Glimmer Glaze - Shy Violet
stamp - Architectural Trims set

Supplies (Love My Tapes):
fabric sheet - beige anchors (FS5020)
lace tape - 21mm white (LT1007), 12mm black (LT6022)
fabric tape - blue stripe "Silverton" (FT023)

Other Supplies:
PP - Pink Paislee
canvas letters - Prima Marketing
stencil - The Crafters Workshop
texture medium - Liquitex
ink - StazOn, Ranger
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Hallowe'en's coming, so that means time for BLOG CANDY!

2011-10-23T10:00:00.000-04:00

I think it's about time I did a giveaway - what do you think?

Would you like to win? All you have to do is leave me a comment, telling me where you first heard about my blog. If you don't remember, that's OK - just tell me that. Call it an informal survey.

I'll take entries til Oct 31 at midnight (EST). I'll draw a name on November 1. Open to everyone.

Easter Ninja - Tattered Angels

2011-10-21T10:00:00.006-04:00

This month for Tattered Angels, we were asked to each pick one single paint system to work with, and create several projects using the same colours. I chose the Bold Brights Paint System, and this is the first project I made with it.

I misted this sheet of Canvas Corp handmade paper with Meadow Green glimmer mist and Teal High Heel chalkboard. Then I applied gesso with a stencil, and stamped with the Shy Violet glimmer glaze (stamp is from the Architectural Trims set). The zebra striped Canvas Corp paper was misted with Teal High Heel chalkboard.

Chalkboard mist is perfect on grungeboard – I used Teal High Heel chalkboard on these letters.

The burlap star was misted with the Meadow Green glimmer mist.

I painted Canvas Corp burlap with Pink Lipstick glimmer glam. The Love My Tapes lace was misted with the Meadow Green glimmer mist.

The cute fimo buttons are from Boutique Kimmieprout.

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Bold Brights Paint System, also available individually:
Glimmer mist - Meadow Green
Chalkboard mist - Teal High Heel
Glimmer Glam - Pink Lipstick
Glimmer Glaze - Shy Violet
stamp - Architectural Trims set

Other Supplies:
handmade paper, patterned paper, burlap - Canvas Corp
lace - Love My Tapes (17mm LT2001)
grungeboard letters - Tim Holtz
buttons - Boutique Kimmieprout
stencil - The Crafters Workshop
gesso - liquitex
other - paper-wrapped wire, office supply tag

Artists at Work - C'est Magnifique Kit Club

2011-10-19T10:00:00.004-04:00

Another layout featuring the October kit from C'est Magnifique Kit Club. If you haven't gone over to see the full kit, you really should - it's beautiful and the Onirie papers are so hard to find in North America - you don't want to miss out.

For this page, I made my own flowers from the My Mind's Eye patterned paper. A couple of punches, some brads and some scrunching, and you can get quite a lot of pretty flowers in a short time.

The greenery was punched from the cardstock add-on. I like the little extra it adds.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Supplies (from C'est Magnifique October main kit):
PP - Onirie, My Mind's Eye
letters - American Crafts

Supplies (from C'est Magnifique October add-on):
CS - Bazzill
tiny letters - Bo Bunny

Other Supplies:
brads - American Crafts
ink - Ranger
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

3 years old - C'est Magnifique Kit Club

2011-10-17T10:00:00.003-04:00

This is my second layout featuring the October kit from C'est Magnifique Kit Club. So many visual textures on the papers - right up my alley! I love all the flower options too.

I pop-dotted the butterfly wings to give them a little more height, and so I could tuck some of the flowers under the edges.

I die-cut a lot of greenery for this, using Tim Holtz dies, and a MS punch. I like the pop from the darker green.

To created the border, I used a border punch on several strips of paper, then pleated them.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies (from C'est Magnifique October main kit):
PP - Bo Bunny, Onirie
letters - American Crafts
butterflies - K&Company
flowers - Prima Marketing

Supplies (from C'est Magnifique October add-ons):
CS - Bazzill
flowers - Petaloo

Other supplies:
ink - Ranger
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Tattered Angels Design Team Call

2011-10-16T10:00:00.000-04:00

Do you LOVE glimmer mists/chalk/Glam & Glaze? Well this is the call for you!

Check out all the details on their blog right HERE!

Just Give Us the Candy, and No One Gets Hurt - Sketchabilities

2011-10-15T08:30:00.000-04:00

Oh my word - don't they just look like trouble? :) This is my first layout for Sketchabilities challenge blog - I do hope you'll hop on over and see what the rest of the team has created. Such a variety in styles, it's fun to see all the interpretations on the sketch!

Here is the sketch, I hope you find a chance to play along - be sure to link up your page to Sketchabilities, we would love to see your take on it.

I've been itching to use this tree mask for a while, so I took the opportunity, and some glimmer mist and went for it.

Some yummy black bling from Zva Creative. I love that they make bling in colours that work for pages that aren't 'girly-girl'.

I got to dig into some flower colours I don't use very often - black and brown. I love the look for a hallowe'en page!

My title was most of my journaling on this one - pretty much sums it up (of course, I added names and the date to finish giving the context). I like mixing small letters with larger ones - it allows me to use longer titles without taking up half the page.

Supplies:
PP - Kaisercraft
letters - Basic Grey (small), My Mind's Eye (chipboard)
flowers, black ivy - Prima Marketing
crystals - Zva Creative (flourishes), Prima Marketing (branches)
leaves - Viva crafts
brads - My Mind's Eye (large), Queen & Company (tiny)
mask - The Crafters Workshop
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels (Cinder, Haunted Shadows)
pen - Uniball Signo

Mother's Day 2010 - C'est Magnifique Kit Club

2011-10-11T10:00:00.007-04:00

Hi Everyone. I'm happy to share with you today my first layout as a Guest Designer for C'est Magnifique Kit Club. I got to design with the October kit, and I wasn't at all disappointed - it features papers from Onirie, a scrap manufacturer from France. I love the papers from this company!

I fussy cut a flourish from one of the papers. The 'pearls' are a from a pearl pen by Viva Decor.

There are lots of great embellishments in this kit. I love these layered flowers from K&Company.

The corrugated cardboard was from my stash. I had a scrap sitting on my work space and it was begging to be added to the layout.

Supplies (C'est Magnifique October Main Kit):
PP - Onirie, My Mind's Eye
letters - American Crafts
flowers - Prima, K&Company
metal embellishments - Bo Bunny

Supplies (C'est Magnifique October add-on):
CS - Bazzill
stickers - Bo Bunny

Other Supplies:
corrugated cardboard - Deserres
liquid pearls - Viva Decor
ink - Ranger
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Lucky - Love My Tapes & LCOM

2011-10-09T10:00:00.002-04:00

This is my last page as a member of the sketch team over at Let's Capture These Sketches. They have been a great bunch to work with. If you've ever been tempted to apply for a sketch challenge blog, watch for their next call (should be soon) - and apply!

This layout features lots of great fabric and lace from Love My Tapes. The newsprint canvas is from one of their self-adhesive fabric sheets - so easy to use! (These grungeboard letters were misted with Glimmer Mist - "Partridge in a Pear Tree" and "Forest Green").

I die-cut these gears from one of their faux suede fabric sheets. I just love the texture of these. The self-adhesive sheets work great with my sizzix dies.

No reason why you can't use lace on a 'boy' page (this is the 12mm brown lace tape). Smaller scale and more boyish colours make it work. The checked pattern is one of the fabric tapes. (The stitching was just for looks - the lace and fabric tapes are all self-adhesive).

For this tag I used a bunch of 'leftover' letters. I coated the entire tag with gesso, then gave it a generous dose of Glimmer Mist in "Partridge in a Pear Tree" and "Tattered Leather". It created a grungy look perfect for 'boy pages'.

And of course, the story as to why he was so lucky. I'm sure you can guess what the restaurant was, based on the drink cups. (For the record, mommy despises this 'restaurant').

Supplies (Love My Tapes):
self-adhesive fabric sheet - newsprint (FS007 ), faux suede (FT010 )
fabric tape - Mini-check mix (FT018)
lace tape - 12mm tan (LT0024)

Other Supplies:
PP - Studio Calico
grungeboard letters - Tim Holtz
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels (Tattered Leather, Partridge in a Pear Tree, Forest Green)
gesso - Liquitex
'leftover' letters on tag - Simple Stories
office supply tag - Staples
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Eggs - Tattered Angels & Prima Mist-ables

2011-10-05T10:00:00.004-04:00

This project features the Prima Marketing “Lagoon” Paint system (plus a couple other of my favorites). I started with the Bahama Blue glimmer mist, and some Prima masks to create the background. I also used a little Tattered Leather glimmer mist (the page really wanted some brown – who am I to argue?) I also did some stamping on the background, using a Prima texture stamp, and Pewter glimmer glaze.

I used a number of Prima canvas Mist-ables on this page – mostly the new Resist Mist-ables. (A couple of the larger leaves are from the previous release). They were misted with Bahama Blue & Blitzen glimmer mists, and Apricot Nectar chalkboard mist. (Yes – you can use the chalkboard mists on these canvas shapes too – don’t leave them out!).

The printed cardstock is an older Prima ‘paintable’ sheet, which was begging for some Tattered Angels. I painted the circles with Golden Goddess glimmer glam, then misted with Apricot Nectar chalkboard mist. (The Glam acted as a resist).

The Prima lace and flowers were misted with Blitzen (one of the new Winter Limited Edition colours). It was the perfect shade to match the purples in my photo, and helped bring out the Easter theme.

The Prima chipboard letters were painted with a coat of Golden Goddess glimmer glam (because you can never have too much glam) – it helped tie them in, colour-wise.

The stick pins were dipped in Pewter Glimmer Glaze - an awesome way to change the colour of your pins! They were a bright clear tone when I started, now they look more silver-y and vintage.

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Glimmer Mist - Tattered Leather, Blitzen, Bahama Blue
Chalkboard Mist - Apricot Nectar
Glimmer Glam - Golden Goddess
Glimmer Glaze - Pewter

Other Supplies:
CS - Bazzill
Mist-able canvas, paintable cs, lace, flowers, stencils, chipboard letters, stamp - Prima Marketing
stick pins - Maya Road, Making Memories
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Sketch Challenge at C'est Magnifique Kit Club

2011-10-03T10:00:00.003-04:00

The first October challenge has been posted over at C'est Magnifique kit club, and it's a sketch challenge (yes - I still draw sketches sometimes!) I hope you will come over and join us - I would love to see your interpretation of the sketch.

Le pouvoir de la paille verte - Art Journal Every Day

2011-10-01T10:00:00.000-04:00

Another page in my watercolour journal (3.5"x5"). Still playing along with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's Art Journal Every Day. I imagine you can guess where I was while working on this one... :)

Supplies:
journal - Strathmore Visual Journal (watercolour 90 lb)
water colour crayons - Caran d'Ache Neocolor II

Treat Time

2011-09-30T10:00:00.007-04:00

Yes, even messy, inky, grungy scrappers like me, still like Doodlebug. This was one of those "I wonder what would happen if..." layouts, a challenge to myself if you will. You see, I used to fancy myself to be a 'clean & simple' scrapper. You can stop laughing now. At any rate, I still have quite a few Doodlebug products in my stash, and I'd almost forgot about them. I can see that I need to dig out some of these things more often (I'm so in love with their jewels!).

The background received a good dose of gesso before I started layering papers on top. I wanted to create a more neutral backdrop for the photo grouping, without going to plain cardstock. I'm very happy with the result, and I will try this technique again.

I love the turquoise flocked paper. I need to remember I own this! Oh, and flocked letters - yum!

Lots of ink splats and machine stitching in black, to give a little pop amidst all the loud colours.

It's fun to step outside of your comfort zone, and rediscover old scrappy loves at the same time.

What products are sitting unloved in your stash?

Supplies:
PP, buttons, jewels, letters, border strips (frills) - Doodlebug
gesso, acrylic ink - Liquitex
markers - Staedtler, Faber-Castell

Pencil Case - Tattered Angels & Prima Mist-ables

2011-09-28T10:00:00.005-04:00

The Tattered Angels team were given these Prima 12×12 Mist-able canvas sheets to work with this month. When I see fabric, including canvas, it’s hard for me to leave it flat, so in this case I cut it up and sewed myself a little pencil case.

I misted the canvas with Patina, Cranberry Zing, Suede and Bronze glimmer mists, while it was still flat (just easier that way) and the zipper as well, so it would match. When it was dry I sewed it up.

The Prima lace was misted with Patina. This canvas butterfly is one of the Prima Resist Mist-ables, and was treated to Cranberry Zing, and some Prima jewels.

The flower cluster features some Prima fabric flowers and canvas Mist-ables. I used Cranberry Zing on the large canvas flower, Patina on one of the fabric flowers and the smaller canvas flower, and the last flower was misted with Bronze and edged with Cranberry Zing. The Prima jewels and pearls were given a little extra stick with fabri-tac, since this case will see a lot of use.

I lightly brushed all the edges with Chandelier glimmer glam to prevent fraying. It worked a treat, and added a little extra shimmer.

What would you make if you had one of these sheets? :)

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Glimmer Mist - Patina, Cranberry Zing, Suede, Bronze
Glimmer Glam - Chandelier

Other Supplies:
canvas sheet, canvas flowers, fabric flowers, lace, jewels & pearls - Prima Marketing
other - zipper

Butterfly

2011-09-26T10:00:00.008-04:00

Hi everyone - time for another sketch challenge over at Let's Capture These Sketches. I hope you will hop on over to their blog to see what the rest of the team has created.

For this layout I wanted to really bring in a softness to the halloween theme by adding flowers and lots of lace. These laces are from Love My Tapes. I used 3 different laces, but it's not overwhelming because they are all the same shape, creating repetition.

I had been hoarding this chipboard fence for a couple of years I think - so glad I finally dug it out and used it. It's been sprayed with glimmer mist in Raven and Haunted Shadows.

I added the Prima halloween vine to make sure it didn't get too 'pretty' for a hallowe'en page. I like the balance between this and the flowers.

I cut out my title and mounted it on pop-dots to make it stand out a little easier.

Supplies:
PP - Fancy Pants
lace - Love My Tapes (12mm lace light green, pale pink, black)
letters - Basic Grey
chipboard - Riff Raff
flowers, vine - Prima Marketing
jewels - Doodlebug
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels (Haunted Shadows, Raven)
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
ink - StazOn

Histoires de Pages #42

2011-09-24T10:00:00.002-04:00

I have a layout in the newest issue of Histoires de Pages, a fabulous magazine from France. (Page 44, if you get this mag). :)

Voici comment dort un ange

2011-09-22T10:00:00.001-04:00

This layout was published last year (Aug 2010) in "Histoires de Pages", my favorite scrappy magazine. The title translates to "This is how an Angel sleeps".

I fussy cut a couple of butterflies, adhered with pop-dots, and added glossy accents to them.

The flower borders are a bunch of flowers cut in half. I tinted them with several shades of glimmer mist to get them to match the layout.

The journaling talks about how it's so hard to get a picture of my daughter sleeping, because she's a very light sleeper. This particular day she was so tired, after she fell asleep in my arms, I was able to transfer her to the couch without waking her (a rarity, indeed).

Supplies:
PP, letters, flowers, pearls - Prima Marketing
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels
ink, glossy accents - Ranger
marker - Staedtler Triplus Fineliner

Specs

2011-09-20T10:00:00.004-04:00

This paper collection from Fancy Pants is a school themed line. But I was immediately drawn to the paper with all the eye-glasses - perfect for a page about my son now needing to wear them.

The sewing machine saw some action on this layout. Seems I've been doing that more often lately. When it comes to markers, I'm not really a doodler, but thread... whole other story.

Whenever I work with Fancy Pants papers, I'm reminded to dig out my stash of felt. They made so many cool shapes, and I'm always happy to find that some of the colours still work with a current collection. Good thing - 'cause I went a little nuts over the felt... just sayin'...

A little acrylic paint around the edges makes the acrylic shapes stand out. And it's always fun to flick a little ink around on a page, too. ;)

A close-up on the journaling:

Supplies:
PP, felt, acrylic shapes - Fancy Pants
letters - American Crafts
buttons - Autumn Leaves
brads - Queen & Co, unknown
acrylic paint - Decoart
acrylic ink - Liquitex
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

School's Out 4 Summer - Tattered Angels

2011-09-18T10:00:00.008-04:00

This month for Tattered Angels we are partnering with Prima Marketing, showing how well these products work together. I started with a Prima patterned paper from the “Shabby Chic” collection, and misted it with Tattered Leather, using the Prima brick stencil. (The grey lined paper is from the Prima “Youth” collection). Then I started on the rest of the page with the “Hummingbird” paint system.

The corrugated cardboard received a generous dose of Espresso Bean glimmer glam (this colour has my name all over it, just sayin’…). Glimmer Glam is awesome on corrugated – the shimmer just stays on the surface, it’s gorgeous while still masculine.

The wooden cogs from Scrap Désirs were misted with Bronze glimmer mist for just the right amount of shimmer.

I stamped the Prima canvas tapes with a Prima stamp, and Espresso Bean glimmer glam. Then I spritzed it with Bronze glimmer mist. (The blue tapes were painted with Waterfall glimmer glaze, instead of the mist). The Prima canvas letters were painted with Rum Punch glimmer mist and the clock mist-able was misted with Suede glimmer mist.

The key and lock mist-ables were coloured with Bronze glimmer mist and Charcoal chalkboard mist, respectively. The flourish paper is another one of the Prima paintables, which I painted with Rum Punch and Bronze glimmer mists.

The pocket watch and bug mistables received more of the Suede glimmer mist and Charcoal chalkboard mists. (The charcoal came out on the grey-side because I dabbed away a lot of the colour while it was still wet – I didn’t want it too dark).

And the story. I'm glad I had this piece of older Prima paper - it was perfect for a school layout!

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Glimmer Mist - Tattered Leather, Rum Punch, Suede, Bronze
Chalkboard Mist - Charcoal
Glimmer Glam - Espresso Bean
Glimmer Glaze - Waterfall

Other supplies:
PP, paintable paper, mistable canvas, canvas tapes, canvas letters, stamps, felt, stencil - Prima Marketing
corrugated cardboard - DeSerres
wood gears - Scrap Désirs

Treasure

2011-09-14T10:00:00.003-04:00

I just love this photo of my little munchkin. There were nicer shots of the dress, but there wasn't a single photo that told the story like this one. She wasn't letting go of that package for anything, not even to fix her dress, ha ha!

Sometimes it's so worth digging through your older supplies. I couldn't believe how well the holly and the lace matched these papers from Authentique.

I broke up the Zva pearls to place around the page.

I used some lace tape from Love My Tapes as a border around the paper. This ivory was the perfect shade.

I love all the so-usable-die-cuts that came with this collection.

What Christmas papers are tickling your fancy this year?

Supplies:
PP, die cuts, mini-letters - Authentique
flocked letters - My Mind's Eye
lace - Prima Marketing (green), Love My Tapes (ivory)
holly embellishments - Making Memories
pearls - Zva Creative
ink - Ranger
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Sketchabilities

2011-09-13T10:00:00.000-04:00

I'm happy to say that starting in October, I will be part of the Sketchabilities design team. (The timing will be perfect, as that is when I will be finishing my term with Let's Capture These Sketches.) I am delighted to be joining such an international group as these talented ladies:

Bellaidea vel Aginszka--Canada
Camilla Borossi--Brazil
Christin Gronnslett--Sweden
Erika Tesoro--Italy
Etsuko Uchida--Japan
Helen Tilbury--South Africa
Janice Daquila Pardo--USA
JJ Sobey--Canada (hey - that's me!)
Kay Fatula--USA
Keren Tamir--Canada-Returning
Kim Kendell--Austrailia
Leanne Allinson--Austrailia-Returning
LaQuette Akins--USA
Mary Ann Jenkins--USA
Margrethe Aas Johnsen--Norway
Mariko Hisazumi--Japan
Marina Johan--Singapore
Michelle Wedertz--USA-returning
Sheila Burns--USA
Valerie Charlot--France

Say What? - LCOM Sketch challenge #99

2011-09-12T10:00:00.003-04:00

Have you seen this week's sketch challenge over at Let's Capture These Sketches? Don't forget to pop on over and see what the rest of the team has created.

I customized this older chipboard shape, from Riff Raff, quite a bit. It was wider and shorter, with a Christmas holly in it, when I started. I cut it apart, then primed with gesso and painted with Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze. I was rough about the priming, getting it lumpy on purpose, so that the finish would be more shabby. I'm quite pleased with the effect. (I saved the lovely holly shape for a future layout).

The pink borders were punched with a MS punch, then pleated. I added Love My Tapes lace over top. I'm also totally loving those spool top wooden buttons from this collection - makes this seamstress' heart go pitter-patter. :)

I was pleased to find out these older Pink Paislee letters (both styles) matched this collection so well!

Supplies:
PP, chip letters, mini letters, spool buttons - Pink Paislee
chipboard frame - Riff Raff
lace - Love My Tapes
pearls - Prima Marketing (flourishes), Basic Grey (flower centres)
glimmer glaze - Tattered Angels (Hawaiian Hibiscus)
gesso - Liquitex
markers - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Drippage - Tattered Angels

2011-09-09T10:00:00.008-04:00

For this 'Mist-ables' Tattered Angels layout, I started with kraft paper from Hambly Screenprints. Did you know that their screen prints resist glimmer mists? They are a perfect match. (You don’t always have to seek out papers specifically printed with a resist – you may already have Hambly or other ‘resistables’ in your stash).

I misted the background with Apricot Nectar Chalkboard and Granite Glimmer mist. Once it was dry, I added spritzes of Lily Pad and Pop Rocks mists.

I also misted canvas die-cuts in Lily Pad, and added machine stitching for contrast.

The canvas tag (from Canvas Corp) was misted in Apricot Nectar Chalkboard. Then I dug into my stash of scraps for the patterned papers, and customized them with more mists. The green was masked with a Pink Paislee stencil and misted with Lily Pad. The music note paper was misted with Old Lace.

Speaking of lace – the self-adhesive lace here (Love My Tapes) was misted with Pop Rocks. It’s easy to mist self-adhesive items like this lace and washi tapes for example – stick them down to your misting mat, mist, then let dry. Then you can peel and stick to your project as usual.

The grungeboard letters were misted with Lily Pad. This gorgeous chipboard shape from Dusty Attic was primed with gesso then sprayed with Grape Ape Chalkboard. It isn’t necessary to prime chipboard, but it gives a whole new effect.

And the story...

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Glimmer Mist - Granite Glimmer mist, Lily Pad, Pop Rocks, Old Lace
Chalkboard Mist - Apricot Nectar Chalkboard , Grape Ape Chalkboard

Other Supplies:
PP - Hambly Screenprints, Crate, 7 gypsies, Scrap Within Reach
mask - Pink Paislee
lace tape - Love My Tapes
canvas tag - Canvas Corp
chipboard - Dusty Attic
gesso - Liquitex
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
other - canvas scraps, sewing thread

1 Product, 3 Ways - Quick Quotes Frosted Embellishments

2011-09-07T10:00:00.024-04:00

Recently, the owner at my local scrapbook store (Scrapbook Centrale) gave me a couple of Quick Quotes Frosted Embellishments and asked me to make a couple of tags to be displayed near the product in the store. She felt that customers weren't seeing the real potential in these items, and I had to agree with her, so I took up the challenge and here are the results.

Here is what they look like in the package:

I guess even the manufacturer realized they don't photograph well, because here's the image they use in their webstore:

These are intended as one-use embellishments - you stick it to your project and away you go. Well, I'm going to +1 that. I used the 1 dragonfly I received 3 times, because that's how I roll. They are made out of a frosted plastic material similar to that you see in many masks, including the Tattered Angels glimmer screens, so you can see where this is going...

I started by removing the gems so the shape would be easier to clean afterward. I placed the dragonfly shape on my misting mat, sprayed it generously with Glimmer Mist, then flipped it over on to the white tag, using it as a stamp. I did not lift the shape - because the next thing I did, was proceed to use it as a mask, and glimmer misted the entire tag in purple mists. I lifted the mask, and allowed the tag to dry (then I washed the dragonfly embellishment, to get it ready for the next tag).

You can see in this image I added a little clear crackle paint to parts of the tag, for texture.

I coated the completed tag in Chandelier Glimmer Glam (a girl can never have too much Glam, right?). I tried to catch it in the light so you could see how much it shimmers.

Supplies (stamped tag):
frosted dragonfly - Quick Quotes
CS - Bazzill
glimmer mist, glimmer glam - Tattered Angels
clear crackle paint - Ranger
other - organza ribbon

OK - on to the next tag. I'll be honest, this one is my favorite of the bunch, and I could have stopped there (but I didn't).

I started by painting the cardstock with regular gesso, and heat dried it. Then I placed the dragonfly as a mask, and used a palette knife to layer impasto gesso over top. I pulled up the dragonfly and cleaned it well (if you let the gesso dry on the mask, you will likely never get it off).

I won't lie - this is something you'll have to let dry overnight, but it's worth it. When it was about half dry (dry to the touch, but you could tell the underneath layers weren't dry), I mashed a couple of rubber stamps into it, to create texture.

The next day, when it was completely dry, I misted it generously with 2 colours of glimmer mist (Dragonfly - of course - and Gumdrop).

When the mist was dry, I added Glimmer Glam to the dragonfly impression:

I love how this looks in the sunlight!

Supplies (mask with gesso):
frosted dragonfly - Quick Quotes
CS - Bazzill
gesso, impasto gesso - Liquitex
glimmer mist, glimmer glam - Tattered Angels
other - random rubber stamps

Here's the next one - this time I used the embellishment as an actual embellishment, ha!

For this tag I misted the cardstock with glimmer mist, and stamped with Tattered Angels texture stamps. Then I painted Glimmer Glam (in 2 colours) onto the frosted dragonfly embellishment. Now, if I had taken my time and been neat about it, there wouldn't be dried bubbles of glam. But I like that look, so I just glopped it on. (Hmm, spell check says that 'glopped' isn't a word, but I think it should be.)

I love the way the glimmer pools in the texture on the Bazzill cardstock. I adhered the dragonfly to the tag with clear adhesive foam to give it a little lift, and then re-attached the gems with glue dots.

Supplies (Dragonfly tag):
frosted dragonfly - Quick Quotes
CS - Bazzill
glimmer mist, glimmer glam, stamps - Tattered Angels
stamping ink - StazOn
baker's twine - Pink Paislee

I said 3 ways, right? Well, I lied. It's 3 + 1. Since this is a different embellishment, I'm not counting it in my original tally. So there.

I realized I hadn't shown one of the easiest ways to customize the frosted embellishments, and that is with alcohol ink (I used 3 shades of alcohol ink, plus a bronze mixative).

The gems started out clear on this flourish. I coloured them with a Copic marker to give them a warmer tone, coordinating better with the other colours on the tag. I attached the flourish with tiny staples.

Supplies (kraft tag):
frosted flourish - Quick Quotes
CS - Bazzill
alcohol ink, distress ink - Ranger
stamps, staples - Tim Holtz
marker - Copic
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels
stamping ink - StazOn
other - twine

So tell me - is this kind of post helpful/useful? Should I do this more often? I would like to know what you think!

Congratulations card - Tattered Angels

2011-09-05T10:00:00.000-04:00

Here's another card I created for Tattered Angels. For this one, I spritzed a Cuttlebug embossing folder with Silver Sugar glimmer mist, then put my cardstock in, and embossed. After it was dry, I lightly brushed with Sassy Silver glimmer glaze, to add a little more silver shimmer. For the pink strips, I sprayed cardstock with Pink Bubblegum glimmer mist, and then embossed while the cardstock was still wet. It gives a little different effect than if I had waited til the cardstock was dry.

The flocked acrylic is from the Heidi Swapp collection from Tattered Angels. I sprayed it with Cinder glimmer mist, and painted the back with Sassy Silver glimmer glaze. The Epiphany buttons are backed with more of the Pink Bubblegum-misted cardstock.

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Glimmer Mist - Cinder, Pink Bubblegum, Silver Sugar
Glimmer Glaze - Sassy Silver
flocked acrylic shape - Heidi Swapp collection

Other Supplies:
CS, floss - Bazzill
letters - Lily Bee
buttons - Epiphany Crafts
embossing folders - Provo Craft

C'est Magnifique Kit Club

2011-09-04T10:00:00.005-04:00

I will be Guest Designing for the new C'est Magnifique kit club in October. You can read the full announcement on their blog here. They are filling a pretty cool niche of bringing in scrapbook products from outside of North America - stuff that's beautiful, but hard to find around here. You should check them out!

Through my viewfinder September 2011

2011-09-03T10:00:00.001-04:00

Might be why it was in the liquidation section.

Posies - Art Journal Every Day

2011-09-02T10:00:00.001-04:00

Just some playing around in my take-along art journal (still taking part in Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's Art Journal Every Day). I'm not terribly productive (most days it's not much more than 10 minutes), but a little here and there, and eventually I end up with something. For this particular page, I'm still trying to decide if I want to add some words along the right. I'm calling it 'done' for now, but I may change my mind later... ;)

Supplies:
journal - Cavallini & Co
gesso - Liquitex
pens - Faber-Castell PITT pens, Staedtler pigment liner 0.05
watercolour crayons - Caran d'Ache Neocolor II

Win Tattered Angels and Prima Goodies!

2011-09-01T10:00:00.004-04:00

Would you like to win some Tattered Angels paints and Prima Mist-ables? Did you know that this month Prima and Tattered Angels did a product swap? Find out all about the prizes on the Tattered Angels blog and the Prima Marketing blog! And of course, keep checking back for all the mist-able inspiration on both blogs (and here of course... ;) )

Archiantologists - Tattered Angels

2011-08-30T10:00:00.003-04:00

For this Tattered Angels layout I wanted to talk about how you can customize printed papers. You can mist on any paper in your stash – it doesn’t have to be something made specifically for mists – anything is fair game. My background paper started as a simple b&w dictionary print by Echo Park. I added glimmer mist in Frost, dragged the edges through Slate, and stenciled with Tattered Leather and Dark Denim, giving a whole new look to the paper.

I misted Lucky glimmer mist on a white-printed kraft paper (the white resisted the mist), and Santa Baby on the leopard print kraft cardstock from Canvas Corp. The originally-white zebra print (also Canvas Corp) received a coating of Silver Sugar glimmer mist. This is a great way to customize b&w papers, and can also give new life to your scraps.

The grungeboard stars were misted with Santa Baby, and the grungeboard letters were misted with Frost. I somehow ended up with a sizeable stash of grungeboard, so I was very happy to see how well it works with Glimmer mist. The shimmer kind of rests on the surface giving a great effect.

Corrugated cardboard (now available from a number of companies in acid-free) takes mists so well, it’s tempting to use it on every page. This was misted with Tattered Leather.

I just realized I forgot to take a close up of the journaling. The story behind this title is my son's mash-up of the words 'paleontologist' and 'archeologist'. He asked me if I knew that the dinosaurs were discovered by 'archiantologists'. :)

Supplies (Tattered Angels);
Glimmer Mist - Frost, Slate, Dark Denim, Lucky, Santa Baby, Silver Sugar, Tattered Leather,

Other Supplies:
PP - Echo Park, Canvas Corp, Jillibean Soup
corrugated cardboard - Creative Imaginations
grungeboard - Tim Holtz
stencils - The Crafter's Workshop, $ store (letters)
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
other - staples, paper-wrapped wire

Mini-go for 2

2011-08-29T10:00:00.000-04:00

Today I wanted to share a layout I made for Love My Tapes. The larger striped red, white & blue piece is one of the fabric sheets (FS019). I lightly frayed the edges for a little texture. It wasn't actually easy to fray - the adhesive on these sheets really keeps everything together.

Of course, an easy way to use the tapes is as a simple border strip. I added small circles die-cut from the fabric sheet.

For the green layer I wanted more than just a little strip, so lined up several pieces of the Jane green polka-dot fabric tape to make it look like a larger piece of fabric. The blue stripe fabric tape (FT020) and 12mm pink lace tape were quick ways to bring in a little more of the colours in the photo. I'm particularly enamored with the lace tapes - I find myself reaching for them for most of my layouts lately.

For the circular piece here, I placed 3 strips of fabric tape on a piece of cardstock, then put it through my die cut machine.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies (Love My Tapes):
Red, white & blue fabric sheet (FS019)
Jane green polka-dot fabric tape
blue stripe fabric tape (FT020)
12mm pink lace tap

Other Supplies:
CS - Bazzill
PP - Karen Foster (beige harlequin pattern)
stencil - The Crafter's Workshop
Glimmer Mist - Tattered Angels (Olive Vine)
stamp - Tattered Angels (Architectural Trims)
letters - Basic Grey
brads - Making Memories, Queen & Company
ink - StazOn
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
other - buttons

Halloween at Christmas Park

2011-08-28T10:00:00.009-04:00

Have you checked out this week's sketch over at Let's Capture These Sketches? You don't want to miss what the rest of the team has created.

I've been wanting to play with this new halloween line from Authentique, so I was happy to realize it would work with these pictures of my son at his dress-up day at school. His costume is red, so I didn't have a lot of halloween papers that looked right. Some of the oranges in this collection are very deep and rich, so they worked well for my pictures.

I did a lot of distressing on this page, and machine sewing.

Can you believe these cute little bats came from the dollar store? I wonder if they will have more this year (I've now used of the last of the packge I bought a few years a go).

I love all the little die-cuts from Authentique, especially the quotes that you don't see everywhere else. The felt swirls are from Queen & Company.

The black lace is from Love My Tapes.

Supplies:
PP, die cuts, letters - Authentique
lace - Love My Tapes
felt - Queen & Co (swirls), $ store (bats)
brads - Making Memories
pen - Uniball Signo

Baby - Pink Paislee 'Mist-ables'

2011-08-24T10:00:00.011-04:00

Continuing on with the Mist-able theme, I of course had to get my hands on some of the new Pink Paislee Mist-ables collection - designed to work with Tattered Angels mists, and it does so beautifully. They said this thicker stock was designed to take all the mists without buckling like many papers can - I admit, I was a little skeptical, because I don't hold back on the mists. I have to say - this collection performed as promised. I was delighted with how well it accepted so much liquid, and stayed flat when I was done. (I used Cadillac Pink, Frost, and Silver Bells on the background). I will be using this more, that's for sure - there are 6 great resist patterns, and I love them all.

The chipboard letters have a resist as well. It's subtle here, because I used a light-coloured mist (Silver Bells - sorry, this is a very old Limited Edition colour. I will be sad when I finish this bottle). The paper doily is one of those ultra thin ones from the dollar store, but you can still load on the mist. Spray on your colour as desired, blot lightly, and let it dry on your misting mat so that it doesn't tear. You'll be good to go. (I used Frost glimmer mist)

Some white Prima flowers got misted with Cadillac Pink glimmer mist, and the edges dipped in Black Cherry glimmer mist. They all got a dose of Chandelier Glimmer Glam in the centre as well (the pale pink flower got the glam as the first layer, which acted as a resist). The lace is one of the self-adhesive lace tapes from Love My Tapes. I love how well this tape works - I want to use it on everything lately!

For the chipboard shape, I misted with Cadillac Pink, then painted over with Chandelier Glimmer Glam for a little more sparkle. You can also see the ruffled trims here. The Silver was misted with Silver Bells glimmer mist, and the blue was misted with Teal High Heel Chalkboard mist.

I used one of the die-cut resist tags for my journaling. I spritzed it with Cadillac Pink glimmer mist then dragged the edges through Black Cherry mist for darker edges.

Supplies:
PP, tag, ruffled trim, chipboard letters - Pink Paislee
Glimmer Mist - Tattered Angels (Frost, Silver Bells, Cadillac Pink, Black Cherry)
Chalkboard mist - Tattered Angels (Teal High Heel)
Glimmer Glam - Tattered Angels (Chandelier)
chipboard dress form, large pin - Maya Road
pearl head pins - Jenni Bowlin
lace trim - Love My Tapes
flowers - Prima Marketing
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
other - doily ($ store)

Wood Treasure Box - Tattered Angels

2011-08-22T10:00:00.004-04:00

(update - a tutorial on the flowers will be coming soon!)

This month for Tattered Angels we are showcasing different 'Mist-ables". For this first project, I worked with a wood treasure box from Walnut Hollow. If you haven’t tried misting on wood, you’ve got to give it a go – it’s a match made in scrap heaven. There are so many cool wood embellishments on the market right now it’s easy to try it on something small without committing to a large project.

I misted the box with Mint Chocolate Chip Chalkboard, Silver Sugar & Sugar Plum Fairy Glimmer Mist.

The flowers and leaves were die-cut from coffee filters, then misted with Spring Rain, Spanish Moss, Winter Pine (leaves) and Cherub Pink, Sugar Plum Fairy, Haunted Shadows (flowers). Coffee filters take mists beautifully as you would imagine – the colours blend so easily, and it gives a very soft feminine look. The lace was misted with Haunted Shadows glimmer mist.

Once the box was dry, I painted the drawer knob with Pewter Glimmer Glaze – it gives a beautiful metalic look, without being too ‘shiny’.

Then I misted the entire project with Pearl glimmer mist for a little extra shimmer.

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Glimmer Mist - Silver Sugar, Sugar Plum Fairy, Spring Rain, Spanish Moss, Winter Pine, Cherub Pink, Haunted Shadows, Pearl
Chalkboard Mist - Mint Chocolate Chip
Glimmer Glaze - Pewter

Other Supplies:
wood box - Walnut Hollow
vintage lace
coffee filters

Through my viewfinder August 2011

2011-08-20T10:00:00.002-04:00

Great demotivational poster, Starbucks.

(click to read the smaller text)

It's not a Dinosaur - LCOM Sketch #95

2011-08-18T10:00:00.003-04:00

Seems like forever since I've dug into my Basic Grey stash. This week's sketch challenge over at Let's Capture These Sketches was a good opportunity though, and I've been wanting to scrap these photos for some time now.

I had fun with the stickers and rub-ons that went with this line. (Hmm - why is it that my 'boy' pages are so much less lumpy than 'girl' pages?)

And the story behind the misleading title...

Supplies:
PP, stickers, letters, rub-ons - Basic Grey
ink - Ranger
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Winter card - Tattered Angels

2011-08-16T10:00:00.000-04:00

The weather has been too hot for my liking lately, so how about something wintery? For this card, I masked the background with a simple french curve template and lightly misted with Frost glimmer mist.

The chipboard snowflakes were primed with gesso, then misted with Frost glimmer mist and painted with Tinsel Town glimmer glam. The buttons were created by spritzing cardstock with Moonlight glimmer mist, which I placed in the Epiphany tool.

I added a little Chandelier glimmer glam to the sentiment tag, on the upper edges.

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Glimmer Mist - Frost, Moonlight
Glimmer Glam - Tinsel Town, Chandelier

Other Supplies:
CS - Prism
chipboard - Maya Road
buttons - Epiphany Crafts
letters - Pink Paislee
floss - Bazzill
gesso - Liquitex

Poser - Love My Tapes

2011-08-12T10:00:00.006-04:00

Hi there everyone. I think I neglected to mention that I've joined the design team over at Love My Tapes. This is my first project for them - I hope you'll go check them out, they make some pretty cool tapes - fabric, lace, clear - all of it self-adhesive.

Have you ever tried using fabric tape for more than just a small accent? It's so pretty, it deserves a bit of the spotlight, I think - so I used the Brooke fabric tape to create a border around part of my layout.

I used some of the dark pink lace tape as a border strip. I love these lace tapes - so much easier to adhere than regular lace - no messing with adhesive that will show through.

The pink 'reptile' fabric sheets have such great texture:

I die-cut a flourish from the fuchsia suede fabric sheet for a pop of colour. The fabric sheets die-cut beautifully with the deep sizzix dies.

I cut wobbly circles from the brown dot/floral fabric, and roughly sewed around them, for a little contrast. The background paper is from Hambly Screenprints. I took advantage of the resist effect with the white print, and spritzed with glimmer mists.

And of course, the story:

Supplies (Love My Tapes):
fabric tape - Brooke
lace tape - dark pink lace
fabric sheets (pink reptile, fuchsia suede, brown dot/floral)

Other Supplies:
PP - Hambly Screenprints, Lily Bee, 7 gypsies
letters - American Crafts
flowers - Prima Marketing
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels (Apple, Caribbean Blue, Popsicle)
acrylic ink - liquitex
pen - Uniball Signo
other - sewing thread, buttons

Fall Beauty

2011-08-09T10:00:00.001-04:00

I couldn't resist playing this this collection from Authentique. The woodgrain with bits of pink had me at first sight. Then when I realized the blue paper matched my daughter's dress, well... it was meant to be, right?

Why use just one flower, when you can use a bunch? ;) I love the contrast that the cork adds to the mix. It just 'works' on autumn pages.

Sometimes I layer so much, it's hard to find a good colour for titles to pop. An easy fix is to put your letters on a neutral background, and cut around them - then just add the whole word / title to your layout as one piece.

I love to layer and cluster embellishments, and all the fun die-cuts from Authentique are perfect for this.

And a little peek at the journaling, of course...

Supplies:
PP, die cuts, mini-letters - Authentique
flowers, pearls - Prima Marketing
glimmer mist - Tattered Angels
larger letters - American Crafts
cork - Karen Foster
rub-ons - DCWV
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Goodbye old friend

2011-08-07T12:53:00.002-04:00

My heart is broken. Yesterday I had to say goodbye to a dear old friend. I can't stop crying. My house feels empty. I miss hearing him snore behind the couch. I miss seeing him staring at the water bowl waiting for it to 'magically' fill, because he thought that's how it worked. I miss that motorboat purr, which was louder than any other cat I've ever heard. My heart has a hole in it.

Straczynski was 16 years old. I've had him in my life longer than my husband.

Yesterday sucked.

Paint what's in front of you

2011-08-03T10:00:00.002-04:00

I read somewhere, if you want to practice drawing or painting, start with what's in front of you. Can you guess where this is?

Still playing in my art journals, and trying things with watercolours (this is my small Strathmore Visual journal 3.5"x5"). I haven't quite got the hang of photographing watercolour though (open to some tips here - it tends to get washed out).

Supplies:
journal - Strathmore Watercolour Visual Journal
watercolour crayons - Caran d'Ache Neocolor II

Do You Know Your Mistables™?

2011-08-01T10:00:00.002-04:00

This month the Tattered Angels design team focuses on showing you that you can mist on just about anything. Let the Misting begin

August Give-A-Way

The Tattered Angels design team has been up to some amazing things! Follow our Facebook page and tell us you do on the Tattered Angels blog in the comment section throughout the month of August as we continue to partner with PinkPaislee and the Mist-A-Bles line of crafting products. Enter the drawing to receive a Mist-A-Bles gift package which includes PinkPaislee’s Muslin Flowers, 18 Inch Pleated Ribbon Strips and a package of Chipboard Sheets with Decorative Ink Resist Fonts. Also included in this give-a-way package is a Tattered Angels Paint System to include 1 (one) 2 oz bottle of Glimmer Mist – Fall Limited Edition Butternut Squash, 1 (one) 2 oz bottle of Glimmer Mist Chalkboard Cherry Cola, 1 (one) 1.35 oz bottle of Glimmer Glam Glitter Paint Twinkle Toes, and 1 (one) 1 oz bottle of Glimmer Glaze Sea Kelp.

We will draw a winner and announce the winner at the end of August on our Facebook Page of course.

Don’t forget to join us every Tuesday at 10:00 am (MDT) for Tattered Tuesday Techniques. This is a LIVE Webisode with ten minutes of techniques, tips, tricks, and sneak peaks on new paints. Tune in to make suggestions on what you would to see Tattered Angels invent next! Tattered Tuesday Techniques 10 @ 10 begins on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 10:00 am (MDT). Check out our website at www.mytatteredangels.com for log-in information! This is must see “TV”!

Fancy Jewelry

2011-07-29T10:00:00.000-04:00

I made this page about a month ago, as soon as I was able to get my hands on these papers by Authentique - I love them. The texture and heavy paper just makes my hands happy!

I did a lot of fussy cuts for this page - the papers cried out for it! The die cuts from this line are so usable too - I love that they are double-sided.

A little bit of glimmer glam on the letters, for some sparkle.

I even brought this layout to the sewing machine, something I hadn't done for a while, but I can see I need to do more often. I'm really pleased with the effect.

I added a Prima butterfly, and a cabochon to the journaling tag:

Supplies:
PP, die cuts, mini letters - Authentique
large letters - American Crafts Thickers
butterfly, lace - Prima Marketing
pins - Maya Road, Jenni Bowlin Studio
paper doilies - $ store
glimmer glam - Tattered Angels (Chandelier, Tutu Pink)
ink - Ranger
marker - Staedtler Triplus Fineliner
other - cabochon, thread

LCOM Christmas in July

2011-07-22T10:00:00.002-04:00

Valentine Card - Tattered Angels

2011-07-20T10:00:00.000-04:00

This month for Tattered Angels we were assigned to make some cards, and we were given an Epiphany Crafts button maker to use as well.

For my first card I started with a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background. I painted Glimmer Glam (Tutu Pink, Chandelier) directly on the folder, then spritzed with Pomegranate Glimmer Mist. Then I placed the cardstock in the folder and ran it through my Cuttlebug. I love the effect this gives the embossing.

For the buttons, I started with dictionary paper, spritzed with Pomegranate mist, and once dry I put it into the Epiphany button tool. Instant, perfectly matched embellishment.

The stamps are from the “Timeless Romance” set. I love all the little mix & match stamps in this set - there are several sentiments you can place inside the banner.

The aqua piece is from Pink Paislee’s Parisian Anthology collection, spritzed with Patina glimmer mist. (See - it pays to save your really nice scraps).

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Glimmer Mist - Cadillac Pink, Pomegranate, Patina
Glimmer Glam - Tutu Pink, Chandelier
stamps - Timeless Romance collection

Other Supplies:
CS, floss - Bazzill
embossing folder - Cuttlebug
flower - Prima
buttons - Epiphany Crafts
pp, tape - Pink Paislee
stamping ink - StazOn
other - dictionary paper

Take-along journal - watercolour play

2011-07-15T10:00:00.003-04:00

So, yeah... all this diddling around with a take-along art journal? The winding road lead to watercolour crayons, so I'm playing with that. This journal is tiny - only 3.5" x 5". Just the right size for a little play on the road (or at Starbucks, as the case may be, more often than not).

(No watercolour tips - I haven't got a sweet clue what I'm doing. But I'm OK with that.)

Supplies:
journal - Strathmore Visual Journal - Watercolour
water-soluble wax pastels - Caran D'Ache Neocolour II

Bagels - Tattered Angels & Pink Paislee

2011-07-12T10:00:00.004-04:00

Here's another page I did for Tattered Angels featuring the Pink Paislee "Daily Junque" collection. This time I misted the background paper with Aquamarine and Dark Denim glimmer mists. I used glimmer screens from the Tattered Traveler and Mementos collections, as well as a letter stencil I had on hand. You can still use stencils with patterned paper – it doesn’t always require a solid background - you can get fun effects when the pattern shows through.

Instead of inking the edges of my papers, I painted the edges with Pewter glimmer glaze.

For the title, I painted wood Pink Paislee letters with Organic Garden glimmer glam, and backed it with a Pink Paislee artisan element (misted with Dark Denim glimmer mist). Again, impatience and a heat gun got me an unexpected effect – the glam bubbled a little. Since I like grungy and distressed, I’m OK with that.

I painted some Pink Paislee artisan tape with Pewter glimmer glaze. Organic Garden glimmer glam was used on several pieces of Pink Paislee artisan elements. This is a great way to make older embellishments work with new paper collections. I was impatient for the glaze to dry, so I used a heat gun and it created a crackle effect on the tape – which I loved! (If left to air dry it didn’t crackle).

This Pink Paislee stamp was just the right size for my limited journaling on this page.

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Glimmer Mist - Dark Denim, Aquamarine
Glimmer Glam - Organic Garden
Glimmer Glaze - Pewter
glimmer screens - Tattered Traveler, Mementos collections

Other Supplies:
PP, letters, artisan elements, artisan tape, stamps - Pink Paislee
ink - StazOn
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
other - letter stencil, clock mask created with a Tim Holtz die cut

Poppy

2011-07-09T10:00:00.002-04:00

Still playing in my 'take-along' art journal. Obviously heavily influenced by Donna Downey with this page, but now I see why she likes poppies. :) I really love my new watercolour crayons.

Supplies:
journal - Cavallini
gesso - Liquitex
watercolour crayons - Caran D'Ache Neocolor II
marker - Faber-Castell PITT Pen

Cooler - Tattered Angels & Pink Paislee

2011-07-06T10:00:00.003-04:00

This is my second layout featuring Pink Paislee's "Daily Junque" collection, and Tattered Angels "Daily Junque Paint System". For this layout, I painted the edges of the paper with Aquamarine glimmer mist and let some of it drip in places. The circular elements are Pink Paislee artisan elements, painted with Pewter glimmer glaze. On the background, I painted a few strokes of Pewter glimmer glaze, then sprayed over top with Aquamarine glimmer mist. The glaze acts as a resist, so the two colours stay separate. Then I added a small spritz of Dark Denim, for a little splatter.

I painted some Pink Paislee artisan tape with Pewter glimmer glaze - their tapes take the glaze and glam beautifully.

This flower was sprayed with Aquamarine glimmer mist, then I lightly brushed over it with Pewter glimmer glaze. The brad received two heavy coats of Pewter glimmer glaze, which I heats with a heat gun until it bubbled, for a little more texture.

On this layout I painted the wood letters with Organic Garden glimmer glam. I gave it two coats for a more glazed effect, but you can get away with just one coat. The larger artisan element was spritzed with Aquamarine glimmer mist. (Of course, I had to include the story behind the title, he he ).

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Glimmer Mist - Dark Denim, Aquamarine
Glimmer Glam - Organic Garden
Glimmer Glaze - Pewter

Other Supplies:
PP, letters, ticket, artisan elements, stamps - Pink Paislee
flowers - Prima Marketing
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
ink - StazOn
other - brads, staples

Along Came a Spider

2011-07-03T10:00:00.005-04:00

Have you checked out this week's sketch challenge over at Let's Capture These Sketches? Don't forget to hop on over to see what the rest of the team has created.

I wanted to use these blue letters, but they needed a little help to show up against the background, so I placed them on cream paper and cut around the title. Worked a treat, I think! The splats (as well as the barbed-wire) are from an older Bo Bunny stamp set, and I just love them for boy pages.

I layered some of the chipboard shapes to get them to fit. I use a little extra liquid adhesive when I do this.

And the story behind the title:

Supplies:
PP, chipboard, stickers, letters, stamps - Bo Bunny
rub-ons - DCWV
ink - StazOn
markers - Faber-Castell PITT pen, Staedtler Triplus Fineliner

She Art canvas #5

2011-06-30T10:00:00.002-04:00

I made this She Art canvas for my Mom. By now she should have it already. It's probably perched on the fireplace mantel (because nothing ever seems to make it on the walls in that house, hahahah! Love you Mom!)

I didn't think I would enjoy getting all sticky with mod podge making this skirt, but it wasn't so bad afterall, and the effect was worth it. I like it a lot more than I thought I would.

I added some modeling paste to my yellow paint, and used punchinella to get the texture on the sun.

Stylin' - Tattered Angels & Pink Paislee

2011-06-25T10:00:00.004-04:00

This month for Tattered Angels we got to work with the Pink Paislee "Daily Junque" collection, and the coordinating "Color Connections" Daily Junque Paint System. This pre-selected set includes 2 glimmer mists (Dark Denim, Aquamarine), 1 glimmer glam (Organic Garden) and one glimmer glaze (Pewter). These coordinate perfectly with the Daily Junque papers, making colour choices easy.

In stead of inking the edges of the papers, I sprayed Dark Denim glimmer msit on my misting mat and dragged the edges of the papers through it – so easy!

I misted the wooden letters with Aquamarine glimmer mist. I love Tattered Angels mediums on wood - it gives the wood colour, but allows the grain to still show.

I coloured these flowers with Chalkboard mist in "Strawberry Shorkcake" and "Cotton Candy".

I had some Pink Paislee artisan elements in my stash, and this was the perfect opportunity to use them - painted to match the Daily Junque papers: Aquamarine glimmer mist, Pewter glimmer glaze, and Organic Garden glimmer glam. The stamps are from the Timeless Romance collection.

I played around with some Pink Paislee baker's twine on this layout as well:

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Glimmer Mist - Dark Denim, Aquamarine
Glimmer Glaze - Pewter
Glimmer Glam - Organic Garden
stamps - Timeless Romance collection

Other supplies:
PP, letters, artisan elements, baker's twine - Pink Paislee
flowers - Prima Marketing
marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen

Good Enough - Art journaling with Tattered Angels

2011-06-22T10:00:00.001-04:00

Here's another art journal page I made for the Tattered Angels blog in May. I collaged some book pages and scraps on this page, then sprayed with Chalkboard mist in Firefly, Inchworm and Charcoal, using a Glimmer Screen from the Bold Borders set. I also used stamps from the Rockin’ Renaissance, Architectural Trims and Timeless Romance sets.

I used a drafting template to add circles of Glimmer Glam in Private Meadow.

I also added Pewter Glimmer Glaze as accents around the frame, and in a few other places.

Supplies (Tattered Angels):
Chalkboard Mist - Firefly, Inchworm, Charcoal
Glimmer Glam - Private Meadow
Glimmer Glaze - Pewter
glimmer screens - Bold Borders
stamps - Rockin’ Renaissance Tattered Textures, Architectural Trims, Timeless Romance

Other Supplies:
journal - Canson
gesso - Liquitex
rub-ons - Hambly Screenprints
white paint - Elmers paint pen
black marker - Faber-Castell PITT pen
additional masks/stencils - drafting stencil, punchinella
other - book pages, random punched shapes