Scrap your Stash

Sketch challenge over at Scrap Our Stash

I decided i wanted to use washi tape as the stripes in the background.  Lately my layouts are about creating a background and I have been playing with mica powder by Prima, Finnabair art ingredients.  And continued to do so with this layout.

 I started with vanilla cardstock and added harlequin pattern with modeling paste and stencil.

Added copper paint on modeling paste pattern, dry brushed along edges.  So there are no harsh edges.

Dry brushed on black paint then added the mica powder, used purple, rust and teal.  Next I inked vintage photo distress ink over top and added some more mica powder.  Sprayed with water to get drips and blending.

Highlighted the harlequin pattern with white paint, not a complete solid white.

Repeated above steps on top pattern,  how fun is that?

The final layout, added green and blue along edges and layered on top of pattern paper.  Next layered with washi tape, rub ons, chipboard and journalling tags.  The final step is doddling, my new favorite thing.

I kept the embellishments to a min.  since the background is so much.

Enjoy!

Fall in is the COLORS

November challenge for Lindy's Stamp Gang is all about fall colors.  

For this color challenge i used
Starburst Ponderosa Pines Olive
Starburst Mission Belles Brown
Flat Fabio Tears on My Pillow Tangerine
Starburst California Poppy Gold













Here is my take

 The final tag, super girly.

 i started by adding washi tape onto tag, then added some gesso, and also translucent embossing paste.  I wanted to see how Lindy's sprays settled into different medias.

Next i added some modeling paste applied with a stencil.  Dry

Added the sprays, the color settled into the tag and into the modeling paste but not into the gesso or translucent paste as much.

I painted the modeling paste pattern with brown distress paint, then doddled around with a white pen.  I fuzzy cut out of flowers and butterflies, added onto the tag with pop up dots for dimensions.

Finished with embellishments. Of course metal.

Anything Goes- Steampunk Industrial

Another challenge at SanDee's And Amelie's Steampunk Challenges- my favorite challenge site.  If you read my blog you know i love steampunk!!!!  Here is my steampunk phone I created it with chipboard, cardstock, straws, and funky embellishments- what every i could get my hands on.

 I started with box made from chipboard, i did make a cut out from the bottom so it was more dimensional.  I brought craft foam at the dollar store, did you know you could get it 0.25" thick???  and it is super easy to cut.  I used the craft foam to add panels and rotary dial.  I cut gears out of cardstock from my silhouette and layered onto frame.



Straws are my new go to, once painted they look like piping.  My friend has these FAB bendy straws with extra long bendy coils, makes them fun to manipulate.

 Add some wire that I twirled around a pencil.  Next added some metal embellishments

Then the top of the phone, i wanted to create bells like on an old phone so i cut a foam ball in half and glued onto top.  Finished with more twirled wire, glass domes and light bulbs.

Now the magic- i painted the whole piece black.  Next added metallic finish by dry brushing on gold metallic paint.  While the paint is still damp i added more color with Finnabair mica ingredients.  Ahhh i love it when a plan comes together.









Next some close ups.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Yes I am a winner also a fan of Diners, Drive Ins and Dives.

My bold bright tag has one the color challenge over at
Lindy Stamp Gang.  Let the shopping begin.

















Here are some other tags i worked on this weekend.  I was at a crop in Camrose at Bittern Lake Lodge, it was fantastic.  Four days, no cooking, sleeping til 10, laughter and friendship and of course a little scrapbooking.

Pastel beauty- pattern paper tag, with chipboard colored with gesso then gelatos, add texture with modelling paste and stencil also colored with gelatos.  Then layer layer layer.

Background texture and lightbulb is my design chipboard.

This one i colored with dylusions, love how the color stays true.  I added harequinn pattern with a stencil and modelling paste then painted.  It is time consuming to hand paint but sometimes its just what a person needs and quite relaxing.

New chipboard design birdcage collage.

This one i love the color combination ombre effect.  The center piece is one of my chipboard designs.  The piping you ask- bendy straws!!  I glue everything onto the tag and it looks like nothing but junk- then the magic.  I paint the whole piece with gesso then add color with paint - Dana wakley thick acrylic paint.  Highlight with paint- black, white and copper.  It needs something but not sure what.

And the best for last- again add all pieces onto tag and paint with gesso.  This one i painted with copper paint then highlighted with black paint and mica ingredients- Prima / Finnabair.  I love how this one turned out it had a halloween feel so i added the white rubons and doddling.  Has a real metallic patina look.

October Sketch- Prima Marketing

I found a challenge section on Prima Marketing blog while i was looking for inspiration, and i though HELL YAH.  here is the sketch

So this is where i started from...

 and this is where i ended up.  I always find i start with a sketch and good intentions to make it look like the sketch but then the page takes on a life of its own.

 This month i have been all about creating backgrounds, which i love to do but it is like a catch 22.  I spent so much time on the background then half of it end covered up.  But like they say its not about the destination but the journey.

First i sprayed vanilla cardstock with color blooms.  After i spray the color blooms i also spray with water to blend and remove harsh edges.

Allow to dry

 I added texture with clear embossing paste and cell stencil

allow to dry

 ink around embossing paste with vintage distress ink, then doddle around cell texture.  I love doddling!!!!


once background is done i start building my page.

I used some old prima flowers i had, sprayed them with color bloom then painted them with art ingredients mic powder.  It worked perfectly, now i have flowers that match my page color scheme.

 added some metal hardware, these are my all time favorite embellishments from prima marketing.... and they no longer make them.  So everytime i run across a package i snap it up, like all of them in the store.  I believe these were a Finnabair product the ones i really liked with the clock works, super tiny metal embellishments.  I use to use them on every scrapbook project but now i am hoarding.  The question with hoarding is how long to hold onto them.

 then i cluster because i love to cluster

HAPPY CLUSTERing.

a few of my favorite things

here is the mood board for Scrap the Boys

this mood board has so many things i love, robin egg blue, woodgrain, brown, fall leaves, water bubbles.  HOW FUN!

 started with vanilla cardstock and sprayed Prima Color Blooms in the corners- several shades.  Once i have the color on i spray some water to remove all the harsh edges.

 added some clear embossing paste in the corners with stencils

once the embossing paste is dry i inked around with vintage photo distress ink, makes the patterns pop.  I love clear embossing paste, you get a pattern, and preserve the colors underneath.

 i doodled around the pattern, makes it pop pop pop.

 close of embossing paste and doodling

here is the finished project.  All my other favorite came out to play- chipboard, metal, rub ons, plus pistachio distress paint.  Then the best favorite- my kid playing in puddles at our farm in his all time favorite fashion- rubber boots.


The chipboard chicken wire, arrow, and journalling tab are designed by me.  Check out my etsy store

123 Challenge

Over at 123Challenge this month's  you need to include

Color: LIME

Word: TODAY

Technique: DOTS

 i started with white cardstock, glue on the photo and added some color around photo.  I overbrushed on the paint so they are no hard edges.

added some interest by adding cris cross marks by applying paint to the edge of my palette knife then to the paper.  Used the same green and also added antique white.

 added varied sized dots with colored modeling paste and stencils.  Add chipboard around the photo, this is a new design of chipboard available on my etsy store, ragged edge.
Painted chipboard green.

(yes i know the picture is blurry)  i added more color blocks with gelatos- teal.  Love gelatos just add a little onto the page then spread it around.  It smears super easy leaves no harsh edges and is translucent but not too translucent.  Also added purple, and teal onto chipboard.

I added some doddling around the dots, or i tried but the one downfall of gelato it is super hard to use a marker on top of it.

The final page, finished with added words, Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today always smile.  Then of course my usual go to- rub ons.

close up

another close up!

I tend to make little vignettes on my pages and they always turn out to be my favorite parts.

ENJOY 123...