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Loolah Mini Album by Lisa Gregory

Hello, Lisa here with a project to fuel your creativty. I love ATC cards, So when I looked through my wonderful stash of Splash Of Color goodies, I was delighted to find a 6x6 paper pack and an ATC collection pack from the IOD Loolah collection. The pinks, reds, and greens are a fave color combo of mine, and the very sweet lady bug design was perfect for a collection of pictures I have of my daughter when she was a toddler. I decided on creating a mini album.

I started with 8 pieces of 4x6 chipboard. For the front and back cover, I adhered canvas to the outsides of each peice. Using a mask, I painted through the mask with Primary Elements Artist Pigments in Pear Blossom and Spanish Moss  mixed with glossy gel medium to give the paint some body.

I used some Grunge Paper to create the spine and binding. I primed a piece of the grunge paper with LuminArte Silks Acrylic Glaze in Oyster. Then I went over it with a mix of Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze in Guatemalen Green and African Jade.

For my cover title I used LuminArte Silks Acryic Glaze in Nutmeg to paint my chipboard and when it dried I rubbed it with a little Viva Colour Metallic Rub in green for a patina look.

The flowers were created using Glassine paper. I die cut them, wrinkled the flowers and painted them using primary Elements in the same colors I used on my canvas cover. To color the brads, I rubbed more of the Viva Colour Metallic rub in green over them. I also used the metallic rub on the flowers.

You can see a few of the ATC cards I created sticking out of the top of the album..Let me show you how adorable they came out.

I created the pages before I bound them together. I used the IOD Loolah 6x6 paper pad for the pages and the pockets, created on some of the pages. Then I die cut the bases of the ATC cards using thick white cardstock and then cut the papers in the pad and adhered them to the white bases. This created a heavy ATC card to adorn with the IOD Loolah ATC Die Cut Cardstock Shapes.  The backs of the ATC cards were left intentionally white for future journaing. Here are a few photos of the inside of the album.

In addition to ATC cards, I also created little trifold folders to hold photo's or journaling.

Here is one of them opened up.

Here is another trifold card.

This is the trifold card tied, and tucked in a pocket.

The painted canvas flourish on the cover was taken from the Monarch Canvas Shapes pack. 

The silk ribbon is from May Arts. I just sprayed the slightly water dampened ribbon with a little LuminArte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist in Fern.

I hope you were inspired by my Loolah Mini today. I just love creating these little treasures.

OH!!! One more little teeny weeny tidbit. This idea popped in my head this morning while strolling the garden. And I still has time to edit my post!!! I saw a lady bug on my Azaleas. I thought to muself..Self, I make flowers!! How about lady bugs to go along with them..So I pilled out my Viva Dimensional Pearl Paint Pen “Red Pearl” and in Black Pearl. On my non stick craft mat, I placed a small red dot about the size of a real lady bug. Then I took the black pen and placed a smaller dot on one end of the red dot..Whe the dots were dry, I took a black Sharpie and very carefully drew a line down the middle to separate the wings and drew teen weeny little dots on their backs...Lady Bugs!!!! To create a sense of scale, here is the smallest one shown on my fingertip.

Till next time, Color your World with a little Splash Of Color!!!!

xoxo Lisa

 

Splash of Organization

Several months a go I bought these drawers for my pens and pencils. I put it together and covered each drawer with a 12x12 piece of paper. Recently I decided to finsh off the piece with paint. 

First I covered the outside with 

Viva Colour's Precious Metal Effects in Orange Yellow

 

Next is a layer to prepare for crackling: Viva Colour's Crackle Paint Base Coat

 

 

It looks white at first but dries clear. The base coat is nesseccary for the crackle paint to work. I used

Viva Colour's Black Crackle Paint.

As for the front, you can see some shimmer on the papered drawers. That is from using a very watery brush and a small amount of Viva Colour's Precious Metal Effects in Orange Yellow .

With a few inspiring words, it was done! 

Hope you get a chance to upgrade your organizaton! -heather

Funky Cheetah Gift Bags and Mini Basketball Albums for Basketball Party

 Shelley, here, with a some cute basketball items, using Splash of Color's awesome products!

 These are the gift bags that I used for the mini albums I made for my little girl's basketball team!

 I painted white gift bags with Sky Blue Silks Acrylic Glaze and African Jade Silks Acrylic Glaze, leaving some white spaces for where the spots would go later.  I then cut a large heart out of random black and/or grey basketball paper, and glued it in the middle of the sack.

I painted the spots with Key Lime Silks Acrylic Glaze.  After these completely dried, I used Black Ice Silks Acrylic Glaze around the spots.

 I then punched out a tag out of aqua cardstock, stamped a basketball on it and painted the basketball with Kiwi Luminarte Twinling H20.  I then finished it off with a few curly ribbons on the tag and on the handle of the bag! 

Here are the books I made for the girls that went in the bags!  I put around 10 pictures in each one of the albums!

Here is a close-up of the front of the album!

Here is the back of the album!

 

Here is Team SWISH after winning the Championship!! 

Here are the bags, sitting with the Championship trophy at the end-of-the season party!   We were proud of our girls!

Here is my little baller with her goodie bag!!

 

Thanks for looking!  I hope you enjoyed it!

~ Shelley

 

Splash of Color Products

 Sky Blue ~ Silks Acrylic Glaze 1 oz. jar

Key Lime ~ Silks Acrylic Glaze 1 oz. jar

Black Ice ~ Silks Acrylic Glaze 1 oz. jar

Kiwi ~ Luminarte Twinkling H20s Grande 10 gram

 

.....just PLAYIN'

HOWDY PEEEEPS!!
I don't know about you but
I have SPRING ON THE BRAIN!!

I want flowers....warmth
and grass under my feet!!

I was given an assignment to create
something "SPRINGY" for another 
manufacturer. Now, I wanted to try
something.....when I am trying something
new...I like to try things out on a seperate
similar item.

I wanted to see Primary Elements
worked with Perfect Fabric Medium.

 
I mixed a bit of Luminarte Primary Elements
Summer Breeze and
Black Orchid with
a dab of Perfect Fabric Medium and
applied the mixtures through 
stencils and spritzed them with water!

LOVE THE EFFECT!!!

I used Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze
Black Ice
to created the petals and word!
I painted the petals and stem with
Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze
Olive Vine.

I think this idea is a GO!!!

Butterflies and Silks Color my World!!

For those who know me, You know I just adore butterflies. They can lighten a project and just add a little beauty to your them. I have a butterfly file that I created, but the colors were not the vibrant blue/green I wanted. That is where Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze came to the rescue. I love how with just one light coat, the details of the butterflies still came through. 

 For the base coat I started with LuminArte Silks Acrylic Glaze in African Jade.

Then in selected areas I painted LuminArte Silks Acrylic Glaze in 2 different colors,  Celedon and Emerald. I used a touch of Periwinkle and Pink Anthurium. 

I also enhanced my flowers using the LuminArte Silks Acrylic Glaze. The pink is Pink Anthurium

and the blue flower was enhanced with Celedon and African Jade to match the butterflies.

The photo I used in my layout is courtesy of Amber of The cardboard Collective.

She is an amazing artist who works wonders with card board. I absolutely adore her butterfly wings....sigh....

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you are inspired to use Luminrte Silks to color and enhance your projetcs. The shimmer iin the Glazes are just magical!!

Till next time....Dream in a Splash of Color!!!

xoxo

Lisa

Framed in Love...

I am soooo excited to be blog hopping with Splash Of Color and Die-Namites!!! 2 Days of absolute LOVE!!!!

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equaling $25 each!

I used the Cotswald Manor Collection from Splash of Color for my layout. It is absolutely gorgeous!!! I got a little inky with Silks for my splashes and splatters.

For my photoframes, I used 2 different Die-Namites dies and combined them for a beautiful frame. Rose Bouquet DN-1120, and Elegant Heart FrameDN-1127.

I just cut the bow off of the bottom of the Rose Bouquet and placed the flowers on the top of the Elegant Heart Frame and the bow portion on the bottom.

I fussy cut one of the pages of the paper and used it in the corner of my layout. I used Viva Colour Inka Gold Metallic Rub in Lava Gold for my Heart Frames and the buds on the Rose bouquets. Then I covered evrything with the Viva Colour Magic Transparent Perfect Pearl Pen. I colored the bow porion with Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze in African Jade. I also used African Jade as a color wash around the layout.

The butterflies are from Iron Orchid Designs Die Cut Shape pack. I just smeared some Viva Colour Magic Transparent Perfect Pearl Pen on them for shine. 

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SOC-Die-Namites Dies Blog Hop: Sweet Treats by Shelley Hamilton

 Welcome to the Splash of Color Die~Namites Dies Blog Hop...

MAKE SURE TO LEAVE COMMENTS on each of the Splash of Colors Design Team Members posts that will be featured ALL DAY TODAY! Splash of Color and Die~Namites Dies will be giving away randomly chosen prize packages equaling $25 each!

Here are some of the fabulous Die-Namites Dies that you could win!

Here are some of the wonderful products that Splash of Color offers for a prize!

 

Shelley, here, with a Sweet Treat, just in time for Valentine's Day! 

I've made a few Valentine's Day Magnets, and decorated a jar to put a few treats in!

 For the jar, I took a doilly and sprayed it with Ginger Peach shimmering mist, then daubed the edges with Hot Cinnamon.  After it dried, I covered the inside metal lid, and put the ring around it.  These fabulous cupcakes were made with the "Delightful Cupcakes" Die-Namites Die and some thin metal.  They look good enough to eat!

 

Here are the magnet-valentines I made!

I started with chipboard pieces.  On the scalloped piece, I used Inka Gold in "Lava Red".  This provided a nice base to start with!  For the top chipboard piece, I used a piece of Cotswald Manor paper.  The "Heart Bouquet" is another awesome die from Die-Namites!  To give the little chipboard bird a little bit of texture, I used Magic Transparent Pearl Pen.  I glued a piece of magnet on the back of the piece.  So, instead of giving a little Valentine's Day card, I will give my Valentines a little magnet that will have them thinking of me just a little bit longer!

Here is a variation on the last magnet, still using the same beautiful die!

On this magnet, I used the "Delightful Cupcakes" diecut again!  I cut it in two different colors of metal, allowing me to have the cut-out parts in a different color, and then I glued them on!

Here, I used the cut-out parts on the chipboard heart, as well! 

I hope you enjoyed my project!  Have a great Valentine's Day, and a fun time at the HOP!!!

Die-Namites Dies Used

Delightful Cupcakes Die-Namites Die

Heart Bouquet Die-Namites Die

 

Splash of Color Products Used

Ginger Peach Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist

Hot Cinnamon Luminart Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist

Viva Clear Magic Transparent Pearl Pen

Viva Inka Gold - Lava Red

Cotswald Manor- Romantic DS paper

Cotswald Manor - Devotion DS paper

Cotswald Manor - Sentimental DS paper

 

Be True!

Good morning ~ Cheryl here to share with you my project for the Splash of Color and Die~Namites Dies blog hop! 

   

 

Splash of Color and Die~Namites Dies
 will be giving away randomly chosen prize packages 
equaling $25 each!

 

MAKE SURE TO LEAVE COMMENTS 
on each of the Splash of Colors Design Team Members 
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When i started designing with our Luminarte paints and Die~Namites Dies I quickly realized it is a match made in heaven!  

  This is the book showing how the die was cut from the cover , making a transparent image.  

Here is a closeup!

 

 

Close up of in the inside front cover

 

 

And of course the full image showing how the album folds out!

 

 

I die cut the Regal heart and the Love Arrangement from cardstock.  I painted them with various Luminarte Twinkling h20's and when dried i dipped the pieces into hot beeswax.  I cut the flowers and the leaves from the Love Arrangement adding them to the Regal Heart.  

Supplies:

• IOD Cotswald Manor Collection
• Luminarte Twinkling H20's
• Christine Adolph Boho 6x6 paper pad 
• Flip album
• Die~Namites dies ~ Regal Heart & Love Arrangement
•  IOD Devotion ATC diecuts
• Devotion 2.5x10" paintable word stickers
• Bazzill white cardstock
• AccuCut Craft Scallop Lace border die
• Tsukineko "New" Neon ink pads
• Natural Beeswax

 I diecut some white cardstock using the DieNamites dies and painted them with various Luminarte Twinkling H20's! 

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My Little Tag Notebook

Lisa here with another Splash Of color project to share with you. I love tags and I love little notebooks. I decided to combine the 2 and create a little tag notebook The cover and back is thick chipboard covered with pattern paper and then adorned with Splash of Color product. The inside are die cut tags made from plain white card stock. I added 9 pages.

Here is a closeup of the flower cluster and my title. The flowers all starrted out white and I painted them with Splash Of Color Silks Acrylic Glaze in African Jade. The Mulberry paper leaves were a beige color and I painted them with Silks Acrylic Glaze in Pretty Peridot. The brown leaves were die cut and painted with Silks Acrylic Glaze in Nutmeg. The flourishes were die cut using Kraft paper and painted with the Nutmeg as well.

Here is a side view of the Tag Notebook. I thought 9 pages gave it a little bulk and plenty of space to write in. Once the cover was done, I used a toothbrush, Silks and a little water to spatter the cover and the back with the Silks glaze in Pretty Peridot. For the edges of cover and back of the tags, I rubbed some Splash Of Color Viva Colour Inka Gold in Steel Blue. Then using Luminarte Twinkling H20's in Bashful Blue, went over it lighty to get a 2 toned faded out effect.

Here you can see how I fanned out the papers. The ribbon is actually Seam Binding that I spread in a little puddle of the same Silks colors I used on the leaves and flowers. I misted the Seam Binding with water before I added the paint. The paint wicked into the Seam Binding with ease. I added a couple of strands of Bakers Twine as well.

Thank  you for coming and taking a peek at my little tag notebook. This was a quick and fun  project to do.

Shimmering Down by the Sea with Twinkling H2O's

Hello friends, Lisa here with a layout full of Twinkling H2O's, Silks and Radiant rain. My layout starts with a beautiful piece of "PAINT IT" with Luminarte paper. I randomly covered the paper with gesso in a light coat. When it dried, I used a mask and sprayed Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist in Pink Grapefruit. I painted on some LuminArte Twinkling H2O's in Bashful Blue on some parts of the paper. I inked the edges lighty with a brown distress ink. I think I inked the edges of everything in the distress ink to give the whole layout a slightly worn feeling.

You can see the shimmer of the Twinkling H20's. For the flowers I usd lots of gorgeous colors. Bashful Blue, Chiffon Pink, Icy Iris, Cherry Sorbet and Sea Glass. For the leaves I used Olive Vine. I created small rolled paper roses and sprayed them with LuminArte Shimmering Mist in Pink Grapefruit. I dropped a small pearl in the middle of some of them. The little film strips are a Washi tape I found. I flicked some LuminArte Silks Acrylic Glaze in Black Ice on the background paper.

The beautiful mermaid cutout is from an Iron Orchid Designs Die Cut Shapes package created for Creative Imaginations which is now Splash Of Color. The star fish in the photo above is from the same package. I used a Viva Colour Glitter pen in Iridescent Multi Colored to highlight the starfish and the leaves. You can see the chipboard circle peaking out in this photo. It was treated with Viva Colour Crackle Paint Base Coat - Base Coat for Porous Surfaces, and after it dried was painted with Viva Colour ~ White Crackle Paint.

Once the crackle paint was dired and crackled, I painted it with Silks Acrylic Glaze in Pink Grapefruit keeping with the color theme. I love how the LuminArte product colors coordinate with one another.

 

I took one of the cutouts to use as my title for the layout and used some jute to string through it and turn it into a tag.

I used plain white flowers from different manufacturers and painted them with the Twinkling H20's. The shimmer and shine is amazing. I lightly inked the flowers with brown distress ink.

Thank you for stopping by today. If you want shimmer and shine on your projects, then LuminArte and Viva Colour have the products and colors for you.