Splash of Color Blog

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

 

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.

Frog Dog Studio Blog Hop by Shelley Hamilton

 Welcome to the Frog Dog Studio and Splash of Color Design Team Blog Hop!

Today the teams are showcasing projects from the Frog Dog Studio December Mixed Media Kit, featuring Luminarte Acrylic Silks and Viva Colour Modeling Creme.  Both teams are excited to share their kit projects and show you how they were inspired.

Each day (December 9-11th), on the Frog Dog Studio and Splash of Color Blogs, we will be sharing Design Team projects with tips, how-to's and kit and Product shares.

Be sure and visit both blogs for daily inspiration.

We love Frog Dog Studio kits and Splash of Color product so much, we are sharing them with you!  Visit the Frog Dog Studio Blog and Splash of Color Blog each day and leave a comment for a chance to win the following: 

!.  One winner will be selected to receive a Frog Dog Studio December Mixed Media kit.

2.  One winner will be selected to receive a $25.00 Luminarte and Viva Prize Package!

Leave a comment each day on each blog for more chances to win.  You must visit each blog and leave a comment on both blogs in order to qualify for a chance to win.

Comments are due by midnight MST, Wednesday, December 11th, to qualify for the drawing.

Winners will be announced shortly atfter the end of the comment period, so be sure to check back to see if you've won.

 

Shelley Hamilton, here, to share my project with you!

Here is my canvas using the Frog Dog Mixed Media Kit.

 I began with the Tim Holtz fabric pieces cut into fourths with pinking shears.  I glued these down in a pattern I was happy with, then painted the middle portion of the canvas with the Luminarte Acrylic Silks in Carmen.

 I used the Prima stamps to make some patterns on the green banner pieces.  I then used lettters on the banner pieces, and pop-dotted them to the page, and put them together like they were hanging on a piece of twine.
  I used butttons on each end of these hangings.

 I painted the Tim Holtz tree with Luminarte Silk Acrylic Glaze ~ Fern.  It made it a beautiful color, and then I touched it up with a bit of the Carmen.  I finished off the tree with a few ornaments and a couple of packages made with tiny kraft tags.  I used the tinsel from the kit on the tree, also. 

 In a few places around the canvas, I used a snowflake stencil and the Viva Colour ~ Modelng Cream in Pearl. 

I cut out a few of the images from the kit, and placed them at the bottom of the canvas, using a bit of the red netting in the corner of each.

I really hope you guys enjoyed how I used the Frog Dog Studio December Mixed Media Kit and the Splash of Color products!  I know I loved using them, and I ejoyed sharing!  Have fun with the blog hop!     ~Shelley

 

AND, don't forget to check out this SUPER special!!

  

March Mix it Up!

 Hey Scrappers, Donna here, and welcome to the March "Mix it Up"!, where I  "mix" pieces of at least three (3) different product lines together and incorporate them into one  fantastic page, with simple directions included!

This month's layout includes Splash of Color's Luminarte and Paint It! products, Varnish cardstock paper and items from the Gallivant and Beautiful You collections - loved the end result......

 

Using a piece of Varnish cardstock paper as the layout base, begin by heavily spritzing with Pewter mist.  Spread the mist around the paper with a brush and set aside to dry.  

Next, cut two 4"x5" matts for your 3" x 4"photo from the Gallivant patterned papers.  Position photo and matts at center of layout.  Adhere.

Lightly apply Pewter mist to all stickers.  Set aside to dry. 

Punch photo corners from a piece of Gallivant paper.  Set aside.

Determine placement of die cut shapes, twine, stickers, clips and lace around photo as shown.  Add a mini staple to some of your die cut shapes for added interest.  Adhere all.

Determine placement of photo corners at bottom of photo.  Adhere all.

Apply Pewter mist to chipboard letters and alphabet stickers,  Set aside to dry. Determine placement and adhere to layout.

 

 Your layout is done!  

Products Used:

26927      Sincerely Varnish 12 x 12 Cardstock Paper

29714     Creative Imaginations, Christine Adolph, Beautiful You Stickers 

29712      Creative Imaginations, Christine Adolph, Beautiful You Stickers 

              Monarch Happenings, Marah Johnson, Chipboard Stickers 

28342     Paint it with Luminarte, Typewriter Stickers

 29838    IOD, Gallivant, Die Cut Shapes 

29839     IOD, Gallivant, 6 x 6 paper pad

 26401    Luminarte, Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist, Pewter

 Join me next month for another Mix it Up!!

 

Family Fun

Sometimes, I love to play with different paper strips and use them as a background on my page.  I typically choose a few different patterned papers - especially the double sided ones - cut different size strips in different widths and lengths, and then layer them in the back of my photo(s).  This is a great way to create a layout from your scrap pieces as well.

It gets even better if you have long stickers to mix in, like the chop stickers I used on this layout, created using Samantha Walker's Kokeshi collection.

Mix in some frayed canvas strips (or ribbons and/or trim) with your paper strips to add some texture to your page.  Matt your photo with them too!!

Layer in a few epoxy stickers - I used flowers and placed brads in their centers, placed some fans around the right side of my photo and  then added some buttons and the layout was complete!!

Grab some holiday photos and give this a try!!!

Products Used

Samantha Walker Kokeshi Bamboo Paper

Samantha Walker Kokeshi Stripe Paper

Samantha Walker Kokeshi Mini Epoxy Stickers

Samantha Walker Kokeshi Die Cuts

Samantha Walker Kokeshi Border Stickers

Altered Art: "Dance" Jewelry Box by Shelley Hamilton

 Hi, guys!  Shelley, here!

I wanted to share this altered "Dance" jewelry chest that I made for CHA Winter, 2013!  The paper collection I used is "Dance" by Art Warehouse.  I installed the tiny ballerina on the top of the chest.  You wind her up, and she dances!

The doors, sides, and the top are papered, as well as the edges of the doors.  The door handles and edges of the front insets are painted in Precious Metal Effect Paint in Silver.

 

I used paper on the drawer fronts, along with some stickers, ribbon, and eye candy!

Along the bottom and top edges of the jewelry box, I painted with Turquoise Precious Metal Effect paint, then with the White Crackle paint!  The outcome was quite amazing!

The view from the top shows the inside of the drawers!

 

                                                                                    

Thanks for looking!

Shelley

 

 

Products Used:

Dance Collection:

Dance DS paper

Just Dance foil paper

What You Love DS Paper

Jazz Foil Paper

Tap Foil Paper

Ballet Puffy Glitter Sticker

Dance Glitter Title

Love Dance Foil 5"x12" Chipboard

 

Pink Paper from Beautiful You 6"x6" Paper Pad

Bazaar Noir Sorcery Foil Paper

Viva Colour Brand by Splash of Color

Silver Precious Metal Effect Paint

 Turquoise Precious Metal Effect Paint

White Crackle Paint

Altered Art: Hullabaloo Circus Wagon by Shelley Hamilton

Shelley, here with a fun altered piece made with Splash of Color's new HULLABALOO Collection by IOD!

But, first, let's check out this fantastic birthday collection!

Isn't this paper the best?  It's so beautifully colored, and has a vintage feel!  So many birthday collections are just very simple.  This one is SIMPLY AWESOME!

 

Here's my project!!

I took a wooden circus piece and used some of the new Viva Colour products and this gorgeous IOD line to make a fun little conversation piece!

 

On the bottom, I used Purple Precious Metal Effect Paint, covered with Gold Crackle paint.  It turned out really lovely!

On this side, I used Hullabloo DS paper and some sentiments from the sticker sheet.

 

On the top, I used Turquoise Precious Metal Effect Paint.  It has such a smooth, silky texture, that is just perfect!

I used Viva Colour Paint Pens in Dark Carmine, Sunny Yellow, Light Moss, Opal, Light Blue, and Graphite.  I also used the Violet Pearl Pen.  These are so fun to use, and the colors went well with this birthday paper!

 

To make the top banner piece, I used Jubilant DS paper, with Special Day DS paper underneath!

I painted the little wooden bars with Blackberry Viva Colour Precious Metal Effect Paint.  This paint is so shiny and easy to apply!

I hope you enjoyed this project and seeing the new IOD HULLABALOO Collection, which should be arriving at stores soon!

 

Have a great day!

Shelley

 

Products Used:

Hullabaloo Collection:

Hullabaloo DS paper

Jubilant DS paper

Special Day DS paper

Balloons DS paper

Hullabaloo 5"x12" Sticker sheet

Hullabaloo 12"x12" Sticker sheet

Jamboree DS paper

Viva Colour distributed by Splash of Color!

Dark Carmine Paper Pen

Sunny Yellow Paper Pen

Light Moss Paper Pen

Light Blue Paper Pen

Graphite Paper Pen

Opal Paper Pen

Violet Pearl Pen

Blackberry Precious Metal Effect Paint

Turquoise Precious Metal Effect Paint

Purple Precious Metal Effect Paint

Gold Crackle Paint

 

 

Guest Designer Barb King- Owl I Want for Christmas

 

 

I'm back again with some fun owl themed Christmas cards.  I love the Holiday Joy papers by Christine Aldolph, and I used the Joyful Stripe and Holiday House pieces to make this card.  I cut out two owls and a section of the branch from the Joyful Stripe paper.  I applied a light spray of Pearl Gold Radiant Rain to the branch piece, and inked the edges of the owls with Antique Linen Distress Ink.  The card base was made with more of this patterned paper, and the sentiment was embossed with gold embossing powder to make it stand out.  The owls have pop dots behind them to give them dimension, and some stickles on the pom poms on their hats.  What a cute pair!

This next card was made with a Lawn Fawn Set called "Winter Owl". 

 I stamped the owl on white cardstock and painted it in with Autumn Butternut, Indian Copper, Olive Vine and Egyptian Gold Twinkling H2O's, and then cut it out.  I find it much easier and faster to paint with my Twinks than to color an image with markers, and I love the shimmer that I get with the watercolors.   I stamped the owl again on the polka dot paper, and just cut out the scarf.    The front of the card was made with a piece from the Holly Jolly Paper Pad layered over a base of green cardstock.  Before I added the white snow piece it was sprayed with Pearl Gold.  The die cut tree branch is from Tim Holtz, and was spritzed with Egyptian Gold.  A ribbon, a button and a sentiment from the Holly Jolly Die Cuts finished it off!  Doesn't that owl look comfy in his warm scarf?  I will be back soon with a few more projects.

Supplies for Owl I Want Card

• Christine Adolph Holiday Joy Collection ~ Joyful Stripe Paper
• Christine Adolph Holiday Joy Collection ~ Holiday House Paper
• Luminarte Pearl Gold Radiant Rain Spray
• Gold Embossing Powder
• Star Dust Stickles
• Sentiment from Lawn Fawn Winter Owl set

Supplies for Holiday Wishes Card

• Art Warehouse ~Holly Jolly 6x6 Paper Pad
• Art Warehouse ~ Holly Jolly Die Cuts
• Lawn Fawn Winter Owl Stamp
• Luminarte Romance Twinkling h20 12pk Petite 5g  = Autumn Butternut         
• Luminarte Twinkling H2O Indian Cooper 10gr Grande

• Luminarte Twinkling H2O Olive Vine 10gr Grande
• Luminarte Pearl Gold Radiant Rain Sprayer
• Luminarte Egyptian Gold Radiant Rain Sprayer
• Seam Binding Ribbon and button from Stampin Up
• Tim Holtz Die Cut- Christmas Cardinal

A Christmas Page in Thirty Minutes by Alicia Geiss and a Giveaway!

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Good morning!  This is Alicia!  I'm excited to show you a Christmas page today which I completed in .... (drumroll please) .... 20 minutes!   That's right!  I timed myself on this page. 

Let me give you a little tip  about how you can create what looks like a very difficult page with lots of details - use a patterned paper background that has a frame and gorgeous details like this Dear Santa paper by Barb Tourtillotte.  I literally used 1 piece of patterned paper and the rest is stickers.  Easy...really!  I matted my two 4X6 photos and placed them at the top of the page.   I then used the Dear Santa sticker sheet and started designing, following the visual triangle concept, with the poinsettias.  I chose a journaling block sticker and embellished it with the cute train and stockings.

  I also used two strip stickers under my photos.   I always  use pop dots on pages like this so that the stickers don't just look like stickers and they "pop" off the page more.   I love making pages come together this quickly and honestly, this was so easy!  Have fun...and challenge yourself to use only one piece of patterned paper and the rest stickers.  It really is a lot of fun!  :)

Supplies used:

Barb Tourtillotte Dear Santa paper

Barb Tourtillotte Dear Santa sticker sheet

'Tis the Season

Every year I find myself short a few gifts.  There is always the neighbor who has been kind, the acquaintance who stops by with a plate of home made cookies or my daughter who tells me at the last minute how much she loved the Christmas frame I made her last year.  This year will not catch me unaware.  Taking a cue from and so inspired by  one of our designers here, Alicia Giess (the Wonder Woman of 30 minute layouts), I have come up with some quick projects perfect for those last minute gifts.

These little pretties can be made in under ten minutes each with about 40 minutes to one hour drying time depending on how you decorate them.  I am making about 15 this year; some will go to the Book Club girls for our exchange and the rest into gift sacks for those drop by guests and neighbors.  I used assorted sizes of Memory Glass and frames.  The papers are from Creative Imaginations, of course, and the pizazz is compliments of the Viva Colour products!

The lovely little angel necklace can also be hung as an ornament as can all of these.  Using the glass as a template, I first cut out a background for the angel out of IOD's Rejoice Stripes paper (back side).   Because the paper is double sided, the back of the piece also has a finished look and can even be decorated to produce a double sided necklace.  Next, I cut out the angel face and wings from the Rejoice Die Cut package.  I used the Viva Colour Fine-Liner Glitter in gold to pop the wings.  (HINT: allow these to dry before assembling the piece).  I used the Viva Colour Glitter in in Red to accent the flowers in her hair.  Add a length of complimentary ribbon to finish the piece.

As much as I love the angel necklace, for a spot of good holiday cheer, nothing can beat this one.  I placed one of the Joyful Stickers by Christine Adolph for Creative Imaginations over the bottom glass piece.  I placed the top piece over the sticker and trimmed the edges.  I put the frame around these pieces and used the Viva Colour Glitter in Gold to give some glam to the frame.  I love these pens by Viva Colour...they do not clog or burp and the control is wonderful.  I allowed the glitter to dry and then tied on the ribbon.

This piece is larger than the other two so I turned it into a pin.  Again, I used a Sticker from the Christine Adolph Joyful collection .  This time I put the Viva Colour Glitter in Red on the outside of the glass.  I used the glitter on the bird and used the Viva Colour Precious Metal Effects in Blackberry for the berries and on the metal frame.  The Viva Colour Precious Metal Effects is great on glass and it left the frame such a pretty color.  I used a peel off and stick pin back and tied a green bow at the top.

And then there was my daughter and that Christmas frame.  I made her one the year the twins were born and now she would like me to continue the tradition to include last year's family picture taken when our grandaughter was 2.5 months old.  So, given this task and still trying to emulate my scrapbook heroine, Alicia, I decided to attempt one in thirty minutes or less.

I took a shadow box with a precut mat and used the mat and the frame as the templates to cut the papers.  First, I fussy cut the cardinals from the Being Together paper by Christine Adolph for Creative Imaginations.  I used the Viva Colour Glitter pen in red to high light the cardinals and put them aside to dry.

The mat paper is from IOD for Creative Imaginations Holly Berries.  I cut ribbon to pop out the photo.  I used the back of the same paper to cover the outer frame and also highlighted it with ribbon.  Once the birds had dried, I pop dotted the one onto the mat and the other two onto the outside of the frame.  Altogether, it took about 35 minutes but not bad considering the frame I did last year took two hours and did not look nearly as pretty.

Happiest of Holidays to you all!

 

PRODUCTS

Creative Imaginations

IOD

29820 Rejoice Die Cut Cardstock Shapes

29812 Rejoice Holly Berries double sided paper

29815 Rejoice Stripe double sided paper

Christine Adolph

29737 Being Together double sided paper

29743 Holiday Joy 5"x 12" cardstock stickers

29742 Joyful 5"x 12" cardstock stickers

Viva Colour

Precious Metals Effect Paints

30106 Blackberry

Glitter Pens

30133 Red

30131 Gold