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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

 

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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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MY Heart.....

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Howdy Peeps.....Lynne Forsythe here....

I used the Cotswald Manor Collection from Splash of Color
as the base of my banner!!

It is a bit hard to see but my Valentine's Banner
says MY HEART!

I began by applying
Viva Colour ~ Inka Gold ~ Lava Red and Old Silver
to a sheet of the Sentimental paper from
the Cotswald Manor Collection!

I then began die~cutting using
the BEAUFTIFUL Die~Namites Dies....
Regal Heart
Lovely Doily
Rose Heart
Planted Heart

From a sheet of Devotion from the Cotswald Manor Collections
I die~cut many
Love Arrangement

 ....then I let the creating begin!!!

I painted some chipboard letters with 
Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze ~ Black Ice
then I dabbed on some 
Viva Colour ~ Inka Gold ~ Lava Red and Old Silver.

I accented the "green" Love Arrangement Die~Namites die~cut
with Viva Colour ~ Magic Transparent Pearl Pens ~ Clear
....SEE the beautiful Regal Heart!

The handmade spiral flowers created from various pieces of paper
from the Cotswald Manor Collection,
and accented with Viva Colour Inka Gold.
The die~cut heart is Die~Namites Rose Heart.

For my "T", I cut apart the
 Die~Namites Planted Heart die~cut
and used the center heart.

I had tons of FUN creating "MY HEART" banner...

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....another Technique Tag!

Howdy Peeps....
Lynne Forsythe here to share
with you a Technique Tag that I
created yesterday!!

This past weekend,
I had the pleasure of attending 
CKC ~ Lancaster, PA
with Cheryl Mezzetti
and working the Splash of Color booth.
What a WONDERFUL experience.
I came home TOTALLY INSPIRED!!

I had packed up a bag of creative goodies 
to bring along with me....
just in case we had some free time to create.
(which NEVER HAPPENED!!) 

So, as I was putting things away,
I decided to challenge myself to create with
only the contents of the bag.
There was no "STUFF" in my
bag so I did allow myself to pick
a few other Splash of Color products....
one texture,
one color of Silks
one package of Primary Elements
and one bottle of Precious Metal Effect Paint....

I chose...
Viva Colour ~ Amber Gold ~ Ferro
Luminarte ~ Honey Amber ~ Silks Acrylic Glaze
Luminarte ~ Emperor ~ Primary Elements
Viva Colour ~ Blackberry ~ Precious Metal Effect Paint

 I began by coating the vintage bingo card,
cut into a tag, with Honey Amber ~ Silks Acrylic Glaze.
Love how it changed the tone of the bingo card!!

I then began playing with the 3pk of Primary Elements ~ Emperor.
I mixed (not completely)
the Olive Vine ~ Primary Elements with a bit of
Viva Colour ~ Amber Gold ~ Ferro
and spread it through
a stencil.

While the Ferro was still damp,
I applied some of Plum Crazy ~ Primary Elements
with a #4 round paintbrush.
(Ferro is an adhesive while wet)

I then mixed a smidge of
Yellow Rose ~ Primary Elements
with Primary Elements ~ Clear Glaze Medium
and painted the chipboard frame.

Next, I mixed
Olive Vine ~ Primary Elements with
the Primary Elements ~ Clear Glaze Medium
to paint the diecut leaves.

Of course, I had to color a few flowers.

I began by spritzing the large flower with water,
then with a fan brush I applied
Blackeberry ~ Precious Metal Effect Paint to
the edges of the petals and sprized again with water.

I then mixed a bit of
Plum Crazy ~ Primary Elements with
a bit of Primary Elements ~ Clear Glaze Medium
and brushed it onto the flower.
Spraying at times with water to move/blend the colors.

If you look behind the flowers....
you will see a bit of vintage border paper
that I painted with the left over above mixture. 

Did you know that you could use Primary Elements is
soooo many different ways???

Hope you enjoyed my Technique tag....
I REALLY had FUN exploring the MANY different ways
Primary Elements can be used.

HOPE YOU enjoyed the journey with me!!

PRODUCTS USED:

Viva Colour
Amber Gold ~ Ferro Special Effects Paste
Blackberry ~ Precious Metal Effect Paste 

Luminarte
Honey Amber ~ Silks Acrylic Glaze
 Primary Elements ~ Clear Glaze Medium
Emperor ~ Primary Elements

Palette Knife

Other Products
Petaloo
Antique Gold ~ Forget Me Nots ~ Penny Lane
Soft Grey ~ Wild Mini Blossoms ~ Printed Darjeeling
White ~ Wild Blossoms ~ Printed Darjeeling
CMC ~ Fancy Frames ~ Chipboard

The Crafter's Workshop
6x6 Garden Gate Template 

Treasure Tea Time ATC using Melissa Frances by Shelley Hamilton

 Shelley, here, with an ATC that commemorates Tea Time!!

I began with a a white corrugated card, and used a stencil and Viva Colour Pearl Modeling Creme mixed with pink Primary Elements to make the pretty feather on the background.  Then, I rubbed Viva Colour Haematite Inka Gold Metallic across the card.  On the top edge of the card, I used Viva Colour Sand Effect Paste in Gold/Sand.

 Here is a close-up of the modeling paste feather. 

Here, I used this teapot by Melissa Frances.  I put it on top of a colored flower that I painted with some Bronze Luminarte Radiant Rain.  This made it quite a bit more shiny, and cut down on the bright-white look.  I also used this on some May Arts eyelet trim that I put on the bottom of the card.  I used Viva Colour Gold Pearl Pen for the yellow dots in middle of the flower.  I also colored and used a couple of May Arts rosettes under the colored flower.

 Additionally, I used a couple of pink feathers and some cut-out flowers from the IOD Loolah 6"x6" paper pad.

 I enjoyed sharing this ATC with you!  I hope you enjoyed looking!!

Shelley

 

Splash of Color Products

White Corrugated ATC card pack

Viva Colour Haematite Inka Gold Metallic Rub

Viva Colour Pearl Modeling Creme

Viva Colour Sand Effect Paste in Gold/Sand

Viva Colour Gold Pearl Pen

IOD Loolah 6"x6" Paper Pad

 

May Arts Products

Sheer Woven Rosettes in White

White Eyelet Trim

 

Melissa Frances Products 

Tea Time Applique Set

Altered Bird Cage

Hi Bloggers, Lynn K. here with an altered project using the stunning IOD collection "Cotswald Manor". I found an inexpensive birdcage from Michaels that had some not so attractive fake floral decorations on it. I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the cage. I ripped all the florals and fake grass out and coated the outside with Splash of Color Viva Colour Inka Gold Metallic Rub. I took a soft cloth and rubbed it on the cage, then buffed it with a soft cloth - this gave the cage a copper like finish. I applied the Inka Gold to a key and added that to the top of the cage.

The cage opened allowing me to decorate the inside with papers from the Cotswald Manor collection. I fussy cut papers, including two adorable birds nested on some paper cut flowers. I dabbed some gesso aroung the papers edges and the green berry spray ...

Notice how the flower centers are glittering - that is Viva Colour's German Glitter in Champagne. This glitter is AMAZING - the sparkle finish is stunning, moreso than other glitter products.

Supplies Used:

• IOD's Cotswald Manor Collection
• Viva Colour Inka Gold Metallic Rub ~ Copper
• Viva Colour German Glitter ~ Champagne
• Gesso
• Petaloo Green Berry Spray
• Background Stamp
• May Arts Sheer Ribbon ~ White
• Key from my stash 
• Ranger Archival Ink ~ Black

 Thanks for stopping by and check out Spalsh of Color's new website for all the new collections and Viva Colour products!!

Layered Winter ATCs!

Hey scrappers, Donna here, sharing a couple of quick and easy layered ATC's to celebrate winter.  These are such fun little gems to be creative with.............

I wanted to make my ATCs a bit thick this time around, so I decided to layer them up with dimensional foam tape.  The end result was thick, colorful, and fun!  I used the same papers and stickers for both ATC's this month, too.

On my first, "Let it Snow", I began by layering two (2) ATC bases together off to an angle.  I did some fussy cutting with a piece of Christine Adloph's Joyful stripe paper and then layered those pieces at the bottom of the top ATC and then lightly brushed gesso over all.

I then layered twine (attached with staples), a punched circles from the same paper, a butterfly, stickers, a button and a big paper clip.  To  complete the card, I applied a bit of glitter paint to the snowflakes and a date at the bottom.

 

 For my second ATC, "Keep Cozy", I again used two (2) ATC bases, but this time, cut one of the into two pieces and then layered them together off to an angle but, before adhering the pieces together, I lightly rubbed some Inka Gold Metallic Rub around all of the edges - loved the way the lime green popped off of the black base.

I then stapled a cut up piece of a transparent die cut to the top and bottom, layered a few stickers and buttons and wrapped a piece of pretty lace around all and the ATC was complete.

 

 

Supplies Used: 

29142 Splash of Color, Devotion ATCs

29144 Splash of Color, Antique ATCs

29739 Splash of Color, Christine Adolph, Joyful Stripe Paper

39317 IOD, Preposterous Die Cut Shapes

30053 Splash of Color, Holly Jolly Stickers

29742 Splash of Color, Christine Adolph, Joyful Cardstock Stickers

30095 Viva Colour Brand by Splash of Color,  Inka Gold Metallic Rub Green/Yellow

30139 Viva Colour Brand by Splash of Color, German Glitter Pen, Lime Green

29743 Splash of Color, Christine Adolph, Holidy Joy Stickers

Thanks for stopping by!!! 

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!!

 

ATC's - Getting Easier!

I have to admit, ATC's are growing on me. At first I struggled with the small size (I figured ATC stood for ...  A Tough Challenge LOL!) and now I find it a great way to use bits and pieces leftover from other projects. I saved scraps from the last few projects I did for CHA Winter 2013. My first ATC was pretty simple. I layered two pieces of paper from Splash of Color's Cherish Collection by Christine Adolph. I cut a flower from one of the diecut sticker sheets, secured it with a bit of Washi Tape, added a sentiment, splashed some gesso on it and was done ...

Supplies Used:

• Cherish ~ Cherish You DS Paper
• Cherish ~ Fleur Border DS Paper
• Cherish ~ 12 x 12 Sticker Sheet
• Ribbon, Gesso, Black Chevron Washi Tape

My second ATC has a bit more layering. I used pieces from IOD's Cotswald Manor. My first two layers are background pieces from IOD's Devotion ATC Pack. Next, I tore a corrugated ATC background in half diagonally, painted it with gesso and used that as my next layer, I fussy cut some bits from a Cotswald Manor sticker sheet, layered them together, added a title and done ...

Supplies Used:

• ATC Devotion Pack
• Corrugatd ATC Cards
• Cotswald Manor 5 x 12 Sticker Sheet
• Paint It Sticker Sheet ~ Life as Art Words
• Gesso

My final ATC is Holiday Themed. I wanted to create something for Easter and how easy is that when you used Splash of Color's Signature Collection ~ Easter Wishes. I started with a background ATC from the Loolah ATC Pack. I then layered a bright yellow piece from the Easter Wishes Collection, text paper from my stash and a ripped piece of corrugated ATC which I rubbed with Viva Colour Inka Gold in Steel Blue. I also rubbed the Inka Gold on the papers edges to add more color. I then cut an egg image from the collection, added Viva Colour German Glitter in Champagne to the flower centers.

Supplies Used:

• Easter Wishes ~ Easter Bunny DS Paper
• ATC Pack ~ Loolah
• ATC Pack ~ Corrugated Cardboard
• Viva Colour Inka-Gold ~ Steel Blue
• Viva Colour German Glitter Pen ~ Champagne
• Text paper, Ribbon, gems from my stash

 Thanks for visiting today and give some ATC's a try!! Warning ... they are addicting! 

An Artful Journey by Lynn Kopas

Hello Everyone!  I wanted to share my altered journaling page from a couple of month ago during the hectic Christmas holiday season! I thought i would share some of the technique i used as you can incorporate these into any theme or project!

I like to use different journals and I learn something new with each adventure. This month's page was created in my 5.5 x 8.5 Strathmore Mixed Media vellum surface wire-bound journal ... (that was a mouthful!!) This journal is excellent for handling wet, messy, goopy mixed media mediums and will not disappoint! The journal lays flat nicely but the wire binding does get in the way and wet mediums can pool in the middle. I don't mind it so much, but for those that do Strathmore also makes a hardbound journal in various sizes with the same amazing paper.

I kept my page fairly simple this month. It's hard to know when to stop with art journaling and yet you can always go back and add more later!! I used a variety of Luminarte to create my background. I started by spraying a blank, dry page with a generous amounts of Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mists in Bashful Blue and Ocean Wave. I let the mists sit for a minute or two and then wiped them off with paper towels. Next I placed the trio of Christmas trees from the 12 x 12 Christmas Time Stencil Kit over the page and sprayed over the stencil with the Ocean Blue again - using the stencil as a mask. The result was a subtle image of the stencil - with color still in the background.

Next I used a background stamp and Manganese Blue Archival Ink - a permanent ink - and randomly stamped images on the page. I then used a dotted roller stamp and some gesso and rolled it onto the page. I tore a piece of Monarch Allegro paper and cut a few strips from the Noel Transparency and placed them below the masked image - this provided a base for my transparency girl to stand on. I also liked the pop of red the transparency strips add to the page.

 I added another tiny strip of paper and transparency in the upper right corner of the page.

 I found a Christmas quote from the internet and printed it out onto plain paper.

I dipped a pen cap into Silks Acrylic Glaze in Carmen - a luscious red paint and added a few small circles to add more red to the page. I added a resin star to the middle tree. Lastly I added some rub-ons in black and a red ornament rubon and viola - done ... for now anyway!!!  

Supplies Used:

Creative Imaginations:

• 28585 - 12 x 12 Christmas Time Stencil Kit
• 28069 - Monarch Allegro DS Paint it! Paper
• 21351 - 12 x 12 Noel Transparency
• 29317 - Preposterous Die Cut Transparency Shapes
• 29175 - Oceanside Resin
• 18894 - Swatch Book Impress-ons - Narratives
• 20224 - Swatch Book Impress-ons - Narratives

Luminarte:

• 26392 Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist - Ocean Wave
• 29523 Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist - Bashful Blue
• 29519 Twinkling H20's Grande (10 gr) - Ice
• SLK-102 - Silks Aacrylic Glaze - Carmen

Other:

• Archival Ink - Manganese Blue
• Gesso
• Roller Stamp
• Background Stamp

 Thanks for hopping over and enjoy the Holiday Craziness!!