I chose to use my periennial garden as the inspiration for my creative piece.... I don't know about your garden.... but mine is full of all kinds of colors!!
What better way to accent my flower cluster then with the CMC Chipboard ~ Gates and the "little birds" from the Birdhouse with Birds CMC Chipboard which I painted with Viva Colour Gold ~ Precious Metal Effects Paint!!
I have created a video tutorial on my creative process and how I colored my flowers.
Hope you enjoy....and are inspired to PULL OUT SOME AMAZING SPLASH OF COLOR of color products and COLOR AWAY!!!
Hi there, this is Eva here today. I am bringing you a new monthly feature that will showcase some fun techniques each month!! This month I choose to work with our Real Wood paper and showing you how to use it in different ways. To show of the techniques I created three different ATC's.
Die cutting with Real Wood paper.
Dry Embossing with Real Wood Paper
Wet Embossing and painting on Real Wood Paper
To see how I used the techniques on these ATC's please watch the video below.
On my Life is Beautiful ATC I used Samantha Walkers Spellbinders Antique Frame and Accents. I simply diecut it and to highlight the design I dry brushed some white acrylic paint and that is all you need. To decorate my ATC I used Samantha Walker's Life is Beautiful Unity Stamp set, which I painted with Twinkling H2O's.
On my Love ATC I did some dry embossing and used Spellbinders new Valor M-Bossibilities folder. Once I embossed the paper I once again dry brushed some white acrylic paint over it to highlight the embossing. Love that affect of embossing real wood paper, definitely one of my favorite techniques. To finish off my ATC I used Marah Johnson's Monarch Die cut frames, which I painted in with Twinkling H2O's. The Love stamp is by Justrite Stamps from their Winter Words set.
My last ATC is showcasing wet embossing on real wood paper. For this ATC I worked with My Favorite Things Inspired by Butterflies and Inspired by Love sets. I simply inked up my butterfly stamp with Versamark embossing ink pad and using White embossing powder I embossed it and here is what it looks like. Once I embossed it, I just painted it with Twinkling H2O's.
We want to welcome Shelley Hamilton to our annual Twelve Days of Christmas celebration! She will be joining our team to share some fun gift giving projects just in time for the holidays!
Hi y'all~ Shelley Hamilton here from Texas! I am a guest designer this month, and couldn't be happier to share some of my creations with you guys!
A little about myself...I started scrappin' about four years ago when my dad passed, I think as some type of outlet for the grief I was feeling. Once I began, I never stopped. Now, I scrap everything I can get my hands on. I am happily married, and I have 3 children--7 yrs., 9 yrs., and 20 yrs. old. I love to scrapbook their events--sports, plays, birthdays...you name it. I love the vintage, grungy, shabby, and just plain fun! I've been designing for The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie, Texas for about a year now, and I am thoroughly enjoying it!
For my first project, I'd like to share with you my "Sweets for Santa" Cupcake Album. I wanted to begin with a bang, so this baby lights up! No, reallly, it does!
I began with Heart of Texas Studio's cupcake album--such a cute book! On the front cover, I used Renae Lindgren's, SWEETS FOR SANTA collection. This particular paper is the yellow side of "Sweet Family". I used the sticker sheets from this line for the gingerbread people, tree, and sign. I pop dotted them and used Stickles on them. I used a lighted necklace for the lights and secured them into the top piece of the cupcake using a hole punch and zipdry. The top part of the cupcake is a separate piece, so it is around 1/2 inch higher than the piece with the yellow paper on it. I used Sparklyfluff for the snow, and some mini ornaments, twine, and tulle to embellish the top of the cupcake to fancy a whimsical Christmas tree!
I added Sweets for Santa stickers on cardstock and hung them from the cupcake for fun ornaments! There is a small hole big enough for your fingernail to fit into on the left-hand side of the cupcake--here is where you can turn the lights on and off...actually, the cupcake will light up in 3 different modes, depending on what mood you're in! I was going to put a little music player in it, but thought that might be over-doing it, and we wouldn't want that! ha! :)
Inside Front Cover: I used "Sweet Love" and "Sugar and Spice" to cover the chipboard. The presents and the house are stickers on cardstock pop-dotted and embellished with stickles. The tiny candies are the same stickers that i added Glossy Accents over them to create a real candy look! I added some found objects of various trims and embellishments to finish the page.
Page Two: I covered the chipboard with "Santa Peppermints" and "Sweet Love" papers. I painted the bottom of the chipboard page with red paint and embellished with the stickers and some maya road trims.
Page four: I covered the chipboard using "Sweet Love" for the top, "Santa Peppermints"for the bottom and the mat(opposite sides). The jolly snowman cup is a sticker with tulle and Glossy Accents. The words are by Maya Road. I painted them red, then sprinked Sparklyfluff for a little bit of snow!
Page five: I started with "Santa Peppermints"for the paper. For the shiny Maya Road kraft envelope, I stamped it with some fun kitchen stamps, then used Luminarte Twinkling H2Os in Stargazer and Periwinkle to achieve the so-shiny-it's magic appearance! I cut apart the cards in"Sugar and Spice", stapled a small portion of ribbon embellishment to the corner, then tucked them inside our envelope. The little cake that sits atop the envelope is just a sticker, but doesn't it look great? Makes me hungry... mmmmmm... Tulle, a button, and twine finish this page off.
Page six: I used "Sweet Love" for the background paper, and one of the cards from "Sugar and Spice". I added Maya Road chipboard pieces and felt flowers to embellish this page.
This is the back of the album. I covered the back using "Santa Peppermints". One side of the paper covers the top, the other covers the bottom portion of the cupcake. The mat is "Sweet Love"! I used fun leaf trim around the mat and a cupcake sticker for the top of this page. On the side of the mat, I used a Christmas package embellishment that had regular buttons on it, but I changed out those for some that matched better and were more fun!
This is a little video of how the Sweets for Santa Cupcake looks when the lights are burning solid---no blinking!
This one shows the Sweets for Santa Cupcake with the third setting for the show of lights...check it out!
I'm really looking forward to sharing more of my creations with you! Please feel free to comment or ask questions here. Signing off for tonight...Shelley :)
I'm finding out quickly that the love of Harry Potter isn't just for young kids. My daughter in law is a big fan. On our long, 22 hr. road trip vacation, I bought Katelyn the book in the series that she hadn't read yet. And one of her 'must have' Christmas gifts this year was the entire set in hardcover. I created this page of Katelyn using the beautiful rich colored Harry Potter CI product. The picture is her on our long road trip right after she opened the book I got her.
Just this week I watched my first Harry Potter movie. I've not read the books, but after seeing the first movie, I'm hooked. I have a plan in motion to get the set in hardcover and see all the movies. Oh yeah, Harry Potter ... lovin' it at my age!!! For sure!!
Supplies Used:
Harry Potter Alphabet Sticker 27601
Harry Potter Banner DS Paper 27236
Harry Potter ICON Stickers 27242
Decorative Border Punch
DMC floss for handstitching; black cardstock
sand paper to distress letter stickers.
And for more Harry Potter fever be sure to check out this video by ScrapTime!
This Monday's inspiration features a videotutorial from Christine at Scrap Time using Marah Johnson's new Wicked Collection {in stores now}. Watch as she shows you how to use this collection to create both a Halloween and non-Halloween layout. Watch as Christine changes these papers using several of our beautiful new Luminarte sprays!
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