Off to the Big City!

London, one of our amazing DT members, has moved to Seattle! We are sad to see her go - but thrilled she is off on a new and exciting adventure in the big city! Thanks for all of your inspiration!

New Karen Foster

I haven't been taking lots of photos lately, so it's been difficult to scrap with the same old photos. This time around, I used the Karen Foster Mother's day paper and some basic Bazzill cardstock. For the card I also added some ribbon and layered my own buttons over it. I loved the coral color of the paper with the warm golden yellow.


Next, I created a layout background with aqua bazzill cardstock, and strips of book paper. i have old books laying about specifically to tear pages out of, that way I don't ruin anything I want to read or hang onto. I glued several random strips down then layered white gesso on top. I repeated this until I felt I had enough paper layered on there. Then I free-hand cut several hearts out of the karen fosters paper. I was inspired by the photo with the hearts in the mason jar and wanted my own pieces to be imperfect and randomly cut. The photos I used were from DeviantArt, not my own!

Prized Product

There are several prized products I will swear by, but probably hands down I would have to say that Diamond glaze takes the cake.

Diamond glaze is a water based clear (non-yellowing) glaze. I apply it straight from the bottle, usually onto chipboard. You could use it on paper but its sometimes too heavy for the paper to hold. What I love is the easy clean up, because when I create I make a huge huge mess. It's like cleaning off Elmer's glue, peels right off your skin, and almost any surface or washes off with warm water!

I use Diamond glaze almost daily, they are the protective, shiny coating I put on my buttons. It makes them look like hard candy. I've tried every other glaze out there and this has proved to be the best! Hope you try it too!

Stash challenge expanded!!!!

This is not just using my stash...the paper is new. But as I was putting this kit together for my etsy shop I was inspired by old/found elements and thought I would expand on Anita's challenge a little. You may not think of cassette tapes as part of your "stash" but I totally do! this one, on the cover of my 4X4 mini, is actually an old answering machine tape. Who doesn't have something like this laying around...right? A little nail polish remover took the label right off...then I used double stick tape to glue the cassette to some of the leftover Hambly heavy overlays I had and I added some spraypaint and acrylic paint. As you de-stash..try to incorporate some sort of non-traditional item! Good luck!

Part I Basic Grey Wisteria

This is featuring some of the new wisteria from basic grey. Loving all the purples in this line! I was a little crazy with the spray paint this weekend so it sort of transferred over to the layout...click on the image for a larger view!
So, I have sort of an odd request from all you lovelies....if you have/keep any of the chipboard letter templates that you punch the letters out of...such as what these letters above come in. (so you punch out all the letters and you still have the chipboard sheet that held them...kind of looks like a stencil afterwards.) I would LOVE if you might pass them on to me instead of tossing them! I am using them on canvas' for the art walk. Let me know if you have any! Thanks gals!

Stamping challenge...late later latest

Well, since heather was delayed I don't feel AS bad. lol. I don't ever really use stamps anymore, but I did find some pictures of an older project I used stamps in! This was made two years ago for my brother's wedding. I put pictures of their first ceremony where they eloped in vegas and also pictures from my beautiful SIL's pregnancy. the stamps were Autumn Leaves designed by Rhonna Farrer. I bought them at Paper Pals!

DT Challenge: Teal

Teal is seriously one of my favorite colors. It can often be seen in my house alongside lime or olive greens and purple. So, after noticing that C's shirt in the photo was teal + most of my favorite stash items were ALSO teal it was an easy choice. I tried adding a little spray paint love but it just sorta blended in. oh well! This was a fun challenge!

Hambly

Check out these cool little pieces of art from London. She used Hambly chandelier overlays and rub-ons, bling, beads, and more! This card is made from Kraft cardstock, red paint, two rhinestones, a Hambly chandelier rub-on, and real necklace chain.

This layout features paint, rub-ons, chipboard buttons, and more. I love that this layout is 6x12 in size.

London's final project is this super cool pair of chandelier earrings. She cut the chandeliers from the overlay sheet and paired them with some chain and beads to make a fabulous fashion accessory.

Bam Pop!

I have spent a lot of time with the products Shawna gave me. I was really inspired by a challenge at Inspired by Amelie where you had to pick a quote from the movie, and used that as my theme. The Bam Pop paper worked beautifully with the quote! I couldn't find any stickers or rub ons to use from Paper Pals that matched the theme so I used a font online and printed it on photo paper, then colored it in with sharpies and paint pens. It was kind of a fun trick! The background is a flat canvas board. fitting the scene on 12 by 12 paper was just too crowded.

I have some hambly treats on the way, so stay tuned for part 2.

April Project Challenge

Hey everyone! Sorry I've been MIA. All your pages are rockin this time around. Some of the new paper lines are killer! I love all the bright colors! I want to challenge all of you to make an altered canvas! Think of it as a layout in 3D! I had so much fun making this that I want to see what everyone else would come up with.

For this I used a transparency to print the photo on, with the natural canvas it created a look similar to a transfer. I tore a page from one of my favorite books and highlighted words that spoke to me. (if you really like a quote or story this is a cool way to preserve it) The hambly rub ons went on smooth, and i love how bright they are! I cut phrases from magazines that went with the mood and glued them on. it was a cool way to use some scraps and really get my hands dirty! So if you want a new challenge try canvas!

March kit 2 with American Crafts!

I LOVED these papers! Some of it was really busy and it was challenging to work with lots of patterns but I loved it! The first layout is also my challenge for scrapmojo, which is a neat challenge blog. I did lots of handwritten journaling on these, something I have needed to do more of.

For the sanding technique on this, i just used a metal nail file. the metal file allows you to trace a more precise outline and finer sanding strokes. Its a really neat effect! Try it on a photo that was blurred or one you wont use first to get a feel for the type of file you use!

Cardstock Challenge + March kit part #1

Here is my layout for the cardstock only challenge! (and yes the stickers are also cardstock stickers) It was difficult but really fun, a good challenge for me since I am used to putting lots of stuff on the page. I liked the way it turned out! If you click on the picture you can read the journaling...the picture was in poor light...sorry!

and here is one of my March kit creations. The rest will be up soon! Can't wait to see everyone else's!

DT Kit 1 (3 bugs in a rug)

I am a little slow on this one. Been sick all week! Here's what I have done with the kit this week using 3 Bugs in a rug and coordinating card stock.


For non scrap supplies on this I used sticker backing, paint chip sample, and letters I cut out of a magazine ad for Eggo Waffles!

Also used some of the above mentioned items here, as well as labels from an old cassette tape (red/white), cardboard from my starbucks coffee sleeve and an office supply binder clip.

Show and Share challenge

This is something I made over the summer that commemorates my love of "mixed tapes" I used an iron on transfer for the cassette tape icon and the rest was paint, scrap supplies, buttons and things I found at the hardware store!