Together

What do you get when you mix a fun sketch with a recipe challenge?

For me, it resulted in this... 

This is both my DT take on LGS August Week 3 sketch and me taking a crack at Sassy Scrappers Recipe Challenge for August.

    

Watercolouring with mists... check. I had filled two mini misters with leftover diluted Magenta Hot Pink and Orange Nuance from a previous project and it was just the right colour for the MME My Girl collection embellis that I wanted to use. I sprayed them on a clear gessoed background. After stamping with the white ink, I decided it need a bit more watercolour feel so I repeatedly stamped with the watercolour after spritzing it on my craft mat and then loading my stamp from there. Not perfect impressions but that is totally okay for the look that I wanted.

I used the orange Nuance spray on the Maya Road canvas tags after I stencilled them with a mix of whipped spackle and clear gloss medium. Nothing like some creative chemistry in improvising when you want a certain effect but do not have the product. ;) After they were dry, I dabbed a bit of Dreamsicle Glimmer Mist as it was a different and darker orange to give some further details to the tags.

After I sewed three rounds of circles and arranged my other elements, including the title using Thickers (another check in the recipe), it was time for the last recipe item or rather items... enamel dots. I used both the MME My Girl collection ones and some Simple Stories DIY pink ones.

See the other creative interpretations that my fellow design team members came up with based on the sketch here and fellow recipe challenge participants here.

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Sweet & Silly You

I really liked Sassy Scrappers' March Moodboard and though I did not get a chance to play along with their challenge last month, I still wanted to create a layout based on it. When I saw the images that Anita Bownds had put together, it brought to mind a collection of several products from my stash.

Supplies: patterned papers (Pink Paislee and Studio Calico), clear gesso (Liquitex), poppies stamp (Magenta), gelatos and Stamper's Big Brushes (Faber-Castell), Studio G glitter glue (Hampton Arts), tissue paper (Dollarama), Amy Tangerine Foam letter stickers (American Crafts), vellum die cut (Studio Calico), wood frame and Ormulo Cut Aparts (Scraptastic Kit Club), marker (Sharpie)

The poppies reminded me of the beautiful Magenta Poppies stamp which I used to stamp the background and coloured them in with gelatos.  The tissue paper was leftovers from when I experimented with colouring it for this and this layouts. 

The patterned papers (Studio Calico Print Shop and Pink Paislee Color Wash) are from Scraptastic's January 2014 Tongue Tied kit.  I used several other items from that kit, like the Studio Calico Printshop die cuts, the exclusive "smile" wood veneer frame and the exclusive Ormolu Cut Aparts.

Here is the inspirational Moodboard:

Check out this month's April challenge here. It is another great inspirational collection of colours and images. 

The subject of my layout is my beautiful niece who is the quintessential middle child and given that she is such, I am playing along with Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for In the Middle.

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A Little Christmas Joy

Yeah for scrapping time!  I had a chance to scrap a layout today of a dear friend's adorable little daughter.  I used this month's Sassy Scrappers' December Mood Board as inspiration and then got all mixed media'd up...

Supplies: cardstock (wht - Canadian Scrapbooker Super Stock, blk - CTMH), patterned papers (Simple Stories), stencil (Tim Holtz), Distress paint (Tim Holtz by Ranger), post script stamp (Magenta), ink (Stamper's Big Brush by Faber-Castell), Silhouette Cameo digital cutter, glitter glue (Hampton Arts), glass filler (Ashland by Michaels), Star Dust Jelly Roll pen (Sakura), black pen (CTMH), marker (Sharpie), vellum (The Paper Company), aluminum foil (misc.), photos by A. Gore

stamping, stenciling, Silhouette cuts, hand doodling, fussy cutting and Simple Stories December Documented patterned papers.

I tried out some new things with this one.  The stars are made from aluminum foil, crinkled and glued onto cover stock, and then Silhouette Cameo cut.

The green glass accents are from Michaels. They were actually from their spring vase fillers collection from this year. I thought they would look cool on projects and they did not disappoint. I adhered them with gel medium. 

The centre photo is printed on vellum to soften it to use as the background to part of the title.

Here is the gorgeous Mood Board that inspired my project.

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My Favourite Magenta Stamp

Have you ever had a stamp that you can use in more than one way? I have just such a stamp which was my natural choice for my August's My Favourite Magenta Stamp challenge project.  Funnily enough, the 3 Butterflies in a Frame stamp was the very first Magenta stamp I ever owed years ago and I still love it!

Supplies: stamp, stencils, patterned paper, corrugated leaves, mesh (Magenta), cardstock (Canadian Scrapbooker Super Stock), clear gesso (Liquitex), gelatos (Raspberry, Metallic Silver, Metallic Mint, Acqua Dolce, Cotton Candy) and Stamper's big Brush black (Faber- Castell), Tim Holtz Distress paint (Pewter and Soot), multi medium matte, and Archival ink (Ranger), glass bead gel (Golden), silver emboss powder, pen and clear bitty jewels (CTMH), black jewels and vellum (Dollarama), glittered foam and chipboard letters (American Crafts), glitter letter stickers (Making Memories), light canvas fabric (Misc.)

Lots of different techniques going on in this layout:

- Achieved the distressed paper look using a paper transfer technique
- Added colour with a variety of gelatos, and I used them with flower stencils and glass bead gel to create the flowers (watch for a future tutorial on these beauties)  

- and I used my favourite stamp three different ways:

I used the stamp as-is at the bottom and the top of the page and then with fussy cutting the butterflies after stamping them onto vellum...

and thirdly, I used the outside border with heat emboss powder to create a frame for my photos.

So go grab your favourite Magenta stamp and come play along with us this month for a chance to win this gorgeous prize.

For colour, I was totally inspired by the gorgeous August Moodboard created by Chantalle McDaniel over at Sassy Scrappers and joined in their fun.

Isn't that board so irresistibly scrumptious?!


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Set the World on Fire

Did you see the gorgeous July Mood Board over at Sassy Scrappers? It was the perfect theme for my daughter's grad night selfie with one of her close pals.

Supplies: white cardstock (Canadian Scrapbooker Super Stock), damask stencil, feather stickers and ornamental scroll sticker (Magenta), gelatos and whipped spackle (Faber-Castell), flowers (Flourish with a Bling and Petaloo), word stickers (Chic Tags), black paint (Plaid), black cardstock (Bazzill), Digital cutter (Silhouette), black glitter glue (Hampton Arts), diamond Stickles and gel medium (Ranger), toile, gold chunky glitter and sequins (Misc.)

Here is what the mood board looks like.

My interpretation is a literal take on it with the textures, fabric, glam and glitter. I even have triangles of sorts with the rays. Used my Silhouette Cameo to scan and cut the script title. Amazing what technology makes possible.

I wasn't sure that I wanted journaling on this one but thought to give it a try. 

Still not sure which way I like it best.
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Sisters

Bright cheeriness and bursting with colour... that is what I wished to bring to mind while playing at my scrap table last night.

I believe I succeeded in that endeavour.  Using the March Week #3 sketch over at Let's Get Sketchy paired it with the vibrant March Challenge mood board over at Sassy Scrappers , I came up with this layout.

Supplies: cardstock (Canadian Scrapbooker Super stock), embossed cardstock (Core'dinations), border stamp (Kelly Panacci for SandyLion), pigment ink (Martha Stewart), molding paste (Golden), floral stencil (Mona Pendleton Designs for My Favorite Things), gelatos (Faber-Castell), chipboard letters (American Crafts), liquid glass (CTMH), baker's twine (MME), tissue paper and chunky glitter (Dollarama), punches (Stampi' Up and EK Success), marker (Fibra Color)

Such cuties and the colours just zing!

I flipped the sketch and turned the square into a diamond as I loved the diamond frame in the frames section of the mood board.

Let's Get Sketchy March Week #3

Sassy Scrappers March Mood Board

As you will see, a lot of my elements were derived from each section of the mood board and used on my page.  

Firstly, I used the gorgeous colours.. corally oranges, teal, white and silver grey.  As I have previously mentioned, I love old frames.  It was such a natural fit to frame the layout using stamped orange framing.  From the teal coloured font script "art" word and the alphabet collage, I used a piece of sanded alphabets script embossed Core'dinations cardstock.

Those tissue poms at the bottom left of the board and the flowers through out... awesome... so I used a variety of combination amounts of Tangerine, Blood Orange and Metallic Melon gelatos to colour tissue papers and created the tissue flowers with Metallic Mint teal centres and string them banner like in place of the banner strip of paper in the sketch.

The top right section of the mood board had me drawn to the different glasses.  From the milk glass stemmed bowl, I used molding paste and a floral My Favourite Things Mona Pendleton Designs stencil and from the teal bottle vase, I splattered watered diluted Metallic Mint gelato following the sketches random dots diagonal.

For the clear glass, I used Liquid Glass on the chipboard letters after applying Silver gelato and the sprinkled with thick silver glitter.

Such fabulous inspiration results in a wonderful layout! So pleased that I played along with these challenges.  Infused with colour, texture and memories, this layout makes me happy.


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