Pretty Much Perfect Layout

Back in October, Birds of A Feather sponsored us at Scrap n' Art magazine, and I was one of the lucky ones who got to work with their kits. The kit I was given to work with was their February 2015 kit, and this is the layout I created using a photo of my daughter from a cruise we went on. I love the background in the photo and because it was busy, I wanted to keep the background paper more simple keeping the focus on the picture of my daughter. This kit worked perfectly!

Supply List:

Birds of a Feather Co.: "Papercrafting Kits: February 2015", Adhesives: Beacon Adhesives “3-IN-1 Advanced Craft Glue”, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® “3D Foam Creative Sheets”; Die cuts: Spellbinders® "Crafty Flower One"; Tools: Spellbinders® "Grand Calibur", Westcott® “Westcott® Craft Titanium Non Stick Scissors with Microtip, 5", Pink”, “Westcott® TrimAir Titanium Paper Trimmer with Ruler, 12", Violet”

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Let's Go Ride A Bike Layout

Happy Friday Everyone! Today I am sharing a page that is different than my typical style, but I still had fun creating it. I did this page for Scrap n' Art magazine using products from AdornIt.
I love the colors in the paper, and they went perfectly with the picture of my daughter riding her bike without the training wheels for the 1st time.

I did lots of doodling! Not sure about the doodling yet but it's growing on me more.

Thank you for stopping by and happy crafting! :)

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Getting Organized With Deflecto Storage Solutions!

Hello, today I am sharing with you some Deflecto storage products that I love. With the new year, I have set a goal to get organized, and no other room in my house needs organization as much as my craft room does. Luckily, Deflecto Crafts has the best solutions for all of my craft storage needs!!

I made this short video showing just how easy the Interlocking Stackable Cube Organizers are to use. You can connect as many as you like together using either the Stackable Cube Organizer"X" Divider, Stackable Cube Organizer Open, Stackable Cube Organizer 2 Drawer or the Stackable Cube Organizer 4 Drawer. Mix and match them any way that you like!

When crafting I seem to always need something to write on, and my Post-It notes are always lost somewhere so I used a VersaGrip™ Double-Clip Sign Holder to attach my Post-Its to the side of one of the cubes so now I can find it and pull a sheet off whenever I need it.

Here is my video:

Products used can be purchased at Amazon.com, or you can click HERE and enter your zip code to see where you can purchase Deflecto Craft products near you.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope I inspired you to check out Deflecto Crafts for all your craft organization needs.

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That's My Boy Layout

Hello, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Today I am sharing a cute layout I made using Cocoa Vanilla Studio Flying High Collection. Cocoa Vanilla sponsored us at Scrap n' Art magazine, and I just loved getting to work with their papers.

I love the flair buttons and wood veneer shapes that go with this collection. So cute!!

I mixed some gesso with water in a spray bottle and using the negative space from the cloud sticker as a stencil worked perfectly to make clouds on the backgrounds.

I traced around some of the stars that I created with a stencil and some modeling paste with Imagine Crafts Amplify in white. Then heated it with my heat gun to make them puff up to give more character and dimension to the background.

Supply List:

Cocoa Vanilla® Studio: "Flying High: Accessory Stickers, Collection Kit, Flair Buttons, Wood Veneer Shapes; Adhesives: Beacon Adhesives “3-IN-1 Advanced Craft Glue”, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®“3D Foam Squares - White Mix", “E-Z Runner® Permanent Refillable”; Inks: Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko“VersaMagic: Midnight Black"; Mixed Medias: Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko "Amplify!: White", Prima Marketing Inc. "Art Basics Modeling Paste: White", Art Basics Heavy White Gesso"; Tools: Westcott®“Westcott® Craft Self Healing Cutting Mat, 12" x 18", Pink and Purple”, “Westcott® 6" Titanium Precision Scissors- Violet”, “Westcott® TrimAir Titanium Paper Trimmer with Ruler, 12", Violet”; Miscellaneous: Distress tool, heat gun, stencils.

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Quick & Easy ATC Using C'est Magnifique Kits Scraps

Hello, I would love to have you all come and join me over at C'est Magnifique Kits by playing along with the Use Your Stash Challenge that I host. For this months Use Your Stash Challenge all you have to do is use your stash to make a card, tag or ATC.

I made an ATC using the Prima Wooden ATC's that came in the January Embellishment Kit and some scrap pieces from the other January Kits. The bird I fussy cut out from one of the papers in the main kit.

Here is my process video:

And some still pictures of my super easy to make ATC.

Head on over to the C'est Magnifique Kits blog to play along with this challenge and all their other challenges for lots of chances to win some great prizes.

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Sketches

Sharing some sketches I created for the Scrap n' Art magazine October issue.

Layout Sketch:
Card Sketch:

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My C'est Magnifique January Kit Reveal Projects

Today I am sharing with you my projects using the January 2016 C'est Magnifique Kits, New Beginnings. I love the pastel colors on the Blue Fern Studios Autumn Anthology papers and all the coordinating embellishments to go with them.

For my first layout, I used a picture of me as a little girl. 

Using the flowers from the January 2016 Flower Add-On kit I was able to create a lovely flower cluster to go perfectly with the papers.

Tearing out a piece of the background paper and then adhering another piece of paper behind it creates a fun look with some added dimension to your page.

My next layout I wanted to show how the January 2016 New Beginnings kit can be used not only just for girly pages but for boy pages as well, so I used some pictures of my dad when he was little.

The little Mechanicals Vintage Trinkets by Prima Finnabair that are in the January 2016 Embellishment Add-On Kit add a great touch to any page or card.

I also really liked the canvas banner by Prima that comes in the January 2016 Embellishment Add-On Kit.

My last layout is another picture of me when I was little on my first bicycle. 

On this flower cluster, I used one of the cute stickers from the alpha sheet that came in the January 2016 main kit. 

I love chipboard, so I was really excited to see these gorgeous Ginger Poppies in the January 2016 Embellishment Add-On Kit. I painted it with the CM Blue Bubble Paint from the January 2016 Mixed Media kit.

To see all the C'est Magnifique January 2016 kits click HERE and make sure to keep checking back to see even more inspiration from more of the designers along with some new challenges that we have coming up.

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Fabulous Fall Mixed Media Layout

Pickled Tink Crafts is a new online scrapbooking store that sponsored us over at Scrap n' Art magazine. Pickled Tink Crafts offers a great variety of products along with some incredible mixed media kits. See how I created this fabulous fall mixed media layout using one of their mixed media kits and showed how I did a photo transfer onto a chipboard coaster piece.

Supplies you will need:

Pickled Tink Crafts Mixed Media Kit

Soft Matte Gel

Gesso

Color Spray Mists

Stencil

Adhesives

Cutting Tools

Spray Bottle for Water

Spatula

Paint Brush

Groove Tool

1. The coaster piece in this kit is a perfect piece to do a picture transfer on. To create a picture transfer, first print a picture onto a plain piece of copy paper. Paint some Prima Art Basics Soft Matte Gel onto the coaster making sure it thoroughly covered and then place the printed picture face down onto the coaster. Firmly press the picture down onto the coaster smoothing it down making sure there are no bubbles and let dry. A heat tool can be used to speed up drying time.

2. Once completely dry, spray with some water and using your finger start rolling off the paper leaving the transferred image on the coaster. Dry the image transfer with a heat tool if it is still wet and then paint with another thin coat of Soft Matte Gel.

3. Distress the edges with the Art-C Groove Tool sander attachment.

4. Randomly spread a thin coat of Gesso with a spatula onto the background paper and dry. Once dry use a stencil and some color spray mists to create some images onto the background paper. Dry once again. Adding Gesso to busy background paper is a great way to tone it down so it doesn't take the attention away from the focal point, your picture.

5. Layer up some different papers and elements from the kit to go behind your picture. Lightly spray some color spray mists on them, distress and ink up the edges of the papers. Adhere the picture on top of the layers with some 3D foam adhesive.

6. Mix some Prima Mica Powder with water and paint around the edge of your picture and paper layers. Cover your picture and flick some of the Mica Powder mixtures onto the background and let dry.

7. Spray the flowers in the kit with some color spray mist and flick some of the Mica Powder mixtures onto them and let dry.

8. Add the flowers to your page and continue to embellish your page with different embellishments from the Pickled Tink Crafts kit.

Here are some pictures of my completed layout.

Supply List:

Pickled Tink Crafts: "Mixed Media Kit: Serendipity Scrapbook"; Adhesives: Beacon Adhesives “3-IN-1 Advanced Craft Glue”, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® “E-Z Runner® Permanent Refillable”, “DODZ™ - Medium”, “3D Foam Squares - White Mix”; Mixed Media: Prima Marketing "Art Basics Heavy Gesso: White", "Art Basics Soft Matte Gel: Transparent", "Art Ingredients Mica Powder: Rust", Tattered Angels"Glimmer Mist: Chocolate Covered Cherries, Summer Glow"; Stickers: American Crafts "Thickers Chipboard Alphas"; Tools: Art-C "The Groove", Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko “Craft Mat”, Westcott®“Westcott® TrimAir Titanium Paper Trimmer with Ruler, 12", Violet”, “Westcott® 6" Titanium Precision Scissors- Violet”, Stencil; Miscellaneous: Heat tool, paint brush, spatula, spray water bottle.

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

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