September Stick it Down Single Page Challenge: Cutie Pies

 This months sketch highlights my son and his friend Taylor. Love the layout for this as it allows the focus to be on the photo.

Used a rather old paper line for this by Prima called Lavender Frost, along with it's beautiful beads and embellishments.

Used lots of stitching to really frame it all.

 

 

Underwater Sea- Mix Media Project

This was a fun project to make, one that continued to change into something unique and one of a kind.

All I knew was I wanted to create a cube. The rest came from playing with mix media products.

4"X 4" cube made from chipboard

Many mix media products including: mould shapes of sea items (used prima mold and molding clay); finnibar products such as paints, waxes and sparkles; distress inks; gesso

Chipboard Shapes: Never stop exploring

Paper: Authentique Voyage

Stencil: By the Sea

 

Short Video for project walk through HERE

 

Ideas to use your Stash

Hi everyone! 

If you are like me and have to have the entire collection of something or if you have a few sheet's of odd papers hanging around, how about creating cards with matching envelopes! Add a few embellishments from your stash and viola, one of a kind cards with very interesting envelopes to pass through the postage. The outside should tickle the receivers delight to open.

Paperline: Prima Songbird Collection

Embellishment : cloth hearts, clips, epoxy hardware and brads: all leftovers from other projects

Ink: Tim Holtz Distree Vintage Photo

Sentiments: old ones from stash and Tim Holtz sentiment stickers

Tools: We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board, Paper Trimmer, Distress Tool, Bone Folder, Tim Holtz embossing folder

Envelopes

Take time to Smell the Flowers- Stick it Down- September Single Page Challenge

 This months sketch challenge features our darling Lily. She is now considered a senior (like her owner :) and finds enjoyment walking with me each morning as we inspect the gardens. On this day I caught her pausing and talking the time to smell the flowers, a lesson we can all appreciate!

Stick it Down September Sketch

 

 

Products used:

- Paper from Prima Marketing; Vicki Boutin Foundations

- Inks from Tim Holtz Distress line

- Coloring pencils

- Stamps from Vicki Boutin

- Scraps that had a failed foiling technique (but perfect for this layout) from another crafty project :)

- Added some sewing for texture

Mini Album with Holding Box

This mini album was inspired by seeing a video from the Scrap Queen. They way she transformed a plain sheet of regular letter paper into a four page mini sleeve was fantastic and I just had to use it.

The paper line is Prima Misty Rose along with the many embellishments that come with the lines. I will never poo-poo on the those journalling tags again as they are the perfect fillers for mini album, card front and more!

Nothing but the empty packaging left!

All the tags for the inner pockets!

Forgot to show this little note book created to hang off the side of the box in the video

Check out this cover! Sewed on fabric that matches the line perfectly. You can see the  little note book tucked in

Absolutely love how this turned out and the best part...It is for sale! Zip me an email if interested in purchasing.

The video that walks you through the album can be found HERE

Young Love

Today is all about that special someone in your life. Using the paper line Rossibelle from Prima it is very easy to create "love art".

The rose gold on the paper adds a shimmer and shine which highlights the photo.

Our son Joshua and his special someone, Evelyn

Additional details with die cut butterfly, stitching and some fussy cutting. Edges frayed slightly and inked with black soot. 

DREAM

I love play dates with my friends! I always find new inspiration when I am with like minded people and it makes me very happy.

I decided that dabbling in some mix media art was what  was needed on the menu!

 Using a variety of products such as Modelling Paste, Tissue Paper, Prima Julia Netting Stamp, Pattern Paper, Stencils, Inks, Paints, Embossing Powder, Creative Embellishment Chipboard, ...the list is endless. That's what I love so much about mix media, there's no right or wrong and everything always looks so ugly until the last few steps. That's when the magic happens and your project takes a life of it's own. Love how this canvas turned out :)

LOVE the Maritimes!

This scene can be found on any shore in our Atlantic Provinces. This scene was photographed by my great friend Michelle Mattie on a trip to PEI, the only place I know of where there's red sand.

Used Prima Paper packed and Chipboard embellishments, accented with corrugated cardboard, sewing, boarder punch, Tim Holtz die cut words and Glossy accents.