Such a Wonderful Mess

From My Heart II Pion CT Flying Unicorn

2012-02-29T23:50:00.003-08:00

Good morning everyone! Today I have some creations that I have made with the New Pion collection…From My Heart II. As soon as Alda got it in the Flying Unicorn store I ordered it right away and could not wait to get my hands on it. The new 6x6 pages are so perfect for cards I wish I had gotten more! So grab a coffee, sit back and relax and I hope you enjoy what I have created with this gorgeous collection!

Best Wishes Card

I used my Martha Steward Cherish punch to create the punched background for this card. The beautiful tag, border and butterflies are all cut from the Pion papers. I have added a doily, some flowers and a big bow to finish it off.

Moments Card

This was created with the 6x6 papers. I have distressed and inked them. The postcard is fussy cut from the papers as well and I added some flowers, a bow and some liquid pearls.

Believe Card

For this card I first created the tag from the collection. I did some punching on the bottom layers and added some gauze, flowers, liquid pearls and bow. After it was complete I decided to make it into a card.

A Perfect Day Card

This is a card that opens up in the center and is tied with a bow. I have added a birdcage rub on, a bird chippy, and some of the new yummy Petaloo flowers in the store!

Tags

I love these tags that you just cut out from the papers and then dress them up. The images are also in the collection. I have added a doily to one and distressed layers behind the other one. Add some crinkle seam binding bows, flowers and liquid pearls.

A Loving Heart Pocket Card

I love making these pocket cards…they look so fancy but they are so easy to make. The tag slips out of the pocket. I have dressed them up with layers of Pion, flowers, a bow and ribbons.

Princess Layout

My last creation is a layout of my grand daughter. I have done a bit of masking, added lots of layers of Pion and yummy goodies.

The chippys are from Dusty Attic and all the papers are Pion.

The resin corner pieces on the photo are Shabby Chic ones from Prima. The chippy letters are first painted white than I inked the bottoms of them. I added some rock candy crackle paints and liquid pearls to them.

Well that is it for today…I will be back on tomorrow with a SOUS reveal. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Bonjour CT Flying Unicorn

2012-02-29T03:05:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and Happy Hump Day! Today I have a layout to share that I have made for Kaisercrafts week at the Flying Unicorn. I have used papers from the Bonjour Collection, the Prima distressing tool and chalk inks, Ranger Rock Candy Crackle and Liquid Pearls, and a Dusty Attic chippy…ALL available in the FlyingUnicorn Store. The photo is me and my daughter.

I have done a lot of fussy cutting for this layout. The photo is even fussy cut and I have surrounded it with fussy cut flowers from the collection.

I have tucked a Dusty Attic chippy swirl into the flower cluster. It is first painted white and then I have used some pink glimmer mist and rock candy crackle paint on it. The edges are distressed with my Prima tool and then inked with the new Prima chalk inks. I love them as they can get into tiny areas because of their shape.

Close up of the flower clusters which are full of Prima flowers, Petaloo leaves and gauze for texture.

Well that is it for today…I will be back on tomorrow with a feature on PION. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

YOU and Blog Hop Winner !!!!!!

2012-02-26T16:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! First I would like to thank everyone that participated in the Make It Work! Blog Hop, your comments were so much appreciated. Today I have a layout that I have created using the Prima BAP sketch and colors from the week at CSI. Not exactly my fav colors but sometimes you just have to get out of the comfort zone. All of the papers and flowers are from Prima. The cute little crocheted butterfly is made by Cathi from the Flying Unicorn. I am sure you know this is my grand daughter hehe…I scrap her a lot. Before we get to my layout I better announce my RAK winner from the Flying Unicorn Blog Hop!

…and the winner is….

L. AkinsFeb 25, 2012 07:43 AM

Amazing layout Shona.. I love your work

Please contact Alda with you full mailing address at: cs@flyingunicornllc.com

Please put in the subject: Shona's RAK Winner.

Ok well on with my layout.

Here is a close up of the butterfly from Cathi. I have also added one of the Prima metal frames in the top corner.

This is the journaling section. The title is also from Prima and I have used the Prima brick mask with gesso in the back ground.

The flowers are all Prima and the leaves are stamped onto Prima paper and fussy cut out.

Well that is it for today…I will be back on Wednesday with another layout. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Make it Work! Blog Hop Flying Unicorn

2012-02-25T05:50:00.024-08:00

Welcome to the Flying Unicorn Make it Work! Blog Hop. We’re so happy that you’ve joined us! If you have arrived here from Maggi’s blog you are at the right place. The Hop starts at the Flying Unicorn blog, so if you didn’t start there, hop on over to this link and get started so that you don’t miss anything! Each blog along the way has an amazing RAK to be given away and there is also a Grand Prize!!! Here is my RAK..one of the collections from 7 Dots..YUMMY!

The Creative Team members are all featuring fashion on their blogs during this hop. This is just a preview of the fun we are going to have in March during our Haute Couture at the Unicorn Ritz challenges! I have chosen Givenchy as my designer and inspiration for my layout. He designed this dress for Audrey Hepburn for the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s and it is just so glamorous and yummy! She was so gorgeous in his creation. I have used one of the Glitz collections available in the store at the Flying Unicorn.

I have done lots of distressing and yummy layers on this layout. I just love the Glitz add ons and have tucked in lots of them, adding a few flowers for dimension. For the DA chippy I have first painted it white then I have added some mists and smooch to finish it off.

I added a bit of masking behind the doily and the letters were cut with my cricut.

One last close up of the yummy layers and goodies on this layout.

I can’t wait for the March kit reveal. You are going to love it because it is the best ever!! Here are a couple of sneaks to tease ya, this Kit is amazing! The March kit will reveal on March 3rd at midnight. Be sure to join us in the forums for some high fashion, Unicorn style all during the month of March!

Back to the blog hop! There will be a grand prize awarded to one lucky person who visits, becomes a follower and leaves a message at all the Creative Team member blogs. AND each CT member will also be randomly selecting someone to win a RAK so you will have 10 chances to win!! The hop will run until Sunday Feb 26 at 6pm est. And here is the GRAND PRIZE....a prize worth over $150. This is amazing and loaded with so much scrappy goodness!!!

Below are links to all the stops on the blog hop. The next stop is at Tammy’sblog.

Flying Unicorn blog-Alda

Denise

Frank

Helene

Laura

Maggi

Shona

Tammy

Tracey

The Flying Unicorn Forum

Thanks for visiting me, be sure to leave a comment and become a follower so I can enter you in my random drawing for my RAK and also a chance at the Grand Prize. Have a fantastic weekend and Happy Hopping!!

Two layouts - OUAS sketch

2012-02-24T13:05:00.002-08:00

TGIF everyone! I have two projects today…both using the sketch from Once Upon aSketch. For the challenge this time around you had to journal about a dream holiday or vacation. I have always wanted to go on a vacation with my brothers and their wives and finally we all got to go to Vegas on a trip..and it was so much fun with them! I have used papers from Basic Grey, flowers from Petaloo and have done lots of stamping on this layout.

Here you can see the stamping behind the flower cluster, one of my fav stamps.

The journaling section.

And finally the larger flower cluster with stamping at the top and bottom of the page. Love my LaBlanche stamps and one of my goals this year is to use them more.

Ok for my next layout you get to meet Uncle Baxter, and this is for the American Idol Challenge at the Flying Unicorn but I have used the same sketch. Uncle Baxter is my grandsons dog and yes he is “sexy” …well so he thinks he is anyways! I had to use the title from a song for my layout title. I have used I am Sexy and I know it by LMFAO. I have also used this months Kit from the Flying Unicorn to create this layout.

I have done lots of distressing, some machine stitching and added some liquid pearls to the circles. The background has bits of gesso painted on it and the grass chippys are from Dusty Attic.

The chippy is first painted white, than I used some olive glimmer mist on it and some Mandarine Glam on the tops. I found a couple of doggy footprint stickers in my stash and added them to the layout. That is Uncle Baxter !

Well that is it for today…I will be back tomorrow for the Flying Unicorn Blog Hop. The prizes are amazing and I hope to see you there! Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic weekend. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping :)

Make It Work! Blog Hop tease

2012-02-23T16:06:00.000-08:00

Omy gosh I just saw the RAKS that will be up for grabs during the Flying Unicorn Make It Work! Blog Hop……There will be RAK winner on each stop along the way and then a Grand Prize on top of that!! That is a total of 11 PRIZES!!!!! Here are a couple of teases of what the RAKS are…..this is just insane, there is even some BRAND new released goodies in the RAKS…..both NEW Scrap Cake releases are up for grabs! 7 Dots, Fabscraps, Inkado…

Don’t forget to come join in the fun Make It Work! Blog Hop. The fun all starts at 9 AM est on Saturday Feb 25^th and it starts at the Flying Unicorn Blog. See you all at the HOP!

Kenz CT Flying Unicorn

2012-02-22T07:32:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone and Happy Hump Day! Today I have a layout to share that I have made for Tattered Angels week over at Flying Unicorn. I have used Authentique papers, a Dusty Attic sweet pea frame chippy and Tattered Angels products…all available in the Flying Unicorn Store. The photo is my daughter.

The top corner piece is a fussy cut wing from some Donna Salazar paper that I have, and I made the rolled flowers from Laura’s tutorial at the Flying Unicorn, they were fun! The background I have used some gesso with a brick mask, than I did some misting on it. On the little hearts I have misted them too and added some DS fairy dust glitter to them.

I also made the large flower and used some TA glimmer mists and then some chalk on the edges of them. The DA chippy frame is first painted white, than I used some glimmer glam and glimmer glazes to get the colors I wanted. They also add a real shine to finish off the chippy just perfectly. To finish off this project I added some burlap behind the photo and a big burlap bow.

Ok well that is it for today. I hope to see you all on Saturday for our Making it Work Blog Hop at the Flying Unicorn. There are lots of goodies to be given away during the hop! Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

XO *CT Flying Unicorn**

2012-02-20T07:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome! Today I have a layout to share that I have made for Tattered Angels week over at Flying Unicorn. I have used Fabscraps papers, Dusty Attic chippys and Tattered Angels mists…available in the Flying Unicorn Store. Misting is so much fun and adds dimension and layers to your creations. The photo is my grand daughter and I used a sketch from The Color Room from a couple weeks back.

When I misted behind the photo I tilted the paper and let it drip down for a cool effect. The letters are also from Tattered Angels and I have used them as a mask when I misted them. I also used the little corrugated heart as a mask when I misted it.

Behind the Dusty Attic corner scroll is a Prima mask. I did some misting on it and when it dried I went over it with some distress ink. The chippy is first painted white with dabber paint and then I have misted it also for glimmer and added some liquid pearls.

The doily is misted as well, than I crinkled it up some to give it more texture. The white scroll I have done with molding paste and a mask. I finished off the layout with a few flowers, and some ZVA crystals. You do not want to miss the Flying Unicorn Blog Hop, starting onFeb 25^th! There are so many prizes up for grabs!

Ok well that is it for today. I will be back on Wednesday with another layout for the Flying Unicorn! Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Cozy Winter TCR – Flying Unicorn

2012-02-18T15:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Saturday everyone!!! Well I have been a scrapping machine this weekend and am pretty much caught up for upcoming reveals so I got to play with this weeks palette at The Color Room. I started with plain white cardstock, used a brick stamp with gesso and added some corrugated board. I then used more gesso and some mists for the colors. The photo is my grand daughter and it was taken through a twig tree.

The gorgeous papers behind the photo are Fabscraps from the Flying Unicorn store, and they are so so yummy! I added some Dusty Attic grass border which has been painted white first, then I added some green inks and mists and purple Glimmer Glam.

You can see the gesso stamping and misting good in this close up and I did some machine stitching around the edges.

I finished it off with some crinkle seam binding and Prima flowers.

Ok well that is it for today. I will be back on Monday with another layout for the Flying Unicorn! Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic weekend. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Brothers

2012-02-16T20:42:00.000-08:00

TGIF! Yippee it is Friday…and today is another reveal day at Stuck on U Sketches and the gorgeous sketch is by our own fabulous Leah. I have used papers from Riddersholm, you can get them at the Flying Unicorn store. I have done lots of distressing, inking and misting on this layout. The cutie pies are three of my grandsons. I turned the sketch sideways to work with.

Here you can see the deep distressing and inked edges. I used the papers and made a little banner for the top corner and added some liquid pearls and flowers.

I misted the paper doily’s a light mocha color and added some crinkle seam binding with a vintage button. I then tucked in a crocheted doily.

I used my Martha S. punched to make the center white piece behind the photo and some matching butterflies.

Well that is it for today, but I am sure I will be back again this weekend sometime! I hope that you all have a fantastic weekend! Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Kissing Booth mini!!!! CT Flying Unicorn

2012-02-15T05:56:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome! Today I have a mini that I have created using the Kissing Booth Collection from Basic Grey, Dusty Attic, embellishments and yummy flowers…available in the Flying Unicorn Store.

I started with a Kaisercraft mini chipboard album and first covered the pages with the fabulous Kissing Booth papers. There are so many amazing little pieces that can be fussy cut to use on projects, like the tags, and there is a sticker sheet as well with some very cool goodies on there. I added some ribbons to the rings on the album for some cuteness.

You can see some of the stickers on the small first flap and I have added some crinkle seam bindings. On the heart page is a photo of my grand daughter with a Dusty Attic chippy above her. I have added some tags, liquid pearls and ZVA crystals to finish this page off.

I added some lace and more ZVA crystals with a little saying on the other side of the heart. The next page is one of my grandsons, and I added lots of goodies here. Crinkle seam binding, flowers, some twine, some fussy cut hearts from the Kissing Booth papers and another piece of Dusty Attic.

On the final two pages I did some stamping, added in more flowers, twine, leaves and Dusty Attic. As you can see on these two pages I did some machine stitching on the bottom layers before I put the mini together. Once again the photos are my grand kids.

I also made a card using the Kissing Booth collection. I used some of the oval stickers seen behind the fussy cut hearts. The title is on a Dusty Attic chippy, which I just painted white then added some glimmer mists to it. I finished it off with some flowers, ribbons and buttons.

Ok that is it for today..don’t forget to stop by the store for all of your scrappy needs! Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Happy Valentines Day!!!

2012-02-14T16:34:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day everyone! Not exactly my fav day in the world but I wish everyone a great one. Valentines Day marks the anniversary of my dad’s passing…but that was a wonderful day for him to meet up with mom in Heaven..hehe..I think he planned that! Ok so enough about that…here is a quick post on a little card that I made using this weeks palette at The Color Room and the gorgeous Pion papers from the Flying Unicorn store….thats right…we got the new collection up there, as well as the brand spanking new collections from Fabscraps, and 7 Dots too! YUMMY!!! I have ordered all the new collections myself LOL!

Ok well that is it for today, I will be back tomorrow with a mini album…eeeek it is like one of my first ones. I am sure I made one but years ago! Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Just for you CT Flying Unicorn

2012-02-12T10:11:00.000-08:00

Happy Sunday everyone! Well I have been so busy creating lately for upcoming reveals and the blog hop at the Flying Unicorn, so finally today I made something that I can share now. I have a challenge going on that is White and Neutrals plus one, and the prize is a RAK loaded with BoBunny Etc collection. So I made this card using a BoBunny card sketch and as inspiration for my challenge. My one color extra is purple.

I used BoBunny double dot cardstocks and papers from the ETC collection. I added some crinkle seam binding and some stash flowers to finish it off.

Now on to Blog Hop information. The link is on my side bar at the right and it is going to fun fun fun! There are so many RAKS and a grand prize up for grabs so make sure you mark your calander! I will remind you all as it gets closer! Well that is it for today, I will be back on Wednesday with a mini to share. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Thank you CT Flying Unicorn

2012-02-08T16:05:00.000-08:00

Happy Hump Day everyone! Today I have a little thank you card that I have made using the gorgeous Shabby Collection from Fabscraps, available in the Flying Unicorn Store, and my Tim Holtz dress form die. This is for inspiration for my Neutrals +1 challenge going on in the forums at the Flying Unicorn.

I have also tucked in some yummy Prima flowers with some crinkle seam binding and some twine. Did I mention that Alda is at this moment loading up the store with the brand new Organic collection from Fabscraps……to die for I tell ya…soooo shabbylicious!

Well that is it for today…come on by and play the challenge for your chance at an amazing RAK! Don’t forget to stop by the Flying Unicorn store for all you scrappy supplies. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Natures Santuary CT Flying Unicorn

2012-02-06T15:24:00.000-08:00

Hi and happy Monday everyone! And with Monday comes our Mojo Monday sketch from the Flying Unicorn! This weeks sketch is by Sandi and it is awesome! I have used papers from Fabscraps, chippys from Dusty Attic and lots of rub ons, inks and mists..all available at the Flying Unicorn store! The photo is my grand son having some fun in the snow.

I did lots of distressing on the layers and the title chippy is first painted white then I added some mists and crackle accents to it.

The cogs and clock face chippys are all from Dusty Attic. I have used paints, mists, glams and glazes on them to finish them off. I added some rub on black swirls under them.

I have also used some Tim H masks and did lots of inking on them.

The large flower is made with Fabscraps papers and I tucked in some others from my stash.

Well that is it for today…come on by and play in the Mojo Monday challenge for your chance at an amazing RAK! Don’t forget to stop by the Flying Unicorn store for all you scrappy supplies. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Kiss Me and a Card

2012-02-04T11:42:00.000-08:00

Happy Saturday everyone! I have two projects today…a layout and a card. First the layout, I have used this weeks palette at The Color Room, the sketch and journaling from Once Upon a Sketch and Riddersholm papers from the FlyingUnicorn Store. The journaling criteria had to be about a man in your life…and what better man to use than my new lil man grandson. He is just the cutest! I have done lots of distressing, stitching and made the pink flowers with my tattered flowers dies.

Here are a couple of close-ups of the stitching, distressing, journaling and flowers.

I have done some stamping and added a rub on in the background. The name plate is a chippy from Dusty Attic, also available in the store, and I added in some liquid pearls.

My next project is a card for the Bo Bunny Card Challenge, and also for a challenge at the Flying Unicorn. I have used the sketch from Bo Bunny and their Smoochable collection.

I added in some crinkle seam binding with one of the collection brads and a couple of acrylic pieces with some twine on them.

Well that is it for today…I will be back soon! Don’t forget to stop by the Flying Unicorn store for all you scrappy supplies. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic weekend. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

The Best Day Ever SOUS

2012-02-03T06:04:00.000-08:00

TGIF! Wow can you believe it is February already…and today is another reveal day at Stuck on U Sketches and the gorgeous sketch is by our own fabulous Leah. I have only done one page of the sketch though. I have used papers from Basic Grey and lots of distressing, masking, misting and goodies from my stash. The cutie pie in the photo is my grandson.

I have done some deep distressing and used a prima mask on the outside piece. You can see the inked up layers and some corrugated board behind the photo. I have also tucked in a Dusty Attic piece.

I adore the colors on this layout and the deep colors in the Prima flowers and Petaloo leaves.

The chippys are first painted white then I added some slate glimmer mists to them and a couple of BG stickers from the collection.

Isnt he just the cutest hehe J this is so frame worthy my daughter said …so in a frame it will go and in his bedroom.

Flying Unicorn February Kit of the Month Always with Love!!!

2012-02-02T21:25:00.000-08:00

Its here ... February Kit of the Month

Always with Love

Oh can you tell this is an extra special Kit of the Month Release! Not only is the Main Kit full of incredible papers, From Kaiser Sweet Nothing Collection, 7 Gypsies Venice and Fabscraps Timeless Collection and embellishments galore from Kaiser, Flying Unicorn, Pebbles and ZVA to our OTP mini album DREAM by Kaiser for $31.99 we now have add ons , so that you make so many more projects!

Our add on paper collection for $5.00 consists of : CI – Music Sheet, Fabscraps Timeless Flower and Travel Reed. Along with Coredinations: Valentine, Oxford, Burnt Sugar, Rose Embroidery and Persimmon.

Our Embellishment add on for $14.99 consists of : Frames scrap metal Fabscraps Bird on vine, Pink Paislee mistable ribbon, Sweet Nothing Rub Ons, Prima Swirl Blue, Sweet Nothing Sticker Sheet, CI Narratives

Of course we have a flower add on for 23.99 consisting of: Prima: Sprites 172 and Sprites 417, Prima Alabaster, Kaiser: Paper Bloom Pink and Sea Breeze, Flying Unicorn Victorian Garden Flowers

Without further adieu here are some fabulous creations from the Creative Team and Gerry, our Guest Creative Designer :

So Proud CT Flying Unicorn

2012-02-02T11:49:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog..so glad it is Friday tomorrow!!! For this layout I am featuring Fabscraps, Dusty Attic, and yummy Petaloo flowers…all available in the Flying Unicorn Store.

The title of my layout is “So Proud” and this is my grand daughter and new grandson. I have used Fabscaps papers from the Heritage collection – Small Floral, Pink Floral and Script #2 and #3. I distressed my layers and inked the edges with Prima Brown

I have fussy cut some of the papers and tucked them in above the large flower cluster. I have used the large Holly Flourish from Dusty Attic which I first painted white then I added some Tattered Angels Black Cherry Glimmer mist and inked the edges. I tucked in some yummy Petaloo yellow flowers and a birdhouse from the Prima Shabby Chic Treasures. Love these little Prima Shabby Chic pieces!

A close up of the top corner cluster and the distressed edges.

The black swirl is fussy cut from the Fabscraps papers. I have tucked in some seam binding and some of Alda’s vintage buttons.

Well that is it for today…I will be back tomorrow with another new layout! Don’t forget to stop by the Flying Unicorn store for all you scrappy supplies..and swing by the forums for some super fun challenges with amazing RAKS as prizes. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

February Guest Designer at Flying Unicorn!

2012-02-01T13:06:00.000-08:00

I am so THRILLED to announce that the super talented Gerry van Gent is our February Guest Designer at Flying Unicorn. I adore Gerry’s creations…always packed full of amazing details, I can hardly wait to see what she has done with our February kit which reveals on February 3rd.

Here is a little something about Gerry she wrote up for us:

My name is Gerry - a 38 years old Bulgarian woman who lives in The Netherlands. I`m a mom of two adorable kids and a wife of a very supportive hubby. I`m a SAHM and I have plenty of time to spend with my kids and of course I have plenty of time for my hobbies...scrapbooking and photography. I got involved in scrapbooking back in 2003 when my first child was born and I never stopped since then. I find inspiration in my kids, in every day life and of course in the products I work with.

My work is always detailed and dimensional. I love misting, masking, stamping, making my own embellishments and I love hand-stitching on my layouts.

I currently design for Webster`s Pages, The Scrap Cake, The Color Room, Imaginarium Designs, Once Upon A Sketch, Manor House Creations, Scrapdelight and I`m a teacher at Miss Art`s Papercrafting school.

I`m so honored and happy to be guest-designing for Flying Unicorn - amazing kits to work with and a must-have for every crafter. Thank you for this opportunity!

My blog: http://gerryscrafts.blogspot.com

I hope you join us at Flying Unicorn to see what Gerry's creativity brings!!

Be Mine CT Flying Unicorn

2012-01-31T18:53:00.000-08:00

Happy Hump Day and Feb 1^st everyone! WOW Feb already and you know what that means…tonnes of new challenges up at the Flying Unicorn. This is officially my first monthly challenge and I have gone with “Whites and Neutrals +One”. My “One” that I have chosen is purples so there are a few shades of that on here. I have used paper from Fabscraps High Tea collection, glimmer mists, Zva crystals and some Dusty Attic chippys…all available in the store at the Flying Unicorn. The photo is my grand daughter holding her new little brother..they are just too cute!

I did lots of inking, misting, distressing and stitching on this layout. Here you can see some of the random stitching, stamping and gesso behind the misting.

I have used lots of Prima and Petaloo flowers and a couple of Dusty Attic pieces. The chippys are painted with crackle white picket fence paint.

I love these little hearts that I cut out and added some seam binding and flowers to them. The butterflies are cut from the Fabscraps paper and then I added some ink and gems to them. I have also tucked in a couple of paper doilys and more stamping behind them.

Here is a shot of all the yummy layers.

Barbie Girl

2012-01-29T13:28:00.000-08:00

Happy Sunday everyone! I am just getting in under the wire here to get my entry in for this months BAP sketch from Prima. I have also used this weeks color palette from The Color Room. I have used Prima Printery papers and canvas pieces and a few Dusty Attic chippys..you can get them all at The FlyingUnicorn store. The photo is my grand daughter..she loves her barbies!

I did lots of distressing and some masking. The canvas pieces are just misted with smooch and the DA chippy is first painted white then I added some glimmer mist and gems.

I misted the large Prima flower to get the right color and cut up the black Prima fabric leaves to make them smaller. I just love the resist on the canvas pieces.

Close up of the larger DA piece and you can see the doily that is misted in the background.

Here is some of the masking and more Prima goodies on the layout.

Well that is it for today…I will be back soon! Don’t forget to stop by the Flying Unicorn store for all you scrappy supplies. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Love

2012-01-28T12:01:00.000-08:00

Happy Saturday all!!!!! Today I have a layout to show that I made yesterday after work. It was one of those layouts that just flew together…seriously it practically made itself LOL! I have used papers from The Enchanted Bo Bunny collection, this weeks BoBunny sketch, some amazing sneak peeks for you at Dusty Attics new chippys to seen be released, and I used the colors from this week at CSI. The photo is my niece and hubby last summer.

I fussy cut some of the Bo Bunny papers to add layers, added some liquid pearls to the title and tucked in a journal section by the photo. Here is a sneak at one of the new DA chippys…the cute little mini hour glasses. I have used a couple on this layout.

I did lots of distressing, a little bit of misting and tucked in a misted paper doily in sections.

I just love this new chippy coming out from DA …the heart with the two faces on it. I added some liquid pearls under the coat of black smooch to make it look not flat. I added a few flowers from my stash, some buttons, brads and rhinestones, and some crinkle seam binding to finish it off.

Well that is it for today…I will be back soon! Don’t forget to stop by the Flying Unicorn store for all you scrappy supplies. If you are looking for the brand new PION, it was loaded into the store last night….hurry it will not last long! Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping !

Kylee The Flying Unicorn CSI **

2012-01-26T14:25:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone…I have finally made a layout that I can show you. I have been super busy getting CT work done for The Flying Unicorn for Feb. For this layout I have used this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch from The FlyingUnicorn and colors from CSI. The gorgeous papers are Riddersholm and they are available in the store at The Flying Unicorn. The photo is my grand daughter…just a sweetie!!!

The Dusty Attic leaves…first I traced out the leaves onto some Riddersholm papers and then cut them out and inked them. I misted the chippy and then used pop ups to adhere the paper leaves to the chippy…off setting them just a bit.

I have also added a little banner with little words that all remind me of Kylee. I have also used pop ups on the banner for dimension. The little butterflies are cut from the same papers.

Here is a side shot of the layout. Lots of yummy layers.

Well that is it for today…I will be back soon! Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping !!

PARTY AT THE FLYING UNICORN!!!

2012-01-21T12:45:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I have been busy busy busy at the weekend crop party going on at The Flying Unicorn…lot of games and door prizes….lots of challenges and amazing RAKS to be given away. Here is what I have made so far. First off my challenge is a photo inspiration challenge and I have made this layout using the colors from the photo as inspiration. I did lots of distressing, masking and added lots of goodies and some Dusty Attic pieces.

The chippy behind the photo and the ferns are from Dusty Attic.

I even tucked in some Prima flocked rub ons.

Ok now Laura has an "all white" challenge going on and here is the card I made for that one.

Lots of embossing and layers of white. The title piece and little hour glass are chippys from Dusty Attic too. The hour glass is a sneak peek and from their upcoming reveal.

Denise has a "polka dot" challenge going on and I made a card for that one too. I have used papers from the Authentique Uncommon collection from the Flying Unicorn Store.

Ok and my next project is fro Maggi’s "Arch" Challenge. The Flying Unicorn Store carries papers from Riddersholm and they are AMAZING! I am in love with this paper now. The Dusty Chippy is also from the store.

I used a LaBlanche stamp, added some sheer lace on the bottom, tucked in some flowers and goodies, and added some Zva Crystals from the store.

Ok there are soooooo many more challenges going on too…stop on by for some fun and laughs! Anyone can join in..Ok well that is it for now… Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic weekend. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

PARTY TIME AT THE FLYING UNICORN!!!!!!!!

2012-01-20T12:51:00.000-08:00

6pm EST tonight the Polar Bear and Pajama Party crop starts!! Be there, fun and games, challenges, prizes, wooo hooooo!!!!!!!!

Got my jammies on and ready to party!!!! See you there!

Dream Dusty Attic -SOUS

2012-01-19T21:01:00.000-08:00

TGIF! This week has gone by way too fast!! Actually this month has so far and today is another reveal day at Stuckon U Sketches and the gorgeous sketch is by our own fabulous Nanne. I have used Glitz papers and goodies and did lots of distressing, fussy cutting, tucked in some Dusty Attic chippys in the flower clusters and I tried a paper folding technique that I saw at Tammy’s Blog. The photo is my niece last summer.

Here is a close up of the main flower cluster…lots of flowers from my stash and I tucked in a piece of Dusty Attic from the Wrought Iron Design set DA0574. I first painted it white then added some inks, glimmer glam and mists. I then dabbed some more white on it to give it a rustic look.

Here you can see the fussy cutting that I did on the Glitz paper and also the paper folding technique behind the photo. That was fun to try!

We have surprise Sponsor for the rest of the month at Stuck On U Sketches..Stephanie from Whimsical Designs has donated some of her very own stamp collections to some very lucky winners of our sketch and die challenges this month..so remember, the more you play the more chances there are of you winning.. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic weekend. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Smooches! And New Beginnings!

2012-01-19T11:22:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog! Today I have a couple of projects that I have done for challenges. The first one is a little card that I made for the BoBunny card challenge. You had to use ribbon and buttons. I have used papers from the BoBunny Smoochable collection. The ribbon is crinkle seam binding with a Smoochable brad in the center and I had a little heart button that I have aadded some twine and attached to the fussy cut hearts.

My next project is a layout and I used the sketch from OnceUpon a Sketch and the colors from CSI. I did lots of distressing, masking, I made the rosettes and added some of the New Dusty Attic products. The photo is my grand daughter and her new little brother. The journaling is about how this will be a new beginning for her as well as she is no longer the baby of the family…it will be a huge change for her and she is very excited to be a big sister. Yessssss I see I spelled the title wrong! Hehe…oh well….I am going to leave itJ

Here you can see the masking and distressing. The new Rose Vine from Dusty Attic is first painted white then I added some glimmer glam and inks to it.

This is a good shot of the color combo for CSI and you can see all the layers behind the photo.

This is a Sneak Peek of one of the new yummy chippys to be released soon from Dusty Attic. I have used white paint and then some smooch and liquid pearls on the DA Bird House. I tucked in some gauze and ribbon in the flower cluster. I made the rosette flowers and used some paint on the edges of them.

And lastly a shot of all the yummy layers.

Well that is it for today, I will be back tomorrow with my reveal fro SOUS! Don’t forget to come and join in on the fun at The FlyingUnicorn. We have a weekend crop party starting tomorrow nite with lots of door prizes, games, challenges and RAKS up for grabs. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Play and Beautiful Dusty Attic -The Flying Unicorn

2012-01-16T16:49:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Well another Monday and winter has hit us with a bang now! Calling for more snow all week…yuck! LOL! Right now at The FlyingUnicorn there are so many fun challenges going on and one of them is your Word for the year. I had to pick a word that I want more of this year, etc. Well I want to PLAY more, either scrapping play or family play…I just want more play in my life! So I made this canvas wall hanging for my room and I used this weeks palette and sketch from The Color Room because I want to PLAY along there too! hehe.

I started out with a white canvas, applied lots of gesso with masks and then just started to use some glimmer mists to get the colors I wanted. All of the chipboard pieces are from Dusty Attic, and I have embossed the middle piece and also the title letters before I painted and misted them.

I used some DA scrolls pieces in the corners which I have stamped, inked and misted. I then applied some Rock Candy crackle paint to them. I also added in some gauze and some twine along the side.

I used lots of different flowers from my stash and added some of my crinkle seam binding bows.

Another shot of all the yummy layers. I love this little wall hanging for my room J

My second project is a layout done for the Round Robin at The Flying Unicorn. I used the Vintage Blue Glitz collection and got inspiration from a photo challenge at Glitz. I chose the colors in the photo as my inspiration for this. I did lots of distressing, inking and fussy cutting. The photo is my grand daughter over the holidays.

I love the Dusty Attic butterflies and for this one I soaked it in water and then peeled the layers of chipboard before I painted it with some gesso and smooch paints. Here you can also see the fussy cut Glitz papers.

I added a little banner at the bottom of the layout, also inspired from the photo.

I added some Dusty Attic fern chippys to the flower clusters and some chippy scroll pieces in the corners.

A close up of all the layers and goodies.

Ok well that is it for today, I hope you all come and visit us at the Flying Unicorn…come join in on the fun and games. We are having a big online scrap party starting this Friday, the link is at the top of my blog on the right! Lots of goodies up for grabs this weekend, come and play! Have a fantastic weekend! Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Joy of the Season Dusty Attic -The Flying Unicorn

2012-01-15T10:46:00.000-08:00

Happy Sunday everyone! I finally got to meet my new little grandson yesterday and visit with the family…such a little cutie and his big brothers and big sister are so proud of him awwww. For my layout today I have used this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch at The Flying Unicorn…gorgeous sketch! I used lots of Pion papers which you can buy in the store at The Flying Unicorn and a few Dusty Attic pieces. The photo is one of my grandsons over the holidays, we went to visit some Lamas and he loved them!

I did a lot of fussy cutting with the Pion papers to create this. Here you can see some of that with the distressing and the gorgeous DustyAttic doily chippy. I first painted it and then added some glimmer mists and inks to it, then I added the title on top.

I used lots of layers and added some liquid pearls to the tags.

Here is the flowers cluster…yummy layers of goodies and the vine is a chippy from Dusty Attic. Love tucking those vines into flower clusters!

Ok well that is it for today, I hope you all come and visit us at the Flying Unicorn…come join in on the fun and games. I will be back tomorrow with my entry for the Round Robin challenge there. Have a fantastic weekend! Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Thankful Dusty Attic -The Flying Unicorn

2012-01-13T15:09:00.000-08:00

TGIF!!!!! So excited to be done work for the week! I created this layout wanting to use just white and browns and I really love the way it turned out. I used this months sketch from Dusty Attic along with some sneaks of their new chippys soon to be released! I also made this for the American Idol challenge going on at The Flying Unicorn. The papers are from MME and the journalling is from a Kelly Clarkson song…Thankful. The photo behind the new Dusty Attic door is of my daughter and grandson when they were here over the holidays.

Here is a sneak peek at one of the new releases coming up for DA …the mailbox. I have colored it with glimmer glam and glaze and then some white smooch accents on it. I also used a DA mini picket fence behind it. In the background you can see the paper and crocheted doily and all the distressing and inking.

I added some burlap and gauze for fibers some MME newsprint behind the also new sneak peek DA door. I love the little wreath that I added on the top of it.

A close up of all the yummy layers of goodies and flowers.

Ok well that is it for today, I hope you all come and visit us at the Flying Unicorn…come join in on the fun and games. There are so many chances to win some yummy RAKS from the store every month! Have a fantastic weekend! Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping !

Look After You Dusty Attic -The Flying Unicorn

2012-01-10T21:32:00.000-08:00

Happy Hump Day! I have some good news today! I am thrilled and pumped to now be part of the CT at The Flying Unicorn. They have amazing kits and a store just packed full of scrappy supplies, an amazing Creative Team…. AND a comminity that is so active and so much fun, always lots of games and challenges to participate in. I made this layout for the American Idol challenge going on there right now. I have used papers from the Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings collection, lots of distressing, masking and a combo of Prima and Petaloo flowers. And of course my fav go to embellishment....Dusty Attic chippys! The photo is my new grandson and daughter in law. He was born last week. The photo was taken with a cell phone and is not the greatest but it it his first photo. You can just see the love already!

Here is a DustyAttic sneak peek for you too! The bird cage is soon to be released. Here you can see the distressing and masking. I added in some crinkle seam binding and pretty flowers. The bird house is finished with glimmer mists, glam and liquid pearls.

Look at all the yummy layers behind the photo. The frame was so much fun to finish. I have used lots of mists, glame and glaze on it. After that dried I added a coat of Rock Candy crackle paint.

More DustyAttic sneak peeks! The new Flower Stem and Name Plate Label.

Close up of all the layers and goodies.

Ok well that is it for today, I hope you all come and visit us at the Flying Unicorn…come join in on the fun and games. There are so many chances to win some yummy RAKS from the store every month! Have a fantastic week! Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Darling Dusty Attic

2012-01-10T05:53:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and welcome! I actually got lots of scrappy time this weekend and have a few projects done up. For this one I have used papers from Prima Printery collection and lots of goodies on here. I used a sketch from the Flying Unicorn to get me started. Lots of inking, distressing and layers of goodies and I used some of the new Prima canvas pieces as well. All you have to do is mist them and they are ready to go. The photo is my son and daughter in law in the summer…they just had the baby a few days ago and now they are a family of 6…wow lots of kids, they are going to be kept busy for sure hehe.

The doily is colored with glimmer mists and I tucked some gauze (yes I am still raiding my hubbys first aid kit) and also some Dusty Attic chicken wire under the title piece.

I did lots of distressing on the layers and for the DustyAttic fancy flourish I first painted it black, then I added some liquid pearls and stickles to it.

Here is some of the canvas that I misted. There is some lace and more Dusty Attic chicken wire and fancy trim under the photo.

More yummy Prima flowers and Dusty Attic goodies.

Ok well that is it for today, I will be back with more creations this week! Have a fantastic week! Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

A sad goodbye

2012-01-08T19:12:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! I just wanted to let you all know personally, that I have decided to leave Scrap That! with the announcement of the sale. I have loved working with the amazing Design Team there and Lori! I have been there since almost the beginning as a kit subscriber and the last 6 months part of the team. And the members…well you are an amazing bunch and so inspirational!

I will still be around and I will pop in there and say hi to everyone lots! I also will be starting new ventures in January. I am sad to leave, but excited for new challenges and changes as well.

Peace TCR – Dusty Attic and BIG NEWS!

2012-01-07T15:11:00.000-08:00

I have news!!!!!!! I am so thrilled to be asked by DustyAttic to be their Guest Designer for the month of January! Internet scream!!!! LOL! Thank you everyone at Dusty Attic for being so awesome to me, you inspire me and I hope that I can also inspire in my journey with you. And thank you to all of you for so much inspiration along the way! You can see the announcement here! Ok so on with my layout…it was created using this weeks palette at The Color Room…..it is so pretty and I had so much fun with my last major inking project that I am doing it again. The photo is my daughter and grandson over the holidays, and I was inspired by Belinda at Dusty Attic and used naked chippys! First time for me..hehe!

I started with a piece of Tim Holtz Kraft Resist paper and some corrugated board. From there I just used lots of gesso, inks, stains and mists to create this background. I really like it! I then added in some PionDesign papers behind the photo and a couple of their cute little tags.

In this close up you can see the back ground good with the naked chippys. I tucked in some burlap and lots of Prima flowers.

I added a lil Prima bird house in the cluster on the bottom.

Look at all the yummy layers. I really like the colors on this I may have to frame it! If I know my daughter though…she will want it! awww and I will give it to her of course!

Ok well that is it for today, I will be back soon with more creations! Have a fantastic weekend! Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Friends are the Sunshine of Life. SOUS

2012-01-05T21:14:00.000-08:00

TGIF!!! I got a new grand baby this week…a big healthy boy and I can’t wait to see him….I hope to go see him this weekend J Today it is Stuck on U Sketches reveal too!!!! My first reveal this year for SOUS and it is a beauty of a sketch too! This weeks sketch was designed by our lovely Designer/co-creator Nanne Harry. I used all goodies from my stash and made the silk flower. The photo is my two nieces…couple of cuties! I did lots of yummy layers and distressing on this layout, tucked in a few pieces of Dusty Attic and some ripped apart a Prima piece with the flowers and ribbon on it.

Here you can see all the distressed layers. I added some liquid pearls and pearl gems in to finish off the layout. The quote title is a velum piece also from my stash. I need to start to use MORE stash to make room for the new CHA releases coming up J

Close up of the hand dyed silk flower that I made. I tucked in more pearls swirls and some Tattered Angels pieces. The leaves are from DustyAttic and they are one of my favourite pieces from them. I painted them white, added some ink to the edges and then added some Rock Candy crackle paint to them.

Ok well that is it for today. Don’t forget to head on over to SOUS for tonnes of inspiration, come and play with us and you have a chance at a gorgeous prize. Thanks again for stopping by and have a great weekend everyone! Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Girly Grunge

2012-01-03T15:18:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone! Wow 2012 already and it is already a busy year. Holidays are winding down, the company is gone home and I am back to work now. I even got to scrap a bit yesterday I was going into withdrawals I think hehe! I am super excited today to share that I was chosen as featured member this month at the Donna Salazar Girly Grunge site..woo hoo! I made these two projects last month and just realised that I totally forgot to post them here. One is a canvas, my first altered canvas and the other is a card. I have used lots of Donna Salazar goodies on both of them.

First is the canvas. This was so much fun to make. For the background I used lots of gesso, the Prima brick mask and mists. This project is loaded with Dusty Attic chippys too. The title, the corner scrolls, leaves, the cogs, the key on the bottom flower section, and the wings behind the dress form.

Here is a close up of the cogs and the dress from. I dressed her up with real jean and some hand dyed silk on top.

Here is a close up of the title section. The top chippy is stamped and then I added some inks and crackle accents to it.

Love this flower cluster and I added in some tied up button, a DA key, some jewels and DA leaves.

For the card I used all DS papers and did lots of distressing. I tucked in some Dusty Attic chicken wire with the hand dyed crinkle seam binding and added some butterflies and bling to it. The quote is on a velum piece that I have distressed some.

Ok well that it is for today……I have a couple more announcements this month and I can share them with you soon! I hope that 2012 brings nothing but joy to you all! Have a fantastic week! Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Just the 2 of Us

2011-12-27T10:52:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! I hope the last week of 2011 is going great for all of you and that January 1^st rings in a fantastic year for you all! I am having a few people over for New Year’s Eve, karaoke and games…it should be fun! I had a bit of free time for me today so I made this little card using this weeks palette at The Color Room, a BoBunny sketch and their Enchanted collection.

I distressed the outside layers and used pop ups on all the layers for dimension. I fussy cut the hearts from the Enchanted papers and the cute little title piece is also from the same collection.

I just love the cameos with this collection and have added one to the center of some of my hand dyed vintage seam binding.

Ok well that is it for now. I would like to wish all of you a very Happy New Year!! I hope that 2012 brings nothing but joy to you all! Have a fantastic week! Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Traditions

2011-12-26T13:22:00.000-08:00

BOXING DAY! Wow Christmas came and went FAST, and now I get a bit to relax today before the next round of company arrives. I made this layout using the sketch from Once Upon a Sketch, lots of Pion papers, Petaloo and Prima flowers and the gorgeous frame is a Dusty Attic chippy. The journaling for OUAS this time is family traditions. I love when I can get together over the holidays with family, it just makes the holidays that much more special. The photo is my grand daughter looking at the Christmas Tree. Such a little cutie pie J

The framing around the photo is all raised with pop ups to give it more dimension. Here you can see some of the stamping that I did and the gorgeous flowers. I did lots of distressing and inking with Distress inks.

The Pion collection comes with lots of little tags and I have cut out a few, inked the edges and added them to my layout.

Here is a close up of the DA frame. I first painted it white and then I added a few different mists to it and some liquid pearls to finish it off. It has a very old distressed look to it.

Ok well that is it for today. I have very exciting news to share in the New Year. I hope that everyone has a great rest of 2011 and Happy New Year!!! Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

All you need is Love SOUS

2011-12-22T21:14:00.000-08:00

TGIF!!!!! I love Fridays, and now I have a whole weeks vacation so yippee! Before I get to my layout I would like to thank everyone that has been so supportive in the past year and would like to wish you all a very Happy Holiday Season! Ok so on with my layout….it is reveal day at Stuck on U Sketches and this weeks sketch was designed by our lovely Designer/co-creator Sandi Clarkson. I used Glitz papers, Prima brick and gate masks, Dusty Attic chippys and I made all the flowers. The photo is my niece this past summer when she got married.

I made all of the flowers on t his layout using my cricut and some mists. Here you can also see that pretty gate mask and the corner chippy. I have used some glimmer glam, glaze and mists on the chippy.

All of the brick masking is done with some gesso. I added another corner chippy here and some vintage crinkle seam binding to the flower cluster.

Ok well that is it for today. Don’t forget to head on over to SOUS for tonnes of inspiration, come and play with us and you have a chance at a gorgeous prize. Thanks again for stopping by and once again have a very Merry Christmas everyone! Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Believe

2011-12-21T14:46:00.000-08:00

Happy Hump day everyone! Wow only FOUR more sleeps..hehe…I am getting so excited because my daughter and family will be here on the 24^th J I am getting ready for all of my company so it should go by fairly fast! I have a little card to show you today. I have used the card sketch and all papers from BoBunny for this one. I distressed all of the layers and added some double dot card stock behind the pieces.

I love the Enchanted collection from BoBunny and all the cute embellishments that go with it. The center piece is one of the brads from that collection. I have added some vintage crinkle seam binding and some Petaloo blooms to finish it off.

Ok well that is it for now. I will be back on Friday with the reveal from Stuck on U Sketches. I would like to wish all of you and your families a very happy Holiday Season and please be safe in all of your travels. Have a fantastic week! Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Snow Babe TCR

2011-12-18T13:05:00.000-08:00

Happy Sunday everyone! I made this layout a couple of days ago and was surprised how fast it came together. I used this weeks palette 89 at The Color Room and I started with white card stock. I added some stamping first and then got really dirty using some mists and gesso and molding pastes for the bricks and back ground. I then added some corrugated board and lots of Dusty Attic chippys and other goodies. The photo is my niece and her baby…cuties! I do not attempt creating my own background often but I love the way this turned out!

This is a good close up of the brick and misted background. The fence is from Dusty Attic. I first painted it white then added some mists and molding paste on top to look like snow on it.

Here is one of the stamped sections with lots of mists and gesso on it. The leaves and snowflakes are also from Dusty Attic.

Close up of the main flower cluster. I have added gesso to all of the flowers.

Ok well that is it for today. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic weekend….Happy Holidays!. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

The pout

2011-12-16T11:23:00.000-08:00

TGIF! And yes another vacation day for me! I am baking for the holidays today but I got to finish up this layout and wanted to share. I won a challenge at BoBunny a while ago and they sent me some of the new Enchanted collection. So this layout is made with that collection and I have used their circle challenge on it. The papers are all black and white but I altered them lots with inks and mists. The photo is my grand daughter having a little pout hehe. I also punched some double dot cardstock to add in some color.

I did lots of distressing and layers on this layout. Here you can see some of the heavily inked areas.

I used a BoBunny time piece stamp for the clocks in the background, added in a silver piece from the collection ( I cut it in 2 and used one piece in the cluster and one on the photo). The tiny flowers and the large flower are also made from the Enchanted papers and the dark inked pieces are also from the collection. They almost look like leather now.

I added in some Dusty Attic leaves to finish it off. Thanks for the goodies Bo Bunny.

Ok well that is it for now. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic weekend….Happy Holidays!. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Serenity

2011-12-14T16:42:00.000-08:00

Happy Hump Day!!! I am counting down the days till Christmas…lots of visiting with family, a few days off…what more can a girl ask for…except to hopefully get in some scrappy time for me! I have had a great week so far! I won the sketch contest at Dusty Attic and I also won a card challenge at BoBunny! Woo Hoo…I am so excited!

OK so on with my layout…I have done this one using lots of Prima goodies and the Prima monthly BAP Sketch. I did lots of punching, distressing, layers and this is a Hybrid layout. The velum quotes are printed from a digital file and then I have added them to the layout.

I love the little banner on this one. I have used lots of pop up adhesives to make this layout have lots of dimension. It is going into a shadow box frame as a Christmas gift so the more dimension the better. Here is a close up of the banner and velum printout.

I used lots of Prima flowers to add color to this layout and I tucked some Dusty Attic leaves and chicken wire in with them. I also tucked in some guaze and flocked rub ons for more added texture.

Here you can see all the yummy layers.

Ok well that is it for now. I still have to post my canvas one day this week, so I will be back soon. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Merry Xmas TCR 88 - Scrap That!

2011-12-11T15:34:00.000-08:00

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE SCRAP THAT! BLOG HOP GO HERE!

Happy Sunday everyone! WOW only 2 more weeks until Christmas…and it is gonna fly by, it does every year! Funny story behind this photo of my daughter and grandson on Santa’s knee. It was supposed to be just my grandson but he did not like Santa at all…so mommy had to sit on Santa’s knee too hehe…and just look at him, he looks so sad in this photo. BUT check out the Santa…holy we think he was the real deal…he sure looks like the real Santa to me J I hope Kenzie told Santa I have been good too …hehe J Ok so on with my layout! I have used this weeks palette from The Color Room and the Pion Design papers are from Scrap That! I did lots of masking, distressing, machine stitching, and inking on this one.

I just love the Dusty Attic chippys that I used and made them look like snow covered trees with molding paste and then I added some stickles to them.

Here you can see the machine stitching, and gorgeous Prima blooms mixed in with more DA swirls. I have used more molding paste on the chippys to make them have more dimension. Just look at that sad face awwwww!

I did some masking and lots of inking on this layout. Here is a close up of the distressing and stitching as well.

Ok well that is it for now. I will be back a couple of more times this week to show you more projects that I have done lately..including my first time at altering a canvas! Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Scrap That! December Pion Design "Waiting for Santa" Kit

2011-12-09T08:30:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and TGIF! Welcome to the Scrap That! December reveal blog hop!!

If you have just arrived here from Robin’s blog you are in the correct place! If not, head back to the Scrap That! blog for the blog hop order and links.

Today I’m going to share with you my projects using the Scrap That! Pion Design "Waiting for Santa" Kit. This kit is so YUMMY and the embellishments go perfectly with the gorgeous PION papers.

Joy to the World

This is a photo from last year of my grandson…he is just so cute. I used the sketch, designed by our very own talented Robin, for this one. I did lots of distressing and inking to make it old looking.

In this close up you can see the molding paste that I used…it is very cool in real life as it adds more texture.

Couple more close ups.

Santa Baby

I have used the main kit only for this layout. Again lots of distressing and inking on the layers.

I made the large flower and added some of the gold mist that comes in the main kit to it.

The Dusty Attic chippys are also covered in with the gold mist.

Christmas Past

For my last layout I have used a very very old family photo. I did some masking on this layout and the snowflakes are from my tutorial.

I used lots of crackle accents on the Dusty Attic piece and added is lots of layers.

Before you hop along to Tina’s blog you will want my SECRET WORD, which is SCRAP. Happy Hopping!

**Remember, that there are FOUR prizes to win, and FOUR ways for you to enter.

STEP ONE: First of all, you will need to visit all EIGHT blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) Take your time!! Our designers have beautiful blogs :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **. There will be a randomly drawn comment winner from each blog, and one of those lucky ladies will be selected to win a fabulous package of Prima! How easy is that?

STEP 2: Once you’ve done that, you’ll need to swing by our * facebook page, and LIKE us, and then head over to our social community and become a MEMBER. Once you’ve done that you will be eligible to win a Scrap That! store gift certificate.

STEP 3: If you want to enter to win the Grand Prize of a Pion Design "Waiting for Santa" Prize Package generously provided by Jenny at Pion Design, then head over to our COMMUNITY for details on our monthly challenge. The challenge will run from Dec 9th to Dec 29th so you have LOTS of time to post your creations. You can enter as many times as you like. You do not need to be a subscriber to participate. The more entries, the more chances you have to win!

STEP 4: Who doesn’t LOVE some Dusty Attic? Who wouldn’t want to win some Dusty Attic? Then, while you are hopping, you will want to be looking for the “special” word on each blog. Once you have visited all the blogs and collected all the special words, they will create a sentence. Email the sentence to friends@scrapthat.ca. All correct entries will be entered into a draw for the Dusty Attic Prize Pack

If you get lost along the way go back to the Scrap That! blog for the blog rotation.

We hope you all have good fun hopping with us today, thank you so much for playing along! Watch the Scrap That! newsletter on December 26th to see if you are one of the lucky winners!

Love & Joy SOUS

2011-12-08T21:00:00.000-08:00

TGIF! Wow it is Friday already…yippee!! This week just flew by with all the hustle and bustle going on getting ready for the holidays! Today is reveal day atStuck on U Sketches and the gorgeous sketch is by our own fabulous Sandi. You will all love to use this one for some holiday layouts or like me just a celebration layout J I used papers from Creative Imaginations and love of goodies from my stash! The photo is my neice and her baby a couple of months ago. Eeek I am a Great Auntie LOL! Getting old L

Close up of the flower cluster…I added some dark violet colored flowers to match the cardstock that I used on the backing of the layout.

Here you can see all of the yummy layers on this layout….most of them are distressed. The title is a velum sheet that I have had in my stash forever.

I just love using Dusty Attic chippys on my projects and it is always my go to embellishment. You can make them match any color palette that you are using. I have used a DA fence here. First I painted it white, than I added some champagne glimmer glaze and some glimmer mists. I finished it off with some liquid pearls. The layers under it are punched with the MS Cherish punch.

Ok well that is it for now. Don’t forget to head on over to SOUS for tonnes of inspiration. Come play with us..it is fun to see everyones take on the sketches. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic weekend. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Love You TCR 87 Scrap That!

2011-12-07T20:11:00.000-08:00

Happy Hump day everyone….well today was a bit of a BLOG nitemare actually but I think I got it all figured out now…<<<fingers crossed! For some reason my background just went all wonky on my blog…eeek! Poor Vicky, it happened to her too! I picked a crow on my header because I LOVE THEM!!!!! I know most ppl hate them but to me they are so interesting and entertaining J Ok so on with my layout…this was for this weeks palette at The Color Room and I also used this month sketch from ScrapThat! When I first saw the palette I thought …oh oh…and nothing came to mind for it! I had these OLD prima flowers, I think they may have been the first Prima ever made..yepp that old…but they were too bright…so hey why not spray paint them! And I did! Well that got me started and it all came together. I love this photo of my grandson..so innocent and so happy! I love the way this layout turned out and it is already in a frame and on my wall!

I used lots of layers, lots of distressing and added some gesso and then did some snowflake masking on top of it with glimmer mists. The chippys are all painted white first then I embossed them with my cuttlebug for texture. I then added some smooch paints and more glimmer mists to get the right colors. The snowflake is from my snowflake tutorial. You can find the link on my left side bar.

Here is a close up of the flower cluster, I added in a few more new Prima goodies with the old ones and tucked in a few snowflakes that I cut with my cricut. Love the cute lil ceramic pieces on the photo corners.

Ok well that is it for now. I just posted a challenge over at Scrap That! with this sketch! The prize is amazing, anyone can play! I will be back tomorrow and Friday with more creations to share. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

2011-12-07T17:40:00.000-08:00

Ok well I changed my template now and hopefully that will all work...thanks for all the comments to give me a hand with this :) With two reveals coming up on Friday I needed this to not be all mumble jumble LOL!

thanks again
hugggggggs
Shona :)

BLOGGER ISSUES?

2011-12-07T09:44:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I am having a big of a problem with BLOGGER and my background seems to be following down the page and blocking my posting?

Can you please leave me a comment if it looks ok on your end? Vicky is having the same problem, but hers looks fine to me on my computer?

LOL! weird!

Ok thanks and have a great day :)

SCRAP THAT! DECEMBER SNEAK PEEK

2011-12-05T18:15:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone !

Please join Scrap That! this weekend for our December kit reveal Blog Hop! We have THREE amazing prizes up for grabs. This kit is just gorgeous and we have an amazing Guest Designer. The fun all starts on Friday Dec 9th at 10 am MST.

Dusty Attic Prize Pack

Pion Paper Pack "Waiting for Santa"

Prima Prize Pack

We are excited to share with you our sneak peek for this month! See you at the HOP!

Christmas is the Season of the Heart

2011-12-04T12:51:00.000-08:00

Wow this weekend is going by way too fast! Before you know it …it will be 2012! I am now hearing holiday tunes on the radio and find myself humming them as I work around the house today..oh ….and I baked shortbread cookies today! Was funny…I had to mix them up by hand, get my hands right into the dough to mix it up. Needless to say my hands were covered in shortbread dough and the dogs were all looking at me, waiting patiently for the bowl to lick out after I was done with it…so I puts my hands down to their level and said…….cookie dough LOL! I had 2 dogs on each hand cleaning me up J They did a good job too! Ok enough puppy stories and on with my layout for today. I have used the Dec sketch over at Dusty Attic, did some machine stitching, distressing and used lots of DA chippys! The photo is my grandson last Christmas…too cute!

I did machine stitching behind the photo and used some stickles to accent it. Here is a close up of the Santa Sleigh chippy. First I painted it white and added some Donna Salazar glitter while the paint was still wet… and then I just inked the edges with some brown chalk ink. It really is sparkly.

The title pieces are also from DA and those are painted white and then I used some glimmer mists on them and added the sentiments and some liquid pearls. I love the new little heart piece from Prima and added just a couple of flowers and leaves to accent it.

This is my fav chippy on the layout and you will see this on another layout in a week or so also. I decided to make the potted plants look like they were snow covered and I used some molding paste on it for texture..after that was dry I added some stickles for glitter. For the snowflake I added some Diamond Dust and a gem in the center.

Here is a little tag I made for a challenge at ScrapThat! Come and play for your chance to win 13 prizes!

Ok well that is it for today. I think I will go wrap a couple of gifts now. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Silly

2011-12-03T10:17:00.000-08:00

Happy Saturday everyone! Well I am taking a lil break from holiday cards/tags and layouts for today..and getting caught up a bit on Halloween photos! My grandson was a lil froggy this year and he is just too cute! I did lots of masking, distressing, stamping, inking on this one. I used Petaloo flowers, MME papers and the webs and spiders are from Dusty Attic.

I have used this gate mask and twig stamps a few times…I like the looks of them together.

Close up of the flower cluster…there is also some masking and stamping under that.

The Dusty Attic spiders and webs were fun! I painted them and used some glimmer mists and glam on them. I added some stickles to the spiders. I also tucked in a piece of DA border by the envelope.

Ok well that is it for today. I better get back to holiday cards/tags now LOL! Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic weekend. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

TAG/CARD CHALLENGE DAY 2 SNOWMAN

2011-12-01T15:26:00.000-08:00

Well this is Day 2 already of the HOLIDAY CARD/TAG challenges at Scrap That! The theme for day two is Snowman. I created this card for todays challenge. I used my cricut to cut out the snowman, reindeer and the snowflakes.

I added some gesso with Donna Salazar glimmer to make it look like blobs of snow LOL! I also used a LaBlanche stamp in the background and finished it off with some crinkled seam binding.

Here is my tag from day one...theme was Red and Green. I used a LaBlanche stamp and colored it with distress inks and then I added some goodies to it.

I will post on here the challenges every couple of days. Please come on by for your chance to win some gorgeous prizes. All the details are here. These challenges are open to everyone!!!

Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

12 TAGS/CARDS OF CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE – WITH 13 PRIZES TO BE WON! INCLUDING A GRAND PRIZE PION PRIZE PACK!

2011-11-29T15:48:00.000-08:00

Scrap That! is so excited to bring you our Holiday Challenges. Anyone can enter, you do not have to be a Scrap That! subscriber.

Starting on December 1st, there will be 12 daily challenges. Each day starting December 1^st to 12th, we will reveal one of our tag/card challenges with the challenge theme for that day. Each day there will be a new challenge with a new theme and you can create either a card or a tag based on that theme.

Here is the best part, there is a prize EVERY DAY for each challenge, PLUS for each challenge you finish your name will go in for a grand prize draw. The more challenges you enter into, the more chances of winning!

You will have 12 days to complete each challenge. Example…Dec 1^st challenge winner will be announced on Dec 13^th, Dec 2^nd challenge winner will be announced on Dec 14^th and so on. The grand prize winner will be announced on Dec 25^th

A wonderful scrappy prize package will be awarded to each daily challenge winner and the Grand Prize will be a PION Prize Pack loaded with gorgeousness from their new collection “FOR FATHER”

Rules:

All entries MUST be uploaded into the gallery with the corresponding challenge name in the title…example… **Challenge Day 1**” Please make sure the challenge is listed in the title or we may miss your entry.

Each challenge will have a different theme and entries must use this theme to be eligible for that daily prize.

In order to quality you must be a Scrap That! Blog follower, and a member of our community in order to upload your projects.

Remember, the more challenges you enter the more chances you have to win the GRAND PRIZE! Good luck everyone and have fun!

SCRAP THAT! Advent Calendar Challenge

2011-11-28T15:25:00.000-08:00

OK, for all you ladies who bought your awesome Kaisercraft calendar for only $20, the challenge is now ON!
THE RULES ARE......THERE ARE NO RULES! You are only limited by your imagination and whatever supplies and papers you have to complete your advent calendar. Any theme, any style, any purpose. Heck - it doesn't even have to be Christmas themed. Why not make a cute storage box for beads, or jewelry?

Final deadline for all entries is Dec 15th. but if your project is finished before then please email a photo of it to us!

Once all entries are in, the Design Team will each choose their favorite calendar project. Then Scrap That! MEMBERS will vote for their favorite! The winner will receive a fabulous GRAND PRIZE PACKAGE loaded with scrappy goodness.

Email all entries to info@scrapthat.ca (please resize to 500 pixels) please write Scrap That! ADVENT CALENDAR CONTEST as the subject.

VICKY'S ADVENT CALENDAR
... using the Pion Design Paper pack, available for $19.99 - Email: Lori at friends@scrapthat.ca to order these papers!

Can't wait to see yours... you can post your creations on the Scrap That! Ning site here!!

2011-11-26T20:18:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and I hope you are having a great weekend! I decorated my house yesterday, pretty much finished my Christmas shopping today (the dogs bought me some really beautiful new slippers, hehe)….and now I just have to tackle wrapping them..not a favourite of mine. The first 2 gifts always get wrapped so gorgeous, bows and ribbons and then I get sick of it and they all start to look like a 2 year old wrapped them hehe…actually they might do a better job of it!!!! LOL! Ok so on with my layout, I made this one using this weeks palette at The Color Room. I had a lot of problems with this weeks palette..but I do like the way this turned out in the end. I used just plain beige card stock and made my own back ground. I also made all of the flowers. The white ones I used my cricut to make them and the blue one is from some hand dyed silk and a glubber. LOVE GLUBBERS! If you have not seen them, google UTube for them, they are amazing for making fabric blooms. The photo is my grandson playing in some leaves and having a great time doing it.

I did lots of masking and inking on the background. Here is a close up of one of my flowers. I tucked some gauze and goodies in behind it.

Another close up of my flowers and leaves. In the background you can see the fence mask and I did some stamping on top of it. I used some Donna Salazar papers for the flowers and also on a background layer.

I love these Dusty Attic trees and finally got to use one. I did lots of misting and added some glimmer glam, glaze and stickles to it. The background here is a Prima mask and glimmer mists.

Ok well that is it for today. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic weekend. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Special Moments SOUS

2011-11-24T21:36:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone and welcome. WOOT WOOT…TGIF!!!!!! And a long weekend too for me! I took a couple of vacation days to hopefully start to decorate for the holidays. I got a smidgy done today, I hope more tomorrow J Ok so on with my layout for today! It is reveal day at Stuck on U Sketches and here is my layout and the sketch that I got to work with…it is by Page Maps. The photo is my son and family and if you look closely at my daughter in law, this family is about to get bigger. We are expecting a New Years Baby J weeeeeeeeeeee!!!! That is what the journaling is about on this page….the day they announced to a lot of the family that they were expecting. I used lots of Prima goodies from my Scrap That! Romantique kit, did some masking, sewing and the large flower is handmade form hand dyed silk.

I used a piece of Dusty Attic that is first painted then I used some glimmer mists on it and added some gems to finish it off. You can see all the distressing and water distressing that I have done in the corner. TIP: to water distress, just mist the paper..fold it how you like…then I dry it with a heat tool and ink it.

In the top corner you can see the machine stitching and the masking that I did. Masking is one of my favs on a layout..it just adds to the layers.

I used to make hand dyed silk scarves and I have lots of material left so now I make flowers for my layouts. They are just gorgeous I think! I have added some other blooms, a crystal swirl and a hand punched butterfly to it.

Ok well that is it for today. Don’t forget to head on over to SOUS for tonnes of inspiration. I just love how every take on one sketch is so different. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic weekend. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

SHABBY SNOWFLAKE FLOWERS

2011-11-24T11:30:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone…this is a super easy flower to make for holiday projects

Supplies:

Chipboard snowflakes

White Acrylic Paint (I love the dabber it is so easy to use)

Gems

Snowflakes cut from white cardstock

Brown Chalk Ink

Stickles

Glimmer Mist

Step One:

Paint your chipboard piece and set aside to dry.

Step Two:

I cut my snowflakes with my cricut to start... in a few different sizes. Now I ink around the edges of all the snowflakes.

Step Three:

Ink around the chippy snowflake and add a gem to the center of it. I have bent up and crinkled the snowflakes before putting them together. This will add some dimension to them.

Step Four:

Layer your snowflakes and glue them together.

Step Five

To finish off the snowflakes I have added some stickles to them, some clear and some gold, and then I spayed them with some light colored glimmer mist to make them shimmer.

That is it, so easy and fast. These are very vintage looking on holiday heritage layouts. Here is a little peek of an upcoming project with one on it.

Joy to the World

2011-11-23T14:45:00.000-08:00

Happy hump day everyone! A big thanks to all my lovely followers that have left me comments on my last few posts, and also happy wishes to everyone that is celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow….enjoy the day! Well I finally started my Christmas cards, yippee!!! This one was made for Card Challenge Tuesday with thier sketch over at BoBunny.

I used lots of BoBunny goodies on this card. The red bottom piece is from their Timepiece collection. The wreath is from white and black BoBunny dot paper. I first misted the paper with glimmer mist is an olive color and then used a Martha S punch for the twigs. I glued them all together to make a wreath..added some vintage seam binding from my stash, a couple of tiny roses and some BoBunny jewels from the Timepiece collection. I then finished it off with a Joy to the World stamp which I outlined in a gold pen, and some rock candy stickles on the swirls.

Ok well that is it for today. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic Thanksgiving. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Hot off the Runway TCR, Dusty Attic

2011-11-18T18:00:00.000-08:00

TGIF!!! Its reveal day at The Color Room..and sadly this is my last reveal as an RDA. OMG I had so much fun there..the design team is amazing, so encouraging and helpful. Love them ..I hope they ask me back some time. For my layout this week I also used this months sketch from Dusty Attic, lots of distressing, inking, misting and the two larger fushia flowers are hand made from hand dyed silk. The photo is my great niece this summer…such a little sweetie pie.

I used a large DA frame piece under the flower cluster. It is first painted white, then I used some glimmer mists and glimmer glaze on it. After that was dry I used some Tim Holtz Rock Candy crackle paint on it for a finish. You can see one of my hand made flowers here.

One of the bottom layers of paper is a resist paper. I used lots of distress inks and mists to get the right colors for this week. I added in a paper doily and a hand made doily under the photo.

Here is the large cluster of flowers and goodies. I also punched out the cute little butterflies and tucked them in a few places. A satin bow and a Prima shabby chic bird to finish this all off.

Ok well that is it for today. I got my December kit from Scrap That! soooo excited I can work on that this weekend Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic weekend. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Sister Hood

2011-11-16T09:34:00.000-08:00

Happy Hump Day! Hehe…I am actually off of work today..so I got to finish off this layout that I have been working on, ran outside to get a couple of photos before the snow blows in. YES SNOW! Grrrr hehe. OK so this layout is based on the sketch over at Once Upon a Sketch. I love it there, there is a journaling criteria and I need that little push to journal. You had to pick something special about being a woman, so I picked my daughters and Sister Hood and what is special about that. I have used one of the new Glitz collections, some Dusty Attic chippys, Prima and Petaloo flowers and lots of Tattered Angels goodies.

For this chippy I have first painted it white then I used some TA Glimmer Glam on it. The stamping under it is from LaBlanche and they are the nicest most intricate stamps.

Close up of the distressing and journaling. I also did a bit of light masking behind the journaling with a Prima mask and TA Glimmer mists.

I have used the same stamping under this flower cluster and used some of the paper scraps to make a little fan to tuck in.

This is my fav piece of this layout. The dress form chippy. I first embossed it, then I used some TA glimmer mists and inks on it, and added some liquid pearls to finish it off. The swirl behind it is done with molding paste and a mask. I added some glimmer mist to the paste to get a pinkish color then added some ink to it after it dried.

Ok well that is it for today. I will be back tomorrow with my reveal for The Color Room. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope that you have a fantastic week. Feel free to leave me some scrappy love comments, I love reading them ...take care and happy scrapping J

Such a Wonderful Mess

From My Heart II Pion *CT Flying Unicorn*

Bonjour CT Flying Unicorn

YOU and Blog Hop Winner !!!!!!

Make it Work! Blog Hop *Flying Unicorn*

Two layouts - OUAS sketch

Make It Work! Blog Hop tease

Kenz **CT Flying Unicorn**

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Cozy Winter **TCR – Flying Unicorn**