Serenity

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! **

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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

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*

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!**

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!

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?

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

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

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

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

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