Scrapbooker's Paradise has a new Sketch Challenge up!

Hi everyone,

Welcome back!  

Dawn is hosting the Sketch Challenge this week at Scrapbooker's Paradise!  Come join in and show us your creations.  You not only have the chance of winning an awesome prize package but you will also get the chance to Guest Design with us next month!  Fun!  Fun!  Fun!

While you're over on the Scrapbooker's blog, say hello to our new design team member Lee-Anne Thornton!  We're very happy to have her join us and know you can look forward to lots of inspiration from her.  Check out her website here.

My layout that I did with this sketch, was inspired by Jennifer Snyder.  She created SUCH a beautiful winter layout using Kaisercraft's Enchanted Garden, that I just HAD to give it a try myself!  This photo of my daughter-in-law and grand-daughter just begged to be used with this paper line.  Don't you agree??  :)

Who would have thought that you could use this paper line for a Christmas layout!!  Thank you so much Jennifer, for your inspiration.

Stickles, and glitter, and spray .... oh my!!  :)

Lots of bling and depth, and shabby goodness.

You have three weeks to link up your entries, I sure hope you'll give the challenge a try.  I look forward to visiting your blogs!

I would like to mention that the photo for this layout was taken by a wonderful photographer here in Strathmore, Deidre Cameron.  She has taken some wonderful photos of my family over the last couple years.  I did a layout here and here with past photos.  To see more of her fabulous work, check out her Facebook page here.

Take care,

Linda

Supplies used:

Viva Pearl Modeling Cream - used to stencil circles on background

Circle stencil

Vintage Photo distress ink - inked holly leaves on background

Holly leaf stencil

Kaisercraft Enchanted Garden paper collection for background, pointsettias, holly leaves and paper lace strips under photo.  (It's on SALE right now!!)

Kaisercraft Classic Pearl Flourish

Kaisercraft Wooden Holly flourishes embellished with Stampendous Shabby Pink embossing enamel.

Pointsettias created with Tim Holtz Tattered Pointsettia die, painted with Picket Fence Distress Stain and Gesso, finished with a little Diamond Stickles.

Holly leaves cut with Cricut, rubbed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and Gold Inka Gold.

Other flowers:  Prima Queen Mary Vintage, Prima Perla, misc from my stash.

Melissa Frances Angel resin piece

Martha Stewart punch for the paper lace pieces.

Playing in Paradise Sketch Challenge

Good Morning everyone! 

There's a new challenge over at Scrapbooker's Paradise, and I hope you'll check it out!  I'm hosting this month and created a double page layout.  You can choose to do it as such, or just do one page, or turn it into a card.  The choice is up to you.

I hope you will give it a try and then share your creativity with us by entering.  The winner receives not only a wonderful prize package, but also, the opportunity of being a Guest Designer with us in October!

I did a layout of my nephew and his wife after they did the Mud Hero Run this summer!  Oh my!  It really was all about MUD!  Good for them for tackling such an arduous run and succeeding!

 

The layout took on a life of its own; but I did start with the title page, which I flipped and then added extra layers to.

 

 

 

A few details about the layout.  The title was painted with TA Glimmer Mist Coffee Shop and edged with Black Soot Distress Ink.  The edges of the photo were painted with Black Gesso. 

 

The canvas flower was inked with both the Coffee Shop Glimmer Mist and Black Soot ink.  I made the center from a piece of the Kaisercraft Base Coat paper, a Petaloo flower, a Prima bottle cap, and epoxy bubble.  The ribbon below was made using a piece of Tim Holtz Crinkle ribbon and mopping up excess Coffee Shop mist with it.

 

 

In the floral arrangement below, the heart is the top of a wedding favor that came as a wine bottle topper.  I took it off the cork and coloured the chrome heart with Oregano Alcohol Ink.  The bow was made from a cleaning rag that I bought at the hardware store.  The little nest of fibers to the left  were what I pulled from the canvas flower as I was distressing it.

 

 

This mat piece was made by covering a piece of cardstock with duct tape, embossing it, and then stamping it with Oregano, Bottle, Currant, and Slate Alcohol Inks.  You can see Tim Holtz's video for stamping with the inks here.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  We are having wonderful, warm weather here in Alberta this month.  I hope you are enjoying lovely fall weather in your part of the world also!

 

Have a great week creating!

 

Linda

 

Supplies used:

Kaisercraft Base Coat Lace patterned paper

Kasiercraft Base Coat Linen

Glitz French Kiss Strip patterned paper from stash

Canvas flower from Canvas Corp

Prima Wood Border

Prima Bottle Cap

Prima Arrowhead Crystals

Prima Epoxy Stickers from stash

Tim Holtz Crinkle Ribbon

Black Gesso

Bo Bunny Stained Textures stamp - used on the background

Black Soot Distress Ink

TA Glimmer Mist - Coffee Shop

Tim Holt Foliage embellishment

Tim Holtz Time Piece embellishment

Petaloo flowers from stash

Sizzix Die Word Play



 

Sketch Challenge at Scrapbooker's Paradise

Good Morning everyone! Another cool, cloudy day in the Foothills, what a summer it's been!  Rain, rain, and more rain.  But we're warming the day up over at Scrapbooker's Paradise with a new sketch challenge that is being hosted by Selena.

I chose to flip this sketch, as the photos I was working with were vertical ones.

For a period of time this summer, our garage door would have many beautiful white moths on it in the morning, and my granddaughter was totally entranced with them.  She would hold them in her hands and chat with them as if they were long lost friends.  She was in a magical world of her own, and that's why I had to go back to this paper line, Enchanted Garden by KasierCraft, to do this layout!

To make the border, I cut the diamond shape out with a craft knife, and rolled each section back using the handle of a paintbrush to get a nice smooth roll.  

Some backing paper was placed behind and then I cut a Cheery Lynn doily in quarters and tucked it inside.

You'll have fun with this sketch, so come on over to Scrapbooker's Paradise and give the challenge a try.  You don't have to have a blog to enter and you can use whatever supplies you like.  You will find the instructions, near the bottom of the challenge, here.

While you're there, check out my teammates' projects they've done - in a word - AWESOME!!

Have a great weekend everyone and thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Supplies used:

KaiserCraft "Enchanted Garden"

KC "Enchanted Garden" Collectables

Cheery Lynn "English Tea Party Doily" die

Tim Holtz "Crinkle Ribbon"

Rose Ribbon from my stash (Several pretty colours can be found here.)

Flowers & stick pins from my stash

Zva Pearl Flourish which I cut in half.

  

New Sketch Challenge at Scrapbooker's Paradise!

Hi everyone!  It's the second Friday of the month, which means Scrapbooker's Paradise is starting a new sketch challenge.  Thank you to everyone who participated in the last one!  I hope you will give this one a go as well.  Selena was the creator of this sketch and, as usual, it doesn't have to be a layout; it can also be a card or off-the-page project.

This month, I decided to do a layout.  I've had this picture of my niece for awhile, and as it is a favorite of mine, so I wanted to scrap it!

I did a LOT of distressing on this layout: inking, painting, and rasping.  Below you can see where I used a sponge and pounced Honey Amber Silks acrylic glaze all over one of my background sheets.

Started distressing some of the edges of the paper.  (It's kind of a shame that most of my careful inking, ends up being covered, but you do see little glimpses of it on the final page!!)

Painted white gesso and Honey Amber Silks on a piece of torn cardboard, then inked edges with Black Soot Distress ink.

Painted chipboard with Olive Vine Silks, then inked edges with Black Soot Distress Ink, and then stamped over top with script stamp.

Inked edges and centers of floral border with Black Soot Distress Ink, then carefully crumpled to give texture.

Making the flower cluster was a lot of fun.  The cute little paper flowers are from a Kaisercraft stamp set called "Doodled Flowers". 

Took this white Prima flower, cut off the stamens, carefully dry-brushed some Black Ice Silks on the petals to grunge it up, and then created a flower center out of the Prima metal flowers that are shown below.

Some of the pieces I played with!  Some I stacked together and held them in place with brads from my stash, others only need a brad in the center.

I also created the tag from scratch and if you check back to the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog on June 18th for Technique Tuesday, I will take you through the steps for that!

Do please check out our Sketch Challenge here and think about giving it a try.  We ALWAYS enjoy seeing what you create!!  Plus you're going to see some STUNNING creations from the other Design Team members!!

Linda

Supplies used:

Prima "Lyric" paper

Pink Paislee "Hope Chest" paper

Black cardstock

Cog chipboard from my stash.  Kaisercraft has some nice wooden ones that are in the store.

Prima "Gear" stencil from my stash.  You can see all kinds of cool "gear" stuff here.

Martha Stewart punches:  Large Monarch Butterfly, Scallop 3 Dot Punch around the Page, the floral border one (can't find the name of it.)

Prima Firebird white flower from stash

Prima Vintage Mechanism Mini Flowers

Prima Medium Vintage Mechanism Flowers

Prima Roses Vintage Mechanism

Prima Large Vintage Clock Face

Tim Holtz Mini Gears

Brads from my stash

Kaisercraft "Doodled Flowers" stamp set

Script stamp set

Olive Vine Silks Acrylic Glaze

Honey Amber Silks Acrylic Glaze

Gesso

Black Soot Distress Ink

Playing in Paradise Friday Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone!  

We are starting a new challenge format at Playing in Paradise this week.  On the 2nd Friday of each month we will be featuring a "Sketch" challenge.  This week's sketch has been designed by Pam and she has given you several options to choose from. You will be given until noon on Thursday, May 31st to complete this challenge.  Further rules can be found by "clicking" here.

  Single Layout

 

                                               Card
                              

Double Layout  

I am presently working on an "off the page" challenge and I chose to use the card sketch.  I used the sketch to make a cover for my project.

I added different kinds of texture by: using a Crafter's workshop template and painting a gesso pattern over this beautiful paper from the Prima "Art Journal Pad", making a burlap mat, distressing, and using twigs and lace as embellishments.  

I added a mat cut from an 8x8" package of Secret Garden paper, a little bit of sparkle, and I was done.

Do drop by Playing in Paradise and give this challenge a try!  As always, there will be a wonderful prize and an opportunity to guest design with us if you should be the lucky winner.  You can use whatever supplies you have on hand.  The main requirement is that you use a new project that has been designed for this particular challenge.  Previously published or posted projects will be looked at as inspiration, but will not be eligible for the prize package.

Hope you all enjoy the lovely weekend that is coming up!

Linda


Supplies used that are available at Scrapbooker's Paradise:
Prima Art Journal Pad
Crafter's Workshop "Layered Beads" template
Burlap
Ingvild Bohm Rasp Tool for distressing
Secret Garden 8x8" Paper Pad
"Cinnamon" Ranger Stickles Glitter
Gesso

Supplies from my stash:
The little charm is Prima Fairy Rhymes Vintage Trinkets
Lifetime Canvas Alphabet Stickers
Prima fabric flowers:  Merci collection
Bo Bunny C'Est La Vie dimensional stickers