You are so Lovely - Scrappy Friends July Challenge (272/365)

next up is a fun layout of my son and mom playing on the beach last summer when we went camping. I used Brenda's sketch and Rochelle's tic tac toe to create this layout:

Here is Brenda's sketch: http://granddivasscrappyplace.blogspot.ca/2015/07/july-2015-sketch-challenge.html

and Rochelle's tic tac toe: http://rochellespears.blogspot.ca/2015/07/july-tic-tac-toe-scrappy-friends.html

I went top shelf using chipboard (title), brads (on the tags), and paint splatters

thank you for stopping by, hope you can join this month's scrappy friends challenge :)

mmm popcorn - Sketch n scrap #84 (271/365)

next up is a fun sketch from the first time we went camping in our new trailer. this was the first night when we had jiffy pop popcorn, unfortunately because of the fire ban we couldn't make it over the fire so instead we roasted it over the stove:

I based this off of sketch~n~scrap's #84:

Thank you for stopping by, hope you can play along this month with sketch n scrap: http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com

Enjoying Life - Unity Stamp Challenge (270/365)

I have a bunch of layouts to share with you, this is the first post of many today.

This layout i created based on Unity Stamp's newest challenge:

I decided to start with the layout because I had the perfect sentiment to go with these wonderful photos of my beautiful cousin and aunt:

A fun tidbit about this layout is that the flowers and the brads my aunt (in the photo) got for me while she was travelling in Arizona this past winter :)

thank you for stopping by and for your wonderful comments, hope you can play along with the Unity Stamp Challenge: http://www.theunitystampco-challenge.blogspot.ca/

Pom Pom Suzie - ScrapMuch? Sketch-y friday with team B (269/365)

Good morning everyone!!! Is anyone else excited it is Friday?? I know I am, this is going to be a fabulous weekend, tonight we are going over to a friends house for a bbq, tomorrow going to Lloydminster to pick up some CFL gameday stuff for my dad, scrapbooking stuff for myself (well for a baby album for a baby shower in a couple of weeks), and taking our son to the petting zoo. We have no plans for Sunday (yet) but I'm thinking if it's this hot then we are probably going to end up at the water park to cool off!!!

Anywyas back to ScrapMuch? Sketch-y Friday, this week we have a very fun sketch:


Here is my take:

I stayed fairly close to the sketch as it worked so well with my photos. I decided to use ribbon instead of paper for some of the elements as well as added some washi.

Supplies used:

paper: recollections, gcd studios

inks: tattered angels, lindy's stampgang starburst

alphas: doddlebug designs, thickers

flowers: recollections, prima, dollar store

bling: prima

other: stampin' up (stitch template), washi tape (dollar store), stickers (authentique), amy tangerine (stickers), we r memory keepers (enamel shape), ribbon (unknown), silhouette

Thank you for stopping by and for your wonderful comments. I hope you can play along with ScrapMuch? at your chance to win a prize, you have until July 29th to link your entry: http://shopscrapmuch.blogspot.ca/2015/07/sketch-y-friday-with-team-b.html 

distress ink pad watercolour tutorial

One of my favorite things about scrapbooking tools is when we are able to use it for multiple uses!!! My newest technique I discovered is using Tim Holtz distress pads as watercolours. As you may (or may not) be aware, Tim Holtz products are fabulous when they are mixed with water so I used that info and discovered a way to use them as watercolours.

Here is how you can use distress ink pads, acrylic block and water as watercolours:

 Stamp your image using a non water based ink, I used the following:

I stamped multiple images on 3x4 paper:

These are the colours of distress ink I have (I know I need to grow my collection):

 

Grab your acrylic block and choice of distress ink (I'm using peacock feathers):

Open your ink pad and put your acrylic block on your craft space:

Tap your ink pad onto the acrylic block a couple of times:

acrylic block stamped with ink:

mist the acrylic block with some water (I used my mini mister):

acrylic block misted with water:

since my images are small, I'm using a fine tip brush:

swirl your brush into the water and ink, mixing them together: 

starting at the bottom of the image, work your way up (the colour will lighten as you go up):

next I picked two colours for the tulips:

I stamped seedless preserves on one corner, and picked raspberry on the other corner:

I misted a little bit of water in the middle of the two colours:

I then used my brush to drag the water into the seperate inks, thus having two separate colours on one acrylic block:

Here I stamped scattered straw in one corner and wild honey in the other and sprayed water in the middle:

using my brush i then blended the two shades of yellow to make a new colour:

the mixed colour on my stamped sunshine image:

finished watercolour images:

final projects, I turned them into cards:

Fall Leaves - Let's Scrap (267-268/365)

It has been much too long since I have scrapped a 2-page of my own pictures. . .don't get me wrong I love making album for family and friends; however, I have so many of my own pictures that I want to scrap!!! So when i saw this month's first Let's Scrap Sketch I knew that I wanted to use it and exactly which photos I wanted to use.

Here is Let's Scrap first sketch this month:

Here is my take:

I changed the sketch up a bit because I added four squares on the right hand side and added a bit more embellies, but i am so happy with the way this turned out. Antoher fabulous thing about this layout is that all the paper are scraps!!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by and for your wonderful comments, hope you can play along this month with Let's Scrap:http://letsscrapsketches.blogspot.ca/2015/07/new-sketch-7-1-15.html

happy 3 birthday - PCC magazine monday week 106

okay so this week's PaperCrafter's Corner Magazine Monday Challenge had 5 inspirations and I had every intention of doing a separate project for each inspiration. . .then reality set in and realized that this week is canada day (wednesday) and this weekend we are going camping so I had to get ready for that. . .oh on and on top of everything else my husband got sick so to say the least I got one whole project done (hey its better than nothing though right. . trying to see the glass half full)

This week I created the following card for one of my son's friends who is having his third birthday this weekend but as we are not here, I had to get his present and card ready by yesterday when we met up with them for a pool party:

I created this with the following PCC inspiration:

I was inspired by the fireworks at the top (which I mimicked with red/white/blue mists) and at the bottom people (which i switched up for trucks).

I hope you can play along with PCC this week, you have until Sunday to get your projects in http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-magazine-mondays-week-106/