One Sunny Day ~ Scraps of Elegance

Hello friends!  Again, I know I am taking forever to create...but little by little I try.  So here is the page that took me about 2 weeks to finish.  I used Scraps of Elegance products to make this page, following the Dusty Attic May sketch that I flipped around.  Those children in the photo are my aunt and uncle (my mom's siblings) in the late 1920s, I believe.  Sadly, I never had a chance to meet them, they passed away before I was born.  

I used Smooch paint to color the DA chipboard.  I laced up the paper over some actual lace.  Lots of delicate touches here and there, all over the page.

She is Beautiful ~ Scraps of Elegance

Following the last page I made, that was super BOYISH, I went to the opposite side of my creative mind and pulled a super GIRLIE page out of my head.  I used a mix of items from Scraps of Elegance to make this page of my pretty little Angel.  Isn't she so sweet, with that pink bow on her head?  And yes, I did the photo editing, softening up the photo, adding a splash of color after making it all black & white!  Feb 2012 

 I received a very nice RAK from Girlie Grunge, and used quite a few of those things on my page, such as the corner bling, chipboard flourishes, the jean words and the GG symbol.

This is the sketch I followed for the May Girlie Grunge challenge.

At first I stamped the flourish with white script.  But the wood color was throwing the page off, so painted over it with Lindy's Magicals (Pink).  It shimmerz quite nicely.  The cardboard under the photo, was first painted with a mix of white gesso and clear molding paste, then sprinkled with some clear loose glitter.  It stuck very nicely.  Then I added some lace to the bottom.

Pause ~ Scraps of Elegance

This is the Stuck on U Sketch I used.

I made this page as an example for the Butterflies & Bling Challenge over at Scraps of Elegance.  I used the gorgeous April kit called "Awakening" with some dictionary papers from a previous SOE kit, and other items from my stash.  This month's variable for the challenge is: Use at least one punch!! It can be a border or shape punch.

Journal: "You can only be who you allow yourself to become."

This is a photo of me in Sep 2011.

Those felt flowers and bows are some of the new Prima. The frame around the photo and papers are by Glitz- Pretty in Pink line.

Lullaby ~ The Paper Mixing Bowl

I was asked to be the Guest Designer, for April, for the new challenge blog called "The Paper Mixing Bowl".  If you haven't heard of this cute challenge blog, go and take a look because it will give you some major inspiration with their Recipe Cards.  This Recipe Card is their second challenge. It gives you a sketch, a main color to use, some items/techniques to go by and some journaling ideas. When you are lost with ideas, this definitely gives you direction.

This is what I created, using a lot of Scraps of Elegance items mixed with some of my own.  I put a lot of care and time making this delicate page.  The main ingredient is white icing, so I really liked the idea of using white, and decided to use basically that color alone with a little cream and silver for my page.  For the utensils, I managed to use everything listed.  This precious baby is my mom in 1940.   

This beautiful clay embellish by Melissa Frances was painted with Liquid Pearls for an extra shine.

Journal:  A baby's smile is a new beginning to many happy moments throughout a lifetime.  These are the moments that will be cherished forever. 

For oval shapes I used 2 wooden frames by Kaisercraft, tucked slightly behind the photo, painted a tad with white gesso.

The Vow ~ Punky Scraps & Scraps of Elegance

It is another day for another fabulous Punky Scraps Challenge.  This is the Get Picky challenge #45.    Out of the list of picky items you can choose 3 or more, and here is the list Team A came up with for us:

Kat- Kraft cardstock

Marie- a photo of yourself

Kerry- 3 of something

Jolanda- Masking and something Red

Cheryl W- something metal

Celina- something lucky

Misty- fabric

Ashley- green paint

Kim- something pleated

Mandy- stitching- handmade or faux

To make this page, using all the picky except for the kraft card stock, I used the "Butterfly Dreams "kit from Scraps of Elegance.  My dh and I took these pics on our anniversary at the movie theater, when we went to see "The Vow". There are 3 buttons and also 3 leaves. I did some brick wall masking and used some red mist among many other colors. The brads have metal frames. My lucky piece is the date, itself on the ticket stubs, Feb 29th, 2012 (our 2nd anniversary of 8 years). For the fabric I used cheesecloth which I misted. There is a lot of different types and shades of green paint throughout this page. The film strip is pleated. Fortunately, I was lucky, this Bo Bunny paper came with faux stitching already. So there you have it!!! I did so much painting, misting, inking, stamping, etc...it all just started to blur together. This is something quite unique/different for me. I think I really came out of the box for this one.

Here is the pleated TH film strip ribbon.  I did some weaving with lots of different strips of scrap papers.

I liked how my edge punching came out.  I punched, making sure it wasn't perfect, just for a different effect.  The flower is from Scrapmatts and was painted with Lindy's magicals, just like the black boarder of the page.