Playing with Sketchabilities 130 and Swirlydoos

Happy 2015 everyone.

I hope your Holiday season was filled with family and fun.

My house has finally cleared out.

The last of the visitors left yesterday and I finally get to start creating again.

Today I pulled out the newest sketch from the

Sketchabilities blog, #13o.

Totally fun and ready for some messy media.

I also had on my desk the December kit from 

Swirlydoos

Enchanted Evening.

Perfect!

This is the layout I created.

The base paper is from BoBunny Rose Cafe line.

I added some scraped on Gesso and Primary Cyan fluid acrylic paint by Golden,

followed up with some stamping using stamps from

Tim Holtz and Club Scrap.

A little strip of dyed lace and some Dresden Foil trim.

Prima flowers & resin.

The chipboard is from Creative Embellishments, 

colored with Prima ink and clear embossing powder.

A doily is layered under the photo 

and blue twine circled around it.

Some Tim Holtz rub ons and splattered

Glimmer mist in Slate finish off the page.

That's it for today.

So happy to be back creating.

Now to go put away all the decorations!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Sketchabilities 129 with Swirlydoos Treasured Yesterdays kit

Sharing a layout today created using the new sketch from

Sketchabilities.

This is sketch 129

and it's PERFECT for some custom background making.

I paired the sketch with the October kit

Treasured Yesterdays

from Swirlydoos.

This is the page I created.

The base paper is from Prima's Epiphany collection.

Layers of masking tape, lace, washii tape,

drywall tape and cheesecloth were all adhered to the paper before being covered with a 

layer of Gesso.

While it was still wet I dropped some 

Cobalt Teal (fav color EVER!) acrylic paint from Golden 

onto the page and brushed it around.

Slate Glimmer mist was heavily misted and the page was tipped sideways

for the streaks.

There is stamping using both StazOn and Distress ink.

Stamps from Oxford Impressions, Tim Holtz and Club Scrap helped

add pattern to the background over the paint and other medias.

Petaloo flowers, Prima Die Cuts & metal bits

all were added to the page.

Several circles were hand drawn using a Distress Marker, Charcoal pencil, 

Sharpie and India ink.

Thread scraps were added around as well.

That's it for today.

Make sure to stop by the Sketchabilities blog to 

see how others are

using the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Sketchabilities #128….Smile like no other

Another sketch has been released over on the 

Sketchabilities blog.

This is an awesome sketch just begging for a mixed media background.

Disclaimer

the layout I am sharing is the 2nd one I created with the sketch,

The 1st one was completely ruined when I was putting finishing touches on it and knocked over a brand new top off bottle of Dylusions mist…I'll pause while you all take a moment to groan lol.

Yet in the end I am far happier with version 2.

Meant to be I guess.

Anyway,

here is the sketch.

This is my take on it.

The background paper is from 

Blue Fern Studios.

I've worked with lots of their embellishments before but never the paper.

It holds up amazing to all the wet elements I put on.

I first added pattern with a Crafter's Workshop stencil and 

Distress Ink in Faded Jeans.

My foam pad on the blending tool wasn't clean so I unintentionally got some cool shading.

Then did some stamping using several background stamps and StazOn in black.

My title is made of letter stickers and Tim Holtz word stickers.

I used Modeling Paste with a Prima large stencil for the roses & vine.

When it was dry I added some Pan Pastel in Turquoise for color.

Wanting to highlight a bit more I added some color from a Spectrum Noir marker

and then with a q-tip dipped in blending solution took most of it off.

Some light misting with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

in Slate.

Then more blobs of the same mist by flicking the tube.

Some Dresden foil trim, Tim Holtz rub ons, thread remnants and Prima gems finished it off.

Make sure to check out the 

Sketchabilities blog 

and see how others are interpreting the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Sketch 127 at Sketchabilities…Live a Beautiful Life

Sharing a layout today that was created using the

new sketch from 

Sketchabilities.

This is sketch 127...

and this is what I created...

The background was an old piece of scrapbook paper covered with Gesso 

and Modeling Paste spread through a 

Crafter's Workshop stencil.

When it was dry pieces of drywall tape were added for even more texture.

Color was added first in the form of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists

(Antique Brass, Crushed Shell & Latte)

Once the mists were dry 

Liquitex Acrylic ink in Turquoise Deep was dripped on then misted with water.

Tipping and tilting the paper allowed the color to go all over.

Dry again and then randomly swipe the paper / paste with VersaMark embossing ink, cover with 

Byzantine Bronze embossing powder from 

Lindy's Stamp Gang and melt.

The leaves are all Kaisercraft wood pieces covered with the

same Byzantine Bronze powder as what is on the background.

The little sparkly blue balls are from Petaloo pull apart clusters.

I went one step further, pulled apart and then cut.

Here you can see the texture from the paste, tape and embossing powder.

I am in love with how the acrylic ink is playing with the raised texture of the background.

Might need to do this in my art journal next!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Sketchabilities #126 with Swirlydoos

Checking out the 

Sketchabilities blog for  sketch #126,

I knew I had to use it for my next layout.

I combined it with the SGC challenge at Swirlydoos.

The challenge there was to tell your story somewhere on the page.

Journaling was to be an integral part of the page.

The other part of the challenge there was to talk about your fur babies.

Well we don't have any ourselves but we are lucky enough to have plenty of friends who share theirs.

This is the awesome sketch….

and here is my layout.

I used mostly supplies from past and present Swirlydoos kits.

One of the tags tucked behind the photo has the journaled story.

It's about the little one and our friend's donkey.

She spent hours with them, feeding, patting, and riding (until she fell off).

She was so happy.

Some stamping on the background paper with BoBunny & Clearsnap stamps 

using Frayed Burlap Distress ink.

Blue Fern Studio chipboard layered with paper scraps,

doilies and some lace trim.

Some Prima ink was rubbed through a Crafter's Workshop stencil 

to give a little pop of color.

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Antique Bronze was 

misted randomly onto the page.

Make sure to visit the Sketchabilities blog and see the other takes on the sketch,

and the Swirlydoos forum 

to see how others are journaling on their pages.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Sketchabilities #118

I absolutely love this new sketch from

Sketchabilites.

Plenty of inspiration and a chance to use a bunch of my favorite medias on my page.

The photo I use is taken from the top of the Radio Tower in 

Dusseldorf, Germany.

We got up just as the sun was going down on the 

Rhine river and everything was bathed in a golden light.

It was simply breathtaking

and was perfect for this sketch.

Here is the sketch...

And this is the layout I created.

I used the March kit from

Swirlydoos for most of the pieces.

Then pulled various medias from my stash to add.

The paper is from Prima (Stationers Desk).

I scraped Modeling Paste through a Crafter's Workshop stencil

and once it was dry colored it with Pan Pastels

(absolutely love how they color the paste).

Tattered Angels Glimmer mist in Latte was misted randomly.

The circles are fro Blockheads and were stamped with Adirondack ink.

There is a rub on on the photo giving a title but it was hard to photograph.

Much easier to see irl.

The tag behind the photo can pull out and has some journaling on it.

Prima flowers, twine,a Doily misted with Lindy's Stamp Gang mist

 and a chipboard heart covered 

with Washii tape created one cluster on the page.

Cheesecloth, Glitz paper layers,

and Prima tags layered under the photo.

Drywall tape, more ribbon and Washii tape also layered under the photo.

The cluster in the left hand corner was created with Prima tags, Washii Tape, 

Tim Holtz Rub ons and cheesecloth.

To finish it all off watered down Burnt Umber acrylic paint

was flicked around the page.

Make sure to visit the Sketchabilities blog and see how everyone interpreted the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Sketchabilities #117

I woke up before everyone this morning and took 

advantage of the quiet house to create.

I used a sketch from

 Sketchabilities #117

as my jumping off point.

The paper and embellishments are from the

Swirlydoos May kit.

Here is the sketch….

And this is my interpretation.

The base is a piece of distressed cardboard.

The paper is from Authentique.

The cluster includes flowers from Petaloo, 

Bling from Prima,

Chipboard, burlap and DieCuts from Kaisercraft.

The background has Modeling Paste,

stamping, stenciling, and dripping of Liquitex Acrylic Ink.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.