Listen

One of the monthly challenges on the Flying Unicorn forum this month was to include the word LISTEN

on to your layout.

I had the picture I wanted but when I went looking for the stamp I thought I had I couldn't find it.

Plan B-search for quotes with the word listen in them.

I stumbled upon this one:

"The Earth has music for those who LISTEN."

by Shakespeare.

It went perfect with my layout, probably even better than the stamp would have.

I started with a piece of BoBunny paper and swiped Gesso over it with an old credit card.

Then I used 2 different stamps with Tsukineko pigment ink cubes to add some pattern to my paper.

The flowers are Prima.

The quote was printed out, outlined with a graphite pencil and smudged. Then outlined again with a Sharpie pen.

Some Tim Holtz tape and a doily were also layered under the photo.

The photo is of the little one while on vacation this summer in SC.

She traveled all over the beach with her stick looking for things to poke.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Happiness is only real....

when shared.

I was browsing the web yesterday looking up various sketch challenges.

One of my favorite places to stop and visit is Skissedilla.

I love the sketches and always have the best intentions to play along and then time gets away from me and I miss the deadline.

Not this time!

I am managing to play with Sketch 219 challenge.

This is the amazing sketch that was offered up...

and this was my take on it.

I used only one photo and pretty much followed the rest of the sketch.

I used my Aug kit from Swirlydoos as the base and added on to it from there.

The base paper is Iron Orchard Design.

Gesso was first swiped over with an old credit card.

The watercolor paint heavily watered down and dripped.

Followed by Stephanie Barnard mist in Guava & Dylusions mist in Black Marble.

Drips away!

Modeling paste through a Crafter's Workshop stencil, once dried it was colored with Pan Pastels.

Various background stamps with Archival ink.

Rub ons from several sheets and black ink rubbed through another Crafter's Workshop stencil.

The chipboard is from Blue Fern, covered in Gesso and stamped over with a script stamp and StazOn.

My title was printed out, outlined with graphite pencil, smudged and outlined again with a Sharpie pen.

This was so fun to create.

I'm glad I managed to make the time to play with this sketch.

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Dare to be Different

An art journal page using Gelatos, Gel Medium and Gesso.

This was done for another challenge at Flying Unicorn. We had to pick from a list and how happy was I to pull out my Gelatos again and play. 

I love these little tubes of color lol.

The background is all Gelatos covered with Gel Medium. The black squiggly lines in between the blocks is from Dylusions Black Marble.

Several stamps used with both Archival and pigment inks.

I did large circles with Gesso and then sponged some through a hexagon stencil by Crafter's Workshop.

My collage image is the last one on a sheet from ArtChix. I've made some fun art using these images for sure.

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August Challenge At Scrapping Everyday Miracles

                                       It's a new month (where is the time going?)

and that means another challenge has been posted on the Scrapping Everyday Miracles blog.

This moth the challenge is being hosted by Cara and this is the challenge...

"I Can Do All Things Through Christ"

Scrap an Accomplishment--can be yours or a loved ones

Scrap Twist-use metal or something metallic on your project

For my project I did a layout of the little one graduating Kindergarten.

She absolutely loved her first year in school and is looking forward to many more.

For the scrap twist I created a large K using the metal foil tape technique I shared with you on the SEM blog.

Our generous sponsor this month is 

EXPRESS THE MOMENT.

We will be updating with prize info as soon as we have it.

**NOTE: You may submit the project you create for Scrapping Everyday Miracles to other challenge blogs but your project must be mainly created for the Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenge in order to win the sponsor prize and/or be one of Top 3**

All entries must be linked HERE by August 31, 11:55pm PST.

Winners will be announced here on Saturday, September 7th.

*Important: Make sure your link is to the blog post with your project & not just your blog in general...and be sure to remember the SCRAP TWIST!

Capturing the adventure...

Another challenge over at Flying Unicorn.

This one is called KISS or Keep it Simple.

You were allowed no more than 30% patterned paper, needed dimensional paint, sparkle & metal.

Now for my dimensional paint I mixed acrylic paint with bead gel and spread it through a stencil. It added some shine as well as dimension.

Using Old Road ink by Prima I went through the same stencil mirroring the raised image in other spots on the page.

Then for more sparkle misted with a Lindy's Stamp Gang mist inBachelor Button Blue.

My metal are some of the little findings by Prima that I mixed in with my Petaloo flowers.

The Rub on title is from Daisy D and the numbers are on tape.

What a fun challenge this was. I'm so glad to finally be able to do some fun layouts just because.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Be your own kind of beautiful....

One of the challenges this month on the Flying Unicorn site is all about tags.

No rules make this a fun easy challenge to accept.

I started with a large Prima tag as my base and misted with 2 Dylusions mists. Lake Mist acrylic paint through sequin waste and various circles with Archival ink.

Some cheesecloth adhered with gel medium.

The large metal heart is from the Flying Unicorn store.

The sentiment is a Unity stamp

I liked this challenge. Tags are so fun to do.

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Transformation Thursday

It's my turn to host a SGC (Swirly Girls Challenge) over at Swirlydoos and this month I was inspired by something on Instagram.

On Tuesdays they have a Transformation Tuesday, I know today isn't Tuesday but I liked the TT together and so today

Thursday August 1 the challenge is

Transformation Thursday.

What exactly are we transforming? Why paper of course, and in my challenge you will need to take scrapbook paper and transform it into something entirely new looking.

One more bit, you need to use at least 3 different coloring mediums.

Here is the sample I created.

My 3 coloring mediums are

Silks acrylic glaze, Lindy's Stamp Gang mists (Starburst and Moonshadow) and Prima ink.

All have either come in a Swirlydoos kit or have been ordered in the store.

Gesso was also used.

                            

Below is a tutorial on exactly how I created my page.

First I started with a piece of Pink Paislee paper and a number of PP diecuts. Both cam in the May 2013 Swirlydoos kit Au Naturale.

I adhered the diecuts onto the 12x12 piece of paper overlapping and covering each other and the base.

I put some twine on top and then covered the whole thing with a light layer of Gesso.

As the Gesso dried it worked as an adhesive and kept the twine on the paper. No glue needed.

I then painted the left half of my paper with Silks Acrylic Glaze in Bolivian Blue, washed over with a bit of Gesso while the glaze was still wet and then misted over 3/4's of the paper with Tiffany Blue Starburst Spray from Lindy's Stamp Gang.

In the center I misted just 3 times with Buccaneer Bronze Moonshadow Mist also from LSG.

Taking Prima ink in Dry Sand I rubbed in through a stencil in random spots for more texture.

Finish off the page as you wish and voila, you have completed the transformation.

Here are a few closeups for you.

The glaze, mist and stenciling.

more...

Love the addition of the string.

I hope you enjoy the tutorial and head on over to the Swirlydoos site to see how everyone else transforms their paper.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!