Mixed Media: Mostly Ladylike

Pink & purple party over here!! I went for it. Girl-ed it up as much as I could. I don't often do that. No idea why I don't. But I'm thinking I need to do it more often because this was just fun.

This, of course, is another page I made from the Studio Calico Mixed Media class. You can see the Neocolors in action here on the sides, they're the brightest pink you can see.

I'm so glad I opened up the Crate Paper Vellum die cut pack because this "Most Ladylike" one was perfect for this page. I amended it to say "Mostly Ladylike" but I loved that it had a blue ribbon feel to it. Very appropriate for a picture from the rodeo, no?

I added in bits of stitching here and there just to add some dimension to an otherwise fairly flat page.

With just a few lines of journaling and a date stamp, the page was complete.

cheers & besos,

Mixed Media: Weekend

I have been hemming and hawing over here trying to decide if I should share this layout, or a bunch of layouts, or a giveaway that's coming up. But no, I just need to not think too much and post!!

Ok. Here goes.

How was your weekend? Mine was lovely. I spent a happy Saturday in a mixed media frenzy. I cranked out three pages using gesso, modeling paste, mists, neocolors, gelatos, stamps and stencils. I was only planning to make the one page but was so inspired to keep playing. Celine's video from her Mixed Media class are what got me started. To note: you can still sign up!

Here's the first page I made in a blue and green color scheme. It was my first stab at the whole thing. And I thought while I was at it, I'd try a new approach. I just went to town on the paper and didn't think about my end game. I don't often create a background page before deciding on photo placement and size. But since this was my first attempt, I gave myself permission to just play and see and how it went.

I ended up really loving the process! I discovered new fun techniques (like playing with Neocolors) and really just lost myself in the play. So much so that when I went to create a "normal" page after this, I just couldn't get it going!

Since I had enjoyed the artistic play so much, I knew I couldn't stop. Creating pages like this is a bit more labor intensive. So I knew that if I had the desire to do it, I'd better keep at it while the iron was hot!

The background paper is the real star of this show, so I kept the embellishing to a minimum. These are so soooo old rub-ons from Making Memories. I'm thinking Heidi Swapp must have worked for them back then. It looks like her handwriting, no?

A smattering of patterned paper and a Two Peas flair + tape, an enamel shape and some stamping around the photo are what did the trick.

...and I made it through there relatively unscathed. I have no idea why the hemming and hawing over the what and the when was taking up so much space in my brain! I have to remember to just let go and dive in sometimes.

With that said, I'll be sharing the other pages I concocted through out the week and I have a fabulous giveaway coming at you as well! Check back for that.

Ok back to real life. Off to shower before Game of Thrones starts!

cheers & besos,

December Project Life

Here it is in all its glory, my complete December album. I didn't do this daily, instead I printed photos in batches and powered through with embellishing once we got back from Ohio. It was a lot of work but I love that its done.

I shot a (not so quick) video of myself flipping through the pages and talking about the design and other things. And if you're just interested in the photos, those are below. It's really photo heavy so I'll warn you in advance.

 

New products used: Blue Note Project Life Kit, Let your Heart be Light Cut, Lawn Fawn badges, Life Love Paper Printables, Knock Knock Roller Stamp, Webster's Pages/Allison Kreft 6x6 Paper Pad

cheers & besos,

Mini Book Class

Guys have you seen this?! Celine has a Mini Book Workshop at Two Peas in a Bucket!

Since my summer goals consisted of a fair amount of mini books, I couldn't not get this class! Just signed up and am diving into the materials now =)

I'll be sure to report back on this and the other classes I'm taking this summer, soon!

cheers & besos,

Angkor Wat

I got my enlarged prints! And can share the first page of the 2 page scraplift with you. I went super simple, even more simple than Celine's original creation. This enlarged photo did all the work for me.

I have to say, even though I wasn't in love with 35mm, I still managed to make good use of it. 6 pages, 2 cards, you just can't beat that.

Mind you, this is with the Main Kit only. I didn't purchase any of the add-ons. That in and of itself was a bit of a challenge. I did have to supplement with my own letter stickers, some tags and a bit of twine here and there. But otherwise, the kit got me through. I might have had to do with the bit of planning I did beforehand. Any way you cut it, I'm happy with my pages and have several more to add to my book!

cheers & besos,

Bayon

I call scraplift! It's ok, when I'm telling you upfront & not trying to submit my pages for submission to magazines =) 

This gorgeous creation of Celine's was begging to be scraplifted. The big picture she used was what drew me in and this photo of the temple was so detailed it needed to be enlarged.

Used the 35mm kit + the new Studio Calico Abroad collection, some paint, stamps, and wood veneer, but shrunk it down to 8 1/2 x 11. It makes it look magazine-ish to me and I love that!  

cheers & besos,