Kel [Courage]

Just a quick little share, I was in the mood for a boy style LO and have used a Pagemaps Sketch here for some fun!  This is just an iPhone shot of Kel playing on his iPod... this would have been the best present we have ever bought for him, his favourite use for it is to listen to podcasts while doing the dishes!  Although this wasn't about his iPod... it's about how he always just does his own thing, goes against the crowd and has his own mind, hope he holds that always.

Shhhh... don't tell him, but I snuck a handmade flower onto the LO!  My excuse is it works... it's denim and the stripes match his shirt!

The little owl is there because that's his 'thing' right now, he's into everything owls and has a nice collection in his room.  I picked up that charm from Tomorrow's Memories, they've always got sweet little trinkets here and there!

The leaf charm and pebble were from Handmade Halo, my online stop off for all my trinkety bits!!

Dusty Attic Grass Border... again, yes!  I am really in love with this piece.  I've treated this one really simply, just some SmoochSpritz in Woodstain and Olive Vine, then crackle accents over the top.

Thanks for visiting, take care and

Products used:

Chipboard:

Dusty Attic Grass Border #1

Dusty Attic Typewriter Font Alphabet Set

Papers:

Basic Grey Designer Cardstock

7 Gypsies "Off the Wall"

Prima "Printery"

Other:

7 Gypsies "Off the Wall" Tag

7 Gypsies Tissue Tape

Tim Holtz Film Strip Ribbon

Creative Imaginations Sticker Sheet

Rebecca Sower Nostalgiques Stickers

Brass Leaf Charm & Pebbledasher - Handmade Halo

Brass Owl Charm - Tomorrow's Memories

Denim, Muslin

Mediums:

Clearsnap SmoochSpritz by Donna Salazar - Woodstain, Olive Vine & Caramel Latte

Inkssentials Crackle Accents

Colorbox Mix'd Media Inx by Donna Salazar - Black

Ranger Antiquities Embossing Powder - Rust

Tools:

Spellbinders Dies by Donna Salazar - Shadow Flowers, Page Tabs, Donna's Alphas, Rose Creations

Where Thou Art

Another Mixed Media Canvas... this was such messy icky fun, I had paint, gesso and impasto everywhere!

There are many layers on the canvas, Donna Salazar Antiquities PP, Dress Pattern Tissue and; 7 Gypsies Tissue as a background, layered with vintage doilies, paint, impasto and many sprays! All topped off with delicious Dusty Attic and always so pretty Green Tara Roses!!

 The cogs were painted with Adirondack Copper and Terracotta Paints, dabbed with TH Distress Stain Walnut and then spritzed with Pearl Mist. This was heated until the copper paint bubbled to create texture.

 

The Wrought Iron Decorative Trim was painted in warm white and then spritzed with Moonshadow Pirate's Plunder Gold.

The dress form was painted in Golden's Titan Buff and Raw Umber, misted with Moonshadow Pirate's Plunder Gold and then dressed in Green Tara lace and muslin.

I am creating a step by step tutorial for the background on this one if you are interested, so check back soon, it should be up by the end of the month.  It's surprisingly easy and uses a minimal amount of 'fancy' art mediums, most you already likely will have in your stash!

Products used:

Dusty Attic 

    Wrought Iron Trim Set DA0547
    Dress Form #2 DA0390
    Jumbo Cogs DA0232
    Cogs 2 DA0002

Green Tara

   Lace L2864W

   Roses 1cm Ivory FDR001Iv

   Roses 2cm Red FDR006R

   Roses 2cm White FDR006Wh

Antiquities by Donna Salazar PP - Vintage Gears
7 Gypsies Tissue
Dress Pattern Tissue

Vintage Crochet Doily
Buttons


Mediums:
Derivan Impasto
Jo Sonya, Adirondack & Golden Paints
Claudia Helmuth Gesso
Glue & Seal, Mod Podge & Helmar Tiger Grip
Lindys Stamp Gang Moonshadow & Starburst Stains

 Thanks for visiting, take care and

Darren

My hubby... this was taken at our favourite restaurant on our Anniversary.

I have used Damask #2 DA0557 and Fancy Trim #4 DA0470. They were both painted then stained with Tim Holtz Distress Stains, then dabbed with some Adirondack Gold Paint and coated with Tim Holtz Crackle. The word was embossed using my new most loved ChipArt Font/Tool by Melody Ross for GCD... I love love love this little tool!!

Papers are from Kaiser, Cardstock from Core-dinations, Pocket by G45, Bling by Zva, Label Holder by Tim Holtz, Crochet Trim from Creative Bits on Etsy, Crown by 7 Gypsies, Stamp Stickers by Rebecca Sower and the cute button is from JennyB's stash!

Take care of you.

That's my Boys!

Yayyyy... was finally in the mood for a boy's layout.  The new Dusty Attic Art Deco Frame, teamed up with some Dusty Attic Jumbo Cogs felt just right for this photo!

I coloured the frame and the cogs with warm white paint first, and then added Tim Holtz Stains and Inks, dabbing more paint to blend and tone the colours.  Rock Candy Crackle was applied afterwards.

Once the layout was assembled I went over the metal elements and chipboard with some white paint using a dry brush, just to help them all integrate with one another better.

I have used some K&Co Ancestry.com papers here as well as some Tim Holtz Kraft Resist paper, 7 Gypsies Transparencies, Tim Holtz & 7 Gypsies Gears and Cogs, String and some watch face surrounds.

Take care of you.

Make Life an Adventure...

My feral nephews {but I love 'em}, aren't they the cutest though.  Both so different, so alive and so smart... likely too smart for their own good!!  Love this pic mum took of them, up a tree like kids should be!

This chippy was inked, painted, misted, then UTEE'd with Clear as well as an Iridescent Green, then dabbed with some Luminarte Daubers, sprayed with glimmermist while the UTEE was hot, and also some Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder added... I just love that the DA chippy can handle all those treatments and still hold together perfectly, because there are times I need to keep adding and adding until it's just the way I want it too look!

I have used: BoBunny Cambridge Papers, Dusty Attic Tribal Swirl, Websters Card, 7 Gypsies & Tim Holtz Metal Cogs, Carolee's Alpha Stickers and BabyFace Cuttlebug Font. 

Take care of you.

Scrapping away...

I've been playing at Red Earth's CC this weekend... we may only be new, but we've got some good challenges happening!

This is mine... naturally a flower challenge... LOVE my flowers!!


I used the oh so girly sweet Girls Paperie papers and embies as well as some 7 Gygpsies PP for this, love them so much but rarely get a chance to play with them.


And I snuck another challenge in there while Helen wasn't looking, she hasn't caught me yet hehehe, the benefit of a 2 hour time difference LOL!! This was to be inspired by Simon & Garfunkel's "Feeling Groovy"... I've been humming and singing it all day...

This uses some new Prima, from the Annalee range and new 7 Gypsies Conservatory PP's... and more yumola Dusty!


And I did this last night... using mmmm yummy new BoBunny Cambridge papers, and heaps of Dusty bits!!



That's all for now... hoping I get Susanne's card challenge done tomorrow... and whatever evil challenge Helen has up her sleeve!!

If you're looking for some challenge fun, pop on over to Red Earth and check out the Cyber Crop Forum... would love to see you there!

Take care of you.

Kellan... again!

LOL... lots of Kel for once, poor child has been neglected scrap wise lately in my need for girly and MORE on a LO... but the break has done me well I think, I've had the best fun creating boy themed LO's!

So I have my Dusty Attic hat on now LOL! This is a simple clean one. I kept trying to add more too it, but I like the simplicity... like having that Dusty Attic Skeleton Clock standing out and framing the pic.

I have used some 7 Gypsies Paper {this one is available at Tomorrow's Memories}, and Dusty Attic Mini Fleur de Lis, Skeleton Clock Face {from their new release} and a couple of custom cut pieces. I loved the the Mini Fleur de Lis fitted in beautifully with the PP!!

I have used various techniques here... all involving inks, distress paints, UTEE, Glimmer Mists etc. The Skeleton Clock has some Fusible Film applied to the reverse to create the holographic coloured effect, I am LOVING using the Fusible Film under these clock faces, match made in Mistra heaven!

If you're hunting down some Dusty Attic goodness, Dusty Attic have a retailers list on their Ning site here. If you are having trouble trying to find some internationally, nag your favourite scrap shop to contact Dusty!! Also remember that a lot of the Australian stores will ship internationally as well, just pop them an email and see what they can arrange for you.

Take care of you.

Pie2

Today I actually found a use for Pi, caused much chattering at work when someone gave us the circumference of a circle sticker to quote and not the diameter... therefore using Pi, we got the answer. I would say you learn something new everyday... but I'm sure I was taught this in highschool... but that was sooooooooo long ago, so sometimes you RE-learn something new everyday!

Here's another use for Pie:

I've had these pics of the boys since May, and when Helen sent me the August Mini Kit to play with I knew the papers would be PERFECT!!

To create this I have used the following.

From Red Earth Mini Kit: 7 Gypsies PP, Jenni Bowlin Pin, 7 Gypsies Mini Keys.

From Red Earth: Dusty Attic Wrought Iron Fence Border

My Stash: Dusty Attic Lamp Post #1, Chan's Crocheted Trim, Antique Music Sheet, Tim Holtz Journal Ticket, German Scrap, Muslin, Dusty Attic Custom Cut Title.

The chipboard was finished with swipes of Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Luminarte Daubers, UTEE and Gold Glimmermist.

Take care of you.

Kellan [9 months]

Using Red Earth's August Mini Kit... yummy papers!

I was so excited to find an unscrapped baby pic of Kel, of course I didn't go all baby'ish, but I did sneak some flowers in there {so excited to use flowers on a 'boy' page}. I love this though...

From Red Earth Mini Kit: 7 Gypsies PP, Jenni Bowlin Pin, RicRac {Jute/Cream}

From Red Earth: Dusty Attic Wrought Iron Fence Border

My Stash: Chan's Crocheted Trim, Dusty Attic Scroll #3 {trimmed to suit}, Paper Inklings Doily, Petaloo Color Crazy Flowers, 7 Gypsies Tag, 7 Gypsies Transparency {Le Monde}, Jenni Bowlin Ticket, K&Co Brad Button, Prima SIIP Flower Centres, Dusty Attic Custom Cut Word.

The flowers, Dusty chippy scroll and doily were all coloured with Glimmermist {Layers of Gold, Denim Blue & Blue Skies}

Take care of you.

[she's] Beautiful...

My 1st layout for Red Earth Scrapping... after months of being lucky enough to chat to Helen while she was getting up and running, finally they are off and going!

My 1st CT Kit was the August Mini Kit and these delicious 7 Gypsies papers... and of course I had to nick a pic of Tina's gorgeous grand-daughter Shontay for this ultra sweet girly range, isn't she just the most beautiful creature!

So here's what I have used to create this:

From Red Earth: 7 Gypsies {Victoria "Printemps"} PP, White Textured Cardstock, Prima Innoscence Flowers, Dusty Attic Vintage Chandelier, Jenni Bowlin Pin {Antique Gold}

From my Stash: Chan's Crocheted Trim & Doily, Petaloo Flower Centres, Collections Butterflies, Dusty Attic Mini Vines, Li'l Red Rocket Button, Green Tara Paper Roses {thanks to Sonya's stash}, Rhinestone Strip, Bella Flocked Transparency.

The Dusty Attic chipboard had some simple treatment, they were just painted in warm white paint and some Stickles added to the Chandelier. To create part of the printed paper as a heading it was simply trimmed from a 2nd piece and raised with foam tape.

Take care of you.