You are so Loved

Hi everyone! I am back with a layout today. I took this picture of my mom, daughter and myself and printed it in black and white.  I knew I wanted to do some mixed media on the background so I first prepped my white cardstock with clear gesso and let it dry. 

I then took my magical ramblin' rose pink paint from Lindysgang and got it wet. I took a piece of plastic packaging and smushed  it into the paint and added it to my cardstock randomly. I love the look of this background. I wish my picture showed the shimmery-ness of the paint. I then too the merry-go-round green paint and did random splatters.

Before I started putting this layout together I went through the embellishments and different patterned paper and picked out a few things I wanted to start with. This really helped the layout come together quite quickly.

This top cluster was one of the last things I added. I felt that both the top and bottom borders were just floating so I added a tag up top and a strip of paper on the bottom to help ground them more to the layout. 

This cluster at the top corner of the photo is my favorite. I love the how the paint looks behind the cluster and it makes the heart flower die cut stand out. 

Here is the full layout. I wish I could have gotten a better picture but it's so windy outside today that i had to take it quickly. 

Below you'll find the products I used on this layout.  Thanks for stopping by!!

New Collaboration Stamp set

Good morning everyone!  I wanted to share a quick video from Altenew about the new Thinking of you stamp set from The Stamp Village.  This is a wonderful collaboration stamp set to honor the heros in your life!

You can find the stamp set HERE.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!

AECP Level 2 Creative Watercolor Media

I love, love, love doing wet to wet watercoloring. The effect you get is amazing and it takes no time to get one of a kind images every time. I just finished up my next class for Level 2 certification over at Altenew and this Creative Watercolor Media class was a lot of fun!

The instructor used re-inkers but I don't have any at the moment so I used my 36 pan watercolor set. I didn't get quite the movement she did but I am very happy with the way these flowers turned out.

She made a beautiful large panel that she cut down into two card fronts. I was trying for that but didn't get the colors to run to well and it left a lot of white space on my watercolor paper. So I decided to die cut them with the matching dies and create my card that way.

I added some left of washi from another project to the left side and then added the flowers and leaves. I did use foam adhesive of the full flower to give a bit more depth. I have quite a few left over flowers and can't wait to give them a try on a layout!

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

AECP Level 2 With a Twist Project

Today I finished up the With A Twist class for my level 2 certification for Altenew. This was a fun class to watch. Therese had so many neat ideas for us that it was so hard to choose one to do.

I decided to do the faux embossing technique. This was fun because I got to stamp, color and die cut on this card. The faux embossing is the die cuts adhered to the panel.

I've been looking for a good excuse to pull out this awesome stamp set and use it. I love all things coffee it seems these days and this set is no exception.

I wanted to use this sentiment since I think I'm going to give this card to my hubby on his birthday! He always tells me I love my coffee more lol.

One final close up look at the "embossed" images.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

Background Magic fun

Hi everyone! Have you ever needed some time to just breathe? I think we all do right now with everything that is going on in the world. For this background class I pulled out all of my Altenew background stamps and ended up on this great set all because I wanted to use the just breathe sentiment.

I started out by embossing the main background stamp on watercolor paper using white embossing powder. After embossing that layer I turned the cardstock one turn and stamped and embossed again.  I like the shadow effect it gave this card. 

I then took my persian blue, forest glades and hydrangea inks and rubbed them onto my glass mat. Then added a spritz of antique silver ink spray and two spritz of water. I then smooched my embossed piece into the colors. 

I wasn't to sure of this at first. The silver startled me by giving the appearance of mud lol. But once I dried it with my heat tool I went back in and smooched again with just the colors and water and I liked it so much better.

I added a sentiment to vellum and used antique silver embossing powder and adhered to my panel. Once finished I adhered my panel to a purple card base and added some sequins. I just couldn't bring myself to cover the background with any stamped images.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

All About Layering 5 Day 2

Hello! I just finished up the All About Layering 5 class today and wanted to give some of the projects a go. I really like this multi layered card and it was super quick to put together, once I got all the flowers stamped and cut out.

I used this photo inspiration for my color combos I chose. I wanted to make them with colors they actually came in so I searched google and found this beautiful picture. 

Here is what I came up with. I love the different layers in this image. So realistic and so pretty.

Here is a frontal view. I like the sentiment but I think it's a bit to big. I already stuck it down so I went with it. 

The next two pictures shows the depth the different layers gives this card. I've never made one of these cards before but I can totally see using more build-a-flower sets to do so.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

AECP Level 2 In the Mood For Color

Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing my project for the In The Mood For Color Altenew class for my Level 2 certification.  For this class we learned to use color to set a mood on our projects. I chose to use red for love. 

The build a flower set Triumph Tulip was the perfect set. Not just because you can find them in red but it's spring and I LOVE how these are the first flowers we get to enjoy.

I changed my mind on the layout a few times before settling on this. I decided to take one of the smaller leaf images and stamp directly onto the base to give a bit of a border. 

I love how these colors work together to give these realistic looking flowers. I added a bit of dark chocolate for two of them.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

Recipe Challenge MTTC

Welcome back to another challenge over at My Time To Craft Challenge Blog. This week we have a fun recipe challenge for you. I love creating with a recipe as it makes you think of products you don't normally use.

The recipe is:

2 or more images

1 patterned paper

2 die cuts or buttons

ribbon or bow

Here is the picture of the items I chose to make my card today. Not included in picture is the white card base.

Recipe: 

fox and star images

polka dot patterned paper

border die, banner die and sentiment die

navy stitched ribbon

Here is my finished card. I had a bit of trouble figuring out where to put the ribbon, but once I did it fell into place pretty fast.

Now it's your turn!

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

Beautiful bleaching

Good morning everyone! I am here with my first project for level 2 of the Altenew Academy program. I am so happy to have passed level 1 and I have a new badge to show!!

The first class is the Beyond Basic Backgrounds. I thought I knew a lot about card backgrounds but I learned several new ones during this video.  The one I was most leery about was the bleaching. In the past it was using actual bleach and hoping you didn't ruin your stamps in the process. 

I'm happy to say that we didn't use bleach! We used distress ink, water and a stamp. Who knew? I've had these inks for quite some time and never thought I could use them that way!! I used the charmed stamp set for my bleaching and the sentiments as well. 

Here are some close-ups. I used some gold washi tape down the one side and then attached my finished panel. 

I love how the "bleaching" is subtle and doesn't take over the background of the card. There's just a hint of white popping through. 

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!