Guest Designer for The Color Room!!

 The Guest Design Team for The Color Room has been announced and guess who made the list!!! I LOVE the color room, and the palettes and sketches. I want to congratulate the artists who I will be working with as Guest Designers for The Color Room throughout the year.

Here we are!!!

Kerryn Lawson
Jules Aviles
Ruthie Tzchory
Lucy Ohanyan
Joyce Lawrence
Linda Thompson
Anja van der Velden
Veronika Vodopyanova
Wilma Voermans
Helene Bogren
Keeley Yowler
Nicole Doiron
Alexandra Polizou
Patricia Kragten
-------------------- > Lisa Gregory <------------------->
Tatiana Yemelyanenko 
Casey Nelson
Agnieszka Bellaidea

Blue Fern Studios May Sketch Challenge

  I took off the month of May from designing for anyone. Well accept Blue Fern Studios! That doesn't mean I wont be creating anything else this month. I will be Guest Designing for Donna Salazar and a special kit club  in June, so I have been working on those projects. But I spent the day with Prima for National Scrapbooking Day while I was working on a Blue Fern Studios project, so I decided to add Prima products and use the Blue Fern Studios May Sketch and chip board to complete my project. That was a fun day for me.

This layout was inspired by my paternal Grandparents wedding photo. They were married in the early 30's. I am in the process of collecting old family photo's from other family members. My grandparents nephews have been a wonderful source. My dad doesn't have to many, as his bother (my dear late uncle) was the archiver of most of the pictures, and he didn't share very often. It is a surprise every time I receive another old photo. I used Prima Fairy Belle papers for this layout. Jodie Lee is one heck of an artist. She designs a lot of the papers for Prima. And her Australian accent is beautiful!!

I used a mixture of Prima, Petaloo and Recollection  flowers, clustered with Sizzix leaves.

The chip board fence is BFS  Lattice Fence. I painted it with white Gesso and after it dried I added a second textured coat. I made the banner from scraps of paper and strung it on bakery twine then layered it over the fence.

                                                                     
                                                                       Lattice Fence

 

 The Brigitte Butterfly was painted with white Gesso and after it dried I spread some Distress Stickles over it and applied some Prima pearls to the body.

                                                                 Brigitte Butterfly set

  I added 2 tags and slid them into the side of the photo. They can be used for journaling with info about the story of your photo's.

The title LOVE was created with Websters Pages letter stickers. The glass wing butterflies were from a butterfly file I created. I will share it at the end of this post.

 Blue Fern Studios May Sketch

                                             
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Blue Fern Studios Blog Post using the Prima April BAP sketch.

I decided for my Blue Fern Studios May Blog Post, that I was going to do 3 different projects. Mainly to show versatility in using the product. Inspired by Joyces Lawrences  Matchbox Sewing Kit, I wanted to do something on a larger scale. I had a plain old box that I purchased at Michaels that needed a purpose. So I covered it with gorgeous papers from my Scraps Of Elegance April Kit Possibility, inked it up a bit with Tim Holtz Vintage photo ink and a Prima stencil that I love, added some wooded spools for the feet, and went to town adorning it with flowers (handmade and Prima and Petaoo) and Blue Fern Studios chip board. And that is how my Button Box was born.

                                                      
                                           The Button Box

 I aged the Vintage Lock by heat embossing it using Stampendous bronze embossing powder, and adhered it to the front flap on the box.

 I used Ranger Super fine  silver embossing powder on the scissors to give it an aged worn look, and while the melted powder was still wet, I wiped it off a little here and there to make it appear as if the silver plate was flaking off.

 I used the Doodle Corners on the corners of my button box, heat embossing them with the same bronze powder I used on the Vintage lock. I also heat embossed the buttons (WOW embossing powder in yellow) and spools and scattered them among the flowers. I wound DMC floss around the spools and tied floss in the button holes.

     So when you flip the lid, you can see my beautiful button collection!! Easier to find now instead of  emptying out a jar. And so much prettier.

                                                                       Miss Tailor Set

                                                                       Vintage Locks

                                                                      Doodle Corners

                                                        




My next project is a mixed media piece that was totally inspired by Leanne Bishop (Luvlee Scrappin). She did an awesome YouTube video tutorial that you must check out!!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXTgnNXpd6M&feature=youtu.be  
I adored the white washed effect on the whole canvas and wanted to do the same.  Thanks Leanne for the wonderful inspiration!!! I used and entered the Prima April BAP as my design.

                                                      Mixed Media Canvas

I used the Blue Fern Studios Art Nouveau Frame for my 12 x 12 canvas. I covered the canvas with a sheet of Prima Fairy Belle paper in La Ronda pattern. I white washed everything in Gesso, and used sprays and color mists on the chipboard pieces while they were still slightly damp. The color bleeds into the Gesso. I used Donna Downey Poppies and Peonies "Floral" 12x12 Mask with texture paste on the some of the circles on the patterned paper as to follow the pattern.  I found that mixing my texture paste with a little Gesso is the perfect medium for a softer texture.

          
 I have an old stash of Prima flowers that I have been hoarding. I love love the big ones.I have 2 buckets of the big ones. They are a discontinued design. I must hoard them and use them sparingly.

                                                              
                                           Just another view of the beautiful Prima Flowers.

 I die cut the letters,  QuicKutz Storybook Mini 4-Inch by 8-Inch  for my title using heavy weight card stock and just went over it with Gesso. Then I just sprayed some Glimmer Mist and Lindys Starburst spray in the same colors I used on the background. I also used Donna Downey Poppies and Peonies "7 Stems" 6x6 Mask, under the photo where the drips are in the sketch. Then added a few more drips when I sprayed the stems.

I used one of the Blue Fern Studios Gabrielle Butterflies (there are 3 in the set) and base coated it with Gesso, and sprayed it with the same sprays I used throughout the page.

 Once the whole canvas was done, I used Glimmer Mist antique Gold all over the page to give it a shimmer. You cant tell from the pictures, but in real life, the gold touch over the white is just gorgeous!!.

                                                  
                                                        Prima April Build A Page Sketch

                                                                Gabrielle Butterfly Set

                                                                   Art Nouveau Frame

 

                                                                       
                                               

                                 A Layout

 I cut the Damask Motif in half and used it to frame my photo for visual interest. I used Viva Croco Crackling Color on white paint on the piece and after it was dried, I sprayed Lindy's Starburst spray over it and used my fingers to push the color in the cracks.

The beauty of Blue Fern Studios chip board is that it withstands just about any medium and holds up really really well. There isn't anything I wont try on it.

 The flowers were die cut with Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die and I sprayed and placed a ZVA Creative rose in the middle of each flower. For the roses I used the Tattered Pinecone die. The dandelion diecuts are a new Memory Box die named "Kylie Stem". And the fern is named "Delicate Fern" And delicate it is! So beautiful. I have quite the collection of Memory Box Dies that I get from Blue Moon Scrapbooking and The CropStop

 The butterfly was base coated with Gesso and then sprayed with 2 different colors while it was still wet.

                                                                      Damask Motif

                                                              Gabrielle Butterfly Set

  Thank you for joining me for this months Blue Fern Studios Post. I hope you head over to the blog for much more inspiration as my Design Team Mates are Super Talented artists!! You will always find fresh inspiration to start kick your creative days!! xo

Switching to Bloglovin.

With the Doomed Google Friends connect coming to an end soon. I switche  over to Bloglovin a couple of weeks ago. .So if you would like to follow my blog, my Bloglovin connection is at the sidebar. I am now following all of the blogs I use to follow here, on Bloglovin. I don't want to miss a thing created by all of my online and (in person) creative friends!!

Scraps Of Elegance***Delightful***

 I must say, that Scraps Of Elegance Possibility kit ins one of the prettiest kits that I have gotten to work with. The colors are among my fave!! The yellow and lavender compliment each other so well . Ceste La Vie collection from Bo  Bunny is truly beautiful!! I think I may hoard the last few papers I have!! Last month I attended my nieces baby shower and had the opportunity to grab some photo's of my sisters granddaughter Nikki. Our little red headed beauty is a doll!! I chose to change this photo to black and white. It made more of an impact against the colors of the page.

 I used a couple more of the Dogwood Flowers that I did a tutorial on. I inked some of the yellow petals on the flowers with the gorgeous Viva Decor Inka Gold paint pot that came in the kit. I LOVE that stuff. A little goes a long way and the shimmer is amazing!!And of course using my Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die once again. The smaller roses were created using the Tim Holtz Tattered Pinecone die and the gorgeous velvet paper that came in the Embellishment add on kit.

  I had to sneak in the beautiful purple Prima Flower from one of the packs in the add on Flower kit.

 I die cut the Tim Holtz birdcage using a scrap of the yellow paper in the kit.  I just added a few of the butterflies onto the cage.

I found that Tim Holtz distress ink in Milled Lavender was the perfect color to ink on this paper. I used my Prima mask to add design to the page. More purple flowers to flutter on the page, and I will leave you with the butterfly file I created to compliment the kit. I printed these out from a 4x6 piece of card stock to get these small sizes.

the velvet paper I used to mat the photo was punched with Martha Stewarts Rain drop punch around the page set. 

The small title was an old piece I had in my stash. It was silver metal and I just dabbed some acrylic paint on it.

You must go and visit the Scraps Of Elegance Blog  and the gallery to see what the design team has done with this gorgeous kit!!! I absolutely loved it!!! The add ons make it the more beautiful!!
Here is the butterfly file i created to use with the kit. Enjoy it!!

Thank you for visiting my blog to see my latest creation! A special Thank you to Melinda and Lisa for inviting me to share in your magnificent site, and design with Scraps of Elegance. xo

My Tim Holtz Tattered Floral Prize and CropStop Sizzix Flower die Haul....

 Some of you have been asking me to post pictures of the prize package I won for winning Tim Holtz Tattered floral Challenge. Here are the pictures. It is is an awesome box filled with the most delicious goodies!!! I have already raided pieces for projects. There is an 8x8  paper pack, rub-ons, lace collection and those wonderful plastic letters!!!

 There are stamps, trinkets keys, buttons, tinsel trim, and bakers twine in a variety of colors!!

 I tote to hold my distress markers, and some beautiful porcelain number plates.

 A great over the shoulder canvas tote, Just lift the flap and store your goodies inside, and a great lanyard!!

 A Tim Holtz Apron. I have one that is signed. A girl cant have to many Timmy Aprons!!

 There are little letter stickers and the keys with keyholes, tissue wrap, tickets and hitch fateners!!

 Brads you customize yourself, a Wish Die, and metal charms !!

 And awesome card frames!!

 Wonderful Rock Candy dry glitter, distress stain and distress paint in my fave new colors Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet...yum!!!!

 Now isn't this such an awesome prize!!! For doing what I love?? Making paper flowers!!

So, speaking of my love for making my own flowers (doesn't mean I don't dream of being a Prima Garden Girl) lol....Check out the gorgeous haul I received from The CropStop this week!!!!
I am in Sizzix Flower Heaven!!!! Susan Tierney Cockburn's new design collections for Sizzix!! Susan has ALWAYS been my inspiration for creating my own flowers. One of her first books, Paper Bouquet, lead me into the wonderful world of punches and dies to create flowers. This is what my CropStop Happy mail consisted of. I cant wait to get started!!