Three Or More July Challenge - Frames

Hello scrappy friends!  Today at Three Or More we are revealing our first challenge. The challenge is to create a layout with three or more photos and to add an extra twist to this challenge by adding frames to your layout.

For my layout I created more of a mixed media layout of my summer vacation two years ago.  I love the ocean and wanted to create a beachy feel to this page.  For the frames, I edited my photos on my iPhone in an app named Photoshop Express.  I love this app and it has lots of cool frames.  I thought the frame "bleached matte" would make it look like the ocean.

I began my layout with a white piece of card stock and added some clear gesso to it and let it dry.  I then added some Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass, Gathered Twigs and four different stencils and also some splatters and distress stains.  I added more texture to look like "foamy water" with cheesecloth and also added some packing paper.  I love the Fancy Pants Designs Park Bench Collection and have been hoarding some of the leftovers of this collection since last year so I layered some of the patterned papers and stickers from the collection.  

For the chipboard lighthouse, I wanted it to have a brick effect so I adhered drywall tape and then cut around the windows.  I then added some stamps, sprays, distress paint and splatters.  If you are looking to create lots of texture, drywall tape is inexpensive and it works perfectly.

I matted my photos with some corrugated paper in black and turquoise

I hope you enjoyed your visit and come join in the fun of July's challenge.  Link up your creation at Three Or More blog here and also see what the other design team members created for this challenge.

Have a nice day!

Supply List

Cardstock - American Crafts

Cheesecloth

Chipboard - Fab Scraps

Corrugated Paper - Fancy Pants Designs

Digital Frames - Photoshop Express (iphone app)

Doily - Bo Bunny

Drywall Tape

Flair - A Flair For Buttons

Gesso (Clear) - Liquitex

Ink - Tim Holtz

Lace - Kaisercraft

Mists - Tattered Angels

Packing Paper

Paint - Tim Holtz

Patterned Paper - Fancy Pants Designs (Park Bench Collection)

Pen - Marvy Uchida

Stains - Tim Holtz

Stamps - Kaisercraft, Unity

Stencils - The Crafter's Workshop

Stickers - Fancy Pants Designs (Park Bench Collection)

Practical Scrappers Ten Things Team - Mists

Happy Tuesday!

I hope you have some time to be creative this week.  Today the Practical Scrappers Ten Things Team are sharing different ideas to use mists and sprays on your projects.  I have every colour of the Heidi Swapp Color Shine Mists and love their gorgeous colours and shimmer.

Cardstock - DCWV
Corrugated Paper - Fancy Pants
Mists - Heidi Swapp Colour Shine Mists (Mustard, Teal)
Patterned Paper - Fancy Pants
Stencil - Graffiti Stencil Art
Title - Silhouette Cameo

For my layout, I created the title by covering the bottom half of the die cut title with a piece of paper and misting with the Mustard Heidi Swapp Color Shine Mist, letting it dry,  remove, and then covering the top half with a piece of paper and misting it with the Teal Heidi Swapp Color Shine Mist, letting it dry and remove.

I used the Fancy Pants Park Bench Collecton for the papers and stickers, my Silhouette Cameo to die cut the title and a star stencil from Graffiti Stencil Art.

Thanks so much for visiting and check out what the ladies at Practical Scrappers came up to give you many more ideas to use your mists.

Now it's your turn to give it a try!  Have a great day!

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #346

Another Monday has rolled around and we are revealing Sketch #346 over at Scrapbook Challenges

Here is my take on the sketch

I created this layout of all three of my kids with papers from the Fancy Pants Park Bench Collection, Graffiti Stencil Art (http://graffitistencilart.com/) which is a new company with some very cool stencil designs, my Silhouette Cameo and Heidi Swapp Color Shine Mists.

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to play along with the sketch and upload your creations to the Scrapbook Challenges Gallery.

Practical Scrappers May Card Sketch

Today at Practical Scrappers we are revealing the May Card Sketch

Here is my take on the sketch

I used the Park Bench Collection by Fancy Pants Designs and faux stitched around the card with a white gel pen.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #339

Good day to you all!

It feels good to be back creating and today at Scrapbook Challenges we are revealing a sweet little sketch for you

Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #339

Below is a layout of my daughter that I photographed in March.  I love the challenge of circles and used circles in my title.  I cut the flower, camera and the title "Grateful" with my Silhouette Cameo on vellum.  This is the first time I have attempted to cut vellum with my Cameo and I think  it turned out really well.

I used some patterned papers, stickers, buttons, and letter stickers from the Park Bench Collection from Fancy Pants Designs for this layout and also some enamal dots from My Mind's Eye.  Here are more closeups of my layout

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and I hope you find time to be creative in some way.  You can see more of the design team layouts for Sketch #339 here.

Have an awesome day!