Creative Embellishments Guest Designing At Scrap Around The World

Hello friends! Today I am excited to share that the Creative Embellishments design team has been asked to guest design over at Scrap Around The World. I have always loved Scrap Around The World's mood boards and love all the beautiful eye candy I see on this website.  Below is the mood board the Creative Embellishments team had to work with:

I immediately was inspired by the girl's hair and it made me think of my daughter on her wedding day and her beautiful hair.  She looked like a princess and I wanted to create a shabby chic layout with lots of flowers and lace.

I began the layout by using two of the same pieces of patterned paper from the Bo Bunny Enchanted Collection and punched around the entire outside edge of one of the papers with a heart border punch.  I then cut a large square of the same paper and then distressed it and inked it with some distress paint.  I adhered it to the bottom sheet matching it up as close as possible.  I took some purple acrylic paint and a clear stamp and stamped randomly around the bottom paper.  Next, I chose the chipboard Doily Frame from Creative Embellishments and painted it with a coat of gesso and then dabbed on three different colours of acrylic paint.  For the Creative Embellishments chipboard Trellis, I also painted it with a coat of gesso and then painted it with green paint and then added some gesso here and there to give it a shabbier, vintage look.  I then went crazy with lots of flowers, lace, pearls and jewels.  Finally I took a sponge brush and dry brushed some gesso over the flowers and papers to give it more of a shabby chic look.  Finally I separated some strands of cheesecloth and wrapped it around some of the flowers to give it more texture.  Here are some closeups.

There are some AMAZING prizes to be won so be sure and link up at Scrap Around The World here.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Flowers Make Me Smile Layout

Hello friends! I hope you are having a lovely day so far.  Today I wanted to share a layout I created for Creative Embellishments.

Lately, I have been creating more vintage/shabby chic layouts.  I love all styles of scrapbooking and it's fun to mix it up a little.  I think because I live in a place with snow and cold temperatures in the winter makes me long for the flowers to grow again.

This layout has lots of chipboard, flowers and bright colors. I love gardening and grow Pansies in several colors every summer on my deck.  To begin my layout I added some modelling paste and a stencil to the paper background (from the Bo Bunny Enchanted Collection) and added some paint splatters and sequins.

For the Pansies Chipboard, I brushed it with some gesso then believe it or not, used my Faber Castell Big Brush Pens and colored the petals from the outside edge inwards.  After the chipboard was dry, I added some Liquid Glass to give the Pansies Chipboard some dimension and shine.

For the Hot Hexagon Panel chipboard, I broke it into smaller pieces and used two pieces on the top left and bottom right side of the layout. I also brushed the it with gesso and dabbed it with some blue acrylic paint, let it dry and then brushed it with some Liquid Glass as well.

Lace always looks pretty so I adhered some lace to the left edge of the layout.  The chipboard Social Media Hash Tag Words "#pretty and #smile" were also created with gesso, dabs of acrylic paint and Liquid Glass.   The flowers were all brushed with some gesso to tone down the colors.

My desk gets very inky and messy after a mixed media project, but to me it is so freeing and fun to make layouts such as this one.  

I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Take care and don't forget to check out the Creative Embellishments Store for these chipboard products and many more wood veneers, flair, and stamps.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:

Acrylic Paint - Ranger
Alpha Stickers - Bo Bunny, Teresa Collins
Dimensional Embellishment - Close To My Heart (Liquid Glass)
Distress Inks - Tim Holtz
Chipboard - Creative Embellishments (Hot Hexagon Panel, Social Hashtag Words, Pansies)
Flowers - Michaels, Prima Marketing, Petaloo
Gesso - Liquitex
Jewels - Prima Marketing
Lace - Prima Marketing
Modelling Paste - Golden
Patterned Paper - Bo Bunny (Enchanted)
Pens - Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pen Big Brush (Cadmium Yellow 107, Leaf Green 112, Crimson 134, Purple Violet 136, Permanent Green Olive 167)
Sequins - Unknown
Sprays - Heidi Swapp, Tattered Angels
Stencil - Crafter's Workshop

Layout Published In Create Magazine!

Hello blog followers! Today I have some exciting news to share with you.  I have the layout below published in the November 2014 Issue Of Scrapbook Generations Create Magazine!  

Fancy Pants Designs is one of my favorite scrapbook paper companies and this layout is created with the Everyday Circus Collection. My layout is on Page 230. There is lots more inspiration so be sure and check out the entire issue here.  Congratulations to all the scrapbookers in this issue.  There are several names that I recognize.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a creative day!

November Challenge At Creative Embellishments

Hello friends! Can you believe it is November already? Wow!  Today at Creative Embellishments we are revealing our November Challenge and this is the inspiration photo for the challenge.

The twist is what are you thankful for?  I am thankful for so many things that I can't count them all but for this particular layout, I am thankful for my parents who are probably the most kind and giving people I know.

I was also inspired by the colors and the pumpkins and came up with this layout of my parents.

I created this mixed media layout with some paper scraps that I had from another project and added lots of paint, ink and stamps as well as some gold thread and orange thread to give it more interest.  It's the first time I have used thread on a layout besides machine stitching or hand stitching and I like the effect.

I used the Creative Embellishment's Distressed Burlap Stamp for some of the background stamping and  painted pumpkins as well as the Creative Embellishments Pumpkin Faces Chipboard and also the Autumn Leaves Set and the Autumn Leaves Set (set of 6)

I hope you enjoyed your visit.  What inspires you about the November Challenge Inspiration Photo?  You can link your project for the November Challenge at Creative Embellishments here to be eligible to win a prize.  Thanks for visiting!

2 Cute 2 Spook Layout

Hello friends! Today at Creative Embellishments, I have Halloween on my mind so I thought I would create a Halloween layout with some of Creative Embellishments yummy wood veneers and chipboard.  For my layout,  I painted the 2 Cute 2 Spook Chipboard Title with acrylic paints and also the Pumpkin Faces Chipboard piece as well as the Ghost (Set Of 6) Wood Veneers.  I also cut out all the patterned paper triangles with my Silhouette Cameo and used my sewing machine to stitch around the triangles.  All the patterned paper triangles and little circle embellishments are from the Witches Brew Collection by Jillibean Soup.

I hope you are inspired to use some chipboard and wood veneers on your next Halloween layout. Thanks for stopping by.  Be sure to check out the Creative Embellishments store for these and many more goodies. Have a creative weekend!

A Layout For The September Sketchy Challenge At Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine

Happy Saturday!  I hope you are having a great weekend so far.  I thought I would share a layout that I created today with the September 2014 Sketch over at Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine.

It's no secret that I am very passionate about animals and I love photographing wildlife and animals almost as much as landscapes.  At my local zoo, there is an annual photography walkabout for adult amateur photographers and I attended one and plan to attend more.  The zoo is open for two hours before the public are admitted and it's a perfect time to get some photos of the animals feeding.  My favorite animal to photograph was the wild cats, especially the tiger cubs.

  

Here is the sketch designed by Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine's Sue Sykes.

For the sketch, I reversed it and printed my small photos as a collage in Turbo Collage and then die cut the square background on my Silhouette Cameo and then adhered the photos to the back of the square background.  I added a die cut for my title and die cut a zoo border.  The paper collection I created with is Indian Summer by We R Memory Keepers.  I love that it can be used for different themes other than Fall.  The leather look patterned paper looks rustic and I thought it was appropriate for a "wildlife feel". 

I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Have a wonderful day!

Stuck?! Sketches May 15 Sketch And Reveal

Hello everyone!  Today is reveal day for another sketch over at Stuck?! Sketches and for this layout I wanted to create a masculine layout  and I was going for a grungy look with lots of texture.

The patterned papers are from the Carta Bella's Rough And Tumble Collection.  I also used some acrylic paint, stamps, mists and inks.  For the title and also the zipper and fiber die cuts I used my Silhouette Cameo.

Here is the amazing sketch by Laura Whitaker.  

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out what the entire design team created and upload your take on the sketch here for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate from Creative Embellishments by May 29.

Supplies

Acrylic Paint - Ranger
Acrylic Stamps - Kaisercraft
Button - Prima
Cardstock - American Crafts, Die Cuts With A View
Circle Cutter - Kreaxions
Diecuts - Silhouette Cameo
Distress Ink - Tim Holtz
Mists - Heidi Swapp
Patterned Paper - Carta Bella Rough And Tumble Collection
Pen - Marvy Uchida
Sewing Machine Stitching
Tape - Drywall Tape

Stuck?! Sketches May 1 Sketch Reveal

Happy first day of May!  Today is the May 1 Sketch Reveal over at Stuck?! Sketches and my hubby is going to be celebrating his 50th birthday this month and to celebrate, he got a new car.  No this isn't a mid life crisis.  He truly is a car lover and especially loves Camaros and this is his sixth Camaro that he has owned.  He is happy to have a convertible and I am looking so forward to lots of drives this spring and summer.

I tried to add lots of grunge and texture to this layout by adding burlap, a stencil, and some chipboard and wanted to give it an ultra masculine feel.  Here is the wonderful sketch that I used created by Laura Whitaker.  I flipped the sketch.

Thanks for dropping by. To see the full design team reveal and to upload your take on the sketch for a fabulous prize, check it all out here.

Supplies

Burlap
Chipboard - Creative Embellishments
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug Diamond Plate
Embossing Powder - Ranger, Sugar Loaf Products
Patterned Papers - Kaisercraft Garage Days Collection
Pen - Marvy Uchida
Ranger Metal-pressions Adhesive Metal Sheet
Stamp Ink - Color Box
Stencil - Tim Holtz Burlap Layering Stencil
Wood Embellishment - Studio Calico