Monday 31 March 2014

Sneak Peak for Scrapbooking Memories Magazine

Hi Everyone,

Here is a sneak peak of a layout I am entering for the Scrapbooking Memories Monochromatic Theme.


Wish me luck!

See you all again soon.

Love
Michelle

Scrap the Girls Heart &/or Doily Challenge Entry

Hi Everyone,

The challenge at Scrap the Girls was to use a heart &/or a doily on your page.

And here is my entry:



Here are some close ups:  




I missed getting this one in as we had a huge storm here and I turned my computer off to protect it.

See you all again soon.

Love
Michelle

White with One Latte Challenge Entry

Hi Everyone,

Here is the challenge from

  WW1

And here is my entry:

Here are some close ups:  



I just missed getting this in on time. Silly me!

See you all again soon.

Love
Michelle

Sunday 30 March 2014

123 Challenge Blog March Challenge Entry

Hi Everyone,

Here is the March 123 Challenge Blog criteria: 


So Pastels, Dream and Frames.

And here is my entry:


Here are some close ups:  



To create this layout I started with inspiration from Wilna over at 2Peas. this is based on a layout she created. I started by cutting my frames from 300 gsm+ cardstock and cut two of each, enough for four sets of frames. While these were cutting on my Silhouette Cameo, I gesso-ed white cardstock, decided where I wanted my frames and paint runs to be and then created the runs with gouache. I created then one color at a time making sure each was dry before moving on. I love the extra depth that he gouache gives. It seems to have more body than traditional watercolor, which I use for it's translucency. While this dried I chose from my collection of scraps the pieces of paper to lay under my frames to cover up the starting place of the paint runs. I cut and layered these before adding thm to the page. I then added the photos to the frames and added foam squares and dots to the underside to create height. I then added all the embellishments, the title and the journalling.

See you all again soon.

Love
Michelle

Saturday 29 March 2014

Suck?! March 15th Reveal Challenge Entry

Hi Everyone,

Here is the Stuck?! March 15th Reveal Sketch:


And here is my entry:




Here are some close ups:  



See you all again soon.

Love
Michelle

Friday 28 March 2014

Scrapki Wyzwaniowo Black & White Challenge Entry

Hi Everyone,

The challenge for Scrapki Wyzwaniowo, as the title suggests, is black and white photos. I chose to go with a small set of photo-booth style photos for this page.

And here is my entry:



Here are some close ups:  




There is a process video coming, just doing the final editing. It's taking longer than I thought.




See you all again soon.

Love
Michelle

Stuck?! March 1st Reveal Challenge Entry

Hi Everyone,

Here is the sketch for Stuck?!'s March 1st Reveal:


And here is my entry:

Here are some close ups:  




See you all again soon.

Love
Michelle

Sketchabilities #111 Challenge Entry

Hi Everyone,

Here is the sketch for the Sketchabilities challenge:


And here is my entry:




Here are some close ups:  




See you all again soon.

Love
Michelle

Thursday 27 March 2014

Scrap The Boys Blue Green Yellow Challenge Entry

Hi Everyone,
The challenge this month for Scrap The Boys was to create a page of any theme with the typical boy colors: blue, green & yellow.

And here is my entry:



I created a step by step tutorial here.

See you all again soon.

Love
Michelle

Step by Step for Times Flies

Hi Everyone,

As I created my page for Scrap The Boys this month I took photos of my process and have created a step by step tutorial for you.

Here is my completed page:


Here is the step by step tutorial: 

These are the products I used:


1. I started off by gesso-ing the left over strips of cardstock, that I create when I cut down 12 x 12's to 8 1/2 x 11's. I then stamped my selected across one of 3 1/2 x 12 strips. I then colored them in with the Milan fibrepens. I then sprayed them with a little water and sat them aside to dry:




2. while the embellishments dried I gesso-ed my background cardstock and dried it with my heat gun. I then decided where I wanted my circle embelishments and traced around a spare one to create a starting place. I then took the same fibrepens and starting with the lightest color, colored the circle in, sprayed with water to make it run and then dry with the heat gun. After I completed this I then decided that the yellow was not dark enough so I repeated the process:  




3. Next I took the second piece of 3 1/2 x 12 cardstock and measured my picture against it and cut to create a photo mat. I then cut the remaining piece in half:  


I then used the fibrepens to to color in the pieces as pictured below. I then sprayed them with the water and dried them with my heat tool:






4. For the title I stuck some letter stickers to my craft mat:


coated them with gesso:


colored them in  


sprayed with water:


and dried with my heat gun:



5. I arranged the photo where I wanted it and then added all the embellishments until I was happy and then glued them all down:  

6. Next I added the title the page:  



Here are a couple of close ups:





See you all again soon.

Love
Michelle

Sunday 23 March 2014

13 Arts Challenge Entry

Hi Everyone,

the challenge at 13 Arts was to create a background without using patterned paper.

And here is my entry:




Here are some close ups:  



See you all again soon.

Love
Michelle