Amazing Giveaway at Cést Magnifique!

My fingers, toes and eyes are crossed for this one....which makes typing a wee bit of a challenge! Nevertheless, I'm sharing the link with you to give you a chance at these fabulous goodies...
http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.ca/2013/11/november-bits-pieces-giveaway.html

Last Rose of Summer

No, I'm not delusional-I know fall is here and summer is long past...sigh...
But that's the title of my layout; my great aunt (pictured here around 1920) was named Rose, and one of the photos I have of her had that caption hand-written on it, so I thought it was fitting to use as a title for a layout of her.

This layout is for the About a Girl challenge at the Boy Meets Girl challenge blog which can be found here: http://boymeetsgirlchallenges.blogspot.ca/ The October Challenge was to include texture, and I LOVE texture!! I did some stenciling with homemade modeling paste, layered fussy cutting and pieces of patterned paper, handstitched with embroidery floss, heat embossed on chipboard, and added flowers and cheesecloth, as well as the lovely Maya Road metal butterflies. The lace adds a homey heritage feel and is topped by layered punched strips. I whitewashed the one blue flower on the Pink Paislee Hope Chest paper to soften the colour just a little, and inked and distressed my edges with Frayed Burlap distress ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by; your visits brighten my day!

I'm a flower child!!

Just caught me drooling over the gorgeous flowers on the 13 Arts blog!! They're having a wonderful giveaway...check it out!http://13artspl.blogspot.ca/2013/10/nowe-kwiaty-13-arts-new-13-arts-flowers.html

in the lupine field...

In 2007 we went out to Northern BC to visit my parents and hiked up the ski hill  (played in the snow in August)  Lupines were growing wild on the mountain and I couldn't resist getting a picture of my daughter, who was 12 at the time, taking a break in the middle of them.

I've had this paper forever and loved it, and it just happened to match the Color Room's palette; they're joined up with Scrap for Help, who's challenge is to use cork on your layout.

Find the Scrap For Help challenge here:
http://scrapforhelp.blogspot.ca/2013/10/scrap-4-help-october-challenge.html

and the Color Room challenge here:

http://www.thecolorrooms.com/

 

I whitewashed the floral pattern a little to soften it, added some stenciling with texture paste, a wee spray of fuschia mist, and cut the cork strips with scalloped scissors before punching holes in them.

A Matter of Life and DEPP

My Silver Screen album has really taken on a life of its own; I've had friends give me requests to scrap certain stars or movies, and one of the girls on Scrapbook.com requested "another gorgeous guy" after I'd done Harrison Ford, Sean Connery and Clint Eastwood pages...since my daughter is also madly in love with Johnny Depp, I figured he was a good choice...definite eye candy!!

This layout will be entered in the October Grunge challenge on the Boy Meets Girl blog:

http://boymeetsgirlchallenges.blogspot.ca/

I used tons of ink and paint here, some homemade modeling paste, embossing folders, drywall tape and metal and chipboard goodies. The saw blade/scissors embellie is from Jolee's and the transparency is from Pebbles Inc. From Me to You collection.

I had so much fun doing this, getting all messy and not having to worry about things being straight or even!

Have a great day, and thanks so much for stopping by!!

I DO believe in fairies...

On a recent trip to Niagara falls with a friend, we visited the butterfly conservatory and surrounding gardens; this wonderful tree caught my eye! The openings/knotholes remind me of fairy doors, so I started to refer to it as the fairy tree. A few days later I happened upon this sweet resin fairy in a thrift store, and the layout idea was born...

The colours look so much more vibrant in real life; the 2 main patterned papers came from the same friend, from a pack she had, the name or maker of which I have no clue-but when I set the photon that paper, I believe I hear a chorus of angels (or fairies perhaps?) I often say the papers and photos speak to me while I'm matching them up, but this one seemed so perfect it SANG!  Figuratively speaking, of course...I don't REALLY hear voices!!

layers of punched strips along
                                                     the edge of the photo

 homemade modeling paste and a                                                          Crafter's Workshop stencil

layers of cheesecloth dyed with acrylic paint, topped with a Martha Stewart punched butterfly, topped with a metal key painted and misted.

I am entering this in the Inkido September challenge, which called for layers and at least one border punch. I layered border punches around the photo; the yellow edging, blue punched paper, and the blue, green and yellow main background;as well as the layered circles, cheesecloth and the butterflies with the key bodies.http://inkido.blogspot.ca/2013/09/september-challenge-layers-and-border.html

I am also entering this in the scrapki-wyzwaniowo Challenge #80, which called for the colours blue, green and yellow... since serendipitously the main background paper that sang to me had these three colours in it, the only challenge remaining was to keep from adding any other colours...so I contented myself with a gazillion shades of blue and green, and a soft, delicate butter yellow that seemed to complement them so well.
http://scrapki-wyzwaniowo.blogspot.ch/2013/09/challenge80-green-yellow-blue.html

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog, dear fellow crafters! wishing you a wonderful week :)

lucky...rescued...loved.

I decided to create a layout for the Once Upon a Sketch challenge, and also as a gift for a wonderful lady I follow on Facebook (Julie Squirrellady Gallagher) who has a passion for rescuing and rehabbing orphaned and injured baby squirrels. Little Rosie Posie here is her latest rescue.

Journaling attached to the back reads:
"Your unconditional love for Rosie shines through these precious photos, as does her love for you. Everything you do for the squirrels shows how much you truly care for them."

                       
I opted to create a mixed media style project, and used tissue paper on cardboard for the background, then brushed it with gesso:

I love the wrinkled , random texture or this type of background!  Then I added some homemade modeling paste using Prima stencils(I use the baby powder recipe for this type of project)

I painted the embellishments separately with the same acrylic paint I used for the background, then misted with Perfect Pearls and Mister Huey's mists
after everything except the photos, grey buttons and punched leaves were attached. I very seldom do multi-photo layouts, but found the small, b/w images easy to arrange and work around. Hope you enjoyed my project...hug a squirrel today! xx