Shine

Hey everyone!  Here today to share a mixed-media layout featuring Paper Artsy Infusions (available at Art Anthology) and stenciling.  

The Industrial Stencil is very cool and funky; I used crackled paste through the stencil to add even more grunge.  

The Infusion crystals are super cool!   Once they're activated with water...they come alive with an array of unexpected colors!  Hop on over to the blog to check out how I created this layout!

Admitted "Dump" Post!

OK, I have not been the best about updating this ole blog of mine!  Since coronavirus has shut down my kid's school-way back in mid-March-I have been really short on "me" time. My kiddos safety and all-around well-being supersede everything for me right now....even not being able to hit the crafty part of my life as often!  Here are just a few of my latest Art Anthology projects.-in no particular order.

 This layout features Paper Artsy Infusions and Colorations Spray for the title. 

 This layout features one of my favorite Colorations Spray used as a watercolor background.  

 This layout features Sorbet paints and our new Bloom Stencil.  

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out Art Anthology's blog for more inspiration!

"Smile" Art Anthology Stenciled Layout

Hey, hey y'all! I have a layout up on the Art Anthology blog today!  I used on of my favorite stencils and a darn right pretty color spray to complete the layout!  I love the texture and pop that the stenciling and sprays lend to the background!  Hop on over there and take a look at how I finished this layout off!

"Fabulous Girl" featuring Art Anthology

Hey y'all!  I'm here today to share a bright and fun rainbow layout using Art Anthology Colorations Sprays!  I love that this layout is simple but has a huge punch of color!  Head on over to the Art Anthology blog to check out how I created this fun page! 

Clearsnap and StencilGirl Blog Hop

Welcome to our week of hopping and creating with our friends at StencilGirl Products! Hop along with us this week and see projects from fabric to scrapbooking and more, all using ink and stencils. And there’s a giveaway too, so you can try these ideas at home with brand new goodies!

Hey all! Today I will be sharing a layout created with a groovy StencilGirl Stencil and Clearsnap Inks!  I absolutely LOVE stencils, and LOVE the diversity of StencilGirl Stencils even more!

I began with this funky stencil from StencilGirl-a perfect addition of pattern for a scrapbook page.

 I started with a piece of watercolor paper as my base page.  Mixing a few drops of Izink Ink in "Topaz" with water, I created my very own customized spray ink to coordinate with the picture and papers I had in mind!

Simply placing the stencil evenly over the paper and giving random, light spritzes gives this page the right amount of a design punch! Even the most novice stencil user could achieve this look with little effort!

Before the final design, I actually used the StencilGirl Stencil on a piece of cork using ColorBox Crafter's Ink in "Snow" and ColorBox Mix'd Media Inx in "Jasmine" and heat embossed the design.  It turned out very well...with a very clean finish on a very non smooth surface!  It was too busy for what I had in mind, but I will definitely use this for a future project!

Thanks for stopping by to check out my project!  Remember to leave comments along with the hop and on the Clearsnap Blog for a chance to win some goodies!


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Playing catch-up AGAIN!

Ok, so here are a few projects that I've completed in the past week or two...or more lol. I'm here on the eve of Tropical Storm-soon to be Hurricane Issac-quickly making a blog post just to show that I DO still have a pulse.  My husband has boarded up windows...and we are prepared to stick it out here for the long haul if we lose power...which we likely will.  I'm a little more nervous about this one because the last hurricane we had was Katrina....and I didn't have any kiddos at the time...now I have three toddlers.  So, it's gonna be interesting!

SO, here are the projects:

This is a project that I completed for Clearsnap using the new Stephanie Barnard Premium Dye Ink Sprays.  I love, love, love these sprays!  

They are so intensely vibrant....and they do not warp your paper which is a huge plus!  The shipping tags, doilie, stenciled sunburst, and the flag banners were all dyed with the sprays.

This layout was also completed using Clearsnap's Premuium Dye Inks and one of their newly released My First Colorbox mini stamp set.

The "pow" was created by masking an area inside a Crafter's Workshop stencil with die cut letters and using a stylus with foam tip applicator to apply the ink.  Check it out here for full details!

This is a layout that seriously came together very quickly.  The papers are from Carta Bella's "Beautiful Moments" line.  Gawgeous papers.  I wanted to keep it simple.

This layout was completed for Scrapping Frenzy using the above sketch as a challenge. Not a fav of mines, but neither are sketches :D.

Lastly, this is a very quick pillow box project (Clearsnap) that could be used for a teacher's gift or the likes there of.  It was created for a blog hop that we had this past weekend.  I've used MyStamp Box stamps and more of the Stephanie Barnard Premium Dye Ink Spray (Artichoke).  Have a great week y'all!  See ya on the flip side!