Flock Star

One of my favorite quotes in this Greetings to Go collection is "Party like a flock star." How cute is that?! This kit is ripe with flamingo stamps, images, tags, ribbon and charms. All a perfect addition to my pink feathers!

Club Scrap papers, tags, ribbon and charm. Impression Obsession background stamp.

Acrylic Block Stamping

Happy Friday!

November's technique challenge over at Club Scrap is to go "painty" and create background panels using your acrylic stamping blocks with different art mediums.  I was playing with my Gelatos and wanted to see how that would turn out.  When I started coloring I realized that I was coloring on the grid side by mistake.  No worries...let's play this out and see what happens. 

 

 

 I colored on my Tim Holtz acrylic blocks with gelatos, sprayed it with water and stamped.

 

 

I totally love the faint grid pattern that developed.

 

 

Now to created something with these. 

I had the Paradise Greetings to Go handy and couldn't resist using these uniquely folded cards.

 

 I stamped on the tickets but it's really light. Nuvo Crystal drops are my new fav.

 

 

So now it’s your turn to grab your paints and play along! Be sure to link up your creations here because we want to see your awesome cards, scrapbook pages and other projects using this technique. (AND you might win a Club Scrap gift certificate in the process!)

 

Have a fabulous weekend!

 

 

 

 

New Adventures

Aren't the colors of the Paradise collection just so warm and fun?!  This digital layout was created using this month's Fiddle Dee Dee Designs Free Designs Template.  I love that I don't have to design the layout, just plug in photos, papers and embellishments. The embellishments this month are transparent so I created many layers on top of layers to make them look more solid.

 

This photo is from a trip to Bali and the colors couldn't be more perfect! The quote is says it all. We took a new adventure almost every day.  Doing things I never thought imaginable!

 

 

Say Yes to Pink

All I can say is "WOW!" I absolutely love the new Paradise collection by Club Scrap.  The colors are spectacular (especially that pink) and the double sided papers are so fun to tear with the opposite color showing.

 

I always dive right into the Greetings to Go portion of the kits. After getting a sneak peak at the different folds of this collection I couldn't wait to start creating some cards.

 

I try to use a different medium each month and wanted to see how the stamps would look with Gelatos. I love how the Gelatos bleed into the image and fill in some areas, which work perfectly with the outlined Paradise stamps.

 

Club Scrap papers, ribbon, flowers and stamp. Stickles. Faber Castell Gelatos.

 

How do I love that pink netting/ribbon?! Let me count the ways!
How about the pink feathers?  I have a whole bag of neon colored feathers that you'll be seeing a lot of this month.

 

 

I consider my style to be a combination Mixed Media style using the Gelatos and ink and Shabby and Chic with fun embellishments. This card was created with The Card Concept's Pretty in Pink challenge in mind. I love pink!

 

 

 

Another Day in Paradise

It's here! The Paradise collection has arrived! I absolutely love the bright, bold colors of this kit, especially that pink! I had already started playing with the digital version before the paper collection hit my front doorsteps.

 

Today I wanted to share on how to extend your digital kits by making an overlay with a printed paper.

 

First open up your papers.  Here I created a new document and stretched the paper to fit 12x12. Some people had concerns about the quality of the newly created 12x12 papers but I've had them printed with no quality distortion.

Next with your Magic Wand selection tool set to Quick Select, click on the white background.

Then go to Select>Similar.

Marching ants will appear. Hit delete.

You're left with this background overlay with a transparent background. Save as a .png file.

That's it, easy peasy.  I usually do this with most of the papers when the kit arrives.

 

 

I used the paper for the top but on the bottom page you can see a page with the overlay.

Hope that helps you get more bang for your buck!

Love Makes the Ride Worthwhile

I'm sure you want to see some creations from the newest kit but I just had to share these beautiful cards.

I found this brown and gold paper so elegant and chic, especially pared with the bold red.

 

This set of cards were created for the Idea Deck Challenge over at the Club Scrap forum.

Club Scrap papers, stamps and ribbon. Prima sequins. Martha Stewart punches.

 

How do I get all those sequins glued down?

This glorious creation!

 

Needle-tipped applicator.

 

 

Hi Retro Sketch #239

I am digging deep down into the Greeting to Go kits I've been hoarding.  This goes way back to Memoirs. This weeks challenge for PSL (Professional Scrapbookers League) is to use alphanumeric stickers, stamps or stencils. The funny thing about that is I just completed a photo album that I only used stickers for the titles.  Stickers seem so "old school" now but really, they're fast, handy and easy to apply.  

Color Bursts were used to create the background.

Retro Sketch #239 was the inspiration.

Club Scrap papers, stencil, stickers, tag and fiber. Queen&Co pearls.