Be true to you

Hello everyone, Nicole here. Today I would like to share a fun piece of art I created for my craft room. I received this fun template in my June SFTIO Kit and immediately fell in love! I had so much fun playing with canvas, templates, and paint. As far as the mess involved, it was well worth it.

First, I altered a 5"X7" piece of canvas using a stencil and some Smooch ink. I used a plain marker for the title.

After I finished painting, I let the piece sit for about an hour to dry. Once dried, I popped the glass out from a 5"X7" frame and popped the 5"X7" canvas board behind the frame.

And here is my final project. I just love how this turned out. This really was an easy project and so much fun.

• Supplies:
• Zutter: Bind-It-All
• Zutter: 5"X7" Canvas Artboard
• Other:
• Template: Crafer's Workshop
• Spray Ink: Smooch
• Pearlized Accent Ink: Smooch
• Black marker: Ranger
• Gray marker: Creative Memories
• Acrylic Stamp: Technique Tuesday
• Wooden Frame: Target

Watercoloring

This simple leafy stamp from Hampton Art was the perfect one to begin my first attempt at watercoloring with ink.

I used StazOn black ink on regular cardstock to stamp the background image. I gave my Distress Inks a squeeze (Peeled Paint and Evergreen Bough) to put a little color on the lid of the inks. With my waterbrush I just sloppily, randomly colored over the stamped image. When it was dry (with the assistance of my handy, dandy heat gun--because I'm an impatient artist), I colored some of the leaves with a Gelly Roll pen (by Sakura) in "clear star". The photos don't show the glimpses of sparkle that this adds to the card--it's really a dazzly delight!

Once I added the sticker sentiment, I was "rejoicing" that I have an original card to send to a friend who needs some happy mail.

As summer begins (last day of school/work is tomorrow), it's time to play in the water...watercolor that is!

~Kellystar

Memoirs

Just wanted to share a mini I created on National Scrapbooking Day. I challenged myself to scrap 10 moments I don't want to forget, 10 years from now. I love these mini books by Doodlebug! They make creating a mini so easy! The album originally had holes with rings but I cut the left side of the album so that I could bind the book together with my Bind-It-All by Zutter. I know, I'm wierd but I think the album looks better with the Owire :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Zutter supplies:
• Bind-It-All
• 3/4" Antique Brass Owires
• Wire cutter
• Other:
• Transparency: Hambly Studio
• Stickers: Creative Memories
• Flowers: Zva Creative, Maya Road
• Jewels: Zva Creative
• Pen: Signo Uni-ball
• Circle Punch: Creative Memories
• Heart punch: Creative Memories
• Sentimental Stamp: Catslife Press
• Acrylic Stamp: Technique Tuesday (butterfly)
• Chipboard album: Doodlebug
• Chipboard hearts: Maya Road
• Patterned Paper: Creative Memories

inks, stamps, oh my!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Today, I'm just sharing a fun layout with you using the May SFTIO kit. I loved this kit because of the beautiful, happy colors!

Doesn't this layout look fun, but girly at the same time. I normally don't do "girly" but decided to change my scrapping up a bit. I try to do this every now and then so my layouts don't look the same.

I used lots of inks and some stamps on this layout. For the drip effect, I simply sprayed some puddles of ink on my cardstock, then propped the layout upright so the ink would drip.

• Supplies:
• Cardstock: Creative Memories
• Patterned Paper: Prima
• Jewels: Zva Creative
• Acrylic Stamps: Glitz Design
• Spray Ink: Ranger, Smooch
• Canvas: Prima

Happy Summer!?

Are you ready for summer?  As I type, I am wrapped in flannel jammies sipping hot chocolate.  Sunday was a record breaking 97 degrees.  Today we got stuck at 52.  It was the last day of school and students raced out of the building wearing coats--and great big smiles.  We are all SO ready for summer!

June brings our latest minimag filled with fun ideas to inspire you all month long.  We have sweet treats and summer days covered plus a little something to help you scrap the men in your life.  And, of course, we have a new free digital kit all ready for download.

Take a peek at our cover featuring art from the talented Fay Lyth.  Head on in here.

Our free kit this month comes from the amazing FanFan Rue Des Anges.  Her fanciful designs feel like a fairy tale come to life to me.  Read more about her in our Featured Designer article and see more of her work on her blog or in her Shabby Pickle store.

Download Link:  {one} 
Please respect this generous gift and do not upload/share this kit.  Friends are welcome to download it here for the next month.  Thank you!

We hope you will join in with so many talented scrappers and share your art with us this month.  Take a peek at our calls and send in your creations.

Focus on Journaling

I have been doing digital scrapping for nearly 7 years now - and I still have thousands of photos I haven't scrapped yet!!

As of late, however, I've been trying my hand at pages that focus on journaling ... pages designed without the use of a photo.  

Of course, finding the PERFECT kit helps when creating a photo free page - Here are a few of my photo-free journal pages

 

Created with Count Your Blessings - Jen C Designs

 Created using Clean Up - Pixelily Designs

 Created using I am Beautiful - Pretty In Green

Created using Morning Dew - Daisies & Dimples Collab

Thanks for stopping by today - I hope you've found a little inspiration!

Looking for a Color Palette?

I am so excited about this post. Why? Because I came across this fun FREE tool by Sherwin Williams called Chip It! This tool will take any photo you find and turn it into a color palette. I'm sure you've seen photos with color palettes. Inspirational blogs like Design Seeds post them. Now you can make your own.

Below is a color palette I created from a photo I found on Pinterest. I simply uploaded the photo to the Chip It! tool and let it do its magic. I love this color palette. I would never put this together on my own, but after seeing how well the colors work together on the color palette, I gave it a try. Check out the card I created using similar colors from the palette.

Now it's your turn. Find a photo with colors you like, upload it into Chip It! and create a project with the color palette you generated. Have fun!