Anyway, since I haven't been posting I thought I'd atleast post a few of my favorite layouts I've done over the past few years since believe it or not, I've not scrapped in MONTHS. I will though. I'm thinking while my son is in Saturday detention at school for four hours, I'll get a chance to finally. Oy.
Click on any image for a larger version. Have a great weekend all!
A quick shout out to everyone who came to my Digital/Hybrid Scrapbooking 101 class on Tuesday night. It was terrific! You all were so enthusiastic and full of questions. I loved it. It was so much fun to see the excitement you have about branching out into hybrid. Thanks for coming out. :) Oh, and I am thinking about teaching a software class now. You were quite convincing.
Also, I just wanted to let everyone know that my Summer Sparkle kit is available at Scrapbook Mania. I think she may only have a couple extras but give them a call to find out... 205-424-4246. I was able to create a cute little acrylic mini-album with the kit. It includes Cloud 9 products, velvet ric-rac, paint, Stickles, and some other fun goodies.
I enjoyed creating the sparkly frame you see in the close up. I painted it first with the acrylic paint included in the kit. (The chipboard frames are part of it, too.) After drying, I put some Stickles on it and smeared it with my finger for even coverage and that was it. Very cute.
On a side note, I am happy to say I survived a 3000-mile trip from Alabama through Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, and Georgia for a fun visit with some family. The drive was so worth it. I had almost perfect driving weather and gosh, there's nothing like hanging out with people you love. Especially when you only get to see them every couple of years.
Have a great weekend everyone! I can't believe summer is about half over. Wow.
I love love love Stickles. I know I'm not the only one either. You know who you are. :)
They're my favorite accent to use on acrylic and paper. I'm experimenting with it on all kinds of mediums. If I come up with anything revolutionary, I'll be sure to share. Until then, I'm posting this recent layout called "Wild Man." I used some old pics I've been saving and designed this with Basic Grey and Bazzill papers. I used a Crafters Workshop doodling template for the scalloped outline of the brown paper and cut it out, and also for the leaves which I drew using the template then traced with Stickles. I cut one leaf out of brown paper and stickled the edges, too.
And of course, I used my Sakura pens to add a little doodling. The glitter alphas are made by Doodlebug. (You can see more detail by clicking on the images below.)
I've put together a fun kit using Cloud 9 products, Stickles, paint, and acrylic that will be on sale at Scrapbook Mania in a month or two. I can't wait to play!
Hope all is well with everyone. Have a wonderful holiday weekend.
Browsing through Michael's arts & crafts store tonight I ran across the bin with all the cutsie-pie flip flops ready for decorating and I looked up and there was the rhinestone bling! For $1.00 I got a 48-pc pack of clear rhinestones. They also had pastels and primary colors. Of course, I bought a few of each. Oh, and by the way, they're self-adhesive! I haven't tried them yet to see how well they stick but I think they were meant for the plastic straps on flip flops so I'm thinking they may work really well. I'll let you know. :)
Anyway, thought I'd share this find. Yummy. :)
Has that mood hit you yet? I'm all about it right now. It seems like every year I get more comfortable with just getting rid of STUFF. Stuff I've collected and saved over the years, papers, cute little chotchkes (sp?), just all kinds of stuff... I'm sorting and organizing and cleaning (REALLY cleaning!) and best of all making tons of donations to whoever wants to take it on. :)
So I bought four Scraponizers from my LSS, Scrapbook Mania, and am very happy with them. I stored all the little bits and items and embellies that I have a lot of and my inks and chalks and blooms and glitters and chipboard... aaahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Feels good.
So, are you in that mood yet? Getting there? Been there?
