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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Keren's November Giveaway

First of all, i'd like to wish you all a

Happy belated Halloween!

Hope you were all safe and stuffed your faces in lots of yummy candy!

Now talking about candy, look at this awesome pack of crafty goodness!

Now, i'm sure that most scrap addicts like me will agree that this type of candy is better than any sugary kind out there! hehe

Who is giving away such an amazing prize, you ask? It's the very talented Keren Tamir. You have until November 30th to enter so make sure to visit her blog HERE for details on how you could win!

Also, check out the Creative Scrappers blog! You're sure to see a familiar face on their new DT starting their term today!

I cannot wait until the first CS reveal on Sunday, November 4th! Stay tuned!

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Treasure Box (Mix Media Madness)

I decided to play along (at the last minute i must add) with a very awesome challenge this month at Berry71bleu Pages. It's called Mix Media Madness and its requirement is to create a layout or an altered/off the page project as long as we use a mixture of either paints, gesso, mists, stamps, stencils, etc.

I opted to alter this simple wooden box that i bought at the Dollar Store.

The box now looks like this:

I chose bright and bold colors and added lots of bling because i made it for a very special little boy named Jacob who loves all things pink, glittery, as well as flowers and butterflies.

I painted the box with brown acrylic paint, added a touch of crackle paint (which you can't really see from my pictures unfortunately) and then some more paint. All chipboard used is from The Dusty Attic. The chipboard doily was covered with gesso, crackle paint, and then glimmer mist. The butterfly, i painted with Stickles and the birdcage, with Perfect Pearls.

Here's a look at the inside which i painted and then covered with paper:

It was a fairly simple project, not in the style and colors that i personally tend to go for lately, but I'm really hoping that Jacob will love his Treasure Box!

Thank you Berry71bleu Pages for the inspiration!

Monday, October 29, 2012

Kelly Foster's HUGE Birthday Giveaway

One of my favorite designers and inspiration, Kelly Foster, is celebrating her birthday today and she's celebrating by offering her followers a chance to win this very generous giveaway!

Make sure to go wish her a Happy Birthday and find out how you can win by clicking HERE! You have until November 30th to enter!

Happy Birthday Kelly and thank you so much for inspiring me! :)

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Halloween Eye Tree Card (SIWAS DT Reveal)

I had so much fun creating this card for this week's 'creepy' tune at Scrap It with a Song!

Can you guess what the song is?

If you guessed 'Somebody's Watching Me' by Rockwell, you are right!

The spooky Halloween tree is watching YOU with its multiple wobbly eyes! hehe

Visit Scrap It with a Song right now to see what my fellow Rock Chicks came up with and make sure to link up your project(s) inspired by this month's playlist before October 31st!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Just Focus (OUAS October Challenge)

Do any of you ever suffer from bouts of seasonal depression? I do. In the fall especially, when the days get shorter and darkness sets in quite early in the evening, i seem to get the blues. This fall, my downtime seems to be worse than it has been for a few years, but i'm slowly getting better. Every day, i feel myself regaining back control of my mind and body, and i always feel at peace when i am creating. Scrapbooking serves as great therapy for me, as i'm sure it does for many of you. Creating this layout helped me release a lot of pent-up emotions and anxiety, and i feel happy sharing it with you today.

I took inspiration from Once Upon a ...Sketch's October blog challenge which was to use the sketch provided (seen below) and this quote as the theme of our layout:

How very fitting, isn't it? I decided to put emphasis on the 'Just Focus' phrase and use it as my title.

As with any other OUAS challenge, we are asked to add journaling on our layout, and i did so on a hidden tag tugged underneath layers of pattern paper and chipboard.

Now, here are some close-ups:

As you can see, still lots of Zva Creative bling and Dusty Attic chipboard on this layout!

On this DA door hinge as well as on the birdcage and the golden flags, i used a mixture of Dreamweaver Embossing Paste, Rangers Perfect Pearls, Glimmer Mist and chalk. You have to just go ahead and try different things. I never know how it will turn out when i start playing with all these different products, but i usually don't give up and keep adding on until i'm satisfied with the result.