Life Is Beautiful Canvas (More Than Words DT - March Main Challenge)

It's a brand new month, so once again, it is time for a brand new DT reveal based on a brand new challenge at More Than Words, and this time my project features the newest kit from Scraps of Elegance called 'Watercolor Wishes'.

Here is the March Main Challenge at More Than Words:

Word Inspiration - BEAUTIFUL

Creative Challenge - BUTTERFLY

I have a feeling that this one will be a very popular challenge!  You can find out

more information about the challenge right HERE on the MTW blog.

I decided to do a mixed media canvas for this reveal using mainly the SOE kit contents.

The word BEAUTIFUL made me think of my favorite movie, the Italian romantic drama, Life Is Beautiful, and so I have used the title of the movie as the title of my project. The chipboard used for my title are not included in the SOE kit, but from my own stash.

I have added one single chipboard butterfly, which I embossed with lilac embossing powder, amid clusters of flowers, embellishments and microbeads.

I've primed the base of my canvas with white gesso, and used the kit's KaiserCraft cherry blossom stencil with molding paste to create an embossed design.  I then went a little crazy with several different mists and sprinkled some Lindy's Magicals Shaker, also included in the kit.

I fussy cut some of the flowers on the gorgeous 49 and Market Heirloom Botanical papers featured in the kit and filled one of the tiny Solid Oak Steampunk Glass Florence Flasks with gold microbeads, also painting its cork gold, and nested it amid the flowers. The beautiful vintage clock faces are from Prima.  I painted the silver one gold to match the other.

If you are like me when in the past I admired other designers' mixed media work, and you are wondering how I glue on tiny mediums as as microbeads and art stones... well, it's easy.  I just use spray can glue that is especially made for crafts, for example, Elmers Craft Bond Spray Adhesive.  It dries clear and does not affect the colors or texture of the papers and embellishments which is awesome.  Make sure to test it on a scrap piece of paper before using it on an actual project.

I hope that you will play along with us at More Than Words!

Here are once again pictures of the Scraps of Elegance 'Watercolor Wishes' and the add-ons that I was provided.  For more information on the Scraps of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance kits, click HERE.

Elements Add-On

 

Floral Add-On

Forever Sisters & Friends (Scraps of Elegance DT - 'Watercolor Wishes' Kit)

So what am I sharing with you today?

This shabby chic layout featuring the newly released Scraps of Elegance kit!

The Scraps of Elegance February kit is called 'Watercolor Wishes' and features beautiful papers from 49 and Market collection Heirloom Botanicals.  The main kit along with the elements and floral add-ons include gorgeous flowers and stamps also from 49 and Market as well as many other fabulous products.

Elements Add-On

Floral Add-On

The main inspiration for this layout was this beautiful quote from the 49 and Market stamp set.  I wanted to celebrate sisters so I decided to scrap photos of my nieces.  I do not have a sister and found myself throughout life often wishing for that special bond.  I'm happy that my nieces have each other.

Below you can see close-ups of many of the gorgeous flowers in the Floral Add-On.
I turned some of the smaller roses a shade of coral orange using mists to go along with the papers. The blue flowers are from my own stash.

This lovely chipboard piece is from Blue Fern Studios and is included in the Elements Add-On.  I covered it with melon embossing powder and white washed it with white acrylic paint, doing the same to most of my embellishments.  I used Copic markers to add a bit of blackish brown on the Prima gems and the metal heart included in the kit, and I sprinkled some black microbeads around my flower clusters.

I am very happy with this layout.  The 49 and Market papers are full of beautiful colors to chose from, and I found that they went perfectly with my nieces' school pictures.  Who would have thought that different shades of orange, purple and blue would create such a lovely color combo?  I hope you enjoy as much as I do!

To learn more about Scraps of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance kits, click HERE! And make sure to join the Scraps of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance Mixed Media Scrapbooking Community on Facebook.  We would love for you to share your creations using these fabulous kits!

I Love You Card (More Than Words February Mini Challenge)

A very quick blog post today to share with you a special card for the month of love!

If you haven't guessed already, this card was created for the February Mini Challenge at More Than Words, and this month's mini word is, quite obviously, LOVE.

Click HERE to find out all you need to know about the Mini Challenge and to see loads of gorgeous DT inspiration.  You have until February 28th to share with us your project on the More Than Words Facebook page.

And now here are some close-ups of my card:

I used mostly leftovers from my DT project for the Main Challenge (shared with you on the 1st of the month) so you see lots of black, white and bright pink with touches of gold.

I made sure to add lots of gold shimmery mist and sprinkles of pink microbeads, to create a messy mixed media look.

I hope that you will take the time this coming week to join us on this Mini Challenge.
Share the LOVE, as they say! :)

Magic Winter Days (ScrapBerry's DT Reveal)

It's DT reveal time for me over on the ScrapBerry's blog

and this is the layout that I have created for you this time:

Since it is still very much Winter in my part of the world (Canada) and the snow is not about to go away (we still easily have 2 months to go), I thought it would be very fitting to create a Winter-themed project. I looked through my ScrapBerry's stash and found these pretty papers and embellishments from both the Winter Joy and Once Upon A Winter collections that seemed perfect for the photo of my friend's adorable daughter in her snow suit.

As you can see, I mixed and matched different elements from either collections and fussy cut some of the lovely Winter images and sentiments from the papers. I added a bit of stenciling on my background to create some snowflake design with molding paste and pink glitter. 

I absolutely love that ScrapBerry's collections come with so many wonderful embellishments, perfect to fully adorn any project.  On this layout, you can see I used wooden buttons, metal embellishments, decorative cork, adhesive gems and of course paper flowers.  There is definitely something for everyone's taste and crafty needs.

How do you like my Winter page?  Does it make you want to long for snow in your part of the world?  If I could, I would send some your way! hehe

ScrapBerry's products:

Paper - Winter Joy collection - SCB220605400b 

(Ice Feathers, Snowfall, Cards)

Paper - Once Upon A Winter collection - SCB220605600b

(Blizzard, Happy Holidays, Fun & Joy)

Paper - The Art of Nature collection 6x6 - SCB220609109

Wooden Buttons - Winter Joy - SCB3409108

Decorative Cork - Winter Joy - SCB340982

Adhesive Gems - Winter Joy - SCB25002035

Metal Embellishments - Once Upon A Winter - SCB340997

Paper Flowers - Cherry Blossoms Pink & White - SCB300204

Ensemble (Scraps of Elegance DT - 'Be Mine' kit + ARTastic February challenge)

Hello!  It is time for me to share with you my 4th and final DT project
created with the Scraps of Elegance 'Be Mine' kit and also inspired
by the February challenge on the ARTastic blog which you can see below.

The beautiful painting that follows is called Carousel Delight and is the artwork of Karen Pierce. It is the inspiration piece for the February ARTastic challenge with an added criteria of 'butterflies'.

I was immediately inspired by this artwork which I find so beautiful.

It made me think of childhood and the carefree and playful nature of children.

I decided to scrap photos of my friends' daughters and was inspired

by the colours of the painting, namely accented with lots of gold.

I added a lot of flowers just as on the artwork and some fun shiny embellishments,
some from the SOE kit and some from my own stash.

And I added one single butterfly that I embossed with golden brown shimmery powder.

These 2 little girls are such cuties, wouldn't you agree?

If you want to find out more about the Scraps of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance kits,
click HERE!