Hello!  It's time for the April Sketch at My Creative Sketches!  Once again Pam is offering an amazing prize!  Come join us for your chance to win!  Check out My Creative Sketches for details and lots more gorgeous inspiration from the design team!

 Here is my interpretation!

 

 

To create my layout, I used the April Liminted Edition Kit from My Creative Scrapbook featuring Crate Papers, O'Darling collection.  For details on this kit head to My Creative Scrapbook. 

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My Creative Sketches Tutorial-Colorwash

Hello!  I just love my monthly kits from My Creative Scrapbook!  Each kit is packed with so many fun papers and embellishments.  This month I had the privilege of working with the Limited Edition Kit....absolutely stuffed with flowers, diecuts, chipboard, wood pieces and more!  I decided to take my dimensional layering one step further and play around with a soft colorwash background.  A bit out of my comfort zone, but that's how we learn!  I love how it turned out! 

 Let's get started! 

We've all heard about using different mediums for watercolor backgrounds and we all love mists.  I couldn't help but wonder....what happens when I paint my background with my mist?!  LOVE...a new addiction, that's what! 

 

I chose this awesome graph paper from the collection.

 

this is the assortment of stain and mists I used ,and my paint brush

As you can see, I used a variety of companies.  They all seemed to work out the same. 

For the stain, I created a puddle onto my craft sheet, the rest I dipped my brush directly into the bottle! 

The colors were all so light that I didn't even use water, with one exception, the Maya Road Mists.  The Maya Road is a darker concentrated Turquoise so I did use a bit of water to tone it down and give it more of a watery effect. 

 

I loved the watercolor effect of the mists!  When I started adding the darker turquoise I started wondering what I had done! I'm great a hitting the panic button and fearing that I just ruined my paper... Not liking it so much anymore!  BUT, don't freak out when it's not what you had in mind... that it the great thing about scrapbooking, layering, and embellishments...you can always find a way to cover  fix  those things you don't want to see!   

Here she is all done!

Now I really like the turquoise streaks!  They look completely different and actually blend the perfect hint of color with the softness of the layout!

Closeups!

lot of diecuts, chipboard, fussycutting, and flowers!

 Aren't the flowers gorgeous?! 

 

 

To see the full reveal of this kit, as well as all Pam's other gorgeous kits, head to My Creative Scrapbook.  Check out My Creative Scrapbook blog for lots of other tips and tutorials! 

 

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My Creative Sketches Reveal!

Hello!  It's time for the April reveal at My Creative Sketches!  I had the pleasure of working with the Limited Edition featuring Crate Paper's  adorable O' Darling collection! Pam has this kit overflowing with diecuts, chipboard, alpha's, wood pieces, flowers, as well as ribbon, papers, and more! Seriously, this kit is STUFFED with all kinds of goodies!

Look at this assortment of goodies! 

 Love these flowers!  The wood pieces are so fun to work with!  I covered mine with some mist for a hint of color, the topped with a layer of stickles for a bit of girly shimmer. 

 Combination of stickers, chipboard, diecuts, and paper make layering fun and easy!

Notice the sequins and jewels?  Yep, they are in the kit too!

These papers and coordinating embellishments are as adorable as my great niece!  :-)

 

 

A couple sneaks of layouts to come!

 

Stop by My Creative Scrapbook to see the full reveal of this kit as well as the others Pam has to offer.  Oodles more gorgeous inspiration form the design team can be found at My Creative Scrapbook gallery.

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My Creative Scrapbook February Reveal!

Hello!  It is time to reveal the adorable  kits from My Creative Scrapbook!  For the month of February I had the pleasure of working with the gorgeous Limited Edition kit featuring the Key to My Heart collection from KaiserCraft!

   I added some stickles for a bit of fun flair. The leaves and flourishes were cut using my dies from Cheery Lynn Designs.

 Of course some fun fussy cutting!  The kit comes with some gorgeous Prima flowers.  I took the center out of the green flower.  I folded the larger portion in half and tucked it under the fussy cut flowers for filler and dimension.  I used the smaller center portion in a separate cluster on the page. 

 I kit also contains some beautiful angels from Prima Marketing

 

More fabulous flowers from the kit, as well as some fussy cutting, and diecuts!

 

 

 

Isn't this kit just gorgeous?!  To see all the contents of this kit, and to get a peek and the other fabulous kits stop by My Creative Scrapbook.   Check out the Design Team Gallery for oodles more inspiration!

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Haunted House

Hello!  I'm here today to share a little Halloween inspiration for those precious photos you just printed of your little monsters! 

 

This layout was published in the Fall 2013 issue of PaperHaus Magazine! 

My layout features papers and embellishments from October Afternoon, and the SpiderWeb die from Cheery Lynn Designs.

 

Head to PaperHause Magazine for lots more inspiration!

 

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September Sketch at My Creative Sketches!

It's time for the September reveal at My Creative Sketches! 

 

I used lots of Prima goodies found in the September Limited Edition Kit from My Creative Scrapbook!

 

A mini doily diecut from Cheery Lynn designs.  The butterfly is a Prima Stamp!  I used Ranger Distress Ink in Mustard to stamp the butterfly, then added some detail with marker, finishing off with a little Stickles. 

 

 Some fussy cut flowers, another stamped butterfly, a larger diecut doily from Cheery Lynn Designs, and gorgeous Prima flowers!

 

  Be sure to head over to My Creative Sketches for details on how to win the gorgeous prize pack, and check out the inspirational creations from the design team!

 

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My Creative Scrapbook September Reveal!

Hello!  It is time for another amazing reveal at My Creative Scrapbook! 

This month I had the privilege of designing with the Main Kit featuring Kaiser Craft, and the Album kit featuring Lily Bee .

As always, the kits are packed to the brim with matching embellishments, making creative time delightful and stress free!

A close up of some embellishments.  I added Stickles to the diecut for a little shimmery splash! 

 

I'm in love with these adorable chalk goodies!

 

I covered the thickers with silver fingernail polish to make them pop off my papers! 

 

Love these Lily Bee papers, and they are so fun for any photos!  Even this "berry" special photo of my boys dressed up in their tuxes looks great with these fun patterns!

 

 

 A sneak peek....coming soon!  And yes, the precious little ladybug is in the Album Kit! 

The Design Team Gallery is exploding with inspiration!  Check it out HERE!  Head over to My Creative Scrapbook to see all the amazing kits available! 

 

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