Treasuring Memories

Hello everyone! I hope you are well and safe! I want to share with you a multiple photos page that I created for 49 and Market using the Vintage Artistry Color Saige collection.  I started applying a coat of clear gesso to the Delicate paper that has a lovely design with leaves. I added textures on the background using the Gratitude Today stamp set with Versamark and white embossing powder. I framed three photos with the Vintage Artistry Sage Stitch Frames. Next, I created a design using the different laser cuts from the same collection. I started to embellish the page with the white Daisy stems and Sugar stems Fluff flowers. I added more textures using cheesecloth and white lace. I used a brush with Distress Ink to add color over the stamp work and around the embellishments. The title “Cherish” is one of the chipboard words from the treasure archival board. I applied microbeads and art stones with gel medium and added some Wishing bubbles and finally, white pa

Hello my friends! It have been a long time without make any blog post here, the last one was in October 2018, wow,can you imagine.  But I'm not going to talk about all the things that happened to me right now. These are incredible days with lot of challenges to all of us. I think we are lucky to have this hobby that help us to relax, to stay a little calm, well depends each circumstance but in my case it helps me so much. I hope all of you are well, safe and can stay home.  Now I"m going to share you a beach theme layout that I've been made for 49 and Market with the video tutorial. Let's get started.... Hola mis amigos ha sido un largo tiempo sin hacer ninguna publicacion aqui, el ultimo fue en Octubre 2018, wow se imaginan.  Pero no voy hablarles ahora de todas las cosas que me sucedieron . Estos dias son increibles con muchos retos para todos nosotros. Yo pienso que nosotros tenemos suerte de tener este pasatiempo que nos ayuda a relajarnos, a estar mas cal

Hello! I hope you are good! It has been a long time since my last post here, I had workshops in Peru then I got Pneumonia so I've been very sick but now I'm starting to feel better and I'm trying to get back normal again so that's good news, finally!!   I didn't share with you some of the projects that I did for my design teams.  And today I have a tag that I made with the fantastic Creative Embellishments chipboards. Let's take a look.... I painted the large tag with acrylic paint then I stamped randomly with the Distressed Text Stamp and a permanent ink. I adhered the Flourish Corner 4 ,   Fairies and  Buttons with gel medium.   Then I gave a coat of gesso to all the pieces, once it’s dry, I painted with Acrylic metallic paints in blue and satin colors. I added some pearls, gems and micro beads in light blue color. You can see here all the textures and dimensions, well I hope you find some inspirations and don't

Hello!! I made a tag with lot of textures and layers with the fantastic chipboard by Creative Embellishments. I took one piece from the Tag Album to create the tag. I adhered the Catching word from the Beach Word Set 2  and all the stars with adhesive. Once everything was dry, I applied gesso over all the pieces. I gave textures on the background with the Fairy Dust stencil and modeling paste. I selected this adorable Fairy chipboard from the Fairies    and some stars from the Buttons chipboard . I gave more textures adding arts stones and glass beads to the tag. You can see from this angle all the textures and dimensions. Creative Embellishments chipboards.... HERE

Hello everyone! Here is my first project with the July Limited Edition kit by My Creative Scrapbook. This month the kit is featuring: Blue Fern Studios: Happy Accident collection with the chipboards and  Julie Nutting papers also Prima Marketing flowers, American Craft abc' and chipboards, pearl trimming, ribbons and much more.... Lets take a look at my first project. I selected the Julie Nutting paper for this page I love the Damask design. I'm not going to explain all the steps because you can watch all the process in the video tutorial.  I took all the gold pieces and embellishments from the kit to make this layout and I love how it turned , it isn't complicated and easy to do. I used the gold pearl trimming to make two loops and frame the photo.  This adorable picture is from Unsplash. The gold chipboards and foamy alphabet are from American Craft.   The beautiful flowers are from Prima and you get three packages in the kit. Other prod

Hello everyone!  I have a mixed media canvas to share with today using the Creative Embellishments chipboard.  I love fairies and fantasy themes so I created a canvas with the Film Strip Picture and the Fairies chipboards. Let’s take a look… I created a design using the chipboard Film Strip Pictures and added one of the pretty Fairies inside the big film strip.  Then I added the words Live, Happy from the Happy Word Set inside the other film strips. Then I gave two coats of gesso over all the chipboard pieces and the canvas.  Once it’s dry I gave the Patina effect . I painted the chipboards with the turquoise color then I apply the textured mint green paint and finally I added  the brass color to create the Patina effect that it’s a trend lately . I also added textures with art stones, micro beads, pearls, buttons, flowers and glass beads that I adhered with gel medium. Other products I used: Prima Marketing Patina Effect Paste Art Basics- H

Hello scrapper friends! I have another project and Video Tutorial with the June LE kit by My Creative Scrapbook.  I'm going to show you how I made this diamond background and gave textures with mesh. The ivory paper is from 49 and Market and the floral papers are from Kaisercraft. I gave a lot of textures around the resin frame you can watch all the process in the video. I painted the frame in two pink colors then I added gesso to create a washed effect. I took one of the stickers to make my title. I had a lot of fun creating the diamond shapes on the background and you can see how I made it, check the video. Other supplies I used: Ranger-Distress Oxides- Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick Prima Marketing Art Basics- Modeling Paste, Gel Medium Art Stones Liquitex- White Gesso June Limited Edition kit.... HERE Here's the Video Tutorial...Enjoy it! Thanks for stopping by...Until next time! Hugs! xx Marilyn