Boy Birthday Card by Tonya Gibbs

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a great week.  My favorite part of Marion's designs are all the little tiny elements that you can fussy cut and cluster together.  Today's project was inspired by the layout I made for yesterday's post.  

 

I used a  few of the same techniques, but this time, I took elements from Marion's Nirvana collection, and the Texture stamps from Marion's latest release to create the mixed media background boy card. 

 

 

 

Here is how I did the background for this card. 

I started with a piece of cardstock, and spread modeling paste or gesso using your favorite stencil. Allow it to dry completely.

 

Using a Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Pitt Artist Pen - carefully rub some of the ink onto the stenciled area. Try to avoid direct contact with the cardstock.  Do a small section then go to next step.

 

 

Using your finger rub the Pitt Pen Ink to blend, allow some of the ink to spill over the cardstock.

 

 

 

Archival ink was used around the edges to further distress the background.

 

I used a green Pitt Artist Pen directly on my stamps then stamped it onto my background paper.   These pens are temporary blendable ink on a prepped surface as seen on the hexagons.  However, when used on a non-prepped surface they offer a permanent ink solution. 

 

 

Pick a brown watercolor shimmer mist (I used Gossamer Gold by Lindy's Stamp Gang), and spray onto a non-porous surface. I used recycled packaging for my pallet.

 

 

 Use a circular item and stamp the bottom into the ink, then apply it to your project. 

 

 

 

 

The grungy effects give this background and instant masculine feel.   All I have to do now is build out my layers.  In addition to Marion's ephemera, I've also included a chipboard #2, sentiment, twine, and puzzle pieces.

 

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com

 

 

 

 

Mad Tea Party Doll House Screen

When I saw Marion's Mad Tea Party paper collection,

it brought back memories of my girls as little girls!!

A time when I created them little doll house keepsakes...

like doll clothes, pillows, little quilts 

and tiny furniture out of cereal boxes.

So I knew I wanted to create a little doll house screen!!

Doll House Screen

made out of chipboard shaped like jumbo tags

scored and bended to give the shape as a screen divider.

Painted the chipboard white with gesso

added some stucco/gesso mixture with a damask stencil.

I love how it looks like wall paper...

A very shabby chic feel!

Added a handmade silky flowers...

fuzzy cut out images from the paper collection...

Adorable now I just wish I had a little girl to share this with...

Thanks for stopping by,

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Peggy Lee

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Mad Tea Party Paper Collection

Marion Smith Designs

Mine Would Be You

Hey there happy Sunday!! Sarah here and I wanted to share a layout with you, using the brand new and gorgeous new line "Mad Tea Party!" These papers are so beautiful, the colors, the roses, everything is amazing. As soon as I saw the patterned paper with the roses on it, I could not WAIT to start fussy cutting lol! The inspiration I used for this layout came from a new song that I love by Blake Shelton, called "Mine Would Be You." I love this song! It makes you think about all the little things that you love about someone, good things and even difficult times. That's what life is about, that is what it is made of. All the things that make us who we are. A messy mix of good and bad and trials and beautiful and difficult and busy and frustrations and blessings and what a wild ride it is! My favorite line of the song is "What's the greatest chapter in your book?" That's the line I based my page on, and my favorite chapter is my beloved boys.

 

To create the journaling part, I combined two new sets of stamps from Marion's new products, one is alphabets and one is a really cool mixture of elements that you can use to create your own "chalkboard art" like line breaks and things of that nature. This was so fun! I'll admit I was scared of them at first, but I just got out a scratch piece of paper and started playing and it is really neat!  Yes, my letters and things are crooked, and I'm sorry. But the important thing is that you can read it and totally get the point right? I like to call it a fancy mess, kind of like me haha!

 

 

 

 

Another new stamp I used from the new sets was this darling little butterfly! I heat embossed them with light pink powder. They have a lot of pretty details that make them look so dainty, something I know my boys will love (haha!!)

 

 

I used an older picture, but I don't scrap chronologically, I like to use pictures that tug at my heart strings and will trigger a special memory or a tricky time we were in at that moment.

 

Lots of fussy cutting and tucking ;) I used some vintage book paper to go along with my book and chapter theme, but I wanted to add some pink so I sprayed it down with the new Blush Color Shine by Heidi Swapp. I was a little nervous at first because it's old paper but it took it like a champ and it looks very shimmery and pretty!

 

I hope I inspired you today! If you haven't already, check out the new Mad Tea Party Line and Marion's new stamps!!  They are so so beautiful! Have an amazing day!

 

Love, Sarah

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Layout | She's Growing Up So Fast

My God daughter is such a doll. She's sweet as pie and just the nicest child I've ever met. I'm pretty biased to be honest.

She recently had a photoshoot and the pictures turned out so beautifully. Once I saw then I knew I had to scrapbook them. This is the second layout I've done and each layout turns out better than the one before. Click here to see the previous layout.

I just live these two pictures of her. They capture her personality so vividly and she's made these exact faces at me many times. These pics help me cope with the distance between our homes.

Those beautiful roses were fussy cut from Marion's new Scarlet Printables. The blue background paper and pink damask are also from Marion's Scarlet Printables. Simply stunning and so easy to work with. 

This embellishment cluster are a mixture of items from the Scarlet Printables (Butterflies that I fussy cut from the background paper, and the gorgeous roses that I also fussy cut from the embellishment sheet) as well as frames from Crate Paper The Pier collection. That "3" stamp is from Unity Stamps. 

You can purchase the Scarlet Printables here. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Angee Carter

www.alwaysangella.com