Birthday Card by Yasmin Tölche

Hello everyone. It's Yasmin on the MSD-blog today and I have a birthday card to share with you. You can never get enough birthday cards can you? :)

I've used a cut-out from "Faux Pas" paper in the "Junque Gypsey" Collection from Marion Smith Designs and added a little pearl inside of the butterfly.

I love making layers on my cards, and adding a chipboard piece makes a bit of texture to the card aswell.

The little arrow charm with the heart is a lovely MSD embellishment. So cute! 

Thank you so much for joining me here today! See you soon :) 

Grateful For Happiness

Hello all you lovelies. Today Shanna here with a layout I created a layout to share you using some fabulous papers. 

I love seeing all the different ads of newspaper and I thought why not use these to create a collage. With how they vary in size and shape I thought this would be perfect. 

So once I cut them out I pulled the ones I wanted and glued them down. 

While the glue was drying I gesso'd the chipboard. 

I used the gesso I had left with a bit of water to sprinkle on the background. 

While I let that dry I got started with layering up the chipboard. 

I used some Silks Acrylic Paint and some Twinkling H20's.

I used H20's to layer up colors on the background before I added my photo and embellishments. 

Here you can see the final layout and close ups. 

Give it a go collaging the tiniest pieces and have fun creating. 

Marion Smith Products Used:

Junque Gypsy - Carpe Diem

Junque Gypsy - Carte Blanche

Junque Gypsy - Belle Vie

A Junque Gypsy layout with Sandi Clarkson

Hello there, Marion Smith fans! I'm back today with my second post for the month featuring the oh-so-gorgeous Junque Gypsy collection in the 12x12 version with a subtitle tag from the 6x6 version. I've always loved anything that's a little Boho Chic, so when I stumbled upon this fab vintage photo, I couldn't wait to scrap it! I may have to even use it a couple of more times to satisfy the inner "Gypsy" in me! 

I love that paper tearing has become popular again because it gives an instant distressed look. I used a bit of super heavy gesso, a stencil and some mist to give my base paper some depth and texture. Then I framed the photo with a chipboard piece, some florals and a gorgeous Junque and Gems Aqua Button. When I sacrifice those babies, you know the layout is very special to me! It is super sparkly IRL. Amongst my floral cluster are some Time Keeper paper flowers and a piece of black netting from an old produce sack. 

Here are some close-ups for you:

 

I hope you're having a creative week! 

Thanks for coming by! 

Sandi

Marion Smith Products used:

Junque Gypsy Dolce Vita

Junque Gypsy Nota Bene

Time Keeper Paper Flowers

Junque & Gems Aqua Buttons

Petaloo flowers

Blue Fern Studios chipboard

Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo Blog Hop :: Day 03 with Shanna Sands

Hello everyone. Shanna here with my very first post for Marion Smith. I am even more excited that we are doing a special blog hop this week joined with Petaloo. Make sure you come every day this week for some special inspiration and be sure to visit the Petaloo Blog. 

So with graduations happening everywhere, I thought I would create a card and a gift. 

I found this cute little Scrabble notebook at Michaels and thought it would be perfect to alter and fix up! 

For the card, I had some graduation chippie pieces which I first cover with gesso then with a black gelato. I layered some Posh papers and inked the edges black for a distressed look. I finished the card off with some gorgeous flowers from Petaloo. Don't they go so well?

For the notebook, I glued some paper down and trimmed the edges off as the corners were rounded. 

Again the chipboard pieces got a coat of gesso and I used the black gelato on the graduation cap. I wanted to add more pink to the project and decided to have fun with some of the powders from the color lab kit. I added the powder with some gloss gel and a paintbrush to the "unlock you future" piece. 

Aren't these petaloo flowers just gorgeous and a wonderful addition to the Marion Smith papers I picked to work with. They went so well with this creation and I love how it turned out. 

So don't forget to check things out over at the Petaloo Blog.

Items Used:

Marion Smith Posh Papers

Petaloo Flowers

Black Soot Distress Ink

Magenta Pigement Powder

Sparkling Pink Pigment Powder

My Debut Post with Marion Smith Designs

Hello friends!

Today I'm bringing to you my very first post for Marion Smith Designs. It's been awhile since I've created with such amazing artwork and detailed papers so it was definitely a lot of fun!

"You Make Me Smile"

This was created using papers from the "Mad Tea Party" collection. Just love the amazingly rich colours in this line, and also different designs that I can fussy-cut out for layering. 

some close ups:

I actually made those flowers with the new Bloom Impressions Tool and it was so much fun! So very different from the pre-made flowers that I'm used to but it has definitely added a lot of dimension to my layout. Plus I can add matching Junque and Gems stuff to jazz up the flowers. Now I'm just working with patterned paper but I'll be trying out fabric real soon. As you can see, lots of fussy cutting and layering the different pieces. 

Junque and Gems resin flowers, jewel and a metal butterfly. I also added a flourish chipboard which I lightly dabbed with acrylic primer randomly. 

Supplies:

So that's all I have for now. Hope you've enjoyed my project for today.

Until then, happy scrapping!

love,

Jelissa