Mod Podge Madness plus Sketchy Challenge!

Well way back last summer I received an email from Michael's with these absolutely COOL Mod Podge superhero shoes. Dang! I wished I was twenty and could get away with wearing these...but alas, I figured they were a little too brazen for a 40 something woman to wear. However, my DD was just as enamoured with them and begged for a pair. "Great " thought I "...she has a birthday coming up". I immediately went out and bought a pair of shoes like some she already had and found totally comfy...and put them in my craft closet......and totally FORGOT about them.

Well, Christmas was on the horizon and I stumbled across said shoes still hanging out in my craft closet. Perfect! Now she's forgotten all about the shoes so it'll be an even bigger surprise when she opens them on Christmas morning. And it was soooo worth it! Check out her expression when she opened the box!

 

 I had totally planned on doing a blog post on how I made these cool shoes , but....DS {who emphatically denies it} somehow sent the photos I had taken as I was making the shoes into cyber no- man's land...never to be seen again. But, suffice it to say, it involved a lot of fussy cutting from a ton of comic books and layers and layers of Mod Podge. I had a lot of fun making them!

 

Of course I had to turn this into a scrapbook page. February's Sketchy challenge at CANADIAN SCRAPBOOKER by the talented Sue Sykes was perfect for it. Check it out...

 

 And here's my take on it....

 

 

The background piece involved more fussy cut comics from my leftovers which were adhered to a 4x10 piece of cs and then mounted on a 4 1/2 x 10 1/2 piece of black cs. The title was such a fluke! After wasting about an hour trying to free hand draw the title I wanted, I decided to look through all the comics and lo and behold! I stumbled across the perfect words for my title. Serendipity for sure!

 

So while I'm on a sketchy roll again, I'd like to share my take on KELLY KLAPSTEIN'S newest Double the Fun contest going on over at CANADIAN SCRAPBOOKER. I encourage you all to give it a try!

 

 

Here's KELLY"S  gorgeous  take on her double sketch ...

 

 

and here's mine...

 

 

 

I used the lovely January kit from ScrapThat that featured the gorgeous TurtleDove papers from KAISERCRAFT. The poinsettias in the corner were made using a great die from SPELLBINDERS.

{Thanks Susan for letting me borrow it ...and the beads for the centers too!}

 

Well that's it for today. Thanks for popping by. Hope you are all keeping warm with these nippy February days {and hopefully getting some scrapping done!}. Toodles!

Mini Book of Big Love and Framed 3D Class

I am getting sooo excited as my crop draws nearer. I already have eleven ladies signed up in the first few days of advertising! I could actually fit 30 in total if I really squeeze them in there LOL. It sure would be fun to have a full house.
 
At my last crop I taught a simple mini that I had designed. It was well received . This time I thought I'd try something a little different. It is a little hard to teach to a bigger group so I'm going to have a couple of items on display and people can sign up for a project to be taught at my home {and to a smaller group} at a later date. I feel I'll be able to give more attention to the ladies in smaller groups. 
  
My first project that I'd like to teach is this sweet little mini album that I made for hubby for Valentine's Day this year.This book is made from chipboard and was soooo easy to construct. I found the original directions on a Memory Makers blog posting but can't seem to get the link to open up here tonight..GRRRRR. I did, however, have the foresight to actually print off the directions when I originally came across it... I can make you a photocopy if you would like one. Hubby was really touched by this little book and thought it was a lovely Valentine's day gift.

I used a combo of some ATD papers that I purchased at Walmart and some of the gorgeous Bonjour line of pps from KAISER.

Here's a few more close ups....

I added a pocket to each page and the matching little book of tags that corresponded with the Bonjour pps was perfect for my journaling spots. I hand wrote a little love quote on each tag before tucking them in the book. This was a very easy project ..and easy to adjust size-wise too. The original was a 3x3  book but I enlarged it to 4x4 with minimal fuss.

My second project that I'm offering as a class is this adorable 3D frame I created using BO BUNNY

 Gabrielle pps. I must mention that I was inspired to design this after drooling over a gorgeous off-the-page project created by my dear friend KELLY that she taught at her LSS, The Urban Scrapbook, in Edmonton a few months ago. Check out her blog posting for Dec 2nd, 2011 and drool over her gorgeous creation too {make sure to wipe the moisture off your keyboard! LOL}. So without further ado...here's my 3D frame!

And here's a few close ups...

The resist inking on this tag is one of the techniques I'll be sharing in this class.

These little flowers were made using the Tim Holtz tattered flowers die. Leaves are cut with my Cricut and I made the cute little pin tucked in amongst the flowers too!

 And finally here's a close up of the gorgeous shabby chic banner that I've made for this project. This banner was the brain child of Mandy {aka Craftysprinkles} and you can check out her awesome tutorial on how to make this little lovely!

Well that's it for today . Give me a call or email me at m.marks@nl.rogers.com if you'd like to join us on our crop on April 1st! I'll hold a spot for you! Toodles and thanks for dropping by!