Photo Selfie Frames

Graduation Season has come and gone and it's time for trunk parties. TeTe Princess had a request for selfie frames!  
Hali is a graduate of The Central High and on her way to Clark Atlanta University. She is my motivational speaker headed for law school.  The board was painted black and paste was used to add templates for texture. 

Phillip didn't want the girlie look so I had to keep his clean.  I took out my markers to draw musical notes.  My crafty friend Samantha made the tuba using her Silhouette. Phillip is a graduate of Houston High and is on his way to Tennessee State University.  If you ever watch the band at halftime, he'll be playing the tuba in the Aristocrat band. He is my gifted musician.

They make me proud....from babies to college graduates.  The sky is the limit for these two!!!!

Junior's canvas

This canvas was painted for my nephews room.  I can't wait until he visits us so he can play in the craft studio.  I'm going to try and teach him some techniques. He's only four, but he's smart.  Can't wait to see what he creates.  Check out the close ups below.  My next project will be printing his photos so I can catch up with  his scrapbook album.

My mother thought the canvas was wood.  I had to show her the technique.  Acrylic paint was used on some of the chipboard letters to bring in the colors of the paper by DCWV paper stack All About Boys/Sports. 

I'm loving the embellishments I used.  Some are VERY old.  I used stickers, metals and paper stack.

This photo was taken when he was two years old.  He loved to travel with his basketball.
The photo is attached to the two clothes pins so we can up date it with new photos.  

He's learning this scripture.  The OCD in me was upset that the scripture wasn't centered so I had to include some star stickers to balance it off.  I might work on it again just to balance it off.  Anytime I can, I love to use my handwriting.

Check out these old embellishments!  I purchased them years ago.  The sentiment was from a scrapbook convention back in the day.  The metal was at  Michaels back in the day.  I love the textures from the cheesecloth and templates.  

Entering in the following challenges:
Scrapbook.com - NSD Mixed Media Challenge
Creative Artiste Mixed Media -   #26 Anything Mixed Media Goes  (I used a watercolor palette, water color pencils, acrylic paint, glimmer mists)
Word Art Wednesday - Week 282-283 Anything Goes Family/Friendly
A Inky Mess - Anything Mixed Media or Altered Art

Canvas Sign

On my Craft to do list was another canvas sign like the one you see on the right side of my blog.  It was gifted to my fellow crafter Rhoda.  It went so well in her craft room, which looks like a beach house or tropical escape.  My craft room is red/white/black and I wanted to incorporate those colors.  Of course I had to include 'My Scrapbook Prayer' that I wrote in 2008 on the road home after leaving a Scrapbook Extravaganza in Little Rock, AR.   Here's the canvas with a few close ups.  Everything is from my stash.

Craft room sign

Prima Bloom Girl 

My favorite view of Hawaii.  Got to LOVE their  'Liquid Sunshine' the Rainbow.  

My Scrapbook Prayer

Entering in the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes Week 280-281 Family/Friendly
Creative Artiste - Anything Goes Mixed Media
Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes
Inky Mess - Anything Mixed Media

95 and counting

This mixed media canvas was gifted to my Auntie Granny.  She's 95 years old still living independently and doing well. Auntie Granny is on the Mother Board at church and loves her hats.  She's known for her preserves, cakes and chow chow. We celebrated with a birthday party on Easter weekend and hope we can keep counting to age 100!  I used a watercolor palette from Michaels.  Love the purple!

Entered in the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes Week # 278-279 Family/Friendly
The Mixed Media World - Anything Goes with a Twist/Watercolors

Friday Night Chat Challenges

Enjoyed tonight's Friday Night Challenge over at Embrace Your Art.  Tiare better known as Classygirl was our host and she allowed an hour for us to create instead of 30 minutes so I got a chance to take my time.  Our first challenge was to create a project with our favorite technique and use our handwriting.  I painted this on a watercolor sketch pad using acrylic paint, watercolor, masking, glitter...I don't think I have a favorite technique.

Entering in the following challenges:  

Alphabet Challenge - Pretty in Pink 

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes Family/Friendly Week #251-252
Crafters Cafe - Use lots of Pink

The 2nd challenge was a Sisterhood challenge including a quote about sisterhood. Love this Bug A Boo digital and the quote is heartwarming.

Entering in the following challenges:
MOJO Monday - Sketch 468


Twelve was the Magic number for the 3rd challenge, which represents Embrace Our Art 12th Anniversary.  We were to create a project using 12 of the same item.   I found 12 buds in my stash and made a flower.

Entering in the following challenges:
Brown Sugar Challenges - Think Pink
Time Out Challnege - Optional Technique Twist:  Embossing and/or use Pink

Thank you for stopping by and leaving a little love.  I'll be sure to stop by and leave you a little love too!!!

My Art Angel

Although paper crafting is my first preference, I sometimes play around with paint.  I checked out Tiare's 'My Art Angel' online class featured on Embrace Our Art.  It was fun and I got so carried away I couldn't sleep. We were to add a heart and one word.  My word is faith.  One of my sorority sister's gifted me with a few crafty items since she was not using them.  One of the items was a blank canvas mini purse measuring 5 1/2 x 8 1/2.  This is my creation and I can't wait to wear it!  Now I have to figure out what I will paint on the other side.

 Blank canvas purse

My inspired sketch

Entering in the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes - Week #242-243
Creative Artiste Mixed Media - #17 Anything Goes Mixed Media
More Mixed Media -Anything Goes Optional Bright Colours

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is close to the Bro-ken-heart-ed.  He rescues those who are crushed in the spirit.  Psalm 34:18.  The scripture is my inspiration for this mixed media design. The heart is a corrugated board painted with swirls of white acrylic paint and edged in Memento black ink.  After using gesso over the canvas sheet, I laid down a doily and music. I applied some molding paste over the TCW stencil and sprayed Recollection mist.  Gotta add a little bling, right?

Closeup of the scripture

 Close up of a few causes of brokenness on the bottom right.  I wanted to play on the syllables of Brokenhearted by cutting them with edge scissors and placing them in various directions.  The heart has a pop dot along with the word Disconsolate.  The words are raised on chipboard.  I printed the words on white paper and sprayed with mists.  Fiber was used to loop the words unto a heart metal tied down with musical ribbon.

Here's a close up of the pop up heart raised up.  All of the chip board hearts raised on the white corrugated heart were nude.  I added acrylic paint, mist, glitter, ink and bling.  My colors are yellow, teal and purple although they look different on the photos.  My apologies for that.

The song is 'Love lifted me'.  It's from our church program.  I LOVE to recycle them.  Thank God for His LOVE that lifts us up in spite of the adversities and sins in our lives.

Showing a few Prima items used.  Prima Finnabair mechanical vintage trinket and Prima flowers, cottage blossom orchid. The yellow, teal and purple buds were white.  They were sprayed with mist used on the design.

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you are inspired from the scripture, song or something in the design.  Make it a great day in the Lord!


Entered in the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge 192#  Anything Goes Family Friendly
Scrapping Everyday Miracles - July Scripture challenge
Scrapbook.com Prima Mixed Media Challenge
Frilly & Funkie - Raise it Up

Sisterhood Month

This is my Design Team post for Scraps of Color E:spire.  My sorority Delta Sigma Theta celebrates Sisterhood the entire month of March.  We have a calendar filled with events to fellowship, reclaim, and perform kind gestures.  It’s so great to reach out to a sister, especially one you don’t normally see or hear from.  Although we have many programs for the community, we end the month with a special activity just for us to focus on our physical, mental and spiritual well being.  I love my sorority.  Oh just to be a Delta Girl.

Supplies:
Royal Langnickel Violet and Lemon Yellow watercolor ink
Kimberly watercolor pencils
Ranger Ink - Gold acrylic paint
Americana acrylic paint
Making Memories sticky mesh
Recollections wacky tape
Prima flowers
Recollection bling

Close up of symbols

Flowers were colored with Violet watercolor paint and centered with Lemon yellow.

Love making the pyramids!

Thanks for stopping by.  I welcome your comments.

One Word 2015

Patience is my One Word for 2015.  How many times have I heard, "Patience is a Virtue"?  I've been exercising it since late August. Trying to practice self control and not complain. I know God has a plan for my life and is preparing me for my next career.  I just want to be obedient, because His promise will be fulfilled.  When I received my Spellbinder window die cut, it reminded me of a song, "God will pour you out a Window of Blessings that you won't have room to receive.  I'm claiming it.

Supplies:
DCWV - The Lemon Flower Stash
Bazzill 12x12 cardstock
Webster Pages - paper
Recollections - Flourish
Spellbinders -Window 2
Michael's - Flowers
Heidi Grace - Metal pebbles
Jenni Bowlin - Number stickers
TCW - Texturized stencil
Archival Brilliance - Graphite Black ink
Adirondack metallic acrylic paint- Gold Dabber

C'est Magnifique January 2015 sketch

 My Word

 This scripture keeps me focused and gives me hope for a brighter future that He has in store.

Entering in the following challenges:
C'est Magnifique - January Sketch
Scrap-Challenge-YOUrself - Challenge #14 One Word
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #165 Uplifting Sentiment
Scrap our Stash - January Stash Challenge #22 TWINE
Tape Measure under my photo,
Window die cut my new item,
Inked edges
Numbers 2015 at the bottom,
Eyelets on the top of my photo

PJ Loves to Play

I am so enjoying my nephew and creating layouts for his album.  This is Patrick Junior at seven months.  Oh  how they grow up.  I'm using C'est Magnifique October sketch for this layout.  I wanted to use a masculine approach on this layout using a little distressing, and fun templates with modeling paste and mists.  I used Fiskars crimper tool on the upper left side to give a little texture to the paper.  See sketch below.

   

Entering in the following challenges:
C'est Magnifique - October sketch

Mema's Crafts August and Bonus Challenge

WOW I am having way too much fun as a Design Team member at Mema's Crafts.  Not only did we have the opportunity to create with our two sponsors darling images, we created a BONUS challenge with a surprise product sent to us.  Word is she is giving away FIVE prizes so don't miss your chance to win!

It's a wall hanger featuring Chelsea by Make it Crafty .  The quote reads, "If I were a flower for every time I thought of you I could grow a garden."

 Look at this little cutie by Love Sprung at Paper Nest.  She is Full of LOVE!

Now for the Bonus Challenge, Mema's Crafts provided her M & M girls with a product. 

This is what I received....a paper mache book

This is what I created with it for my mother.  Some of the items she gave me from her stash over the years is used in this project.  She does weddings and parties. I can't wait to see if she recognizes them.  I used a feather, metal, doily, frame, tulle, flowers, molding paste, chicken wire template, acrylic paint, glimmer mist, lace, and bling OH MY  Thanks to MEMA's craft for challenging me with the book.  It was the perfect choice!

Side view

 Rear using Arcadia mini paper pack and old embellies from my stash. 

 Inside contains a mini album using the paper

Now it's your turn.  You can go to her site and vote for my project or your favorite DT project. Then join in our August challenge for your chance to win!

Create In Me A Clean Heart

This post was inspired by Scrapping Everyday Miracles July challenge:  Create/Creation.  I cut a heart shape into the corrugated board.  I took another board and cut the entire circle out.  Gesso and white paint was applied to the cut-out heart.  Cheese cloth was put around the edges and I made the white flowers from an EK success small flower and put them in the heart.  To make sure there were no gaps, I added beads and buttons and stickles. For the board, different acrylic paints were stroke all over.  Then I applied objects that gave me a circular look including a brad with dots. 

 Scripture

 Old and New heart

 Love the way my flowers came out

Entering in the following challenges:
Scrapping Every Day Miracles - July Theme Create/Creation
Scraps of Color - Going in Circles
Word Art Wednesday - Scripture
Craft My Life - Anything But a Card

Tag...I'm it

It's been a Wonderful Crafty Day for me.  I played with a few of my Tim Holtz products I received at Hilton's Craftin for a Cause last year.  I can't believe I'm just now playing with this stamp set.  I purchased his first book at Archivers some years ago and all I do is look and dream....Not today.  I made a tag using most of his products.  I must give Mandy credit for the cheese cloth.  She mentioned it was one of her six favorite tools that she uses on all of her creations.  'She' made me go to Michael's LOL.  Got to blame someone for my purchases right?   Honestly I think I'm going to take the flower off the tag and replace it with another one.  I'm going to wear it!!!!  I made it using tulle that I burned the ends and added the cheese cloth after I sprayed it.  Then I sewed the button on the top and added some felt at the back.

Recipe:
Tim Holtz - Nature's Element stamps
Tim Holtz - inks
Tim Holtz - button
Tim Holtz - fiber
Tim Holtz alcohol inks
Glossy Accents
Stickles
Perfect Pearls
Recollections pastel blue spray ink

 Close up photo shot.
I don't know if the chipboard pieces (hanger, needle, dress form and sewing machine) are his or not.

 This is how I got started. With the chipboard pieces I inked them and used Precious Pearls.

Entering in the following challenges:
Craft Hoarders Anonymous- Tag You're It
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #140 Uplifting Sentiments
Creative Knockouts - Challenge #45 Sew It Up
Divas By Design - Things with Wings
Melonheadz - Tag or Bookmark
Just Inspirational Challenges - Anything But a Card