Just wonderful layout

Here is another quick layout I put together tonight while watching tv! My new goal is to make at least two layouts a week - so far so good!! I used mixed media texture on this layout and made all the easy layers square and simple!!  This is my dad and niece Sara walking in the museum together.  The paper is Basic Grey and miscellaneous scraps - the best part of Scrapbooking everything can be used - even the scraps!!

Such bliss.,,,

While waiting for Intelligence to come on tv tonight I did a one page layered layout.  This is Basic Grey paper, mixed media stencil and texture paste, strips of paper a tag with Tattered Angels sprays and textured paste. I also stamped the Dusty Attic chipboard blue and the edges as I wanted to use blue from my nieces outfit in the picture. The flower is Petaloo and the tag 3D letters are from K&Company. 

 

Croppers Delight NYC - My Favorite Things Crop Event 2014

This was my first time going to this event.  I had a blast with the people I sat with.  I will definitely be registering for next years event.  Here are some of the pictures of the layouts that I was able to do this weekend.  This is one image of most of the favorite things that were handed out.  I also have a T-Shirt, water bottle and another little scrap tote.

 TAGS!!!

So I've been fascinated with tags lately and of course I didn't have my tag template with me so I improvised!! I have the Tim Holtz Collection Bubbles and I used it for making my tags.  It was rather large but so worth it - they turned out fabulous!

 

Tag 1: This started out simple, but then when I kept adding new trinkets I just kept going! On this tag I used the following:  Tattered Angels spray on the cheese cloth, Butterbee Trinket, ribbon, Kaisercraft Key to my heart collection paper Christmatic and Devine, Prima flowers, butterfly and bird.  I also added some burlap.

Tag 2:  I used Basic Grey True Love - Simple Elegance paper, Butterbee Trinket, ribbon, Prima Flowers.

 Tag 3:  Prima flowers, Hero Arts old writing stamp, chicken wire, glass mosaic rocks, lace

Tag 4:  this tag has black embossing powder around the edges, prima flowers, chicken wire, mesh sticker beneath the wire, ButterBee Trinket flower,  Tattered Angels mist spray, red, green, purple and blue, chicken wire and mesh sticker under it, modeling paste and I mixed in black/grey acrylic paint.

Layout 1: Kaisercraft Key to my heart collection - charistmatic and Devine, Prima Flowers and shabby chic frame, ButterBee Scraps trinket, modeling paste and chipboard that I textured with pink paint.

Layout Forever starts today:  Prima papers something blue collection, Prima flowers, chipboard, going to the chapel, Love's garden, giddy, kissing Tree and smitten.

Layout Life Today: Graphic 45 Secret Garden Collection, cheese cloth, Prima flowers, Prima Junkyard findings, Jenni Bowlin Chili Powder paint decor.

Layout This was the best day ever:  Basic Grey True Love & Chipboard, Prima something blue enchanted blooms, ButterBee Scraps trinket glass bottle, Ranger Patina Antique copper bike.

Printer Tray:  Prima flowers, paper iw Anna Maria Collection Jelly Roll, Anna Marie and Party & Plan, flowers, chipboard corrugated sayings, textured pint paint, ButterBee scraps corner metals.

Layout You & Me: Graphic 45 papers Secret Garden Collection, Prima flowers, Tattered Angels purple mist, gesso, stickles, modeling paste.

My project for my God Daughter Olivia

This is a picture frame I'm transforming into a beautiful present for my God daughter Olivia's 7th birthday this month.  I purchased it at Michael's with my 50% off coupon and then started to get to work.  I am just in love with texturing everything these days - it's so darn easy to do - and you can do just about everything. I used purple acrylic paint and mixed sand with it and put it all around the edges of the frame, then I added some glitter - what girl wouldn't want some glitter?  I then added the rhinestones to the sections for more bling.  I used DCWV Nanna's kids for the background paper, Prima Flowers Fleurs de prima, Anna Marie, Pink Paiselee hope chest and Shabby chic treasures angels.

Here is Pop and his number one girl in the yard planting new flowers.  Notice how fashionable a person is when planting flowers!!! Fedora's are required these days!!!   I used Kaisercraft Base Coat Collection - Bark and Cork, Prima Sunrise Sunset collection X-Radiant, Basic Grey Hopscotch and Crate Paper Restoration Collection - Fringe and Prima Junkyard Findings Clock and some flowers.  I also painted the chipboard brick silver to have that crazy industrial look.

Love This

Here is Pop and his number one girl (until the 2nd granddaugher arrived) in the yard planting new flowers.  Notice how fashionable a person is when planting flowers!!! Fedora's are required these days!!!  Don't you just love that grin of hers in this picture??  I used Kaisercraft Base Coat Collection - Bark and Cork, Prima Sunrise Sunset collection X-Radiant, Basic Grey Hopscotch and Crate Paper Restoration Collection - Fringe and Prima Junkyard Findings Clock and some flowers.

I used Gesso here - as if you couldn't tell - which really didn't go well!! I didn't use that much and it just made a complete mess.  I used the heat gun to dry it out and it began to bubble so it's not that bad, but still I just wanted to have a few bubbles on the paper! 

Paris Love

So I'm not exactly sure what the fascination lately with the young girls have with Paris themed things - like everything lately is Eiffel Tower - even duct tape!!

This layout has Prima Marketing paper Divine Collection Envoy and Gina's Designs Chipboard, Prima Marketing Junkyard findings Trees.  I left the chipboard unpainted as I didn't want to change it from this 'faded' look.

Besties Layout

Here are the two cousins before the ballet performance last year.  I used Websters Pages - Tres Belle Mademoiselle Tags, Prima Flowers, Pink Paislee burlap butteryfly, Gina's Designs chipboard chandelier with some bling.

New York City Ballet

Today was a great day in NYC! The weather was 50 degrees sunny and just so pleasant - for NYC!! I was at the Lincoln center Edward Koch theatre. They have some new floor design it's the ballerinas in different poses! Here are some pictures from today...a Chinese New Year event in the courtyard, Jewry from The Metropolitan Museum of art!!

Shoppin' Fun

I love this layout of my niece and my mother 'photo bombing' last year before it was 'famous'.  We went shopping and she was excited to go to the outlet store for Claire's and was super hyper that day of all the new 'stuff'.  I used Crate Paper DIY Shop Project and Prima Flowers.  The chipboard is from a random win at a crop I went to.

Just Duckie Layout

Back in the groove of things after this past weekend's crop.  This was a fun layout to create - what can I do with a picture of baby ducks?  I used Websters Pages Paris Bouquet, Echo Park Paper from my monthly kit club My Creative Scrapbook: For the Record; Prima flowers, Junkyard findings bird cage, and the 'brick' is painted with gray acrylic paint to add an industrial look to the layout and a Pink Paislee burlap butterfly.

7 Gypsies Printer Tray #2

Here is the other tray I created for my niece's 8th birthday in April. 
My niece's 8th birthday is coming up in April - yes 3 months away - but I was reminded that it's almost here !! I figured I'd better get moving on her present and what better time to do this then at this past weekend's crop.  I know I'm going to another crop in March - but that's two weeks before her birthday and that's just not enough time.

I actually ordered from Joann Fabric's a black 12 slot printer tray and received a white one - and I actually placed the order twice - thinking I should do one in black and one in white - but I ended up with 2 white trays, but it worked out fine.

I have a monthly kit from My Creative Scrapbook and I decided to use the papers from these collections as they are mostly Prima Marketing papers and some are just perfect for the theme I was going for.

I started with texturing the base of the printer tray with white acrylic paint and I mixed in basic sand until I had the consistency I wanted.  Then began the 'layering' process.  I used a sponge brush I purchased in the dollar store the began to 'slap' down the paint/sand mixture, once I did a layer I would use my heat gun and try to dry it as much as possible, then repeat the process until I found the texture 'puffy' enough or 'big' enough that it made a statement.

Each paper had to be cut to size 2 3/4 by 3 3/4 for each section.  In this 1st printer tray I used the following papers for the background:  Websters Pages - Adrienne Looman - A new Your, Do Your Best, Believe in Yourself and Shining Moment; Prima Marketing paper - Anna Marie Collection - Callico, Kaisercraft - On this Day Collection.

I ordered these from Gina's Designs and then I textured them with the same white paint / sand mixture then used my Tattered Angels spray on top for the look of a purple Eiffel Tower. 

Here are some close ups of the individual trays.  In this one I decided to make 2 of the slots actual pocket picture holders so she can change a few of the pics as this is her graduation picture from 1st grade...

Here is the final product of my 1st printer tray.  I think it took me about 2 1/2 hours to get it done.  I also used Prima's Rose Heart corners, Create Memories clock and tree; Vintage Trinkets, Tim Holtz idea-ology Timepieces, Pink Paislee Hope Chest, Burlap Butterfly.