A Place for Art and Heart~Art Journaling

I have been bitten by the art journaling bug! I went to Michaels and found this cute art journal by Dylusions. I love that it is more managable for me just starting out. Its about 8"x5".  I first started with the inside cover. I used gesso over the front and added layers of paint. I added a doily and some other embellishments using Ranger Multi Medium which is great for adhering and sealing items.  I added some stamping for the title of my journal. The large alpha stamps are the Alyra alpha stamp set from Studio Calico. The smaller alphas are the inexpensive small wood letter stamps you can find at Michaels or other craft stores.

I have just started but will be sharing more pages as I create them. Things are a bit hectic in my house right now because my daughter, son in law and grandson are all staying with us. They had a huge leak in their home and the whole kitchen area downstairs has to be completely ripped out and redone. Yeah....a big job! So they will be here for a couple of weeks it appears. Creative time has to now be planned around naps and bedtime since my studio is now my grandsons sleeping room! I'm not complaining...I love having them around and they are no problem whatsoever! But it is a little different for these empty nesters who have learned to enjoy and crave their space! So what do we do...make it a party! Hopefully will be able to get some crafting done again soon!

Hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

"Camo and Curls" ~ SNL Saturday Stash Dive ~ Flowers

Yay is Saturday!!! I love the weekends. Even though today is rainy here in middle Tennessee, its so relaxing and peaceful! Starting off the morning though is my video for todays Saturday Stash Dive for the SNL Design Team.

Today is all about flowers! There are sooo many beautiful types of flowers out there now. You can find all kinds of flowers in the scrapbook supply stores and craft stores. I have a stash full of them honestly. However for todays stash dive, I wanted to make some using some crepe paper that I had left over in my party supply stash!

Here is my layout for the stash dive:

This entire layout was created from my stash. I didn't use any new product from any new kits. Everything is from older pieces that I have in stash. 

Here is the large flower created from crepe paper. You know, the kind you find in rolls at the dollar store. I made two flowers using the streamers. You can see how they are made at the very end of the process video posted and the bottom of this post.

I love taking old product, older things in my stash and making them new or updating them with new techniques. These Thickers are both from a few years ago, still in my stash!

That brown tag with the jute string is actually from some clothing. I am always watching for pieces like that. My husband knows now to save all the cool tags from clothes or other items. I love using found pieces on layouts to add layers, texture and interest.

I hope this encourages you to dig deep in your stash and pull out some things to create a layout. Why let it all go to waste just because its not new? No reason! Use it!

Here's the process video for this layout and the process for making the flowers as well. Hope you enjoy! 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

"Moments With Mommy" Mini Album

Hello everyone! I hope you had a great Mothers Day weekend. I have a different project to share today.  I wanted to create something special to give my daughter on Mothers Day so I had this thought to create a small album with photos of just her and my grandson, from his birth until present. I wanted to call it "Moments With Mommy".

I used the gold 4x4 WRMK album. It was the perfect size! I used the 4x4 inserts. Some were 4x4 photos and some were the 2x2 photos. I was also able to use my new Fuse tool from WRMK to add additional pages using scrap pieces of page protectors that I had cut apart for my Project Life inserts! Pretty cool if I do say so myself!

Here's a look at the album.....

I have a video share if you're interested. At the end of the video, I share the Fuse tool. Have I said how much I love that little tool? Oh, yeah I guess I did! ;)

Thanks for stopping by!

"Best Ride" ~ Challenge for The Scrappery Kit Club

I was recently tagged in a challenge from HeyNaeDaily on You Tube for The Scrappery Kit Club for International Scrapbooking Day.  It was a fun challenge so I took it on!

There were four parts to this challenge. I had to use all four on my layout in some way.

Well I had no problem at all! I love paint! I love stencils! I love stars! I was ready! Here's my completed layout.

I started my background on white cardstock prepped with clear gesso. I then began layering mists and watercolors in various colors of green.

I used a star stencil and the Ranger Paint Dabber in Cracked Pistacio to add my stars. That took care of two elements right there!

I continued layering on my background with various stamps in mint green ink and gray to add more layers of texture.

I used lots of gold on this layout! I love gold! I used the Dear Lizzy Word thickers on the title as well as the Dear Lizzy mint green foam Thickers.  

I used a lot of the Heidi Swapp Project Life kit on this layout. The gold and white embellishments were just perfect!

I love the way the layered background turned out. I was pretty happy with it!

Thank you to HeyNaeDaily for the challenge! It was a fun one!

I have a process video up for this layout if you'd like to see how it came together.

Thanks for stopping by!