Hello crafty friends! I have another Traveler's Notebook Challenge using the Reset Girl™ Little Things Collection. The colors are so perfect for all your Autumn crafting. I have a large stack of Felicity Jane TN inserts and am using them for these monthly lists and challenges.
For week two, we are studying Isaiah 43: 18-19 and three more are available at the Reset Girl. Did you know you can get the challenges for the Faithful Life Club for free? That's so awesome!! Click here to go grab those.
The left side has The Rest Girl Library Cards tucked in a pocket to house the rest of my journaling on this scripture.
I hand-lettered the scripture above with the Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen (Hard Tip).
Click the photo above to go directly to the You-tube Process Video for this TN spread.
Thank you so much for visiting and have a blessed day!!
Hello fellow Scrappy friends! Today is a holiday to celebrate this memory-keeping hobby we all love, and I am so happy to be hosting the 1pm Challenge!
CHALLENGE: Easy Watercolor 3-D Paper Flowers Page with Leigh
I have created a free download for you, and a Process Video to show you step-by-step how to create the flowers for this challenge. I show the pink flower on camera- but the steps are the same for the hibiscus flower(glue each petal around a punched yellow circle).
The free printable download is on the left in the photo above and some of the supplies I used, from the Brooke Kit by Felicity Jane.
The photos are 1.75 inches square, and the Brooke Puffy Alphabet was used for the title.
I hand-painted the artwork above for you, and then vectorized it in Adobe Illustrator. It is a High Quality PDF at 300 DPI for printing if you click the download link and not right click on the image.
I tried the printable on Avery clear Sticker paper, Staples White Sticker Paper, and Hammermill Digital Copy Paper 32lb. and on normal and best settings and the printable came out clear and crisp. I appreciate all the positive and encouraging comments I receive from everyone in this Scrap Community, and hope you enjoy my little gift to you:)
STEP 1: If you would like, use a sponge dauber and ink-blend the border of your background card stock and set it aside to dry. (I used VB pigment inks, but use what you have on hand like distress inks to blend the border around the page)
Cut raindrop shapes with a FLAT top from the crepe paper ribbon (AKA streamers) 5 petals for each flower you would like on your page. I made three.
Watercolor with diluted color at first the curved edge of each petal. Then add a touch of more concentrated color to the wet edge and it will blend up into the crepe paper to create a slight ombre look. Lay aside to dry.
Watercolor the edges of some hand-cut leaf shapes with green color and set aside to dry.
Start on your pink flower (plumeria) and use tracing paper on your printable or use a sunlit window to trace onto the patterned paper of your choice. Once again 5 petals for each flower. I made two large and one three petal flower to tuck underneath the hibiscus.
Ink blend the round edge of each pink petal.
Punch a yellow circle for the center of each flower and small leaf or branch shapes for the stamen of the hibiscus. I used a 1inch for the hibiscus ( crepe paper) flower, and a 3/4 inch for the pink flower.
Assemble your pink flowers as shown on the video, bending each down the middle first and creasing with your thumb nail, then gluing one side down to the circle.
IF your crepe paper petals are dry, begin assembling them. I glued the bottom-facing side so the glue would not show and adhered each petal around the circle. Tuck the yellow stamen in before adhering the last petal.
Free-hand cut some palm leaf shapes from turquoise paper and trim little snips along each long edge to resemble palm fronds. Punch 6 tiny hearts to create a 6 petal small flower if desired and adhere to a base circle as with the other flowers.
Add die cuts and enamel dots or puffy shapes as shown and to the left of your photo add some journaling and the date.
Click the photo to view the video.
Thank you so much for joining me today and have fun with all the challenges at The Scrap Gals FB Community!!!
Hello friends! I am so excited to share my first Creative Team project for Felicity Jane! I used the August 2017 Zoey Kit. There are amazing designers on the team and I am a big fan of all their work. Getting the kit was like getting a crafty party in a box, and even the packaging is so well designed I had to use it on my layout!
Those party flower centers are made from the crinkled paper packaging strips in your kit. The Tiny Attacher holds six layers of flowers, made from the solid card stock in the kit. A second staple holds the crinkled paper strips.
I used the We R Memory Keepers Frame Punch Board to make the layered frames, and tilted the darker solid card stock behind each patterned paper.
The package of die cuts was perfect for layering and anchoring the photo.
The Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Hot Pink is splattered under the paper die cut sequins and puffy stickers.
Process Video if you would like too see how this layout came together:)
If you want to join in, head over to my class that starts Monday! I have five process videos, one for each lesson of the class, included! Let me know what you think and I can't wait to have you join in!
for "Lots of Layers" and the theme for this week: vehicles.
I love this challenge! I'll be honest. At first I was having a hard time with the vehicles part of the challenge. I mean, I could only find about four photos of our cars from the last 20 years! Then it hit me. Look at what story you want to tell. That began with a question.
"What memories are centered around our cars?"
We bring babies and groceries home in them, travel on family road trips, go out on dates, and to church on Sunday, and hop in them to start our lives together after the wedding with streamers flailing and cans rattling! After I found the 1950 photo of my Grandma and Papa, holding my Mom, I realized I could tell the story of our family cars over the last 66 years! OF course you don't need to span that broad of a timeframe. Brainstorm all the memories associated with your vehicles, and see how your story unfolds.
I really loved the mod feel of the 1950 photo, so I went with a 1950's inspired color scheme. The Starshine "Juno" paper had the perfect motif! The repeating diamonds on the left side of the layout utilize the tone on tone patterns from Shimelle's lines. Love the subtle effect! So thankful to my Grandma for being the faith leader in our family, and for so many wonderful years of kindness, gentleness, love, peace, joy, patience, goodness, and inspiration! Two hand squeezes means "I love you", and is something she taught me that I have passed down to my kids!
To keep the layout clean, I wanted to house all six color photos in the glassine bag with the journaling. I hand cut random size tags from the True Stories 6x6 pad. The crochet thread allows you to easily pull the tags out of the bag to read and view.
Lots of layers were used figuratively and literally, in the layers of time represented, and the tons of paper strips used behind the focal point photo. I also added more layers with True Stories word stickers, die cuts, and an epoxy paper clip from Starshine.
In the end, this page took me a lot longer than usual to create, but it was so worth it! I can't believe I have never realized how substantial the family vehicle is in our lives! Think about your life and the story you want to tell for future generations, and maybe even find a story you didn't know was there!
View the Process Video here
Thank you so much to Shimelle, for coming up with these challenges! If not for this challenge, I would not have this page that I cherish so much, and I am so thankful!l
I would love to see your take on this week's challenge! Share your link at the Facebook Group "Scrapbook Like A Superhero" or at Shimelle.com and happy creating!
This exclusive cut file is one of many available in theClique Kits Store for August!
Close up of the title, also from the Clique Kits August Exclusive Cut files. Those translucent sequins included in this month’s kit are perfect for repeating the transparency of the ice and drink in the photo. The variety of embellishments included this month make it easy to add interest to your page with different textures. LOVE this kit so much!
I would love it if you watch, like, and subscribe: You tube video here
and I am so excited to be invited to create with this kit!
This page called Rain, uses the photopolymer stamps, mini flair, and papers included in the kit. There are also digital and printable downloads in this kit as well! LOVED working with this kit!! It is designed by the talented Brandi Kincaid!OH, and those stamps are the highest quality, and man do they stamp like a dream!!!
Here's a process video I realized I never uploaded, so you get a two-for-one today!
Supplies: Clique Kits Store Add-ons: Pink Paislee Cedar Lane 6x6 paper pad, Cedar Lane Ephemera Pack, Pink Paislee Gold Foil Frames(In the November Clique Kits Tapestry Kit), Cracked Pistachio Ditress Ink, Doilies( craft supply) thread(craft supply)
Writing, photographing, and recording our family stories. Designing for American Crafts, Vicki Boutin, The Reset Girl and teaching at Big Picture Classes.
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