Family Story Layout by Tonya Gibbs

Hi everyone,  Mother's Day is around the corner, and today I thought I would share a layout of my family. My kids are turning into young adults right in front of my eyes. They are both in serious relationships and I thought it would be nice to document the time we have spent with them. I love spending time with all of them. For those of you who know me personally you know that Family is everything to me.  I wanted this layout to show them all how much I love them!  It is the highlight of my day when I can see all their faces! 

My friend pinned this layout sketch from PageDrafts.com yesterday and it totally inspired me. 

I selected Teresa Collin's Family Stories collection for my layout. I loved the soft aquas pinks and Navy blues in this collection and thought it would be great with my photos.

I also used the Teresa Collins Stencil 

Tattered Angel's Bubbles Glimmer Mist and little Modeling paste added the perfect texture to my background. 

I decided to use some Cosmo Cricket Glitter paper for my flags and wanted them to match my layout colors. I grabbed my Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft PITT Artist Pens and colored over the silver glitter. I think I'm falling in love with glitter thanks to Cosmo Cricket and their shed proof sheets!  

I had a few extra Bloom Sparklers from Webster's Pages on a card. You guys know how much I love to use extra piece here and there.  I decided they were perfect for the centers of my flowers.  I also spritzed the flower clusters with the Tattered Angel's Bubbles Glimmer Mist. This is the perfect minty blue color with silver glimmer.

Die-Namites Dies Leafy Branch die was the perfect addition to finish off my cluster.  Since my family is my anchor, I decided to nestle the Anchor charm from the ephemera pack into the flower cluster. 

I used one of the note cards in the collection to die-cut butterflies using a Martha Stewart Punch, and the Tim Holtz mover's and shapers die.   My photo was matted on the Spring Doily from Die-namites to give it a nice petite scallop border  then double matted onto a pastry doily for added texture and depth.  I used lots of the snippet titles from the Teresa Collins Ephemera pack around the page as my title, and used the title area of the sketch for my journaling. 

My kids are growing so fast and I know they are going to start leaving the nest soon. I want them to spread their wings and fly, but when they do this Momma is going to probably fall apart. No matter where life takes them, or who they pick as their life partner,  I hope they always treasure family time, and remember how much they are loved! 

Thanks for stopping in today, 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomoms.com 

Simply & Quick Card by Peggy Lee Baker

Good morning peeps, it's Peggy Lee here to share

with you all a simply and quick card.

I grab some pretty scrapbooking papers and a card base...

Starting layering them on

added some texture with a stencil and gesso.

Doily, cheese cloth-that I colored with Color Shine Teal

Color the seam binding with Perfect Pearls Mists-Heirloom Gold

Fussy cut out the paper flowers from 

Splash of Color-IOD Cotswald Manor Collection

Added yummie texture and color to the Petaloo flower

with Viva Inka Gold-Lava Red

This would make a wonderful thinking of you card,

get well soon, or birthday.

Thanks for stopping by today,

grab your paper crafting supplies and make a quick card.

hugs,

Peggy Lee

Supplies:

Splash of Color-IOD Cotswald Manor Collection

Petaloo-Little Darjeelings wild blossoms pink

Viva Inka Gold-Lava Red

Tattered Angels-Glimmer Glam-Bordeaur, Glimmer mist-English Ivy

Ranger-Perfect Pearls Mists-Heirloom Gold and TH-Dot Faded Stencil

Heidi Swapp-Color Shine-Tinsel and Teal

Gesso

Doily, seam binding, and cheese cloth

Canvas Flower Pin-Radiant Orchid Challenge & MSD Blog Hop with Petaloo

Have you heard Marion Smith Designs is teaming up with Petaloo!!! 

Join us for our Designer blog hop with Petaloo! We've got prizes from both of our brands so make sure to stop in and comment March 24th-28th!
http://www.marionsmithdesigns.blogspot.com/

Canvas Flower Pin 

Good morning everyone I have decided to take on Tonya Gibbs Challenge from the Artsy Addicts Facebook!! The color inspiration is drawn from the beautiful photo....RADIANT ORCHID is the 2014 Pantone Color of the Year. 

I created a canvas flower pin!

You all know that Easter is right around the corner, this would be so beautiful to wear 

or give as a lovely gift.

I started with a raw natural canvas flower (already per-made for you)...

I grabbed my different mist in the colors to match the challenge...

Started to spray and play!!

I added some cheese clothe, lace, pearls and handmade flower with

some beautiful per made flowers! Seam binding and a facet with paper glued behind it.

Tutorial-handmade flower

I took Tattered Angels-Pure Mistable Paper

I cut a rolled flower out of the paper, misted with water...took my glimmer mist

and a paint brush and dabbed on the color around the edges.

I rolled it up wet, unrolled and dry a little-then rolled up again glued

together....dried again! Whoola!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Don't forget still time to take part in the challenge on Artsy Addicts Facebook page....here is the link

https://www.facebook.com/notes/artsy-addicts/march-2014-challenge-radiant-orchid/640993662603965

If you are not part of the Artsy Addicts Family just send a friend request!!!

Have a great creative day,

hugs

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Canvas Corp-Natural Canvas Flower

Tattered Angels-Glimmer Mist in Cranberry Zing and English Ivy

Plain Jane Baseboard in Iris

Simply Sheer in Imperial Blue and Baby Blue

Pure Mistable Paper-Frayed Cotton

Cheese Clothe

Lace trim

Marion Smith Designs-Garment District Papers

Petaloo-Printed Darjeeling-Pink and White

and Wild Mini Blossoms in White

Viva Decor-Precious Metal Colour in Mother of Pearl

Tim Holtz Idea-ology-Facets 

Watercolor Card by Tonya Gibbs

 

Hi everyone, today I have a simple little card to share. I decided to create my own background using various Tattered Angels sprays.   I thought it gave an impressionistic effect.  

 

 

 

To create the background I removed the nozzle from the sprays and splattered them all around the page.  Then  I took a paper napkin to dab up the extra. I used a soft lavender colored cardstock as my base to give a nice soft base to the splatters.  

 

I love the effect of the watercolor background. The Flowers were cut from the Tattered Flower Garland Decorative strip die.  I then painted them all with the Tutti Fruity Glimmer Mist.  This was such a fun card to make. 

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com

 

Resources:

• American Crafts - Ribbon Value Pack - Jute - 24 Spools
• FabScraps - Pearls - Bling - Cream
• Martha Stewart Crafts - Punch Around the Page - Craft Punch Set - Swirling Lace
• Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Alterations Collection - Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die - Tattered Flower Garland
• Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist Spray - 2 Ounce Bottle - Honey Dew Mist
• Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist Spray - Limited Edition - 2 Ounce Bottle - Peppermint Stick
• Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist Spray - 2 Ounce Bottle - SWAK
• Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist Spray - 2 Ounce Bottle - Cherub Pink,

 

Flying High Altered Book Page

Happy New Year everyone!!

This year I have decided to do more creative play.

Since I created this altered book last year for Marion's design team blog...so it's time to fill it up.

This altered page is called "flying high"!!

I used Marion Smith Designs stamp sets

 called "Flying High and Curious.

These balloon stamp images I had laying around my work table...

so why not use them up...on a page.

Enjoy the eye candy of inspiration!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy Year of creating and exploring your art supplies.

hugs,

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Marion Smith Designs-Stamps Flying High and Curious

Ranger-Archival ink in jet black, Perfect Pearls Mists in sunflower sparkle and biscotti

Distress ink in brushed corduroy

Tim Holtz-Dot Fade stencil

Tattered Angels-glimmer mist in coffee shop, graphite, riptide, english ivy

simply sheer mist in chilli pepper red

Plaster/Gesso

StampersAnonymous-stamp Tim Holtz Mixed Media 

Faber-Castell-Gelatos

Featured Artist - Yvonne Blair

Hi everyone!

My name is Yvonne Blair and I am so excited to be a guest on the Artsy Addict blog! 

 

I have been scrapbooking "officially" since 1997 when I went to work in a store that had a huge scrapbooking, stamping and art department.  I was given a huge opportunity in the family owned store to run all those departments.  I instantly fell in love with this industry and have been hooked ever since.  I have been a buyer, manager, designer and teacher since 1998 and feel so blessed to be involved in this amazing community.  

 

In 2011, I attended Ranger University.  It was an amazing, life changing weekend.  I have also been on the Teresa Collins Design Team since 2011 and love every minute of it! 

 

I live in Florida with my husband of 20 years, my 18 year old daughter and our dog Roxie. 

 

My passion is definitely teaching and sharing the love of this craft.  I love to see others have light bulb moments.  Moments when they realize they can do this! 

 

I believe in embracing life, even the imperfections.  I am thrilled to be able to share some of my art with you.   

 

 

 

 

 

And here is a quick little video tutorial I did.  

 

I also wanted to share with you a little mini album that I recently created for Teresa Collins Designs.
 

 

Thank you so much for allowing me to share a little bit of my life! I hope to come back and share more later. Please click here to visit and subscribe to my blog.

 

Yvonne Blair

www.yblair.blogspot.com

Ranger Certified Educator
Design Team-Teresa Collins Designs



 

Tattered Dress Form Canvas Art

I have been adding texture to this canvas piece for awhile now...every time I used some stucco and gesso with stencil mask I would use up the extra onto this canvas.

I created the dress form for another project that I haven't finished so the inspiration for the background colors came from the dress form.

Dress form I white washed with gesso, grunge it up with Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy with water.

Then started dripping Tattered Angels glimmer mist down the sides of the dress form

and letting it run down and around the body.

Stamped the dress form with a few 7gpysies stamps with archival black ink.

 You can just keep adding layers of mist, ink!!

Oh don't forget to do glimmer splats...

I learned this techqinue from Marion Smith a few years back on grunging a dress form.

I knew I wanted to create some paper cone wing shape wreath..

Cut up an olde scrabble game pages into 2x2 squares

and began to roll into a cone shape, glued down

and tucked behind the dress form.

White washed the cones with a few little sprays of glimmer mist to match the background

and more splats!!

Oh adding a chain with dangles with a Petaloo Color Me Flower..

with glimmer mist and stamping

creates adorable touch.

close up of the stamping

Oh I love how the stamping shows up on the Petaloo flower!!!

Finial touch was adding a Art-i-Cake headpin to the top of

dress form...

Love the texture of the canvas background! I encourage you to grab some Tattered Angels Glimmer mist, paints and start playing....you never know where the art piece will lead you.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Tattered Angels: Simply Sheer-Baby Blue

Glimmer Mist-Aquamarine, Graphite, Tattered Leather, Raven and Slate

7gypsies: stamps

Petaloo: Color Me flowers

Canvas Corp: Mixed Media Glue

Prima: Mask-crackle and demask

Tim Holtz-wing/heart die

Ranger: Distress Ink-Brushed Corduroy, Archival ink black

Embossing Folder

Scrabble book pages

Stucco/Gesso

Art-i-Cake: Head Pin

Paper Mache' Dress Form

Chain, gems, buttons, jewelry bits.

Vintage Telegram 31 Day Journal

 I've been working on this beautiful mini album using Marion Smith's "Vintage Telegram" digital printables that you can find here. I decided to use it for my 31 Day Journal for the month of June, I can't wait to fill this mini up with wonderful family and friend memories! I will be sharing more on my journal here on this blog and my blog and I will be creating some videos be sure to stop over. With my journal I also wanted to create some wrinkle and stain paper which I created a little tutorial you can see below as well as a little video sharing it too.

I wanted to buy new supplies to use with this digital design but decided I needed to use up some of my stash...I love using one of the journal spots as my title focal point, tucking in a clock die cut and a handmade flower with fuzzy cutting out images from the line to embellish. Delish!

You know me I had to use something vintage and old in my projects..don't you just love the center of the flower! It's a olde ear ring that I repurposed fabulous!!

peak at inside pages

tattered and torn is a girls best friend...

handmade tea stain paper

yummie

Tea stain handmade paper:

1. using copy/printer paper

2. boil water in a sauce pan with 3-4 tea bags

3. place paper in tea water bath

4. soak for desire tea stain look (15 minutes is good medium tone)

5. pull paper out of tea bath and place on wire racks to drip dry 

6. crumble the paper up in your hands and allow to dry a bit longer

7. unwrap gently to avoid tearing (but I love the tears)

8. let air dry or spead up drying by using your heat tool

9. cut paper down to size for your project

10. iron the papers to help shrink paper to fit flat in your mini

enjoy with your projects...

See how full and wrinkle the paper gets LOVE!

enjoy the video

Thanks for stopping by:

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

supplies:

Vintage Telegram digitals

Distress Inks: black soot, walnut stain

Color Box ink: chestnut

Gesso

Stucco

Prima: mask

Tim Holtz: clock die

Petaloo flowers: velvet wild roses in pink

Hero Arts: pearls and gems

Tattered Angels: tattered leather glimmer mist

vintage: lace and jewerly

Emblishments from Scraps

Last weekend I was in my studio and really not feeling like starting a new project. Can you say brain dead?  Well, when I get like that I always clean.  I just made a mini album, that I will share with you in a future post, and I had a lot of little pieces left on my desk, floor, and scrap box.  I set out to make cards (as I usually do with these little pieces), but I really wasn't in a 'card' making mood. I recently made a large stack of them so I didn't need any at the moment.  Well,  I was hanging out with a friend and piddling around  (pid·dling  To spend time aimlessly; diddle.).   Yes not giving much thought into what I was doing.  The next thing I knew I had stapled a few scraps to a tag, stamped a few images and fussy cut them out, and first scrap embellishment was born.   By the end of the day, I had made 8 of these from various scraps, stamped images, die cuts, and extra ephemera pieces. 

 

 

 

I have a bucket on my desk that includes what I call One Hit Wonders.  These are small pieces that were left overs from recent projects (not worth keeping the packaging) so I toss them in the bucket.  A single flower, a stamped image that wasn't used, an inch of ribbon/lace, a button, a die cut etc... they seem like pieces that you would just toss, but clustered together, they are cute!  

 

On YouTube a few weeks back I shared a video on making small banners that were sewed together.  One of them is being used in the tag that says fun times above.  Clustered together these itty bitty pieces of nothing form a cute layered embellishment to be included on your scrapbook pages, cards, or in your mini albums.

 

 

I had a variety pack of small papers from 7Gypsies laying on my desk.  I clustered those around this 5x7 photograph on my desk,  placed a few photo reels that I cut from a 6x6 paper pad from Echo Park, a few paper doilies die cut from an MFT doily die out of scrap paper and this layout was born.  Since the photograph had so much negative space in the upper left hand corner, I decided to use one of my embellishment pieces for the journaling to hide the wall.  Then I sprinkled a few sequences to mimic a flash.  I love how this  "Scrap" layout turned out. 

 

Oh btw those are my beautiful children all grown up!

 

I would love to see your scrap embellies - please post them on the Facebook page and make sure you tag me in them.

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com