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Congrats Marion!!!

Congratulation's to our very own and fabulous Leader Marion Smith and her day viewing of her new release The Mad Tea Party!   We all are so proud and happy for you! Excited to get our hands on your new line and create beautiful artwork. Thank you for all you have done and are doing to bring us wonderful new products...and we can't forget Garett thanks for your support and dedication!




WOW this new line is simply amazing and sooo beautiful!! FABULOUS!!

Thanks for stopping by today,
Artsy Addicts Team

CHA Sneak Peeks with Marion Smith

 CHA is upon us this week so we decided to share with you some sneak peeks of Marion Smith's new line releasing at CHA in Las Vegas.

Our amazing leader Marion Smith is there with her hubby Garett preparing the booths and artwork to share with us all.

Thank you Garett for all your hard work!!

Marion's new line is called "Mad Tea Party"!

Journal Pages...

Ohhh look at all ephemera for the line- Mad Tea Party!

Marion's new paper's just a little peek....

Marion Smith

Look a new sewn canvas line!!!!

Tattered Angels

Goldens Mistable Papers!

They are printed on thick textured paper made for misting and the illustrations are printed in antique gold! You can color it how you like an even use my new line of Glimmer mists and and glams to make it your own! Hope you like!

Tatterd Angels

a little peek at the booth

look at the mist/paint systems...

7gypsies

Here is a little peek at our CHA booth!

This is our new Maritime collection.

Canvas Corp

Look at all this goodness!

More to come from CHA!

Thanks for stopping by,

Artsy Addicts Team

Travel Journal - Marion Smith Life Planner

So tomorrow I'm headed out to CHA's Create & Connect Summer 2013. I can't wait to go! I've spent the last few weeks pinning every sneak peek I could find.  My mind is spinning and I've decided I really need to find a way to "focus".  I decided to make myself a little planner for the trip, and Marion Smith's latest printable - Life Journal Book was perfect.

The downloads are only $19.99 and you get 22 Journal Pages, 3 covers, 1 spine, Monthly calendar page, Weekly Planner Page, Daily Planner page,  Life Journal Intro page, Recipe Intro Page Photos intro page, planner intro page, Project planner page, 36 tabs, 4 photo frames, Recipe pages Notes page, Lists/shopping list page, 2 bookmark sets.  You can purchase the kit here!

Here is a walk through of my journal.

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com

ATC: Americana

 A few weeks ago when I was creating my 4th of July art to decorate around my home, a group of my friends decided we should start swapping ATC with each other...so here is my little goodie!
Our theme of course was "Americana"
I used the 7gypsies Epicuream papers with adding some stucco/gesso with a crackle mask and stamping to create the ATC background texture.

 Flag was super awesome to create: on the flag stamp I used distress ink faded jean-I inked it up only the star part in distress ink then carefully dabbed a brush loaded with water on the stamp (just a hit and miss) then stamp it onto Canvas Corp textured handmade paper allow to dry...gives a great water color effect.
The same steps with the red stripes on the flag using distress ink barn door after dried cut out flag distress edges and glue to a toothpick that has been stained with distress ink walnut ink...glue down onto the ATC background then tie a tad of lace and stamp the title. To add even more texture crinckle up the flag then glue down and the topper of awesome is the splatting of glimmer mist over the whole ATC!!!

Next ATC will be a Christmas Theme! Whooo Christmas Time in July!
Thanks for stopping bye,
Peggy Lee
http://pegbaker.blogspot.com/

Supplies:
ATC: cardboard
7gypsies Epicuream paper
Dylusions ink spray: black marble
Tattered Angels: Army Green and Graphite
Ranger: Distress ink-Faded Jean and Walnut ink
CTMH: stamps-script and star/flag
Paint: yellow ochre
Stucco/Gesso
Prima: crackle mask

Soar Layout

Hi everyone.  Today I wanted to show you a layout that I created with the May Artsy Addicts Kit  featuring MME - Find Your Wings & Fly by Rhonna Farrer.

 

 

 

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At the end of  Addie's Birthday party last year she picked up this stack of helium balloons and starting spinning around in a circle.  The photo gives such a good glimpse into her whimsical free spirited approach to life.  I've been holding this photo for a while in hopes of the perfect paper to tell the story. Since this collection has a lot of  hot air balloons, soft pastel colors and girly girl images, I thought it would be perfect.

 

 

 

 

The layered look printed on one of the papers, allowed me to give the feel of lots of small layers with little effort and no bulk.  I continued the look by layering a few of the pages from the 6x6 pad to form a clustered frame around the photograph. I left the border that has the hole for the paper pad on the paper and distressed it. This technique allowed me to build on the other office supply themes found in the paper.

The arrows were cut from my Silhouette Cameo, and the cut file can be purchased from the Silhouette store. I used both the positive and the negative of the cut on the layout.   The arrows help to give direction and movement to the embellishments.  

I added a little of the washi tape and half a doily to soften up the harsh overlapping lines from the paper.  The Hot Air balloon and Soar Title were the 3D stickers from the collection and offer great dimension to the layout.  To hide a white vase in the background of the photograph, I used one of the brad embellishments next to the title.

I love the new trend of office supplies on layouts.  So I bought a package of reinforced holes and used my Prima Chalk Inks in pastel green to make them match my layout. I also included a small shipping tag.  To give a more organic whimsical look to the layout I sewed some of the elements down and left the strings hanging from the edges, and let the twine free fall around the photo at a diagonal.

 

**DESIGN TIP  I used the negative from a notebook paper punch scrap as one of my layers too.  When punching out borders, or cuts from diecuts, pay attention to the negatives, you may find a hidden treasure.

 

I love all the small details that make up this layout. It was a lot of fun challenging myself to use 6x6 papers to create a 12x12 layout. I would love to see what you guys are doing with your Artsy Addict Kits.  I challenge you to stop hoarding these beautiful papers, and post a project with them on the Artsy Addicts Facebook Wall.  

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com

 

 

Resources:

• My Mind's Eye - Rhonna Farrer  Find Your Wings & Fly:  6x6 paper, brads, Alpha Stickers, 3D Stickers, Washi Tape
• Prima Chalk Ink
• Recollections - Washi Tape
• Paper Source - Flat Back Pearls
• Prima Fluid Chalk Ink - Pastel Green
• EK Success - Notebook Paper Border Punch
• Paper Doily
• Studio Calico - Speech Bubble Wood Veneer
• Twinnery - Pink Twine
• Silhouette - Arrow die cuts
 



 

4th of July Tri-Fold Mini

Let the 4th of July Celebration begin!

With the 4th among us this week I wanted to create a little tri-fold mini to sit upon the table for all to enjoy. 

Also to inspire you to create  home decor items with your scrapbooking supplies.

To look outside the box!

Like taking this 7gypsies tri-fold journal card to create a little mini.

Here is a little look at front pages of the mini...

back side of little mini...

I started with a tri-fold journal card, gessoed lightly over the card-sprayed with homemade mist with brushed cordrury reinker and water.

Used walnut stain distress ink to ink the edges of the card, papers and embellishments.

Papers are 7gypsies Epicuream 6x6 paper pad cut down to 2.5x3.5 torn the edges and inked.

Die cut stars out of e-fluted kraft cardstock sheet, tied twine and button (also glimmer mist the stars).

Used a chalk marker to write Happy 4th of July on the chalkboard paper.

Fuzzy cut out images from the paper line for embellishments.

4th of July Tri-Fold mini home decor

video

Happy 4th everyone!

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies

Tattered Angels-Simply Sheer Imperial Blue and Chilli Pepper Red

Canvas Corp-Mixed Media Glue, E-Flute Kraft

7gypsies-Epicuream 6x6 paper pad, Naked Scalloped tag, Naked Tri-fold journal card

Ranger-Distress ink Walnut ink, Brushed Cordrury

Sizzix-Star primitive die

CTMH-Chalk Marker

Gesso

Twine and buttons