Month: October 2013

Goodness!  When it rains it pours!  I have two more layouts to share from Get It Scrapped this week AND my next installment of guest designer work is up at JBS Mercantile.  Tomorrow I have an article posting at GIS that I have written so I better get caught up!

Here is my art that I am sharing at the JBS Mercantile:

This is a crazy little mini album that I created with the mini album kit and some additions from the Papercrafting kit.  (I cheated and did not follow the instructions but I love my little monster!)  If you would like to see the inside, it is filled with A LOT of doodling and Copic love, head over to the inspiration page at JBS and check out the pages.

I also added 4 more layouts to the inspiration page!  Here is one of the pages, I will let you click HERE and go peek at the other pages at JBS Mercantile.

JBS…check! On to Get It Scrapped!  On Monday or Tuesday Debbie posted a fun article with TONS of inspiration for adding chalkboard elements onto your scrapbook layouts.  Here is my contribution:

Back to School by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: cardstock; Kraft and Core’dinations, patterned paper and chalkboard tape; Fancy Pants, chalkboard paint; Americana, chalk; General’s, ink; Ranger and Sharpie, brads; Stemma, trims and stick pins; unknown

I have to say this is one of my very favorite layouts as of late.  I LOVE this photo of the girls and the layout turned out just perfect, at least I love it 🙂  The chalkboard element on my page is done by painting on chalkboard paint then transferring my hand lettering with tracing paper and chalk and going over my letters with a Sharpie paint pen.  I used the exact same steps on another layout that I gave step by step instructions for HERE.  Check out more amazing chalkboard inspiration HERE.

Then on Wednesday Debbie posted a fun article about adding hand crafted elements onto your layouts.  Here is my contribution:

Snuggle by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: cardstock; Kraft, ink; Copic, doilies; Bo Bunny, chipboard letters and twine; American Crafts, stick pin; Tim Holtz, metal charm, yarn; unknown

This was such a fun page to complete and really once I added the section of crochet work there was not a lot more to do.  I added the title, added doilies that I colored lightly with Copic, the bright white was a little too stark for the warm layout.  I searched a little for the charm to add the touch of journaling, I knew what I wanted but had to do a little shopping to find it, OH DARN!  This little metal charm is just right, I added cream cardstock, my note and then filled it in with Glossy Accents to hopefully make it look a little like an antique  broach.Make sure to go look at the other wonderful had crafted elements HERE

OK deep breath, I think I am caught up for about 8 hours he he!  I am having so much fun and getting a lot of scrapping done.  I will have another post tomorrow so if you are checking in keep checking back, I even have a few fun posts next week with layouts from my lovely scrapping weekend with Brenda!

Happy Thursday all!

 

I have continued to play with my wonderful supplies from Jenni Bowlin Studio Mercantile.  In the end I have completed 10 layouts and a mini album with lots of lovely embellishments left over.  The next group of layouts and the mini album should be up in the next day or two but in the mean time here are a few that I completed with my leftovers 🙂

I cut strips of one of the patterned papers and wove them together just in the one corner for a little added interest on this one.  Here is a closer look.

I loved the southwest feel to several of the papers, they were perfect to finish off photos from last years trip to Arizona.

Here is another, I cut up lots of little word strips off one of the papers to complete the embellishing on this one.  I figured I had one last full sheet of paper so I better use it!

When the other layouts and the mini album are posted at JBS Mercantile I will post them here as well.  So check back.  Tomorrow more work at Get It Scrapped.

Happy Wednesday!

I got to share some of my favorite Pinterest boards at Get it Scrapped this week and there is an article all about how I use Pinterest inspiration in my layouts.

This is an on-going series at Get It Scrapped and i have to say I have found several amazing boards reading who other scrappers follow, very fun!Check out the article on my picks HERE

I also shared a layout inspired a find on Pinterest, here is the layout:

Paradise by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: pattened paper; Bo Bunny, gesso and modeling paste; Golden, colorants; Faber Castell – Gelatos and Big Brush Pens, twine; American Crafts, burlap; Canvas Corp, tracing paper; Mead, shells; Hilo Hatti of Honolulu

Here are the steps I used to create my page:

Step #1 – Coat the majority of the 12×12 patterned paper with gesso. ** Note; this particular patterned paper is a cardstock weight.  I would recommend using at least this weight or even water color paper for this project.

Step #2 – While the gesso is drying mix Gelatos and light modeling paste on a pallet or non-stick surface.  I did this by scribbling the color I wanted on my matte and mixing the paste right on top of it.  I used several different colors to get the sand color just right.

Step #3 – Using a pallet knife spread the modeling paste across the bottom portion of your layout.  I was trying to extend the lines of my photograph so I gave myself some VERY light pencil lines to guide where my paste would go.

Step #4 – Using the Gelatos create a water color, again by scribbling the Gelato right on your matte and this time adding a small amount of water with a brush.  I used these water colors to add ocean, mountains and sky to my layout. I love that just like paints I could mix the Gelatos to get colors I do not own.  I don’t have any greens but it was easy to mix blue and gold to get my green mountains.

Step #5 – Darken areas by going back in with the Gelatos right on the page and blending them with a very small amount of water and a brush.  I did this on the mountains.

Step #6 – Come back in with artist pens to add small details.  I used black, may green and white, the big brush pens, to create the foaming edges of the waves and the darker tree lines.

Step #7 – Use a Pitt artist drawing pen to write your journaling. If you need to add color to other embellishments to be added to your page try using the big pens to color some of your surfaces.  I turned one small piece of my burlap to a green shade, and wrote directly on my photo for my layout title.

Step #8 – On your photo round the corners, sand the edges and add three small stiches of twine at one corner.

Step #8 – Adhere all the elements onto your layout.  Working from the bottom up add your tracing paper, burlap strips, shells and a twine bow.  Use pop dots to add your photo onto the page and finish your layout.

Here are some close ups of the mixed media work:

I have a lot of fun things to share this week so I will be back tomorrow!  And most likely Thursday and Friday as well!  Hope you are having a great week!

I have a layout to share from Get It Scrapped BUT I really want to encourage you to go directly to the site HERE to see the rest of the inspiration.  Don’t get me wrong I like my layout but you have to see the others they are to die for!

Aloha by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: cardstock; Bazzill Basics, ink and Gelatos; Faber Castell, letters; American Crafts, pearls and gems; Queen and Co., tissue unknown

I am playing with Faber Castell’s Gelato’s and this layout has a lot of them.  I found a fun tutorial on their website on how to make the tissue flowers and wanted to give it a try.  The Frida Kahlo assignment gave me the opportunity to give them a try.

I used the Gelatos to create a water color background on my layout and then colored larger sheets of tissue with different colors of Gelatos.  I added water to them to create a water color look on them as well then after the tissue had dried die cut several layers of flowers that I glued together and crumpled.

Again you have to go check out the other layouts that Frida inspired, the colors are breathtaking and many are truly works of art!  And if you are looking for scrapbooking ideas always start at Get It Scrapped!

Happy Hump day 😉