You're So Lovely - My Creative Scrapbook

Hello, blog friends!

Today I have my final share for My Creative Scrapbook kit club.

It's hard for me to believe, but after 5 years of having the privilege of designing with the beautiful My Creative Scrapbook kits, 4-1/2 years of hosting the My Creative Scrapbook blog, and 2-1/2 years of coordinating the My Creative Scrapbook design team in between, I have made the decision to pass the reins to others and to step aside.

I cherish the times that I had with My Creative Scrapbook, and I will be cheering Pam and her company on from the sidelines.  Thank you, Pam, for everything.

So, here is my last My Creative Scrapbook layout, made with the super gorgeous January Limited Edition kit featuring Kaisercraft's Ooh La La collection.

This is my little cutie on dance recital picture day.

I really loved this floral paper but I felt it was a bit too busy under the photo as-is.  So I smooshed a layer of gesso onto the area of the focal point.  I added some drywall tape for texture and then added some modeling paste through a Prima stencil.  I did just a bit of stamping with a Prima script stamp and then flicked some drops of color with Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays.

I love to use doilies in my paper layers.  It adds a nice feminine feel and softens up the straight edges of the paper.  I also like to tear the edges of some of the papers.  I tucked in some chipboard pieces, stickers, fussy-cut elements, and a Prima brad on the left side of the page.

The right side cluster consists of one of the beautiful Prima floral vines, an individual Prima flower, some fussy cut flowerr, stickers, and a Prima brad.  It's all dabbed ever so slightly with white gesso for a softening and blending effect.

Here's the beautiful limited edition kit:

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Moments - My Creative Scrapbook

I'm back to share my third January layout for My Creative Scrapbook kit club using the gorgeous limited edition kit.

I love this whitewashed woodgrain paper!  I prepped it with a coat of clear gesso, then applied modeling paste through a Prima stencil, added some stamping with Prima stamps, and added some drops of color using Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays.

I clustered some Prima flowers, fussy-cut elements from the Kaisercraft papers, Kaisercraft stickers, and Prima brads on each side of the focal point.

Everything got a subtle touch of white gesso to soften up the look.

Here's the beautiful limited edition kit:

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I Treasure You - My Creative Scrapbook

I'm here with my second January layout for My Creative Scrapbook kit club.  This is another layout made with the limited edition kit which features Kaisercraft's Ooh La La collection.

There are several gorgeous elements in this collection!  I fussy cut two clusters of flowers and that cute bird, and used them to embellish the page.

There are beautiful Prima metal pieces in the kit.  I used two of them on this page.

I think I splash some Heidi Swapp color shine in gold on just about every project lately!  I've also used some pink sprays from Lindy's Stamp Gang.

Here's the beautiful limited edition kit:

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It's Not What We Have in Life That Matters - My Creative Scrapbook

It's January kit reveal time at My Creative Scrapbook kit club! I got to design with the gorgeous limited edition kit which features Kaisercraft's Ooh La La collection.  Here's my first layout:

This is a photo of my daughter and her wonderful dance teacher after their final performance of last season.

The colors, patterns, and phrases in this collection are just beautiful!

I clustered some gorgeous Prima flowers and leaves with some fussy cut flowers and leaves from the Kaisercraft paper and dabbed them all slightly with some gesso.

The background is prepped with gesso and then treated with modeling paste through the stencil from the kit, drops of Lindy's Stamp Gang and Heidi Swapp sprays, and stamping with a Viva Las Vegastamps stamp.

Here's the beautiful limited edition kit:

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Sweet on You - Blue Fern Studios

Hello, friends!

I'm back with my third layout this month for Blue Fern Studios.  Like yesterday, today my layout features the beautiful new Heartland collection.

One of the things that I love about living in Las Vegas is the fact that we can spend time outdoors during the winter without freezing.  I took this photo of my daughter a little over a month ago while she was posing in our backyard.

Ohh are the Heartland flowers pretty!  I clustered some light pink and white Heartland Roses and Blooms with some dark pink and white Heartland Blossoms and dabbed them slightly with gesso for a softening effect.  I tucked in a chipboard piece from the "Winter Page Dangles" set which I treated with Silver Bells embossing powder.

The "Sweet on You" chipboard piece was also treated with Silver Bells embossing powder and a few dabs of gesso to blend it with the rest of the page.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

paper: Heartland (Valentine Party, Kiss Kiss, Love Notes)

chipboard: Sweet on You, Winter Page Dangles

embossing powder: Silver Bells

flowers: Heartland Blossoms, Heartland Roses and Blooms

stamp: Esssential Textures

other products used:

enamel heart: Bella Blvd.

stencil: Prima Marketing

sprays: Lindy's Stamp Gang

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Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Sweet - Blue Fern Studios

Hi, blog friends! I have my second Blue Fern Studios share today.  This layout features the brand new totally gorgeous Heartland collection.  I'm in love!

When I first laid eyes on the Heartland collection's Red Rose Ball paper, I immediately knew that I wanted to use a photo of my daughter in her jazz costume from last dance season.  That red costume was just screamin' for this paper!  I chose this sweet photo of Allison and her friend, Trinity, and as such, chose the "Sweet" chipboard piece for the title, which I embossed with Antique Gold powder.

 I used the "Heartland Corner" chipboard piece to frame the photo.  I embossed part of it with Antique Gold embossing powder and part with Snow embossing powder for some contrast.

My flower cluster contains gorgeous blooms from 4 different Blue Fern collections: Heartland Blossoms, Heartland Roses and Blooms, Christmas Blossoms, and Spring Lilies.  I added a metal piece, a resin flower, sequins and bling from my stash.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

paper: Heartland (Red Rose Ball, Kiss Kiss, Love Notes)

chipboard: Heartland Corner, Sweet

embossing powder: Antique Gold, Snow

flowers: Heartland Blossoms, Heartland Roses and Blooms, Christmas Blooms, Spring Lilies

stamp: Serendipity Medley

other products used:

sprays: Lindy's Stamp Gang, Heidi Swapp

resin flowers: Fancy Pants

gems: Queen & Co.

sequins: Teresa Collins

metal embellishment: misc.

It's a Holly Jolly Christmas - Blue Fern Studios

Happy New Year, friends!

I love the new beginnings that come along with a new year.  Today is my debut on the Blue Fern Studios design team, and I am so excited!

My first share is this layout featuring the Vintage Christmas collection.

This is my daughter on Christmas day in 2015.  She looks so joyful in the photo, so I felt that the "It's a Holly Jolly Christmas" chipboard piece was a great match.  I heat embossed it with Antique Gold embossing powder.

I used the same embossing powder on some of the Turkish Bits chipboard pieces, and I tucked them in behind my flower clusters.

I have a tremendous love for flowers, so I love to use them in clusters on my projects.  I used a handful of the Christmas Blooms and Soft Blossoms, which I supplemented with a few additional flowers from my stash.

The flowers all have a subtle touch of gesso dabbed on to soften up the look.  Below you can get a pretty good luck at one of my favorite Blue Fern stamps which I used with black ink on my background.  It's from the Forever set, and it adds awesome detail to the background.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

paper: Vintage Christmas (Magical, Noel, Deck the Halls)

chipboard: It's a Holly Jolly Christmas, Turkish Bits

embossing powder: Antique Gold

flowers: Christmas Blooms, Soft Blossoms

stamp: Forever

other products used:

flowers: Petaloo

sprays: Lindy's Stamp Gang, Heidi Swapp