Beautiful Moments - Mixed Media Layout

It's day 1 of The Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival with Creative Scrapbooker Magazine.

If you get a chance to head out to Spruce Meadows and take in the show - there are lots of vendors, demo's & make & takes.

Here is a mixed media layout I designed using products from 3 vendors that be at the Carnival this weekend: Southern Ridge Trading Co, Emerald Creek Craft Supplies & Treasured Memories.

The amazing background paper is an exclusive line from Treasured Memories. 

It is gorgeous and includes florals, travel & vintage.

Karen from Southern Ridge Trading Co is a chipboard die & stencil manufacturer from Kamloops. Her products are fantastic and there are hundreds of designs!

I also used some charms & embossing powder from Emerald Creek.

Now on to the steps -

To start, I spread a layer of matte medium of the paper to protect it from the paint, gesso & 3D gel I would be using.

Next, I applied a coat of clear gesso to give the base some grip.

To start adding some texture I spread some crazing medium and random spots. 

I used some 3D gloss gel and stencils to add some more texture but not take away from the background paper. Once everything was dry I used my black soot Distress Crayon around the edges. 

I splattered some watered down white gesso & black gesso on my layout and finally dripped some Twinkling H20's.

I altered the chipboard pieces with Distress Paint and Twinkling H2O's. I also added some Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powders to the mushroom chipboard pieces.

I added a tiny porcelain flower to my faerie flower.

I added the Emerald Creek Faerie charm to the sentiment chipboard die with a jump ring.

Products used:

Treasured Memories Exclusive Paper

Southern Ridge Trading Co Chipboard

Mushroom Mix

Leafy Frame

Flower Fairy

Moments word

Emerald Creek Craft Supplies

Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powders

Wish Charm

Pinecone Charms

Faerie Charms

Distress Paint

Distress Crayons

Twinking H2O's

Matte Medium

Clear Gesso

Black Gesso

White Gesso

3D Gloss Gel

Tim Holtz Layering Stencils

Crazy about Crazy Dogs!

I was so excited to pick up my Crazy Dogs stamp set from Debbie's Scrap Shack last week 

& couldn't wait to make a few cards with them. 

I started by stamping my images with Versamark on to watermark paper &

embossed it with superfine black embossing powder.

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I coloured my images with Distress Markers and my water pen. I masked off

the image and sprinkled some Color Burst from Ken Oliver. A spritz of water and Bam! Those fantastic colours just pop! Gorgeous, right?

I love these! They create a fantastic background.

A sentiment stamp then adhered to my card base and I have a a quick & easy card!

Using the exact same techniques, I made 5 more cards.

Some I made with certain people in mind - just waiting for the perfect occasion. 

This stamp reminds me of my dog, Dakota. So I am sure I will use it the most.

This card explains my life everyday!

Technique Remix Time - August

I can't believe it's been a month since my last blog post! It's been a great summer but now it's time to get back in the craft room. Before I start working on Creative Chemistry 103 I wanted to get my tag for Tim's Technique Remix Challenge for August done. 

Check out Tim Holtz's Tag here.

Here is my take - I decided to go for a shabby garden look.

Before I did the Brayered Stain technique I stamped an image from the Mixed Media 2 stamp set from Stampers Anonymous. I used Old Paper Distress Paint to stamp it on to my tag.

I chose 3 Distress Stains to brayer on to my tag next - Victorian Velvet, Bundled Sage & Spun Sugar.

I just love how the Distress Paint stamped image resists the stain.

Before adding my elements I used my round blending tool to add some Bundled Sage Distress Ink to my tag. I forgot to take a photo of that step.

I used the Lattice Framework Die for the next technique. I die cut using chipboard for the main part and some pattern paper, cork & canvas for the insets. 

My flowers were made by layering two die cuts (one cardstock & one patterned paper) from the Tiny Tattered Florals set. I like the fuller look of the flower that this gives me.

I adhered a sentiment from the Casual Talk sticker pack before layering my Tint Tattered Floral over some Garden Greens die cut.

The theme for my take was inspired by the Shabby Garden Mood Board over at the Anything But Cute challenge blog. The mood board reminded of my grandma's garden on the farm but especially her lovely pink roses. 

Challenges Entered:

Tim Holtz Technique Remix - August