All The B's - Being Beautiful Breanna

Hello! I'm back this week with an idea that I have had going

around in my head for some time. When I was cleaning/organizing/purging my

craft room a few months ago I realized that I had accumulated quite quite a lovely collection

of chipboard & grungeboard alphabets. It was time to start using these.

This is what I decided to do ~~~

I started with an 8x10 canvas and my collection of alphabets.

I first went through and spelled out my daughters name then pulled out all the B's.

I figured out the layout then using matte medium adhered them all down to the canvas. I then covered the entire canvas in the matte medium. I let this dry completely then applied 3 coats of white gesso.

I was finally ready to add my colours -

Dylusion's Sprays in Pure Sunshine, Squeezed Orange & Funky Fushia.

I love these colours together! So bright & sunny.

Next I added some Distress Ink in similiar colours just to help the letters pop a bit.

I also added some patterns using my layering stencils.

Lastly it was time to add a bit of grunge with my Hickory Smoke Distress Crayon along the edges and around the letters.

It was time for a few embellishments - 

I kept the embellishments pretty simple. 

Thanks to my craft bestie Nicole Wright for letting me browse her impressive die collection - thats where I found the new Rolled Flower Die from Sizzix by Eileen Hull.

I cut the die cut in half stapled it back together in the shape you see here and using the blunt end of a paint brush shaped the petals. Before adhering to my frame I added a bit of Hickory Smoke 

Distress Ink to the edges.

submitted to the following challenges:

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - June Challenge

1 Background.4 Cards.Valentine's Day Edition

I'm back with another quick background that I made into 4 cards

especially for Valentine's Day.

This one I made especially for my husband - this year will be our 25th Valentine's Day together.

I truly believe that our love has made many impossible situations possible. 

Ok - enough of the sappiness let get on to the craftiness!

My base is a 9x12 sheet of 140lb cold press watercolour paper that I dragged through 4 Distress Stain Colours that I smooshed on to my splat mat and spritzed with water.

Once I was happy with the result I dried my paper and trimmed it down to 4 card fronts.

For these 4 cards I used the Collaged Hearts stamp set from Dina Wakely, the Urban Chic stamp set from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, and the script "Love" stamp from Stampin' Up!.

While rummaging through my stash I found this 'LOVE' stamp - its almost 2" tall and completely awesome! After I stamped it I used a white paint pen to outline one side of the word and then I used my Hickory Smoke Distress Marker on the other side, 

I just love how it makes the word pop off the background.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today! 

I would like to submit this to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Have A Heart

Try It On Tuesday - A Fine Romance
4 Crafty Chicks - #284 Love
Stamps & Stencils - Splatter Spritz Smoosh

Tim Tag - October 2015

Its time for another Tim Tag! 

I don't own any of the monster dies - they really aren't my style - so I decided to use my Pumpkin Parts die and transform it into a jack o' lantern.

I just love his cute smile!

I then tranferred the "Happy Halloween" from the Curiosities Remnant Rubs on to a small piece of canvas I had in my stash. I inked up the edges with Ground Espresso Distress Ink. I also added a couple of spiders to the background too.

The Prize Cameo Charm from Emerald Creek. It is the perfect size for the '31' from the 8x8 Regions Beyond Paper Stash from Tim Holtz Idea-ology. I inked the Shatter Stencil with Hickory Smoke onto my background as well.

My completed tag - 

Submitted to challenges:

Tim Holtz - October 2015

Anything But Cute - 31 Days Of Halloween

 Thanks for visiting my blog today!