Winner winner chicken dinner & a sneak peek!

Hi there! I promised I would announce the winner of the giveaway shortly after posting my last layout, but it's taken me longer than anticipated to get everything done, and get some down time to sit down and write a little. Sorry! Life just gets in the way sometimes I tell ya! LOL 

Well, I'm here now, and ready to spill the beans, but besides the news of the winner,  I wanted to share a sneak of one of the next projects I'll be sharing with you this coming week. I also wanted to link you to a video I just posted on some crafting products I have for sale. I need to make some room in my craftroom, and the things I'm selling are dies, punches, and other things that are still on their original packages because they were never used.

First, take a look at the peek of one of the next projecst I'll be sharing with you this week.

It's a small shadow box layout that I made for the Lindy's Stamp Gang booth at CHA this winter. You won't believe when I show you the "before" picture,-----what this box looked like. I'm very happy how it turned out, and can't wait to share it with you. I wish I had the time right now to get on the details of it, but I really have no time. It's a miracle I even got time to reveal the winner today. It was driving me nuts that I was keeping everybody waiting!

To watch the video of the lots of supplies I have for sale please click HERE.

And now, what you all have been waiting for, I'll announce the winner of the giveaway! Yay! Thank you ALL so much for participating, and visiting my blog this past month. I truly appreciate it, and hope the journey has inspired you to keep coming back to see the projects I'll keep sharing. I appreciate your comments, and encouragement. I have lots of things coming up, including another blog giveaway (I always have so much giving stuff away, I just had to keep on sharing the love), as well as a a big giveaway on my YouTube channel to celebrate my subscribers, more scrapbooking layouts, cards, minis, tutorials (next one is my microfine glitter tutorial), oh, and some great scrappy news I just received, but can't share just yet =D So, the winner is.....drumroll please...lol...FernCreations!!!! Congratulations! Please e-mail me your contact information so I can mail you your goodies this coming week.
Thanks again everyone!

Life is good!

Sometimes we just need some pattern paper in our lives, right? lol Well I needed it, and  this time I flaunted it! I wanted to share this layout with you I created with the Paper Niche's February Design kit, and yes, both this, and the previous layout came from the same kit. Can you believe it??? Don't you just LOVE the versatility of the kit? So blessed to be able to design with them. I am always really pleased with all the variety of products that come in it every month.

The  picture I chose to scrap this time, is very different from the regular pictures I usually choose to scrap. This picture had very few details in it, and mainly all silhouettes, and solid colors. This is mainly the reason why I chose to work with such "loud" patterns as I did...I thought the picture could handle it lol.

So for this layout I did ALL fussy cut embellishments. I wanted to challenge myself to do something totally different from what I usually do...I laid off all the bulky embellishments, and instead cut my own, and assembled what I can humbly say looks like a pretty unique looking layout.

I used foam adhesive to pop off the page most of the images I fussy cut, and it gives it just the right amount of dimension without the usual bulk you can get from adding things like mulberry flowers, metal pieces, and/or acrylic accents.

I think I stuck to my challenge and won. It's definitely different from what I usually do, but I like it. I guess sometimes different is good lol.

So, it's March 1st and my blog giveaway time has ended. If you followed the rules, stay tuned because I will be posting the winner shortly. I'm also going to be sharing a video of some craft supplies I'm selling as well as giving you some info on more giveaways. I just love doing them. See you then!

Adore U

I'm happy to show you today a layout I completed using The Paper Niche's February Design Kit. Everything on the layout is from the kit, and I just love the look of this layout. The pictures are from Thanksgiving two years ago, and I just love these. I took them myself, and they are some of my favorites of my Emily.

For the Pink Paislee wooden letters that come in the kit, I used my Lindy's Stamp Gang Spray in the color My Mojito Green, one of my favorite greens in the Lindy's Stamp Gang Collection of Sprays.

 I love the Prima embellishments from this layout, specially the details on this butterfly. It's definitely gliterrific! (OMG did I just write that!---you can definitely tell I have a two year old!)

I did a lot of fussy cutting with some of the papers in the kit, and added the shapes I cut as my embellishments. That's always a good way to add accents to your projects without adding bulk to them, or spending extra money on embellishments. Just a few foam adhesive dots to add a bit of dimension, and all the paper accents pop off the page. Don't you just love saving money? I do!
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Tag #7

The time to share the final tag I created to hang on my CHA 2012 dress form has finally arrived! I'm excited because I have other types of projects to share with you coming up =D

Alright, lets get right to it! The base of this tag is white light weight chipboard which I embossed  using my Fleur De Lis embossing folder by Provo Craft. After I embossed it, I sprayed the entire tag with my Tiffany's Blue Starburst Spray.

I then cut out a Fleur de Lis using Sizzix Fleur de Lis die, and medium weight chipboard. I embossed the Fleur the Lis with King Midas Gold embossing powder, and layered on top of a scrap chipboard piece I sprayed with Cadbury Milk Chocolate Starburst Spray.

After that, I cut out of design paper from the Flea Market Collection, a fancy label using one of my Fancy Label #2 Dies from Spellbinders. I layered on top of that a brown oval which I sprayed with Cadbury Milk Chocolate, and on top of that I layered the stamped image you see, which is from the TJ Designs Rubber Stamp set I used while making all the tags I've shared with the Parisian theme.

I added some blue bling to accent the stamped image, and then added some small mulberry paper roses, and lace at the bottom of the tag. 

The flowers were colored with three different colors: Cotton Candy Pink, Icy Primrose Gold, and Frosted Forget Me Nots. To finish off the tag I added some ivory organza ribbon at the top, and some gold cording to accent that ribbon at the top of the tag. 

This particular tag was one of my favorites I've made, and I really like all the dimension and shimmer on it. I hope you enjoyed these seven tags I've shared with you in the last few days, and hope you are ready for all the different projects I have to share with you next.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tag #6

As you might have noticed, most of the tags I've been showing are simple tags. They were not overly embellished because I wanted the Lindy's Stamp Gang products to be the star =D

On this tag I have another wooden crown (similar to the one I used on tag #5 on my previous post), which I painted using my Starburst Stain in the color Wild Honey Suckle Coral, and embellished using some silver bling pieces. I framed the crown with a frame I cut out of medium weight chipboard using the Sizzix Frame Hanging with Scallop die. I then took the frame and embossed it using one of Tim Holtz's embossing folders, and sprayed it with my Scintilating Silver Glitz Spritz. I added two acrylic transparent flowers to both sides of the frame to accent it with some bling factor lol.

On the top of the tag I added three mulberry paper roses, six mulberry paper mini rose buds, three script mulberry paper leaves, and two clear  beaded sprays. The big rose I colored using my Wild Honey Suckle Coral Starburst Spray. The two small roses I colored using Glory of the Seas Gold , and then I embossed the edges the the petals using Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder in the color Geranium Coral Blush. The mini rose buds where colored using two different Starburst Sprays: Frosted Forget Me Nots and Magnolia Magenta Gold. I also sprayed the three leaves with My Mojito Green Starburst Stain.

At the bottom of the tag, I added a banner which I cut using one of my Spellbinders Ribbon Banner dies. I stampped Oooh-la-la! with brown ink, and distressed the inside of the banner with Stormy Sky Distress Ink. I also added some ivory, beaded ribbon to add a little bit more sparkle.

The background of the tag I kept very simple with just the designer paper, which was from the Colorbok Flea Market Collection. Leaving it plain allowed for all the shimmer in all the other elements of the tag to  pop out much better than if I had done something else to it, and like I always say sometimes, less is more. Hope you enjoyed!

Tag #5

I hope you are not getting sick of tags, because I still have a few more to show you =D. This particular one was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest. It had the two birds kissing, and I just had to get this bird idea into one of these spring tags.

The base of the tag is manila cardstock and I embossed a script stamp made by Stampin up, using Byzantine Bronze embossing powder. I cut out Tim Holtz's bird cage using medium weight chipboard, and I then embossed it using Weeping Willow Green Gold embossing powder. 

 

I also cut out the Tim Holtz birds (from his birdcage die of course), from medium weight chipboard, which I covered in old music paper, and sprayed with Desert Moon Cactus Gold Glitz Spritz.
On top of the birdcage I added a wooden crown I found at my local craft store. I painted the crown in two colors: Alpine Ice Rose and Glory of the Seas Gold. After that, I just added some Kaiser Craft green bling pieces for one more touch of sparkle.
I took a piece of vellum paper and embossed the word Amour using regular black embossing powder. I then punched the word out using my Stampin up label punch. I also finished that with two green bling pieces from Kaiser craft.

The bottom of the tag is made up of a raffia bow, some mulberry paper flowers colored with Alpine Ice Rose and Glory of the Seas Gold , green beaded leaf sprays, and some orange Making Memories crochet lace.
Hope you enjoyed this one. Just two more to go!
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Tag #4

Keeping up with the dark background tags I made, here's tag #4 for you. I again used some black light weight chipboard for the base, and used my Lindy's Stamp Gang Products to make the background. For this one I first sprayed the entire tag using my Open Arms Amethyst Starburst Spray, and then I embossed using King Midas Gold embossing powder and a fleur de lis stamp, found in that Parisian Themed TJ Designs Rubber Stamps set I used on my previous tags.

I then sprayed  a white doily I purchased at my local dollar store, using my Glitz Spritz Spray in the color Blazing Sun, and layered on top of it a felt piece I bought from my local Michael's, as well as a dress form, cut out of one of Accucut's Dress Form Dies. The paper collection on the dress form if from K&Co. Watercolor Bouquet. I sprayed the entire dress form after covering it with the paper, with the Glitz Spritz in the color Blazing Sun, added a mulberry paper flower which I colored with Open Arms Amethyst Starbusrt Stain, and finally added some trim for the skirt, and at the top of the tag.

Very simple tag that shows off all the of Lindy Stamp Gang goodness. The background is so rich, and everything shimmers!

Questions answered and Tag #3

Before I start with today's tag,  want to thank everyone who has been visiting my blog and leaving comments. I really appreciate you taking the time to stop by, and I hope you continue to do so in the future. I read each and every one of your comments, and I'm very happy to do so. 

I have received a few questions regarding my microfine glitter projects, and my altered dress form and tags which I want to address real quickly before I continue with today's tag.

First off, I wanted to let you know I will be making a video tutorial on all the microfine glitter techniques, so for those who are interested in learning more about it, expect it coming soon (as you know, it's been a little crazy around here, and well it's taken me longer than I'd hope to get this turorial filmed for you. Also, the microfine glitters are very easy to find online. or at your local scrapbook store. I know for a fact that The Paper Niche, My Favorite Things, and Simon Says Stamps carry them.

Regarding the dress form questions, I purchased  it at one of my local Ross stores. Dress forms are really popular now, and I've found many different varieties at TJ Maxx Stores, Marshalls, Home Goods and Ross. To change it's original color, I just purchased some spray paint at Walmart that was made specifically for painting metal objects. No priming was needed because the paint already had it mixed in. Saved me a lot of time too. Also, the Sizzix frame die I used in Tag #1 does fir through the Big shot and the Cuttlebug. I only have the Cuttlebug machine, and that's what I use to cut all the dies I use. I think that about covers everything for now.

Again, thanks so much for taking the time to comment and asking questions. If you ever need anything, feel free to e-mail me at smscrapper@gmail.com. I try to answer within 48 hours, if not sooner. It is hard to reply at the comments section because the person who asks the questions never knows when the question is answered unless they return to the comments section in the future. I usually try to visit the person's blog and answer there, but many don't have blogs, and therefore it's kind of difficult to get the answers back to them.

Alright now, for today's tag I did something completely different than the previous two tags. I used a black chipboard base which I sprayed with Witch's Potion Purple Starburst Spray, and then embossed using King Midas Gold embossing powder. The fleur de lis background stamp is from Stamper's Best, and I really wanted  a subtle pattern in the background, so I tried to not go too heavy on the embossing powder. The shimmer on both the spray, and the embossing powder really shows nicely on the dark background.

I added some Maya Road cream colored felt trim to the side of the tag, as well as some small mulberry paper flowers which I colored using more of my Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays. The colors I used on them where Tiger Lili Red Orange, California Golden Poppy and my Glitz Pritz in the Desert Moon Cactus Gold. I embossed the edges of some of the flowers with the King Midas Gold embossing powder too.

I added a metal key embellishment from a K&Co. embellishment pack from my stash, and I embossed it using King Midas Gold Embossing Powder. I layered the key on top of a Fancy Label I cut using one of my Fancy Labels Spellbinders dies. That piece I also sprayed with Desert Moon Cactus Gold. To finish I added some bling, as well as some gold and ivory ribbon at the top of the tag.
As you have been seeing, I tried to focus not only on the shimmer the LSG products give to your projects, but also on the different ways to use them. I particularly love using the embossing powders on  metal embellishments for my projects. Have you tried embossing your metals? Try it and you will be hooked!
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Tag #2

This next tag is very similar to the first tag I shared on my previous post, in the fact that it has a bow on top, and the center of attention is in the center of the tag as well.

As you can see, I used on this tag the piece from the inside of the frame I used on the previous tag I shared. I really don't like to waste, plus I love the shimmer it showed. I just had to use it right away.

The background of the tag is designer paper from the K&Co. Watercolor Bouquet Collection, and I sprayed it using Blazing Sun Glitz Spritz.

The bird cage and bird are both from the Mover's and Shaper's line of Tim Holtz's Alterations. I cut them out of light weight chipboard, and embossed them using Lindy Stamp Gang Embossing Powders. On the bird cage I did regular embossing using Spring Leaf Chartreuse Embossing Powder, after spraying some parts with My Mojito Green Starburst Spray. On the bird, I did the Intaglio Technique (you can watch a tutorial on how it is done HERE), using Kaiser Rudolph Russet Embossing Powder.
I used one of my Stamping up punches, and punched out the label where I stamped the word Paris. This stamp is also from the same TJ Designs Rubber Stamp Set I used on Tag #1, which I shared on my previous post.

I sprayed that label with my Glory of the Seas Gold Starburst Stain. I added some punch out leaves I punched with one of my Martha Stewart punches, pearls, and some pompom trim on both the bottom of the tag, and the mat underneath the birdcage. I used some ivory organza ribbon, as well as some pink seam binding to add a bow to the top of the tag, which I finished, by adding a small flower applique I found in my stash.
When I think of springtime, I think of bright colors, birds and butterflies. This tag to me screams springtime. More to come  =D
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Tag #1

Hi everyone!

After an awful week, which even included a short visit to the ER, I come to you to share all the tags I made for the ballerina form I introduced to you on my previous post. I'm alright, and back to normal now, so nothing to worry too much about. All the test results came out negative, so I'm doing well, except I can now say I suffer from severe migraines. Yippie. NOT! I have been prescribed some medication to help if anything similar happens again, but if it becomes a regular occurrence, I'm going to have to consult a neurologist for further treatment. Yuck. Oh, and did I mention, my daughter has an ear infection? Yeah, it's been tough lately.

Well, back to the fun stuff. I will be posting each tag on a separate post, just in order to list all products used, and separate them as well as their pictures, making it less confusing, and easy to get to.

Let's keep in mind that all these tags were made thinking of Paris, and Springtime, and here's the first one:

I used the Sizzix Frame Ornate #3 Die to frame in a stamped image of the Eiffel Tower, which I stamped and embossed with white embossing powder. The stamp comes from from the Parisian inspired TJ Design Rubber Stamp Set.
On the die-cut itself, I did the Tissue Paper Background Technique I showed you on a previous post, and of which you can find a tutorial HERE. The Lindy's Stamp Gang products I used on the frame were A Bit of Bubbly, and Icy Primrose Gold. I love mixing my Starburst Sprays to get different shades on my projects. On the background, which was designer paper from Colobok's Flea Market Collection, I sprayed the Blazing Sun Glitz Spritz. On the bottom of the tag I used two mulberry paper flowers which I colored using my Frosted Forget Me Not Starburst Stain. In the middle of those two flowers I added a beaded flower I got from my stash.

On the top, I added a satin double bow, accompanied by a lace applique bow. and an acrylic flower I had in my stash. I added a few pieces of "bling" on the ends of the frame, just to add a little bit more interest to it. I distressed all the edges of the the tag, and the frame using metallic white paint I bought from my local craft store.
I hope you are able to see all the shimmer from all the different sprays I used. More to come tomorrow!