Pieces

So today is the Challenge 33 Punky Scraps reveal and it is a fabulous one. So run over there and play along this month, you could win a fantastic prize!! Here is my page which I titled 'Pieces':

We were to be inspired by this picture:


and this quote:

I edited the picture in Photoshop and added the quote. Here is a close up:

The background was created with clear tar gel, coarse pumice gel, and different colors of mist. I first added the gels using the empty sheet that held some round pop up dots, so I used it as a stencil. I then poured so mist onto the page and randomly move it around to get the streaks. I also splattered so more colors afterward.

I changed the colors of the alphas with mist and used my heat gun on them so the mist bubbled up and created a cool texture. I sprayed some black mist over the flowers to darken up the page.

Afterwards I felt it was too dark so I added the red gemstones. I made this page mostly using the October Scraps of Darkness kit. I hope you enjoyed it!!

Souless & Terrified

I have 2 Round Robin challenges due today. The first page is for the Scrapbook.com Round Robin. I am week 3 and I followed Rosita's layout Smile! It is also for the Title Challenge over at Scraps of Darkness. That challenge was to use the title 'Souless'

I used a picture that my boyfriend took in Key West of two spider webs. I think spiders are souless but I thought that the picture had a sort of beauty to it. I made this page with the Oct Scraps of Darkness Kit. I created the background by making random stitches throughout. The frame around the page is black paint, gel medium, stickles, and smooch ink.

Here are some closeups of the flowers and ribbons. Mod Podge has become one of my new favorite products. I love the effect it gave my black lace ribbon and it can adhere even the hard to adhere pieces!!

My next page is for the Scraps of Darkness Round Robin of which I am week 1. I also used the SOD kit. This page is titled 'Terrified'.

For some reason it feels very Edgar Allen Poe to me. I think it's cause of the birds and the purple. I don't think I am so crazy about this page though. This was the page I made to break my creativity block, and for some reason those first pages after the block breaks never look all that great to me. Maybe I am being overly critical but who knows. Here are some closeups:

So that's it from me for now. Look for my page for the first Punky Scraps Challenge for November. I am really loving how it's coming along. I also have a ton of ideas for other pages that I can't wait to get to. The only thing is that my free time has slightly diminished due to my new job. It'll even out though!! =D

Halloween Horror Nights 2010

I finally got my creativity back!!! I have been scrapping like crazy lately and it's wonderful! I also start my new job on Monday and I can't wait! So life is pretty good for me right now. It is with a heavy heart though that I share my last page for Little Shop of Sketches. Tanya has decided to close down the blog. There were some amazing sketches and I thank her for letting me be a part of it. I hope all goes well for her. To see the absolutely amazing last sketch just go to Little Shop of Sketches.

My take on it is titled 'Halloween Horror Nights 2010'

It was an amazingly fun night (well for the most part anyways). I made this with the All Hallow's Eve kit from Scraps of Darkness, this kit was fantastic. There are so many possibilities to create with it. I took the transparent frames and inked them with Distress inks to give them some color.

I also popped up the photos to add dimension. The red sparkly twig was actually too tall for my design so I cut some of it off.

I hope you guys enjoyed this page and would love to play along with the last sketch from Little Shop of Sketches. As it was my first design team assignment it will always have a special place in my heart.

The Descent

So during the month of October Scraps of Darkness is having a Halloween Horror Movie Contest. Subscribers are to create layouts of their favorite horror movie. I have a few. After searching for images, I found this incredible movie posters of one of my favorite horror flicks. The movie is called 'The Descent'. It is beyond creepy and gory. One of the coolest things about the movie is that the cast is entirely female, which doesn't happen often.

I created this with the September Passages SOD kit. The rocks are pieces of cork. I distressed the paper and crumbled it up to create the texture. I misted, painted, and stickled the paper then to add interest.
The movie is about a group of women who like to go on adventures every year. This year they decide to go caving. The main protagonist is still recovering from the death of her husband and child. They get into the the cave and then they realize they can't get out because the girl who planned the trip failed to mention that this cave was not on any of the maps. She wanted to be credited with discovering and exploring it. There are so weird creatures in there and people start dying. They spend the movie trying to survive, keep their secrets, and to get out. I never saw the end coming. I also could not sleep the night I saw this. My boyfriend also who never jumps at scary movies jumped at this one. Truly a fantastic film. I am thinking that I am inspired to also scrap some of my other favorite horror movies. We'll see how it goes.

Life is the GREATEST Fairy Tale

I have finally shaken off my creative block. It's kind of depressing to receive my fabulous SOD October kit and not feel the slightest inclination to create anything. Thankfully though last night my creativity came back!! Woo! Just in time too because my page for Little Shop of Sketches was due today. This bi-weekly's sketch is another one of mine.

Here is what I came up with:

My little sister's birthday is this month and I made this for her. She is obsessed with Snow White and the color purple. It took me forever to find a picture that would go nicely with purple. The title is 'Life is the GREATEST Fairy Tale' which a take off a Hans Christian Anderson quote. I printed the picture on vellum which I was inspired to do after I saw one of Lisa's (aka Raining) layouts. I love the effect.

I also made this for the Chippie challenge sponsored by 3 tails craft at scrapbook.com. Here are closeups of the three chippies. Two of them are the tags that I have the title on. I put the smaller one on top of the other. The last one is the small butterfly. I misted all the chippies. The smaller tag was also stamped and I added stickles to both tags.

I made the background with red and blue gelatos and with purple mist. I added letter stickers by The Girl's Paperie to create the squares of the sketch. The letters that I used actually spell out Snow White. You have to really look for it though ;)

And here's a picture of the big butterfly. I just love it. I had thought that something was missing on the canvas when this butterfly just literally dropped in my view. It was fate.

I don't think it will be another 2 weeks until I post something again. This project seems to have wakened up my creativity and I have at least three pages in my mind right now. The only problem will be finding time to create them!

Brat

Today to share with you guys I have Sketch 94 for Little Shop of Sketches. This sketch was designed by me and is my third ever sketch (but I think its my favorite :)).

When making a layout for this sketch I realized that it would work perfectly for a page I had in mind for the Scraps of Darkness Skeletons in the Closet Challenge. This month's topic was to scrap a self portrait of who you are when no one is looking. Well I am not afraid to admit that I am a huge brat when no one (but my boyfriend) is looking. I really feel like I should get my way all the time and when things don't go as planned I throw tantrums. Thankfully this occurs mostly in my head. Sometimes it does come out but I try to keep a lid on it most times ;) Feel free to join this challenge. The deadline is until November 15th. You do not have to be a kit subscriber to join. All are welcome! Skeletons in the Closet Challenge

The twists of the challenge was to use a photo that had been edited in some way, and to use some unconventional journaling. My journaling is the thesaurus entry for the word brat. Here is a close up:

I used the September Passages kit at SOD to create this page. I made the frame using black paint mixed with heavy gel medium. I cut out a stencil using my cricut and then gooped on the paint mixture. It created this really cool texture and it's really shiny in real life

The mat for the photo was a black and white page that I distressed, misted, and covered with spark mod podge. I also misted the background page A LOT.

The thin strips of paper and the flowers and the brads are partly gessoed and then I spritzed them with mist. This is one of my favorite techniques. I love the texture it creates and how it makes the colors pop.

I hope you guys enjoyed this page. Remember to play along with Little Shop of Sketches at our ning site!!

Love is Friendship set to Music

So here is my page for Challenge 29 over at Punky Scraps. This challenge was a recipe challenge. We had to use canvas, chipboard, 3 staples, a b&w photo, made is monochromatic, and use this to be inspired by

I used the September Passages kit from Scraps of Darkness. My page is titled 'Love is Friendship set to Music' which is a quote by E. Joseph Cossman.

I had an idea of how I want the page to look and I needed a specific circle punch that I did not have. I figured it wouldn't hurt to check out Hobby Lobby and Joanns. Unfortunately I could not find it and even though I had seen it at Michaels  I did not feel like driving 20 minutes to get there ( I can be crazy lazy sometimes). So I turned to my cricut and gypsy which I seriously don't use as much as I should. I found a design that wasn't actually similar but would work. However I screwed up by not letter the page dry enough before I put it in cutter. I had used Distress stains and inks on the paper to slightly change the color and because of that (and also the blade itself had gotten pretty dull) the design didn't cut right. When I tried to take the paper off the mat it started to break apart. I was pretty dismayed until I realized that putting the pieces together looked pretty darn cool. So I went with it and I seriously love how it turned out. Sometimes the best things happen through mistakes!

Here are the 3 staples

The chipboard, canvas (well I think these flowers are made out of canvas, it seemed like it. Honestly this was the closest thing I had to canvas)

Here is a closeup of the pin that Mandy (aka Craftysprinkles) made

This last picture is of the prima packaging that is oh so cool and fit so well with this kit. I really think I am going to end up using all the packaging. I inked it with Distress stains and mists. I also used some Vintage Photo ink around the edges of the photo to add interest.

I used a brown monochromatic color scheme. The butterflies and music notes are the inspiration I received from the image.

I hope you guys will play along at Punky Scraps! Remember to link up in order to win a super fabulous prize from Little Yellow House Kits!!!

Golden Gate Bridge

So here is yet another page for my parent's scrapbook. Recently I have made myself consider those pictures first so that I can finish this book soon. Hopefully before Christmas. I am so slow ::shakes head in shame:: I created this using the Scraps of Darkness Passages Kit (which is all about travel so how perfect is that?) and this is also for the Round Robin over there, I am week one, group 4. I titled this 'Golden Gate Bridge' because it is about ... The Golden Gate Bridge!! (I amuse myself ;))

So I was definitely inspired by Nancy (aka Nancola) with the stitching and the full cut design in the bg. In fact I think I used the same cartridge and design that she did in her layout. I also was playing with layers which isn't something that I do very well. When all was finished I felt like it was missing something and that's when I brought out the gesso and mists I swore I wasn't going to touch this time. LOL whatever it makes me happy right? Here are some closeups:

The stitching is all hand stitched which is why it's not perfect ;) This page gave me such a hard time. I literally just finished it. I usually never leave a page so last minute. The crazy part is that I finished 3 other pages that weren't even due until a few weeks from now! Sometimes I know I make no sense ;D