Sunday, August 20, 2023

Lucy 6-6-2022

I have room on my Gali & Lucy wall in my scrapbook room for two more pages
so I decided to make duplicate layouts of my sweet girls,
who are so deserving of dainty pink pages. 
A mix of mostly pinks, pastel yellows, white & greens 
made their layouts "all GIRL".

This is Gali's page made nearly identical with Lucy's. 
Click here to go to Gali's blog post.

I chose 49 and Market's Color Swatch Blossom collection
 because of its beautiful pink hues.

The photo is placed with a foam sheet to raise it up. 
The background paper is a soft green and is 
die cut with a beautiful rectangle die.

Mixing a pinch of Lindy's Gang Magical mica color "Salt Water Taffy" 
with flexible modeling paste resulted in 
a subtle, yet beautiful soft pink pastel!

Random areas were then stenciled with this mixture using 
Prima Finnabair "Vintage Wallpaper" stencil. 

On the top half of the layout, I've glued tiny ceramic white flowers with pink centers in a few random spots. I'll be sad when I run out of these little beauties.  
I still have around 110 left.
You will see them in a few of the photos.

For the top left corner of the page,
I cut The Dusty Attic Mini Trim in half to form a corner piece.
It's colored with "Bamboo Leaves" dye ink.
Flowers & basil colored reindeer moss were added,
along with the gorgeously detailed ReneaBouquets pink butterfly.

The title "Lucy 6-6-2022" is computer printed using English Script font, 
which was then adhered with foam tape to raise it up off the page.


Below the photo is a Dusty Attic lacy chipboard piece
that is heat embossed in Blue Fern Studios color "Pink Dust".
Added to this piece are three tiny 2-tone pink open roses.

On the very top right corner of the photo 
are beautiful chipboard hearts by Dusty Attic.
These are heat embossed in BFS color "Pink Dust". 


Flanking each side of the photo are floral arrangements made with 49 and Market flowers & acetate leaves; Wild Orchid Craft flowers; reindeer moss; leafy die cuts; handmade pink bead stems; and ReneaBouquets beautiful pink butterflies.







Thanks so much for stopping by!
Wishing you all many blessed days ahead.
Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

49 and Market - Color Swatch "Blossom" collection 

Paper #1 - main layout

Acetate Leaves
(used under flower arrangements)


49 and Market - Curator's Botanical collection
Solids #3 (green color under photo)


49 and Market  - flowers
Royal Posies - Bashful color

Royal Spray - Bashful color

Royal Spray - Passion Pink color

ReneaBouquets - butterflies

Aurora Borealis Pink
Dbl side printed Magical Miniatures
and
Single side printed Butterfly Kisses


Wild Orchid Crafts - flowers
2-tone Champagne Pink Gardenia 35mm


2-tone Rosy Pink Heather

White Heather

Mini Pink Gardenia

2-tone Baby Pink/Ivory Aster Daisies

2-tone Mini Baby Pink/Ivory Sweethearts
Mini Pink Sweethearts

2-tone Pink Open Roses 10mm


Hobby Lobby - Reindeer Moss
Basil color



The Dusty Attic - chipboards
Small Heart Attack Panel #2

Lacy Trims

Mini Trim #1



Prima Finnabair - 6" x 9" Stencil
Vintage Wallpaper


Cheery Lynn Designs Die - Horizon Rectangle 


Tattered Lace Die - Paradise Ferns


Media
Liquitex Professional Flexible Modeling Paste
(for stenciling)


Lindy's Gang Nantucket Pearls Magical Mica Set
(used 'Salt Water Taffy' color with modeling paste)

Liquitex White Gesso
(chipboard - 1st step to prep before embossing)




VersaMark Watermark 
(chipboard - 2nd step to prep before embossing)


Blue Fern Studios EP
"Pink Dust"
(used on hearts & lacy trim chipboards)


Tsukeniko Memento Dye Ink
"Bamboo Leaves"
(used on top left mini chipboard)


Lindy's Gang Flat Fabio Spray
"Bonjour Butter"
(used to color white Heather flowers)

Tools
Sizzix Big Shot

Sizzix Magnetic Platform

Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Paper Trimmer

Paper Studio Embossing Heat Tool


Adhesives
Beacon 3-in-1 Glue

Nuvo Craft Glue

Scor-Tape

Scrapbook.com Adhesive Foam Sheets

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Lily Fair

I felt like coloring again, so I did!! 
I chose one of Kerby Rosanes artistic drawings 
and named it "Lily Fair" for obvious reasons. 

If you didn't already notice, 
I chose to use 3 colors for the Fair that's nestled in the beautiful lily flower.
Aqua, Pink & Yellow.
I felt it would make the Fair stand out more.


Then came the butterflies surrounding the flower.
I decided to color them in the same three colors that I chose for the Fair.



I'm back into coloring again!
I hope to continue with more.
Take care and have a blessed day,
Lisa

Products used:

Kerby Rosanes Worlds Within Worlds Coloring Book

 

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils


Prismacolor Sharpener


Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Grumbacher Final Fixative Spray

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Get Well Card for Lorna

 My good friend, Lorna, has been trying to overcome an illness 
for quite awhile, so I decided
to make her a quick CAS (clean & simple) get well card.

I was finally able to use my lovely edger die for the very first time!
It's perfect because Lorna LOVES hummingbirds!

I used solid colored cardstock;
then added elements from 49 and Market's 
Spectrum Gardenia collection.

This is the card fully opened.

Laser cut flowers and a rub-on butterfly

Laser cut flowers

Thanks for stopping in!
Have a blessed day.
Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Creative Expressions Die
Hummingbird Edger


Recollections solid cardstock-Pink & Aqua

49 and Market - Spectrum Gardenia collection
Floral Laser Cuts

Botanical Rub-Ons


Tools
Fiskars 12" SureCut Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Sizzix Big Shot Machine

Sizzix Magnetic Platform

Basic Grey Rub On Tool

Adhesives
Nuvo Glue

Scor-Tape

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Tutorial - 5-1/4" x 7-1/2" Envelope

 Do you ever make 5" x 7" cards and by the time you've embellished with flowers, butterflies and other items, the card isn't able to properly fit inside a 
standard 5" x 7" envelope?
Plus the fact that a true 5x7 card won't fit into a 5x7 envelope
 because they are the same size!
The solution is to make your envelope slightly larger.

This has happened one too many times with me,
so I've come up with my own measurements and have put together this tutorial 
for myself and anyone else who may find it useful. 








CONGRATULATIONS!

You have created a beautiful envelope worthy of being mailed!