So Pretty and Nice

I just had to scrap this recent photo (9/26/14) of my gorgeous Gali (officially named Galadrial). She was lounging in her most favorite spot on the corner of the breakfast table next to the bay windows where she watches doves & sparrows feed and then falls asleep in the process (hee hee).  Before we lucked out to have her in our home, she was a show cat and also a breeding queen, who kept the perfect Birman genes going in her bloodline with two litters!  It is difficult to photograph her because she has such a very dark chocolate face mask and her demeanor is so sweet, innocent & girly that she doesn’t open her eyes nearly as wide as her baby daughter Lucy does. 

Gali is very mellow and laid back.  I am so blessed to have the best of both worlds – rambunctious & hilarious (Lucy) and loving, sweet, mellow, who becomes a big kitten sometimes (Gali).  Mama Gali & her baby daughter, Lucy, really love each other and get along so well.  They are playmates (as long as Miss Gali tolerates Lucy’s relentless playfulness).  Guess their opposite nature complements each other. : ) 

I always say to Miss Gali that she is “So Pretty and Nice” – thus the title of this LO of my sweetie heart!

I chose Kaisercraft’s Lavender Haze collection with its dainty pink and blue colors.  This particular page had some black splatter print on it, so I used black gesso to stencil some Tim Holtz splatters on some of the edges of the main page. 

 

I incorporated jet black color throughout this layout to stand out against the pastel colors. The chipboard cursive script title custom made by Want2Scrap was heat embossed with pure black.

Check out the stamps I used. 

The round doily is so cute and very intricately detailed. 

I used a pink color pencil to fill in the hearts in the stamp design. 

I got this idea to add color with a color pencil from my sweet friend, Tracy Funk.  Even though she uses watercolor pencils (in such an artistic and beautiful way), the thought of coloring in something really inspired me! 
Visit her totally awesome blog My Funky Scrapbook Blog.  

 

I found this dragonfly stamp in the $1 bin at Michael’s!  It is so incredibly detailed!  I never leave Michael’s until I’ve carefully scanned through the bargain bins : ).

I used ready-cut outs from the Lavender Haze collection for decoration; one being a tag, dragonfly and flag that I glued together with a word block by Recollections; made a double layered dragonfly; and also placed a dragonfly with a foam circle on top of a bottle cap to place in the center of the doily stamp.  All made neat embellishments for this LO.

 

 

 

 

Well, it's time to move on to the next project – scrapping my Grand kitties : ).

Thanks for stopping by for a peek!  Have a fabulous day!  Lisa : )

Products used:

Kaisercraft Lavender Haze collection

    ~ pages named “Mulberry” & “Jacaranda”

    ~ collectables (ready cut-outs)

Martha Stewart circle punch - “Triple Loop”

Tim Holtz layering stencil - “Splatters”

WeRMemory Keepers stamp - “Round Doily”

Michael’s  $1 bin stamp – dragonfly

Recollections – metal jeweled flowers

Wild Orchid Crafts – Pink toned sweetheart blossoms

Pigment ink - black

 



You Brighten My Days Lucy

I photograph my sweet pets often.  Along with their beauty comes a bit of a task getting the right pose and also the right lighting.  Their dark chocolate colored face mask will hide their beauty if you don't get them to look up and remain still for a split second to snap the camera. LOL!   I photograph them without a flash mostly to allow their stunningly gorgeous blue eyes to be the natural color they were born with, instead of having to fix red eyes on my photo program.

I’m so excited about this recent photo of my Lucy (officially named “I Love Lucy”)! 

She was lounging on the kitchen bar.  There was perfect light streaming in and she just looked absolutely precious!

 

Drum roll please…….Tah-Dah!  

I am so proud to show you my precious baby, Lucy!

Normally, I scrap Lucy in very bright colors because she has the rambunctious personality to match!  This time, she looks so sweet and dainty in this photo, so I went with these feelings.  I chose paper from the DCWV “Primrose Stack” because of the buff color background and tiny pale blue flowers – both colors are found on Lucy : ).

 

Lucy really does brighten my days with her playful antics – like jumping up right in the middle of my scrapbooking (usually every single time I’m scrapping-hee hee), stealing flowers in her mouth and running off with them.  It is HILARIOUS!  So, because she is my little bright star, I used the mini North Star stencil and randomly added navy & baby blue bling to some of the centers.

 

The beautiful chipboard script words are custom made by Want2Scrap.  I LOVE ordering customized words and quotes!  I first coated them in gesso; followed by Vanilla acrylic paint then decided to change the color and topped them with pigment ink color “Blue Iris” with highlights of archival dye ink “Frosted Plum”.  This color inspiration came from the beautiful colors in the butterflies I chose to use on this layout. 

 

The flower vine was heavily sprayed with LSG Moon Shadow Mist “Buccaneer Bay Blue” (a gorgeous color! Wow!) – check out the blue in the leaves seen so clearly in the photo below! I also added spritzes of LSG Moon Shadow Mist color “Gossamer Gold”.  To lighten up the dark colors, I brushed the tops of the flowers with pigment ink color “Spring Pansy”; then added Prima pastel roses to the vine for pops of color.

If you look closely you will notice that a very fine cat hair rests among these flowers! LOL!  Lucy is on top of my things every time I scrap looking for something interesting to play with or steal, so I decided to leave it on my page where it belongs : )!

Thanks so much for the visit and hope Lucy made you smile!

Have a great day!  Lisa : )

Products used:

DCWV – The Primrose Stack collection

Recollections – textured paper & blue flower

TCW 6x6 stencil – Mini North Star

Liquitex Flexible Modeling Paste

Recollections mini bling

K&Company - "Brenda Walton" butterflies

Prima – Fairy Belle collection Pixie Vine

Prima flowers – Lil Missy, Mini Sachet “Plum” & “Lagoon”

Lindy’s Stamp Gang – Moon Shadow Mists “Buccaneer Bay Blue” & “Gossamer Gold”

Pigment ink colors - Blue Iris, Spring Pansy, Frosted Plum & Chestnut

 

 

My "Jane" layout made the advertisement on Scrapbook.com email

Oct. 21st, my "Jane" layout was used as an example on an email sent out by scrapbook.com that was advertising the new Bo Bunny collection "Madeleine"!  WOW!  What an honor for me!  I am so thrilled!  I know that my Mom would be especially giddy over this and proud too!   I made my layout a bit larger so you could see it right away  : )  You can click on the picture and it will take you directly to my scrapbook.com gallery where you see the "Jane" layout in large view.  yippee!

Here is what the email looks like:

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