iluvcats and scraps

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Sybil

To start this new year, I'm sharing a memorial tribute page of our sweet Sybil.
This is the very first time that I've scrapped her.

A month and a half after Sophie died, I adopted Sybil in Aug. 2007 from a shelter where she had lived for 3 months because the owner couldn't take care of her anymore. We gave her lots of love and attention for a short 1-1/2 years before she passed away 6-7-2009 of heart failure. The "Pink Garden" in our backyard was created so Sybil could have a proper resting place and also to give Sophie a memorial.

I have very few good photos of Sybil because she was not real photogenic.

This is my most favorite photo of her, taken on January 7, 2009.

To match Sybil's colors, I chose light blue, peach and brown as the color palette. She had an orangey-peach colored 'kissing dot' on the top of her head. Her nose was peach colored too. Her eyes were the lightest, prettiest baby blue. First, the page was sprayed with light blue and peach colors to start the layout.

The corner chippie is a gorgeous piece from Blue Fern Studios called Timeless Floral Corner. I emboss-painted it using Fran-táge Aged Ochre & Shabby Blue, as well as Lindy's Stamp Gang Fiddlehead Fern Green Blue. Salmon colored diamond dust, rhinestones in baby blue & peach colors, Wild Orchid Crafts mini peach colored Sweetheart Blossoms and Flower Soft in Pale Green color finished the piece.

Sizzix Tattered Florals BigZ die gave shape to the blue marbled vellum flowers I made.

Metal bead separators were used for the flower centers.

Even a tiny antique-white resin frame got a make-over with Fran-táge Shabby Blue embossing.

I used The Dusty Attic Foliage to create flower stems for the Wild Orchid Crafts peach colored Sweetheart Blossoms. I took pieces off the Foliage, heat embossed in Fran-táge Aged Ochre & Shabby Blue; then randomly placed them on the page...along with Rose-Gold colored rhinestones.

The Want2Scrap custom ordered chipboard title was left in its natural state and topped with Glossy Accents.

I really wanted to make a soft, dainty page with 'sparkle' for sweet Sybil.

I'm very happy how this turned out because she certainly deserves a pretty page.

Happy 2016 and thanks so much for visiting! Lisa : ) >^..^<

Products used:

Bo Bunny Garden Journal collection - pages: Delight, Post Card & Notebook

Blue Fern Studios

chipboard - Timeless Floral Corner

clear stamp - Shabby Edges (stamped in Distress Ink color Broken China then punched with Pointed Flower edge punch)

The Dusty Attic chipboard - Heart Attack Panel Small #2 (DA-1204) & Foliage (DA-0506)

Prima Color Bloom Spray Mist - Summer Sky & Lime Wedge

EK Success punches - Round Binding Edge & Pointed Flower

Sizzix BigZ Die - Tim Holtz - Tattered Florals

Stampendous Fran-táge embossing - Aged Ochre & Shabby Blue

Flower Soft - Pale Green

Wild Orchid Crafts flowers - peach colored Sweetheart Blossoms (regular #MKX-640) & (mini #MKX-265)

Petaloo - Chantilly Velvet Leaves (only the pair at the top right of the layout)

Want2Scrap - custom order chipboard title

Lindy's Stamp Gang -
    Starburst spray - Cape Cod Coral
    Flat Fabio spray - Oz's Emerald City (retired color)
    Embossing powder - Sunrise Salmon Gold & Fiddlehead Fern Green Blue
Recollections (Michael's) -
    Paper leaves (colored with Prima Lime Wedge & LSG Oz's Emerald City)
    Resin frame
    Rose Gold colored rhinestones
    Baby Blue colored rhinestones
    Peach colored rhinestones (square)
    Marbled vellum
    Metal bead separators
ColorBox Pigment Ink - Coral
Ranger - Glossy Accents
Cheesecloth

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Renaissance Beauty

Today I'm sharing a layout of my beautiful daughter, Brianne. This stunning photo was taken in November at the Texas Renaissance Festival. She bought the leather hat, that was stretched and shaped to her liking.

First I applied clear VersaMark watermark through the stencil and heat embossed in two colors: the gorgeous Fran-tàge Aged Black (jet black with gold flecks) & Fran-tàge Shabby Blue (baby blue with gold flecks)! The Shabby Blue was hard to see, so I outlined them with an extra fine point black Sharpie.

The design then fell into place. The black laced corset piece is from a shirt that Brianne had. I 'shabbied' it by pulling & ripping the bottom lace. I followed the great advice she had to tone down the starkness of the rich black. I added Finnabair Gold Rush Glass Glitter!

I used lots of Dusty Attic chippies. The butterflies are among my most fave! I heat embossed them with Lindy's Stamp Gang Candy Cane Red Gold and decorated the body & wings with some gold glitter glue. Here is the large butterfly next to the beautiful Wild Orchid Crafts roses. I rubbed gold wax on the red roses.

The mini dress form was left untouched in its natural state.

The corner flourish was heat embossed completely in Fran-tàge Shabby Blue.

The silver metal pieces come from an old Fossil brand belt of mine.

Punching part of the layout edge; adding tiny rhinestones in black and baby blue colors; a light blue & gold Prima flower; and a large jet black diamond cut brad finished my creation. I'm very pleased.......but who wouldn't be with such a gorgeous subject? : )

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you like my layout!

Have a great week, Lisa : )

Products used:

Bo Bunny - Somewhere in Time collection - page name: Passage