iluvcats and scraps

Monday, May 28, 2018

Keep On ~ Keepin' On TAG

Hope everyone had a very nice Memorial Day and also that everyone thought about & prayed for loved ones and ALL that serve (or served and/or lost their valuable life) in our military!
I was determined to relax today, so I decided to be creative and join a challenge too!

I am so inspired by an awesome artist, Nancy Dynes, whose work I absolutely love!
She made a card with a 'belly band' and it really caught my eye!
Thanks to Nancy for this inspiration!

I've entered my tag in the More Than Words May 2018 Mini Challenge.

The word to use is "Keep".

This tag was made to remind myself that anything is possible....just keep moving forward!

I started with natural chipboard that I cut to form my tag.
To this I adhered paper on the front and back & then inked the edges in a very dark navy ink.

I chose 49 and Market papers and flowers.
Here are some photos.

I used the font "Gabrielle" to print my sentiment.

Thank you so much for visiting and have a wonderful day! Lisa : )

Products Used:

49 & Market -

Cottage Life - "Provence"
(backside used for tag background)

Scents of Nature - "Blue Petals"
(top left used for the title)

Blossom Blends - Bluebell

Botanical Blends - Navy

Botanical Potpourri - Navy

K&Company - Susan Winget -

SW Nature Collection
(green paper used for leafy die cuts)

Botanical Grand Adhesions
Butterflies

Botanical Die Cuts
(used the Dragonfly)

Tattered Lace Dies -

Ornate Leaves

Michael's Recollections -

Boho Kraft Doilies

Natural Jute Twine

Tsukineko Versa Magic Chalk Ink -

Night Sky

Grafix 12 x 12 Natural Chipboard -

Adhesives -

Martha Stewart Glue Gun

Beacon 3-in-1 Advanced Glue

Scor-Tape

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

I Came.....I Saw.....Now where's my snacky?

Quite a long time ago I posted this very expressive photo of my precious Lucy
on FaceBook and asked for layout title suggestions.
Such awesome responses with great ideas!
These suggestions inspired me to come up with a title that fits Lucy perfectly!
So thank you very much to all that helped to inspire me!

This stunning paper is from 49 & Market's Cottage Life collection.
The purple & blue tones are just gorgeous!
First I made subtle splatters of Lindy's Stamp Gang's Starburst color Afternoon Delight Denim.

Using Creative Embellishment's chipboard pieces, I chose the Calligraphic Frame.
All chipboard was first prepped with gesso and then heat embossed.
The frame has two colors - Blue Fern Studios' Pansy & Lindy's Stamp Gang's Pop Rock Purple.
I really love how it turned out!

Next I used Creative Embellishments Flourish Set 2 which has two pieces - one small & one large.
These were sprayed with two Lindy's Starburst greens -
~retired color~ Gator Gumbo Olive (deep olive with bronze shimmer)
Green with Envy Green (khaki green with soft gold shimmer)
Ranger Crackle Accents was randomly applied.

The floral parts of the flourishes were carefully colored with a paint brush
using Lindy's Starburst Afternoon Delight Denim.
These were then topped with Ranger Glossy Accents.
Each piece was finished with pretty lilac colored pearls.

The title is spelled out using The Dusty Attic ABCs.

These are the Teeny Tiny ABCs.

Here I used Blue Fern Studios' fabulous EP In the Navy!

And here I used LSG EP Pop Rock Purple and then inked the bottom of each letter
with Tsukineko Versamagic Chalk Ink color Night Sky which is a deep Navy Blue,
but it turned out more purple, which is just fine with me (aka Miss Purpleholic).

These are both the uppercase & lowercase ABCs.