Tag: … Art Journals

Girl with Flower and Girl on Bench

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It’s the December Krafty Peeks from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps starting today with images featured from the artist Cheryl Alger! This month’s stamps by Cheryl come as a set of three images with five coordinating sentiments called Sugar and Spice and I’ve used two of them on my project today!


For my project today I created a journal page featuring two images from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps, Girl with Flower and Girl on Bench. I paied these two cuties with the Rose Garden background stamp from Make it Crafty. Then I used a floral designer paper to set the scene for a beautiful flower garden.


The rest of the project was covered with a little ribbon, more decorative paper, flowers and gems. At the time it didn’t feel like I was putting everything on there but I suppose I did. ;D Except for that kitchen sink, of course!


The sky in the background was created by holding the tip steady and lightly while drawing long lines across the white part. The BG0000 and BG000 were light enough that I didn’t have to wory about the image and just drew right through it so I didn’t have to start and stop in the middle where it would be the most visable. After drawing the lines in one direction and rotated the page and did it again in the other direction.


Each day there is a give away stamp to random commenters so make sure you head on over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie blog for the rest of the inspiration from the DT and to leaver you comment for a chance to win. Today’s lucky winner will receive a set of Cheryl’s images – whohoo! We’ll have two more days of previews then on Sunday is the Krafty Hop that you don’t want to miss. ;D

Little Miss Muffin Rio

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Are you counting yet? Today is day five out of six in the Simply Betty Stamps Teen Scene Kitchen Fun series!! Whohoo – that means tomorrow is release day with the finial preview. ;D However, before we get to that, today we are previewing Little Miss Muffin Rio! You can check out the other design team creations on the Simply Betty Blog too!


First off, if you’ve been looking closely you’ll notice I didn’t use my DCWV paper – gasp! I actually had this journal page made about a month ago and didn’t have the idea of coordinating the projects until this week. ;D But I love showing this new color pallet and I hope you like it too.


For the journal page, I used Little Miss Muffin Rio from Simply Betty Stamps and Kitchen Isle from Make it Crafty’s Kitchen Set to create this scene. I also took some more inspriation from Annika and went to town with the micro beads! LOL I think she does it better but I’ll get the hang of it with a little more practice. (I found all the Martha Stewert colors on clearance for just over a $1.00 so I’ll have plenty of opportunities!)


Because the colors are so dark and rich I didn’t need to add a lot of embellishment, otherwise, I think it would have been too busy. I added antique white lace and a few cookie cutter shapes I had in my stash. Voila… finished. ;D Now it’s time to enjoy those yummy muffins… I do hope they’re chocolate-chocolate chip variety! Mmmmm.

Baking Betty

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Get ready for some new Teen Scene releases from Simply Betty Stamps and they’re all going to be previewed this week! These images are adorable and all centered around the kitchen – however, don’t let that fool your creativity as they can be used for many other projects too! First up today for preview is Baking Betty…


I had procrastinated on this project to the very last day because I was waiting for an order to arrive in the mail… and this time my procrastination worked. ;D The stamps I was waiting for were the kitchen themed background elements from Magnolia… Kitchen and Sugar Bag. The paper I used is from DCWV, Nana’s Kitchen, which has a fun color scheme that I followed.


Putting it all together went by quickly and I got to use some long forgotten embellishments such as the white lace and large metal brads. It’s nice when that happens and somehow validates all the hording I do! He he he. Then I get the urge to go shopping more when I end up using the last of something… like the white resin flowers. Yep… time to go shopping!! LOL


The fun twist is how Betty’s hair is colored and is an idea I saw on Pinterest this week. I don’t have a Pinterest account yet so I can’t find it now… but don’t tell my Mom that as she’s been begging for me to get one. Oi… yet another thing I need to do this week. I enjoy how this journal page came together and I hope you do too. Make sure you check out the Simply Betty Blog for more inspriation on this cutie and be sure to come back tomorrow to see what Lola is up to!

Hope

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Here’s the second day of previews for Little Miss Muffet Stamps and today the DT girls are showing off Hope and Audrey – so make sure you check them out HERE! To add a little humor I’m showing off Hope and if you look closely, you’ll see Gilgo in there too. 😀


The background image is A Time to Relax from Make it Crafty which was a perfect fit for this gal. Then the page was created with pastel color to match and a few large sticker flowers I had that were begging to be used! Do you ever have those kinds of embellishment? I think mine take turns getting their attention…. except those chippies – they seem to make it on practically everything! LOL


If I had a penny in my pocket I would start marketing this idea… but, I don’t which means it’s your lucky day. He he he. So what is the idea? It’s this new revolutionary diet plan and it even works faster than having a baby!! It’s amazing and the results are instant!! Just give this a try and see how fast it works…

I’d like to enter this into the following challenges:

My Mum’s Craft Shop Challenge #32 – Mix and Match DP
Whimsy Stamps Challenge #15 – Flower Power
Sassy Cheryl’s Digi Stamps Challenge #90 – Anything Goes
Karens Doodles Challenge #89 – Anything but a card

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out my SBS post below for the other card I had made for today – you’ll shocked to see how those zombies turned out!! Yes, I said zombies! 😀

Fluffy Reindeer Tail Levi

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Your waiting has paid off and today I’m showing off the other half of my last journal page for the Sketchy Zombie release! Make sure you check out all the other inspiration from the DT over at the Simply Betty Stamps Challenge blog. Today we’re showing off Fluffy Reindeer Tail Levi and his cute little worm crawling living in his head. LOL


The background is from Make it Crafty and come from two combination packages… Winter Scene Elements and the sign is from Winter Elements. On a side note… doesn’t that sign have a technical term for it? You know… the “where is everything” kind of sign? I’m sure it does but I haven’t a clue! Santa is looking out for these buddies as it’s customized just for them… Brains, Hearts and Livers! LOL (An idea from the SBS DT. :D)


Here’s the whole page with the backing taped together. I love how the colors turned out and have the SBS DT to thank for their Zombie inspiration – they’ll have me converted over in no time! He he he. The snowflakes are stickers and left over from last year but I like how they add the final touch to this project. Hope you like it and thank you everyone for all your wonderful comments recently too! *Hugs

Rudolph Head Caleb

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We’re on a roll – day six of eight of the Sketchy Zombies from Simply Betty Stamps! Today is all about Rudolph Head Caleb on the other half of the Christmas-Halloween melded journal page. ;D

The background is the other half of Mistletoe Archway with an added tree from the Winter Objects, both from Make it Crafty. There is even a skull stamp on the side I used from Inkadinkado! Here’s the full project with both sides taped together. It would have been fun to use the same background for all the pages and then I could flip to mix and match! Well… that’s why they say hindsight is 20/20!


Here’s a close up of Caleb with is blue hair (which I like better than the pink hair in the winter scene). In the background you can see the tree which was super easy to color – just dot YG61, YG63 and YG67 for the green and the shadow on the snow was done with B91 and C1. (Or it could have been C3.)


I also scanned this before cutting it apart – sometimes it helps me to look at it from a different perspective plus it’s also fun to look at it without all the embellishments. Hope you like it and be sure to come back tomorrow for the second half of yesterday’s project! 😀