Video Tutorial: Star shaped mini album with shaker cover

It's Saturday, and today we have a wonderful new tutorial to share, as we often do on Saturdays.

Tanya created this adorable star shaped mini album with our July Scraps of Darkness kit, An Ocean Tale.  It's got a fun shaker cover, filled with Seas The Day Prills (available in our store, as are the Graphic 45 Voyage Beneath The Sea papers that were in the kit), and she shows you how to make it, along with the rest of the mini.  Here's Tanya's video:

 And a few detail photos of this adorable project:

Thank you for taking the time to visit us today, and have a beautiful weekend!

~Melinda

weekend inspiration - Happy moments with Tatiana

Good morning!

We are in the midst of summer heat and what a better way to cool off than some time at the beach?

Tatiana has created a cool and refreshing beach page about a 'happy moment' using the Scraps Of Darkness 'An Oceans Tale kit' 

I can feel the ocean breeze!

She drew the starfish with water color paints

 

The background was made using Lindy's mists (one from previous kit), turquoise paint from the kit and Jacquard paint.

beautiful page!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Laura

Lisa Griffith's gorgeous romantic layout!

Good Morning!

Emotion - 'any of the feelings of joy, sorrow, fear, hate, love, etc.'

according to dictionary.com....

As artists we often try and convey our emotions through our projects....I think Lisa really conveys LOVE in this gorgeous layout....

  

She used the following items from the July main kit 

and the elements and floral add on:

BoBunny Butterfly Kisses collection 'Flutter'

Prima Florica Gypsy Cord

Prima Salvage District Wood Embellishments

Blue Fern Studios Glitter 'Watermelon'

Dovecraft Paper Doilies

Petaloo soft Pink Botanical Blooms

Prima 'Tales of You & Me' Flowers

 

Here are a few details.....

 

 

She created some interest on the background with black gesso and a Tim Holtz stencil and a piece of chipboard from her stash that she

colored with some Lindy's Stamp Gang ink.

 

 

 

 Thanks for stopping by

~Laura 

Bright and fun!

I love the G45 Voyage Beneath the Sea papers from the

Scraps Of Darkness 'An Oceans Tale kit'

I wanted to let the awesome bright papers with fabulous designs speak for themselves so I created a simple but fun layout!

I started by layering my G45 paper

 

The patterns and colors are fabulous!

 I created a cluster with flowers from the main kit, floral add on, and my stash.

The elements add on came with some wonderful Blue chipboard seashells! I painted them with a paint pen from last months kit and added a pearl also from the elements add on. I scattered a few pearls too! 

Our son LOVES the beach so I selected this titled from the G45 chipboard!

thanks for stopping by

Kathy & Tatiana and Kaisercraft!

Good morning!

In the main kit and the coordinating paper add on of the Scraps Of Darkness 'An Ocean Tale kit' is the beautiful papers from Kaisercraft 'A Mermaids Tale' 

Tatiana and Kathy have both worked with these papers beautifully!!!

Tatiana added elements and paper from the Graphic 45 Voyage under the Sea to hers!

 She combined these papers to show a beautiful photo of her daughter and a sand dolphin!  She also used rub ons from a previous kit, flowers from the main kit, chipboard and gears from the elements add on.

Kathy created a beautiful layout for her Book Of Me.

She began her layout by using one of the Kaisercraft papers from the Coordinating Paper Add-On for the background then trimmed it and adhered it to some cardboard.  She used a large, long piece of cheesecloth and glued it along the edge of the left side of the paper to serve as a base for her flowers, and also ripped off the lower right hand corner for more elements. 

She applied clear gesso to the paper so that it would take the color mists better, then misted and splattered some Lindy's "Teapot Purple" on the background as well as some watered down gesso.  She then stamped around where the photo and mats would be applied.

She created her photo mats and title piece....

On the top right side of the photo she created a tiny flower cluster with some little gems.  The little white and blue Prima flowers were included in the Main Kit. 

At the bottom right side of the photo she created another flower collage mixed in with some real shells that were included in the Main Kit.  The little starfish is from the Blue Fern Studios chipboard included in the Elements Add On... she first used gesso on it, and then applied some Silks acrylic glaze in "Wisteria", which came in a previous kit and added some little gems for sparkle on it. 

She applied some netting shaped chipboard from her stash, that she painted with gesso.  She treated the chipboard nautilus shell the same way as the starfish.  She used flowers from the Floral Add-On and her stash and also used one of the Prima Melange pebbles that came in the Elements Add On.  She also popped in a real little shell that was included in the Main Kit and more gems from her stash to make it really sparkle.  

  She created a border of flowers, seashells and gems, including the flower sprig included in the Creativity Add On, and flowers from the Main or Add On kits, and her stash.  

Thanks for stopping by

~Laura

Mixed Media Monday - 8/1/16

Good morning!

Its that wonderful day of the week - Monday!

Its the day to inspire your weekly creativity for all things mixed media!

 Anna created this amazing layout using the Sunshine & Sweat Tea kit!

The next two creative and outstanding pieces are from Tatiana using the Scraps Of darkness An Ocean Tale kit.

She decided to use white watercolor cardstock as her background and used Lindy's mists, Jacquard paint and Art-C Metallic Paint from the kit.  

For the background she used paint from the kit, Lindy's mist from the previous kit and  Jacquard Lumiere paint. 

Thanks for stopping by

~Laura