Hello!  It's time for the April Sketch at My Creative Sketches!  Once again Pam is offering an amazing prize!  Come join us for your chance to win!  Check out My Creative Sketches for details and lots more gorgeous inspiration from the design team!

 Here is my interpretation!

 

 

To create my layout, I used the April Liminted Edition Kit from My Creative Scrapbook featuring Crate Papers, O'Darling collection.  For details on this kit head to My Creative Scrapbook. 

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My Creative Sketches Tutorial-Colorwash

Hello!  I just love my monthly kits from My Creative Scrapbook!  Each kit is packed with so many fun papers and embellishments.  This month I had the privilege of working with the Limited Edition Kit....absolutely stuffed with flowers, diecuts, chipboard, wood pieces and more!  I decided to take my dimensional layering one step further and play around with a soft colorwash background.  A bit out of my comfort zone, but that's how we learn!  I love how it turned out! 

 Let's get started! 

We've all heard about using different mediums for watercolor backgrounds and we all love mists.  I couldn't help but wonder....what happens when I paint my background with my mist?!  LOVE...a new addiction, that's what! 

 

I chose this awesome graph paper from the collection.

 

this is the assortment of stain and mists I used ,and my paint brush

As you can see, I used a variety of companies.  They all seemed to work out the same. 

For the stain, I created a puddle onto my craft sheet, the rest I dipped my brush directly into the bottle! 

The colors were all so light that I didn't even use water, with one exception, the Maya Road Mists.  The Maya Road is a darker concentrated Turquoise so I did use a bit of water to tone it down and give it more of a watery effect. 

 

I loved the watercolor effect of the mists!  When I started adding the darker turquoise I started wondering what I had done! I'm great a hitting the panic button and fearing that I just ruined my paper... Not liking it so much anymore!  BUT, don't freak out when it's not what you had in mind... that it the great thing about scrapbooking, layering, and embellishments...you can always find a way to cover  fix  those things you don't want to see!   

Here she is all done!

Now I really like the turquoise streaks!  They look completely different and actually blend the perfect hint of color with the softness of the layout!

Closeups!

lot of diecuts, chipboard, fussycutting, and flowers!

 Aren't the flowers gorgeous?! 

 

 

To see the full reveal of this kit, as well as all Pam's other gorgeous kits, head to My Creative Scrapbook.  Check out My Creative Scrapbook blog for lots of other tips and tutorials! 

 

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My Creative Sketches Reveal!

Hello!  It's time for the April reveal at My Creative Sketches!  I had the pleasure of working with the Limited Edition featuring Crate Paper's  adorable O' Darling collection! Pam has this kit overflowing with diecuts, chipboard, alpha's, wood pieces, flowers, as well as ribbon, papers, and more! Seriously, this kit is STUFFED with all kinds of goodies!

Look at this assortment of goodies! 

 Love these flowers!  The wood pieces are so fun to work with!  I covered mine with some mist for a hint of color, the topped with a layer of stickles for a bit of girly shimmer. 

 Combination of stickers, chipboard, diecuts, and paper make layering fun and easy!

Notice the sequins and jewels?  Yep, they are in the kit too!

These papers and coordinating embellishments are as adorable as my great niece!  :-)

 

 

A couple sneaks of layouts to come!

 

Stop by My Creative Scrapbook to see the full reveal of this kit as well as the others Pam has to offer.  Oodles more gorgeous inspiration form the design team can be found at My Creative Scrapbook gallery.

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More from My Creative Scrapbook!

Hello!  I'm here to share another layout I created for My Creative Scrapbook using the March Limited Edition kit featuring the Something Blue collection from Prima Marketing.   

 The doilies were cut from packaging from the flowers.

The kit has lots of gorgeous flowers!

 I added texture with masking and lots of fussy cutting.

The embellishments in this kit are endless!

 

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February Reveal!

hello!  Today I am sharing the rest of my reveal for the February Limited Edition kits for My Creative Scrapbook!  This is the Key to My Heart collection by KaiserCraft.  Isn't it gorgeous!  Sooo much fun to play with!

Yep, I'm a shorty and this photo really shows it!  :-)

 A few of the diecuts and stickers, along with some leaves I cut with my dies from Cheery Lynn Designs.

 As always, gorgeous flowers from Prima Marketing are included!

 

Looove the diecut frame paper! 

 

 

Stop by My Creative Scrapbook to see the full reveal!  Check out the Design Team Gallery for more inspiration!

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October Sketch

Hello!  It is time to reveal the October Sketch at My Creative Sketches!   In honor of My Creative Sketches birthday we are celebrating with double the fun!  For the month of October, we are working with a double page sketch, and Pam will be giving away two gorgeous prize packs! You are not required to create a double page layout, but your odds of winning are better if you do!! 

 

October Sketch

 

 

Head on over to My Creative Sketches to get all the details, and for some fabulous inspiration from the rest of the design team!

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My Creative Scrapbook tutorial - covering chipoard

Hello!  I want to share with you how I created my distressed chipboard circle....the chipboard circle from Leaky Shed comes in the Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook.

 

I used the chipboard circle and pattern paper from the kit, gesso, and a file.

 

I glued the chipboard piece to the backside of my pattern paper.  Ranger Glossy Accents is my go-to glue for this type of project because it sets and dries very quickly.  Once the glue had dried, I cut away the pattern paper.  I don't get to worried about getting it cut perfectly since I plan to distress the edges. 

 

I dry brush gesso in random areas to create a muted and distressed feel.

 

As you can see, random areas have been touched, but not solid around the circle.

 

Next, I file around the outer and inner edges of the circle.  Some areas I do gently, other a bit rougher.  Filing will even out the rough cut edges as well as created a distressed look. 

 

A close up of my filed edges!

 

My finished circle before I added it to the layout!

I hope you have enjoyed today's quick tip!  Check out My Creative Scrapbook to purchase this kit, and to get a peek at all the other kits available!

 

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