Creative Scrapbooker Magazine - Spring!

 I am overwhelmed with pride and excitement with having another card printed in Creative Scrapbooker Magazine!

Funny story about this card is that the image is actually upside down! But luckily with this Unity image it clearly doesn't matter that it's upside down from the picture on the packaging! You do you!! My mom's favorite flower is the yellow rose....so they had to be yellow! <3 I stamped onto canson watercolor, colored with my Tombow ABT markers and with the help of an Altenew Waterbrush I was able to move the color around to make it softer and more watercolored looking. I sprinkled some shimmery Yasutomo watercolor paint on top and then added some sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps! The stamp set is called Hello Fresh Start, the sentiment is from a kit called Another Name for Love and the panels were die cut using the scallops and rectangle nesting dies. All three are from Unity Stamp Co.

Stay tuned.....there may be more publications on the horizon! ;)

Some additional supplies and tools I used on this card!

Another Name for Love

Hello Fresh Start

Advanced Tape Glider (ATG)

Canson Watercolor paper

Best scissors!

Foam tape for sentiment

Liquid glue

Tombow ABT dual brush markers

MISTI....stamping platform

Scalloped and stitched rectangle nesting dies

VersaFine Clair in Nocturne

Fiskars paper trimmer

#AngieGirl Challenge at Unity {Show & Tell}

 There is a new challenge at Unity Stamp Co. on their {Show & Tell} Facebook group! Sounds like this will be a thing all year! :) New Challenge every two weeks or so! The current challenge is to use an "AngieGirl." What is an Angie Girl you ask?!? It's a series of images, some girls but there are a few boys too, drawn by Angie Blom! I just did a quick search and OVER 1,000 popped up!

I've done three so far!

This lovely lady is from the December 2018 Kit of the Month (KOM), sentiment is from Love never leaves. The scalloped and Stitched nesting die and the banner die are both from Unity as well. Brads are from Michaels, inks are Distress Oxide (Hickory Smoke) and Gina K. Designs (Dusty Rose).

This lovely lady is named Bryna. She is colored with Tombow ABT Dual Brush Markers on Canson XL watercolor paper. The heart background paper is also from Unity as is the scalloped and stitched edge die.

This lovely lady is called Margaret! She is colored with AltENew Watercolors onto Canson XL watercolor paper. She was then die cut using the scalloped and stitched nesting die set from Unity. The shimmer on her skirt is from the pearlescent watercolor set by Yasutomo. Paper is from Hampton Art, Bright Geo paper pad and the sequins are from SpiegelMom Scraps set called Summer Hygge.

All the supplies I used will be pictured below....if a link was not provided up here, then a link will be provided below! :) Thanks for visiting!! :)

Bryna Girl

KOM December 2018

Margaret Girl

summer hygge

ATG Tape runner

scalloped and stitched banner nesting die set

blender brushes

favorite scissors (fussy cut the first girl holding the tulips)!

foam tape

scalloped and stitched rectangle nesting die set

ATG tape

Tombow ABT Dual Brush pens

Yasutomo Pearlescent Watercolor

Canson XL Watercolor paper

Tombow Multi Mono liquid glue

VersaFine Clair Nocturne

Fiskars Paper Trimmer

Last but not least......Misti Stamp Platform!

{BYSHC} Sketch #41

 We're well into the new year and I can say that I have started building up my stash of holiday cards for the end of the year so that I am not stressed and hurriedly creating at the last minute! If you do a little each month, the task in December isn't so daunting! :) {BYSHC} has a new sketch each month! This year the monthly prize will be a sponsored prize! Angie Blom Digital Designs is the sponsor for January! I absolutely love her digital images!

Today's card features the design called Gifting Girl. This set actually comes with 4 different images. I chose one and used the "Happy Holidays" from another! I started with a white A2 card base, to that I added a background panel (measured and cut per the measurements on the sketch). The rectangle panels were also cut per the measurements. These papers all came from a My Mind's Eye pad called Christmas Wish. I printed the image on regular cardstock and colored with various alcohol markers (purchased at Ross...two different brands). I cut her and the black mat using the scallops and circles nesting die set from Unity Stamp Co. The sequins are from SpiegelMom scraps from a set called Cranberry Bliss. The white bakers twine is literally that.....white bakers twine I purchased from my grocery store! LOL I saw it hanging on the end of an aisle and snatched it right up! :) I added some foam tape to the back of the circles and to the back of the sentiment to give a little dimension!

Be sure to follow along all year for amazing sketches and some amazing sponsored prizes! By the end of the year, you will have a lovely set of cards to choose from!

Links are above, but I've added photos of some products I've used.

cranberry bliss sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps

foam tape

Gifting Girl digital stamp kit - Angie Blom Digital Designs

Scallops and circles nesting die set - Unity Stamp Co.

Favorite scissors!

Kingart Alcohol Markers

Advanced Tape Glider (ATG)

tape for my ATG tape runner!

Guest Designer for September! SpiegelMom Scraps is the place!!

 Hi and welcome back! I have been asked by SpiegelMom Scraps to be a guest designer for September! I am so honored and humbled! SpiegelMom Scraps is an online store that sells mostly sequins....the MOST beautiful packs of sequins you'll ever see! They also carry a bunch of other goodies.....foam tape, acetate sheets, ephemera....check them out!

My second scrapbook layout created in about a gazillion years! LOL These photos are from 2011, paper is from 2010! I told you it's been a while! LOL 

The paper, rubons and brads are all from Fancy Pants Designs, a collection called Rusted Sun. I used some square and rectangle nesting dies to cut the photos and a ruler/die (not sure how to describe it) to cut the edges of the title panel...all are from Unity Stamp Co.  The sketch I used was provided from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine. This sketch is part of their Spring 2024 page call on their website. I am submitting this to be published (fingers crossed)! I've had cards published but not a scrapbook layout! 

I used a combination of two SpiegelMom Scraps sequin packs....Sunny Days (September release) and Summer Hygge. I had originally planned on only adding a cluster next to the "sunshine" block, but then I started to add more and more and thought....why not just keep going! I love how they sparkle!

Here is the sketch for reference! 

Thanks for visiting! Stay tuned for more good stuff!!