Saying Goodbye to SCRAP OUR STASH (& my DT Favs!)

This is one of the harder posts for me to do, to say goodbye to a group of women that I

have never met, but some to know very well...one of the wonders of this hobby called

scrapbooking, paired with social media.  I have enjoyed my year at Scrap Our Stash immensely

and wanted to share a few of my favorite layouts, which are some of my all time favorites as well.

Yes, they were fun challenges, but they did challenge me in creative ways and more importantly

was able to see all the amazing challenge entries from scrapbook artists all over the world!

time flies: Sketch Challenge - September 2013

TRUE happiness: Sketch Challenge - September 2013

LOVE THIS: Stash Challenge - November? 2013

HOME is where your heart is: Stash Challenge - February 2014

butterfly kisses: Stash Challenge - April 2014

Thank you to Brenda Ragsdale and Rochelle Spears for their amazing leadership and creativity

and to all the DT gals that inspired me and I will continue to stalk for their future inspiration! ;)

Saying Goodbye to Kreative Koncepts/Scrap Friends (& my DT favs!)

This was the last month for my term as a design team member at Kreative Koncepts

(called Scrap Friends when I began.)  I wanted to share a few of my favorite from my term.

I had a wonderful time and really challenged myself with several mediums I wasn't comfortable with...

February 2014 Sketch Challenge

March 2014 Color Challenge

May 2014 Color Challenge

beauty - Scrapbook Circle Lifting You June 2014

The sketch that was assigned to me to Scrap Lift for my Scrapbook Circle June assignment

was an awesome layout by Chelsea.  You can see the original post on the Scrapbook Circle

website HERE that shows her layout I lifted.  I stuck to it pretty closely because I loved it so much.

I used the main June kit 'Hello There' and the Add-on 'Take Note.'

I love this paper from Basic Grey, but the colors are pretty powerful.  I used a layer of gesso on

the background pattern and then followed her cues in using the size and number of photos.

I used lots of the die cuts from Basic Grey as well to create a cluster under my photos. 

I used one of the Heidi Swapp watercolor tags and colored it with Distress Inks.

I also layered some rub-ons and ink splatters like Chelsea's LO.



Be sure to share your pages with us on the Scrapbook Circle Facebook

page and we could 'lift' one of your creations!!  Thanks for stopping by!

Weather the STORM & Goodbye to Scrap Our Stash - June 'This or That' Challenge

Sadly, this is my last challenge as a DT member at Scrap Our Stash, so I wanted it to be special. I decided to focus on the idea of time passing so quickly! These photos are of a rainy day craft project from last summer.

This is the sketch which you can see on the original Scrap Our Stash Challenge post HERE:

Check out the SOS Rules and guidelines as they team up with 

Child's Play Challenges for their Tie Dye Inspiration Challenge!

I tried to fade distress inks together with a roller stamp to mimic the vertical pieces in the sketch.  I used a good bit of water to bring the colors down the page.  For the stash part of the challenge, I used a combination of rub-on sequins, real sequins and enamel dots to embellish. 

For the stash part of the challenge, I used a combination of rub-on sequins, real sequins

and enamel dots to embellish.  It isn't too late to enter and the prize if from Freckled Fawn!!

I am planning to do a post with a few of my favorite projects from the past year.

Look for it towards the end of the month!

I also want to thank all the amazingly talented DT for being so much fun to work with,
and especially to Brenda and Rochelle for being such great leaders, inspirations
and friends to me!  I'll miss you guys!

Simple Cards - Pinkfresh Studio June 2014

 I needed to make a graduation card and had this word stamp picked out...

The phrase made me think of being positive & arrows pointing up!  I used the color block triangles

instead of arrows since they fit perfectly into the shape of my embossing folder.

Finally, I recently bought some distress markers and wanted to play with them.  I heat embossed

a few doilies onto the card to color and the glossy embossing made me choose the enamel heart stickers.

I love the way it turned out and it is a great generic card to have on hand!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!  Hope you become inspired by the fabulous

colors and shapes in the Pinkfresh products!  Have an amazing day!

THE PLAN - Pinkfresh Inspiration - June 2014

Another LO from the Pinkfresh Reveal this month was inspired by the little enamel house shaped sticker.

My husband actually posted this photo of my daughter's doll house creations to

Instagram and I immediately thought about using it with the little house.

The colors of the enamel and the matching colors of the color block veneers helped me

pick the papers and embellishments.  That neon blue color is very close to the Color Shine

Teal which I used to mist over the hexagon mask on top of the patterned paper.  

I then layered it onto the the gold hexagon vellum!

I used the Pinkfresh Orchid/Gold foil Alphas and some of the wood veneer arrows for the title.

More Pinkfresh tomorrow!  Have a great Saturday!

@ TWO - Pinkfresh Inspiration - June 2014

I had a new post to the Pinkfresh Studio Blog yesterday and I wanted to share on of the layout from the post.  These projects were inspired by either the color or the shape of Pinkfresh Studio products!

This first LO was inspired by the beautiful mint/pink ombre washi tape.
One is wide and perfect for what I had planned.  I layered it onto plain cardstock
and ran it thru my Big Shot cutting lots of hearts.  I loved the washi and the colors so much
I didn't want them to get lost.  So I decided to use it with black to really make it pop!

I sewed the hearts to my page and used the mint/gold foil alphas for my title.

I added a couple other accents with color block wood veneer and an retro brad to help add a bit of yellow!

Stop by the Pinkfresh Studio Blog for my original post and lots of fabulous inspiration!

So many new fun products coming out soon!