My Favorite 14 from 2014!

  Finally, I am getting around to posting my favorite layouts from 2014...

I realize it is January 10th, but better late...yada, yada...

It is amazing and difficult to look back through 12 months of pages, photos and projects

and try to narrow things down and pick my favs...so here are the 14 I chose!

  

 Thanks for stopping by and hope you are all having a wonderful beginning to 2015!!

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

Fabulous Spring & Goodbye - My LAST Kreative Koncepts Challenge

This is my last Challenge and post for Kreative Koncepts, as a DT member anyway. :(

With all the greens in this challenge, I had to do LO about Spring!  I usually use a black and white

photos for the color challenges, but with these colors, I had to show the vibrant colors in our yard!

This are the colors for this Challenge.  You can see the original post and other DT takes HERE.





Despite a cooler Spring and more pollen than usual, it seems, we have had a beautiful garden

and our grass seems to get more lush and green every year.  With all of our renovations complete, for the most part, we can now concentrate on the yard!  Or scrapping it, for me ;)



I used some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Citron watered down to create a watery background.

I layered some really old rub-ons from 7 Gypsies, a stamp using gelatos and some India Ink too.

I layered several papers in a vertical line and sprinkled around some brads and

die cuts I gathered in all the colors from the challenge.

Sadly, my term as DT member for Kreative Koncept (ScrapFriends) will end at the end of June.
I have enjoyed being on this team and working with these amazing artists, and they are artists, not just
scrapbookers.  I feel honored and a little humbled to have been able to be included with this group of talent.

A special thank you to our DT Coordinator, Zeneva Kovic, who created such fabulous

sketches and challenges for the team, motivating me especially to try new things!

Thank you Annette for the opportunity to be part of your team and I wish you luck in the future!

Thanks for stopping by and have an amazing day!!



one tribe - Kreative Koncepts Color Challenge Reveal!

 The new color Challenge was revealed today at Kreative Koncepts!  It is a lovely palette, perfect for my Easter photos!

This is the color palette and you can see the original post and the other fabulous DT & Guest projects HERE!

 I had a pile of photos from Easter and it has turned out to be one of the best holidays to capture photos of the cousins all together.  However, since they are all wearing different colors, sometimes it is perfect for 

a black & white photo, which is my preference for a color challenge!  I loved these colors, very Easter-ish!

I started out with some Pink Paislee paper from their Color Wash collection and sprayed a mask on it.

Then I layered a 6x6 piece of paper and a couple journaling cards/project life cards as the mat 

behind the photo.

I used another stencil for a layer of  iridescent modeling paste.

And a little random stamping with a texture grid stamp.   

I used this small stencil from Heidi Swapp that is a circle with 'love' inside.

I used a distress ink applicator and daubed around it for a more subtle effect than misting.

The title is because this group of four cousins seriously sis not start to look alike until a few

months ago...they still look like respective parents, family members, but this photo made me

finally think they actually looked like 'one tribe.'

Hope you visit the Kreative Koncepts Blog and check out the challenge! 

Can't wait to see all the entries.  Have a great day and thank for stopping by!

LIFTED - Kreative Koncepts May Sketch Challenge & DT Inspiration

I can NOT believe it is May 1st!!  Seriously, where has the year gone??

The new Sketch Challenge at Kreative Koncepts (formerly Scrapfriends to some of you scrappy peeps)

is up today and has inspired the DT to make a very inspiring and vastly different take on it.  

Here is the lovely sketch and you can get to the original post by clinking HERE!

I wanted to use this paper from Studio Calico and it just so happened to go with the Instagrams my husband took that night.  We went to see John Legend and the tickets were a gift to each other for Valentine's.

It was at one of the coolest venues in the city and the lighting was just spectacular!

Even though this is officially called the "All Of Me" tour, I used Lifted, since his song 'Get Lifted' is one of my favs!  I followed the sketch pretty close, some stencil misting and modeling paste on the background first.

I stamped a text stamp in silver ink onto a light blue vellum and cut the strips up as a banner across the page.

I opted for these instaframes and square photos instead of the round because I didn't want to

cut too much of of the photo...and I had wanted to include the tickets as well.  Lots of chipboard

and glitter dots, some stitching and this butterfly die cut I painted on top of finished it off!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out all the fabulous pages from the DT as well ans the Guest Designers this month!  And upload your take on the sketch to the Blog so we can all share in your creation!

Happy May and have a fabulous day!

you make me HAPPY - Kreative Koncepts April Color Challenge

The 15th of the month marks a new color challenge up at Kreative Koncepts/Scrap Friends!

One of the best things about a color challenge like this one for April, is that you can decide how

much of each color to use, which will dominate the page, etc.  I think this is a great way

to make a powerful statement with one of the colors...

That is how I tried to use the purple color from the color chart, as a punch for the hearts and raindrops.

Click HERE for the original Blog post with the Challenge details and all the other DT takes on the challenge

I had decided at the beginning of this DT that all my color challenges would be using a black and white photo...that makes it easier to me to not be limited by pattern or colors in the photo.  In a way, this background paper is a bit of a cheat since it has 3 of the colors in the pattern itself.  I wouldn't normally do

that, but I love the way the colors are washed together and it felt Spring-ish too.

I was inspired to use the clouds and raindrops from this Pink Paislee stamp set.

I chose the phrase "you make me happy..." and I heat embossed it in white in the middle of the page.

I used other hints of the blue, green and yellow in the cluster of chipboard frames under the photo.

I didn't want this to be sad because obviously, my son brings so much sunshine into my life,
so I decided on purple raindrops...they would provide that punch from the one strong color
and something a little unexpected.  I also wanted to add the hearts like it was raining love...
sappy, I know.  That is what my little man does to me.

Go check out the BLOG and be sure to link up your project for everyone to see and to enter the challenge!
Thanks for stopping by today!

10. A Mini Album Cover & Video - kreative koncepts / Scrap Friends

Hi everyone!  This is the tutorial process video I am sharing on the kreative koncepts/Scrap Friends blog today!

I decided to do something a little different.  Instead of a scrapbook layout, I

decorated a piece of thin canvas for a mini album cover.  My daughter recently

turned 10 years old and I wanted to do something to document it!  I want to

make a page for each birthday or just one from each month of her 9th year...

Either way, I knew I wanted to do a cover piece & play with some stamps and stencils.

I used several papers with text or subtle patterns to make a collage background.

Then I did some stamping and used a 6x6 stencil with this lovely iridescent

modeling cream on top of the collage.  I added more layers including a doily

underneath a scalloped wood veneer that I embossed with gold.  I wanted to

make the cover really layered and full of texture, but simple at the same time!

The video below shows a sped up version of my process and the products I used!  

These are a couple close up photos to show the details.

I hope you enjoy the video and are inspired to try a little something

different for your next mini album, canvas, or even on a layout!

Check out the kreative koncepts Blog for all the fun videos and tutorials!

Thanks for stopping by and letting me share my process,

and the chatting that went along with it! :)

BIRDS of a Feather - kreative koncepts / Scrap Friends March Color Challenge

Hi everyone!

There is a new color challenge at Scrap Friends that is super awesome!!

Also, Scrap Friends has actually changed owners and is now called kreative kooncepts!

Still the same Scrapbooking DT and LOTS of new product in the store!

Check it out and the blog post HERE to read all about some upcoming exciting changes!

Now, onto the Challenge!  Seriously, the best colors!  Gold, pink, mint...oh my!

The photograph of my daughter and her bestie inspired the title and theme, they were playing super

secret agents and looked extremely sneaky!  I kept the photo b&w so that the colors really stood out!

I used my Silhouette to cut out these feathers in different sizes and arranged them to

look like they are falling.  Then I mounted stamped them and dipped half in gold glitter...

mounting them to the same paper they were cut out of.

I used lots of layers of vellum, to keep it light and a few washi tapes too.

I wrote my journaling on a tag and tucked it into a glassine bag amid the vellum layers.

Of course, I couldn't do a page with gold and not use the Color Shine!

I popped up the ends of each feather to give them some dimension and to 

show a bit of the mint woodgrain paper underneath.

That same POST that introduces the new owner also has all the DT projects,

Guest DT too, using these colors!

Thanks for popping in!  Have an amazing weekend!

another PUSH? - Scrap Friends March Sketch Challenge!

This is the layout I came up with for the March Sketch Challenge for Scrap Friends!

You can see the sketch below and see the original Blog Post and the DT takes on the Challenge HERE.

I followed the sketch pretty close, but substituted my journaling along the right side

column and stretched the title out a bit along the bottom of the page.

   

I also did some tutorial photos showing the steps to creating this background with Distress Inks.

You can see that post HERE...

This was a free, fun page that let me play and get some creative energy out as well!
I love to multitask, so that worked out! :)

Hope you check out the tutorial and participate in the challenge!
You have until March 31st to load you project up to the Scrap Friends Blog.
The member participation last month was absolutely unreal!
Bring it on...and Happy Monday!