Chuckwagon

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I am back to share another layout with you using some fun chippies from Creative Embellishments! These photos of my family were taken back in 2010 when we went to a chuck wagon dinner in Custer, SD:

   

 I saw the Chuckwagon chippie in the store and thought it was perfect for this page. I added white gesso to it. Then I added acrylic paints to the top and Tim Holtz Distress stain to the wagon part of it:

   

 I colored the cowboy boot from the Cowboy Set with the same Distress Stain and colored the spur with a Silver Nuvo Glitter Marker. I used October Afternoon Saparilla papers, diecuts and stickers:

 

The cowboy hat is from the Cowboy set and also colored with the same stain and added a few dots of the silver Nuvo Glitter Marker.  For my title I used alpha stickers from the Sasparilla collection. It feels so good to use my stash!

 

I hope I have inspired you to dig out some stash, add some chipboard and make it look new again! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  

 

Sweet Summertime

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Today I am sharing a layout I created for Sketches In Thyme using the April 2020 Hip Kit Club kit which features Carta Bella, Crate Paper and Jen Hatfield:

I stuck pretty much to the sketch. I added strips of patterned papers to both sides of my page and did some machine stitching. I added that pretty butterfly:

I added strips of one of the papers from the kit and machine stitched those. I added that cute bow and mason jar:

I used my circle punches and added lots of circles to my page. I also added some enamel dots:

Check out the sketch on the blog and play along with us!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Blessed

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Today I am sharing another card I created for 88 and Clear using the September mood board as inspiration:

I used the Fall Sun and Blessed Fall Digital Stamps for this card:

I also used:

Sweet Cane, Rich Chocolate. Rich Cherry, Rich tangerine and Sweet Banana Sugar Stocks

Rich Cherry and Rich Tangerine Sugar Cubes

Powder Sugar Twine

White acrylic paint

Machine stitching

Here's the mood board:

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Live Simply. Give Love.

 Hello, scrappy friends!

I am back to share my layout on case file #368 at CSI. This is a cold case, meaning us stash on your page. I used bits and pieces from Simple Stories Vintage Bliss for this layout of Sierra:

I added  watercolor to my white textured cardstock background. I added 2 pieces of banners fussy cut from patterned papers from the Simple Stories collection. Then stitched in place. I added some chipbord and lots of fussy cut items. The chipboard frame is from Life In Color collection:

I added strips of patterned paper to the right side of my page and did some machine stitching. On this part of the banner, I added a few fussy cut flowers, chipboard and a brad banner:

I added the chipboard jar & flowers along with a photo:

For my title, I cut a few word phrases from the patterned paper and added a fussy cut flower popped up with craft foam and a sticker pennant:

I love how this page came out and that I used an older collection and made it look new again!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Windmill Home Decor Piece

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I have a fun home decor piece to share with you today that I created for Creative Embellishments. 

I added 2 layers of Gesso to the Large Wood Windmill, letting them dry in between. Then added 2 layers of grey acrylic paint. I didn't like the result, so I used white acrylic paint and drybrushed it. Then I added some brown inks to age it. I love the result:

   

 I added 2 layers of Gesso and acrylic paint to the Barn and Cow. Then used white acrylic paint and drybrushed both pieces. I added brown inks on top. I tucked in some diecuts from Simple Stories Vintage Farmhouse Garden behind my chipboard pieces. I added some burlap flowers from Little Birdie:

   

 I added Gesso and inks to the Farmhouse Windmill and then drybrushed white acrylic paint on it:

 

I used Gesso and white acrylic paint on the Rooster, added some inks and drybrushed the white acrylic paint. I added Gesso and inks to the Home Sweet Home and then drybrushed it with white acrylic paint as well. I added another burlap flower and a heart diecut from Simple Stories:

 

I added 2 layers of Gesso and 2 layers of blue acrylic paint to the Tractor. Then drybrushed it with the white acrylic paint and added some inks. I added inks to the words "Embrace Time" from the Moments Word Set. These I added the Gesso, inks and paints to as well. I adhered everything using ScraPerfect's Best Glue ever:

 

After I had everything in place, I added some water to white acrylic paint and added lots of spatters. I also added some ink spatters. I love how this came out! I plan on hanging this in our new bathroom we are putting in our basement this fall. It will have a farmhouse theme. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! 

Aargh Ahoy Matey!

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Today I am sharing a layout created for 88 and Clear. 

I punched waves out of Sour Crush and Sweet Blue Sugar Stocks using my Fiskars punch. I added them to my white textured cardstock which I also added watercolor made from Sour Crush and Sweet Blue Sugar Cubes:

I colored and fussy cut some images from the Little Sailor and Get Away Digital Stamps and tucked them in under my waves:

This was such a fun layout to create and I am so happy with the results!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Hello Adventure

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Today I am sharing my take on case file #366 at CSI.

I used lots of old alphabet rub-ons from TLC, Doodlebug, Pink Martini and Arctic Frog along with an old Clique kit and October & November Hipkit Club kits for this layout of Austin's first day of preschool:

I added the rub-ons and then added watercolor to my background. I added the diecut butterfly and fussy cut the words from one of the papers:

Thge title, was from the Clique kit. I added some  chipboard hearts and fussy cut some leaves:

I added a few layers of patterned papers behind my photo along with some fussy cut leaves, flowers and a flower diecut:

This was a great way to use up some of my old rub-ons!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Thinking of You card

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Today I am sharing a thinking of you card I created for 88 and Clear using the Kissable Dandelion and Botanical Beauty Stamps:

I used Tangy Gum Sugar Stock as the base for my card and then added layers of Tangy Orange and the Powder Sugar Sugar Stock which I used the Kissable Dandelion stamp on. I stamped it with the Black Taffy Sugar Cube. I also stamped the butterflies from the Botanical Beauty Stamp set with the Black Taffy Sugar Cube. I used the Tangy Gum, Tangy Orange and Sour Pineapple Sugar Cubes to create watercolors and added those to the stamped images:

I added some machine stitching and Dazzling Pat to finish my card off.

I just love the color combo and watercolors on this pretty card!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Coffee

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It's the first of the month and that means there's a new challenge up at Creative Embellishments!

I used chipboard and flair from Creative Embellishments along with papers from Pebbles and Simple Stories for this coffee page:

I added watercolor to my background using the pacaging technique. Then I added the green paper from Pebbles and machine stitched. I added the word coffee which I colored using an old October Afternoon mist. I colored the coffee beans with a Lindy's mist. I fussy cut the word "enjoy" from one of the Simple Stories papers and added a Simple Stories tag as well:

I colored the grinder with the Lindy's mist and the cup and saucer with the October Afternoon mist. I fussy cut the coffee from my photo and popped it up on craft foam:

I added some white Sculpted Stickers from Paper House along with a Coffee Flair, tangled thread and fussy cut flowers:

I also added strips of paper (map) to the left side of my layout. Not sure if you noticed... I didn't have the map paper in 12' so I used my 6x6 paper pad and tore strips. I used my circle punch and punched the words, added a fussy cut camera and flowers. I also tucked in a scalloped circle coffee cup:

Here is the mood board this month. The challenge also is to add a map or globe:

I had a blast creating this travel page and hope you will play along with us this month!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!