Prima: Forever Green Garden Journal

It seems fitting that today's post features a garden journal, as it is my gardening and foraging that has kept me so busy and away from my blog :)

If you haven't yet checked out the amazing Prima collection "Forever Green", you must do so! It is stunning- and absolutely perfect for this bountiful time of year...and just what I needed to record my gardening escapades this year. 

"Garden Journal 2014"

Prima has a ton of new gorgeous trims, which I've incorporated here and throughout. I love the natural, raw texture of these neutral trims for my nature-based project.

Here I've used the Forever Green cling mount stamp set, crochet icons, and bling from the 3-D stickers set.

So many fussy cut details from this beautiful collection!...

Prima Products Used:

Prima Products: 846817 Forever Green Collection "Garden Talk", 846800 Forever Green Collection "Orchard Fresh", 846794 Forever Green Collection "Nature's Bounty", 846787 Forever Green Collection "Botanical Garden", 846770 Forever Green Collection "Spread Your Wings", 846763 Forever Green Collection "Watch Them Grow", 575755 Forever Green Cling Stamps, 576233 Forever Green 3D Stickers, 576370 Forever Green Crochet Icons, 578701 Forever Green "Succulent", 578732 Forever Green "Grow", 578749 Forever Green "Sprout", 572808 Metal Die-Cuts, 572815 Metal Die-Cuts, 577117 Weave Trim "Flower", 577025 Lace Trim "Almond", 577049 Lace Trim "Champagne", 576875 Jute Trim "Wheat"

 I hope you have a wonderful day!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Prima's November BAP~!

Hi there everyone! Today I am sharing with you a sample created for this month's BAP sketch from Prima! This is such a popular challenge, and I'm sure you will be inspired to create with this sketch. Take a look :)

"Glory"

This canvas was created as a partnering piece to my "Autumn" canvas in my previous post. This time I used a 12"x12" canvas to create a little contrast to my 8"x10" canvas. I loved capturing the beauty of this short-lived season :)

The BAP sketch this month:

And some closeups too:

Products Used:

844363- Almanac Collection 6"x6" Paper Stack
845643- Engraver Collection 6"x6" Paper Pad
562984- Sunrise Sunset Alphabet Stickers
961046- Finnabair Mechanicals Leaves 2
564278- 6x6 Stencil- Flourish
571528- Le Mia Cotton Candy Flower
571009- Valentina
571726- Lucido
565763- Frost Mini Sachet
565787- Frost Frappe VII

Have a great day!

PaperHaus: "This IS My Smile"~!

Good morning! I know I've bombarded you with posts this past week- and it's not letting up yet ;) So bear with me...

At the same time, I've been a bit absent. Still canning away and there are so many projects at hand with winter likely hitting us in a month or so...I'm barely getting by at this point. But thanks for always hanging in there with me, it's truly appreciated.

Today I have a fun layout to share with you that I created for PaperHaus. As I look back on the last several months' worth of photos of my kids, not only is it difficult to find a photo of my Gunner LOOKING at the camera, but it is pretty much impossible to get one of him smiling. He thinks that by my asking him to smile, I somehow mean I want him to show me an open mouth, his teeth, or his tongue- or a combination of all three, ha! But never...never a smile :(. But that's just him- he smiles and laughs all day long- but once that camera is out, it's game over.

SO- I decided to embrace this fault and create a layout about it :)

"This IS My Smile"

I've really enjoyed playing around with layers of different mediums lately! I generally start by placing some paper layers and then applying a coat of gesso. After that- it's game on! On this particular layout, I followed that up by applying (randomly) some blue acrylic paint over top of the gesso. Then came some scattered stamping with distress ink. Next I applied some masking (using light modeling paste) and created some dimension by sprinkling on some embossing powder and setting with a heat gun. On top of that I brushed on some watercolors and just a touch of mist. All set for photo and cluster work!

Product List:

Patterned Papers: Prima Marketing

Flowers: Prima Marketing

Embellishments: Prima Marketing, Melissa Frances

Chipboard: Blue Fern Studios

Letter Stickers: Prima Marketing

Mask: The Crafter's Workshop

Modeling Paste: Golden

Gesso: Pro Art

Watercolors: Luminarte

Other: acrylic paint, paper doily, pearls, microbeads, seam binding, book pages

I hope your week is going well so far. I'm so happy you took a moment to come by- thanks so much as always :)

Guest Designer for Tresors de Luxe: Part 2

Good morning :) 

I'm finally getting around to sharing my second project created as a guest designer for Tresors de Luxe last month. I hope you've had a chance to check out their store- if not, you can find them HERE.

This time around, I created a card:

"Love"

I really love a vintage, shabby look and the Tresors de Luxe trims are perfect for such a style! I've applied gesso, watercolors, acrylic paint, and mist to the trims on my card and I'm so impressed how they can take such treatment! And because they are so beautiful in themselves, I was allowed to minimize the amount of "stuff" I added to my card. Simple and pretty!

Tresors de Luxe Products Used:

 Ivory Lace Trim with Pearl Drop Edging (LA-005) 

Ivory Venice Lace Trim (LA-018) 

 I hope you have a great day. So happy you came by :)...Hopefully life slows down a bit for me here so I can get back to you all. Thanks for your patience :)

"Cozy"~ Webster's Pages *NEW* Plum Seed Collection~!

Good morning :)! Last week I shared with you a card that I created for Webster's Pages using one of the new Adrienne Looman collections Citrus Squeeze. Today I'm here to show you a layout that I created with Adrienne's other collection Plum Seed, which is full of warm, inviting colors and patterns. 

"Cozy"

Even my little Gunner wanted to climb inside of this collection and cuddle up to it :)! Can you blame him??

As I studied this collection for the first time, I realized that there were lots of opportunities for fussy cutting which you quite likely know I LOVE. 

Take a look here at the layers I put together with just a few of the Plum Seed papers:

I love to discover "embellishments" in the patterns on paper. So many different ways of using them!

I was also happy to discover that- as always- this collection could be mixed and matched with other collections! Just look here- the frame from the Perfect Accents Frame Variety Pack, the butterfly cameo from the New Beginnings Perfect Accents Pack, a sentiment sticker from Best Friends, and a Quick Picks bow & stick pin. 

The banner pieces were punched from one of the Plum Seed Mini Folders :)

Products Used:

Papers:

Plum Seed Collection

Embellishments:

Plum Seed Mini Folder & Card Set

Perfect Accents Frame Variety Pack

New Beginnings Perfect AccentsPack

Best Friends Tags & Prompts

Quick Picks Solid Mini Bows & Heart Pin

Trims:

Plum Seed Mini Card Pack

Thanks to you for coming by my blog today! I hope your week is off to a great start :)- take care!

Blue Fern Studios Blog Hop~!!

*~*For my February Giveaway, please go HERE*~*

Hey there! Whether you mean to or not, you've found yourself in the middle of the very first Blue Fern Studios Blog Hop~!! So you're definitely in a great place as there are TONS of goodies to be won and of course plenty of inspiration along the way! So if you're in the middle of hopping and arrived here via Eila's blog, then you're in the right place! If you've stumbled upon my blog and would like to get in on the action, go to the beginning of the hop HERE so you don't miss out on anything!!

What: Blue Fern Studios Blog Hop
When: February 8th-10th, 2013
How: Simply visit each of the blogs below, then leave a comment (and become a follower, if required). There are sure to be plenty of goodies along the way!
Who: Here is the blog list, in order:

  

{start} Blue Fern Studios

Michele Singh

Valerie Serfozo (Design Team Coordinator)

Camilla Ekman

Eila Sandberg

                              Erin Blegen <---You are here!

Irene Tan

Irina Gerschuk

Iris Babao Uy

Jennifer Snyder

Joyce Lawrence

Kelly Foster

Lisa Gregory

Mona Pendleton

Patter Cross

Svetlana Austin

Vibeke Harila

{back to} Blue Fern Studios

As long as you stop at each of these blogs and leave a comment, you will be in the running for the randomly-drawn grand prize from Blue Fern Studios:

Additionally, I will be giving away a little prize pack myself: 

All you have to do to be in the running for my giveaway is (1) Become a follower of my blog {see the left sidebar and click the blue "Join this Site" button} and (2) Leave a comment at the end of this post~! That's it! Winner will be drawn via random.org and announced on February 11th!

And finally, I have a Blue Fern Studios project to share with you!

"Auntie & Me"

 This is a photo of Gunner and his Auntie Katie (one of my husband's sisters) when we went to visit his family last summer. Gunner is just one of those impossible-not-to-love children and everyone just enjoys him so much! Here I had pulled his hair back out of his face with one of my hair clips because it was so hot. That, combined with his Auntie's sunglasses, sure made for one cute little boy! So glad I finally got this photo scrapped :).

 Products Used:

Brigitte Butterfly Set

 Large Blue Fern Flourish

 

Royal Border

**Remember: in order to be entered in the drawing for my giveaway, please be sure to (1) Make sure you are a follower of my blog {see my left side bar and click the blue "Join this site" button} and (2) Leave me a comment on this post!** Thanks so much!!

Your next stop is Irene Tan. Good luck and have fun~!