Masking

This week at Frosted Designs our challenge is to use masking.  Head over and check out all the really great projects!  For my project I did a layout about my dog, Bruno.  One day it was particularly cold out and Bruno was shivering after coming inside.  I wrapped him in his blanket and he looked SO pitiful.  I used Graphite Glimmer Mist and a Glimmer Screen to mask on the background of this layout.  For this layout most of the products are from the March Little Red Scrapbook Kit.  It is such a fun and beautiful kit I was so glad to finally break into it. 

Tree Project

This week at Frosted Designs your challenge is to use a tree somewhere in your project.  Check out the great examples by the design team!  For my project this week I made a card.  I used some Stampin' Up stamps for my tree.  The trees are embossed with zing metallic embossing powder.  I just love the look it gives it!

Also last week at Frosted Designs our challenge was to use the word Dream on your project.  I did another layout for my client's Honeymoon album. 

Color Challenge and some catch up.

This week at Frosted Designs we are having a Color Challenge!  Head over and see all the great DT work and share a project of your own.  Our colors this week are to use hot pink, lime green and black on a project.  I personally love this color combo.  It is so bright and fun and can really be so sassy!  This week I decided to alter a journal.  My husband and I found this beautiful handmade journal at Barnes & Noble on clearance after the holidays.  The cover is such a beautiful lime green print that I knew I had to use it for this challenge.  I added some random Basic Grey scraps that I had and I used a stamp from Bombshell Stamps.  The letters are Thickers with Black Diamond Stickles on them.  I love how it turned out and can't wait to get writing in it.

 Now for the catching up.  I have been pretty busy lately working on my clients' album so I have done a lot, but not posted much.  Here is one of the many layouts I have done.  Last week at Frosted Designs our challenge was to use a transparency on our project.  The glittery reeds on this LO are transparencies.  I used Cosmo Cricket Paper, random buttons I had, Tuscan Sun Glimmer Mist, and lots of distress inks on this layout.  

Finally March is also FULL to the brim with Birthdays in both my and my husband's sides of the family.  I was a busy girl making tons of cards.  Below are some of my favorite cards from the 10 or so that I made. 

Can you tell I am just loving these Bombshell stamps I got!  They are so fun and they satisfy my love of pin uppy stuff.  Here is another one with Bombshell Stamps.

 

And finally this last card (along with the top one were made using items in the March Little Red Scrapbook Kit.  The kit was so perfect for all the cards I needed to make this past month.

Anyway I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday weekend.  We will be busy celebrating both Passover (for me) and Easter (for my husband) this weekend. 

Pesach Sameach and Happy Easter Everyone!

Think Spring!

This week it was really easy to think about spring as the weather was gorgeous and the sin was shining.  It got into the 60's and 70's all week.  Today not so much!  It is snowing here and so cold!  Ahhhh....Gotta love Colorado weather.  BUT on the bright side it is spring over at Frosted Designs.  This week everyone made projects featuring flowers to get us all in the mood for spring.  Head on over and check it out! 

I did this layout for my first paying client (woo hoo).  It is her from her tropical cruise honeymoon.  I thought the bright flowers and colors would be perfect for a tropically themed album. 

A sketch and some stamping!

I am behind on blogging again.  First I did my first sketch!  OK so I am not too proud of it cause in all honestly it is pretty simple.  I just didn't have the program/s or knowledge to create a better one.  I plan on learning some more about sketching in the future.  Anyway I did this sketch for the wonderful ladies at Frosted Designs. 

And here is my take on my own sketch.  I had a lot of fun with this lo.  I loved this photo of my dad and my husband at the park, but there was a HUGE space between them without much of anything in the middle.  I printed the photo in 5x7, trimmed it to 4 inches tall and then ripped about a 2 inch chunk out of the middle and laced up the two sides.  I am really happy with the effect.  On top of that there is lots of paint and glimmer mist on this lo. 

Also this past week at Frosted Designs our challenge was to use stamps to create a background on a project.  I used some Scenic Route Stamps to create a birthday card for my brother in law.  I also used a Copic marker for all the coloring.  I am really starting to fall hard for those markers which is a dangerous prospect since they aren't cheap! 

Technique Week!

This week at Frosted Designs it is all about Techniques.  This week we want to see what everyone's favorite techniques are and see how you use them.  Head over to Frosted Designs to see all the awesome techniques and projects from the rest of the design team.  For my technique I chose to use one that I have been using a lot lately.  I went with masking.  Masking really is such a fun technique that really gives your projects a great look.  I used 2 different types of masking.  The first was on the background paper I masked with a Glimmer Screen and Tattered Leather Glimmer Mist.  The second type was using a Tim Holtz Mini Mask and Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink to the left of the photo.

Of course this is another one of my trash the dress layout.  I had so much fun taking them and I am having just as much fun scrapping them. 

Catching Up!

Yikes I am behind on my blogging.  Life got a little hectic and I haven't been able to post in awhile.  So enough with the excuses and on to the crafty goodness.  My first project was for Frosted Designs 2 Fridays ago!  I know that is like forever in blogging time!  We were supposed to use plaid and polka dots on the same project.  I made this birthday card for my father in law.

 

The second project I have is a layout I made with an old photo of my husband.  He is a writer and this photo reminds me of a photo on the dust jacket of a book.  This past Friday at Frosted Designs we were supposed to make a project using our own handwriting.  I hand wrote part of the title and the journaling.