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I just got back from visiting my sister in Virgina and attending Donna Downey's Inspired Event in Concord, NC!!! 3 days of creating art from 8 AM until midnight with my mom and my sister.
I borrowed this picture from my sister. Donna was such a gracious host. She gathered some of the most inspiring artists to bring us some technique packed classes. There were moments of frustration because I couldn't master a technique right away (it's the perfectionist in me), but I was totally blown away by the ideas, textures, and creations we made.
The entire time was spent thinking outside the box...using various scrapbooking supplies and art supplies in totally unique ways!! I really can't put into words how amazing the experience was. And, lucky for me I got to share it with my mom and my sister - 2 of the most talented women I know!
My favorite old drafting table looks a little different these days...It's filled with new paint brushes, gorgeous fibers and ribbons that I just couldn't live without, an article on water color journaling, water colors, gesso, matte gel medium, clear tar gel, pumus gel, Golden's acrylic paints, Unity stamps, sticky back canvas, a sketch pad, Ten Second Studio's molds, and projects I have yet to finish from Inspired.
I have a ton of ideas whirling through my head. I even have ideas on how to use these kind of art supplies with Spellbinders (TM) dies! Creations are starting to pour out of me...so stay tuned! I have vowed that I will not let this feeling go away. I must create a smidge of art every day in some small way. It clears my mind, relaxes me and feeds my soul.
I'll have more pictures soon.
I hope you get the chance to do something artful every day!
Holly
What do you get when you mix the beauty of stained glass images with the fabulous shapes of Spellbinders Nestabilities? A fabulous new set from Flourishes called Beauty Within. This stamp set was designed to take the guess work out of cutting and trimming an elegant shape. With the help of Labels 11 and Labels 13, you can color to your heart’s content and then trim your image perfectly with these beautiful dies.
This set, designed by artist Becky Fleck, will be released first thing Friday morning and is available now for pre-order! Would you like to win this set? Simply leave a comment here and you’ll be in the running! Winners will be announced Saturday at 12 PM CST on the Flourishes Blog.
I created an alered journal using the Iris' in the fabulous stamp set Beauty Within. I have loved Iris' since I was a little girl. My Grandma Theresa always grew them in her garden. I lived in Iowa for about 5 years and have some dear friends - Beth and Julie - that grow the most amazing Iris' you've ever seen. The photo on the cover of the journal is one Beth took of her blooming Iris'. Isn't it gorgeous? It goes perfect with Flourishes stamp set.
I began by trimming a piece of white cardstock to fit the cover of my journal. I used the single Iris stamp and some brown ink to create my own patterned paper! The trick is to stamp some images darker than others, by loading the stamp with ink, and stamping two images. I also like to have some Iris' going off the page for added interest.
I adhered the one of a kind stamped patterned paper to my journal, and layered a piece of My Mind's Eye patterned paper on top.
I cut/embossed S5-011 Scalloped Edge Frame and S4-239 Classic Scalloped Borderabilities Petite out of My Mind's Eye patterned paper.
I lightly sanded the embossed areas of the frame. I adhered ribbon to the small border.
I stamped the gorgeous Iris scene image using Memento ink and set aside to dry. Once the image was dry, I chose various colors of Copic Markers that blended well and matched my photo. I colored in the Iris' first and layered the three colors you see grouped together in this photo.
I started with the lightest color and layered the middle color and then used a touch of the darker color on the center of the base of the flowers. I used the yellow for the sky and the lightest color I used on the Iris', for the ground color. The green was used on the leaves and stems.
I also picked my favorite sentiment from the set Beauty Within and stamped it on white cardstock. I cut/embossed S3-149 Double Ended Tags and S4-24 Labels Thirteen being careful to line them up perfectly around the images, and using a piece of removeable tape to secure the die in place and keep it in place while going through the Wizard (TM).
Doesn't the Labels Thirteen die just match perfectly with the stamp? It's simply gorgeous!
Trim photograph to fit inside frame die cut. Adhere ribbon, frame die cut, photograph and border as shown.
Use a total of 12 adhesive backed foam squares from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere Iris stamped image. 2 foam squares, stacked on top of each other, in six places on the backside of the stamped image really gives a lot of dimension and helps the image to really pop! Adhere sentiment in center of border as shown.
Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I hope you enjoyed my altered journal.
Holly
Some of the Spellbinders’ Designers have teamed up the Flourishes Design Team to show you the beautiful potential of Beauty Within!
Spellbinders' Designers:
Flourishes Design Team:
· Julie
Koerber
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Danielle Kennedy
Dawn Burnworth
Laura Fredrickson
Leslie
Miller
Stacy Morgan
Happy Mother's Day! My kids and hubby are cleaning my fountain, adding rocks and getting it all ready to go for me. :)
My mom will be here tomorrow and we're off to Denver to catch a flight to my sisters. From there, the 3 of us will be going on our first "girl party" trip (as my little girls like to call it) to Donna Downey's Inspired Artist Workshop!!!! It will sort of be like we're celebrating Mother's Day all week together :) Hopefully I'll be able to post some pictures on my blog while I'm there so you see all the cool stuff!
Here are two projects I created for the Spellbinders (TM) Blog for Mother's Day.
You can see a step by step tutorial on how I made this card on the Spellbinders Blog.
Here's a layout I created of my Mom and I. She got us tickets last summer to the Kenny Chesney concert at Cheyenne Frontier Days. So of course I had to use beach themed die cuts. You can see a tutorial of this layout here on the Spellbinders Blog.
Have a very happy Mother's Day!
I saw this quote on facebook and just had to share. I think it's perfect!
“A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.”― Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Holly
I made this layout using a ton of Spellbinders (TM) dies. The great thing about many of the dies is that they can be curled, bent and folded to create a 3 Dimensional look. Yellowstone is my absolute favorite place in the US. I travel there every year.
I hope you find some time to do some creating today, or hop on a website and join in all the NSD online fun!
Don't forget to check out Spellbinders Blog..they are having a ton of fun over there too!
Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!
