A new collection from 13 Arts!

13 Arts has a great new collection out, Faces of Spring, available now at the Flying Unicorn Store.  AND everything in the store is 25% off to celebrate Memorial Day weekend so hurry over and snag some of this fabulous paper.  It is such a nice weight that it will stand up to any mixed media you apply to it!

I used WRMK Lucky 8 punch, classic wreath to do the large diecut and then simply layered some of the papers from the collection.  The chippy is Dusty Attic and heat embossed with my favorite Stampedous embossing enamel.  I used Prima's static stencil to add some texture and dimension to the layout .  The dots were done with my new favorite foam stamp from Claudia Helmuth Domestic Foam Stamp collection.

The fabulous metal flowers are part of the new Flying Unicorn Adornments collection and I think they will be in the store next week.  The flowers in this newest collection are just fabulous!!

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Patterned paper:  13Arts Faces of Spring collection: blue base and white diecut - Spring Morning, photo mat - Hair in the Wind; Ruby Rockit die cut tags Mother nature

Chipboard:  Dusty Attic leafy border 0577

Embossing powder:  Stampendous AGed Teal embossing enamel

Diecuts and punches: WRMK Lucky 8 Classic Wreath,

Flowers:    FULAdornments with Prima SIIP centers

Ink:  Mixed Media Inx pewter, Distress black soot, iced spruce

Mist:  Glimmer mist timberline

Masks:  Prima static

Paint:      white gesso

Other:  Chronology Label Plate



 

More fun with 13 @rts!

Oooh I haven't had this much fun in ages! 13 @rts, from Poland, is a new paper on the market and it is just awesome.  My last post I showed up a feminine girly page.  Today we're going deep into winter.  These papers are very versatile and a nice weight so that you can really apply the mixed media as I have done on this layout.  These papers are available now at the Flying Unicorn, here.

 Here in the south we really don't get much snow at all and you know after 5 years in Alaska and 8 years in Denver, CO, I miss snow in the winter!  Every once in a blue moon as they say, we do get the occasional freak snowstorm and that was what happened Christmas 2010.  It started snowing Christmas night and we woke up 12" of snow on December 26th. 

Nika was just an 8 month old puppy and being from Ocala, Florida, of course she had never seen snow before.  At first she was rather taken aback and looked at me like "what is that?".  But then with Chena by her side, she really immersed herself in the snow.  She and Chena chased each other all over the back yard leaping and jumping and really having a ball.  Of course I was out there with my camera trying to catch all the action.  This is a photo I got of Nika leaping through the snow.

 

I used a TCW mini mask and Golden fiber paste to create the snow splats.  Then I painted them with a snow cap dabber, topped and finally snow glitter.  I used an Alterations diecut fence th create my snow bank.  After cutting the fence I dabbed it with snowcap, then I took fiber paste and created the snow banks which I painted again with the snow cap dabber.  After that was dry, I painted it with Glitter snow and then sprinkled on some Diamond Dust for extra sparkle.  I added a few touches of icicle Stickles here and there.  The snowflakes were cut with a Martha Stewart punch and then covered with icicle Stickles.

 

These letters are foam that I coated with glue and then pressed into Diamond Dust.  Its a great way to give anything sparkle.  I also like to use it on flowers.

 

These leaves were cut with the ivy Cottage Cutz die and then I painted on Glitter Snow.  I helped it dry with my heat gun which caused the Glitter Snow to puff up a little bit and I think it looked more like snow as a result.

 

Supplies (highlighted products are linked to the Flying Unicorn store):

Patterned paper:  13Arts Frosted Life Collection:  Base-ColdWall, Large rectangle and strip-Winter Bricks, small rectangle-Stardust

Letters:  Pink Paislee Meringue covered with Diamond Dust 

Diecuts and punches: Martha Stewart snowflake punch; Alterations On the Fence;

Cottage Cutz Ivy

Flowers:    Prima Fleur Danseur Swan Lake;

Stickles:  Icicles

Mask:  TCW Mini Splats

Paint:     Ranger snow cap dabber

Other:  Diamond Dust; Glitter Snow; Golden Fiber Paste

 

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The Flying Unicorn introduces 13 Arts!!

 

 

I got my package of 13 Arts in yesterday and immediately sat down and started creating!  This is a new paper line straight from Poland and are they ever lucious!!  The papers are a nice heavy weight with such rich blended colors.  This collection is The Frosted Life and I must admit that I started thinking something snowy.  But then I was drawn to the feminine soft blues and pinks and decided to work on another layout for the wedding album I am making our niece.

 

 

I love how the soft pastels make a muted background for the bride's vibrant bouquet, these papers are a perfect match!  I used a Martha Stewart punch on the background piece and mounted that on a piece of white cardstock that I had lightly inked around the edges with distress ink.  I also painted the background with watered down whie gesso as I wanted to further mute the pink.

 

 

I made the two flowers using the Alterations mini tattered floral die.  I used white cardstock to cut the flowers and then heavily misted them with Fireworks London Fog mist and then inked the flower tips with Distress Weathered Wood.  I scrunched the petals and twisted with my tweezers then layered one on top of the other and used a Prima Monarch Diamond flower center.

 

That beautiful swirl is a ScrapFX flourish and it is sooo gorgeous.  We just got a new shipment in of ScrapFX so you might want to check it out as it tends to fly out the door!

 

 

I am having a real love affair with Stampendous Embossing Enamels right now.  I am using them on everything!  I used Shabby Pink on the ScrapFX chippy above and below I used Shabby White.  The application of the shabby white was kind of fun.  I took a Prima mask and some jasmine Mixed Media Inx and inked over the mask.  Then I covered it with the white embossing enamel.  I think it made for an interesting effect.  You don't really see the masked image so much but I love the white and gold flakes as it adds to the sparkle of the layout and for me a wedding layout should sparkle and shine!

 

 

Here's a complete supply list and links to the store:

Cardstock:      Bazzill avalanche

Patterned paper:  13Arts Frosted Life collection: diecut-Moondust, pink-frosted ferns, blue square-Stardust

Letters:  Pink Paislee Portfolio alpha stickers

Chipboard:  ScrapFXflourish Vcovered with Stampendous shabby pink embossing enamel

Diecuts and punches: WRMK Lucky 8 punch Fancy Scroll, Martha Stewart Swirling Lace,

Flowers:    handmade with Alterations mini tattered floral die, Prima Monarch Diamond centers

Ink:  Mixed Media Inx jasmine, Distress Victorian velvet and weathered wood

Paint:  Ranger snowcap dabber, white gesso

Other:  Stampendousshabby white and shabby pink embossing enamel, Prima mask, Kaisercraft laser cut wooden birdcage

 

 

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