A layout with Cheery Lynn dies!

OK, major excitement for me, I was asked to be a guest designer for Cheery Lynn dies and WOW, do I ever love these dies, they are so fabulous.  I love how the paper so easily releases from the dies and that you can cut through two layers of cardstock with the dies.  I am a layouts and tags kinda gal with the occasional off the page project and card thrown into the mix, so today I want to share a layout with you that also goes along with the Cheery Lynn's September 1 challenge theme to use lace.  I love using lace and ribbons on my layouts so I used a pretty heart lace all around my photo.

I used the Victorian Romance Flourish in each of the 4 corners to set the base for my floral clusters.  Then I added Flourish # 7 -CAFLRS7.  To make those flourishes extra pretty, I inked them around the edges.  Inking creates depth and I love layers, depth and dimension.

I have to have layers under my photos so I used the Horizon Coved Rectangle Boutique Stacker - DL 251 to cut a large and medium mat for my photo.

I am totally a flowers kinda gal and I am totally crazy about the Cheery Lynn flower dies!  I used the Black Eyed Susan Strip die B338 to create the pointed petal flowers and the Floral Bouquet Kit B777.  

 I especially love the black eyed susan center, it's so easy to make and looks so fabulous!  I inked the edges of my flowers, shaped the petals with a large ball stylus and they layered them up.

Now flowers need some leaves around them to make them look realistic so I diecut leaves and berries with the Floral Bouquet Kit (B777).  That kit is so versatile because you get two sizes of flowers plus pretty stems, leaves, and berries!  I also added some Lindy's mist to the petals so that the color would be mottled and more realistic.

For these flowers, I used both the small and large flower in the Floral Bouquet Kit (B777).  The center is made up of 3 small flowers.  To make the small flower and the center of the large flower, I just pinched the petals together and gave them a nice scrunch.

Cheery Lynn Dies Used:

DL 151 - Victorian Romance Flourish

DL 251 - Horizon Coved Rectangle Boutique Stacker

B338 - Black eyed Susan Strip

B777 - Floral Bouquet Kit

CAFLRS-7 - Flourish 7

Other Supplies:
Prima Royal Menagerie Collection
Lindy's Mists


Thanks for stopping by today, I appreciate it!  Hope all's well in your world.

OTP with the September Flying Unicorn Kit

One of the great things about the Flying Unicorn monthly kit is the diverse range of products included. There's always an OTP - off the page project, and this month it's a fun wooden box that I turned into a girly jewelry gift box.

First I painted the box with Prima paint that also came in the kit.  After that dried, I brushed it with Prima Clear Crackle Texture Paste.  After that dried, I brushed white gesso over it and then wiped it off with a damp towel so that the white remained in the cracks but not so much on the surface of the box

Next comes the fun part and that is embellishing with lots of pretty blooms, beads and lace!

Can't wait to gift this to someone!

Supplies from the September Flying Unicorn kit:
Wooden hinged box
Prima Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint Metallique Pink Blush

From my stash:
Petaloo Mixed Blossoms x 8 Soft Pink

Vine

Beads

Lace

Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!

Layout with the September Flying Unicorn Kit

You don't want to miss the gorgeous September Flying Unicorn kit filled with Prima's Rossibelle products.  I love the colors of this collection!

Here's a layout I did with Rossibelle. First I masked some crackles on the background with a Prima mask that was included in the kit.  I used layers from the 6 x 6" pad also in the kit behind my photo.

Underneath the photo I fussy cut some flowers from one of the Rossibelle papers and used that to form the base of my cluster.  I filled in with diecut leaves from Spellbinders Romatic Vines die.

I used a Creative Embellishment's  heart shaped frame from my stash and heat embossed it with Stampendous aged copper.  The frame also has some sprigs on it that make up part of the cluster.  The little bird came in the kit and it is also from Creative Embellishments.

The heart is fussy cut from one of the papers.  I used foam squares on either side of the heart to pop it up.

Oh my great niece, she is quite the little miss!  Here's the journaling in case you can't read it in this picture:

6/5/16 - Conversation as she is getting ready for church:

Her Mom: You need to brush your teeth

Mackenzie: and put on lipstick

Her Mom: umph

Mackenzie: What? Every girl needs lipstick in their life. 

She is 4. I can't even imagine teenage years with her. BTW for now lipstick means kiddie lip gloss but I'm sure that will change before I want it to change. 

Supplies:

Flying Unicorn September Kit

Other supplies from my stash:

Creative Embellishments Feeling the Love Frame

Petaloo Anemones

Prima Romance Novel clothespin

Thanks for stopping by today, I sure appreciate it!  Hurry to the Flying Unicorn store and capture a September kit, there is a limited supply available.

New September challenge at Creative Embellishments!

Time for a new challenge at Creative Embellishments with a fun inspirational photo!  You can go in a lot of directions with this photo, fantasy, steampunk, even heritage as I did.

I used one of my favorite Graphic 45 collections, Communique, to do this heritage layout of my father-in-law.  The twist in this month's challenge is to use timepieces so I added some fun Steampunk clocks that I heat embossed with Stampendous Aged Gold Embossing enamel.

I love this Steampunk Timepiece with Wings   Love how the gears around the clock form a lacey edge. 

This timepiece comes from  Steampunk Timepieces and there are 3 great steampunk clocks included in the set that are about 2 3/4" wide.

I used the  Heritage Word Set for the title and finished it off with a Graphic 45 clock key.

It's really easy to enter the Creative Embellishments challenges and there's a great prize of a $50 gift certificate to the Creative Embellishments store! You'll find our monthly challenges at the top of our blog.  Here are the rules:

Challenge Rules:

• Create a NEW project layout, mini album, tag, card, canvas, etc….as of September 1st  2016.
• Please add your entry to our InLinkz box at the bottom of the post to be eligible for the prize. You have until the last day of each month 11:55 pm eastern time to enter.
• It is required that you mention in your blog post that you are playing along at Creative Embellishments together with a link back to our blog. Please make sure to reference our challenge. Please no back linking.
• Combining with other challenges is permitted.
• We would love to see you USE AT LEAST 1 OF  CE products on your projects but it isn’t required to play along. However everyone that does will get and extra chance at winning.
• WINNERS will have 2 weeks to claim their prize. The winner will be announced on this post the day after the challenge ends. Keep an eye out to see if you are a winner.

That's it, easy, peasy! 

Thanks for joining me today!

September Flying Unicorn Kit of the Month

The Flying Unicorn monthly, Your Passion Your Art kit is now bigger than ever - overflowing with all the goodies you desire with all our previous kits rolled into one GRAND collection...

ONE month, ONE kit.

The Flying Unicorn now includes papers, an "Off the Page" project, a mixed media collection, and all the coordinated embellishments in one kit, and at one crazy magical Price of 59.99!!

Get excited and enjoy what the creative team has done with the

Flying Unicorn SEPTEMBER 2016 Your Passion Your Art Kit.

Creations from the Design Team

Cards

Off the Page

and More ...

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Layout Creative Embellishments & Flying Unicorn Sept KOM

Hey ya'll!  That's how we greet everyone in the south!  So today, I have a fun layout that I did with the just released September Flying Unicorn kit and some fabby Creative Embellishments chippies and a great grunge stamp!  I've used new Prima Rossibelle papers for this layout.

I started out by stamping all around the edge with the Burlap stamp.  Then I layered some papers under my photo. That cute little bird is from the Birds set.  I just misted him.  I didn't want him to stand out, I just wanted him to be quietly perched there on the flower!

  Next came the really fun Brick Pieces.  I gave those a light misting with Lindy's Crow's Nest Copper Moonshadow Mist.

I used two  different word borders.  I also gave these a quick misting with the same Lindy's mist.

Of course, my layouts are not complete until I add lots of pretty blooms.  I've mixed flowers from the Flying Unicorn September kit with Petaloo flowers from my stash.

Creative Embellishments Supplies:

Burlap Stamp

Birds

 Brick Pieces

Best Friends Border Words

Love Border Words

Thanks for joining me today!  Hurry over to the Flying Unicorn Store if you want a September kit and be sure to stop by Creative Embellishments often.  Lots of new designs are always being added!

DIY Storage cabinet

I've given new life to an old curio cabinet that has been laying around the house forever by using the new Graphic 45 DIY craft papers.  Love that these papers are  large (19.5" x 27") and therefore, suitable for your larger projects!  The paper is double sided and is flexible making it great for wrapping around corners and such!

I'm going to use this cabinet to store little bottles and pots and so, I've purposely kept it quite simple.  I don't want a lot of embellishments taking up valuable storage space!

Tip:  Be sure you have a sharp blade in your craft knife when you're making little cuts as I did in this video AND be careful!

When using matte medium, Mod Podge, or similar products, be sure to coat both the surface you're covering and you paper with medium so that you get a really good seal and no air bubbles.  Use a brayer, rolling from the center outward, to smooth out your paper and eliminate air pockets.

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Here's a look at the original cabinet before it's facelift.

I used a Prima mold to make the centerpiece and two G45 keys on either side for my simple top embellishment.

Graphic 45

DIY Craft Paper Curiosity Collage & Butterflies

Graphic 45 Communique DCE Shutter Speed

Graphic 45 Staples Washi Tape Set

Graphic 45 Staples Metal Clock Keys

Graphic 45 Staples Metal Key Holes

Other:

Gold Paint

Prima IOD Vintage Art Decor Mould-Baroque 3

Distress Black Soot Ink