Studio 75 for sale at the Flying Unicorn Store!

We just got in some yummy yummy new paper from a new company in Poland, Studio 75.  We have 3 collections, Winter Time, Sweet Home and Summer and Latte.  The papers are really heavy weight and as such, are great for globbing on the mixed media as I did in the layout below.  I have used lots of Glimmer Snow and fiber paste on this layout!

 

One little tip I will pass on to you is that if you carefully heat the Glimmer Snow before it dries with your heat gun, it puffs up a little and takes on a more snowlike appearance.

 

Chena and Nika frolicking in the snow, December 26, 2010.

Supplies (links to the Flying Unicorn store)

Patterned paper: Studio 75 Winter Time collection 01, 03; Sweet Home collection 04

Letters: Pink Paislee Merinque Expressions

Chipboard: Dusty Attic0648 Christmas trees, Dusty Attic 0273 mini bird

Diecuts and punches: Alterations tattered pinecone, MS snowflake punch

Flowers: Recollections

Mist: Glimmermist Timberline, Snowy Pine, Snow Queen, Marshmallow; Mister Huey Opaque white; Fireworks Mist London FogStickles: Frosted Lace
Ink: Mix'd Media Inx Vintage, LeatherPaint: white gesso, Ranger Snowcap dabber, Aleene’s GlitterSnow

Other: Golder Fiber Paste; TCW tree mask

 

Thanks for visiting!

Studio 75 collections from Poland at the Flying Unicorn

It is always a special day when a package from the Flying Unicorn lands on my doorstep.  Well today was extra special because I received Studio 75's 3 collections, straight from Poland, ooohhh soo gorgeous!!  Of course I immediately cast aside all the other plans I had for today and started scrapping.   Just happened to have this picture of me and my sweet Nika that looked so good with the Summer and Late collection.

The other two collections are Winter Time and Sweet Home.  Be sure to stop by the Flying Unicorn store to see these beautiful papers.
 


Thanks to Jen (jrabs) for taking this picture of me and my sweet girl, Nika.
Supplies:

Studio 75 Summer and Late collection  01, 08, 05,

Petaloo Chantilly Collection  blue/green - these came from the store but currently we only have the blue  (I hear that there will be more Petaloo's going in the store next week); Petaloo Cantebury Grape Leaf Vines w/glitter (from the store but out of stock)

Cottage Cutz ivy diecut to make the leaves under the flowers on the right, leaves are colored with Lindy's Tibetan Poppy Teal, Bougainvillea Fuschia, and Poderosa Pines Green

ScrapFX Butterfly circle embossed with Stampendous Aged Marine and Shabby white embossing enamelRanger Snowcap dabber-I used this around the the MS Wildflowers border punched square to increase the contrast between the layersInka-gold Steel blue (January KOM) - Used this on the rectangle that the title, Puppy Love, is on, again for more contrast between layers.

Pink Paislee Portfolio letters (January KOM)Distress ink shabby shutters and peacock feathers. used this on the EK Success Flower Burst border cut Kaisercraft rubon - In Love, this doesn't show very well but its at the top of the photo and says" There is only one happiness in life; to love and be loved."
 
Thanks for stopping by, be sure to check out these papers at the Flying Unicorn store and while you're at it, check out all the other great scrappy goodies there!
 

Flying Unicorn challenges!

Did you know that we have at least 10 challenges going on at the Flying Unicorn every month, and often more than that?  And did you know that all of our challenges have a randomly chosen winner to receive a great RAK from the Flying Unicorn store?

If you know me very well, you know that I love to write and I can go on and on and on maybe even you wish I would shut up, LOL!!  And you know I love to design a good challenge, one that pulls you out of your comfort zone, that's why we call them challenges, right?

My challenge, I've been waiting forever...

I am in the mood to read your stories this month so I want you to do a little journaling!  I know, most people don't like to journal but really you need to get those stories down on paper because one day you aren't going to remember them!!

The challenge is to do a layout, easy right?  Ah ha, you must also include some journaling and you must use the words "I've been waiting forever" somewhere in your journaling.  You can hide your journal or put it on the page, either is ok. Mine is hidden in a pocket on the left side, as you can see it is a long story.

Here's my inspiration for you.

The journal:

I’ve been waiting forever to see this plant bloom!

Right after we moved to Alaska, one of the gals that Dick worked with gave us some house plant cuttings.  One of the things she gave us was a member of the cactus family, a night bloom cereus.  We’ve always called it the ugly plant though because, well, it’s kinda ugly!  Of course in Alaska it didn’t get a lot of sun since our house was on 2 wooded acres and then there’s that whole winter dark thing going on in Fairbanks! 

However, it managed to live through the five years we spent in Fairbanks and when it came time to move we discovered that although it was an ugly plant, we had become rather attached to it so we wanted to take it with us.  But as moving goes, there was no room for it so we decided we would put in Dick’s Model T which was going inside a dark trailer that we were towing to our new home in Denver. We figured it might live and it was worth a try as there was no where else to put it.  I was elate when, three weeks later, I unloaded it from the “T” to find it very much alive.  Not only is that plant ugly, it’s very hardy!

After that long dark trip, I thought what the plant needed now was a sun bath so I left it outside in the hot Denver sun.  Hmmmm, that was not a good idea, it promptly got sunburned!  Oh but that plant is hardy, it survived that too.  Well now, for the next 8 years the ugly plant lived on in a dark corner in our Denver home.  It didn’t look all that great, but it was hanging in there.

Now in NC we have a lovely windowed corner and I thought the ugly plant would be very happy there and so it was!  For the first time in its life it was thriving, loving the daily dose of sunshine. Finally in 2011 in blessed us with two blooms.  I was so excited but unfortunately, the blooms open only once and only at night.  Well, do you think we got to see those two blooms open???  Noooo, of course not, we go to bed with the chickens so of course we are not awake in the dead of the night when the blooms open.

In 2012 we had four blooms on the plant.  Well I contained my excitement knowing that I would most likely sleep right through the blossoms opening.  But then the magic happened, a good friend from Florida had just arrived at our house and we were chatting in the living room when all of a sudden I interrupted everyone exclaiming, look, look, the blossoms are open!  The blossoms were a lovely creamy white and at least 6” across.  It was a long wait, 17 years to be exact, but well worth it, I’ve never seen anything lovelier!

 

I used the December kit to do this LO, I loved the embossed papers in the kit-this is the one with the birdcages on it.  I lightly sanded it to bring out the embossed images.

 

Supplies:

Patterned paper:  Ruby Rock-it Mother Nature collection:  Frame Royale, Birdcage embossed-Mother Nature embossed, Diamond print-flutterby, nusic pp-harmony, dotted-pensive

Letters:  Thickers foam Subway  (from a previous kit)

Diecuts and punches: Spellbinders Bella Rose die and stamps for Heartfelt Creations

Flowers:    Manor House blue, DA celestial white

Ink:  Distress pumice stone, weathered wood

Mist:  Lindy’s Ponderosa Pines Olive, Glimmer Mist Snowy Pine

Other:  Pink Paislee Artisan Elements (circles)

 

And here is the RAK you could win, all you have to do is play in the challenge for a chance to win!

 

Off the Page with the Flying Unicorn & the January KOM, Carpe Diem!

One of the greatest things about the kits from the Flying Unicorn is that the main kit ALWAYS includes an off the page project.  This is such a great value because in addition to great papers and embellies, you get a fun OTP for a more than reasonable price!

The January OTP is especially nice, its a great box with a 6 x 6 mini inside, already for you to scrap and make it your very own special project.  Because I got my January kit in December, I chose to make a mini to give my Mom for Christmas with photos of her great grandchildren in it.

I used a combination of the Magnolia 6 x 6 papers that come with the OTP and Prima Londonderry papers for my OTP.

I first painted the box bottom with Delta Ceramcoat metallic gold acrylic paint that came in the December 2011 kit.  Love that I still had some left from a year ago to use on this!  After that was dry I applied a thick coat of Ranger Crackle Accents.  I let that air dry (don't use a heat gun here, let it dry naturally) and then rubbed Distress walnut stain into the cracks and a bit of  Rub 'm Buff in Ebony.

The edge of the lid was painted with Viva Inka-Gold that came in the kit and then ebony Rub 'n Buff was applied to the edges and corners on both the lid and box.

Inka-gold is a really fun product, be sure to watch my two videos on how to use it. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AnO6d7D4UE&list=UUHgm7Ve-qUEy1h99G8Pz97A&index=2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIVjtuKIMMc&list=UUHgm7Ve-qUEy1h99G8Pz97A&index=1

 

I decorated the top with a resin Prima frame that I brushed gold Inka-gold  into the crevices for that french antique look and in the frame center is a rose made from air dry clay.  Here's a very similar frame in the store.  I also added some Dusty Attic chippies from my stash that I embossed with Stampendous Ivory Aged Embossing Enamel.  This is my favorite product discovery of 2012!!!  I love it, it looks so great on  chippys and it comes in lots of colors.  Be sure to check it out!

 

The small gold and cream flowers came in the January kit and the larger cream flowers came from my stash.  I made the stick pin.

 

On the cover I've used crowns from the January kit and letters and flowers from a prior kit, Londonerry and Magnolia papers.

 

 

 

 

 

My mojo has been seriously missing for some time now, that is until the January kit arrived on my doorstep!  I just love the BasicGrey Serenade and Pink Paislee papers in the kit.  The papers and colors are so fun and playful and I thought were perfect for scrapping these pictures I took of a Mama grizzly bear and her her cub in Hyder, Alaska.

 

There is a great Tattered Angels mask in the embellishment add on kit, I thought it kind of looked like waves and was perfect for this LO.  I also mimiced the frothy water with cheesecloth.

 

 

The main kit included the Studio Calico hexagon mask that I used on this layout, I love the texture it creates. 

 

And don't you just love the Fancy Pants corrugated paper that is in the kit?  I misted, painted,  pasted, masked and inked on the background.  You could say that it's an artist's playground!  The flowers on this page are from previous kits and the green vines are Petaloo from the store.

 

Be sure to visit the KOM group at the Flying Unicorn for more details on these layouts and creations from all the  Creative Team.

My vegetarian dog & the January Flying Unicorn KOM

I really loved working with the January Flying Unicorn KOM, it is so fun and playful, its perfect to pull you out of the winter blues!

 

 

Here we have the silly Chena picking cherry tomatos! If you look closely in the first photo you can see a tomato in her mouth.  We have to fence our garden to keep the dogs out or they would completely strip the vines!

 

Journal:

I’ve never seen a dog that loved vegetables as much as Chena!  The 1st year we had a garden, Chena learned to take her snout and root through the bean vines and pull off the mature beans. Tomatoes?  Well just like me, she only picked the ripe ones! I’m not sure which is her favorite, green beans or tomatoes.  Then there was time I planted sugar snaps on the fence.  I’d see Chena running across the yard with a long pea vine stringing out behind her; then she would stop and eat the whole thing!  We had to fence the garden to keep her out; so then, she would sit at the edge of the garden, whine and look at me with those sad puppy dog eyes!

 

 

 

 

Supplies from the kit:

Patterned paper:  BasicGrey Serenade collection:  Base-york, orange circle-Parlor, beige circle-avalon, circle under small photo-chemise, sweet robin from the BasicGrey packaging

Flowers:    BasicGrey diecut flowers, Bo Bunny Natural Earth Daisy,

 

Supplies from my stash:

Diecuts and punches: DA0395 Birdbath, DA0640 Cherry Blossoms, Martha Stewart Laurel Leaf & Deco Flower punch around the page

Flowers:   Petaloo Florettes (I think Sept kit), Prima Bel Canto (Dec KOM)

Ink: Distress frayed burlap, pumice stone

Mist: TA Glimmer Mist Bronze, Tattered Leather, Lindy’s Cattail Copper Brown

Paint: Liquid pearls bisque, white gesso

Unknown: Burlap

 

January KOM - Carpe Diem, is now available!!

My mojo left town sometime in October and I've been searching for it frantically ever since!  Well I finally found it all wrapped up in the Flying Unicorn January KOM, Carpe Diem!  I love this kit, it is fun and playful and different from the papers I usually turn to.  It was just what I needed to get my creative thoughts flowing!  The kit features papers from the collections of BasicGrey Serenade, Pink Paislee Portfolio, and Fancy Pants Country Boutique.

The summer of 2010 my husband and I spent in Alaska which is my favorite place in the whole world!  On our way home we stopped in the tiny Alaskan town of Hyder to view bears at Fish Creek.  Hyder is completely surrounded by Canada and if you don't fly or boat in, the only way you can get there is by driving through Canada.  There the Forest Service operates the Fish Creek Wildlife Observation Site where one can stand on a platform overlooking the creek and observe black and brown bears fishing for salmon that are spawning.  It was just magical to be able to observe the bears in their own habitat so up close and personal!

The bear and tree silouettes and cheesecloth are from my stash as are the totem pole and Alaska stickers.  The letters are Thickers and are from a previous kit.  Everything else is from the January kit.

One of the fun things that came in this kit was a Tattered Angels mask and I just happened to have the stamp that goes with it so I have masked the flourish there under Fish Creek and then stamped and embossed inside the masking.  I used clear embossing powder which brings out the stamped image.

 

Journal:

August 2010 – Being “up close and personal” with this Mama Bear and her cub was so thrilling! She was teaching her cub to fish but poor little guy, the fish were nearly as big as he was and they kept getting away.  She even caught one and gave it to him but he couldn’t hold on to it.  She would spot a fish in the water, give chase, and if she caught it, she’d haul it out on shore they would feast on it together.  I think the cub was feeling playful and he smacked his Mom on the snout, oooohhh, that was not smart, she really bitched him out, growling and such!  I think he got a bear spanking!

 

Supplies:

Patterned paper:  BasicGrey Serenade collection: Base-half penny, light brown pp-riding habit, chevron stripe & black polka dots-shilling, circles-bustle, black/brown stripe-riding habit

Letters:  Thickers shoebox

Chipboard:  Kaisercraft wooden flourish

Flowers:    Bo Bunny Natural Earth Daisy

Ink:  Mixed Media Inx peridot; Prima black coal

Mist:  Lindy’s Blazing Sun

Masks:  Tattered Angels Glimmer Screen bold borders,

Stamps:  Tattered Angels Screen Prints Architectural Trims

Paint:  white gesso

Other:  Stampendous clear embossing powder; cheesecloth; Darice metal accents bear and tree; Pink Paislee epherma pack; Stampendous clear embossing powder

Unknown:  Totem, salmon and I love Alaska stickers

On this next layout I did some  masking on the background using a Studio Calico hexagon mask that came in the kit.  I sprayed the background with Dylusions and sponged on some Viva Inka Gold (be sure to see my video on this product).  I added some Dusty Attic grass clusters that are colored with Lindys and gold Inka Gold.  The papers under the photo have been heavily inked with Mixed Media Inx to mimic the colors in the water.  I dabbed gesso on the Bo Bunny flowers in the corner so they would look similar to the flowers on the Prima vine.

 



 

Bo Bunny flowers painted with gesso and stickled

 

Prima Vine

 

Supplies:

Cardstock:      Bazzill peach glow (from my stash)

Patterned paper:  BasicGrey Serenade collection:  Green-biustle, orange-parlor, base page-peacock; Pink Paislee Portfolio ephermaa

Letters:  Crafty Secrets Alpha Buttons; Kaisercraft tiny alpha stickers

Chipboard:  DA0660 grass clusters #1(from my stash)

Flowers:    Bo Bunny Natural Earth Daisy; Prima Bretton vine Alyssa

Ink:  Mixed Media Inx- vintage, honey; Inka-gold steel blue, gold; Prima English ivy (from my stash)

Mist:  Lindy’s Gator Gumbo Olive, Ponderosa Pine Olive; Dylusions London Blue (all from my stash)

Stickles:  Crystal (from my stash)

Paint:      Ranger dabbers Lake Mist, Snowcap, white gesso (from my stash)

Masks:  Studio Calico Elongated hexagon mask; TCW paint lids (from my stash);

One of the fun things in this kit was this Fancy Pants corrugated sheet.  I painted it, misted, masked, really I just kept putting media on it until I was satisfied.  At one point I sprayed it too heavily with Dylusions at which point I kinda freaked out, LOL, but I let it dry and they painted other colors over it.  The floral leaves have been painted with Viva Inka-gold and the fish net has been embossed with Stampendous aged gold embossing enamel.



 

Supplies:

Cardstock:      Fancy Pants Corrugated sheet

Patterned paper:  BasicGrey Serenade collection:  behind photo-bowler hat, zig zag-shilling, green-bustle, orange- parlor, Pink Paislee Portfolio collection: Outstanding (best day ever cutout), Epherma pack

Chipboard:  DA flourish #8, DA 0654 fish net (from my stash)

Flowers:  Prima Del Canto from Dec KOM; Petaloo Cantebury vine(from my stash) , Kaisercraft sepia paper flowers from a previous kit

Ink:  Mixed Media Inx -  Jasmine, Leather, honey, peridot, mossy (from my stash)

Mist:  Glimmer Mist olvie vine, moonlight, Dylusions London Blue (from my stash)

Paint:      Ranger dabber lake mist Jan KOM, snowcap (from my stash)

Other:  Kaisercraft lace, Studio Calico mask, Stampendous aged gold embossing enamel (from my stash), Golden crackle paste(from my stash) , 

 

Flying Unicorn releases it's January KOM-Carpe Diem!

Flying Unicorn

Proudly presents

With a new year, comes new beginnings and a perfect time to Seize the Day! Our January Kit, Carpe Diem brings an array of colors from yellows and teals to greens and blues. Collections from Basic Grey Serenade, Pink Paislee - Portfolio Collection and Fancy Pants Country Boutique allows you to create in color from bright to vintage, its how to mix and match the collections!

Our OTP ( off the page) this month is a 6x6 mini album tucked away inside a box. We have included 12 sheets of 6x6 papers from Magnolia making the possibilities endless .

Our add ons match the main kit giving your creativity an additional inspirational boost !

Creative Team Creations

Off the Page Creations

Build a Page

Join Shona on January 6th 2013 when she shows us step by step in making this incredible layout!

You Tube

Our Embellishment Add On Consists of Inka Gold - a mix media medium and Maggi shows you several ways to use it on our You Tube Channel -

Flying Unicorn and Teresa Collins, CSI Case #51

Time to chase away the winter blues with Teresa Collins Sweet Afternoon!  Christmas has come and gone and that always leaves me feeling a little blue and knowing that a new year is almost upon us, I thought something cheerful was in order! What could be more cheerful that a wedding layout and the promises of youg love and dreams!


How perfect that CSI case #51 colors work so well with my TC papers!  The Flying Unicorn is a sponsor at CSI so I am always happy to have a chance to work their great color challenges.

 

Evidence:  Circle, glitter on the flowers, and embossing on the DA chippies with Stampendous aged aqua embossing enamel.

 

Testimony:  Six-word Memoir "Always be kind to one another."

I am making my niece an album with pictures from her wedding.  It is a challenge for me as I never scrp in blue and pink but those were her wedding colors so I've been working pink and blue!

 

Supplies, links to the Flying Unicorn store are underlined:

 

Patterned paper: Teresa Collins Sweet Afternoon collection:  Base-In the Garden, Strip & circle-In the Park, white-By the Pond. Heart border cut-In the Garden

Letters:  Kaisercraft The Lake House

Chipboard:  Dusty Attic covered with Stampendous Aged Teal embossing enamel

Diecuts and punches: Martha Stewart scrolled hearts, EK Success Pointed Flower

Flowers:    small blue Prima Miss Godiva Celadon, Roses-Prima Love Letter, pink-Petaloo Mulberry magnolia pink,

Ink:  DistressVictorian Velvet

Mist:  Glimmer mist Cadillac pink, Tsukineko Fireworks London Fog

This is also for the color challenge at CSI, case #51

Mojo Monday at the Flying Unicorn!

Every Monday the creative team posts a new Mojo MOnday sketch and an example LO done with the sketch.  Check it out here, it's a great place to find some inspiration.  Of course for Christmas we have a beautiful Christmas themed sketch that Alda designed. 

Here's my take on the sketch,  I flipped it as that worked better for my photo and chosen embellishments.  I used G45's Nutcracker Sweet collection, available from the Flying Unicorn store.

I used WRMK's Lucky 8 Classic Wreath to make the large plaid  diecut amd then cut 3 circles and layered them in the center.  I used a Martha Stewart corner punch (deco fan) to cut around the largest circle.

I used my favorite product that I discovered this year, Stampendous embossing enamel  in aged hunter green on the Dusty Attic chippy below.  These enamels come in more than 13 colors and are just so perfect to use on chippys!!  Take a look at these enamels  in the store.  I know we are out of some colors but I bet they are on order!

The flowers are Prima poinsettieas from my stash, got them last year.  The trees are just some triangles that I cut from the Nutcracker Sweet collection.

Supplies:

Bazzill green cardstock

Patterned paper:   G45 Nutcracker Sweet collection:  plaid-Endearing sentiments; lg green sq-festive fairytale; red circle-Clara’s dream; outerborder-Nutcracker Sweet; dotted green-holiday magic; Nutcracker Sweet stickers

Chipboard:  DA0543 –baroque corner; G45 Nutcracker Sweet Tags 1

Diecuts and punches: WRMK Lucky 8 Classic Wreath; Martha Stewart Deco Fans

Flowers:    Prima Holiday Crimson

Ink:  Prima moss lawn; Distress black soot, shabby shutters

Other:  Stampendous aged hunter embossing pwder on DA chippy; TCW mask; Pebbles cream chalks earth tone shades

I hope you'll try this sketch and if you do, please post your creation in our Mojo Monday forum, we'd love to see it!