072115 OBW 106 - Layers

Took a few for this one...

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071515 Finnabair class at Scrappy Chic

Had a lovely day out at Scrappy Chic 

taking a class from the incomparable Finnabair!

(I'm under her right armpit, lol)

We started by painting our canvas with heavy black gesso, adding 

vintage travel themed papers in a mosaic arrangement & choosing a photo. 

We also used Prima's Finnabair 3D Gloss Gel & some texture tools

to create a transparent background texture that we will come back to later...

You can see it in the photo below.

Next we got to revel & rummage in the generous packs of 

Prima Finnabair metal embellishments provided to each of us in our kits.

I didn't want a real feminine vibe so I decided on a crown.

This will be called "The Crown Prince" as he IS the first-born.

Next step is to paint over all metal & plastic items with black gesso.

This will give a good base for the spray colors & shimmer.

This was a bit of a leap for me, as I was really loving all the different metals.

Not so sure at this point!

 The Soft Gloss Gel can be mixed with glitter, microbeads, etc. & then applied as you would paint. The gloss is transparent & sticky so anything you add appears as itself but can be adhered easily. 

We mixed in Luminarte Primary Elements pigments in metallic colors 

to dry brush over our textured background. Wow! Did it ever bring THAT to life :-)

The pigments can also be used mixed with plain water as a shimmer mist or water color.

One of the finishing touches that helps marry your photo
to the painterly background is adding "makeup" to it!
If you have any oversprays or boo-boos around the edges you can use
black gesso and carefully feather in a little grungy edge or white gesso on the face.

 

You'll notice she has a teeny tiny brush, and has used the back of her hand for a palette!

She used heavily diluted color for just a hint of blush & eyeshadow.

I didn't think it would improve Lincoln's looks, though.

I'll be adding some gems & some more shading & color at home.

I'm going to do one for each of the grands!

The project really had a wide scope of possibilities.

Some of the variety in the finished product between my table mates...

HAPPY SCRAPPERS!

Thanks, Anna, for helping tame my fear 

of multi-media messy techniques.

Headed home with a lovely Pettit team mixed CD 

playing & the sun roof open... happy day.

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071315 Date Day... Monday?

Well!

That's what retirement brings :-)

Contrary to the lack of Date Day posts on my blog for awhile,

it's not to say we have been boring shut-ins!

I've just been a bad blogger...

So! Today...

 

Breakfast with Thumper :-)

Oops! Garden has gone berserk...

Shingles & chicken feed...

 (Paid the water bill & got gas - no pics, lol)

Lunch at P.F. Chang's - yummo

Groceries from Horrocks (he bought me chocolates!)

Somehow, this took all day!

 Time definitely takes on less significance post-workforce.

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071315 OBW 105 ~ Countryside

Summer.

We are still trying to decide if this is wheat, or oats, or barley :-)

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071215 CKC July Challenge #2

Second July challenge at CKC is...

Old Tool Challenge:
Get out a tool you have not used in a while and do a technique with it on your project!
Well, of course, what I was looking for ...

...was nowhere to be found.

 SO! Plan B...

My project is an album for the photos of our cabin build, still a work in progress.

The embossed woodgrain will make some nice mats & tags for the book.

I got these Melissa Frances chipboard covers at the Novi scrapbook convention.

I cut out pieces of kraft paper to make 10 matching page bases for my book.

Then I trolled my kit for papers & little goodies that might help tell the story.

 

Here's my cover:

We were out there again yesterday so the file of photos grows!

Stay tuned for more pages this month.

(my cute carpenter!)

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070615 Our Beautiful World #104

OBW #104

Pathway

All the comforts of home  ;-)

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070415 July CKC Tutorial post

Here in the U.S. it's Independence Day!

We will be at a small town parade & barbecue nearby where my daughter lives,

but I'm delighted that you stopped in for some forgery help.

I tackled a few of the papers first (as usual)

The kit had the two lace papers on the left - mine are on the right.

I used this Basic Gray throwback paper - Aged & Confused Sublime/Raspberry Blue.

Misted with Dylusions White Linen Ink Spray over a Prima floral stencil.

The white lace forgery was simply an ANCIENT Martha Stewart overlay on cardstock!

Forging isn't always labor intensive or needful of a slew of supplies, it's breaking down the inspiration into an element that speaks to you & works with what you have on hand.

Our goal is to motivate you to use up all the goodies in your stash by seeing them in a new light.

Next were some Project Life-style cards.

See the little "LOVE" one?
I couldn't get a larger image, but you can see the inspiration in mine.
There was one little floral accent in the "O".
I have a beautiful alpha stamp set in my kit that made this special.

Here are all of the cards:

The love birds, top left, are some Little Yellow Bicycle canvas stickers
spritzed with a teal, blue & white Dylusions ink mist.
Then I stamped a few details - makes me happy!

I mopped up the leftover ink with some 3x5" graph grid cards.
I used one with some chipboard butterflies.

 

I had a lot of fun with these.
 I think I'll be doing these as a regular part of my kits.

Enjoy the rest of the inspiration!
See you on the 6th for Challenge #1.

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