Love is in the Air with ScrapBerry's

Saturday greetings to you! I hope you are enjoying your weekend. I've got a ScrapBerry's project to share featuring a bit of recycling from a found object.

I've used the beautiful Birds of Paradise collection along with a piece of packaging material as my foundation to create an up-cycled home decor plaque.

How did this project begin? I received a box containing a new larger item and inside were several pieces of this oversized partition cardboard but with texture. I loved how durable and strong it was and thought, this could really work nicely for a wall decor item.

To begin, I used a coating of plain white gesso. After the first coat I applied a bit of ScrapBerry's Stains Ink in Pink to the raised areas, then muted it down with a 2nd coat of white gesso. A bit of silver embossing powder was used on top of the wet medium, then heat set with a heating tool. The final touch was an application overall of iridescent medium.

The technique accents the gray tones and softens the Pink ScrapBerry's Stains Ink to perfectly coordinate.

As you can see, I have die cut several items to layer, but the sentiment and bird with the florals were my inspiration. I've hand cut the florals and some of the leaves as they are so pretty!

I hope I've inspired you to look at some of your everyday items creatively today.

ScrapBerry's Products:

Birds of Paradise Paper Collection SCB220606300BH
- Twitter SCB220606309H
- My Melody SCB220606305H
- Birds SCB220606307H
- Fairy Garden SCB220606302H
- Barberry SCB220606306H
- Plumets SCB2206063088BH

Stamps: Photo Archive SCB4907013B
Metal Embellishment Flair: Create Wonder SCB340001085
Stains Ink: Pink SCB1210502
Metal Charms 4 Pc: For Wedding
Washi Tape: Around The World SCB49001, Wind of Travel SCB490029

Thank you for stopping on over for a visit today! Have a super scrappity day!

Off the Page with BoBunny

Happy Tuesday to you!

 

I was recently up over on the BoBunny Blog with a project featuring one of our newer collections "Winter Wishes".

 

"Let it Snow" Winter Celebration Décor

This project is a home decor pallet in celebration and anticipation of winter and snow featuring Winter Wishes and DoubleDot Jewels. In selecting my background patterned paper for this project, I loved these birch trees with the cool crisp feel of winter.

I base coated the wooden pieces with Pentart White Acrylic Paint, then adhered the Winter Wishes paper to them. When I next applied my texture using Sugar Glitter Paste and Structure Paste with the Winter Fun Stickable Stencil, I adhered all pieces together snugly, let dry. 

Once the textures dried, a bit of Glimmer Spray splatters were added. When those dried, I separated and attached the panels to the backing wood pieces.

I selected my sentiment from the coordinating Combo Stickers and accented with DoubleDot Jewels in Think Pink and Tuxedo. Several of the BoBunny dies were used to cut a variety of shapes for layering. I did a bit of fussy cutting from the papers to keep it interesting. 

I like to cut a variety of shapes from different papers all at once, and then sit down with my project and layer. It makes things go a little quicker for me.

One last image to show off the pretty textures achieved by using the different mediums and mixing in the DoubleDot Jewels and Jewel Flourish.

BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Winter Wishes, Beautiful, Boughs, Chill, Magic and Wonderland / Winter Wishes

Noteworthy: Winter Wishes

Stickers: Combo Sticker 12x12 / Winter Wishes

Glitter Paste: Sugar

Glimmer Spray: Sugar, Gold and Bronze

DoubleDot Brads: Aqua

DoubleDot Jewels: Tuxedo and Think Pink

Stickable Stencils: Winter Fun

Pearlescents: Sugar

Pentart: Structure Paste and Creamy Acrylic White Paint

Stamps: Postale, Stained Textures and It Is Written

BoBunny White Gesso 

Jewels Flourishes: Glaze

Dies: Terrific Nested Tags, Fanciful, Ornate Doilies and Picture This

Laser Cut Chipboard: Timepiece

Doilies: Small 4"

 

Thanks so much for stopping on over to the blog today for a visit! Have a super scrappity day.



BoBunny Page with Secret Garden

Happy Friday to you!  I have a project to share with you that I recently created for BoBunny.

It's so much fun to catch a glimpse into the creative process and how a page is created and enhanced along the way. Today I am sharing a masculine page created in three ways for you featuring the Secret Garden collection.

Beginner Level

I started my page with the more neutral background pattern paper in the collection called "Vineyard". The photo here is framed using the coordinating Chipboard frame. Using a bit of Gold Foil Dot Washi Tape and some Noteworthy die cuts, this very simple first page was created.

Medium Level

Next, I added in some pretty elements that I cut using our Nested Terrific Tag, Ornate Doilies and Love Squared Dies. I created my doily flower by using two cuts from the smallest Ornate Doilies of the "Bloom" pattered paper, shaped them gently and set aside. The rolled floral center was created by cutting one of the "Trellis" circle designs.

 

Advanced Level

Confession time, I hardly ever visualize a project start to finish, I never know what will happen when I sit down to create. After looking at this page, it felt as though it needed more depth or layers and texture.

The first thing that I did was to add some interest with some homemade texture paste (Gabrielle Pollacco's Recipe) applied this through the Kaleidoscope Stickable Stencil. While still in place, on top of that, I applied a bit of Blueberry Glitter Paste. I liked the similar nature of the repeating pattern compared to the base paper.

Next, I applied a bit of our White Gesso using a dry brush to the layer of the Ornate Doily that is under the Noteworthy scalloped circle.

I really wanted to keep the printed patterned paper design in tact on the right side of the base paper, so I came in an inch and cut out a one inch vertical strip. I then cut the edges a bit wavy, spritzed with water and rolled them. I came up a bit short, so I ripped another piece and attached it to the left. It all measured out nicely to 12 inches and I was happy.

I added a bit of blue thread under the Noteworthy Bird and added one of the Layered Chipboard pieces under the sentiment. When I found the small "Easter" sticker in the Combo Sticker sheet, I tucked it in above the title.

Thank you for joining me here today. What are your favorite techniques or embellishments to add to your pages? Do you like more clean and simple designs or do you love the extra layers and mixed media?

BoBunny Products:
Patterned Paper: Secret Garden, Bloom, Arbor, Corsage, Vineyard, Secret Garden, Trellis,  / Secret Garden
Noteworthy: Secret Garden
Brads: Secret Garden
Buttons: Secret Garden
Chipboard: Layered Chipboard, 6x12 Chipboard / Secret Garden
Dot Jewels: DoubleDot Blue Hues
Stickers: Combo Stickers / Secret Garden
Stickable Stencils: Kaleidoscope
White Gesso
Palette Knife Assortment
Glitter Paste: Blueberry
Glimmer Spray: Frost and Sugar
Doily: 4 Inch Small Doilies
Kraft Wood Shapes: Elegant
Dies: Nested Terrific Tag Dies, Ornate Doilies Dies, Love Squared and Lovely Leaf Dies
Gold Foil Dot Washi Tape

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!