New Challenge at More Mixed Media-

Hi everyone!! :)

Today starts up a new challenge over at More Mixed Media Challenges! This month's challenge is to use the optional color of "Purple" on your creations. It doesn't have to be all purple but we would like to see some purple color on your creations. 

For my project, I decided to create an art journal page. I am very new to art journaling with only 3 double pages under my belt. But this is my very first art journal page where I literally took a pencil to sketch out my drawing. I am NOT good at drawing at all with a pencil, but I attempted it and I hand drew this entire page and then once it was completely finished by sketch, I took some paints and started to paint it all. I used various paints and white gesso. The vase was the hardest part to do because I wanted it to look like a clear glass vase with water in it. So I took white gesso and very light gray and blue paints to create the water and clear glass look. I added a bit of brown to also reflect the table inside the clear glass vase. I think that I was able to achieve the look pretty well, considering this was my first time trying to work on something like this. So the page is supposed to show the florals on a nice wooden table up against a wall. I also took some Dina Wakely scribble sticks to do the florals along with some paints for accents. I also took my Prisma colored pencils to do some shading on the leaves. The title was done using my copic multi-liner and my FB artist Pitt brush in black. I also took my white gel pen for hightlights on the florals and the letters in the title. It is not perfect, but it completely screams hand made and that is what I love about it. I am so happy with my very first completed sketched/painted drawing. Well that is it for today! Hope ya like it and that I can inspire you to hand draw your own art journal page!

   

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Please stop by the More Mixed Media Challenge Blog to see what my design team sisters

 have created with this happy color and link up your own creations!

Until next time~

Enjoy life's blessings~

Winner FFC #190 Announced~

Hi there friends...
We have the Top 3's and winners from Funday Friday
challenge #190! We had 74 awesome entries!
 Are you one of them lucky ones???

Our TOP 3 winners from  FFC #190
 "Always Anything Goes"

                       #10----->  Bonnie Garby

                       #62----->  Jackie Cornfield

                       #72----->  Lozzy

And now our winner of 3 digi images 

 from the Star Stampz online shop! 

#44- Billie A

All Winners & Top 3's Please email me at:

FFCprizes at gmail dot com!

You will have 2 weeks to claim your prizes!

  

Well my friends that is all I have for today. I hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping by and until next time.... Enjoy life's blessings~

  



FFC #191 Anything Goes with Lawn Fawn!

Hello sweet friends!

Welcome to another Funday Friday Challenge!!
Today we welcome 2 of our newest designers, Sherry & Annie for their first challenge with us!
Please make them feel welcome and stop by their
 blogs to leave them some love!
And today is also my birthday!!! YEP! Happy Birthday to me!!!! 
No special plans today-- but I am looking forward to spending quality time with the family and catching up on emails~ And what is super cool is that this challenge starts on my birthday and ends on my sister's birthday! HA! Just a random fact :)

 This week's Challenge:

Our Sponsor this week is:

The winner will win a stamp set of their choice and a 6x6 paper pad from 
the Lawn Fawn online Store!

 So make sure to play along this week~

    Starts: Friday, June 02nd    12:00AM

Ends: Friday, June 09th     6:00PM

(Eastern time)

Now let's see what the FFC Design Team has created for this Challenge:

TEAM A

Margaret

Angie

Tina 

Sherry

Annie

Joyce

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your
challenge entry project, using the linky tool below. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 
The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo
All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until June 9th by 6:00PM (eastern, USA)
 time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of June 12th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~

Thanks for stopping by!

An InLinkz Link-up

New Release with Little Blue Button Stamps!

This is my 2nd Post today! For Dies R Us Challenge #74, click here!

Hello sweet friends! 

How have you all been? How about it is June!! I am excited because June is an awesome month for my family and I.. lots of events and birthdays! And speaking of birthdays, my birthday is tomorrow! Yikes! LOL ....   Every year my age goes up and these years go by too fast! :)

So Today, I will be sharing a brand new image with you from the new June's release. The Little Blue Button Stamps Shop has released some amazing digital stamps for this new release as always and I am super excited to share with you what I created using this adorable digital stamp called, Kite Sophie & Sam!

Here is my card!

  

I started off by printing my image on a piece of Bristol paper and I colored my image in using my Prisma colored pencils, using a little bit of mineral spirits to blend. This is such a cute and fun image to color! Once my image was completely colored, I took my white gel pen to do a little highlighting. I also took my copic multi-liner pen and enhanced both of their eyelashes. I cut out my image using the 2nd largest die from the "Peek a Frame Dies" from Mama Elephant. 

 

I then cut out the largest die in that same set out of some beautiful mint and white pattern paper and used this as my main layer. The patterned paper is called "Ice Cream Parlor" by Paper Studio. I adhered this to the card base and then I adhered the image layer on top. I cut out a small strip of paper from the mint color to use for my sentiment. I angled the one corner and the sentiment was created using my brother label maker. I adhered this down slightly under the image but still showing off the design of the die. And to finish off the card, I added in a few mint colored enamel dots. Hope ya like! 

   

    

Well I hope you enjoyed my sweet card using the

 adorable Kite Sophie & Sam image! Please remember to head on over to the LBBS Blog to check out the awesome projects that my design team sisters have created for you using June's New Release.  

Well thank you for stopping by today!
 I hope you have a wonderful, crafty day!
Until next time, Enjoy life's blessings~

Challenge #74 "Masculine" with Dies R Us!

Hello sweet friends! 

Welcome to a new challenge at Dies R US! Our challenge theme this time around is "Masculine"! We want to see your projects fit for that perfect little boy or man in your life! 

So here are the cards that I created for today's challenge.

I decided to create some shaker cards for Father's day. I haven't made a shaker card in awhile and I wanted something that would be fun and that would stand out this year. So I started with an A2 style white card base made with some GP cardstock. All the patterned paper that I used is from the "Guy Stack" from DCVW paper stack. Both cards are identical with the exception of the recipient and paper colors. I cut out the main layers using Lawn Fawn- Stitched Rectangle Frame Dies. I chose a nice pattern paper for this because I knew my next layer would be a nice solid. And speaking of next layers, this next layer was cut using Die-Versions- Whispers- Brick Background.  I really love this brick background die! It looks so nice on top of that patterned layer. I adhered the brick layer to the main layer and they both were adhered to the card base. 

     

Next I took some of the same pattern paper and cut out some polaroid frames using an Amy T die and I cut this out twice for each card. I also cut out some acetate for the windows. I decided that I wanted my shaker portion to be the inside of the frame where the photo normally would go. The square that gets cut out from the polaroid frame is what I used for the backing. I used a red square for both cards and  I also die cut some scalloped squares in white card stock, to go on top of the red squares. These are for the centers of the shaker and I stamped the "Happy Father's Day" sentiment using black archival ink. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up. I adhered these down together. Next I started to add my foam adhesive all around the frames, put the squares with the sentiment in place, added in my shaker bits and created the shaker. Love it! I used a variation of different sized sequins, sea beads, and logs. I tried to make it very colorful, using lots of primary colors. 

To finish off the cards, I added the little hearts that cut out from making the frames to the front of the frames and added in some glossy accents. To one of the frames, I stamped the word "Dad" also from Stampin' Up and to the other, I die cut the word "Brother" using the Die-Versions- Sweet Wordlets- Brother Die. All of the dies that I used in today's project are highlighted in the links above and can be found HERE. Well that's it my friends! I hope you like and will give creating some masculine shaker cards a try! Here are a couple more photos!

      

Well that is all I have for you today my friends. I appreciate you for taking time out of your day to visit me and see what I am up to. Please don't forget to stop by the Dies R US challenge blog to see what the rest of my design team sisters have created for you today. And make sure to link up your own project too! And for more inspiration, check out the Dies R US Inspiration blog . You will find yourself browsing for awhile. There are so many gorgeous projects that will surely inspire you! Thanks again for stopping by!

I would like to play along in the following challenges:

Until next time, Enjoy life's blessings~