'The Sea'

Hi girls! I hope everyone is wonderful and enjoying these last days of summer...

I have captured a memory here on this page of me relaxing on the beach

using the gorgeous new kit from Scraps of Elegance...'By the Sea'.

So many beautiful goodies in this new kit, it includes Prima's 'French Riviera' collection, Prima flowers, some real seashells, and pretty sea themed chipboards and brads. I created the background using some black gesso (my new BFF) and a Prima stencil both from a previous kit.

Here is the new kit:

To find out where to purchase our kits please visit the online store here.

And don't forget to check out our blog here, to see all the wonderful projects by the design team.

Products used from the Main Kit, Elements and Flower Add on:

Prima 'French Riviera' Collection 'Respirer L'aire'

Prima 'French Riviera' Collection 'Un petit mot'

Prima 'French Riviera' Chipboards

Blue Fern Studios 'Seaside Lillies' Flowers

Prima 'French Riviera' Collection Brads

Blue Fern Studios Chipboard 'Seashell Frame'

Prima 'French Riviera' 'Plages du Prado' Flowers

Prima 'French Riviera' 'La Mer' Flowers

See you soon,

Lisa xo

'Dream'

Good morning all my crafty friends....

I'm up on the 2 Crafty Chipboard today with a new layout

using their wonderful chipboards.

I was in the mood to do something really shabby chic and really feminine. I used some

Blue Fern Studios paper and the following chipboards:

'Dream'
'Viney Page Frame'
'Thistle Shrubs'
'Lavendar Shrubs'

Please visit our blog here,
and you can find 2 Crafty Chipboard online store here.

I painted all my chippies white and then added some light stamping.

Thanks for looking :)
Lisa xo

'Special Moments' my first post for 13 arts

Hello girls!! I have some happy new to share...

I was invited to design for 13 arts!!! 

It's hard to explain how I excited I was when Aida asked me to join her team,

she is one of my scrap 'idols' that I look up to and I really admire her work.

I have loved her products for years, so the box box that arrived full of 

13 arts paints and papers was a real treat.

'Special Moments'

For my first layout I chose to use papers from the 'Aura Rosa' collection.

I used lots of 13 arts mediums on my background. I always start with a coat of clear

gesso to seal the paper, and then I used some white gesso through some stencils for texture and
then I used some pastel turquoise mist and brown ink.

Here is a list of products that I have used:

Aura Rosa 'Dreaming'

Aura Rosa 'Spring Flowers'

Ayeeda Clear Gesso

Ayeeda Modeling Paste

Ayeeda Gel Medium

Light Grey Colored Fine Grained Grit

Ayeeda Mist Pastel Turquoise

13 arts Craft Adornments - Leaves

13 arts Craft Adornment - Flowers

Stickers 'Secret Letters'

13 arts Stencil

13 arts Stencil

Here are some close ups:

13 arts ships to anywhere in the world, and their online store has so many cool mixed 

media products from papers to mists and paints to embellishments, 

you can find their online store here.

And for my American friends, you can buy 

13 arts products here.

And don't forget to check out the 13 arts blog here.

See you soon!

Lisa xo

'Today' my last post for Words & Painterly

Hello lovely readers! 

Are you ready for some colorful inspiration?

Check out this months challenge over at Words & Paintery....

'today'

I know I've said this before, but this months palette were so hard for me!

The colors themselves form a beautiful combination, but I just could not find anything

in my stash that would work. After several false starts, I just went with a light blue 

background, and then used some Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays to color some white

Prima flowers. I like how it all turned out in the end.

Here is the challenge this month:

Find all the gorgeous projects by the design team here.

Here are a few close ups:

I have really enjoyed designing for this team, there were so many months that the challenges 

really pushed my creative limits, I especially love how to prompted me to experiment 

with different colors. But all good things must come to an end and it's time for me to move on...

I hope I have inspired you a little today to push yourselves to try new things, new colors....

you never know what will be the end result!

Back on Friday with some happy news!

Lisa xo

'Just be yourself...'

Hello my crafty ladies. I'm back to share another page I created using the July

Scraps of Elegance kit 'Sunshine and Sweet Tea'.

'Just be yourself....'

I started with the Blue Fern Studios paper 'West Plaza' as my base and then 

added some pieces that I fussy-cut from the BoBunny paper 'Butterfly Kisses'. 

Here is a list of everything I used from the main kit and add ons:

Blue Fern Studios 'West Plaza'

BoBunny Paper 'Butterfly Kisses'

BoBunny Paper 'Sunlit'

Prima Florica Gypsy Cord

American Crafts 'Knock Out' Gypsy Punch

Dovecraft 'Serendipity' Wood Frames

Dovecraft Paper Doilies

BoBunny 'Butterfly Kisses' Buttons

Prima 'Amour de Ma Vie' Flowers

Please visit the online store here to purchase our kits.

I've already seen a sneak peak of the upcoming August kit, and 

I can't wait to play with it, it's so perfect for summer beach photos.

I would like to enter my layout in a new challenge on the beautiful blog 

'Paper Story'. I was inspired by the unusual - but pretty! - color

combination of purple and green, the delicae botanical feel, and all the 

wonderful flowers and leaves in the moodboard. 

More on this challenge here.

Here are a few close ups:

Lots of my new Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays in the background, which 

I also used to color my flowers, and some 13 arts glitter to give it a little sparkle.

Thanks for looking,

Lisa xo

'Together'

Hi friends, I hope everyone has had a relaxing weekend. I have another layout

to share with you made with the July Scraps of Elegance kit 'Sunshine and Sweet Tea'.

'Together'

To find out where to purchase our kits, please go here.

If you're looking for some inspiration as to what what to with our kits, 

please visit our blog here.

I used the following items from the July main kit 

and the elements and floral add on:

BoBunny Butterfly Kisses collection 'Flutter'

Prima Florica Gypsy Cord

Prima Salvage District Wood Embellishments

Blue Fern Studios Glitter 'Watermelon'

Dovecraft Paper Doilies

Petaloo soft Pink Botanical Blooms

Prima 'Tales of You & Me' Flowers

I would like to enter my layout in Task No. 2 on the chipboard blog

called Paper Maraca.

Here is the sketch:

More details on this challenge here.

Here are a few close ups:

I created some interest on the background with black gesso and a Tim Holtz stencil.

I also added a pretty 2 Crafty Chipboard piece called 'Ella's Border'

that I colored with some Lindy's Stamp Gang ink.

I'm not really a glittery crafter but I loved this 'Watermelon' glitter,

it really added some glamour and romance to this page.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, Lisa xo