Practical Scrappers - Scrap Your Stash Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to this months Scrap Your Stash Blog Hop hosted by Practical Scrappers!  I am loving that spring is finally here and the grass is getting green and the flowers are starting to bloom...what could be better!  For this blog hop I was thinking of just that, spring and flowers!  You should have made it here from the fabulous Erin's blog, if you are playing in order.  This month I wanted to use some more of my Crate Paper stash, y'all know this is one of my favorite companies so I need to whittle down my stash :)

This particular Crate Paper is the first Maggie Holmes collection.  I used several different different snippets of paper from the collection itself.  I shaded all of the edges with walnut stain distress ink.  I distressed all of the edges of the paper with a bone folder and did some sewing.  You know my pages just aren't complete without a few studio calico wood veneers :) I also used some Mr. Huey color mist sprays in opaque white, classic tan and splash.  I punched a few shapes out with some of my Martha Stewart punches and put them in a small glassine envelope.

If you're wondering about the photo that I used, it's a floral picture from my flower garden and an iPhone/iPad app called Rhonna Designs.  I believe the app also works for android-based phones as well.  You can really do a lot of fun things to your photos for not a lot of $$$.  I hope you enjoyed my layout, let me know what you think, I love your comments!  Thanks for stopping by and we'll see you next time!  Next on the blog hop list is the very talented Wendi, happy hopping!!!

Here is a full list of all our Practical Scrappers Blog Hoppers!

Practical Scrappers http:practicalscrappers.blogspot.com

Jennifer Haggerty http://livethemoment-jen.blogspot.com

Audrey Yeager http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com/

Lee-Anne Thornton http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com 

Suzanna Lee http://lifestrivialities.typepad.com/

Monica Bradford http://scrapinspired.com

Brenda Ragsdale:  http://granddivasscrappyplace.blogspot.com/

Nicole Laha http://www.shezigzags.blogspot.com

Susie Bentz  http://mytime2play.blogspot.com/

Wendy Coffman: www.stampingrules.com

Erin Morehouse: http://girlpaperscissors.blogspot.com

Bobbi Smith: http://vintagemusedesigns.blogspot.com/ *you are here*

Wendi Robinson: http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/

Lisa Peeples: http://www.snappinandscrappin.blogspot.com/

Alison Day: http://alisondaydesigns.com/

Majken Pullin:  http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/

Cheryl Wegener Freet http://patchesandscraps.blogspot.com

Laura Cox:  http://scrapaddict4life.blogspot.com/

Christine Meyer: http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com

Kerri Yarus: http://kerrikr8tions.blogspot.com

April Art Journal

Hi everyone!  Today I'd like to share an entry out of my art journal with you, that I made for Practical Scrappers.  Our Art Journal challenge was a quote from Robert Graves and here is my take on it.

I first started by glueing several different patterned scraps of scrapbook paper to the pages.  I also adhered some vintage music sheets and vintage book paper to the pages as well.

Then, I went behind and gessoed all of the edges to soften them.  I had printouts of the various children, butterfly wings, mushrooms and other ephemera that I fussy cut.

 I used a chocolate gelato stick from Faber-Castell all over the pages to soften the stark white of the gesso.  Then I did some random stamping all over the pages and adhered all of my cut out pieces.

 I used more gesso around the cut out pieces and also some more of the chocolate gelato stick from Faber-Castel around the words.  Then I accented with rub-ons and a black stabilo pencil.

 I hope you enjoyed my art journal entry for Practical Scrappers I always have so much fun with it!  Thanks for stopping by, see you next time!

P.S.  In other news, I'd like to give you an update on the Graphic 45 Design Team Audition.  I did not make this years Design Team unfortunately, but I had such a wonderful time creating with all of their gorgeous products!!!  Being chosen for Graphic 45's Top 30 was such an honor, I loved every minute and was very appreciative.  I look forward to seeing all the creations from this years team, they are all so very talented and well deserved! 

Graphic 45 Design Team 2014 Final Audition

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing my three final projects for my Graphic 45 2014 Design Team Final Audition. I have had so much fun these past weeks with all the Graphics 45 projects!  It was such an honor when I was chosen to be one of the 30 finalist, thank you Graphic 45.  Here is my YouTube video link for my final audition.

Can you tell this is my first video (lol), I'll get better :)

My first project was made with the Botanical Tea collection.

 For my second project the collection that I used for the shadow box was Good Ol' Sport.

 A few pages out of the Good Ol' Sport mini album.

 The collection that I used for my 3rd project was Olde Curiosity Shoppe, this is probably my favorite collection to date from Graphic 45 (even though I love all their collections).

Here are a few pages from the Olde Curiosity Shoppe mini album.

Wish me luck!  Thank you so much for looking, let me know what you think!  See you next time.

Here is a list of all the wonderfully talented women and men that were selected to be on Graphic 45's 2014 Top 30 Design Team Finalists!  Each and everyone of them are amazingly talented and I wish them the best of luck!

Top 30 Design Team Finalists (in alphabetical order)

1. Andrew Roberts - Australia
2. Angelica Stark - Sweden
3. Annette Green - USA
4. Bobbi Smith - USA
5. Donna Espiritu - Saudi Arabia
6. Emily Martina - USA
7. Erica Houghton - USA
8. Evgenia Petzer - South Africa
9. Ginger Ropp - USA
10. Ginny Nemchak - USA
11. Gunn-Eirill Gjelseth-Rauan - Norway 
12. Jarrier Angélique - France
13. Katie Zoey Ho - Singapore
14. Keri Sallee - USA
15. Lora Mahaffey - USA
16. Lori Williams - USA
17. Lydia Bernard - France
18. Maggi Harding - USA
19. Maggie Armstrong - New Zealand
20. Miranda Edney - USA
21. Nadya Lifa - Russia
22. Nichola Battilana - Canada
23. Raquel Martin Fernandez (Tati Scrap) - Spain
24. Rhea Freitag - USA
25. Romy Veul - The Netherlands
26. Solange Marques - Brazil
27. Song Li - USA
28. Tanya Dudkina - Ukraine
29. Trudi Harrison - Australia
30. Yumi Muraea - Japan

Graphic 45 Ambassadors

31. Jane Tregenza - Australia
32. Laura Denison - USA

12 Tags of 2014 - March

I have decided to join in on the fun with Tim's 12 Tags of 2014 (I've always wanted to), that man is pure creative genius!  You can check out Tim's March tag here.  Tim's technique this month was Smudge Stamping with 1st and 2nd generation images, he has a wonderful tutorial on his blog.  

 I actually ended up stamping two different sets of tags, I just couldn't decide which ones I liked the best.

The color combinations were the same on both sets of tags.  I used peeled paint, spiced marmalade, rusty hinge, wild honey, faded jeans, stormy sky, vintage photo, walnut stain and antique linen Distress Inks.  I used a combination of pads and markers, I will tell you the pads smudged much nicer due to different formulation in inks, but just use what you have!  Now the stamp sets that I used were not the newest releases (working on getting those), I love ALL my Tim/Stampers Anonymous stamps!

So here's what I used:

Fairytale Frenzy CMS058

Urban Tapestry CMS061

Mini Ornates CMS064

Urban Chic CMS086

Papillon CMS106

Let me know which one is your favorite, I love your feedback.  Thanks for stopping by, see ya next time!

Practical Scrappers Scrap Your Stash Blog Hop

Hi Bobbi here, today we're having our Practical Scrappers Scrap Your Stash Blog Hop.  You should've made it here from Lee-Anne's blog, if you're playing along in order.  Our theme this month was to use paper from our stash.  The collection that I used is from Graphic 45, it's their Botanical Tea Collection.  I love the colors in this collection, they are just so soft and spring looking, just perfect for my daughters High School Senior Prom pictures.

I added lots of fun details to this layout.

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out some pieces.

I layered a few of the different designs from the collection, distressed all of the edges.

I fussy cut several of the flower and butterfly elements.

I also used some of Graphic 45 metal staple pieces.

I hope you enjoyed my layout using Graphic 45.  I can't wait to see what the other gals have done, make sure and stop by their blogs as well.  Have fun hopping!

Practical Scrappers Blog Hop List

Wendy Robinson
Marcia Dehn Nix
Christine Meyer

Claude Campeau
Heather Sweet
Patty Selah
Majken Pullin
Jennifer Haggerty
Erin Morehouse
Lee-Anne Thorton
Bobbi Smith *you are here*
Kelly Jean *next stop*
Lisa Peeples
Nicole Laha
Alison Day

See you next time!

March Art Journaling

It's Tuesday and Spring is in the air, I'm loving it!  Today I'm sharing a couple pages out of my art journal that I created for Practical Scrappers.  The theme of this month for our art journaling was Lucky Me using collage elements, so here's my take on it.

I started off gessoing my base pages, after that dried I used a combination of Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress Paint.  I fussy cut some images of vintage photos.  I also used vintage dictionary pages and vintage ephemera.

  The expressions on these two crack me up!!!  The vintage dictionary pages, I ended up painting with Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean and Broken China Distress Paint.  I incorporated some washi tape and did some doodling.

  So there you have it, that's my take on this months art journaling theme, I hope you give it a try.  Head on over to the Practical Scrappers blog, the gals have some great pages they've created as well.  Thanks for stopping by, see ya next time!

Graphic 45 Design Team 2014 Audition

Hi everyone, I hope you had a great week!  This is a special post today, I am auditioning for the Graphic 45 2014 Design Team.  It would be an absolute dream and privilege to be part of Graphic 45.  I have loved their designs and graphics ever since their first release.  Most of you that know me know that I love anything vintage.  So, grab a cup of coffee and have a seat this is going to be a much longer post than normal, enjoy!

This first project was done with one of their newest collections called Botanical Tea, I love the colors.  This is a rather large piece and there's plenty of room for lots of storage in both compartments.

I love detail work and fussy cutting.

Now this next project was done with another new collection called By The Sea.  This project is very functionable as well, it can hold all kinds of little trinkets and treasures.

 Here are some close-up photos of all the fussy cutting and layering.

This was a card I made using the Botanical Tea collection.  Love the Graphic 45 metal staple pieces, they always add so much to a project.

I made some fun tags using By The Sea.

I love charms and baubles hanging off the tags and mini books that I make so, for this particular one I ended up using some of the paper from the collection and making my own charms.

This is a scrapbook page from their Oriental collection called Bird Song.

 Again lots of fussy cutting and I love Glossy Accent so Í accented many areas on this layout.

My final two projects that I'm sharing are a couple of mini books that I made to teach and I just really liked the collections.  This first one is from the collection French Country, gorgeous artwork but I think I say that with every collection.

 This last project was from their Halloween collection Steampunk Spells.

I hope you have enjoyed all of my projects.  So wish me luck, cross your fingers... it would be an absolute dream to be a part of Graphic 45 Design Team.  Thanks for looking!

UPDATE:

HERE'S THE LINK, IF YOU WANT TO JUMP TO MY GRAPHIC 45 DESIGN TEAM 2014 TOP 30 FINAL SUBMISSION PAGE AND YOUTUBE VIDEO

http://vintagemusedesigns.blogspot.com/2014/04/graphic-45-design-team-2014-final.html