Friday, May 30, 2014

Practical Scrappers May Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to this months Scrap Your Stash Blog Hop hosted by Practical Scrappers!  You should have arrived here from the fabulous Melissa's blog, if not check it out here.  It's that time of the month where you dig into your stash, you know that older stack of scrapbook paper that just keeps multiplying because you have found new paper that you just can't live without!  What, what is that you say..." Why Bobbi that looks like more Crate Paper".  Yes...yes it is, I just can't help myself (one of my favorite scrapbook companies) I'm obsessed.  For this layout I'm using Crate Papers - On Trend collection.
I layered several patterned papers from the collection.  I shaded my paper pieces with walnut stain Distress Ink and a blending tool and then distressed the edges with a bone folder.
I did a little splattering with some Heidi Swap Gold Color Shine and Mister Huey's Opaque White sprays.  I am in love with that gold!!!
All of the wood veneers are Studio Calico and the buttons are from the On Trend collection as part of an embellishment pack.
 GIVEAWAY!!!  Up for grabs is a selection of 6 x 6 scrapbook papers with coordinating bakers twine and washi tape.  To enter, just become a follower on my blog through Google, Google plus, or the email option.  Leave me a comment letting me know you are a new follower! I will leave this giveaway open until 11:59 CST on June 6th.
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 Majken, happy hopping!!!







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

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Friday, May 9, 2014

CC3C Challenge Number One

Now when I heard that Linda Ledbetter was hosting the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge Three, I just had to get in on it!  You all know what a big Tim Holtz fan I am :)  Now for those of you that don't know about it, it's a challenge based off of Tim Holtz new book "A Compendium of Curiosities Volume 3" like all of his other books it's packed full and techniques!  Here is my take on the first challenge which was paint marbling (page 43 in Tim's Book)
The image of the three boys are one of the cards from Tim's Found Relatives Card Pack, I just fussy cut them out.  I also used Tim Holtz's Layering Stencil, Remnant Rubs, Wire Pins, Mini Film Strip Ribbon and Type Charm.  Here's what it looked like before I put all the goodies on there :)
Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek at my tag and don't forget to hop over to Studio L3 to check out challenge number one.  Thanks so much for the visit.  I really appreciate it, have a wonderful day!  xx

Bobbi

I've listed the products below, used to create this project.  I am part of various affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp.  When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase thru that link (at no extra cost to you), I receive a small commission.  Thank you, I genuinely appreciate your support!
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Thursday, April 24, 2014

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!


Monica Bradford http://scrapinspired.com
Wendy Coffman: www.stampingrules.com
Bobbi Smith: http://vintagemusedesigns.blogspot.com/ *you are here*
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

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! 
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Friday, April 11, 2014

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

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

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!

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

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!

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