Layer It Baby!

Howdy folks!  Welcome, happy Monday to ya :)  Today is my last Guest Design Post for Craft Hoarders Anonymous. After all this time, are you STILL not familiar with this lovely challenge spot?  If not, puhlease click on the title and give it a little peek, you won't be sorry I promise :D

This is challenge #18 Layer It!
One good way to use your hoard is to use lots of it all at once! So, let's see those layers! We need to see at least THREE layers on your project! (Ink, paint, embossing, and mixed media products do count as layers!) Drag out all of that hoarded paper or those embossing folders that are in the back of the drawer. Use those stamps, dies, and punches! Show us the layers!

The prize is a goody!  A Lindy's Stamp Gang Gift Certificate for $30 to their store. In case you haven't noticed, I use their mists and embossing powder almost exclusively.

On to my project.  This is a layout I did of my beautiful daughter Victoria and my granddaughter Gianna on Gi's graduation from 5th grade.  What a gorgeous pic.  I used Heartfelt Creation's paper, die and stamp sets here.  Check it out -

I love Heartfelt Creations papers and their dies and stamp sets.  I picked up quite a few things at the Expo a couple of weeks ago.  This is my newest product obsession.  Really lovely items, the paper collections are stunning.  It is awesome how you can stamp and then use the matching dies to cut out the pieces!  I cut clocks and flowers like crazy and had a blast.

My layers consist of paper, which I matted, stamping, embossing, texture paste with misting and splatting, and then of course the flowers and clock pieces.  I did a random punching on the left and right side of the pages rather than systematically punch it formally.

Product List

Heartfelt Creations - Once Upon A Time Paper Stack
Bazzil Paper - Olive
Heartfelt Creations Stamp and Die Sets - Numeral Clocks PreCut Set, Once Upon A Time Die, Sun Kissed Fleur PreCut Set, Sun Kissed Fleur Die, Delicate Asters PreCut Set, Delicate Asters Die
Fiskars Punch - Scallop Edge
Kaisercraft Clear Stamps - Flutter
Flourish Acrylic Stamps - Stash
Prima Stencil - Finnabair Elementals Doily 6x6
Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays - Peony Scarlet Red, Cotton Candy Pink, Frozen Jack Frost, Shabby Turbine Teal, Rusty Lantern Lime
Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabio - Pink Ladies Pink
Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powder - Reindeer Moss Green
Distress Ink -  Vintage Photo, Black Soot
Butterfly Printable
Stickles - Cinnamon

Happy Fall Ya'll

Hey there friends!  Hope this post finds you all well. Today I am bringing you a challenge for my Guest Design spot on Craft Hoarders Anonymous.  This is Challenge # 17 and there is an awesome prize up for grabs donated by dt member Ginny Nemchak who owns Polly's Paper Studio.  Here's a pic -

 I'm a fall baby and I adore everything about the season.  Not too cold, the colors, the decor, it makes my heart sing :)  I did a layout of my son Santino and granddaughter Gianna when they were wee tots. They were on the side of the house with fake pumpkins and his wagon and it just said fall to me. Once again every piece of this creation came from my stash.  Not a single thing bought special, though some items are newer than others.  I will say this, that gorgeous giant flower has been in the goodie pile for about 5 years!  It never ceases to amaze me how long I hold onto some things :)

I used Bo Bunny's beautiful fall line from last year, Autumn Song, and I'm first getting it scrapped now. Wow, I really have got to be a bit more diligent with my papers and get busy using them! The vines in the top right corner I cut with my cricut, and the pretty vine frame and leaves are from Creative Embellishments.  The center of the flower was a clock face I cut out and glossy accented :)

This was such a fun layout to do. Between the pic and all the embellies and texture paste, just fantastic.I love how the path came, it just extends from the pic itself. I journaled on the back of the note card tucked in behind the photo.  It says - There was a time when these two didn't get along.  Santino didn't like sharing his mama.  Now, the two are best buds.  Uncle and niece playing together.  Time has flown and they are so big now.  I do miss those days while enjoying them as they grow.

Product List

Bo Bunny Autumn Splender - Autumn Song Medley, Autumn Song Sunflower, Autumn Song Notes
Corrugated Box - Stash
Sunflowers - Stash
Tim Holtz Dies - Tattered Leaves
EK Success Punch - Maple Leaf
Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Crushed Olive, Mustard Seed
Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray - Rudty Lantern Lime, Mission Bells Brown, Steampunk Sepia,
Yellow Rose of Texas
Ayeeda Paint - Matte Mahogany
Silks Acrylic Glaze - Pretty Peridot
Homemade Texture Paste
Prima Stencil 6x6 - River Rock Pattern
Creative Embellishments - Vine Frame and Leaves
Jeweled Brad
Glossy Accents
Little Yellow Bicycle Clear Stamps - Every Day

I hope you like my fall inspired layout :)  Thanks for coming by!

Tag You're it!

Hi friends, this post is a special and exciting one for me as it's for my guest design spot on Craft Hoarders Anonymous :)  What a great challenge site Gloria Stengel has put together here. It gives us the great opportunity to raid our stashes for the goodies to create with.  As papercrafters we are hoarders by nature, seeing a potential piece of art or embellishment in everyday objects, never mind the actual goods we purchase.  Give her site a click and check out what fun you can have, and add the opp to win, well, more stash goods! lol

This is challenge # 11 and it's called Tag You're It!  Here's my tag -

I used a combo of G45's Once Upon A Springtime and Botanical Tea collections for the tag.  I created a pocket on the bottom third of the it to put BT's notecards in, and my flowers are made from the Heartfelt Creation's stamp collection and die, then I dipped them in Utee for a glass like effect. The butterflies are from a printable I have. Butterflies are one of my most fave embellies next to flowers :)


Product List

Graphic 45 - Once Upon A Springtime, Botanical Tea
Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
Heartfelt Creations Stamp and Die - Sun Kissed Fleur pre-cut set HCPC-3533
Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays - Clam Bake Beige, Ramblin Rose Pink, Alpine Ice Rose, Cotton Candy Pink
Utee
Butterfly Printables
Stickles - Yellow, Purple
Flat Back Pearl - White
White Ribbon

I hope you like it, I certainly loved making it.  Tags are small, yet they pack such a punch.  Love them! I'd like to thank Gloria for this wonderful opportunity. Now go check out Craft Hoarder Anonymous!

Craft Hoarders Anonymous

Just a quick drop in to re-post a tag I made for Swirlydoo's round robin that I want to share with CraftHoarders Anonymous challenge this month.  The prompt for this challenge is Spray It! Ink It! Paint It! Smear It! Emboss It! You know what I'm gonna tell you don't you?  Click on the challenge title and go check this site out!!!  You won't be disappointed, I promise you :)

Now onto my tag.  I used sprays from my stash, an embossing folder from my stash and metal tape as well.  The only new stuff used was the paper which was in the April Swirlydoo's kit.

I had a blast embossing the metal tape and then inking it with both distress stain and Lindy's mists. There was quite a bit of misting and smearing and staining and painting going on here!  My hot air balloon stamp was painted with my gelatos.  Love them.  My grungeboard hinges had staining inking and misting going on.  If you want to see what I used here you go -

Product List

Authentique Classique Elegant
Reflections Cream Cardstock
Viva Las Vegas Stamps - Hot Air Balloon, Top Hat
Metal Tape
Cricut Cart
Darice Embossing Folder - Steampunk gears
Grungeboard
Petaloo Botanica Collection
Recollection Roses
Paper Flowers - stash
Micro Beads
Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray - Clambake Beige, Steampunk Sepia. Blue Hawaiian Blue, Mad Hatter Mint
Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabio Spray - Curioser Chartreuse
Distress Stain - Broken China
Distress Ink - Broken China, Black Soot, Vintage Photo
Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Latte
Faber Castell Gelatos - Cotton Candy
Teal Ribbon
Charms - Key, Clock

You can check out the original post which has a quick step out on it *HERE* and please take a moment to go to Gloria's site Craft Hoarders Anonymous to find out what it's all about.

Thanks for stopping by!