Come Ride With Me - Berry71Bleu Guest Designer

I'm so excited to be guest designing for Berry71Bleu today!  I'm joining in on Marilyn's Summer Challenge featuring beautiful 7 Dots Studio papers and Jacquard products.  So here is my spin of this fun challenge:

This month's challenge is all about sharing what you like to do best during summer.  During the summer months we like to travel as much as possible but it's usually really hard for my husband to get away.  So last we year we went on several smaller roads and this place was my son's very favorite place.  We road those boardwalk rides night after night til we left.

For this layout, I started out with a plain white sheet of cardstock.  I doodled around both the top and bottom edges with Jacquard Clear 3-D Lumiere.  Then I added a little Vintage Photo Distress ink to help bring out the doodles.  

To add texture I started my layers off with cream colored burlap.  After that, I inserted gorgeous 7 Dots Studios Hopefully paper dusted with Micropearl Pearl Ex pigment powder.  I used white Dylusions ink to bind the Pearl Ex pigment powder.  The micropearl pigment works to soften the paper's color and add an elegant shimmer.

I matted the photo with vintage papers and a script tag from my Zeus and Zoe kit.  For my title, I simply wrote out "Ride" with India Ink on white cardstock and cut it out.  The rest of my title is written directly on the vintage papers.

To finish off my layout I added various flowers from my stash, a little bling and tiny butterflies for an added touch of whimsy. 

Thank you so much for joining me today!  I hope I've inspired to join in on this month's Berry71Bleu challenge and I'd like to invite over to Zeus and Zoe.  We have a fun June Challenge: My Favorite Things going on as we speak.   So come on over and join the fun!!  

Have a Beautiful Day!

Tutorial Tuesday!

Bueno!!  I've been a busy little bee for my teams lately and today I'm sharing a super quick little card over on The Aviary:

I'm sharing a video on stamp with Pearl-Ex Pigment Powders HERE.  I hope you'll stop by and check it out!  Have a beautiful day and THANKS so much for stopping by!!

Winged Things PWP DT Blog Hop & Giveaway!!

Happy Friday my sweet bloggie friends & WELCOME to the “Winged Things” Paper Wing Production's Design Team Blog Hop & Giveaway!  If you've arrived here from Tara's Blog, then you're in the right place.  But, if you just happened to stop by for a little visit then I would love for you to start at the very beginning so you don't miss out on any of my DT sisters' AH-MAZING projects.  Just CLICK HERE to start at the beginning.

This month we’re featuring some of PWP’s gorgeous winged stamp sets and we’re giving away a gift certificate to one lucky follower.   

For a chance to win, all you need to do is: be a follower of the Paper Wings Productions blog, The Aviary.  Visit each of the participating designer's blogs and leave them some love.  Then go back to The Aviary and leave a comment letting them you completed the hop.  To increase your chances of winning, like the Paper Wings Productions Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop.  Then just come back and let us know!  Be sure to leave a separate comment for each of the additional entries.  The winner will be announced on Tuesday, March 5^th, 2013 on the Paper Wings Productions blog.

Are you enjoying all of the beautiful "winged" projects?!  I know I am and I'm super excited about having my friend Heather Lynn join us today.  I first met Heather here in blogland when I started blogging.  She was one of my very first followers and we quickly became friends.  Heather Lynn has really helped me grow my blog over the last year and meet many of you.  So I am extremely grateful to her for all of her kindness and for her friendship.

Okay, are you ready to see my "Winged Thing"?!  Here she is, beckoning you to fly with her:

This is an 8x8 canvas and I think I'll call it "Gypsy Angel".

The first thing I did was apply these beautiful Moroccan shapes with molding paste and a Martha Stewart stencil.  Once that was dry, I painted around the shapes with yellow soft body acrylic paint.

Next I applied a light coat of pink paint to some of the shapes and blue Pearl-Ex to the rest.  Then I used the text stamp from the PWP Text Melange stamp set.

I also randomly stamped the castle from the Prince Clear Stamp set all over the canvas to help create a little more interest in my background.  I really love the whimsy that this stamp brings to my piece.

With my background done I moved onto creating my focal image.  This beautiful lady is the "With Bird" cling stamp and let me tell you, I really LOVE this stamp.  Besides being gorgeous, she is large!  This stamp measures 5 x 3.5, isn't that AWESOME?!  I stamped her on cardstock, fussy cut and colored her in with a combination of Tim Holtz Distress Markers and Prismacolor pencils.  I also added A LOT of bling with Stickles.  It's hard to tell in the pic but she really shines.  Oh and I gave her muslin stamped angel wings.

The sentiment I used is from the Bird Melange Cling Stamp set.

With my "Gypsy Angel" complete, it was time to add all of those little touches that really bring everything together.  So I dug into my stash of goodies for bling, lace, flowers, buttons and this cute little bird from the Bird Melange Cling Stamp set. 

Here's a closer look at the Prima bling mixed in with the flowers.

I hope you liked my "Gypsy Angel" as much as I do and I hope you continue with the hop!!  Up next is this week's birthday girl: Amber!! (her birthday was on Tue so don't forget to give her a little birthday love)

***Here is the complete line up just in case you get lost along the way***

Heather Lynn Novinger - http://heathernovinger.blogspot.com/

Dana Tatar - http://datatar.blogspot.com/
Tara Chaussee - http://secretbeesstudio.blogspot.com/
Norma Gomez - http://lilhoneybeestudios.blogspot.com/
Amber Rasmussen - http://sew-ink.blogspot.com

Carrie Avery - http://www.carrieavery.com/

Shay - http://verdigrishall.blogspot.com/

Paper Wings Productions Blog “The Aviary­ - http://paper-wings-productions.blogspot.com/

Thank You So Much For Joining Us Today!

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Spread Your Wings and Let Your Creativity Take Flight!

I've entered this project in the following challenges:
DL.Art Thankful Thursday: Challenge #104, Birds - Anything to do with birds
Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Text Cling Stamp Set Prince Clear Stamp Set Wings Cling Stamp Set Bird Melange Cling Stamp Set Angel Wings Cling Stamp With Bird

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PWP Guest Post

Happy Friday, we made it to the weekend and Fall definitely seems to have arrived.  Well in the early mornings and in the evenings anyway.   This is Texas after all, so our mid-days are still in the upper 90s.  Hey, remember that project I said was my farewell to summer, the one that I did for PWP?!  Well it's up today over at The Aviary and I'd love for you to go over and check it out.  Here is a little peek but you have to visit their blog to see the whole thing ;D

Give them a visit and let us know what you think :D  Have a Wonderful Weekend!!!

Pure Bliss

This is the last of my 8x8 canvases, guess I'll have to run out and get some more this week :o)

To create the background for this canvas I mixed Cobalt Teal Golden Fluid Acrylic with Golden Crackle Paste Medium and applied it with a palette knife.  I also dusted it with Duo Blue-Green Pearl Ex Pigment.  The Pearl Ex adds a nice shimmer to the crackle finish.

The gem heart is actually an iron-on that I found at Hobby Lobby.  The flowers and lace are made by Spare Parts.

The chipboard embellishment is from K&Company.  This collage came together so quickly once I picked my color combo.  I hope your inspired to try your own altered canvas, but I have to warn you.....once you try it, your gonna be hooked, lol! 

Have a Great Day & Have Fun Creating!!!