Oahu Blue ~ Mixed Media Tissue Paper Background

     I just LOVE the gorgeous teals and blues in this photo that my sister took of the Hawaiian coast! It gave me the perfect opportunity to get messy with my stamps and sprays.

This month's color challenge at Lindy's Stamp Gang really sets the mood for this photo.

     I started this page by stamping the Script Background onto cream tissue paper using permanent black ink. Ranger's Archival Jet Black Ink works great, and is what I used!  Then I tore it into strips and used a spray adhesive to apply it to cream cardstock.  Next I used the Texturized Stencil from TCW with some gesso. 

     Once the gesso dried, I sprayed the whole background with some Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays. Starting at the bottom of the page, I used Clam Bake Beige and Treasure Island Aqua. Then working my up I used Tiffany's Blue, Delphinium Turquoise, Tibetan Poppy Teal, and Cotton Candy Pink on top. I wish you could see all of the beautiful shimmer that these sprays leave!

     For my design inspiration I used sketch #138 from Sketchabilities!

   All of the papers are some older Tim Holtz (Lost and Found), and the Heidi Swapp tags were a RAK from my friend Lisa. Thanks Lisa! Although they already had the misted look on them, I added some more Lindy's sprays to give them some shimmer. I used the Reinforcers stamp on the tags, embossing them with Lindy's Stamp Gang Midnight Pewter Embossing Powder. I also embossed the Fern Fronds and distressing around the photo with the Background Soup stamp set, all from Red Rubber Designs. You can really see the awesome texture that the Lindy's embossing powder leaves on these Alpha Thickers that I used to spell Oahu. I also used Thickers (Rainboots) to spell "blue" applying (Stream) Alcohol Ink to them. 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Seashell Cheesecloth Flower Tutorial ~ BOAF June Kit

I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial weekend! I scrapped this page using the Birds of a Feather June Kit and these vintage photos of my Grandparents from 1955.

The Dear Lizzy "Lucky Charm" collection worked well for the distressed, beachy look that I was going for. I used one of the die cut cards as a stencil to paint the chevrons on the background. I made the dots with gesso and a Crafter's Workshop template.

I also painted the Jillibean Soup diecut frames using 4 different colors. I can't believe I used new buttons with all the vintage buttons that I've inherited, but really loved how well these Lilybee buttons from last month's kit extras go with the colors on here.

I just LOVE these cute little folders that come in the kit!!

I added the cheesecloth from my own stash and to come up with these flowers using kraft cardstock.

For the large flower I cut 2 flowers using my Cricut (Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge flower #2) at 3 1/2" and 2". To make the medium one cut 3" and 1 1/2", and for the small one cut 2 1/2" and 1".

Then I used Distress ink (frayed burlap) to go over the edges.

For this next step use some wax paper to prevent your glue from sticking to the table or your page. Cut a piece of cheesecloth big enough for your flowers and lay it down on the wax paper. Then use your glue ( I  use Aleene's Fast Grab Tacky Glue) behind the flowers and adhere them to the cheesecloth. After about a minute take it off of the wax paper before the glue dries.Just flip them over until they do.

Once your glue is dry, cut the cheesecloth around the petals leaving about a quarter of an inch around the edges.

Using the end of a paintbrush curl your petals up towards the center and down on the ends.

Now glue the smaller flower on top of the larger one.

To finish it off glue a seashell in the center. Here's a look at the medium flower on the bottom. I also used my Cricut (Life is a beach cartridge) to cut out the starfish.

For a brighter version of this flower check out the 2nd LO that I made here.Thanks for looking!

BOAF May Kit Reveal

As always, the May Kit at Birds of a Feather is wonderfully put together!! I was especially drawn to the wood grain papers by Simple Stories "Vintage Bliss" collection, and love how it matches the wood fence in the photo.

I'm always drawing inspiration from my photos, which gave me the idea for the hand stitched grid, which just happens to be the twist for the May Sewing Challenge that I host at Scapbook.com. All of the beautiful embellishments come in the kit except for the shells that I used. I also added my own Glimmer Mist to the background paper, and a touch of  gesso on the wood grain paper.

For my 2nd layout I was ready to start scrapping a different photo, when I happened to see this one on my cousin's Facebook post. I was so excited by how perfect the colors and patterns went together with the kit, that I scrapped this instead.

Looking at this photo I thought of a picnic at the park with a nice, comfy quilt on the grass, which resulted in this design. All of the stitching was stamped. I used some of the stickers and chipboard on the bottom right, which come in the kit extras.

The blue bow by American Crafts was the perfect accessory here!!

Thanks for looking!!