Under The Sea Summer Layout!

Hello! We went camping a couple weeks ago and even though the water was a bit chilly, the girls wanted to get in with their floaties. I think they may have spent more time laying on the beach than getting in the water though! I'm over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog today with this layout using photos from our trip, and I love how the Southern Ridge Mermaid Mix Chipboard Set and Fish Net Stencil fit right in with this theme! My daughter, Amie, who is 12, helped me create this layout. I love how crafty she is!

You can see the process Amie & I used to create this layout here in this video.

Supplies:

Southern Ridge Mermaid Mix Chipboard Set and Fish Net Stencil

Dylusions Ink Sprays and Paints

Wild Whisper Designs Watercolor Papers by Pam Bray (use code DTKARLA to save 10%)

Project Life App to print photos and journaling

Tattered Angels Chalk Mist

Dies from Lawn Fawn and Kaisercraft

Scrapbook & Cards Today Summer Sketch

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog to see closeups and all the details. Have a fantastic, crafty week!

Linked to:

SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG

SSS Monday Challenge - Bright & Cheerful

Farm Fresh Foodie Scrapbook Layout!

Hello! I hope you've all had a wonderful week. We've had sick kiddos with colds home this week, and I'm hoping everyone will feel better by today. We are supposed to have some warmer weather this weekend and I'd love to spend some of Mother's Day sitting on my back deck enjoying the sunshine 🌞 Today, I'm sharing this Farm Fresh layout using Wild Whisper Designs new Talk Foodie To Me collection. I just love the bright colours and of course the food in it! Perfect to scrap all my awesome food pics.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the Wild Whisper Designs Blog to check out closeups and details, and don't forget to use the code DTKARLA to save 10% off your order at the Wild Whisper shop. I hope all my mom friends have a relaxing and loving Mother's Day this weekend - or at least 5 minutes to yourself 😉

Linked to:

Creative Scrapbooker Magazine May Sketchy Challenge 

SpiegelMom Scraps - Keepin' It Real Scraplift!

Hi! It's been a busy bloggy week here, and I have had lots of fun creating! Today I'm sharing a scrapbook layout over at the SpiegelMom Scraps blog and I wanted to give you a peek of it! Our theme this week is to Scraplift Missy Whidden. Now, if you haven't heard of Missy, you have to check her out! She is an amazing scrapbooker and does fabulous things with mixed media and much more! I chose to scraplift her scrapbook page she made here in this video. Can I just say, she makes it look so easy... I did try some new techniques and styles and I had fun with it! It made me realize how important it is to step out of our comfort zone and try new things once in a while.

Don't forget to use the code KARLA15 to save 15% off all your purchases at the SpiegelMom Scraps shop!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the SpiegelMom Scraps blog to see all the details and closeups of this silly layout ;)

Linked to:
SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG
DL Art - Thankful Thursday July Linky Challenge

Awesome Camping Layout!

I've been working away at the Ready Sketch Go online scrapbooking class and LOVING it! Here's a layout using some photos from a camping trip we took a few years ago with some friends. I used sketch #5 for this one. I love the grid look, and it worked perfectly to fit in lots of photos on one page. Since this layout is going in my album along with a lot of other pages from this camping trip I didn't add a whole lot of journaling or a specific title indicating where we were. I've been working on these off and on for a while, so it will be nice to get them finished up, lol!

The Awesome diecut is one that is included with the class. I used my Cricut Explore to cut it out and then spritzed it with Dylusions mists in coordinating colours. I used some of the mists as well to add some droplets to the postcard journaling card.

I found a few camping embellishments in my stash and then paired them with some regular paper ephemera. I also cut out some words from the background of a printed paper and added a few stickers.

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you're enjoying a lovely week.

Mixed Media Wall Hanging Tutorial!

I'm back today for a post from the Scrapendipity Way Of Life Blog to bring you a tutorial for a pretty mixed media wall hanging project!

I started off by taking a 5x7" canvas board and misting it with Dylusions Inks.

I then sponged Distress Inks around the edges of my canvas matching the colours of the spray and adding some Vintage Photo.

I used Vintage Photo Distress Ink to sponge around the edges of some torn script paper and a floral paper from a Tim Holtz paper pad.

I used a Dylusions sentiment to stamp onto paper, which I then cut out, sponged with ink and glued onto a cardstock background.

I added some Distress Ink to a craft sheet and mixed in Texture Paste to create a coloured paste.

I then used a stencil to add the coloured paste to my background after adding all my elements and a bit of gelatos over top.

 I added a doily, ribbon, flowers and my floral paper to the left bottom of the canvas.

And to finish it off I layered a diecut leaf, some more paper flowers, a metal butterfly embellishment, and some ribbon!

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you'll give mixed media a try and just get out some paints and sprays and start layering!

Art Journalling

I am so excited to start some art journalling in the beautiful Dyan Reavely Art Journal! I purchased 3 of the Dylusion sprays, which are gorgeous! I will definitely have to put more of those on my wish list!

I sprayed the inks on, spritzed water over stencils to create a bleaching effect, sprayed ink through the stencils and turned them over to create a negative impression as well, stamped with black archival ink, used Tim Holtz Distress Stains to stencil flowers, painted the butterflies and bird with Distress Stains, spritzed with Shimmer Spray, and doodled with a black permanent pen and a white Jellyroll gel pen.

This was sooooo much fun! Even after doing all this stuff on the page nothing soaked through to the other side of the paper! It's such a nice journal. I'm so looking forward to trying out lots of new and old techniques.

For lots of journalling inspiration check out http://artjournaling.tumblr.com/page/7 and Pinterest has some great ideas as well!

Dyan also has some great videos out showing how to use her inks and how to create amazing journalling pages. Check out http://youtu.be/4kwJxqKJYj8 .