Creative Imaginations/Faber-Castell Blog Hop

Creative Imaginations and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft designers have teamed up for a fabulous blog hop from August 27-31st! Hop with us today for craft ideas, inspiration and tutorials! Don’t forget to leave a comment on each blog for a chance to win!

Creative Imaginations and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft will each be giving away a $50 prize pack! The blog hop will end at midnight on August 31st. The two winners will be announced on the companies’ blogs on September 4th. Ready to be inspired?

I colored this canvas with Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils (blue) then spritzed with water and blended the colors with my fingers.  I used the Stamper's Big Brush from the Mix & Match Mixed Media Sampler to color a script stamp and stamped on the background.  After heat embossing the white circles, I used the Neutral Gelato to add another layer of color to the canvas (I blended with my fingers). I traced the large words and butterflies (adhered to the canvas using Gel medium) with blue water colors and used a wet paint brush to blend into the background.  I used Mix & Match Art Grip Color Pencils to add definition to the journaling.

As a finishing touch, I painted the smaller butterflies with Egyptian Gold Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist and flicked Autumn Leaf Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist onto the background.

Next stop is Rita's blog.  Below is a list of the order of the hop.


Start hopping!!

START AT: Faber-Castell http://designmemorycraft.typepad.com/design-memory-craft/
Tanisha Long http://tanisharenee.blogspot.com/  **YOU ARE HERE***
Rita Barakat http://letsembellish.blogspot.com/
Shelley Hamilton http://shelleyscraps.blogspot.com/
Jill Foster http://stampinginspiredby.blogspot.com/
Lynne Forsythe http://lynneforsythe.blogspot.com/
Tiffany Johnson http://iheartartblog.com/
Alicia Giess http://inspiredandblessed.blogspot.com/
Jen Matott http://arttalk-sigmagirl.blogspot.com/
Donna Bryant http://www.donnabryantdurand.blogspot.com
Colleen McGinty http://artbythelake.typepad.com/my-blog
Lynn Kopas www.lynnkopas.typepad.com
Mou Saha http://collagecollagecollage.blogspot.com/
Jules Eickmeier http://jules-atoasttoalteredart.blogspot.com/
END AT: http://creativeimaginations.typepad.com

Creative Imaginations Products Used:
Preposterous Collection
29310 Playful
Oceanside Collection
29202 Del Mar
29207 Oceanside Stickers
26398 Autumn Leaf Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist
26402 Egyptian Gold Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist

Faber-Castell Products Used:
Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils- Blue
Art Grip Color Pencils- Neutral
Textural Accents Sampler
Mixed Media Sampler- Neutral


 

Back 2 School - CHA-S 201

Just sharing a couple of projects that I created for Creative Imaginations for CHA Summer.  This adorable line, Back 2 School, was designed by Debbi Mumm.  Don't you just love those owls? 

Birds Of A Feather

Happy Saturday!! I'm so psyched about the holiday weekend for the fact that I get a few days off from work! Phew, sometimes you just need a break!  Right?  Hopefully a long weekend equates to some much needed scrap time.

Today, I have a couple of projects that I created for Creative Imaginations using Debbie Mumm's gorgeous Song Birds Collection. This is one of those lines that I fall more and more in love with every time I look at it. It's filled with adorable little treasures like the tiny peach flowers in the die cut pack to the clever little phrases that inspired the title for my layout.

I started my layout by layering patterned papers, cardstock, and a border punched strip of wood to create the background. I lightly spritzed the lightest part of the background with Luminarte Butternut Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist.

Since this line has a lot of nature elements, I added flowers, a berry spray, and jute to add to textural interest.  I also layered a couple of birds that I fussy cut from patterned paper on top of a cardboard house from Basically Bare.

I used a paint brush and Luminarte Butternut Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist to paint the chipboard photo corners.

I used the design of the layout and some of the same elelements to create a frame.

Here are some close ups of the details.

Creative Imaginations Products used:
Debbie Mumm Song Birds

• 29228 Sweet Tweet DS Paper
• 29229 Song Birds DS Paper
• 29230 Fancy Flight DS Paper
• 29231 Nature's Song DS Paper
• 29233 Song Birds 12x12 Cardstock
• 29235 Song Birds DC Shapes
• 26397 Butternut Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist
• 26041 Real Wood 6x12 Thin Cherry

Petaloo (flowers and berry spray); Buzz and Bloom (chipboard photo corners); Basically Bare (Cardboard House); Quick Quotes (ink)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend!!

NSD PROJECTS and RAK WINNER

Did you have as much fun on National Scrapbook Day as I did?   Although I went to the movies with my guys to see the Avengers, I still managed to get some scrapping done.   I participated in a couple of the challenges over at scrapbook.com and here's what I came up with.

This layout of my almost 17 year old twin niece and nephew was created for the journaling challenge and for my DT post for WOW embossing powders.  (to see details, check out the blog)

I created this layout of my star pupil for the misting challenge.  The photo lifts up to display journaling and a photo of him shaking hands with our Mayor at the Breakfast of Champions Ceremony.

I created this layout for the sketch challenge. (check out the sketch here)   The photos are of my friend's future mother-in-law at her 70th birthday party.  Yes, she is as fabulous as she looks, too!!

Now for the winner of the NSD RAK challenge!!  How about that?  The winner is number 1, Christina Colon.  Christina, email your addy to me at tanisharenee74@hotmail.com and I'll get your goodies to you.

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Latest CI Projects

I know, I know...I've been a lackadaisical blogger of late.  I have so many balls in the air and am trying to juggle the best I can. 

It's been nearly 3 months since I returned to work;  I'm trying to keep up with the boys' schedules, keep up with DT assignments (which has proven to be a struggle), appointments, housework, etc, etc... and still make it to bed at a decent time, which judging by the bags under my eyes, isn't happening!   But, I am hanging in there!  I'm determined to get on a manageable schedule.

I have created quite a few projects that I HOPE to share throughout the week,  :)  starting with my latest creations from Creative Imaginations.

I made this little ditty for my godson who's loves counting and reading books.  The bare elements chipboard album is very sturdy and the pages are very easy for little fingers to turn.

One of my favorite ways to use ribbon is on gift packaging. I love that I can add that extra special touch without having to take a trip to the store. I used May Arts Silky/Crush ribbon in white and blue/white baker's twine and the gorgeous Sakura line by Christine Adolph for this birthday gift and card. To make my gift set sparkle, I spritzed the card and the front of the gift box with red pearl Luminarte Radiant Rain mist.

 

I create this card for a friend. I embossed a piece of wood paper and then inked the raised design and then embellished with twine and a die cut.

Have you ever come across one of those collections that is just so pretty that you don't even want to cut into it? That's exactly how I felt about Christine Adolph's Sakura collection. The beautiful colors and patterns are suitable for framing!

As you can see, I eventually decided to cut into those pretty papers to create this layout. I used the die cut paper as my background and cut the lanterns from patterned paper to use as a decorative element across the top of the layout.

I brought out the purple in the papers by painting a strip of Paint It papers with sugar plum Luminarte Twinking H2Os. I further embellished with die cuts, layered stickers, and a border punched strip of real wood paper.

 

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Upcoming Class

I'm teaching this mini album class featuring Creative Imaginations Devotion line and Basically Bare's Polly's Pocket mini album at the National Scrapbook Day Crop in Trumbull, CT.  For more check out the Divas Scrapbookers of Connecticut page on facebook.

Beautiful Mini Album Class
when: May 19th
 cost: $35.00
time: 3 hours
Max # of students: 20

More New Creative Imaginations

Hey there everyone!! Today I have a ton of new projects to share featuring Creative Imaginations' new CHA-W 2012 releases.

This layout featuring my nephew, Jaden was created using Renae Lindgren's Make A Wish Line. This collections comes with papers that a just right for boys and girls! How cute is that pennant banner?
Christine Adolph's Oceanside collection is simply gorgeous! The variegated blues and browns will add a soft vintage flair to your beach themed projects.The delicate butterflies and dragonflies add to the versatility of this line.

This LO features Studio Basics 101 Family Matters. This collection is just perfect for preserving memories about your family! The soft muted colors make scrapbooking for every member of your family easy.
Our Studio Basics Family Matters collections is just perfect for those projects! The soft muted colors make scrapbooking for every member of your family easy.Our Studio Basics Family Matters collections is just perfect for those projects! The soft muted colors make scrapbooking for every member of your family easy.Our Studio Basics Family Matters collections is just perfect for those projects! The soft muted colors make scrapbooking for every member of your family easy.

Last but not least is an altered project featuring the Peeps collection. I painted the entire project with apple blossom Luminarte that matched the papers. I had a ball with this...can you tell?

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!

CHA Winter 2012: Creative Imaginations

Have you visited Creative Imaginations' blog lately? They've started posting the new releases and they're fabulous!! Today. I'm sharing 2 projects that I created with the new Nautical line designed by Samantha Walker and the new Oceana line designed by Christine Adolph.

Don't you just love this color combo? Nautical is perfect for all of those Summer holiday layouts, beach photos, family vacation, and the sailboats are great for all of those little boy pages!

Layering the stickers and die cuts are a great way to create your own embellishments.




This next layout was created using Oceana. The variegated blues and browns will add a soft vintage flair to your beach themed projects. The delicate butterflies and dragonflies add to the versatility of this line. This collection is perfect for boy, girl, and adult scrapbook pages.

I created a frame by cutting the center from a die cut.

How gorgeous are those butterflies?


Stop by CI's blog to see the rest of the new releases and to check out what the rest of the design team created!

Until next post, happy scrapping!!