~~ Dreamroad ~~

     It's a lovely Friday, sun...a lazy breeze, birds chatting away in the trees....And then tomorrow the mad dash to get Chantelle moved and settled in her new digs will begin...!!!

But until then I would love to share this page done for the Lindy's September Colour challenge. 

I had this image of an 'Old Timer' for awhile and just had to use it as the colours of the challenge matched the rusty colours of the truck...and because of the image on the Challenge-board as well. There is no real rhyme or reason behind this page other that I loved the image and wanted to play with colour and texture and just have some fun crating.

I once again used Prima papers and my ever popular Dusty Attic Chipboard... I have been neglecting my chipboard a little these past few months and must admit that it feels like playing with an old friend again...Prepare to see Dusty future more in my work again.

I have used the following Dusty Attic pieces on this page...

Birds on a Wire

Branches

Rustic Farm Fence

And they got treated with another all time favourite of mine...Lindy's Stampgang Mists...

My background paper was first gesso'd and I used a plastic bag to dab the LSG mists on.

Fuzzy Naval Peach

Gag me with a Spoon Grey

Mission Bells Brown 

Time Travel Teal 

Tilt-a-Wheel Teal: Flat Fabio

Queen Sheba's Silver EP

Shabby Turbine Teal and Steampunk Magicals

The little Birds were Gesso'd and painted with some of the mists. The wires were painted with a mixture of  texture gel and the magical's. 

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I have treated the Prima Junkyard findings and Trinkets with several Distress Paints...Antique Bronze, Black Soot, Brushed Pewter, Forest Moss and Rusty Hinge. I have also sprinkled a few grains of Platinum UTEE on. 

The branches were inked with Distress inks, embossed with an embossing folder and edged with brown ink.

Now the Farm Fence got some work on it...I gave it a light and un-even coating with gesso. Then I mixed some coarse Texture gel with the Steampunk and Shabby Turbine Teal Magicals and applied that with a Tim Holtz Stripes mask on the chipboard. I randomly added some Queen Sheba Silver EP and Heat-set it. I used the Peach and Brown mists to paint the posts of the fence and green ink for the grass. I also sprayed some Grey mist on the bottom of the grasses for extra shimmer...It resulted in a colourful, textured piece...

The edges of my papers were also coloured with the Peach and Teal colours. On the title I added a few grains of Black UTEE.

I am adding this photo to show how I have used the LSG mists in three ways...The Teal's were done with the plastic bag, the Peach I sprayed through a mask and with the Grey I did some splatters with a paint brush! The green stripes are from the mask that I used on the fence...I could not let all the yummy texture go to waste...lol!

I thank you for taking the time to visit and more so leaving me a little message...I absolutly love reading them and appreciate every word!

~~~~~

Nostalgia is a file

 that removes the rough edges 

from the good old days. 

~Doug Larson~

Free to Fly

Hello Blog friends...

Today I want to share a page I made using the September sketch from  The Dusty Attic. The photo is an image I took off Pinterest and it kind of portraits the feelings I am having lately...free, but also bound and held back by my own feelings....

I used several papers from Prima's Stationary Desk collection. I covered the background with clear Gesso and used Studio 490 Metallic Silver paste through a The Crafters Workshop stencil. On this page I used the following Dusty chipboard pieces....

Small Sea-grass

Small Elegant Flourish

Vine

I used my Lindy's spray a little different on this page...I sprayed a good amount in a line on my craft sheet, and then pulled the edges of my page through it to create a lovely border. Having used Treasured Island Turquoise Moon Shadow Mist, means I have a vintage brown border with the most amazing green shimmer and shine to it!

I wanted the Sea-grass to blend in with my paper...I used gesso, Weathered Wood Distress Paint and Ghostly Gargoyle White  Lindy's on it. On the ends is a little Black Soot DP. I also used some Distress Crackle Paint on  it.

The Vine was painted with Vintage Photo DP and the leaves with Bundled Sage and Forest Moss DP.

The Fleur de Lis rub-on from Glitz I have had in my stash for ages...loving the distressed look of it...The words are Remnant Rubs from Tim Holtz...

Lol...this chippy has so much product on and the photo unfortunately does not do it credit at all....After Gesso I started with a layer of Forest Moss DP. There is also Brushed Pewter DP, Queen Sheba Silver and Oakleaf Olive Embossing Powder from Lindy's on it. I have also sprayed it with Steel Shimmer Glitz Spray from Lindy's...

Thank you for your visit to this page using two of my all time favourite products....Dusty Attic and Lindys Stampgang....

Dusty Attic September Sketch

~~~~~

All men should strive

to learn before they die

what they are running from,

 and to, 

and why.

~James Thurber~

Scraps of Elegance - Guest Designing for Scrap Around the World

August 2014 Challenge 16 - An Elegant & Textural Mood Board by Marilyn Rivera, http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.gr/2014/08/august-2014-challenge-16-elegant.html

This month we as Scraps of Elegance Design Team were invited as Guests Designers by the ever popular Scrap Around the World  to use their Mood Board as a starting point to design a page. As we are one of the permanent sponsors for them, I am feeling very honoured to join their Team for this challenge...

Authentic Memories

My inspiration came from the top left photo...I just loved the weathered look of the walls, the tall window in the back and knowing I had this photo of Michelle on the stairs sparked my imagination! Using paper by Marion Smith's Mad Tea Party 'Wonderland' from SOE's July kit 'Chasing Rabbits' and Lindy's Stampgang Sprays from the colour Add-on I set to work to create some awesome textures on the frame and paper.

I have had this frame in my stack ever since I stared scrapping and found great use for it now...have another one, might use it in another 5 years time...To achieve the rusted effect I first gesso'd it, then applied a thick layer of textured gel medium. After it dried I sprayed layers of Lindy's Flat Fabio's; Cafe-au- Lait and C'estla vie Cerise...Also dabbed some Rusty Hinge and Black Soot Distress Paint.

A metal ornament, Prima Junkyard findings and an adorable metal door handle received as a gift from Ingrid Gooyer add some interest to the frame.

I layered several of my Petaloo flowers under the frame, something I love doing to add some dimension and interest to my pages.

Absolutely adore these new Textured flowers from Petaloo...so much detail in them...

I wanted to add more feathers because the image of the lady with the hat was also a favourite...but in the end just used a few here. The black spatters are from Imagine Crafts Irresistible Texture Spray from an older kit.

My brick wall is a Prima Stencil with texture paste embossed with Ranger Antiquities Cement and Brushed Corduroy Distress Embossing Powder.

Do take the time to visit both Blogs for amazing inspiration by  both Design Teams!!!

Scraps of Elegance

Scrap Around the World

You are a piece of the puzzle of someone else's life. 
You may never know where you fit,
 but others will fill the holes in their lives 
with pieces of you. 
~Bonnie Arbon~

Aug Scraps of Elegance Kit... Raindrops on Roses

I received my Kit today and it is once again packet with the most amazing papers and embellishment....

Main Kit

The main star of the kit must be the amazing papers from Authentique, Classic, Pretty collection. Also included are Authentic Life cards, Petaloo flowers, Blue Fern Studio Chipboard, Melissa Frances Chalkboard frames, a Prima chalk edger, Flair Buttons from Prima, Butterflies from Renea Bouquets, some Pearls and a beautiful piece of sequenced Tulle...

Pattered Paper Add-on

Co-coordinating Paper Add-on

 Floral Add-on

Prima, Petaloo and Kaizercraft flowers.

Creativity Add-on

In this kit we received a Strathmore Visual Journal ( Yummo! ), Lindy's Stampgang embossing powder, a Magenta stamp, Clear Scraps stencil and Faber Castell Texture samplers...

Embellishment Add-on

Autentique sticker sheet,  Heidi Swapp ephemera's, Prima Princess Metal Clips, Junque Gems and Maja Road Pearl Floral embellishments.

Colour Add-on

From Lindy's new Under the Boardwalk set, Rasberry Lemonade And Tilt-a-Wheel Teal Flat FAbios and Midnight Rendezvous Raven Starburst spray...

Visit the Scraps of Elegance store and subscribe to the Kits and Add-ons as they sell out very fast!!!

Into the Garden, A Blog Hop for Couture Creations and Imaginarium Designs

Welcome to Day 4 of the

Couture Creations & Imaginarium Designs Blog Hop!

Can you believe it's Day 4 of the Couture Creations & Imaginarium Designs Blog Hop already? I hope you have been hopping along and leaving comments to stand a chance to win some awesome prices...

We’re so excited to team up with Imaginarium Designs sharing inspiring projects created with both our products with you this week. What could be more perfect than our Embossing Folders and Dies and Imaginarium Designs gorgeous Chipboard designs.

Each day this week we will feature our Design Team projects and over on the Imaginarium Designs Blog they will also feature their Design Team projects all created using Couture Creations and Imaginarium Designs products. So loads of inspiring projects for you to help get your creative juices flowing.

We will link to the tutorials on each Design Team members blogs, please show all our designers some love and leave a comment on their blog.

We’ll be giving away Two $100 prize packages filled with Couture Creations & Imaginarium Designs goodness at the end of the week, so be sure to play along and check back on both Imaginarium Designs and Couture Creations blogs Monday 4th August 2014 to see if you’re one of the lucky winners!

Here are the different ways you can play along with us –

Like Couture Creations on Facebook

Share this blog post on your Facebook wall and tell us you did on our Facebook page

Follow our Couture Creations Blog

Leave a comment here on our blog and on our Facebook page

Follow Couture Creations on Pinterest

Follow Couture Creations on Instagram

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Hop over to the Imaginarium Designs Blog and see what their Design Team has created using their Chipboard and our Couture Creations products! They also have a giveaway, so what are you waiting for – hop over! oh and don't forget to follow our Design Team Blogs

Don't forget to visit all of today's Designers,click on their names for a link to their personal blogs for their tutorials.

For Couture Creations I am joined by fellow Team mate,

Lauren Tomecek: Let's Get Messy

And the following Imaginarium Design designers are joining in today...

Natalie May: we call her happydaks

Amy Voorthuis: Amy's Pretty Papers

Chito Nakamae: Precious Time

                                                                               ~~~~~

Unfortunately this is not my own garden...If it were, I would never come inside at all!!! I would spend my day on that little bench and just drink in the tranquillity and peace emanated in this photo.

Hello blog friends, I am sharing another page created using beautiful Dies from Couture Creation with you. I have used the 'Gate to Eden' and 'Roman Set' both from the Metricon Intricutz Die Collection.

I cut the gate twice using a black cardstock, I halved the first one to use on the sides of my photo and used the top of the second die-cut as a header for my gate. I bent the two side parts and filled them with flowers.

On my background I did some stamping and stencil work.

I achieved this beautiful rustic effect by partially embossing the gate with embossing enamel...in real life it blends in beautifully with the garden scene of the photo...

The smaller Fleur-de-lise from the Roman Set was also embossed and places on top of the gate to form an accent point.

The flourishes and girl silhouette are chipboard pieces from Imaginarium Designs...we as Design Team were graciously gifted with chipboard pieces to use in conjunction with Couture Creation Dies...Thank you therefore Jane.... I have painted them with a light, sand coloured paint and dabbed some Antique Silver and Green Glitter Paint on.

My flowers are from Petaloo...I have had this flower in my stash for ages...can not remember who's it is...

Thank you for visiting me and my garden of Tranquillity....

In the garden I tend to drop my thoughts here and there. 

To the flowers I whisper the secrets I keep and the hopes I breathe. 

I know they are there to eavesdrop for the angels. 

~Dodinsky~

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  Products used.

The Metricon Intricutz Die Collection:

CO 723748 Gate to Eden

CO 723741 Roman Set

Glitzen Glamour Glitter Glue

Glue Spots

For Imaginarium:

      IDDD 0003 Denise's Flourish Small

IDS 0023 Girl Silhouette Board

           IDFL 0011 Long Swirly Flourish Small