Mixed Media- artist

I have learned to make paint swirls with a paintbrush 

that actually look pretty cool.

Go me.

I did use a polka dot roller for the yellow dots

which worked out perfect I think.

 Lots of layers going on with Pink fresh, TH bird and

some stamps that were fussy cut out.

I did breakout the die cut machine because

I wanted to use this font (Vixen) for

the title.

Filled up the entire page and balanced everything on out.

Very fun. 

Owen showcasing his artistic talent.

Pink Fresh, Studio Calico, Dylusion paints, Vixen QK font.

TN - I keep forgeting about journaling spots

It worked for around the page but not so much

on the Labor day one but since its

mostly family - they should be known.

Riiiighhht!

 Using fun die cuts and premades.

 Pink Fresh boy-love the paper but its

not as bright and colorful as their other lines.

The camera paper has been in my stash forever

and I believe it might be Studio Calico.

You can check out the behind the scenes post here

to get all the deets on herding squirrels.

LOL.

Red, white and blue

It just kinda worked out that way, the watercolors

are a bit softer.

Lots of layers going on.

Do you find that there is always that one

"thing" you do when one completes numerous 

pages in a row.

Well it seems to be layers for me this round.

How about that adorable critter peeking out

and that wooden bike.

Hand that title laying about for a along time.

It works perfect here - Lou and his fantastic smile.

What a sweet face.

Studio Calico, die cuts and punches, Pink Fresh

Rocking the gold - Rawr

There are times I have trouble working with gold

while others just plunk it down and go on.

Well....

When I saw this photo, the gold word title that came

in the kit was perfect.

And shazam there was the perfect paper too.

Love these three photos of the faces of Sam

who is now five.

He does love his super heroes.

Nothing special going on.

Backed the photos with tissue paper and a frame.

Studio Calico, Tim Hotz words.

One for the books

I loved books when I was a kid and it

followed me into adulthood so

when I got this from Studio Calico couldn't 

help but use it.

Love switching off to the 6x12 size.

(I wanna try 9x12 but need to find page protectors)

 Of course I cut the big tag into the books and title.

I love the owl peekin' out.

Wise ole owl.

 When I was in HL the other day Tim Holtz had these

bottlecaps. I KNOW! 

I love bottlecaps and you'll be seeing a lot of them.

ALOT.

What does it have to do with books?

It matches LOL.

But of course Sam loves books.

His mom is a librarian.

Studio Calico, Tim Holtz

Batman handsewn & but not handdrawn

The owl is about the only claim to any artistic talent

I can brag about LOL.

But when I saw this photo of Sam I knew

I had to do another page with handstitched article

and I was torn between the bat signal

and the bat mask.

 The bat mask was easier to find and I downloaded it

from the internet and actually did much better on the poking

holes and stitching this time.

 Love how fun it turned out to be.

You just can't be serious with a fun, cool photo of

Sam posing. LOL. 

I added the milk bottle cap A. because I love them

and Tim Holtz has an entire package of them and B. because

the colors worked and Batman drank his milk

and C. you're going to see a lot more of them.

Studio Calico on the rest.

Love grows here-Studio Calico Stamp

Love this paper and went a bit old school here with

the gold topping the paper as a layer.

It was plain so I did some gold stamping over it

with a circle background stamp

to give it a bit of dimension.

Love the heart die cut (however annoying to punchout)

It's just cool.

 Spread some butterflies around with some

little flowers and enamel dots.

 Had fun with the stamping and used some

navy blue to tie it all together.

Sam being dapper in his cool hat and Easter outfit.

Love this page - may be a bit 'girly' 

but Sam can handle it.

Studio Calico, Tim Holtz die cut.

Really big letters for a title

So the oversized title works really well 

with the blue bird and heart. 

 Also used a black & white and color photo of Sam

with his adorable smile and cute hair 'do.

I reused the paper from his brother's page.

Did some background stuff with a rolling stamp and some mists
which still challenges me for some reason.

Love the big title.

Love this paper with 6x12 size

This paper is very fun, I love the bright colors.

I changed up the size because of the size

of the photo which is 3.5x5 it stands out more.

 I kept the embellishments simple and

backed everything on navy blue card stock.

Adorable photo of Lou and I love the jaunty tilt of his hat.

Got a slow start on NSD with the mojo

I didn't plan on NSD, it just happened.

I finished a gift album between laundry, vacuuming and

general cleaning and found I had some time

on my hands.

As I was looking through my download folder I

realized there were some pix that were NOT scrapped.

Oh the horror.

 I started out slow because I found that I didn't

have a whole lot of Easter paper leftover....so adjustments

needed to be made. 

And the paper was kind of little-kid-looking and

these guys are a bit older so...

more adjustments needed to be made.

I therefore sparingly used the kiddy papers and added

some old Jillybean Easter stuff I had stashed

and some die cuts and wa-la

A page.

Connor rounded up the eggs.

Everyday photo

Using Studio Calico again and those adorable buttons galore.

And of course, the Heidi shine went berserk.

Sigh.

Used up a little piece of vellum with hearts too.

 AND bonus round, the square with "home" on it

 with its thick chipboard got on the page.

And that camera is sooooo adorable.

 So here's Sam either ready to leave

doesn't want to leave

or doesn't want someone to come in. 

LOL.

He's totally adorable in his winter coat and hat.

Tried something a bit different for me design wise.

I like it.
I tend to really overthink things.

Big Sigh over the splats when I first splattered

but they look quite good now.

Take note-Play on words

Yunk Yunk. 

And......

I always wanted to learn how to play the piano but alas

'twas not to be.

However, its soooo cool to me when kidlets start young.

 So, of course being really obvious, I used music paper.

Also really obvious I finally got to use my "note" die cut and punch.

Because why not.

And kept it simple with the focus on Lou playing.

I jacked the title from a cut apart I saw that was for a planner. 

I would've loved to use the cut apart but it
just didn't work.
Also a bit different style going on.
I like it.

Studio Calico, music paper- Marah Johnson-creative cafe (Ha!

told you it was old). 

Love to stamp

 Although I'm not very good at it - I soldier on.

And I have ALOT of stamps that for some reason get

used once or twice and then maybe never.

I think its because I don't want my pages to look alike 

- well doh- they do eventually look alike anyway because

of the style one tends to fall into.

So.............more stamps, hopefully.

 So rolling with using every stamp in the pack technique

so none feel left out I clustered them around the page.

I even cut out those pins because I never really know what to do with them.

Yes you are seeing a lot of circles and doodling around the borders
 on my pages because

for some reason they're working too.

I also basically have two titles - one more for

maybe stating the obvious and I didn't want it to feel left out

with all the other stamps being used 

and then there was that Pink Fresh title that just

had to be used too.

Rolling with Studio Calico - hoping to use up this kit before

the next one comes.

And there's Sam rocking the legos.

Vegetable netting as a mat

My pal Holli got me this prize of Jillybean Soup embellishments

and they work perfectly with this page.

I am loving this cluster.

 I had all kinds of things going on as a mat when I

noticed this veggie bag netting laying around on my desk.

Normally I use the netting as a "stencil" but

when I put it behind the photo it just looked very cool as a mat layer.

Added some watercolors for background color

and just love how it turned out.

Lou checking out the grass.

Studio calico, Jillybean Soup, watercolors, netting.