A Painterlady's View

"Precious" by ~Donna

One of the owners of GCD Studios recently had a baby girl and since I don't have my grandbaby here to take pictures of yet... she let me do a layout of her baby. She had pictures taken professionally when Marley was only 6 days old and this is one of them.

You still have a chance to win the ENTIRE Family Jeans line if you leave a comment on the GCD Studios blog HERE. Heidi will be picking the winners on January 1st, 2013. 

I distressed the new Mulberry paper from the Mix'd Media Stax 2 with my Distrezz-it-All to get the fluffy white cloud effect on the photo mat.

The mini pennants are from the die cut packet from this line. The lacquered title and clouds are from the image sheet that is in the paper pads.

I LOVE using the white labels from the Mix'd Media Stax 2 for creating quote strips because I'm always afraid to write directly onto my projects. Writing out my journaling then cutting it from the labels is super fast and these labels alter very nicely!

Product used:

GCD Studios: Family Jeans line, Mix'd Media Stax 2

Spellbinders: Bitty Blossoms, Carnation Creations, Rose Creations

Clearsnap/Colorbox: Mix'd Media Inx, Mix'd Media Inx CHOX

Zutter: Distrezz-it-All

Want2Scrap: Cardboard Swirls

Thanks for stopping by! Smooches ~D~

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Be Happy by ~ Mistra Hoolahan

Hi everyone... today I have a layout I created for Mandy of her sweet daughter Brooklyn!

When I printed the photo out, these Botanique and Spring in Bloom papers were a perfect match for the wall behind her, helping her gorgeous profile shine!

I have used some of Donna's Chipboard Swirls underneath the flower cluster and used some Wonderful Wings Bling over a butterfly cut from canvas using Donna's Wonderful Wings Die from Spellbinders.

And I stamped... again!  I'm loving Donna's new Mix'd Media Inx Chox, they dry instantly with such a beautiful velvety finish.  I have used Donna's 'Flowers' Stamp 1st with Driftwood Chox and then again, offset, with Sparrow Chox.  The 'Flowers' Stamp matches the Shadow Flowers Die beautifully.

This large flower was created using Donna's Grand Peony Die from Cardstock, and the edges inked with Wisteria Mix'd Media Inx.

Thanks for visiting!  

I hope you have wonderful New Year celebrations, take care and stay safe, see you next year!

www.mistrabutterfly.blogspot.com

Products used:

Patterned Paper

GCD Botanique

GCD Spring in Bloom

Chipboard

Want 2 Scrap Designer Embellies - Hand Drawn Swirls

Flowers

Green Tara 2cm Roses

Recollections Paper & Resin Flowers

Silver Flowers - Unknown

Bling

Want 2 Scrap Wonderful Wings

Colour

Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx Chox - Driftwood, Sparrow

Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Wisteria

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz - Mixed Berries

Stamps

Stampers Anonymous - Flowers

Dies

Spellbinders - Wonderful Wings, Girlie Grunge Labels, Rose Creations, Grand Peony Creations, Shadow Flowers, Romantic Rectangles.

Tools

Spellbinders Grand Calibur

Zutter Distrezz It All

Other

Want 2 Scrap Canvas

Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter - Mixed Berries

Clearsnap Glue Gloss

DMC Perle Embroidery Floss

"Beautiful Girl" by ~Donna

Have I mentioned how much I am loving my new papers? I absolutely Adore all my new products!!! The paper and embellishments used for this layout of one of my daughters senior pictures are from the Natural Beauty paper line.

Don't forget... you can still enter to win this entire paper line if you leave a comment before the end of December on the GCD Studios blog HERE.

Product Used:

GCD Studios: Natural Beauty paper, die cut embellies & chipboard letters, Mix'd Media Stax 2, brads

Spellbinders dies: Snapshot, Pockets & Swirls, Rose Creations, Carnation Creations, Peony Creations, Wonderful Wings, Creative Book Pages Two, Donna's Alphas

Clearsnap/Colorbox: Mix'd Media Inx & Embossing Powder

Zutter: Distrezz-it-All

Thanks for stopping by! Smooches ~D~

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"Young Love" by ~Donna

I am in LOVE with my new papers!!! This layout of my daughter and her boyfriend was made using the Fun & Funky papers, die cut embellishments and chipboard letters.

You still have a chance to win this ENTIRE paper line by leaving a comment on the GCD blog HERE.

Product used:

GCD Studios: Fun & Funky papers, die cut embellishments & chipboard letters

Spellbinders dies: Snapshot, Donna's Alphas

Clearsnap/Colorbox: Mix'd Media Inx & Embossing Powder (Jasmine), Mix'd Media Inx CHOX, Smooch Spritz

Zutter: Distrezz-it-All

Thanks for stopping by! Smooches ~D~

Visit the Girlie Grunge site for challenges, giveaways, tutorials, e-Classes, etc... HERE

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Happy Holidays Card by ~ Jessy Christopher

Hello everyone, how's your Christmas preparation? I am excited that it is around the corner! With Christmas in mind, I decided to create a Christmas wreath card & let me share with you how I created it. 

Firstly, I spread the new Mix'd Media Chox Sage onto the Crafty Chronicle. Then I fan fold it & ran it thru with the leaves die. 

For the part that is still "whitish", I filled them in with Mix'd Media Inx (Peridot), just to give two different tones to the leaves. 

Here is how the leaves will look like. Love it!

I started to paste the double leaves onto the card first. I pinched + folded them slightly before adhering to the cardstock. 

Next, I filled the gap in between with the single leaves. Pinch it slightly to create the 3D effect.
After I added more leaves in between of the gap, I decided to add beautiful swirl pearls. 

Once you are happy with everything, apply some smooch glitz (starlight) for the sparkle effect :)

Here's the completed card :)

The snowflakes were stamped using Mix'd Media Inx (Jasmine) and I love the shiny effect - goes very well with kraft cardstock. I blended the side of the card with Mix'd Media Inx (peridot + jasmine) to give the snowy look.

Hope you like this Christmas card as much as I do. Would like to take this opportunity to wish you Merry Christmas + Happy Holidays!

Product List:

Clearsnap - Mix'd Media Chox (Sage) 

Clearsnap - Mix'd Media Inx (Jasmine, Peridot, Honey)

Clearsnap - Smooch Glitz (Starlight)

GCD Studios - Crafty Chronicle Vol.3
Spellbinders - Bitty Blossoms
Spellbinders - Mixed Media Elements
Want2Scrap - White Pearls
Want2Scrap - Swirls Finesse (Le Creme)

Others:
Making Memories stamp, ribbon



Xoxo Jessy

Exquisite by ~ Mistra Hoolahan

Hi everyone!  I was supposed to be creating a commission this weekend... but I really wanted to just play, so I created this instead.  I so love these Botanique and Spring in Bloom papers, they simply make me happy while I'm creating with them.

  

This is the daughter of my friend Nancy, isn't she just beautiful!  These papers were perfect for her.

I've created some flowers from Donna's Rose Creations and Grand Peony dies using some plain cardstock and have just added some Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx to the edges and sprayed them with water, which then blends through and softens the edges of the petals.

I've distressed the edges of the small doily punched edges, I've seen some work Shona Keehn did where she gave the edges some wonderfully roughing up and loved it, so I put them through my Distrezz-It-All and and so happy with the effect {thanks Shona}!

I've added some Dusty Attic Wattle Blossoms which I have inked with Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx and then embossed with Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx Embossing.  I've done the same for the mini word 'exquisite' which makes a perfect title.

I've also used some silver elements to accent the gorgeous glitter on the paper - silver hearts from some silver diamante trim, some round diamante trim, the swarovzski crystals in the satin flowers as well as a couple of silver flowers.

Thanks for visiting, until next time - take care of you!

www.mistrabutterfly.blogspot.com

Products used:

Patterned Paper

GCD Botanique

GCD Spring in Bloom

GCD Crafty Chronicle Vol.3

Chipboard

Dusty Attic Wattle Blossom

Dusty Attic mini Words #3

Flowers

Green Tara - Cherry Blossoms, Silk & Swarovzski Flowers, Roses

Ribbons/Trims

Green Tara Silver Diamante Trim

Green Tara Lace

Colour

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz - Mixed Berries

Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Wisteria, Pewter, Jasmine

Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx Embossing - Jasmine

Punches

Martha Stewart - Embroidery, Scalloped Doily

Dies

Spellbinders - Rose Creations, Grand Peony Creations

Tools

Zutter Distrezz-It-All

Spellbinders Grand Calibur

Other

Tim Holtz Ideology Chit Chat Stickers

Gauze, German Scrap

Pocket Tutorial by ~ Mandy Harrell

Hi Everybody!! I am back with a little card that I created and a tutorial to make your own little bling pocket.  I'm sure you have seen girls and womens jeans lately and a lot of you have probably noticed that bling is a big trend for the back pockets!!  You will notice I ended up adding a little more bling to my pocket after I did the tutorial :)

Thanks for stopping by!! Below is a list of products and links used to make this card!!

 

 

GCD Studios Storybook Collection

Zutter Cardboard

Mix'd Media Inx Chox - Blue Jay and Driftwood

Spellbinders - Pockets and Swirls

Stampers Anonymous - Bubble Wrap

Want 2 Scrap - BYOB

Crafty Chronicle - Younique

 



Journal Pages by ~ Mistra Hoolahan

As promised, here are some of the pages I have created for my arty journal.   They are just 'play' pages so likely don't make much sense, but they're fun!!  

For this one I've use modelling paste over a butterfly stencil and then made a mess on the right hand page with more modelling paste LOL!  I've added some Collections butterflies, german scrap, some words etc and then spritzed with River Mossy, Ice Rink and Caramel Latte Smooch Spritz, then added white paint, more spritz and yeah... just kept adding layers!

This one was fun... 

I layed down some modelling paste, the right hand page below also had a stencil... although by the time I added everything it's hidden.  I've added Mix'd Media Inx in... ummmm ok, I actually can't remember what colours LOL!  I know there was chiffon and peaches... sorry, this is what happens when you just let go and play, you end up with a whole pile of mess on the desk and art forming in the middle of it!

I've sprayed some Smooch Spritz in Cosmic Pink and Tea Party, and let them drip together and into the grooves left from the stencil.  Then I thought I'd let some crackle accents run over it... although it added some wonderful gloss it didn't crackle, but that will likely be because the colours underneath were still wet.  

I added some canvas butterflies cut using Donna's Wonderful Wings dies... because I love them, I'm thinking there will be a book filled with butterflies once this is done!  I decided to use the butterflies to help convey the message I've used on the page: "Be of use, Don't be used".  These were sprayed with Tea Party Smooch Spritz, the one on the left page had bling added to represent the bright and happy feeling that 'being of use' is to me.  I've covered the one on the right hand page with paint and smudged it to represent feeling tattered and frayed feeling you have when you realise you have been used.  Luckily for me, this doesn't happen often now... I'm blessed having some wonderfully appreciative people around me!  

I've added a chippy fence offcut to help create a 'scene' to the page.  This was overlayed roughly with modelling paste and a paper doily, then spritzed with Tea Party Smooch Spritz and white paint.  I really love the rough look of this side of the spread!

All my pages are odd sizes, some small, some big, different positions, different paper stocks... I like the randomness, it helps fuel that arty side I'm trying to free.  I've found some quotes that have called to me over the last year and am using them to add to, or to kick start the pages I'm working on.

Thanks for visiting, take care and be true to you!

Mis xo

www.mistrabutterfly.blogspot.com

Products used:

Paper
GCD Mix'd Media Stax - Manilla, Watercolour Paper

Chipboard
Dusty Attic Picket Fence

Colour
Clearsnap Smooch Spritz - River Mossy, Ice Rink, Caramel Latte, Tea Party, Cosmic Pink
Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx Chox - Midnight
Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Peaches, Chiffon
Dusty Attic Acrylic Paint - Alabaster

Mediums
Mont Marte Modelling Paste
Dusty Attic Crackle Accents

Dies
Spellbinders Wonderful Wings

Other
Collections Paris Butterflies
Paper Doily
Want 2 Scrap Canvas
Want 2 Scrap Wonderful Wings Bling
Tattered Angels Stencil
German Scrap
Tim Holtz Ideology Chit Chat Stickers

NEW!!! Family Jeans Line from GCD

You may or may not have heard that I'm gonna be a grandma. My 23 year old son and his fiance are gonna have a baby... I just LOOOOVE babies! Needless to say... I've got Baby stuff on my mind. I'm not the kind of crafter that can use giraffes, ducks and diapers in my scrapbooking, though, so this is my version of a Family/Baby line but it can be used for so much more! I absolutely LOOOOOOOVE all the denim!!!

  This line will be sold in pads and also as individual papers. There is an extra laminated image sheet that only comes in the pads and will be great for inexpensive embellishments.

If you want a chance to win this ENTIRE paper line, leave a comment on the GCD Studios Blog HERE.

12x12 pad image sheet

6x6 pad image sheet

Denim Dots - A

Denim Dots - B

Denim Stripe - A

Denim Stripe - B

Denim Swirl - A

Denim Swirl - B

Family Cards - A

Family Cards - B

Family Clouds - A

Family Clouds - B

Family Dots - A

Family Dots - B

Family Eyelet - A

Family Eyelet - B

Family Notebook - A

Family Notebook - B

Heirloom - A

Heirloom - B

Houndstooth - A

Houndstooth - B

Pages - A

Pages - B

Pink Polkas - A

Pink Polkas - B

Thanks for stopping by! Smooches ~D~

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NEW!!! Natural Beauty Line from GCD

This line is near and dear to my heart! I love the soft romantic colors and the papers are so versatile. I can see them used for scrapbooks, cards, home decor, mixed media... just everything! The paper comes in pads and individual papers. There is an extra laminated image sheet that only comes in the pads and will be great for inexpensive embellishments.

If you want a chance to win this ENTIRE paper line, leave a comment on the GCD Studios Blog HERE.  

12x12 pad image sheet

6x6 pad image sheet

Natural Beauty Cards - A

Natural Beauty Cards - B

Blue Fence - A

Blue Fence - B

Casual Elegance - A

Casual Elegance - B

Flying Free - A

Flying Free - B

Free - A

Free - B

Green Burlap - A

Green Burlap - B

Nancy's Mushrooms - A

Nancy's Mushrooms - B

Rosey - A

Rosey - B

Soaring - A

Soaring - B

Teal Burlap - A

Teal Burlap - B

Twiggy - A

Twiggy - B

Wall Vines - A

Wall Vines - B

Thanks for stopping by! Smooches ~D~

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