DECEMBER HAS ARRIVED!

Welcome to December!  I'm sure everyone is getting busy with their holiday preparations...I know I am.  I would like to share a bit of creative inspiration with you before I get back to baking my Christmas cookies!

Over at Colorful Creations Blog there is a sketch challenge which Team A is sharing some wonderful inspiration.  I am on Team B - so you will get to see mine on December 15th.

 

 

At Scrapping Everyday Miracles Blog we have a layout sketch, a card sketch and a theme challenge.  You may combine the theme or do it separately.

 

Here are the sketches and the theme information for you.

 

Layout:

 

Card:

 

and our Scripture inspiration is:

 

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

 

 

I chose to do a holiday layout:

 

 

 

I am also entering this in the Song challenge KKC2 over at Soul Scrappers. 

 

 

So before you get to your holiday baking and wrapping of presents take a few moments and join us in some holiday papercrafting!





 

 

 



HAPPY MID-MONTH PLUS SOME EXCITING NEWS!

Welcome to the middle of November.  While I'm sure some of us are getting ready for our big Thanksgiving celebration coming up soon I have a fun fall layout to share with you from the Colorful Creations team.

Here is the sketch we were provided with:

and this month a Mood Board was also included:



and here is the layout I created:

I so wish that I could get a better photo to share with you...being without a computer at home and having to do everything from the phone and the library computer is so difficult.

Please head over to the Colorful Creations page and enter your own wonderful creation.

This layout was also inspired by Rochelle's Word Art over on Sketches4All . I used a photo of me from a beautiful fall day in Delaware just last week and also added some fall leaves as embellishment.

 

 

I also want to enter this layout over at Word Art Wednesday challenge #158 Anything goes.

 

 

And now for the exciting news...Colorful Creations will be leaving after December but starting up with a wonderful new site called Picture This! You really need to head right over there and see what it is going to be all about!  There is a DT call going on until December 1st.

 

 



WELCOME TO NOVEMBER

Happy November to you all!  It's a great time of year to count our blessing as well as to work on some new challenges that are being presented over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles and Colorful Creations.

At Scrapping Everyday Miracles there are 2 sketch challenges as well as a theme challenge. 

Here is the layout sketch:

 

Here is the card sketch:

And here is our theme:

Song of Songs 2:4                       New International Version (NIV)

Let him lead me to the banquet hall,
and let his banner over me be love.

 

The DT has created samples of everything for you...

 

Here is mine for the card:

 

 

I made it for a friend of mine from church that is facing surgery soon as well as having some other difficulties with sick close family members.  I am also going to enter this card in Word Art Wednesday Challenge #156.

 

Over on Colorful Creations it is a sketch/mood board combo.

 

The Sketch:

The Mood board:

 

As I am on Team B I have not yet created with that as I will be working with the next sketch and Mood Board on the 15th.  But I may decide to play along anyway ... why don't you do the same?

 

I hope that you have enjoyed checking out all the new challenges and will now go and play some of them!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 



COLORFUL CREATIONS FAVORITE THINGS BLOG HOP

Hello and welcome to my post for the Colorful Creations My Favorite Things blog hop!  If you have arrived here from Life & Creations of Tee blog you are in the right place!! If you have stumbled across this by chance and want to play along then you can head back to the Colorful Creations site to start at the beginning.

Make sure to comment & follow my blog in order to be eligible to win the prize!


My name is Paula and here is my project showcasing my favorite things which are to use alternatives to traditional art supplies.

Here are the items I used to create this mixed media journal page.

On the left is drywall tape, in the center painters tape and on the end my absolute favorite for mixed media, Dry Dex Spackling.

I of course started with a blank journal page that I had put on a thin coat of gesso.  To that I had added some watercolor paints...

but I did this in an unusual way...instead of brushing them on I sprayed water on the card they were on and swiped the card all around until the page was covered.

Next, I added the painter's tape -

and the dry wall tape - 

and now for the assortment of other items - 

above you can see a corrugated coffee cozy, an image cut from a tag, a paper napkin with a flower on it, a piece of chevron straw, some gold crinkly paper...

there is a piece of zip code paper from an old zip code directory, a piece of a map, a stamp reading detour, a painted flower...

  

these sections have some parts cut from a wonderful envelope that all these goodies came in, plus a piece of doily, a ribbon and postage stamps.

 On here you can see some circle string, more chevron straw, that detour stamp and the spackle that I added through my favorite Crafter's Workshop template.

And now that you have seen so many of the little pieces here is a shot showing the finale.  

There you can see a few other elements that I had not mentioned earlier, some torn notebook paper that I added the saying "Follow your heart", and a banner diecut tag to which I added the saying "Take pride in how far you have come and have faith in how far you can go" which was adhered onto a journaling card, a paper with stitching on it, a ribbon with another piece of that journaling card with the saying "It's the Journey NOT the Destination" on it.

All of these wonderful elements came to me in an art journaling swap about the theme "Journey" on Soul Scrappers.  

Thanks so much for joining us on the blog, make sure you hop on over to the Colorful Creations blog to post your creation! 


Make sure you make Colorful Creations your last stop on the hop to see how to win the wonderful prize up for grabs!

MORE FROM MT CUBA!

Last week I shared two layouts with some amazing butterfly photos taken last summer at Mt Cuba. Today, I am going to share some flowers.  I created my layout using the second August sketch from Colorful Creations.

Here is the sketch:

I chose to rotate the sketch 1/4 turn clockwise.

I realized after all was said and done that I rotated the sketch but left the 2 diagonal strips where they were...instead of putting them across the bottom where they would be....LOL!

Don't forget to head over to the Colorful Creations blog and check out the other wonderful DT samples and add yours!

JUST BEFORE BED

Not much time for creating today.  I had great plans to get a lot of creating done but things don't always work out as they should.  I had to take my son to the post office to get his passport this afternoon and tonite I had a meeting at church.  Next thing I know it's nearly bedtime!

I have two more layouts from my day at Nemours last summer.  (one from last night and one from tonight!)

First I have a page inspired by challenge #92 over at Feeling Sketchy.  

 Next is the Team A sketch from the Colorful Creations blog.

and here is what I did with it - 

I know this is a really short post for me but I've been staying up far too late recently and tomorrow I have a work day so I have to call it a night already!  I promise to have something more for you tomorrow - at least THAT is the plan!

Have a great night!

WELCOME TO JUNE!

Happy Sunday!  Happy June 1!  Exciting new challenges!

Today over at Colorful Creations Blog there is a new sketch with a great guest designer and samples from Team A.

Here's a peek at the sketch:

as I am on Team B I don't have a sample for you today.

Over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles there are a few new challenges ready for you...

The Theme - 

Each new day is a gift.

Scripture Inspiration:

James 1:17  ^"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."

The Layout Sketch:

My Sample:

Photos from Winterthur.

The Card Sketch:

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you are enjoying the last day of a fun weekend!

ANOTHER WONDERFUL COLLECTION

For today I am here to show you Colorful Creations blog 2nd sketch challenge for the month of May. This is the sketch we had to work with:

These photos are of the Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens at Winterthur.  I rotated the sketch 1/4 turn right.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope that you will enjoy a visit to this wonderful museum as I have plenty of photos to come.  (many of which you have probably by now already seen as I prepared this post before creating many of the layouts you have already seen!)

HAPPY MAY!

April showers bring May flowers!  And May 1st brings new challenges.  Over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles the theme is Renew - New - Rebirth and the Scripture Inspiration is: 

2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."

there is a new card sketch-

As soon as I saw the sketch I thought - washi tape!  So my border and all the horizontal and vertical strips are made from washi tape.  And, because of the see through texture of it I decided to stamp my sentiment onto vellum.

and there's also a new layout sketch:

and there is a new sketch over at the Colorful Creations blog also.  I am on Team B so you won't see my design for 2 weeks but here is a peek at the sketch from today.  Head over to the site to see what Team A has to inspire you.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing what I have created and will now head over to the sites and enter something of your own!

WELCOME APRIL!

                                       Happy April Fool's Day!                                                                                  

Have you planned any tricks for your family or friends?  

No tricks for you here today - only some great DT reveals!

Over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles there is a card sketch, a layout sketch and a theme.  

Here are the sketches:

Card Sketch:

My Card:

Layout Sketch:

My Layout:

The theme is Faith, Hope or Love (choose one).  

Bible Verse Inspiration: 

Faith:
Hebrews 11:1  "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."

Hope:
Romans 15:13  "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope."

Love:
1 Corinthians 16:14  "Let all that you do be done in love."

And...I am offering this months prize package:

It includes:

(1) American Crafts 6 inch Mini Album

(1) SEI With All My Heart 6 inch paper pad

(6) red doilies

(2) yards red ribbon roses

(2) yards red polka dot ribbon

(2) yards ecru vintage lace

(2) yards white lace with pink hearts

All you need to do to win this months prize is to enter your card or layout on the Scrapping Everyday Miracles Blog.

Over at the Colorful Creations Blog they have decided to switch to a sketches only challenge blog.  They will be sharing sketches and inspirational samples twice a month.

Stop over and see what Team A has to inspire you with using this sketch:

I'm on Team B so you will get to see my creation on April 15th.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope that you have enjoyed my inspiration and that you will visit the site blogs to submit your own wonderful creations.

COLORFUL CREATIONS SPRING FLING BLOG HOP!

Welcome to the Colorful Creations Spring Fling Blog Hop!  I don’t know about you but the ladies here at CC are ready for some sunshine.  How about you???? 

To help us get ready to usher Spring in, we decided to have a Spring themed Blog Hop so all the projects you find along the hop will be themed around Spring. Make sure you visit each DT member’s blog!

You should have come from Xara‘s blog, if not, please go back to the Colorful Creations blog to start the hop from the beginning.

For my hop challenge I would like you to create anything BUT a card or a layout.

I decided to create an art journal page.

I started the way I always do by covering my page with gesso.

Next I added two shades of brown acrylic paint by drizzling and dropping the paint and spreading it with a foam brush.

I had some Adirondack Color Wash Mist in Espresso so I added a layer of that.

All winter I have been saving my coffee cozies as I knew there would be something fun to do with them.  I finally decided what to use them for!  I got out a variety of Sizzix floewr dies and...

after cutting them I colored them with various bright colors of acrylic paint.

As I painted each one I dabbed it onto my journal page to add some color and texture.

Next I took two shades of green acrylic paint and added some grass.

I assembled the flowers into layers and bent the petals up for more added texture.  I took some white stickers and added the phrase 'Spring has Sprung!' I placed the finished flowers around the page and glued them down using Glossy Accents so that I was sure they would stay put.

And the final results were:

Once you have completed your project, please head back over to the CC blog to upload your entry. Please tag your entry: SFPAULA. The more you play, the better your chances of winning this great prize courtesy of Colorful Creations!

ANY PROJECT NOT PROPERLY TAGGED WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THE DRAWING!!!






Now head on over to Christina V‘s blog and see the great challenge she has in store for you!

Remember you have to have your projects linked up no later than midnight, CST, March 29th.

Here is the lineup in case you get lost!
Michelle http://michellesscrapdesigns.blogspot.com/
Toccara http://www.lifeandcreationsoftee.blogspot.com/
Brandi http://luckyflutterbycreations.blogspot.com
Karen http://karenandkids.typepad.com/
Marci http://ascrapfrommarci.blogspot.com/
Xara  http://www.joyscraft.blogspot.gr/
Paula http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/
Christina V. http://cardsbychristina.blogspot.com
Yasmina http://chezmina974.blogspot.com/
Sandrine  http://sandlo80.canalblog.com/
Christina P.  http://myembellisheddaydream.blogspot.gr/
Robin http://www.emptynestscrapbooker.blogspot.com
Colorful Creations (to link up) http://colorfulcreations2014.blogspot.com/