"Ode to Huggy Bear" ~ Creative Embellishments!

Hello, scrappy friends!

Sandi here with you today sharing a sweet layout of our youngest daughter with her old "Huggy Bear" and our new golden doodle pup Georgie. Georgie has grown a bunch since then but this pic is just too cute not to scrap!

Especially using all the CUTE "fur-friend" products that Creative Embellishments has to offer ... chipboard, flair and stencil along with a more "everyday" chicken wire stamp.

I love the combination of light blue with brown and yellow as an accent and thought it was a perfect color scheme for my brown toned photo. After choosing my Ivy Wreath and Heart Strings Border, I sprayed them with Walnut Ink .. my most favorite way to alter chipboard usually. While that was drying, I created a design and went to work on my background.




A used the Muddy Paws Stencil and some super heavy gesso to create some texture on my page.
Some mist and stamp work finished off the background.




I adore all the frames that Creative Embellishments has to offer but among them, I have a few faves .. the Ivy Wreath being one of them. It's perfect for any kind of outdoor, earthy or masculine theme project you may have.




For vertical interest, I added the now dried Heart Strings Border (love it!) and used it as a photo layer. At the completion of my project, I splattered everything with white gesso to blend.




In this close-up you can see some of the stamp work done with the Distressed Chicken Wire Stamp. This stamp is a must-have for me!




More stamping but also a close-up of one of the 3 cute flairs I used from the Puppy Love Flair set. Of course, you can see that I went a little crazy with flowers but hey, it was fun!




For a title, I decided to use some scrabble type tiles that I had on hand as well as a phrase from the branding strip.
This photo was mostly about my daughter and her love for her old "Huggy Bear"...  but this is also Georgie's debut, lol!

And lastly, there's another sweet flair poking out near the bottom ...

That's it for today.
We are so glad you came by.

Be sure to check out all the new chipboard pieces that Nicolle has just designed and released in the store! I'm over the moon with the new collage type pieces!

Sandi

Creative Embellishments Products used:

Chipboard:

Heart Strings Border

Ivy Wreath

Stamp:

Distressed Chicken Wire Stamp 

Flair:

Puppy Love Flair 

Stencil:
Muddy Paws Stencil

Getting my paint 0n ~ Shimmerz Design Team ~

Hey hey, scrappy friends! 

It's Sandi here with you today sharing my latest Shimmerz Paints project. 

I wanted to have a little fun with some of the newest Shimmerz Paints colors, so I decided to create this little art palette piece and try for an ombre effect using the grays. 

The actual Art Palette is a chipboard piece from Creative Embellishments and it's about 7 inches high.  I prepped it with some crackle paste and let that air dry (waiting is the hardest part!) for about 24 hours. Next I adhered some old paintbrushes and decided on my other embellishments.

To achieve the ombre look, I've used Coloringz Night Moves, Vibez GreyFlannel and lastly Spritz Granny Gray. These were simply sprayed on one after the other.




Before the colors were completely dry, I splattered on Shimmerz Teal the End of Time and Vibez Snow Storm. And then because I couldn't stand NOT to, I splattered on some of the new Shimmerz Pip Pip Cherry O. It adds a nice pop of color!




When that was done, I colorized my chipboard title (also Creative Embellishments) with the Coloringz Night Moves. After adhering that, I moved on to adding my other embellies.




I finished everything off with some white gesso splattering and highlighting.  Lastly, I added a few of the new sequins we are carrying by SpeigelMom ... Spigelmom Scraps Sequins Picking Wild Flowers


 

I'm loving all the dimension and mostly, these new gray colors!
I'm thinking lots of great modern farmhouse projects!

If you are ready to shop, don't forget to include my name SANDI in the comment section, to receive a little free gift.

That's it for today!
Thanks for coming by.

 Vibez GreyFlannel (new) 

Vibez Snow Storm

Spritz Granny Gray (new)

Coloringz Night Moves

Shimmerz Pip Pip Cherry O (new)

Shimmerz Teal the End of Time

Spigelmom Scraps Sequins Picking Wild Flowers (new)

Adore ~ More than just chipboard, folks!

Hello, scrappy friends!

Thanks for coming by today for my Creative Embellishments/Shimmerz Paints combo project.
Today I have a layout featuring a special photo of my cousin's granddaughter. 

One of my favorite pieces from Creative Embellishments is the 6x6 Steampunk Gear Panel! (all the 6x6 panels, really.)  I love seeing how many different ways I can alter them ... although my fave for this Steampunk piece seems to be as you see it here with 3 colors of Rust Paste, sprinkles of aged gold embossing powder with a "darkened edge" achieved with my Shimmerz Coloringz Chocolate Brownie and a few shots of Vibez Hot Fudge.  Altering large pieces of chipboard like this is therapeutic for me! 

Of course, as always I wind up covering more of my panel than I intended. But here are some close-ups of the chipboard which has been cut apart for my use here:

My background is created using clear gesso, then super heavy gesso pushed through my Creative Embellishments Distressed Circle Stencil. I added some color with a transfer technique of my Shimmerz Vibez Mango Tango. 

Nice shot of how the Chocolate Brownie Coloringz darkens the edge to give a vintage vibe. Although it's hard to see, Vibez Glorious Day adds such an accent!

Stamping with my Creative Embellishments Circle Bokeh Stamp and  Distressed Text Stamp has added depth. When my layout was complete, I splattered white gesso and black paint as a finishing touch. 

I've used the large Family Word Border across the top and as a title. It was darkened with my Shimmerz  Chocolate Brownie Coloringz which was then highlighted with my Shimmerz Vibez Hot Fudge. One last embellishment was a Creative Embellishments Seasons Change Flair that I tucked in amongst my florals.

Lots of gorgeous Fall colored flowers complete the project. 

Thanks for coming by today! 

Creative Embellishments Products used:
Chipboard:

Steampunk Gear Panel

Family Word Border
Stamps:

Circle Bokeh Stamp

Distressed Text Stamp
Flair:

Seasons Change Flair
Stencil:
Distressed Circle Stencil

Shimmerz Products used: 

Chocolate Brownie Coloringz

Vibez Hot Fudge

Vibez Glorious Day

Vibez Mango Tango

Journey ... Creative Embellishments August challenge layout!

August already? 

Today I'm sharing my Design Team take on the August Challenge at  Creative Embellishments.

When I saw the Challenge photo, I was reminded of a dear friend's trip to Wales last year. She was excited that she captured a group of raindrops on the stairs in her photo. Because I'm giving her this layout as a birthday gift, I've used the Large Clock Face 6 inch (heat embossed) to symbolize time .. and just had to accompany that with the gorgeous Clock Hands which were stained with walnut stain. To add something wispy to my flower cluster, I used Flourish 17 which was embossed the same as the Clock Face. 

Here are my close-ups:

The Large Clock Face 6 inch was heat embossed with a light blue embossing powder and then dabbed with white gesso near the end. It was used as one of my photo layers and is so perfect with my birthday theme. 

Again, the Clock Hands were stained with a walnut ink and then dabbed with gesso. I've also embellished with some Prima art stones and sprayed them green to coordinate with the photo.
Here you can also see one of my reflective sequins.

My background work includes lots of stamping, mostly using my very favorite Circle Bokeh Stamp. 

Here is the challenge photo:

I hope that you will play along at a chance for the prize .... but also just to have a little creative fun! 

Thanks for coming by today!
I so appreciate every comment.

Sandi