Recently, we had a good discussion at one of my favorite scrapbook sites and it centered around Pink Paislee’s {Vintage Moon} ‘Moon Glade’ paper.  We all unanimously agreed that the striking teal, paired with the metallicy silvers, made our heart skip a beat!

As I thumbed through all my Pink Paislee supplies it struck me just how much I loved the metallics in the papers, press-ons, transparencies….so I thought I would share with a layout I did featuring some of these brilliant products.

With Halloween just around the corner, I thought it would be perfect to showcase all the shimmer and platinum by creating a Halloween themed layout.

On this layout I used the paper ‘Moon Glade’ {Vintage Moon}, and the {press-ons} Vintage Moon Accents, Vintage Moon Icons, and the Alphabets all fittingly in Metallic Silver.  I also complimented the metallics by mounting my pictures onto ‘Platinum-Metallic’ cardstock by Bazzill.  Does it get any better than this??!  I finished the layout off by adding some irresistible black and orange jewels.

Here are the metallic products I used in all their glory:

Of course it is not required to do a Halloween page with all this metallic goodness….just have fun with it.

Thank YOU for allowing me to share my creations with you this week!

Tina =)

Good Morning!  If you know my work, then you know that I love to create home decor items!  But here is the thing….I have champagne taste but I’m on a beer budget!  So I am always on the hunt for bargains that I can turn into something fabulous!

I had 2 good strokes of luck this week!!  First of all I went to the Goodwill and found this big bunch of beauty…for only 90 cents a bundle (love that military discount!).  Ignore the little bubble blower in the background…she’s always looking for a free photo shoot!

Well then I walked into my local craft store (starts with an M…hmmm..) and found all these summer floral vase/planters for 90% off.  So this little beauty was ummmmm……79 cents….yep…..so I of course bought them all (these are the only times that I am glad my hubby is out to sea!)…

Came home and promptly got to work!  I used the beautiful silver and pink damask looking paper from the Pop Fashion line called Hip Huggers.  I cut off the pretty scroll part to save for a future project.

OK, so here is where the “tip” part of Tuesday comes in.  When I am covering something I normally just trace the pattern…but that isn’t always the easiest way and sometimes is just not possible, as in this case. So…I use a very simple way of making my pattern.  I self emboss my paper.  I take my paper and put it on the surface I want to cover.  Then using my fingers I rub the edges (be sure to hold firmly in place, you don’t want slippage with this technique) until I have a groove to follow when I cut.

Hopefully you can see the grooves, my camera had a hard time picking them up.

I use a fabric glue for all my altered projects and mini albums.  It dries fast, is SO strong, acid free and lasts forever.  It is made for fabric so it doesn’t soak through your papers, ribbons etc…nor does it wrinkle or stain at all.  It’s my favorite.

Rather then removing the paper on the vase (messy and waste of time) I just inked the edges black so that if they show through on my corner seams…no big deal.

OK, next I painted and glittered the topsider chipboard piece.  I left it bare and plan to use the cardstock sticker on another project.

Then I glued the papers down…..then the topsider piece, then the trims…and I used a border from the Vintage Moon pressons around the bottom of the vase.  It’s best to cut your presson into a piece that is the width of the vase vs. trying to wrap it around the vase and rub.

Then I used a sheer and backed it with the pink polkadot Lunch Hour paper from the Office Lingo line.  I used some pink bling and then a butterfly presson from Pop Fashion Icons in the center.

After getting the vase all taken care of…it was time to fancy up the flowers a bit!!  So I used the butterfly stamp from the Pop Fashion Clear Stamps. I stamped a bunch of butterflies onto the silver Hip Huggers paper.  Cut them out…and glued them back to back on black wire.  I essentially made flower picks with them.

Then comes the fun part…arranging the roses, butterfly picks and some white berry sprigs.  Very pretty and a pretty easy project and the best part is…..it’s CHEAP but looks like a million bucks!!

Hope you all have a wonderful day of bargain hunting and creating something lovely!!

~Katie Watson

Allright…….I finally got the chance to get a winner this afternoon!

Sandra……you are the lucky winner!  I will be contacting you soon to get your mailing address.  We have 15 gorgeous glitter tubes to send your way!  Congrats!!  Be sure to show us what you create with our lovely glitter colors!

Sandra on 24 Aug 2008 at 10:00 am

OMG!! Love these colours!!! I’m not used to being a glitter girl, but these colours would make my mojo flow like water!!! So pleeaase pick me!

I am so glad that my assignment for this week was a sketch.  I have had a really busy summer, so a sketch was the perfect way to settle back into a creative routine and get organized.

After searching around to various sketch sites, I decided to use a July sketch from Pagemaps. 

When I saw this sketch I knew I wanted to use just one photo that had a lot of white space at the top.  I chose a photo that I took of Morgan a few weeks ago at one of our beach trips.  Morgan is not a fan of having her photo taken, so when she plopped down a bit away from me and started digging in the sand, I took the opportunity to get a picture of her with the beach and the beautiful sky behind her.  I printed the photo 4×7 with this layout in mind, and because I liked the look of all that beach with my girl.

I thought the Vintage Moon Collection was a perfect choice for this beach themed layout.  And because I scrap both 12×12 and 8 1/2 x 11, I loved the idea of using three sides to the decorative edged Moonrakers paper, which is a little less than 12×12.  I always trim my 12×12 page protectors to fit my oversized 8 1/2 x 11 layouts which allows for a lot of creative options.

As you know, I love to stitch on everything, so I had a little fun with this one.  I also added some fun KI buttons and some Kaiser gems to finish it off.

Lastly, at the time of this layout I didn’t have any of the new Jenni Bowlin crepe paper ribbon that I have been lusting after.  Instead, I used leftover streamers from my daughter’s birthday party, rouched it, and layered a piece of paper over the top.  I just love the decorative look.

I challenge you to try this or another sketch this summer.  It will help stretch your creative brain, especially if you are out and about like I am and still want to cut up paper in between trips.

Davinie