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Brush Strokes

Check out the new article at Get It Scrapped all about using fonts with broad brush strokes.  It is a hot new trend and fun and easy to add to your scrapbooking.  Here is the layout I created:

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Snow Pile by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: papers and stickers; SEI, ink pad; Tskukineko, ink pens; Sharpie, gesso; Golden

I had fun creating all the doodled swirls by drawing, scanning and then cutting them with my new Scan and Cut machine.  For the title I sketched the lettering with pencil then using a smaller brush and gesso to create the broad lettering.  When it was dry I added a black outline with a Sharpie. I honestly was not sure originally where I was going to add the title so I drew my title on tracing paper then moved it around on the page.  I even changed the size and color before I was done so the tracing paper came in handy!

Here is a close up of the title:

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It is amazing how many ways the Creative Team came up with to add brush stroke lettering to their pages, check it out HERE!

Happy Wednesday all!

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Calvinball Summery

We are all finished with Calvinball at Get It Scrapped!  I finished up with 150 points, I had about 140 yesterday morning then completed a few more layouts, commented on 20 other layouts, loaded 20 pages into page protectors and then into an album and  realized I had one more point for submitting a layout to critique 🙂

Overall the moth was incredible productive!  Here are a couple of my favorite layouts from the month:

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This layout was created not only for Calvinball but a series of challenges over at Jenni Bowlin (JBS) They were running a crop during March as well. I used both her December paper crafting kit and the December Artisan add on kit.

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This layout was also created for both JBS and Calvinball.  I used chalkboard paint, white Sharpies and black sketch pens to complete all the writing and doodling.

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This photo turned out horribly blurry BUT I love the layout.  It is a mix of elements from JBS and SEI the title work is done on vellum with Sharpie and Bic permanent markers.  The corrugated cardboard was wiped with gesso then torn and the crystals are tied on loops of twine and have small glue dots at the know and crystal to hold them “dangling”.  Both the crystals and the beautiful trees are from JBS and they are just the perfect touches (I was really excited to find way to include the crystals!)

I should have a mother post this week with layouts at Get It Scrapped and then next week will be my first post for RubberMoon!

Happy Tuesday!

 

 

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Water Soluble Mediums

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Last Friday I had a fun new article post at Get It Scrapped.  I had a request for information comparing different water soluble mediums.  So you know me, I decided to show you the differences as well.  I compare watercolor paint, watercolor pencils, water soluble oil pastels and Gelatos.  If you have a chance and would like a little more information about these mediums I hope you will check it out!  Of course I also included layouts using all 4 of the different mediums created by Creative Team members at Get It Scrapped.  To see the article click HERE.

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New Creative Team Member at RubberMoon

Have you seen the new blink in my sidebar?  I am joining the team at RubberMoon for 4 month of creativity.

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I am over the moon excited (he he) to be joining such a creative, artistic group and can hardly wait to share their beautiful stamps and a few new Copic and mixed media projects using their stamps with you!

My first posts will be both here and at the RubberMoon Art Blog in April so stay tuned!

Happy Tuesday!

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Calvinball

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Yes Calvinball is going strong and today layouts completed were double points!  Yipee I earned a total of 60 points bringing my grand total up to 99 and with this post I am up to 100!

Here are 2 of the layouts I completed and shared;

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I love this page about Sara’s diving, I used a series of photos that my dad captured at a practice and chopped them down to stack them up.  The splatter was created with a new fun tool that I will be talking about next month at Get It Scrapped.

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This one has some wonderful photos from my parents visit in August of 2012.  The large orange object that Lori is pretending to munch is an overgrown cucumber from our little garden.  I did a whole group of simple quick layouts like this to add to the gallery, it was great fun and got me itching to do lots more!

Happy Saturday!