Through The Looking Glass

The first of the month means it's time for a new challenge at Scrap It Girl, and the theme this month is to use a picture of yourself on a project.

I'm not one to spend much time in front of the camera, but my other half took these pics about a year ago, and I've been itching to use them. Just some fun, silly pics, but I love how they turned out. So now was the perfect opportunity to use them.

A few layers of patterned paper, a transparency sheet, a few flowers, and several layered pics and I had a completed layout. Very quick and simple.

2X Trouble

It's the first of the month, which means it's time for a new challenge at Scrap It Girl. The Theme for February is to use arrows, numbers, and the color blue. 

This was an easy one for me. I had some recent pictures of my twin nieces from the fair that were perfect for this theme.

I simply added a transparency strip across the bottom, a bit of punchinella and washi tape, stamped the arrows, the added the title and a tiny amount of journaling. A quick, easy, yet colorful layout.

Favorite Things Friday - Favorite Christmas Card I Made This Year

Ready for another edition of Scrap It Girl's Favorite Things Friday? This week is all about the favorite Christmas card you made this year.

This is a very clean and simple card, which is exactly why I love this card.

I started with a plain white card base. I ran a piece of white cardstock slightly smaller than the card base, ran it through my Cuttlebug with a Swiss Dots embossing folder, then adhered it to the card base. Next, I used a roller stamp to add the cute little reindeer. Lastly, I added a bit of baker's twine and the sentiment.

So what's your favorite Christmas card that you've made this year?

Favorite Things Friday - Favorite Christmas Ornament To Make

Ready for a new round of Scrap It Girl's Favorite Things Friday?Well this week is all about your favorite Christmas ornament to make.

I love using items I have on hand, and that's exactly how this project came to be. I was going through my stash, threw a bunch of bits and pieces on my work table, and this is result. A very rustic Christmas tree.

What's your favorite Christmas ornament to make?

Corset Photo Clip

It's the first of the month again, which means it's time for a new challenge from Scrap It Girl. The theme for December is wrap it up. I chose to wrap my clip with lots of twine.

I'm getting in the holiday mood, and what better to help with this than a fun Christmas project. For this photo clip, I used the JnW Crafts corset.

I painted the clip white, gave it a spritz of glimmer spray because everything needs a bitter of shimmer. then I just wrapped it a few times with some twine, added a couple of die-cut leaf sprigs, then added the sentiment.

The corset was painted with acrylic paint, then I added the ribbon binding, then lastly added a bit of Snowtex around the top. Super simple.

I can picture this sitting on my mantle with pictures of Christmas past. I can also see giving this away as a wonderful gift.

Favorite Things Friday - Favorite Project To Make For Christmas

It's time for a new round of Scrap It Girl's Favorite Things Friday, and this week is all about your favorite project to make for Christmas.

I love making home decor items, so this wall decor I made last Christmas is perfect. A canvas covered with dictionary pages, a stamped Christmas tree, a few sequins as toys under the tree, a few bells, and a bit of ribbon.

What's your favorite project to make for Christmas?

Favorite Things Friday - Favorite Fall Project I Made

It's time for a new round of Favorite Things Friday from Scrap It Girl! And this week is all about the favorite Fall project I've made.

This cutie of a card was the first thing that came to mind. A stamped image, lots of layers and texture ribbon, and a few buttons. Quick, simple, and colorful.

What's your favorite Fall project that you've made?

Thank You Card

It's the first of the month again, which means it's time for a new monthly challenge at Scrap It Girl. And this month's challenge is all about watercolors, Gelatos, or other type of paint. 

This card was inspired by the colors of fall. So let's get going, and I'll show you how I made this card.

I started with a sheet of water color paper and several colors of liquid watercolors. I simply added and layered the colors until I was happy with the result.

Next, I used a template, Distress Paint, and Distress Stain to add another layer of color.

While the paint dried, I moved on to the embellishment. I used a JnW Crafts ticket embellishment and painted it first with acrylic paint and then with a layer of Smooch ink.

Now it's time to put it all together. I simply cut the watercolor paper, adhered it the card, added a bit of ribbon, and the ticket. Lastly, I doodled a border around the edge of the card.

A perfect fall themed card.

Favorite Things Friday - Favorite Mini-Album I Made

Ready for another edition of Favorite Things Friday from Scrap It Girl? Well here it is! This week is all about your favorite mini-album that you've made.

This is mine. I loved the colors and the patterns. And small enough in size (approximately 5x5 in) that it took no time at all to fill up and have ready as a gift.

So what's your favorite mini-album that you've made?

Favorite Things Friday - Favorite Halloween Project I Made

You guessed it! It's time for another edition of Scrap It Girl's Favorite Things Friday. This week is all about your favorite Halloween project that you've made.

And this is mine. This is a wall hanging I made a couple years ago. I absolutely love the colors and textures on this piece.

What's your favorite Halloween project that you've made?

Boo to You!

It's the beginning of a new month, which means it's time for a new challenge at Scrap It Girl. This month's challenge is all about embossing folders. With Halloween just around the corner, it's the perfect time to make a spooktacular card.

And it was super quick to make too! I just ran my cardstock through my embossing machine using a web embossing folder. Then I used a bit of black and orange ink to make the web design pop.

To make the spider, I started with four strips of wire, wrapped them together, bent the ends for feet, then painted it black.

I used my JnW Crafts ornament template and some orange felt to make the spider.

Now it's just a matter of putting the spider together. Of course I added a couple of googly eyes.

To finish the card, I added some dimensional paint drops to the spider and a sentiment.

Favorite Things Friday - Favorite Layout That You've Made

It's time for a new Favorite Things Friday courtesy of Scrap It Girl. This week is all about a favorite layout that you have made.

This happens to be mine. It's a layout I did several years ago after a trip to Tybee Island, GA. It also happened to be my youngest niece's first trip to the beach. She took to the water like a little fish!

So what's your favorite layout that you've made.

Favorite Things Friday - Brushes

Ohhhh yeah, it's time for another edition of Scrap It Girl's Favorite Things Friday. This week is dedicated to your favorite paint brush or water color tool.

I absolutely love my water brushes. In my opinion, they are essential tools for blending. I use them on images colored with water color pencils. I used them to blend water based inks, or even for adding ink to tiny places on projects.

What is your favorite paint brush or water color tool?

Favorite Things Friday - Writing or Journaling Pen

It's time for another edition of Scrap It Girl's Favorite Things Friday. This week is all about your favorite writing or journaling pen.

I personally love my Zig Millemmium pens. Why do I love these pens? Because they come in a variety of tip sizes which lets me vary how my writing appears. And once dry, the ink is permanent, which lets me add lots of color and pastes to a project and I don't have to worry about the ink bleeding.

What's your favorite journaling pen?

Favorite Things Friday - Inks

You guessed it! It's time for another edition of Scrap It Girl's Favorite Things Friday. This week is centered around your favorite type of ink. Do you love spray inks, ink pads, markers, dye inks, craft inks, alcohol inks?

My favorite just happens to be anything in a spray bottle. Right now, I'm all about a very messy look, lots of drips and splats, and liquid inks are perfect for creating that effect.

What is your favorite type of ink?

Favorite Things Friday - Stamp Sets

It's time once again for another round of Scrap It Girl's Favorite Things Friday! And what's on tap this week you ask? Well, it's all about your favorite stamp set.

Mine just happens to be a Stamper's Anonymous/Tim Holtz set. This is a set I reach for quite frequently. The stamps provide a very textured look to any background.

So what is your favorite stamp set?

Altered Storage Jar

It's the first of the month, which means it's time for a new challenge at Scrap It Girl. The challenge for August is to use arrows. I had fun with this challenge, creating an altered jar to hold my paint brushes. 

I started by simply wrapping a jar with bakers twine.

Next, I painted a chipboard arrow with white acrylic paint, then drew an outline with a black Zig Millennium pen.

Next up, I inked the back of an acrylic text bubble embellishment from JnW Crafts with white StazOn. Next, I colored the edges with a black Sharpie. Then I stamped the sentiment with black StazOn ink.

Once the ink was dry on the acrylic embellishment, I adhered both the arrow and the text bubble to the jar, then added a few flowers on top.

To finish the jar, I added a few drops of Stickles to the flower centers and then added a mini light bulb.

This will make a wonderful, decorative addition to my shelves. And a much prettier way to store my paint brushes. You could also use this jar to store your colored pencils and markers too.

Thanks for stopping by!

Favorite Things Friday - Patterns

Ready for another round of Scrap It Girl's Favorite Things Friday? Well, let's get going then. This week is all about your favorite pattern.

Right now, I'm loving everything about dots and circles.  Whether it's paper, or stamps, or stencils, it's all fund to use to create color and dimension on projects.

So what's your favorite pattern to use?

Favorite Things Friday - Embellishments

It's time for another edition of Scrap It Girl's Favorite Things Friday! And the theme this week is all about your favorite embellishment.

Well, mine just happens to be all those wonderful, beautiful flowers. I could add layer upon layer of flowers to any project and be a very happy gal.

So what is your favorite embellishment to use?

Real Fun

Can you believe it's the beginning of another month already?  That means it's time for a new challenge at Scrap It Girl. The challenge for July is to use the colors red, navy, cream, and kraft. And since my birthday is just a few days away, I'm also hosting this month's challenge.  So head on over to the Scrap It Girl page and see what it takes to get entered in the July challenge.

For this challenge I created a card fit for any male recipient in your life.  So let's get going, and I'll show you how it was created.

I started with simply inking the edges of a piece of white cardstock.

Next, I layered the white cardstock onto a Kraft cardstock base.  Then, I adhered a piece of burlap for a bit of texture.

Now, on to the embellishments.  I wanted some bling, but I only had clear crystals.  No problem though. I just inked them with alcohol based ink, and instantly I had blue crystals.

Next I heat embossed a chipboard hat with white embossing powder.

For the lat embellishments, I used Unique Laser Designs wood pieces and also inked them with alcohol ink.

Now to just pull everything together.  I layered on a red die-cut, added my hat on top, then added a star and ribbon to the hat. I added the crystals to the top and bottom of the card, and lastly added the sentiment.

It all adds up to a quick to make card that full of color and texture!