Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Live, Love, Laugh - Elizabeth Craft Designs

Good morning!
I am back today to share my newest layout created for Elizabeth Craft Designs!
I LOVE making flowers and the new dies from ECD are AWESOME and were perfect for creating this wedding layout for my beautiful niece's upcoming wedding!

 

 

To Create this layout:
Step 1 - cover your background paper with clear gesso (I used Craft O'clock Celebrate today collection)
Step 2 - using your favorite ECD stencil and texture paste approximately 3" (9.5cm) from the left side and allow to dry (I used the Dot Dot Dot stencil)
Step 3 - using the watercolor palette and coordinating colors to your background paper highlight the stenciled image and allow to dry
Step 4 - adhere the trimming off of your patterned paper, or cut a piece at 1/2" (approx. 1cm) x 12 (30cm) on the stenciled image

 

 

Step 5 - using coordinating soft finish cardstock die cut one Elegant Ornament and adhere as shown (I used pewter soft finish cardstock)
Step 6 - from coordinating patterned paper create 3 4x6 photo mats and adhere as shown using cardboard and 3D adhesive to add dimension
Step 7 - diecut using coordinating soft finish cardstock one set of Ornate Gateway and adhere as shown

 

Step 8 - Using your favorite ECD flower and leaves dies, die cut, ink and assemble 15 flowers and 15 leaves and adhere as shown (I used florals 1, florals 2, florals 3, florals 4, and stamen flowers with dove, pewter and white soft finish cardstock)
Step 9 - add art stones and seed beads


Thanks For stopping by,
Laura


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Sunday, September 6, 2020

Explore - Creative Embellishments

 Good morning!

Laura here today to share another layout of our trip to Punta Cana!

 


I fell in love with the colors on the 49 & Market papers and thought they would be perfect for the beach photos from Punta Cana




I wanted the chipboard to keep with the washed out beach feel of the photo and the paper.

I began by using texture paste and the circle bokeh stencil then covered all the chipboard with white gesso.

For the flourish #5 I painted some dark brown acrylic paint, waited for it to dry then used an aggressive piece of sandpaper to remove some of the paint.

 For the distressed circle pieces I painted it in either blue or white and again used the sandpaper




I painted the Nautical Artist Trading Coins with Art Anthology's Stone Effects dimensional medium in sandstone because it look so much like sand!

I also painted the title in blue 

I yucked in some cheese cloth and flowers to finish it!


Thanks so much for stopping by!






 



Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Live In The Moment- Creative Embellishments

 The Summer has flown by....

I thought this summer would seem longer with everything going on but it seemed to fly by and its now September

So with a new month comes a new challenge at Creative Embellishments and I created this...


The handsome guy is our oldest on his first day of college....wow time flies

 

The mood board for this months challenge:

The TWIST: add rust to your project!



Create a NEW project layout, mini album, tag, card, canvas, etc….as of September 1st, 2020.
*It is required that you mention in your blog post that you are playing along at Creative Embellishments together with a link back to our blog page. Please make sure to reference our challenge. Please, no old projects. (meaning projects from previous months that may fit the challenge) Please share only new projects.
*Please add your entry to the inlinkz tool on the CE post - here -  to be eligible for the prize. You have until the last day of each month 11:55 pm eastern time to enter.
*Simply add a link to your FB photo (if you do not have a blog) featuring your challenge entry. Let us know how you were inspired by the photo.
*Combining with other challenges is permitted.
* We would love to see you USE AT LEAST 1 OF CE products on your projects but it isn’t required to play along.
*WINNERS will have 2 weeks to claim their prize. The winner will be announced on this post the day after the challenge ends. Keep an eye out to see if you are a winner.

 

 I used Carta Bella papers and LOTS of CE goodies

I covered all the chipboard with sand texture paste and some pieces I added crackle paste

 

For the title I layered colored mists in red, orange and teal until I achieved the look I wanted



I covered the bricks with a red gelato crayon then sprayed teal mist and finally added some brown brusho powder



For the circle vine frame I used red gelato, red mist and teal mists


I used orange gelato, red mist and brown brusho powder on the mini ornate flourishes, and the mini clock set.

I did not want the flowers to be fresh looking so I added some brown brusho powder and water

Thanks so much for stopping by!