TOMIC #10 Guest DT Project!

I am so, so, SO excited for today! It’s time for TOMIC #10 and I would like to share my guest DT project. YEAY!

The challenge is (make your own drumroll…):

Make a Scene with MASKING!

You know, masking isn’t really a technique that I use often, so this really did stretch my stamping muscles – but in a good way!

Here is my project:

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Stamps: LOTS of Magnolia; Raindrop Echo Designs sentiment | Ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black | Watercolor (Bricks and suitcases), Copics (Tildas/Edwin), and Zig Pen (outline) | Train: Cricut with MTC (coloring page) | Pearls: The Paper Studio | Martha Stewart : Train Border Punch |Spellbinders: Labels 10 | Cardstock: BBP, DCWV, The Paper Studio | Glimmer Mist | Ribbons and Ribbon roses: Stash

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I am really pleased with the blue paper roses that I made. I think I have discovered a technique that really works for me.

Also, I MADE the little bling-y swirls in the style of Say it in Pearls by Prima. I want to do a tutorial on them soon, so look for that!

I am very pleased that my little ribbon roses took the Glimmer Mist so well. They started out white and now I know I can make them any color I want with my mists! Very cool.

I hope you like it and good luck with the challenge!

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Side Note: Honestly, I am a little disappointed with how the pictures of this turned out. It is so cute in person and the photos DID leave a little something to be desired – even though I tried to photograph them a MILLION ways. I DID find out that my camera has this cool stitch thing where I can take a three photos in a series and they will stitch together in a long photo. Cool, right?

It’s good to be Queen!

Pretty Pink Layout

Just a little layout to share tonight! This is a layout of some pictures taken at my best friend’s birthday party a few years ago.

Hope you enjoy!

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Cardstock: SCWV, American Crafts | Felt Border: Felt Fusion | DSP: My Mind’s Eye and (I can’t remember the company who made the paper with the words) | Die Cuts: Indie Art, Home Accents, Very Merry Tags | Cricut | Ribbon: 3 Birds

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Entered In:

Craft Your Days Away: Birthdays!

Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle: Friendship

Raise the Bar: Anything Goes

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Be good to your subjects, queenies – you have to have SOMEone to scrapbook, right?!

A little TOMIC preview!

Wanted to give you a little teaser of my TOMIC Guest DT project!

Wanna see more? Come back August 8th, when TOMIC #10 is launched!

Can’t wait for you to see it!

Remember Queenies, it’s GOOD to be us!

Another Page to Share!

I am trying very hard to keep up with my vow to share more pages and not just cards.  So, today I have another page to share of my favorite subject: My nephew Gavin.

I am very proud of the embellishments on this page because I rendered them for cutting myself.  I used coloring pages of Superman in MTC.

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Cardstock: Recollections ; DCWV

Stickers: The Paper Studio

Other: Dollar Bin Paper (Target) ; Smooch

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Entered In:

Crafts 4 Eternity: Anything But a Card

The Poodles Parlour: Red, White, and Blue

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I have a very exciting new toy to show you and I can’t wait until it is finished! I’m going to post it the minute I can!  Until then:

It is GOOD to be queen!

I Actually DO Scrapbook!

Going back through my blog I see that I don’t really post my scrapbooking pages all that much.  I really do scrapbook quite often, but I never think about entering them into contests or anything AND I have been making more cards since I started blogging.

So, starting now I am going to make more of an effort to post my pages as well as my cards.  Today I will share something I finished very recently:

I am so excited by how this turned out.  The paper roses and the bronze-y looking ribbon flowers are handmade in an effort to look like Prima flowers.  The white and brown paper flowers actually ARE Prima so I am glad the two were able to blend so nicely.

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SEI Designer Cardstock: Holly Lane: “Garland”  | Colored Cardstock: BBP and DCWV | Recollections Pearls | Making Memories: Eclectic Meal Signs: Baby and Deco Metal Stickers: Copper | Prima Flowers | Inks: Fiskars (Gold) and Brilliance (Platinum Planet) |Wood-Patterned paper, Leaves, and Ribbon: Stash

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P. S. I just found out that I’m a Guest DT for TOMIC next challenge!  I am so excited!  I will be posting that project soon.

Till then, keep it royal people, keep it royal!

Faux Prima Flowers!

I have two firsts to share with you tonight. Number one I am making my first post via blogger for Android! I know, I'm pretty cool, right?
Second, I have made my first attempt at creating faux Prima flowers.
I am honestly not sure how this post will look, but I'm going to check it immediately so, not to worry. :)
Hope you like them!

My first TOMIC entry: A Pirate’s Life for Me

If you are looking for the Guest DT project, go here.

Hello there! I am posting my first TOMIC entry and boy was it time-consuming to put one of these things together! But, I am very happy with the results!

Isn’t it so cute? I colored Tilda and Edwin with a lot of restraint in the hopes that I would get “higher” highlights. Here are some close-ups:

Tip for Top Tip: Use embossing folders and then cut them apart to create cool elements like water:

I am so happy with the way the this texture fade looks used for the ship deck that T&E are sitting on.

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Stamps: Pirate Tilda and Edwin and Pirate booty by Magnolia, Lighthouse from Tiddly Inks, and Pirate Flag from Little Scraps of Heaven | Colored with Copics | Tim Holtz Perfect Pearls spray | Embossing: Tim Holtz texture fade and Cuttlebug swirls | Pearls: Recollections | Pirate Ship and oval Porthole frame created in MTC | Cardstock: BBP, DCWV, and Recollections | Buttons and netting: Stash

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Entered in:

TOMIC: Nautical

Paper Pretties: Embossing

Divas by Design: Pastels

Top Tip: Shaped Cards

Craft Your Passion: Use script

iCopic: Pastels

Kaboodle Doodles: Embossing

Simon Says Stamp and Show... Embossing

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Honestly this is much more pastel in person. I know ALL the girls say that!

Be royal queenies!