Say this 10 times fast..

Let's Perfect Pearl Purple Posies!! :)

Like this! A different angle, a different look!

We will need:

~Cardstock, a stamp, block for the stamp (if needed), Perfect Pearls, Perfect Medium, soft bristle brush..

As well as a GREAT Stamp! This is a Hero Arts Cling stamp. It's great!

"Ink" up the stamp with Perfect Medium..

Stamp down the image on your cardstock..

The Perfect Medium leaves a tone on tone sticky resin surface on the cardstock..

Brush on the first color of Perfect Pearls where you would like..

Apply second color of Perfect Pearls..

Apply the third color to finish off the stamped image..

Voila!~

Have a wonderful day! :)

~A

Merry CHristmas!

Just wanted to wish you a very Merry Christmas along with my two little elves!

All our best!

~A

Happy Anniversary!

Yesterday, December 17th, my husband and I celebrated our anniversary. It has been quite a year for us and there have been ups and downs, like any couple would face. Nothing we could not handle though! :)

So now to keep some "Good Times: 2009" in our hearts and minds.... Love you, Christian!

~A

A Red and Cream Rolled Wreath!

Want to see my red and cream rolled wreath?
Sounds like a tongue twister, right?

I fell in love with these Jenni Bowlin papers and knew that I was going to make Christian this wreath with them. No reason, really. Just wanted to make it. Helped that the lyrics on one of the papers are also in German! It's a love song he tells me! :)

Here's his wreath.

And here is a close-up on the formation of the wreath. I did have to go an bling it with some ultrafine German glass glitter. Had to. It was begging me to!
So that is my red and cream rolled wreath! Let me know if you would like any info on it. I'd be more than happy to share! :) Drop me a line and time.

~A

A few of my newer "Me" LOs..

Here are two of my more recent layouts that I am happy with. Both have...*gasp* Me (?!?!) in them and I'm actually posting them!

Amazing what a few years, some hair dye, growth, two babies, and wisdom will do to a person!

~A

Winter Card Mock-up

A dear person in my life asked me the other day to help her come up with an idea for some "Wintery" cards to send this season as she was in a creative rut. I must say that I was and am rather honored by this as she is a graphic designer. Anyway, after a few messages back and forth and this card was what was created..
After some consideration, the pearl on the sheer ribbon bow has been replaced by a silver star. The opal shimmer white border bottom will most likely be personalized in the end with a stamp or monogram.

I'm please with this card and had a great time helping Wasa out with everything this year! I'd do it again in a heart beat! Love you! :)

~A

My vintage inspired altered Trinket Box project.

I was inspired the other day to create an altered trinket box out of a wooden box and vintage sheet music that I have been looking at forever and ever. I also have had the Making Memories Vintage pattern paper stack that I've been trying to figure out what to do with. Gavin and I looked at every thing and decided to just go for it and see what we could come out with.

We painted the inside and bottom of the box black so there was a basic neutral to work from. Then we decided upon the patterned paper to cover the box with. Glued that down with some PVA. Distressed the paper with some Distress Ink.

The vintage sheet music was distressed with guess what, more Distress Ink! Haha! Then we carefully punched it with Martha's trusty Double Loop Border Punch. Love that Punch! Glued them down gently with some more PVA.

While the PVA was drying we tackled the chipboard flourish with Distress Ink and coordinating Distress Stickles in two colors. After all of the PVA dried on the box and the Stickles were also dry it was time to take out my trusty Zip Dry. The flourish was glued down where Gavin wanted it, nice placement if I do say so, and then it was time to play with Primas!

Here is the Prima that we created from two flat natural colored mulberry Primas, Distress Ink, Sage Glimmer Mist, and the head of a Maya Road Trinket Pin. The flourish and about the flower gained mocha pearls here and there to finish it off.

We are quite pleased with how our Trinket Box came about. Now to figure out what to do with it! Perhaps a Christmas present for someone, keep it, or something else. Right now we are enjoying looking at it.

The Trinket Box is shown here in many views in the following pictures. Gavin was my helper in picking out what to show you and thought that you needed several. :)

Thanks so much for looking and reading Gavin's and my long post! We had a great time creating this and wanted to share it with you.

Have a wonderful day! :)

~A

A Sassy Lassy

So my Elizabeth is quite the "Sassy Lassy" these days. She's become your typical three year old and then some. I'm being given quite the run for my money with her! A few weeks ago she was hamming it up for me and I snapped a few pictures. I sat down yesterday with her and created this layout using the November girl kit from Scrap for a Cure. Love this Kit!!

Here is a close up of the 3D transparent butterfly embellishment area. I used my heat tool to soften them up and them scrunched them. It was hot to do, but fun! Quite textural too.

I had better go. Miss Elizabeth is into something... Again....

Have a great day!
~A