Confetti Card

Monday has blown in around here - literally!!  I've been chasing things around the yard throughout the morning - even trying to anticipate what may be next and loading it down with weight - not really helping but that's okay.

I've got a card to share today - I know, I know - a card??  Yep - its been a while - other than my tape card challenge here - card mojo was hanging out elsewhere - but I found it - being under the pressure of needing a birthday card in about 30 minutes or less had nothing to do with - promise. ;0)

I added some stars to the background grid paper using VersaColor and a Crafter's Workshop stencil - these inks are really juicy and colorful - then I layered on stickers and paper.

Confetti is all over the place right now - I liked what I saw some people doing - didn't really think it was my thing though - Suzann's Confetti card challenge at MSW put me over the edge however.  I had to play along since I'd been collecting a bucket of punched out circles long before confetti was considered cool - no seriously - I was - I'll even admit I wasn't the brains behind saving it all - my hubbie was!!! - He's so great - love him to pieces!

Here I used a ScrapFX frame (Decorative Frame C Classic 2012046) to hold my sentiment and confetti - I stamped the frame with VersaMark, sprinkled silver Zing! embossing powder on it, and heated away - then I used an ink pad to color the rest of the frame - a baby wipe was used to wipe away ink from the embossed areas - frame was backed with stamped journal block - then sprayed with adhesive - confetti sprinkled on - I was able to move the confetti a bit to my liking before it dried - once it did - it was stuck for real!

If you have a fun project using confetti or any great tips I'd love to see/read them!!  Link me up - I'll stop by and let you know I saw it! 

Have a really fantabulous day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Skissedilla 156, Pneumonia, and a Picture of the Goods

Hey Friends!  How were your Mondays?

Its that time of week when Skissedilla has a new sketch posted for you to check out.  This week Nabon made the sketch; its really quite different in a wonderful way.

Skissedilla #156

My take:

I've got tons-o-Disney pictures from when we went in....ready for it?......2006 - yeah, been avoiding them a bit only now I want them documented - see I don't want pages that scream Disney - little bits here and there, with my style and sense of the story really shining through - make sense??

Mickey Mouse colors along with the bottlecap I've had in my stash for years say 'hey this is a Disney page' - This photo has been a fav for a long time and I've known the title foreva' - my three goofs lovin' their ponchos at MGM - thus the filmstrip (tim holtz) and stars (the Crafter's Workshop) - eluding to the park we were at - Disney stickers from my stash - jenni bowlin letters paired with Echo Park - EP paper and stickers too - my own felt umbrella - would you buy one of these?, seriously I'm trying to open a shop and I want handmade bellies to be a feature

In an effort to embrace my love for creating my own backgrounds and using up my mounds of patterned paper I've been experimenting - clear gloss gel medium (Liquitex) through a stencil (TCW) - allowed to dry completely - inked (Tsuikineko VersaColor) over and wiped color off stenciled drops with a baby wipe - really like the color being removed so easily from the gloss gel - still can see the pattern through the drops and on the paper, but not dominantly anymore - dig that

Closeup of umbrella bellie - drops traced from stencil and cut out - added some tinsel like fabric?? - I've no clue what this stuff is or where I got it - like it on the drops though - fun stuff - do you spy it elsewhere on the page

Pneumonia.....is kicking my butt - yep for real and for a couple months - can't seem to shake it - not really as bad as it sounds - it cycles in severity - but could use prayers and thoughts from friends that would like too - I try not to dwell on this - I'm alright in the grand scheme of what could be going on - just really tired and ready to be fully well - I believe in the power of prayer and special thoughts - thanks

Goodie Time - been trying to get this post and picture together since Sunday - the canvases still up for grabs are posted here - the rest of the goods look like this:

Sorry for the crummy picture - taken with phone in a not so ideal setting - some mesh, a mini journal, tube of gloss gel medium (same as used above in LO), Sassafras whimsie cards - but wait there's a tad bit more - I'll also have some handmade flowers to throw in

Until next time - xxo

Today is a Big Day!!!

Hi Friends! I've been waiting for this day to come and now that its here I get to share some more EXCITING news....

Yours truly is now scrappin' with the Skissedilla gals as a DT member!!  The sketches these gals create are amazing I tell ya'..... and now I'll be throwing a few into the mix also!

  Today is the site's birthday ( Broggis' too!! Happy Birthday Broggis!!!) and myself, along with the two other new team members, have our first LOs up with the rest of the sweet, rockin' gals!!

Here's my first reveal:

Skissedilla #155

This page shows pictures of my kiddos first day of school this year - didn't go the whole first day route rather went with sharing a story about how I send a piece of my heart with them everyday - my new girlie Brit put that awesome frame around my LO - so cool, right?? - Thanks Brit!! xo

My journaling card - love those lil' tab stickers (this one is Crate Paper) - bits of Hambly overlays revealing stenciling done with Pan Pastels (<---seriously smitten with these), paint, and ink - texture paste rubbed through mesh tape with my finger - staples and stamping - the puffy sticker frames are K&Co. - changed the color of one by using VersaColor ink and then doodled with a Sharpie (the doodling was already there, just made it pop!)

My sub-title written on the photo - good shot of texture paste (<---I'll do a tutorial on how to do this soon!) - stamped and heat embossed brick - letters painted through a stencil

Lots of lovely layered bits of burlap, doily, tape, paper, button, overlays

So what'cha' think???  Are you so intrigued to see the sketch I made this off of??  I bet you are - so head on over to Skissedilla and leave a Happy Birthday shout out - come back here and let me know what you think of the sketch and I'll enter you to win an original canvas made by moi plus some other goodies!!!!  You can see the canvases here and I'll be adding pictures of my other goodies to give away today!  YAY!!!

March is shaping up to be such an amazing month!  Know what?? Its not over yet - oh yeah, I'll have another announcement on my birthday this week as well as my winners.  Keep your eyes peeled people, its about to get crazy up in here!!!

Have delightful days and be sure to go to Skissedilla!!!

Getting Punky!

Hey there!  How's it goin'?  Fantabulous here - the sun is shining and its 40 degrees - ??! - yes you read that right - 40 degrees on a WI January day.  My DD went on a tubing field trip today and I can't think of any better weather.

So my title says I'm getting punky and that sure as heck is on.  I discovered a new challenge site called Punky Scraps via Michelle's blog and couldn't be more thrilled because the challenges there are right up my alley.  Lots of messy fun going on for reals!

While peeking around the site I saw this sketch:

Pretty sweet, huh?  With a little rotation of orientation this is what I came up with:

I swear this is prolly the quickest LO I've turned out eva'!  Everything fell into place the moment I knew what photos I wanted to use.  That never happens people!! 

Here's some deets for you to check out:

I loaded a stamp with paint for the border, attached the twine with a glue pen, and added some mist droplets.  The clouds were stenciled on using a mix of Pan Pastels.  My favorite part I must admit tho' is the title.  I really like how the placement turned out and since I wasn't sure about it in the 1st place that's a really good thing.

This is one of my favorite iPhone photos.  I'm sure I've already scrapped it and that's okay.  Here you can see a bit of the journaling I added to the banner strips and the texture added to the chipboard frame.  I did tat by using some Coarse Texture paste, let it dry, then dabbed on some Creative Inspirations paint.

Well that's all from me for today.  Make sure you check out the Punky Scraps blog, there are lots of other challenges posted besides the sketch and you've got until the 31st to play along.  Have fun!

A LO Just For Me

Hey! Hey! Hey!  It's Saturday and sunny gorgeous here, too cold, but pretty to view from inside. LOL.

I was working on some assignments this week and after I had started one I realized I'd used the picture before and abandoned the page.  I don't really like using the same pictures over and over for DT assignments... gotta keep it fresh ; ).  So after I finished off my tasks the page was staring me down and since it had a fav photo of mine on it I decided to finish it off.  

Best Friends by Scarlett Salamone Supplies Cardstock: American Crafts; Patterned Paper: Crate Paper, October Afternoon; Doilies: The Chip Chop Shop; Rhinestones: Recollections; Stickers: Crate Paper, October Afternoon; Die-cuts: October Afternoon; Twine: Martha Stewart; Brad: Crate Paper; Pins, Ruler, Bead: Maya Road; Word Sticker; The Girls' Paperie; Gesso: Liquitex; Mists; Tattered Angels; Shimmerz; Paint: Plaid; Dies: My Favorite Things, The Cat's Pajamas; Stencil: The Crafter's Workshop; Other: Paper doily, felt lips

 I had such a blast painting up the background and adding my favorite element - clouds - to the page.  Lots of my fav bellies tucked here and there and I was one happy scrapper.  

This page will go in my Book of Me I'm working on.  I never understood how people just LOVED their dogs so much until I had two of my own that are oh so special.  I can't explain how I feel when I hang out with them and play.  So free of worry and care.  Delightful bliss.

Here's a few of my favorite deets:

 Hope you all have a fabulous weekend.  Be blessed and bless others. 

Drive-by Post

I'll be back later with my promised tutorial for you all, but I had to pop in to tell you to get your tail feathers on over to Scrapbook News and Review to check out the Rubbernecker stamps event. The stamps are amazing and so are the projects! There's also a $30.00 prize pack up for grabs....wink, wink, nudge, nudge! But seriously there are some really amazing projects, classes, and tutorials all ready for you to enjoy.

Here's a teeny peek at my favorite piece from the event:

Please do head on over and see this in full! If you do, be sure to check out all the other threads, as well as enter yourself to win some fab Rubbernecker stamps of your own.

See you at SNR!

New Projects to Share

Hi Friends! So sorry my blog has had tumbleweeds blowing through it, but summer days are busy and I've been planning some fun changes. Until all that gets underway though, I thought I should share some recent projects I've made for Scrapbook News and Review Magazine. Have you been to the site lately? If not, you totally should get there ASAP. SNR has paired up with a number of manufacturers and there is inspiration, classes, and tutorials galore available for you to view on the forum and front page. Crate Paper and TaDa are being featured right now, but again, hurry because Crate Paper will only be up for a little while longer.

Okay on to some projects. All of the following were published in the June issue of SNR.

New Doll


This is a picture of my daughter on Christmas a couple years ago opening an "American Girl" doll. She has one real one and the rest she gets are faux. I love that she adores the faux ones just as much as the real ones.

The idea to create a house shaped LO seemed fitting and I'll admit it was totally fun to create a little dollhouse LO with furniture and everything LOL!

Here are some close ups for you to peep out:


I'm so glad I finally found a use for that clock from October Afternoon's Modern Homemaker chipboard. I grew up with a clock exactly like that in my house.


My daughter even gave up one of her prized American Girl doll stickers so I could include it on this LO. That's saying something because she treasures them like gold! LOL

Next up Rainbows


The full quote on this LO says Rainbows without rain are gifts from God. One of my favorite quotes and so true.

I had a blast painting up the background paper from Crate using watered down acrylic and fluid acrylic paints. Then I used a stencil to dab on the pearl circles. Next, I stamped the letters, border, and title using black acrylic paint and a mix of foam and clear stamps. Once all that was dry, I laid out my papers to create the grid, placed the photo on top, add butterflies, and some letters and called it a done one. This was featured on the front page of SNR so if you'd like to see step by step's head on over there.

Let's see one last project I think (mainly because I always have good intentions of coming back here "tomorrow", but sometimes tomorrow takes a while in blog land. LOL).

Love You


This card was published for a using mists call in the June issue of Scrapbook News and Review Magazine. I wish the picture could really show of it's glitzy glam look. This card sparkles! A couple quick notes on the card: I used coarse texture gel on the heart and then sprayed over it HEAVILY with mist. Love the two tone look this created. I created the lollipop flower out of misted muslin cloth and then used Studio Calico stamps over it. The animal printed heart was created out sticky back canvas made by Ranger. It was misted all yellow first then I placed a stencil over to get the animal print. The wings are chipboard covered on modeling paste by Liquitex. To get the texture I used a toothpick. The other things done on the card are more obvious, I think, but if you have any questions feel free to drop me a line. I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks for stopping by today. It felt really, really good to blog. I need to do this way more often!

Don't forget about all the exciting happenings going on at SNR. You don't want to miss a beat and as a bonus there are going to be some amazing giveaways. Have you gotten your subscription to the mag itself? Oh me oh my, it's an amazing resource in soo many ways! I've learned so much. The new issue comes out Sunday so when you're there checking out the forum, be sure to get your subscription. At $4.99 a month, you can't beat the price!

Have lovely days friends. Blessings.
Scarlett

More Echo Park

I just really love all the different lines Echo Park has put out. In fact, I have them all (can we say obsessed?! LOL!) and can't wait to get my hands on the new Little Girl line. Remember A Walk Down Memory Lane has all the lines in the store and they are all 25% off for the month. Don't wait to shop, I know they will go quickly!

For today I am going to share a LO made with A Walk in the Park. I adore the colors of this line and my favorite thing about it has to be the little trees! This line worked perfectly for a Fall picture I had of my DD when we went to the Apple Orchard to pick apples and pumpkins.

Perfect Match


The deal for picking pumpkins this year was you had to be able to carry your own. If you could carry it, you could have it. It was so cute watching DD trying to find the biggest pumpkin she get her hands on, knowing she was going to have carry it all the way. in the end her big brother was there to save the day and carried it half way. He's so good to her!

Close Ups:


These banner and alpha stickers were perfect for placing my title on and since I love twine, I just had to use some Twinery for it to hang on. Twine from the Twinery is also available in the store.


I got the idea to create this pumpkin using circle punches from my wonderful friend Lucy. I thought it was just a brilliant idea, so easy and looks darn cute if I do say so myself! Thanks Lucy!

Well, that's it for today. I have one more Echo Park project to share with you so be on the look out for that coming soon.

Hope all is well in your world. God bless!
Scarlett

New Year, New Projects

I am late in saying Happy New Year, but Happy New Year!! At least it's still the 1st week in January, right? LOL!! I had all these grand plans of doing my Top 10 lists, setting my eye on some projects of a larger magnitude, you know all that jazzy stuff when you do when a new year rolls around. Just haven't gotten there yet. I think I may still do it, if I can find the time and energy.

I did, however, have the time and energy to play with some delightful Echo Park products since they are the featured manufacturer this month at A Walk Down Memory Lane. You know what that means, right? You receive 25% off all Echo Park products in the store!! can I get a Woo to the Hoo?!!!! Lawn Fawn stamps are also being featured this month and I'll have some cards to share using teh cute set I picked up later in the month. For now, let's get on to a couple Echo Park projects using the Little Boy line.

First up an encouragement card:

Keep on Chuggin'



I love all the means of transportation in this collection. Trains, planes, and automobiles is what it's all about.

And a LO featuring my little girl. Yep, you read that right, the Little Boy line is not just for Little Boys so don't let the name stop you from getting it to scrap your girls.

Ready 2 Roll


I just adore all the primary colors in the collection. This paper was perfect for a trip to the Go Kart track and DDs 1st time being able to drive on her own. It was quite the experience since she is soo tiny. They really had to boost her up in the seat and it wound up taking 2 people to get her set to go, LOL!

Some close ups





Thanks for stopping by today! I hope your New Year is starting off wonderfully!
~Scarlett

Scrapbook News and Review Issue #12....

Is now available!!! It's the Holiday Sampler and you are going to LOVE it!!! It is full of so much inspiration to help you get those LOs from last year scrapped (if you're anything like me, LOL!), finish up all those cards, create beautiful gifts, and so much more!!! Be sure to head on over to Scrapbook News and Review Magazine to sign up for your subscription.

Here's a peek at a project I have in this issue:

Jolly Old? by Scarlett Salamone Supplies Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Echo Park, October Afternoon; Letter Stickers, Embossing Powder: American Crafts; Trim: My Mind's Eye, The Girls' Paperie; Journal Spots: Jillibean Soup; Stickers: October Afternoon; Buttons: All Dressed Up; Ink: Martha Stewart; UTEE, Pigment Powder: Ranger; Markers: Martha Stewart; Punch: EK Success; Other: Rhinestones

I love this picture of my baby who is now 14!! He was just a gigglin' away and having a jolly old time at Nana's House a few days before his first Christmas.

Hope you are having some jolly days and taking time to enjoy the little things this Christmas season.

Some Cards with Inkadinkado

Hi there! Happy Wednesday, going on Thursday quickly! Inkadinkado is the featured stamp manufacturer this month at A Walk Down Memory Lane; I had a blast using some really adorable quote from kids stamps on some cards. I couldn't help but smile each time I stamped one. Kids just say the cutest things and the idea of turning their thoughts into stamps?? Brilliant!

Here are the cards I created for my DT reveal:

Happy Birthday

Isn't that just the cutest saying?? My DD loved this one! I used Echo Park Summertime patterned papers which are available in the AWDML store.

You Make Me Smile

This saying sure does make me smile all over my face!! How could you not?! Again I used Echo Park patterned papers and a journal tag from October Afternoon Fly a Kite collection.

Count Your Rainbows

So true. I used some Sassafras Lass patterned papers on this card along with clouds from Echo Park, which I embossed and hen inked a bit.

Be sure to head on over to A Walk Down Memory Lane so you can take advantage of 25% Inkadinkado stamps, as well as Karen Foster scrappy products!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope your evening is lovely!!
~Scarlett~

Double Your Pleasure with a Double Issue!!

Issue #11 of Scrapbook News and Review Magazine is published and set for your viewing/reading pleasure!!



This magazine is loaded up with double the fabulous content and you don't want to miss out! At 4.99 a month you cannot beat the price, especially since every month is jammed packed with more projects and articles than you could ever get from a IRL mag and it's all right at your fingertips.

Here's a peek of a LO I created for the magazine this month for the Fall LO call:

Thankful


Thankful by Scarlett Salamone Supplies Cardstock: Jillibean Soup; Patterned Paper: Crate Paper, Echo Park; Letter Stickers: American Crafts; Stickers: Crate Paper, Echo Park; Pearls,Rhinestones: Recollections; Bingo Cards: Jenni Bowlin; Tag: Martha Stewart; Chipboard: Me & My Big Ideas; Die Cut: Crate Paper; Ribbon: Cosmo Cricket; Ink: Martha Stewart; Paint: Ranger; Mist: Tattered Angels; Punch: Martha Stewart; Crop-A-Dile: We R Memory Keepers; Other: Yarn

So don't delay, head on over to Scrapbook News and Review Magazine and check out all the other great projects and articles waiting for you!

Thanks for stopping by today; may your day be blessed!
Scarlett

Getting Spooky With It!

Hey Everybody! Happy Monday to you! Last night the first Halloween email newsletter from Scrapbook News and Review Magazine came out and it really put me in the mood to get crafty with some of the Halloween stuff I had at my house. If you don't currently receive this in your inbox head on over to the site so you can yourself all signed up for it. There is a rockin' prize of a $100 gift card to a scrappy place if you enter a Halloween project you created. I decided to use Lucy's card sketches from MSW for the month of October because her sketches are always so great to work with. Although I do not celebrate Halloween myself, I know some people that do and thought these would be fun to send out.

I Love Boo

I used the cutie lil' Matilda line from Cosmo Cricket for this one. I actually got it for DD to make some tags for treat bags she is taking to school with her and lucky me she had some left over!

I added some Perfect Pearls to the moon and star chipboard pieces. I just got 2 sets of these and cannot wait to play with them more than just putting them onto something. I think there are going to be a lot of possibilities!

Witching You

This one I made with the fabulous Echo Park line. I love all the sticker accents they have in their kits!

I popped up some pumpkins after cutting them out and added little faces with my Sakura glaze pens. I haven't busted those out in a long time. The witches hat has some glitter glue on it and the spider I made myself using UTEE and my melting pot. I have been learning soo much from the forum at Scrapbook News and Review so I am trying out all sorts of things. I am thinking I will do a tutorial on some basic UTEE and melting pot stuff in the near future. Let me know if that would interest you at all.

All the supplies I have used on my creations can be found at A Walk Down Memory Lane so head on over there if you would like to pick yourself up some Halloween goodies.

Thanks so much for coming to visit me. Have a great night and Happy Scrappin'
~Scarlett~

F is for 4 Photos

Eeek! {Gasp!}..... Use more than 1 or 2 photos??! Yup, that is the challenge for letter F and let me tell you, it certainly was a challenge for me because I really do not do more than 2 photos on a page and even that's a stretch. Thankfully this week's sketch at Let's Scrap had more than 2 photos so I was able to do double duty by getting my DT LO done for there and completing this My Sketch World ABC crop challenge!

Here's the fabulous sketch Cheri whipped up for us to use this week:

I chose to use the left side of the sketch and came up with something a bit funky!! I am totally trying to use up my stash these days since there are oodles of new things I want coming out! So I dug into my American Crafts Backyard collection along with some Echo Park and this is the result:

This Lil' Birdie

This lil' birdie DD and I are holding found itself stuck in the side of a dog crate we had outside drying from being cleaned. The poor little things head was stuck and couldn't get out. So DD came running inside to get me to rescue it. He was soo cute and I think pretty grateful we got him out!

Some Close Ups:

Love all the wonderful stickers that came with the Echo Park Sweet Summertime collection! I also really love those birdcages and am not really sure why I haven't busted them out before this. I see lots of cute projects in the future for them.

Of course I had to a bit of Sass into this funky mix! I love that Nerdy Bird. The glitter alphas are made by them as well.... can't wait to get my hands on the new colors!

And here is the cutie lil' birdie all framed up with a K&Co frame that was part of a border. He was just so sweet, but his mama wasn't!!!! They started calling to one another and so I walked to get closer to the mama bird's call. Next thing I knew I had one angry mama bird all up in my face!! She was NOT pleased I had her baby!!! I promptly put him down to save my eyes from being pecked out and the rest is history. They are all living happily in our oak tree and the lil' birdie can now fly!!

Thanks for stopping by today! Until next time, Happy Scrappin'!
Scarlett