Be You - an Inchie Grid

Evening friends.  I survived the bustling weekend we had and enjoyed myself yesterday watching my kiddos hang out and play with their friends at an indoor waterpark.  As I was watching and chatting with a few other moms it really struck home to me how hard it is to be a tween girl.  Its easy to forget when you're living with and enduring the many glares, rolls of the eyes, sass mouth, etc., etc., etc. LOL. 

 

 Don't mistake me though - on the flip side I love watching and being part of her growing fashion sense, love for lotions and all things girly like that, and being able to have real conversations with her that show me bits and pieces of who my little lady is becoming.  The one piece of advice I consistently give my baby girl is to "be you".  No matter what others are saying, wearing, doing you gotta dig down and find what you know is right and do it.  Be you and others will follow.  Be you and the friends you have are true and will be there no matter what. 

Its funny because it goes just as well for adults, huh?  I have plenty of days that I need to remind myself to stick to my guns and be who I know I am to be.  But enough blabber from me - I seem to be a mushy mess these days, LOL, maybe its the embarking birthday? - on to the project!

 

Sorry this is not the best photo but I"ve edited and edited and still can't get it to not be a bit blurry.  I worked on this piece as a whole adding lots of paint and molding paste to build up the background.  I'm so loving purple these days - who knew?  I added some Hambly transparencies and called it a wrap. 

 I think I'm going to figure out a way to hang this up.  Not sure if I want to go the eyelet and jump ring type of route or maybe mounting it on to a different base and working around that - possible just a frame?  Hhhmmm, what do you think?

This grid was published in SNR magazine and if you haven't checked out the new, hot look over there you totally should!  Plus you could be pubbed by checking out the current calls - BONUS!

Hope you all have had great days and are enjoying your evenings.  See you soon!

Friday Haps

What's shakin' blog friends? Not much here. We survived the first week back to school, have had quite a few football games to attend at the high school, and DD is at her first official dance tonight. It's amazing she actually got out the door with all the clothes changing that was going on, LOL! Oh I remember the days well.

So let's see, I just posted my second Donna Salazar class over at Scrapbook News and Review on the front page. Here's a snibble of what's in store for you:



Sorry for the blur, but I had to crop close. You can check out the entire workshop by heading here.

In other scrappy news, the ABC crop is in full swing over at My Sketch World. The first week deadline is the Sunday night at midnight Eastern time. I haven't even started yet, but that's okay because this weekend is free of new challenges. Perfect time to catch up or join on in if you haven't yet.

Finally some projects to share. These are from last year toward the beginning of the school year. I don't think I've shared them here so now seemed like a good time. =)

Favorite Teacher



Lots of October Afternoon goodness on this LO. I mixed some Cherry Hill with Report card and threw in some Jillibean Bean as a background. I had a blast digging through my stash to find all sorts of school related embellies to include on this page and then I layered away.

10 Cool Things About You



This Lo is a mix of Sassafras Lass and Jillibean Soup, along with some Cosmo Cricket rub-ons and Sass chipboard. I was thrilled with how this page came together and since 2 years have passed since I did a page like this about my son, I guess I better get at it again, huh?

And since our county fair just wrapped up over Labor Day weekend, how about a set of county fair inchies to end the day with.



Very simple, but will certainly be a cute accent to a project with our fair pictures or maybe an art journal page with these on it and some journaling about the tradition we've started since moving to our town.

All of the above projects were previously published in past issues of SNR.

Hope you have a fabulous start to your weekend, thanks for stopping by.
~Scarlett

On a Roll...

with my posts! I feel like I may just be getting my bloggin' groove back.....giggle......

I have more projects to share from past issues of Scrapbook News and Review Magazine. I feel like I could probably post like 6 projects a day for the next year and still not be caught up.....I need an Oh My! face here.....laugh..... so I hope you enjoy another hodge podge post of projects..... smile.....

A Tinkerers Dream

I have to see this will probable forever be a favorite LO of mine. I worked really hard on this and am so elated with how it turned out. I made this LO for a Steampunk call and it was inspired by the work of Finnabair. She has a very distinct style and I'm drawn to the way she uses unusual items on her pages and blends them in to the whole. I'm looking forward to experimenting with this in a brighter more whimsical fashion..... suits my style better..... wink......


Now I know I said yesterday I wasn't going to do this..... you know post a ton of extra pictures......sigh.... I couldn't control myself on this one.....LOL.....

I used a lot of heavy gel and Lumiere paint to create all the texture on the background, which BTW is cardboard. Then I dug through a jar I had full of nuts, bolts, and others odd items. These were embellished and added to the LO along with the papers from G45's Steampunk collection.


The idea for this LO was in my head and idea notebook for so long. Really shows my son's daydreamer side. And believe me this is exactly the type of stuff he envisions. He truly is a tinkerer.

I Love Lucy Inchies


Some funky inchies made on muslin sharing my love for Lucy...... the woman makes me laugh and I adore watching reruns.
I did an image transfer onto the muslin and then added paper bits all along the edges. I used a wtaer/lue mixture to adhere the bits onto the fabric. I added some machine stitching....aww, yeah that's right....I taught myself how to sew!!..... go me..... I don't use it a lot, but I'm just glad I can say I can do it now and use it if I want to..... wink.... To finish them off I added the text with a paint marker, added jump rings with beads along the bottom, and coated with gel so I could sprinkle some Diamond Dust on them.

How 'bout a card to finish off with for today:

Welcome Baby

Love this sweet lil' baby bootie. This is a card I've made for commissioned baby shower invites as well as for the baby cards call at SNR.

Have a super day and thanks for stopping by!

Projects to Share

I love being a part of the Scrapbook News and Review staff. I have been pushed creatively and love every minute of it. I create like a lunatic each month and have so many wonderful projects I'm always dying to share here and before I can I'm all caught up in creating more.....giggling......so I thought I'd try and get some of those posted today to share. I'm not going to do detail shots, but if you'd like to know more about any of the projects I share feel free to email me. I'm going to add a contact link on my sidebar. I think this will help me feel like I can share more because I won't be going back to old projects and trying to edit out new pictures. So let me know what you think. Do you want to see deet shots and bit of explanation here or would you rather just see some projects and ask questions if they pop up?

Phew, chatty today aren't I?! On to the creative business at hand.

Discover


This is a wordless LO I created for a one word title call. It's made on sticky back canvas and basically the only things I used to create this were: paint, buttons, UTEE (the letters), glitter, and a few rhinestones.

Fly Away



This is an ATC created for he Strut Your Stuff call. This was such a fun project to work on. The background is molding paste I carved into with a chopstick I believe. The sprinkled some glass glitter on it and let it dry. Once it was dry I painted over certain areas and added the butterfly with some heavy gel.

Debutante


This card was created for a sketch call. I think by the time I was done, my card may not have looked much like the sketch any longer, but the basic design is there. I wish the pictures of this card could show all the additional mediums that were used to change up the papers and add texture and glitz. I used pearl ex on the papers to highlight certain areas, my own glitter glue mixture for the wings, embossing powder, and Sakura glaze pen for the crow. It's really gorgeous in person.

And how about a set of inchies to end with. They're so cute and fun to do!

Birds and Bees


These were done for a fabric background call. I used felt and stamped on it with a stamp I carved myself along with paint. Then I outlined the squares with faux stitching using a puff paint. The flower is made with yarn on a cardstock circle base. Add a few birds and bees along with a button and called it a day for these. I think they're totally adorable.

Alright, well there you go. Some new projects to check out. Hope you enjoy looking at them, let me know what you think. I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to head on over to SNR. There's a great forum to join in on, fabulous front page projects, and of course the magazine itself is off the chain!!! For real. If you don't have a subscription, I have no idea what you're waiting for!!!!

Have a great day!

Hodge Podge

Hey there! It was one of those days today where when it's all said and done, you just need a way to decompress. I thought and thought about what I could do and it struck me....I haven't blogged on way to long......again....so I'll do that and then hit the hay.

I have a hodge podge of projects I have created for Scrapbook News and Review Magazine. Let's roll!

ATC

Change



This ATC is among the first few I did where I really got messy and explored with a variety of mediums. I used gesso for the background to get a bit of texture going. Then I painted over it and adding some molding paste through a stencil. I sprayed the molding paste with some mists to give them color and to alter the color of the background some. The last step was adding a quote and some bling.

Layout

Isn't All That



This LO was created for a call about your little secrets. While it's no secret I'm a skinny minnie, the reason why isn't all that glamorous at all. I mixed and matched manufcaturers to my heart's content on this page. October Afternoon Thrift Shop, Crate Paper Restoration, Sassafras Lass Indie Girl, Maya Road goodies galore, a few Prima flowers, and a few other things from my stash.

Inchies

What's not love about these fun little creations?!


The background for these is some dictionary paper covered with PearlEx paint I mixed up. The bird stamp is from Unity on October Afternoon Fly a Kite scraps...love this line and am still using scraps of it here and there. The little button brads re Making Memories.

A Card

I must say this is one of my favorite cards I have created lately!

It's Owl Good


For this card I used some October Afternoon Campfire papers along with Crate paper's woodgrain from restoration. I used my Sissix Tim Holtz embossing folders to get texture for the tree. The chipboard is is October Afternoon and Basic Grey. My favorite part is the stamped owl and sentiment. They are Studio G.....you know from the dollar bin at Ms?! The owl is stamped on some sticky back canvas and then I used paints to highlight it.

Finally an art journal page

Right Now


A few posts back I posted the base for this page. To see all the knitty gritty details, you can head on over to the SNR front page, look under Mixed Media tags, and it'll be there.

Alrighty, this was a long post so thanks for hanging in there with me. I so appreciate each time you come to visit and love reading your comments.

God Bless you and yours.

Inchie Love

Inchies are miniature works of art created on a 1", 1.5", or 2" base. They can be square or round, if they are round they are called rinchies. I have been racking up quite a few of these little gems and am currently working on sewing some onto a canvas bag. It's a slow process since they are so stinkin' small, but I know I am going to love the bag when it's finished.

Scrapbook News and Review Magazine has calls for these every month and I would love to see some of my blog friends send them in for possible publication. The call for the month of May is Canvas. That means your inchies need to be created on a canvas background. Here is a set I created for SNR on some mini canvases I picked up awhile ago:

Butterfly Inchies


To make these, I misted up some dictionary paper and let it dry while I adhered some chipboard butterflies I cut out with a Spellbinders die. I used gel medium as my adhesive for this. The gel also acted as the glue for the paper when I layered it on top. The tape is from 7 Gypsies and I drizzled some tar gel over each piece just for fun. My final touches were some bling and glitter to the butterflies. I love glitz! These are hung up in my scrappy space and since I don't have a big one, they're perfect.

Here's a set of rinchies:

Joy Rinchies


Aren't they too stinkin' cute?! I think I put these together in all of about 10-15 minutes. It could have been less, but I decided to use some UTEE and paint with my embossing folder. After that it was lickity split.

Even if you don't submit any inchies or rinchies for publication, I REALLY hope you do though, you should give them a whirl. They are so easy to create, use up some scraps, and can be used in a variety of ways.

Hope you've had a good Wednesday.