Life Is Good

Hope everyone had a good weekend!  

Today I have a layout to share using the August kit from Artful Delight.  

There are still a few kits left.  If you would like to purchase one you can find them here.

I've been on a outline kick lately with my black zig writer pen.  Love the clean and crisp look!

Wish me luck today.  I've got a job interview and am really hoping for the best.

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

Guest Designing at Scraptown Lady . . .

I'm guest designing today at Scraptown Lady!   I guest designed for Cheryl at Scraptown Lady last month with products from Prima's Fairy Belle Collection.  This time I created a canvas using the gorgeous detailed papers from Prima's Fairy Belle.

Along with the Prima Fairy Belle Papers and flowers from Cheryl's store I used  some Faber Castell Gelatos in Guava, Peach, Pistachio and Gold,  along with some Tattered Angels Blue Skies Glimmer Mist, Ranger Perfect Pearls Mist in Heirloom Gold and Mister Huey's Color Mist First Kiss.  Toss in some stickles in Frosted Lace and Pink, some white tulle and a few Martha Stewart gold butterflies, Dusty Attic Chipboard and my new Crafters Workshop Mini Halftone Borders mask.  Love this new mask!!

Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

One That Almost Got Away - Purple Pumpkin August Sketch Challenge

I want to share a layout with you that I created for the August sketch challenge at Purple Pumpkin.  I should have posted this the beginning of the month, but better late then never.

I used some Crate Paper Acorn Avenue (another forgotten purchase), along with some UmWow Studio chipboard and some Purple Pumpkin embellishments.

There is still plenty of time to enter the Purple Pumpkin August sketch challenge.  You can check out all of the details here along with the August sketch which I designed.

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

Mixed Media Canvas

This month at Berry71bleu our challenge is hosted by Norma and it's a fun one, "Get Creative With Textiles."  Our DT is sponsored by Inkido with papers from their Beautiful Memories collection and Scrapiniec, a Polish manufacturer of gorgeous chipboard along with Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft who sent the DT lots of products to work with.  I decided to step out of my comfort zone and create a mixed media canvas for Norma's challenge.

I really enjoyed working with the gelatos from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft.  Love the rich colors and various ways you can use them.

Here I used a Prima Mask and applied some modeling paste.  After the paste dried I used various colors of gelatos, Guava, Butter Cream, Chocolate, Metallic Blueberry and Earl Grey on the modeling paste.

I  applied some Faber-Castell Design Memory Crafts Gesso on a metal heart and once it dried I dabbed on some Chocolate gelatos.  I also dabbed my flowers with the Chocolate gelatos.

 I covered the Scrapiniec chipboards with gelatos, using Chocolate on one and a mixture of Earl Grey and Metallic Blueberry on the other one.  Love the details of the Scrapiniec chipboard!

I would love for you to join in on the fun and create a project for our August Challenge!  Check out Norma's post here and check out the wonderful prizes we have from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft.

Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

Summer Fun

Surprise, surprise I'm here with a layout to share!!! 

 Didn't think so much time would have passed since my last one, but here I am and here it is!

I had a lot of fun working with the August kit from Artful Delight along with their layout sketch.

You can check out the contents of the Summery August kit here.  Still some left if you would like to purchase one.

Play along with our layout sketch and card sketch for a chance to win your choice of the September Scrapbook Kit or Card Kit. 

I'll be back tomorrow with another project to share with you.  

Can you believe I'm posting two days in a row.

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

Scrap Africa Guest Designer!

So happy to be guest designing at Scrap Africa today for their layout sketch #20 challenge!  I've spent many an hour going through my  never ending stash and came across the Hello Friend collection by Glitz Design.  Forgot all about it and when I looked through the papers I instantly knew I had to use it.

I misted the baclground paper with some Mister Huey's Color Mist in Opaque White and randomly inked some some yellow ink. I also used Prima's Lattice mask.

Here are a few closeups:

Lately I've been incorporating a lot of outlining in my layouts.  Here I have used the Martha Stewart Deep Edge Punch Wild Flowers and outlined it with a Zig Writer pen in Island Coral.

Trying ever so hard to get back into the swing of things with my crafting.
I'll be back in a few days to share another layout with you.

Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

Winner of my blog candy!!!!

Thanks to all of you that joined our Quote Blog Hop at Frosted Designs!

The winner of my blog candy is joefil!

Congrats!!!

Please email me at mdjsburns@aol.com with your mailing address.

Scraptown Lady Guest Designer!

CLICK HERE FOR THE FROSTED DESIGNS BLOG HOP.



I'm so excited today to be guest designing for Scraptown Lady!  Cheryl, owner of Scraptown Lady contacted me to see if I was interested in guest designing. Of course I jumped at the opportunity!  She let me choose what papers I wanted to work with and I chose Prima Fairy Belle.  When my box arrived I was overjoyed at all of the beautiful papers and embellishments she sent me to work with!

  On background I used the Firefly sheet from Prima's Fairy Belle Collection.

Here I used a Melissa Frances resin scroll which I inked with some Tsukineko eggplant ink and some Kaisercraft Iceberg roses.

A beautiful Prima Pixie Vine Fairy Belle flower spray and rose button which I inked with some Tsukineko eggplant ink.

Tucked beneath my picture is some Wright Venice Scallop Edge Rose lace.

Here I have added a heart button which I inked with some Tsunikido pink ink.

My favorite part of Prima's papers besides the beautiful graphics is the opportunity to fussy cut.  Here I have cut some flowers from the Summer Dreams sheet and tucked them beneath my picture.  I framed the large white doily with some tulle.

Please stop by the Scraptown Lady blog here and leave me a little love and while you're there check out their store.  Cheryl recently got in some new products.  You can also like Scraptown Lady on Facebook here and view their new products here.

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All of the products I have highlighted can be found in the Scraptown Lady Store here.

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

Frosted Designs Quote Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Frosted Designs Quote Blog Hop - the last of our three hops!

We are so glad you could join us!!!

You should have arrived here from Frosted Designs.   

Complete a Quote project and link it up over at Frosted Designs!  Your project must contain all or part of this quote:

  

"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all."  Author:  Laura Ingalls Wilder

 I love quotes and chose this one for our blog hop.  It makes me think of the simpler times, way back when.  I chose a picture of my mom and her brother. 

 

There are 7 wonderful and incredibly talented hosts that will inspire you, along with 2 awesome sponsors!!!!

 Our first sponsor is Artful Delight.

Artful Delight is a monthly scrapbooking and card kit club designed to bring you the latest and greatest scrapbook products.  Our kits are jammed packed with fabulous pattern paper, coordinating cardstock, chipboard shapes, ribbon, buttons, stickers, and so much more from manufacturers like Pink Paislee, Fancy Pants, Crate Paper, American Crafts, Basic Grey, Tim Holtz, and Graphic 45, just to name a few. We try to keep scrappers and card makers in mind when creating our kits.  Allowing our kits to have to most versatility.  Our scrapbook kits will allow you to create at least 4-5 layouts.

Artful Delight monthly kits are offered at an amazing single monthly price , and  at 3 and 6 month subscriptions, our 6 month subscription will give you the best value. We offer shipping to the US, Canada and Internationally.  (For Canadian and International orders please email leeanne@artfuldelight.com)

 

One lucky winner will receive their choice of Artful Delight's August Scrapbook kit or card kit.

Our second sponsor is Words or Whatever.

 Words or Whatever was created as a subsidiary company to NEIL'S TIMBER SIGNS after purchasing a laser engraving machine.  Words or Whatever is run by Suzanne and Neil Webster on the lovely Central Coast of NSW.

We can cut chipboard in both 1.2mm and 1.8mm, MDF from 3mm to 25mm thick, acrylic, felt and cardstock.  We specialise in custom orders that have no minimum quantities.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with your requests.  We can also provide custom made items exclusive to individual stores at no extra charge.  Do you want something in particular?  Well just ask us!!  This means you can offer this service to your customers so they can order their children's names or individual titles for their pages.

One lucky winner will receive their choice of 15 pieces of chipboard.

So without further ado, here are the details of the blog hop!!!!

1. You need to hop to every blog on the list.

2. Leave a comment on the Frosted Designs blog telling us that you completed the hop.

3. Complete a Quote project and link it up to the inlinkz on this post!  Your project must contain all or part of this quote:

 "It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all."  Author:  Laura Ingalls Wilder

The hop begins at 12:01 am, Central Standard Time on July 26, 2013 and will end at 11:59 pm, Central Standard Time on July 31, 2013.  The winners will be announced on August 1st on the Frosted Designs blog.  

In order to be eligible for the prizes above, you must hop to each of the blogs, and leave a comment on the Frosted Designs blog telling us you have done this and also submit a project! Good luck!

 

Some of our Designers are also giving away prizes on their blogs so you have lots of opportunities to win!!   I will be giving this prize away to one lucky winner who completes the blog hop.   If you enter a project over at Frosted Designs, please leave me a comment letting me know that you completed the blog hop and created a project and you will get two chances to win my prize.  If you are a follower please let me know and if you aren't I'd love for you to follow me.  Please put your email address in your comment so I can contact you if you win my prize.  I will announce the winner of my prize on August 1st.

Your next stop on the hop is Sandee.

 If you get lost on the way here is the order of the blog hop:

Debbie  

Sandee  

Katie  

Joni  

Tamara  

Lydia  

Anita 

Artful Delight  

Words of Whatever Facebook Page(please like) 

Frosted Designs 

Have Fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

Days Like This Make Me So Happy

As I was typing this post I  realized that I haven't posted anything in almost two weeks . . . yikes!  Between being sick and dealing with day to day issues, time passes by too quickly.  I broke into my July kit from Artful Delight and created this layout using their July sketch.  I love the challenge #19, Patchwork Effect at Scrap Africa which I incorporated into my layout along with Bird Is The Word's newest word challenge - Celebrate.

I love the bright vibrant colors in the papers!

Here are a few closeups:

Believe it or not I will be back tomorrow to share another layout with you!

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie