Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Treasured

Hi everyone!  I'm here with you today to share a layout I created using
Frosted Designs March kit, "A Moment In Time." I love the papers in this month's kit with the rich colors of turquoise, black and pink. I did a lot of fussy cutting, distressing, masking, misting and stamping.

I worked with a picture of my Mom when she was a little girl.  Love the innocence in the picture. I did a lot of fussy cutting and tearing and distressing!  I took some of the Tim Holtz Picked Raspberry paint from the kit and added it to a mister along with some water to do some subtle misting on my background.  I also used the paint to color some of the lace from the kit.  I also used the paint on the butterfly along with some Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals, Bachelor Button Blue from the Prairie Wildflower Magical set which you can find in the Frosted Designs store here.



Here I've added a cluster of flowers which include the pink Prima Soporano flowers from the kit along with a blue Kaisercraft flower from the store which I dabbed with some of the African Jade Silks Acrylic glaze from the kit.

We still have a few kits left in the store.  
A Moment in Time
You can check out all of the contents here as well as placing an order.

I hope I have inspired you to create.

Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

Friday, March 21, 2014

Frosted Designs Favorite Things Blog Hop!


Welcome to Frosted Designs "Favorite Things" Blog Hop.  
As most of you know, March is National Craft Month!!!  What better way to celebrate our favorite time of year than with a "favorite things" blog hop?!?  We are so excited about all the fabulous items in store that we wanted to share with you how we use them on our projects!  Our Design Team has put together some AMAZING projects just for your viewing pleasure :-)
If you've arrived here from Barb's blog, then you're in the right place!  If not, please start the hop at the Frosted Designs Blog here!

I'm sharing with you a canvas I made using the March Kit, A Moment In Time.  I love putting together the monthly kit and enjoy working with them.  This month's kit has a beautiful mix of papers from two collections by Authentique along with some Ruby Rock It papers.  You can check out the contents of the kit and if you like it, place an order here.





As you hop along, be sure to visit each Design Team Member's blog for wonderful inspiration and creative ideas on how we use our favorite products!!! While you're there, be sure to leave them some love!!!  Each member will have a "scrambled" word in their post... (*HINT* The word will be a Frosted Designs Product!!!).   Unscramble each one from the line-up below and send them to Brandimatos@gmail.com!   After you've completed your "hopping", come back to the Frosted Designs blog and tell us how much fun you had!!

My scrambled word is:
DEHSAS FO RNSGPI (HINT* It's located under "Frosted Designs Kits" in the FD Store here (http://frosted-designs.com/collections/frosted-designs-kits)

Now, what would a blog hop be without some AWESOME prizes?!?  By sending in your "unscrambled FD products to Brandimatos@gmail.com, you will be entered into a drawing for the following prizes:
Creative Embellishments is offering a $20.00 Gift Certificate to their store full of detailed chipboard pieces and rubber stamps!!!
AND

Regina, from The Cutting Cafe, is also sponsoring THREE full sets of your choosing to her online store!!!!  It's FULL of cut files and digi stamps for EVERY occassion!!! 

Barb is also offering a $20.00 Gift Certificate to the Frosted Designs Online Store!!!  All you have to do is fill out the Rafflecopter on the Frosted Designs Blog to be entered into the drawing!!!!

As usual, there are some housekeeping rules:
1.  Visit all the blogs and leave a comment so we know you were there!  Not to mention, you don't want to miss all the wonderful inspiration along the way :-)
2.  Before you leave each blog, look for the "scrambled" word and write it down.  Once you have visited each blog, you should have 12 different products found in the Frosted Designs Store!
3. Finally, come back to the Frosted Designs Blog and tell us how much fun you had!!!  Email your unscrambled words to Brandimatos@gmail.com!
4.  HAVE FUN!!!!  After all, that's what this is all about :-)

Your next stop is Anita!

Thanks for stopping by and have fun!
. . . Debbie


Saturday, March 8, 2014

Perfect Moment

So loving that it is the weekend and a beautiful one weather wise!  After a long and bitterly cold winter it would seem as though Spring is making it's way here!  Temps near 60 degrees today and sunshine!  It's amazing how a warm day filled with sunshine can lift your spirits!  And speaking of lifting your spirits, a couple of March challenges, Scrap Around The World and Inkido have inspired me to create this layout:

I love the pink mood board at Scrap Around The World  for their March challenge, created by DT member Alexandra:
I was inspired by the layering on the dress, the flowers and touches of green.  

Inkido also has a great mood board and March challenge hosted by Bellaidea:
I was instantly drawn to the pink and green gems and incorporated the colors and some small pink rhinestones into my layout.

I really got into an artsy mood with my layout and did some painting, masking, embossing, misting and stamping along with some watercolors, pens and gelatos on my background. I used a piece Bazzill Vintage Market paper on my background that started on like this:

Here are a few closeups:




I definitely think my mojo has made a return.  I've got lots of ideas spinning around in my head and can't wait to create.

Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie