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Twisted Tuesday Challenge #49 and Blog Hop

Whoo Hoo!!!! I'm finally able to announce that I have made the DT at Twisted Tuesday Challenges!! I'm so excited and honored to be part of the DT, and I am looking forward to playing along with all of you!!

Welcome to my littlle blog!!!

I'll share my project with you first and then give you the deets on the Blog Hop. The Challenge is to make your project girly. The Twist is to make it about friends. It can be a scrap page with friends in the pics, a sentiment about friends on your card, an image with 2 people (or person with an animal/pet), etc. As long as there is a friend theme. Here's my take on the challenge......

Sisters & Friends

That's my Daughter-in-law Carol with her not so little sister Summer at Universal Studios in Orlando.

I finally got to use some of the gorgeous papers that my daughter Ashley ordered for me!! Love!! After layering the Scrapcake pp over my older MME paper, I used a Prima Stencil and some homemade texture paste on the background. I punched my mat with my new Martha Stewart toy punch French Scroll. The chipboard frames are from Kaisercraft, and were painted yellow, then stamped with Versamark, and embossed with Lindy's Stamp Gang's Sunset Yellow Orange powder. Then I gessoed over the whole thing, and wiped off the extra with a baby wipe. I wish I had a close-up of the frame, it really turned out gorgeous, and the embossing just pops off of the frame.

My flowers are Jolee's and Prima. The little flags are Prima resist canvas misted with LSG's Flat Fabio in Ocean Breeze Blue.

This layout is probably my go-to style of scrapping....girly and on the romantic side of chic. It's difficult to do that when most of your layouts are about your grand-son!! Okay,

on to the 

 

Blog Hop!!!!!!!

Thank you for joining us at Twisted Tuesdays!! We are so excited about our blog hop!!

 

Don't forget that there are prizes to be won!

A beautiful kit complete with flowers, and a $5 gift certificate.

See the Twisted Tuesdays blog for more details.

 

All you have to do is leave a comment on every blog in the hop (listed below) and then go back to TT and let us know how you liked the hop and that you've commented on all 14 blogs.

 

Here's the complete list, in case you get lost along the way.

 

Jeanette

Tracie

Carol

Vickie

Lori

Lynne -----> You are here

Lizzie

Louise

Andrea

Deanne

Hillary

Jamie

Majo

Melina

Twisted Tuesdays

Thank you for stopping by, don't forget to leave your comment, and good luck to all of you!!

Lynne

 

Trust The Journey

Hi everyone,

So, finally, after what seemed like forever, I was able to join in with the Prima PPP in March. This was quite the challenge, as the layout was to be all greens. I worked long at this one!! As it turns out, I ran out of time to do an LO for the March BAP. Oh well....April's is done though!!

Love this picture of my DD, SIL and DGS!! It was taken last summer, by a friend of theirs. Unfortunately I don't have her name, to give her the credit.

I used a lot of Prima scraps here, as well as a larger piece of Ledger, and some older Prima packaging. I did cheat and use some SEI washi tape, as well as mist some of my papers, to get the variety of greens. Of course you know, I had to use Lindy's Stamp Gang's Flat Fabios in T-Bird Turquoise (a fave!) and Oz's Emerald City.

The white flower is actually a Montana State flower from Prima....I found those at Tuesday Morning not too long ago. I used Donna Downey's Damask stencil and Liquitex Modeling Paste.

I love the brown circle blob (don't know what to call it), anyways, it's the empty spool of ATG tape that was dipped in a mix of water and Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and splatted down on the paper! Love the addition of bling here and there....they were clear and I colored them with a Sharpie.

Another shot of the papers....you can see that I've used some old Prima here....yes, I kept every last scrap! It definitely worked to my advantage this time!!

I LOVE that Vintage Trinket!! I just glued the clear piece over another scrap of paper, and inserted it in the metal piece! I decided to use the word sticker from the Firefly Collection as my title.

Well, that's it for today......thanks for stopping by!! Don't forget to leave a comment.

Lynne

 

 

 

Taxes. Done. And a Surprise.

Finally....I am such a procrastinator when it comes to doing taxes, filling out forms, etc! But I'm done!!! Yay!!!!

Are you wondering what the surprise is? Well, I was one of the 3 winners at Lindy's Stamp Gang's Art to the Extreme Challenge!! Whoo hoo!!! More $$ to spend on Lindy's products!!!!! Thank you very much to the LSG team for choosing my little project!! Now I need to figure out what loveliness I want to get!! Scroll down to the next post for all the deets.

On another note, Typepad is being stupid today. Ugh!! It won't let me upload any pics. Double ugh!! So, that means that I'll have to wait to post the project I made for the Prima March PPP.

As always, thanks for stopping by!!

Lynne

 

 

 

 

 

Art To The Eggstreme with Lindy's Stamp Gang

Hi everyone,

Today I have a little Easter project for you. I'm actually taking part in a challenge over at Lindy's Stamp Gang. You probably already guessed from the title, that it's all about eggs. Anyways, I have to say that I love my Lindy's! Yes I do....and I own every one of their mists!! So any excuse to pull them out and play, is always good!!

I just love how these little paper mache eggs turned out!! I first gessoed them, and added a coat of white acrylic paint over top. Once they were dry, I started misting, using the LSG Starburst Sprays in Tiffany's Blue, Tibetan Poppy Teal, Jack in the Pulpit and Delphinium Turquoise. I just kept misting and drying until I achieved the colors I wanted. You can see the color varitation on each egg.

Once I was happy with the colored eggs, I got out the Urban Tapestry stamp set by Tim Holtz, and using the speckled dot stamp, and embossing ink (Versamark), I stamped my eggs. Now, this was no easy feat....a rubber stamp, with slick ink, on a round surface, it kept slipping out of my hands! So, my dots are way bigger than planned, but that's okay. Anyways, I then added some LSG embossing powder in Twilight Bronze Slate....one of my faves, and heat set. I kept doing this until I was satisfied with the embossing.

I wish you could see the shimmer!! These are just gorgeous!!

I was looking for something to put my eggs in, when I came across a video by Lindsay of The Frugal Crafter. You can see her video here. And the idea hit me to use my old Pink Paislee Mistables paper, to make this basket. Of course, I used LSG's Starburst Spray on both sides, in Golden Lump o'Coal.....I was never very crazy about this color, but today, I had a change of heart. It's just gorgeous!! I also used the same color on some I Am Roses flowers (small) as well as LSG's Flat Fabio in Frozen Jack Frost on the gardenia and the leaves. The pansy pucnh is from Martha Stewart. The lace and flatback pearls are from Peggy Lee Baker. Hi Peggy...thank you again for the goodies!!!

Well that's it. I hope you enjoyed it. I'm off to link up with Lindy's!!

Lynne

 

Unforgettable Mixed Media Canvas and Happy Mail

Hi everyone,

Well, I finally decided to make a mixed media canvas. I have to tell you that I was very inspired by Finnabair, Limor, Donna Downey, and a hint of Christy Tomlinson. I love the all of their beautiful projects and it was time for me to make something.

Unforgettable

I opted to spray my flowers and embellies separately, and add them after the canvas was finished.

I used lots of stencils (Prima, The Crafter's Worshop, Dylusions), Liquitex paints, Faber-Castell Gelatos, Black Gesso over some Prima papers. I also added some stamping, and rubons.

The many embellishments include Tim Holtz Idea-ology, Prima trinkets, and many more odds and ends that I've had in my stash. I used some Prima, Petaloo, I Am Roses and BoBunny flowers.

Here's a couple of closeups.....

The black wood birdcage is from Kaisercraft. The majority of my texture comes from many layers of paint and mists from Ranger (Dylusions and Adirondack) as well as Flat Fabios from Lindy's Stamp Gang.

 By the time I had this canvas finished, I was totally stoked!! I've tried working in a journal, but I just can't get used to making things 'flat'. I guess I need to keep working on it....lol. Needless to say, I LOVE this canvas!! Even with the tiny little speck of paint on Mason's picture. I'm okay with it, and I have no plans of fixing it. Yep, very happy and very proud of myself for taking the plunge!!

Happy Mail

I guess that it was about mid-week, when I got a Facebook message from my daughter Ashley, telling me that she'd ordered something for me. Well, I had absolutely no idea what she could have ordered for me........imagine my surprise, when all of these goodies showed up on my doorstep!

Whoo hoo, Prima!!

Pion papers!!

The Scrapcake papers!!

Maja Designs papers!!!

Riddersholm Design papers!!!

Wow!! I am so thankful to Ashley for these gorgeous papers and goodies!! The best part, is that she picked them out by herself, based on what she thought I would like!!!!!!!!!! I love that girl!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you Ashley!!!! Big hugs and kisses!!

Well, I don't think I can top that. See you next time!

Lynne

Happy Mail from Peggy Lee

Hi everyone,

OMG!! I received some gorgeous happy mail this week!! Wait til you see!! I should warn you that this post is pic intensive!!!!

First, I participated in Bona's Clothespin Tag Clipboard Swap, and I was very fortunate to have Peggy Lee Baker as my swap partner. Please check out her You Tube Channel here and her blog here. 

OMG, and OMG......Peggy Lee blessed me so much with her tags and all of the goodies she sent along. I felt like a little kid on Christmas morning, when I opened the box, to see so many beautiful packages just waiting for me to unwrap them!! And then seeing for the first time the beautiful craftsmanship that she put into her tags, oh my!!  She is such a talented lady, and I'm over-whelmed with her generosity. Thank you, thank you, thank you Peggy Lee!!!!!!!

Here's the goodies she sent...............

This is just a a portion of what she included ......keep going......

Gorgeous card! I'm blessed to count her as my friend too.

The smaller tag, with all of the diecuts and tags. She used Prima's Romance Novel on all of the tags. Absolutely one of my fave paper lines! I actually used some of the same papers for her tags!!

Here it is without all of the mini tags attached. I totally didn't get a closeup of the charm...ugh.

Closeup of the gorgeous flower she made!! Love that lace!!

A closeup of the altered Tim birdcage. Looks like gesso, mist and stamping on top....this pic really doesn't do it any justice!! It is stunning!!

And these are all of the goodies that were attached to this tag!!!!!!!!! Can you believe it?!! And there's more.......

This is the larger tag. Love that honeycomb stamping and embossing!! She even put some on her clothespin!! and look at the charms on this one!!

Love!!!!

A closeup of the flower.....so many layers. I think it might be crinolin, tulle and netting. And of course she stained or misted the blossoms.....gorgeous!!!

And these are all of the goodies attached to this tag!!!! Did I tell you that she was generous?!! But wait, there's more!!!

This little (more like oversized and overstuffed) bag of goodies held her swap info and more goodies!!!

I have got to try my hand at making lace flowers!! This one is so beautiful, she used white and cream laces to make it. This combo is one of my new faves in decorating, so it's right up my alley!

A closeup of this flower. It looks to me like the buttons that she used on her flowers, might be vintage. You just don't see many of these anymore. Reminds me of my Grand-Mother's button tin!!

And more goodies!!!! I love the crinolin flowers and the wood chippies. And the buttons (vintage?) pearls, rhinestones, sequins are lovely. There is also mulberry and vintage dictionary flowers. Did I mention that I put flowers on everything? No? Probably didn't need to say it!! LOL

Look at all of those laces and trims!! Oh, I can't wait to play!!!! She even misted these tags, and added more of my faves....doilies!!

What a blessing!! I am truly overwhelmed! Thank you so much Peggy Lee!!!!!

I was going to add pics of the second package I received this week. But I decided that this post belongs to Peggy Lee alone!!

Thanks for stopping by, and please check out Peggy Lee's YouTube and blog!!

Lynne