Ashley

 There was an amazing Mood Board this month at Dusty Attic and I couldn't help myself I just had to give it a try! So without further ado my layout called Ashley

 And this is their awesome Mood Board.

 

I just love this photo of my oldest daughter Ashley. This is her on her way home from Florida. The trip was a birthday gift from her friends. She had just turned 30 a few days before! She looks so relaxed and is wearing my favorite color so I just had to do something with it! Hence this canvas.

This was the inspiration for this particular canvas the peacock feather by Dusty Attic. I used embossing powders on it trying to match the colors in Ashley's shirt.

A slew of flowers from Petaloo and more beautiful chippies from Dusty!

Another close-up of the beautiful chipboard. 

Sorry for the different shadows in the photos. I am exhausted after working all week and just got home after 10 hours. But I didn't want to miss out. Sorry for the abrupt post but I will come back and edit it tomorrow when I am more able to move! My body is seizing as I write! :( Thanks for dropping by!

All the best!

Bloom

This month at Scrap Around the World we had a very interesting Mood Board to work with designed by the uber talented Terhi Koskinen!

I was mostly inspired by the colors the blue and the yellow. Yet somehow I came up with this:

I went wild with color and mixed media. I mostly tried to focus around the blue and yellow but added a little orangey redish color for fun. I dug deep into my stash and used Prima's Zephr papers. I remember when I first bought them I fell in love with the bold colors and gorgeous flowers and now I finally got to use them! And now for some close-ups!

I used a Prima stencil on the background and then misted with Prima's Glistening Waves, Heidi Swapp's Tropicana Teal and Tattered Angels Sunshine Sisters. Then I used a sponge and dabbed on some acrylic silks for fun.

I also did some stamping around the page with a Prima word stamp and a leaf stem stamp I've had forever! I also used my wheat stamp to do some fun embossing on the page with some glitter embossing powder. You can see here just a fraction of the sparkle it gives off! Of course all the embellies are from the Prima Zephyr line! The twine I colored with mist and added a bow behind the orange flower.

Wood ticket also from the Prima Zephr line.

I went around part of the page just to break up the color with another mask but this time used black embossing powder to add a bit of a border and my title.

Lots of Prima flowers! You can see here in the yellow moulding paste that I used glass beads on some of the masked elements.

Last close-up.

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$50 worth of product from UmWowStudio!
IMAGE BELOW IS A SELECTION OF THEIR PRODUCTS

UmWowStudio is an innovative embellishment company located in

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$35 worth of product from 13@rts

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4TH PRIZE

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5TH PRIZE

$20 gift certificate from Creative Embellishments!

Creative Embellishments is a family-owned company, established in
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$15 worth of product from Studio75
{Exactly as shown below}

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7TH PRIZE

15 Euros worth of product from Scrap-Unlimited
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15 EURO gift voucher from Mixed Media Place

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{Always sponsored by the SATW Design Team}

$40 worth of product courtesy of our very generous
design team member Tiphanie BARBREAU!

Prize consists of TWO full packs of Stazons (pumpkin & vibrant violet), Basic Grey flair stickers, full pack of Basic Grey layered stickers, AND a set of watercolor pencils!!

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Scrapbook kit from SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE KIT CLUB
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I know these post are long so I will end it here. I also know that my blog has run dry as of late due to me trying to adjust to working again as well as undertaking a big renovation in our house. Now that the reno is done I am hoping to get more accomplished and see you more often! Don't give up on me yet! I promise there is more to come! All the best! :)