Changes - Bloom Girl

hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great day.  Today I wanted to share with you a scrapbook page I made recently...Yep, I actually made a scrapbook page with my scrapbook supplies.  lol  I don't know when I stopped scrapping and started doing more off the page projects and minis...but I am happy.

I dug into the stash and found this super fun older mulberry paper from Prima.  I think at one time I had every sheet they made....I actually probably still have them, I mean, they are made into projects so they are still here...right?

It is really amazing how quickly Ainsley has changed this last year.  She is growing up way too fast if you ask me...but...what cha gonna do?  She is a teen afterall.

I stamped one of Jamie Dougherty's lovely Bloom Girls onto Core'dinations Velum and the colored one of them with water color pencils to create a soft look.

I finished embellishing my layout with a few Prima flowers and a Prima resist canvas alphabet.  I really have been enjoying going through the stash and using things up.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Blooming Through the Season Apron

Hi everyone!  Happy Friday!!!!  Hope you have fun things planned for the weekend.  We of course have a swim meet...but I am sure I will sneak in some playtime.

Speaking of playtime, with October upon us, I finally finished my September Blooming Through the Seasons project.  You know me, I can't follow instructions, nor do I have any patience, but I love this project all the same.

Of course she was supposed to go into an art journal...but mine isn't big enough, and I just happened to have this plain, white apron lying around so..... 

All the instructions for using the beautiful stencil that Jamie Dougherty created for Prima are in the class instructions....but I need to learn patience (so my mediums don't run everywhere) and to follow instructions...nah, I like her with a bit more color....and texture.  You know me...not much for white space.  hee hee

The next round of Blooming Through the Seasons is starting.  You should totally come play.  So much fun!  And grab some of those fabulous stencils!  Who knows what you will create.

Hugs.

Clear Scraps and Imagine Crafts - Perfect Together

Hi everyone!  Today I have a fun project to share with you featuring lots of yummy goodies from Clear Scraps and Imagine Crafts.  Imagine Crafts was super generous with sending the Clear Scraps team lots of goodies to play with.  We received 12 colors of StazOn ink, 6 colors of  IrRESTIBibles, the new GlazOn and some Ink Blushers.  Well, you know I couldn't resist breaking out a few things and making something.

Using Jamie Dougherty's Sharon Bloom girl stamp from Prima Marketing, I stamped the ClearScraps Acrylic sheet with the Black StazOn.  I then colored the backside of the image using a combination of the other colors of StazOn.  Using InkBlushers and a Fantastix I was able to fill in all the details of the stamp.

When my inks were dry, I used the Quaterfoil Mascil and a mix of the Silver and Bronze IrRESISTibles to add texture.  Once that dried...a few flicks of the Wedding Dress IrResistibles, a few rubons, flowers and a butterfly and my poject was complete.

I am very happy with how she turned out and look forward to finding a place for her to live in my home.

Hugs.

Lovely - Scrapbooking

Hello, hello, hello!  Hope your day is off to a great start.  Me...same ole' same ole....but today I wanted to pop in and share another scrapbook page I made using the gorgeous papers from Embellish by Dena and Darice.  This time of Mackenzie.

I also added lots of beautiful Prima blooms, and a hand colored stamped Bloom Girl by Jamie Dougherty.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs.

Bloom Girl Box and Cards

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a great day.  Things here are moving along nicely...keeping up with everything and everyone.  today I want to share with you a fun little cardbox and cards I made using Jamie Dougherty's Bloom Girl colleciton by Prima.

The box holds both the cards (4) an envelopes.  Each of the cards was colored, misted, inked and embellished....so much fun playing with my toys.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

More with Bloom Girls Mixed Media

Hey everyone!  Happy Weekend!  I hope yours is great.

Today I just wanted to pop in and share this mixed media, reverse canvas I made using one of Jamie Doughtery's Bloom Girl stamps from Prima...as well as lots of other gorgeous prima goodies and some Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabios and Magicals.

You can see the variety of flowers Prima has created as well as a few resin pieces, a clock and clock hands  swoon....And that stencil?  It is from ClearScraps (love)

 The canvas was misted with Lindy's Flat Fabios and then things were glued at different heights using plenty of foam dots...the stamp was colored with Faber Castell Aquarelles.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Mixed Media Bloom Girl

Happy Friday everyone!  I hope you are ready for the weekend, I know I am!

Today I want to share with you a piece I made over National Scrapbooking Weekend with Jamie Dougherty.  It is hard to believe, but somehow she has managed to teach me to draw a face.  lol

 Making Bloom Girls is really fun and Jamie makes it so easy by providing you with a template.  Of course you know I had to draw my own...because now I have it in my head that I can.  lol

 You know what else?  Jamie told us we could use some of her flowers.  lol...and you know how I get with flowers.  After a while I did stop using hers and started filling in with my own stash.  roflmao

Not quite sure what is going on behind her nose.   We layered papers back there, so I think it is from that.  sigh...Oh well, I still think she is lovely.

Hugs.

Bloom Girls Mixed Media Rocks

Hi everyone!  Ugh, I think I give up on blogging.  lol  I just can't seem to get ahead.  So many projects made, I just really need to sit down and kick out some blogs so they get posted on time.  sigh

I had a great, creative National Scrapbook Weekend.  I was able to spend it with some amazing friends, shout out to Chris, Jamie and Debbie!  Love them!   Didn't get a ton done....gone are the days when I could kick out 20+ layouts in a weekend.  But had such a great time laughing and hanging out.

I wanted to share this Bloom girl I made for my friend Heather!  Love her as well.

 

Sometimes I just create with no idea where I am going.  For this lovely I used a few techniques from Jamie Dougherty's fabulous Bloom Girls series mixed with techniques from Christy Tomlinson's She Art.  

I really didn't know what I was going to do with her until I read the quote on the super fun Dylusions stamps. As soon as I read that stamp I knew I was making this for Heather.  Good thing it wasn't pink.  lol

Anyway, thanks for stopping by.  And if you are looking for some fun, online courses check out both Jamie and Christi's offerings.  You really can't go wrong.

Hugs.

Bloom Girls- Sketching

Happy Friday!  I can't believe how fast this week flew by.  It's crazy how quickly the days and weeks move as we get older.  Mackenzie turned 16, Brighton is back for his third quarter at University, standardized testing is over and we are preparing for finals.  Eeek

Well, today I wanted to share with you a mixed media piece I made.  I have been taking Jamie Dougherty's Bloom Girls classes and this is from the Bloom Girls 2.  You know I can't follow directions, so I had to make my own background...which, I am pretty happy with...but probably shouldn't have done quite the way I had....lesson learned.

I am happy with the background, I am happy with the hair (well other than the fact it is so dark, LOL).  I think I may go and repaint her facial features.  She just seems so fair with that dark hair.  sigh  But, not so bad for a first try?

Have a great weekend.  Hugs.

Bloom Girls Lessons

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great day!  I know I am...the sun is shining, the birds are singing.....

Today I want to share with you a project from a class (or set of classes) I am currently taking.  Jamie Dougherty's Bloom Girls.  Her classes are so  fun, so easy to follow that I was able to make a lovely piece in just a few days by watching her videos.

I have never been about to draw a face...that is why all the girls I have made in the past had no faces.  They just never looked right.  But this was so simple, so fun.

 Not that she is perfect, mind you.....but i think she is lovely.  With hair filled with beautiful Prima blooms, how could I not love her.

 Jamie teaches some fabulous tricks in this series of videos to help you create a girl on wood.  And, right now, with the creation of her new online store, if you sign up for all three of the Bloom Girl classes; Bloom Girls Workshop 1, Bloom Girls Workshop 2 and Bloom Girls Elements you can get them for 20% off!  I am currently working through the Elements workshop and can't wait to share all the things I have learned.

Hugs.