Going Down

Hi everyone! I'm just stopping by to share this layout that I created with my UmWowStudio and 7 Dots Studio goodies!

I was so excited when I got my package of clouds and couldn't wait to tear them open. I just love those little things! I just covered the clouds in a layer of white gesso and added some white paint before backing them with patterened paper from the 7 Dots Studio Destination Unknown collection. I did the same thing with the layered arrow and tab.

UmWowStudio Supplies: 

 Layered Clouds 

Layered Arrows 

Plain Tabs 

7 Dots Studio Supplies: 

Destination Unknown- Celestial 

Destination Unknown- Under the Stars 

The Guys

Hi everyone. Just stopping by to share my latest layout for Scraps of Darkness! I love, love, love their April kit! I've been having so much fun with the color scheme in this kit. Here's my layout:

This layout features my son and his furry buddy, Roscoe. I used an entire page of the rub ons for this layout. I liked the way they were all in a rectangle and thought I could build a good background piece for my page if I just left them in their original state and used the whole thing.

After I had added the rub-ons to the page, I used some India Ink to give the page some splotches. I spritzed it with water and dabbed with a towel after that. I also used the patterned paper to make these folded strips with chevron shapes on top.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Amazing View

I'm just stopping by to share my latest layout with the April Scraps of Darkness kit. We took a little impromptu road trip last weekend and I got the most amazing photos. I used one of my favorites in this layout.

I have been having a ball with the pigment powder from the kit. I created this background by sprinkling a horizontal line of the powder across the top of the page. Then I spritzed it with water and used a ruler to drag it down the page. I added in a few drops of yellow mist and scraped that down as well. The look it created works well with the waterfall photo.

I cut some diamond shapes from the patterned paper and scattered those on the page. I also added some of the twine behind my photo and one of the diamonds.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Small Moments

I'm just sharing my second Scraps of Darkness layout for April and totally loving this kit!

The photo features my little boy being held by my sweet niece, who passed away a few years ago. She was such a joy. It has been hard to look at her photos, much less scrap them, but I'm trying to ease myself into it slowly because I definitely want her memory preserved. And what better way to do that than scrapping?

I used the pigment powder from the kit and some spray mist to create the hearts. I just cut some heart shapes out of plain, white cardstock. Then, I sprinkled on some pigment powder and dripped on some spray mist. I sprayed all that with water to give it this cool, watercolor effect.

I backed the hearts with some strips of the patterned paper, and tucked some of the flowers in. I love the dimension the flowers gave to the page!

Here's one last close up. I am so glad I have photos like these. This is what our memory keeping is really about. I'm so thankful that I captured this sweet moment with my camera all those years ago. My son has memories of her, but he doesn't remember this photo being taken. It makes my heart happy to know that I can show him the photo and tell him the story behind it.

An UmWowStudio Layout

Hi everyone! I'm just stopping by to share a quick tutorial that shows how I got this super cool glittery sheen on my UmWowStudio chipboard. Here's my layout:

So getting that watercolor sheen on the chipboard was super easy! I'm using this cute little UmWowStudio chipboard elephant to show you how I created the look. 

First, cover the chipboard with a thin layer of gesso and wait for it to dry.

Next, I used some pigment powder. I just scattered it randomly onto my chipboard. Then, I sprayed it with some water to make the color run.

Without waiting for the pigment to dry, I dripped some spray mist on there and sprayed it again with water. This causes the colors to run together and it creates a really cool effect.

 I also went around the edges with a black pen to add an extra touch. Here's the end result:

 I also realized there was a happy bonus to this little technique. When I lifted off the chipboard after all that spritzing, I had this amazing background splatter and was able to use it as the background for my layout.

UmWowStudio products used:

Fly Away

Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing my first project with the April Scraps of Darkness kit. This kit is just so lovely!

This photo has been stuffed in a drawer for years. I had forgotten it existed! Lately, though, I've been hunting for old photos to scrap because my baby boy is now sporting a mustache and thinks he's too cool to be in front of my camera. I am getting very few photos of him lately!

I used some strips of the patterned paper from the kit to create a base for my photo to sit on. But first, I created the background for the page using some gesso and the teal powder from the kit. I covered part of the page in gesso, and added some drops of water after the gesso had dried. I then dropped my paint/powder on there and swirled it around with my paintbrush. When that was dry, I used the stencil to create the cool/scratchy looking surface on top of the paint. Love the way that turned out!

I used some of the embellies and twine to layer behind my butterflies. I adore these butterflies! They are cute a pretty, but the colors make them still manly enough to use on a boy page.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

An UmWowStudio Project

I just stopped by today to share this layout I created with my UmWowStudio goodies!

I simply adore this photo of my daddy and all his siblings. I wanted to make this layout bright and fun, because they are happy-go-lucky kind of folks. I started with a painted yellow background. I used the diamond confetti mask to add some white gesso into the background and then added a bit more white gesso using the circle confetti mask. Then I added in some chevron shapes cut from some patterned paper by American Crafts.

I covered my layered squares in white gesso before painting them with blue india ink. I went back over them with more white gesso, using a technique like the one I mentioned in this post. I wrapped some twine around them to top them off.

I also used some white gesso and paint to cover the noted piece from the arrow title mash and added a bit of patterned paper behind it.

UmWowStudio products used: