Magical (Mixed Media & Art Challenge)

Dear crafty friends,

I'm here today to share my layout for the MMA challenge for this month. 

Here is the beautiful board. I was inspired by the mystical mood and by the colors.

Papers are from 7 Dots Studio and mediums and flowers are from Prima Marketing.

Have a great day.

Karine

xx

Today is a Gift (7 Dots Studio)

Dear crafty friends,

It's November 1st, which means it's time for a new challenge at 7 Dots Studio.

I created this layout for it.

This challenge was so out of my comfort zone! The colors are not what I would normally use, but I thought that they were so beautiful together.

I decided to  mix the Yuletide collection with the Homegrown collection. 

I also used a stencil from the Northern Lights collection and stamps from Dreamscapes dans from Garden Party. 

I think that the end result is pretty coherent, even though I mixed all those elements from different collections. I really hope you’ll give this moldboard a try.

Flowers and mediums are by Prima Marketing. 

Have a great day.

Karine xx

Live for Today (Dusty Attic challenge)

Hello,

I created this layout to enter the Dusty Attic challenge.

I fell in love with the beautiful moodboard:

Papers are from 7 Dots Studio, mediums and flowers are from Prima.

I hope you like my layout.

Come back tomorrow for another share.

Have a great day. 

Karine

xx

A True Love Story (7 Dots Studio) - Process video

Hello crafters,

Karine is here today to share a layout made for 7 Dots Studios and a process video. 

When fall arrives here, I tend to go back inside, to drink some hot tea and to read books. That’s the mood I was trying to capture in my layout. I was inspired by Mixed Media & Art's beautiful moodboard. 

Something warm and book inspired… I went for an older collection, Writer’s Block. I love the prints of this collection. I chose the Note paper for my background. It was perfect for what I had in mind.

I created a mixed media background over which I layered some papers pieces from the Torn paper and lots of embellishments and texture… 

I just love how everything turned out.

I have a process video for you to see. I hope you enjoy it.

7 Dots Studio supplies:

Writer’s Block - Note

Writer’s Block - Torn

Dreamscapes - Geometry Stencil

Garden Party - Clear Stamps

Thoughts Keeper - Clear Stamps

Writer’s Block - Tags 12x12

Writer’s Block - Letters Stencil

Writer’s Block - Element Stickers 6x12

Writer’s Block - Die-cut Elements 6x12

Writer’s Block - Word Stickers

Mediums and flowers are by Prima Marketing.

Have a nice crafty day,

Karine

xx

Mini-Album for the August Challenge (7 Dots Studio)

Dear crafty friends,

Have you seen the new challenge from 7 Dots Studio? The moodboard is so gorgeous!

When I saw the challenge, I immediately thought of the Air Mail collection. The colors and the prints were a perfect match for the board.

I was looking at this collection since it got here and I didn’t know where to start as all the papers are sooooo beautiful! That’s why I decided to make a mini album: I could use all of them in one creation. 

I must say that it was time consuming, but in the end, I love the result. 

To build the album, I followed a tutorial that you can find on YouTube here and here. I made a quick video for you to see all the pages. I really hope you like it.

7 Dots Studio Supplies Used:

I used the whole Collection Kit from Air Mail collection  which include 12 double-sided papers, 2 of each design in the collection (Air Mail - Hand Written, Air Mail - Delivered, Air Mail - Post Mark, Air Mail - Scripted, Air Mail - Unaddressed and Air Mail - Priority), 1 Air Mail - 6x12 Die-cut Elements  1Air Mail - 6x12 Element Stickers, 1 Air Mail - 12x12 Tags and 1 Air Mail - 6x12 Word Stickers.

I also used 

Air Mail - Clear Stamps

Air Mail - Postage Notes Stencil

Air Mail - 6x6 Paper Pad

Hazy Days -Chevrons Stencil

The flowers and mediums on the album are from Prima Marketing inc. 

Have a great day,

Karine

xoxo

Today, a layout for the Color Challenge (Prima Marketing)

Dear crafty friends,

We have a brand new Color Challenge over at Prima. I created a layout for it. Here it is.

It was inspired by those colors:

Prima has so many lines that can be used to fit those gorgeous colors: the brand new Santa Baby line, Havana, Zella Teal, Love Letter, etc. I decided to go with Zella Teal because, you know, I love teal and because I wanted to use the beautiful paper with the roses print.

Since I used the B side of the Offset Dots paper, I dedided to add texture with crackle paste to match those white areas on the paper. Finnabair Texture Paste - White Crackle is just sooooo amazing!

I used lots of embellishments on that layout: flowers, die-cuts, lace, trims, moulded pieces with Paper Clay, Art Stones...

In the end, I created a sort and flowery layout, and I love it.

I really hope you give this Color Challenge a try.

Prima supplies used:

848156 - Zella Teal - Offset Dot

595470 - Zella Teal - A4 Paper Pad

584085 - Prima Dies - Emmanuelle Fleurs

961466 - Art Basics - Gesso - Clear

961503 - Art Extravagance - Texture Paste - White Crackle

577094 - Weave Trim - Oatmeal 

583002 - Trims - Magnolia

961442 - Art Basics - Heavy Gesso - White

569419 - 6x6 Stencil - Mini Flora

961473 - Art Extravagance - Texture Paste - White Sand

597702 - Havana - 4x6 Journaling Notecards

595500 - Zella Teal - 4x6 Journaling Notecards

964443 - Art Alchemy - Acrylic Paint - Metallique - Soft Satin

963200 - Art Alchemy - Acrylic Paint - Metallique - Vintage Rose

961398 - Art Basics - 3D Matte Gel

964672 - Art Ingredients - Mega Art Stones

963705 - Art Ingredients - Art Stones

586423 - Salvage District Flowers - Grand Garden

586430 - Salvage District Flowers - Royal Hall

631307 - Love Story Flowers - Aubree

631345 - Love Story Flowers - Princesse

631314 - Love Story Flowers - Charlotte

597108 - Heaven Sent 2 Flowers - Ashby

599782 - PTJ - Ephemera Quote Stickers Alpha

595548 - Zella Teal - Ephemera

814991 - Paper Clay

599416 - Keys - Silicone Moulds

816070 - IOD - Renaissance 1 - Moulds

573737 - Color Bloom - Cotton Candy

631215 - Lavender Flowers - Emmeline

Have a great day.

Karine

xx

Sweet Moments (Prima Marketing)

Dear friends,

I'm here to share with you a layout I created with Frank Garcia's Santa Baby collection. It's so soft and beautiful.

Prima supplies used:

993467 - Santa Baby Collection - Christmas Magic

993474 - Santa Baby Collection - Grand Christmas Exhibition

961466 - Art Basics - Clear Gesso

961442 - Art Basics - Heavy Gesso - White

961411 - Art Basics - Modeling Paste

584566 - Tile 6x6 Stencil

993573 - Santa Baby Collection - 4x6 Journaling Notecards

993566 - Santa Baby Collection - 3x4 Journaling Notecards

964356 - Art Extravagance - Patina Effect Paste (Mint Green)

964108 - Art Alchemy - Sparks - Ginger Magic

966096 - Art Alchemy - Opal Magic - Teal-Pink

966072 - Art Alchemy - Opal Magic - Coral-Teal

573881 - Color Bloom - Pressed Petal

963323 - Art Ingredients - Mélange - Art Pebbles

963927 - Art Ingredients - Mica Flakes Set

961428 - Art Basics - Soft Matte Gel

963705 - Art Ingredients - Art Stones

964672 - Art Ingredients - Mega Art Stones

597320 - Santa Baby Collection - Snowkissed

597337 - Santa Baby Collection - Sugarplum Sweet

597290 - Santa Baby Collection - Cotton Candy Christmas

597306 - Santa Babay Collection - Sweet Mint

597313 - Santa Baby Collection - Sprinkle & Sparkle

993634 - Santa Baby Collection - Say It In Crystal

993580 - Santa Baby Collection - Jolly & Merry - Chipboard Stickers)

Sweet Moments, a layout with a process video (Prima Marketing)

Dear crafty friends,

Summer is blooming and, where I live, we are having a lot of sun and warm weather. The last week was so hot, I was inspired to use the Havana collection! 

I decided to create this layout.

The warm pink and the cool aqua colors were a perfect match to my happy feeling and to the hot summer sun. 

I always say I have trouble working with pink while creating, but this layout came together very easily: the collection is so versatile!

I also created a video tutorial for you to enjoy.

Have a nice day,

Karine
xx