Darlings - A little bit of Valtentine

Are you celebrating Valentines Day? Our family don´t that much. Maybe some heartshaped candy will be bought, but we don´t do any major celebrating. But at my work we celebrate with heart shaped candy, cake and hugs. Might have something to do with us working with hearts....

So here comes two of my Valentines on my February DT project. The page is about my two lovely kids!

 I have used the canvas stars and arrows on this. The stars have got a bit of black in on the edges and some sparkly paint on top. The paint comes from Ayeeda (13@arts).

I made the background by using leftover paper pieces that I glued on my background paper. Then I covered it randomly with heavy modeling paste that I dabbed my palette knife in to archive the structure. Then some ink and water, some stamps and the lovely decorations to finish it of.

Material used: Patterned papers; Chic Tags School House + leftovers. Embellishments; Acrylic arrow (Basic Grey). Flair (American Crafts). Tiny Word stickers (My Mind´s Eye). Clothes Pin (Pebbles). Alphas (Dear Lizzie). Cork Arrow (Studio Calico).

♥

Marie

Create one from the heart and two for fun

I'm creating Valentines big and small with my Linnie Blooms canvas shapes today. I have not ventured my mixed media onto canvas before, so I started with an 8"x 8" size so I wouldn't feel too overwhelmed. I knew that I wanted my embellishments and textures (along with the quote) to be my focus, so I wanted a more subtle background.

 

I spritzed some Distress Stain (worn lipstick) with water and just splattered, brushed, and dripped it onto the canvas and then let it dry overnight so that the splotches and bubbles dried just as they were when wet. I wrapped the canvas with some metallic yarn and added the sentiment with a Sharpie marker.

I used Copic markers to color the house/arrow and heart.

I stamped (with gray ink) the background of the canvas with some Close to My Heart stitched hearts, wrote my sentiment (wherever you go-go with all your HEART), and then layered, layered, layered. You can spy some punches, button, stamps, burlap, tulle, twine, stickers, and a bingo card.

One Valentine present done.

When I looked at my Linnie Blooms canvas pocket one day, for some reason I saw a beak. So this became...

THIS! (with the help of my daughter).

With oil pastels, she colored the pocket and I colored the wings (a Linnie Blooms canvas sunflower cut in half). We added some eyes and some punched half circles for layered feathers and she is going to stick a small treat in here for her teacher. WHOOOOOO wouldn't want to get this cute owl?

And one last Valentine--a silly one! Using up patterned scraps with these painted Linnie Blooms canvas hearts and LOTS of googly eyes--inside the card it says "EYE" love you lots!

Three Valentines done (more to do). Whether your Valentines are layered, from the heart, cute, or silly...they are OH so special when they are hand-made.

~Kelly

www.kellystarsallthingscrafty.blogspot.com

Get to Know Us

Did you know that Linnie Blooms is now a direct sales company? Yep! We have a beautiful new catalog that shows you all sorts of ways to use our products to beautify your life! Here's the link to the catalog:

 http://issuu.com/lindabarutha/docs/lbcatasof011814

If you are local to Mukwonago, WI, and would like to find out more about us and make a project using our products, why not come to our meeting this Saturday (2/15), 10 a.m. at our Linnie Blooms headquarters?  There is no cost -- simply RSVP by emailing me at linda_barutha@yahoo.com.

I hope to meet you soon!

Creatively yours,

Linda

February Sketch Challenge

Time for a new sketch. Since it´s Valentines day month it has a little loving twist...

This is how some of the ladies in the Design Team used the sketch:

Marie

Leeann

Hope is the thing with feathers.....

......HELLO!!!...this is my latest creation for the 

Linnie Blooms Design Team

LOVELOVELOVE these awesome products!

Mixed stitch canvas...birdies and heart shapes...OH MY GOODNESS!

 I played with the canvas blank & shapes...coloring with paint...Dylusions sprays, Heidi Swap Color Shine, and my ULTIMATE new favorite color tools Faber Castell Gelatos!(OMG...YUMMY!)

 This is how my creative brain designs...with the bits 'n bobs all out in front of me...until I can get the perfect fit!

 up close of one of the birdies...heart shape wing.."hope" is one of my "I cannot ever let go of these Stampin'UP! sets!" from when I was a rep...

 ....and this is the back.....I printed out the first paragraph of Emily Dickinson's sweet poem, sewed it onto vintage music paper, and attached it to the canvas.

*************

I will be putting this in my Etsy shop this weekend....along with some other treasures from my heart!

Thanks for looking!...remember...if you are interested in coming over to The BeeHive studio to enjoy some creative playtime with Linnie Blooms, just convo me on FB!!

creative blessings,

debbie

Help! The Chickens Are Molting

Hi! It's Candy with a 2-page layout to share for Linnie Blooms Designs this month.

I am completely in love with my chickens and I have to scrapbook every little thing they do. When they molt, or lose feathers and replace them with new ones, they look absolutely ridiculous. So, like any good moma, I took lots of pictures and created this layout.

I am also completely in love with the little pockets from Linnie Blooms and I knew one would be perfect for this page.

I started with a stencil from The Crafter's Workshop. I applied it to the pocket with Archival Ink. Then, I used a combination of Distress Inks until I got the right color. I glued down the front flap and then added a little resin button from Melissa Frances. Then, I added a bit of green twine and filled it with some of the feathers I have picked up from the chicken coop.

On the opposite page, I used some Linnie Blooms Canvas Squares and Pennants to create a banner for the title. I colored the canvas pieces with Distress Ink and added plastic letters from Tim Holtz to the top. To create a look of stitching, I topped each piece with tiny staples using the Tiny Attacher.

I love the rustic feel the canvas pieces gave to this layout. What do you think?

Heart of Gold~Layout

With Valentines Day coming up soon, I wanted to make a Valentine Project.  I guess with the amount of yellow I used.. this is totally unexpected.  I used a 12 x 12 mixed stitched canvas page from Linnie Blooms to get started.   Rochelle showed you a stunning layout yesterday, using the same canvas page.

For my layout I wanted to do something with the ATC canvas stitched card so I cut out a heart with one of the Tim Holtz dies.  I also wanted to use a color I never work with... yellow.   This was also my 1st time creating something on the 12x12 Mixed Stitched layouts.  So many new things for me on one page.  I ended up keeping it simple and only used one picture. 

Here is a look at some of the items I used for my layout.

 

 

 

This is not a  typical Valentine Decoration but I am gonna make it work.  I hope you try something new and work with a new product too.  Check out the Linnie Blooms website to see all of the other wonderful products they carry.

 

Have a wonderful Day!  Kimberly, Scrap It Girl