A Family Treasure

Every family has

a family treasure.

This little one is ours.

I wasn't really sure

where this idea of

using dusty pink and gray colors

was going to take me as

I lay down the

first foundation

of stencil and stamp work.

And, because of that uncertainty, 

it came to mind

that I was either going to 

love it or hate it, there 

was not going to be a middle ground for me.

Turns out fortunately for me,

that I love it. 

I have a hoard of old paper lines that I have not used and the Prima Rondell collection was one of them.  I was pleased that the papers and patterns were going to help me layer patterns and colors, and to tame down that garish pink stencil work that looked so striking alone next to the white paper.

Some close up of the cluster work. 

Thanks for stopping by.

I can't drive by a beach and not get out and get my feet wet....

 

A photo to remind me that I was once young and carefree.

To this day, I cannot drive by a beach and

not get out and get

my feet wet.

Still enjoying working with

 my Canson Mixed Media Tablet.

Organized all my brads, pearls and embellies

this weekend. Loving the feeling and

inspiration of organizing my supplies which

then inspire me to create with them.

Below is a close up of some stencil and stamping to help create some interest around the photo.
The papers are Prima's Cigar Rose Secrets.

 

 

Below is a little happy accident when I dropped some aqua mist over a red drop. Love it when that happens!



A close up of the sewn beads around a sweet little cluster:

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"Laugh Out Loud"....don't you wish we do this more often?

At Tuesday Throwdown this week,

the challenge was

to create a card

without using printed papers.

I was only too delighted to work with my new

Canson mixed media tablet again!

Since I had not yet put away the products I had used

on a previous project ( I know, I know shame

on me for not tidying up immediately

after a project), this card came

together rather quickly.

Hmm..makes me think I should always

leave my work area a little messy.

Oh how I love the freedom of starting

from a blank piece of paper and wondering

where it will take me.

This journey took me to a place of

sweet pansies.

I use to collect them in all forms

and was lucky to find several

vintage post cards from the early 1900's from

a vintage shop years ago before

things like that became in demand and costly too.

 



Need some inspiration?

Visit Tuesday Throwdown here to checkout this weeks challenge
and every week

and see what they

have to offer to perk your creativity.

 

Thanks for visiting....

Fiber, Stencil and some Bling

 

 

Scrap Club

has this lovely

mixed media sketch for their sketch challenge.

You can find the information for the sketch challenge here. 

 

Trying something new on

my new 

 Canson's 9 x 12

Mixed Media tablet.

I'm enjoying adding 

fibers instead of printed papers

to my recent projects, and there

are so many colors, and variety

of fibers out there in our 

fabric stores to choose from.

In this weeks mail, 

I received 

the wonderful gift of the

Kaisercraft "Arty" stamp

from my arty scrapping Muse.

This inspired me to 

create this page. I adore how the

texture stamp fills in the small spaces with

texture and interest. I'm already

thinking of other ways to use this stamp. 

Loving that Two Crafty Leaf chippy too. The surface

is the perfect size to add some crackle paste.

Close up of the wonderful fiber.

I wish I had some in every 

color of the 

rainbow.

Until next time.....