Easter Layout and Card

This is one of SOC's new collection:  EASTER! and it is absolutely beautiful!  Check it out!!

In my layout, I used the Happiness paper for the background.  This paper is so bright and beautiful, and the back side of it has a chick basket motif that is adorable!  I used the back to make the bottom envelope!

For the middle envelope, I used the Easter Bunny paper.  Besides the back side having the beautiful yellow gingham look, the front side is full of pretty Easter pictures from times past.  It also has borders that can be used with any of the papers in the collection!  This paper is a win-win!!!  To accent this page, I used several papers from our 6"x6" Gingham paper pad.
I also used a Viva Colour Pearl Pen in Copper to make the purple flowers around the egg and the balloon come alive!
To finish off the envelopes, I used two tiny canvas flowers from the Monarch package of PAINT IT! with Luminarte flowers!  I painted these with Viva Colour Precious Metal Effect Paint in Purple!  This paint is so smooth and shiny that you will want it in every color!  Trust me!!  I added a piece of eye candy in the centers of the flowers to finish off this page!
Look for this collection in stores or on our new Splash of Color website Feb 2013!


Products Used:
Happiness paper from the EASTER Collection
Easter Bunny paper from the EASTER Collection
Gingham Paper Pad - 6"x6"
Viva Colour Paper Pen in Copper
Viva Colour Precious Metal Effect Paint in Purple
Eye candy in LIght Topaz
Eye candy in Purple

Here is a card I made with the same collection!

Baseball Layout

I want to share with you an exciting new collection:  ALL BASEBALL from SPORTS EXTREME by Christine Adolf! Check this out!

This paper is wonderfully colored with every baseball player's favorite colors:  blue, grey, and black!!  When I saw this collection, I was genuinely thrilled!  It's exciting, fresh, and has stars and stripes!  What's not to love!?

Here is a layout of my favorite baseball player, my son, Evan!

For this layout, I used a piece of All Baseball over another piece of All Baseball (this time the opposite side) over a piece of Grand Slam!  I love the layered look and the striped effect this afforded!
I used the title from All Baseball, and glued it down at the top of the page, along with some elements from the Sticker Sheet.  I double-matted my son's picture, and pop-dotted it to the page on the right hand side, and then matted and glued down, the baseball player from the All Baseball paper to the left hand side of the page.
I used the Grand Slam paper to make sack envelopes, and I embellished them with pieces from the Play Ball paper and the Sticker Sheet.  I then made tags with the extra paper, putting a picture on one side, and sayings or stickers on the other side.  I stapled a bit of the striped paper from All Baseball to make little tabs on these.  I finished off this page with a bit of twine on the sack envelopes.
Thanks for looking!


Splash of Color Products Used:
All Baseball paper from BASEBALL Collection
Grand Slam paper from BASEBALL Collection
Play Ball paper from BASEBALL Collection
Sticker Sheet from BASEBALL Collection

"Courage is Power" Card for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

"Courage is Power" card for World Card Day!!

Shelley here with a card for World Card Day and Breast Cancer awareness month!

 For my "Courage is Power" card, I began with several different papers from the 6"x6" paper pad from the "Beautiful You" collection by Christine Adolf.  This paper is absolutely gorgeous!  I used several different border punches on some of the edges of the papers, then assembled them on the card as shown.  I used the "Courage" cut out from the same paper pad, and matted it with the pink paper from the Dots and Stripes Warm 6"x6" paper pad.  I then pop-dotted it to the card, and placed a couple of pink flowers underneath.

 Toward the bottom right-hand part of the card, I used a set of gates from the Life as Art Die Cut shapes.  I painted them with Silks Acrylic Glaze in Pink Grapefruit.  I used 2 small pieces of eye candy on the doors.

 Under the doors is a pod from the Mixaparts system.  I started with a small circle cut out from the 6"x6" "Beautiful You" paper pad.  I painted it with Pink Azalea Twinkling H20.  I then used an overlay from the Shabby Chic prepack and a white resin piece from the Majesty Resin set.  I put a few glass beads in the pod, then glued it closed.  I used a 1" hole punch in the card, and glued the pod in from the back.  On the inside of the doors, I used some Oceanside Words and painted it with the Pink Azalea twinkling H20.

I was really pleased with the finished project!!  I enjoyed sharing this project with you!
Have a great day!
Shelley Hamilton

 Products Used:
"Beautiful You" 6"x6" paper pad
Dots and Stripes Warm 6"x6" paper pad
Life as Art DC Shapes
SILKS Acrylic Glaze in Grapefruit
Twinkling H20 in Pink Azalea
Eye candy
Pods 3-pack #29617
Shabby Chic prepack #29613
Majesty Resin #29624
Paint It "Oceanside Words" Stickers

Joyful Heart ATC by Shelley Hamilton

 

I started with a card from our Life as Art ATC Pack.  I painted the card with Apple Blossom, Stargazer, and Rose Gold Twinkling H20s.  I used a heart and two butterfly stickers from the Beautiful You Sticker Sheet to decorate the card.
I also used a die cut flower, a butterfly, and a frame from Beautiful You Die Cut Shapes. I used Twinkling H20s in Apple Blossom, Stargazer, and Pearl Red to paint these items.  I used a white opaque writer to accent these pieces after they had completely dried.
I used a pod from the Mixaparts system.  For the pod's background, i used a one inch circle punch on some light-colored paper, and painted it with the Apple Blossom Twinkling H20.  The "HOPE" overlay is from the Shabby Chic prepack.  I put a small pink eye candy and some pink glitter in the shaker.  To install the pod, I punched a 1" hold in the ATC, then glued the pod in from the back.  It was super-easy, and the outcome was pretty cool!
The little silver colored butterfly is a resin piece from the Majesty Resin pack.  Isn't it nifty?
The Joyful Spirit transparency is from the Preposterous Transparent Die Cut Shape pack.  I put some hot-pink trim behind it, and it really popped.  I used a couple of larger pink eye candy pieces here also.
I used a small heart doilly and a pink earring in the shape of a ribbon to help accentuate the card.
I thought the card came together nicely and felt pleased with the result!

 In CI's ATC packs, there are the above info cards included.  You fill one out, then glue it to the back of your ATC before trading!

That's it for today!  I hope you guys enjoyed my project!  Have a great day!
Shelley

Creative Imaginations Products used:
Life as Art ATC Pack
Petite Twinkling H20 in Stargazer
Twinkling H20 in Rose Gold
Twinkling H20 in Apple Blossom
Beautiful You 5x12 Card Stock Sticker Sheet
Beautiful You Die Cut Shapes
Preposterous Transparent Die Cut Shapes
Mixaparts Pods - 3 Pack #29617
Mixaparts Shabby Chic prepack #29613
Majesty Resin #29624
Eye Candy in Light Rose - Small
Eye Candy in Light Rose - Large

50th Wedding Anniversary Album/Cigar Box for cards

I made this 50th Wedding Anniversary Album for my friend's parents!  The cover papers are by Creative Imaginations, and the book is by Heart of Texas Studio.

This was a picture of them when they were around 13 years!!

We put baby pics in, then high school pics.

Navy pics, then some young family pics!

More family pics!

Great times at the beach!

Some more current pictures!

The back of the album.

 I also made them a decorated cigar box to hold their 50th Wedding Anniversary cards that they received from friends and family!  I loved this picture of them, and decided on it in lieu of a more traditional one!

 I papered the inside of the box, as well as the outside.  In the bottom, I put felt.

Together, the items were very pretty, and I was pleased with them!

They seemed to like them, too!


Thanks for looking!

BLOG HOP!!!

BLOG HOP!!!

Creative Imaginations and Faber Castell Design Memory Craft

have teamed up for an awesome BLOG HOP

From August 27 - 31!

Check it out for fun project ideas, inspiration, and tutorials!

Remember to leave a comment on each blog for a chance to win!

Creative Imaginations and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft will

be each be giving away a $50 prize pack!

The blog hop will end on August 31st, at midnight.

The winners will be announced on the companies' blogs on September 4th!!

And, now, BLOG HOP!!!!

If you have arrived from Rita Barakat's blog, you are at the right place!  To start at the beginning of the blog hop, head over to Faber Castell Design Memory Craft!


Here is a sneak peak of how to use Faber Castell Gelatos.

For this page from a 50th Wedding Anniversary Album I made for my best friends' parents, I used the metallic gelatos in silver and gold to help me with the shells at the bottom of this page.  

 Overall, in the book, I used black and white papers, with black, white, and gold embellishments.  For the shells at the bottom of this page, then, it was great to have such a creamy, easy-to-use medium to make the shells a nice gold color.   At the top of the page, I used the same gold Gelatos to edge the trim, keeping with the theme of the 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Here is a close-up of the bottom of the page so you can get a better look of how fully the Gelatos let me cover the shells.

Thank you for letting me share this sneak-peak with you!

My full project, including pictures and in-depth instruction will be on my blog

on Friday, August 31st!!!

Products Used:

Metallic Gelatos by Faber Castell
Paper from Antique Creme 6"x6.75" Paper Pad
Antiques Frames Transparency 

Next, you should hop right over to Jill Foster's blog to see what awesome stuff she's made!

Thankful Heart 12"x12" layout