She Art Canvas

I made another She Art canvas. This time around I was really hesitant on making a "She" and creating a background. I actually had to tear my first attempt to use patterned paper off the canvas. I didn't feel quite the same creative freedom as I had just using acrylic paint.

My girl really goes more with my fun, (going to label myself now) whimsical tendencies. These canvases are really fun to create and I get to use stash that I wouldn't normally. I grabbed a 6" paper pad I received in a Pink Paislee warehouse sale box, used bead caps that have been around since my polymer clay days, and rubons (BoBunny, Cosmo Cricket, We R Memory Keepers) that were left over from other projects. Even stamps. . . rarely do I ever use stamps but I managed to dig out different stamps.

I really went through  bling withdrawl the last time so I worked it in to create texture.  What appears as white spots in the photo are actually silver foil. These are really fun to create but what am I going to do with them? Next time I think I will need to add Riley's face to the pictures.

Something's missing from this layout

I've had this layout done without photos for a few weeks now. I still can't put my finger on what's missing. The pewter heart brad from Creative Imaginations is the "pull" for a hidden journal card. I popped the arrows using K&Company paper. Chipboard hearts are Maya Road; you can probably even see my fingerprints in the red ink on the white hearts. And the hearts that are color on color were punched from a Fiskars punch and distress inks. Please help me figure out if something is really missing.

Fairy wings and fulfillment layout

Here are photos of the fairy wings we made for Riley's party. We have 16 different colors and each has a different design. They smell yummy (like all the flavors of Koolaid).


Riley and I just finished our layout for Day 2 of the Challenge of me class. Gees I swear it's difficult to think of things to write. I am not one who usually journals. I pulled a quote from somewhere this morning and plopped it on a photo. I used Fancy Pants, Heidi Grace chipboard, Prima flowers, Tsukineko chalk ink, fiskars punch, Oriental Trading brads, May Arts ribbon, Mrs. Grossman stickers, flower and bling from Lakeshore. As always, it's never what I intended when I started.

Mix and Match layout

I am horrible at mixing and matching papers and manufacturers. I don't think it's a matter of patterns but a need to feel a little OCD about it. The prompt for Day 19 of LOAD was to create a list of what you wouldn't do. Well, I don't do lists for one. Seriously it gets me nowhere.

As I was cleaning up my stuff yesterday and feeling a bit behind on the layouts (it is Day 21 you know) I went and grabbed a bunch of stuff that was all the same color. Scenic Route was all about left overs from last year's Memory Works Retreat. I got a ton of stuff there. In the end I used. . .
Sandy Lion paper, Scenic Route diecuts, CTMH, bling, popsicle sticks, SEI stickers, DCWV, Fiskars chipboard, and Oriental Trading chipboard. So this lead me to my "I won't. . . " topic for the day.