Busy Being Happy

Hey everyone, Sherry here (facebook, instagram, and of coarse my blog) today I am bringing you a tutorial on a layered layout using tons of colors and stamped images:) I am in love with the colors and images on this one, so sit back, relax and enjoy!! (Or play along! That's more fun anyways:)) The complete supply list will be shown at the bottom of the tutorial.
So lately I have been in complete and total love with Lindy's Stamp Gang magicals. They have made my heart pitter patter and constatnly surprise me with what I can use them for and where I can add them. So prepare to be amazed..lol!
First off here is the full image of the layout we will be creating together...

I started with a plain white piece or watercolor paper and picked out some rich red toned magicals to create the base of my layout. With the selected colors I worked one at a time allowing each to dry before moving onto the next color. Using a fluffy, dry paint brush I sprinkled the first color where I wanted it to live. Then I sprayed it with water to activate the awesomeness!! Once I had a bit of water puddled up I tilted my page to create some drips. I allowed this to dry then I carried onto the next color and also repeated for the third color. (keep in mind by wetting the page for the second and third color you will slightly reactivate the previous colors allowing for some blending!)

Once the magicals were all dry I made image impressions using black ink and my Bloom Girls Floral stamp set.  I overlapped some images a little but wanted to make sure each flower was distinct and not to jumbled!

NOT PICTURED I made more floral images on a second piece of watercolor paper (aproximately 6) and colored them using the same three magicals I used for the background. Once they dried I fussy-cut them all out.

I love the look what you spray Staboli pencil marks with water, it makes the bleed and spread! So for this next layer I decided where my focal point would be, then I made loose messy circles around where it would be set using the Stabilo pencil. then I lightly sprayed it with a mini mister. Once this is completely dry I made similar messy, loose circles with white liquid ink. and allow this to dry.

Using a thin thread that will stand out against the backround (black), I wrapped it around the layout so it would create more texture that will stick out from behind the focal points.

This next part was a new experiment for me! I have used magicals in a tons of ways, and I have also colored the Bloom Girls in a number of different ways, but I had never used magicals to color a Bloom Girl! So, today two worlds collide!

I made multiple impressions of 'Summer' on blank watercolor paper, keeping one image whole, I cut apart the other images using bit and pieces separately (the hair, the eyes, the lips and the flowers).
I then colored each piece separately and using the full image I colored the skin. Once all colored and dried, they were reassembled using liquid adhesive being VERY sparing!(you dont want any adhesive to stick out from behind the pice your gluing downa s it will reactivate the magicals and will be visible) The only part that was done differently was the flowers, they were assembled using pop dots after the frame was added, this way some of the flowers would overlap on top of the frame.

The frame was a plain chipboard piece when I started with it, but using the ever amazing IndigoBlu Mega Flakes kit I made it metallic and this helped to make the image of 'Summer'  stand out from the background. I have used the Mega Flakes kit in a few other projects on stamped images but this time i wanted to show its versatility and how it can by used to change embellishments and chipboard as well! (QUICK how-to on Mega Flakes for chipboard pieces:1)apply glue to the glue pad 2)press chipboard piece into glue pad making sure to get every piece you want metallic 3)sprinkle Mega Flakes over surface (making sure to have a paper underneath to catch extra) 4)press/rub the flakes onto the surface 5)use scrubby to scrub away any extra pieces... All supplies needed are in the started kit)

This is the fun part, assembly!! I usually don't adhere my main focal point till midway or till the end of the assembly but this time I adhered her first so I could build up around her! So using three layers of pop dots ( I wanted her to sit quite high) I stuck 'Summer' on the the center of where I wanted the focal point.
Once she was down I layered my previously cut floral papers using tape adhesive and pop dots to create layers and dimesntion. I also made my own custom embellies using Bloom Girl metal flowers but using white gesso on them, whenthat was dry I used the corresponding magicals to make them match the other reds on the layout! I finished off the metal flowers with some Bloom Girl brads and half pearls. I added a few words and sentiments to add a 'title' to the page along the bottom edge.

To tie it all together i covered Summer with a spare piece of paper and made platters using liquid white ink. I love to do this over magicals because the moisture of the ink reactivates the magicals a little and will make the ink take on a bit of the color underneath!

I want to thank you for stopping  by and checking out my fun tutorial using one of my FAV Bloom Girls:) make sure to peruse the site and check out more amazing, inspiring projects!! 

Supplies:

Prima Marketing:

BLOOM GIRLS by Jamie Dougherty

*Floral stamp set (#980313)

*Summer stamp (#980160)

*Metal emblishments (#980221)

Other

*Anna Marie brads (#570026)

Lindy's Stamp Gang

Magicals

*Limor Webber Designs magicals- t-bird turquoise, rusty lantern lime, steampunk sepia, steel shimmer

*magicals- cape cod coral, queen of hearts red, curiouser chartreuse, clam bake beige, salt water taffy, sandra dee sepia, cheshire cat cherry, ramblin rose pink, mad hatter mint green, tea pot purple

7 Dots Studio

*Thoughts Keeper word stickers (SDST0031)

You and Me

Ladies and gents... the time has come (almost;)) don't forget to read to the bottom of this post for PART 2 of courteney and my contest give away!!!!!

But, before we get to all of that excitement, lets check out a super fun tutorial I did for a layout using sprays and stencils and all sorts of delicious goodness!

As I start almost all of my layouts, I adhered my pattern paper to a heavy chipboard piece to give the layout support and structure.
I chose two complimentary colored (purple and yellow) sprays. Starting with my 'main' color (yellow) I sprayed a large section towards the top right areas of the page. I wanted a pretty solid area covered so I made sure to use even, firm pressure pushing the sprayer all the way in. I also wanted to allow some to pool so I could tilt the page to create drips. Allow this to dry completely, this will allow the colors to stay separate and not mix/blend together as that isn't the look I am going for today!
Taking my second color (purple) I wanted splatters so I used quick, short, pulse type stroked on the sprayer to create the splatters. Making sure to keep the spray bottle aprox 12" front the paper to allow the drops to splatter some when they hit the paper! Allow to dry completely.
Using the Bloom Girl ricket stencil I applied matte gel medium through stencil onto the layout on top of the sprays! its important that the sprays are dry before you apply this of the paste will pick up some of the spray color!
Apply super heavy gesso through the Bloom Girls 'wings' stencil and allow to dry!

I laid my picture onto the layout where it was going to be placed in the end and traced around it with a pencil, this will allow be to add stamping and know what will peek out from the photo.
then I went nuts with my borer stamps, I like to primarily keep my linear stamps all going in the same direction (in this layout they're all primarily vertical) as opposed to going horizontal, vertical and diagonal! I stamped all along the photo and a little bit in the bottom left corer, this made me feel like the layout was balanced to the eye.

I pulled out my 'Sharon' stamp and inked up just the butterflies around her head. Making sure to mask off the rest of her face and hair I stamped the butterflies around the edge of where the photo would be. Allow the ink to dry completely. Then I rubbed white gelato over the image of the butterflies and gave it a second to set. Using a small paintbrush I painted the butterflies using sprays(orange/yellow) and gelatos (blue). Allow these to dry.
Using a fun rub-on saying I added 'you + me' so it would sit along the bottom right edge of my photo!

BOOM!!!! add a photo with pop dots and we have a fun layout with some fun layers and visual texture!!!

And a few close up pics of this fab layout! THANK YOU for checking it out and playing along!! head over to my blog for more inspirations, tutorials and how-tos!! 

Supplies:
PRIMA
Bloom Girl
-'ricket' stencil (#980405)
-'wings' stencil (#980443)
-Sharon stamp (#980177)
Other Prima
-Bloom Sprays:
Sorbet(#573874)
Iris(#573744)
-Sunrise/Sunset collection 'Celcius' (#960018)
-Metal Paperclips, butterflies (#564643)
-Timeless Memories, metal trinkets (#579791)

OTHER
-Liquitex, Super Heavy Gesso
-IndigoBlu, Limor Webber, Rugged Edge Stamps
-Dylusions Spray: Pure Sunshine (DYC33929)
-Faber-Castel, Gelato: metallic blue
-My Minds Eye, Jubilee: Rub-ons (#JB1069)

Now its CONTEST TIME!!!!
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All ballots go towards a fab gift package, good luck!!!!

XOXOXO
Sherry 

Having a Bloomin good time with Lacie

Ok, so you know how you go to sleep at night and it's peaceful and silent... Well for me this is when my mind goes CRAZY with ideas and project colors and schemes!!!! (No sleep for me) This is how this project idea came to me, I was sitting up at 2am writing all the details my brain would give me so I wouldn't forget!! So this baby has been made out of sleepless nights and embossing powder;)

I will admit that sometimes I get favorite supplies and stamps that I usually reach for. And with this admission I must say that I had never reached for Lacie before, but she seemed to fit this project too perfectly! It has also made me realize I need to ink her up more often:) So before I get started, I challenge you to go into you stash, find an item you bought, that is still in its package and give it some love:) You never know it could become a new favorite!

Alright ladies and gents, here is the full project for my tutorial today!

Now here is where you get to see inside my process! Please feel free to follow along and create beautiful things:) The full supply list will follow at the bottom of the post:) (HINT: Read all the way to the bottom to see hint for a chance to win a fab gift package!!)

I started by adhering my 12x12 paper to a piece of 12x12 chipboard. (TIP: I do this so that my project has more weight to hold the layers I apply and so it's easier to stand up to display later!!) I selected three different shades of pinks in varying tones, light/medium/dark. starting with my lighter tone I sprayed along the whole right edge of the layout then tilted it to create drips, allow this to dry. Using the medium pink spray a smaller surface area along the right and tilt to create drips and allow to dry. Then take the dark pink and in a smaller area splay, tilt to create drips and allow to dry. (TIP:If you spray while colors are still wet the colors will blend, if you wait till they're dry then they stay separate. both looks are beautiful all depending what you like:))
This is when you decide where the image will be located! The reason this is important now is so that you can ensure the right amount of background stamping will peek our from behind your image!
I pulled out three different tones of ink pads (white/medium pink/dark pink). Starting with the darkest color, I made impressions of the Floral stamp. While the ink was still wet I applied clear embossing powder and heat set. Repeat with medium pink, then white. (TIP: keep in ind you have three colors to do so don't overload on the first color, you may end up with to make impressions making the project look to cluttered!)

Now this has got to be my favorite part! Sometimes the most tedious, but its also the most fun because this is where I get to create elements for on my layout!
On a transparency sheet I used the 'Wings' stencil and applied whipped spackle. (TIP: allow this to air dry as using a heat gun will warp/melt the transparency.) Once dry, cut out the wings and set aside for later!
Stamp and emboss medium and small 'Floral' stamp onto white card stock using the same embossing technique as in the previous step, fussy cut them out!
Now we make 'Lacie'!! I stamped her on three different colors of Prima Buff paper, the main image was the color I wanted her skin to be, the other two are what I wanted her hair to be! Fussy cut your full, main image (the one you want her skin to be) then fussy cut her hair out as a whole from the paper that you want the main hair color to be, then fussy cut strands that you want to highlight. Now we assemble 'Lacie' and bring her to life!! Adhere the full cut out piece of her hair onto the full image, then piece together the highlighted stands and adhere them over the full image!  Using alcohol pens to color in her BEAUTIFUL tattoo!

Going back to the background, I pulled out my black ink pad and my FAV background texture stamp, keeping in mind where my image will be on the page, I stamped texture wherever I knew it would peek out from behind her. (TIP: keep your image on hand so you can place her down to check stamp positioning) Again using Lacie as a placement guide adhere one set of your wings down, making sure to use an adhesive that dries completely clear and not stringy! I only put adhesive on the base of the wings keeping the middle and tip to the wings adhesive-free so the would be free to move!

Now I get to adhere all the elements I made!!! I used pop-dots to elevate 'Lacie' and create dimension. Using both pop-dots and flat tape adhesive I arranged the fussy-cut floral images along thee bottom edge of Lacie making sure to have a varying dimensions. I stamped a quote on white card stock and cut it out, using pop-dots I adhered it in place. Using the same clear glue place and adhere the second set of wings on Lacie's shoulder to line up with the first set, also making sure to keep a lot of the wing free to 'flap'! 

And just to tie it all together (and one of my fave things to do on almost all of my projects) I add some splatters of watered down heavy white gesso! (TIP: I have made a some cutouts of all my Bloom Girl stamps to use as masks for splatter techniques so i can cover my image perfectly to prevent unwanted splatter from ruining my image!)

Thank you so much for following along, I hope you were inspired! To follow along my journey please feel free to head on over to my Blog or Facebook:)

Supplies:

PRIMA MARKETING:

BLOOM GIRL

'Lacie' stamp (#980320)

 'Floral' stamp (#980313)

'Wings' stencil (#980443)

'metal embellishments' (#980221)

'Mother' stamp(#980283)

PRIMA MARKETING:

Epiphany Collection words to live by' 12x12 paper (#846862)

Julie Nutting 'buff paper pad' (#910327)

LINDY'S STAMP GANG:

Sprays

Fuzzy Navel Peach

Limor Webber, Chateau Rose

Pink Ladies Pink

TIM HOLTZ

'clear embossing powder

'Distress Ink Pads' (tattered rose and victorian velvet)

FABER-CASTELL

whipped spackle

INDIGOBLU

Limor Webber Designs

rugged edge stamp

OTHER

White ink pad

12x12 chipboard

Alright Bloomies, keep your eyes peeled for upcoming contest detail! Court and I have teamed up to bring you a simple way to win a fab gift package! Hint: watch for details on Courteney's next blog post on April 7!!!

Clockwork Princess with Sherry

Hello my creative friends:) Sherry here to share with you my first project using the stunning 'Emily' in all of her gears and glory! With this being my first post, I must tell you how much I adore gears and anything mechanical. When Jamie released Emily and Quentin, my heart skipped a beat, and I knew my first project had to be filled with metallics and gears!

So follow along as I give you step by steps to this beauty:)

1- Gather chipboard clocks of two different sizes (and arms of the smaller clock), adhere metallic mega-flakes to full surface of both clocks.

2-Stamp multiple images of 'Emily' on white card stock, and one by itself on a 12x12 piece of white card stock for the base. Cut pieces from the other images that you want to pop out for the 3D effect, using pop dots adhere these 'stand out' pieces over the base image. (I chose to make pieces of her hair stand out!) Add some metallic accents using embossing powder.

3-Trace the inner circle of the largest clock. Cut out following just larger then the circle you traced, adhere this to the back of the large clock.
4-Gather chipboard gears of varying size and shape and add metallic accents using stamps and embossing powders.
5-Arrange gears on top of and peeking out from behind the large clock edges.

6- Take small chipboard clock and its arms from step 1 and add white embossing powder to tone down metallics. Arrange small clock and arms behind the assembled elements from steps 3-5.

7-Take out a fresh piece of white card stock. Use multiple background texture stamps, apply embossing powder in different tones of white. Use a background stencil and molding paste to create some beautiful layers of subtle white tones.
8-Using pop dots, adhere your assembled Emily clock to your background page. Add a few pearl gems to accent.
9-Tie it all together with small splatters of watered down white gesso. (make sure to cover up your Emily image to avoid splattering her!)

Supplies used:

Prima Bloom Girl-Emily (#980306)

Prima primary paper- white (#845797)

Prima 6.5"x10.5" bubbles stencil (#961299)

Prima art basics light paste (#961404)

Prima art basics heavy gesso -white (#961442)

Blue Fern Studios- large Roman clocks and gears

Indigo Blu Mega Flakes kit

Thank you so much for checking out my project and I hope you enjoyed! Stay tuned for more Bloom Girl inspired projects:)

xoxo

Sherry