Here’s the second card I made in the Merry Making class. Here, I tried out this new snow flurry technique with embossing powder – once again, I’m blown away by how amazing this looks and how easy it is!!
It’s hard to photograph this card so here’s the detail:
I’m hoping to squeeze in some more time to catch up with the rest of the lessons. I’m having so much fun!
On the spur of the moment, Monday I signed up for the Merry Making class at Online Card Classes. I have never taken a class there before and decided to sign up because I liked the sneaks, but to be honest I didn’t have too many expectations. Plus, I am still getting settled in the new home and super busy, so I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to do much. But then I started watching the first two videos/examples, and I was blown away!!! I just had to try those techniques! So here are my first two cards. I love that I learned something new, and I love how these cards turned out!
The first card I made is this bokeh background. Love it! I used Distress Oxide inks for the background – peacock feathers, salty ocean, faded jeans and black soot.
Check out the next post to see the second card I made!
Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day! I made two pages using the new releases from Jenn Barrette!
Credits:
Happy DSD!
After the death of my previous blog (http://cristinascrap.blogspot.com) when all my hosted images went POOF, I decided to start my own website. I brainstormed a few possible names, and then settled on this one: Paint It Bright. Because I love bright colors – in the clothes I wear and in the projects I create – and I think having a positive attitude makes things better. Welcome, and please be patient as I work on retrieving the content from my previous blog and setting up this new space.
Hello hello! There’s only one month left to Christmas, and most of my scrap pages now are devoted to the holidays, past and current. I used the new products from The Lilypad (20% off this weekend) and had lots of fun making these pages!
Do you have an Elf on the Shelf in your family? We do and love this tradition, and we also have a reindeer and, as of this year, a St. Bernard. 🙂
The Memory Pockets Monthly: WONDER collection is a perfect fit for my style! I cannot wait to print out the journaling cards to use in my Project Life album! In the meantime, I made some digital pages.
Brrrr indeed! It’s gotten cold all of a sudden and winter has most definitely arrived!
This page was so fun to make! I was inspired by all the circles in one of the cards in the Memory Pockets Monthly: WONDER collection to make this page. I love how it turned out!
As we wrap up this year, I like to look back and add up all the things I have done this year. 2015 has been a fabulous year for me; at the same time, I have stressed way too much about things beyond my control… so I hope i have also learned a lot this year, and I’m ready for an even better 2016.
This is the title page of my 2015 Project Life album. (2015 editable calendar by Designs by Lili at The Lilypad)
This year I have been doing LOTS of paper scrapping, and for the first time ever I’ve done more paper LOs than digi.
Scrapbooking:
Books read:
30
Miles flown:
approximately 50,936 miles
Cities visited (i.e., stayed at least 1 night):
15
Degrees earned:
1
Awards won:
2
Newspaper interviews:
2
Pounds gained:
7+ (yikes)
Photos taken:
7,500 circa (2,700 on my phone and 4,800 on my DSLR)
Yes, it’s been a good year indeed! Looking forward to a healthy and joyful 2016!
Wow, 2013 is here already… I am not ready for it to be here yet, but I’ll make the most of it! 🙂 Happy New Year!! 2012 has definitely been a good year for me. I haven’t made any recap pages (yet), but there have been many things to celebrate and be proud of this year. Feeling very blessed…
I wish you a fabulous 2013, filled with joy and health and all good things! I made two Happy 2013 cards – the first one (below) for a friend, while the second one (above) for DH. Both use many of my favorite crafty supplies of 2012 (which you’ll see plenty of in 2013 as well!): Studio Calico stamps, embossing, mists, glitter tape, vellum and sequins. 😉
Happy 2013!
I’m taking a short break today from studying for finals (ugh!) to share two festive ornaments I did for a challenge on the Crate Paper blog. I used one of my all time favorite Christmas line, Snow Day. It’s an old collection, but it looks like you can still find the 6×6 paper pad for purchase. I am glad I still have a few bits and pieces – the paper is of fabulous quality, super thick!
These two ornaments were fun and quick to make! For the rosette, I cut two 1″x6″ strips of paper, scored them every 1/4″ with my new scoring board (I am in love!!), and glued them together. Then I assembled the rosette with my glue gun. I layered a vellum punched snowflake and a chipboard element from the Snow Day collection.
For the tree, I cut different lengths of paper strips and rolled them around a pen. I glued them with the glue gun, then I topped the tree with a Studio Calico wood veneer snowflake, covered in glitter (tourmaline color).
They look so pretty on our Christmas tree! 🙂 Today we had lots of sun, and I was able to take pictures of my December Daily, so I’ll be sharing those soon. 🙂
