Chipboard Diorama Process Video Part 2

Chipboard Diorama Process Video

Please click on the above link for Part 2 of the Chipboard Diorama Process Video.  Enjoy!

Chipboard Diorama Process Video

Chipboard Diorama Process Video

This project has been completed for a while now.  I had to wait until I had some time to edit and process the video for upload.  There are two parts to the video and, in the beginning of part one, I explain how I came up with the idea and what materials I'll be using.  My hope is that this will be a family keepsake for the twins and bring back memories for them as they get older.  Please click on the above link to be directed to my YouTube channel.  Thanks!

Mini Album Process - Page 1

This is the process video for Page 1 of the mini Album.

New Mini Album Process Videos - A Hike in St. Martin - Introduction

I finally finished the mini album that I had planned and started months ago.  Life got in the way and I had little time to spend on my crafts.  I've slowly been getting back into it and I hope to have some interesting projects coming up soon.

This album is inspired by the hike that we were on and I made it into a little backpack.  It contains all of the pics from a hike that we took in St. Martin.  I had so many pictures that I felt that a mini album was in order.  I had the Basic Grey paper collection, Green at Heart, that I had been hording and I knew that it would be perfect for this project.  I used paper bags for the base of the album and included quite a few tags.  This introduction video is narrated by me and explains my idea for the album while presenting some of the materials that I use in the album.  I accidentally uploaded the Page 1 process video before I uploaded this introduction video.  So if you go to my YouTube channel you'll see Page 1 listed first.

I had to break up the process into several small videos to keep them from being too long and boring. Unfortunately, I also had to speed up the videos to get as much as I could in there.  It takes a long time to upload the videos and ties up my computer so I'm going to just keep plugging away at uploading when I can spare the time but it could take several days.

I hope you enjoy this process and, as always, if you have any questions, please feel free to comment either here or on my YouTube channel.

Thanks for stopping by.

Perfect - a mixed media layout process video

I consider this to be a very simple mixed media layout.  I had the idea that I wanted to use up some of the embellishments in this Prima Seashore collection because I am coming to the end of my project. I didn't use a sketch for this layout.  It just kind of came together when I decided to use the pieces from the collection.  I did some stamping and used some spray ink for a quick and easy background.  I used some stickers from the paper collection as embellishments and also created some embellishments by stamping and embossing.  Hope you enjoy this process and are inspired.  Thanks for visiting.

SUPPLY LIST

• Paper: Prima Seashore collection; cardstock from stash
• Embellishments: cut-a-parts and stickers from paper collection
• Stamps: Inkadinkado - Old coins; Crumpled Edge Border stamp - Mgft. unknown; Hot Off The Press - Delicate Patterns - Dictionary 
• Embellishments:  Queen & Co. - Half back pearls - Sunflower Yellow
• Pen: Ranger-Distress Marker-Walnut Stain
• Embossing Powder from stash

Formal - a mixed media layout process video

It's been a while since I posted this video on YouTube.  I have been really busy lately.  I love the colors in this layout.  I love blue and especially teal. I also just love how this layout turned out.  I had so much fun with the materials that I used on this page.  I worked from a template and you know that I usually don't stick strictly to a sketch when I use one.  However, with this layout I really stuck with the template for the most part.  I use some modeling paste with a stencil and some spray ink.  I color some trim and  die cut some tags.  Lots of pearls add a really nice finish. The part that I am really happy with is the way that I used the silver jump rings to attach the gauze paper tags  to the lace trim.  I hope you are inspired by this layout and enjoy the process. Thanks for visiting.

SUPPLY LIST

• Paper:  Prima Marketing - Sea Shore Collection; DCWV-Bright Metallic stack; DCWV - Gauze Paper stack; Doily from stash
• Dies:  Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Tiny Tabs & Tags
• Stencil: Moments - Laser cut - Stencil - classics
• Trim: Sewing Notions - white lace trim
• Findings: Silver jump rings - from stash
• Molding Paste - Liquitex
• Ink: Smooch Spritz - River Mossy; Rub N Bubb - Gold
• Pens:  Prisma Color -Primiere - .05 - Blue
• Embellishments: Queen & Co. - Candy Shoppe - Bubbles ; Nicole - Decorative Accent shells

Donuts At Sea - Layout Process Video

This was one of those layouts where I started out with a vision that didn't quite make it as I imagined it to be.  You know those layouts that just take on a life of their own as you create them.  I started with an 8 X 11 layout sketch that I had planned to adapt to a 12 X 12 layout.  The sketch showed lots of square mats of patterned paper and so I started by cutting out squares of different colored paper. However, it just looked too busy, especially after I was done with the background.  As I started creating my background, I knew I wanted to use my new Lumiere paints but I wasn't really sure what I was going to paint.  It just seemed like my brush wanted to paint squares of color and so that is what I did. Once I added the paint squares to the page, the square mats of paper no longer fit.  So after settling on just a couple of mat layers for each picture, I also matted my photos with some black cardstock, which really allowed them to pop off the page.  I cut up a cellophane bag that I got from a weekend crop that I attended recently and used that in my layers.  I felt that the color of the circles fit with the scheme.  I like to create my own embellishments from time to time and I got the idea to create some donuts with modeling paste.  They came out okay, except that on a couple of them I made the holes too big.  Oh well, I just tell myself they are just whimsical.  Ha!  I added some glitter and seed beads to my donuts (even thought the ones in the pics didn't have sprinkles) because it made them more interesting.  I was real satisfied with this layout in the end.  I like the Deco feel of the layout after I outlined the squares with black lines and did the random stamping of words around the page.  I hope you enjoy watching this process.  Thanks for stopping by.

SUPPLY LIST

• Paper:  Prima Marketing - Seashore Collection; Cardstock - from my stash and my scraps
• Mediums:  Liquitex modeling paste; Glossy Accents; Martha Stewart glitter - crystal course; seed beads - from stash; Gesso - Bob Ross
• Ink: Distress Ink - Black Soot; Ranger Alcohol Ink - Pink Sherbert
• Tools: Sew Easy - Strait Stitch; We R Memory Keepers - Corner Rounder - 1/4" and Deco 
• Paint: Lumiere by Jaquard - Halo Pink Gold, Halo Blue Gold, Pearl Turquoise; Americana Acrylic Paint - Calypso Blue; Anita's All Purpose acrylic paint - Carmine
• Thread: Making Memories - Embroidery Floss - Red
• Stamps: Basic Grey - Indian Summer; Hampton Art - Foot Longs - Alphas; Jillybean Soup - Discover 
• Misc.: cellophane bag from stash - polka dot
• Pens: Pigma Micron - Black .08 - Sakura