Here’s My Little Monster decorating his pancake! Ethan is such an artist. While waiting for his food in restaurants, he will often doodle or take pictures using my cellphone’s camera. And when the food arrives, he sometimes re-arrange how the food was served … he really couldn’t contain the artist in him! He’s always doing something creative.
Here’s a layout I did for my friend’s niece, Julia. The moment I saw this photo I knew already what papers to use. I have always wanted to explore the combination of yellow, purple, green and black on my layout and these colors are exactly on these lines: Posh Posies and Little Black Dress. I’m happy to be able to mix and match these two lines.
To create this layout:
1. Use a white cardstock as the base. Place a mask at left side of the layout. Spray yellow mist and remove mask. Let it dry.
October 5 is World’s Teachers’ Day! I’d like to greet all the teachers in the world who has touched so many lives by their caring and loving hands. Happy Teachers’ Day too to my mom, my first and greatest teacher. My mom is a professional high school teacher for almost twenty five years and I’m so proud that she didn’t only made a difference in our lives but to many children as well.
Anyway, here are the cards Ethan and I made for his teachers last year (Ethan helped a little ; )
It was my first time to use this color scheme – deep red, yellow orange, light blue, white and black. I love how this turned out! The rich color of red is just right for the light blue background.
The letter “t” is a negative part of a chipboard block. Actually it’s a leftover. I painted it with black and doodled the frame.
It has been awhile since I last posted here. I’m so happy to be back and creating again!
Here’s a layout I’ve just finished this afternoon (it’s hot off the press because my box just arrived today!) using Posh Posies – Groovy and Mod and Beautiful Day – Kite papers and rub ons
This is Ethan while playing with his camera (it’s a real one but we didn’t put film on it). Since he was so used to seeing his dad with his SLR camera, he pretends that his camera has an LCD screen too! Everytime he presses the shutter, he will take a look at the picture he took, although there isn’t really a screen to look at to! I love that he uses his imagination to play.
other materials used for this layout: buttons, chipboard and pen
You may have noticed some changes to the website. We are so excited to open our doors to the SHABBY GREEN DOOR, a new division of DAISY BUCKET DESIGNS and the debut of our first collection, FARMERS MARKET.
A few months ago, I was inspired by an artist that shared her journey of moving and how that inspired her to recreate a new look and feel for her home. She brought along many of her favorite treasures but chose to repurpose items to fit into their new home. Changing color pallets, putting furniture pieces in rooms they had never been in, and choosing new artwork. She essentially decided to recreate a new space that reflected where they were in their lives now.
As our lives change from season to season, so do we. We grow and become more than we were yesterday.SHABBY GREEN DOOR is that expression of where we are going creatively. Looking at the world around us and seeing things a bit different. Looking for fresh looks with classic style. We hope you will walk through our door and join us as we unlock the door to CREATIVITY and find new inspiration!
… not the usual color combination for a scrapbook layout? That was my initial reaction too when I received this challenge from an online contest I joined recently.
But after reading the requirements of the challenge, I knew exactly what papers and embellishments to use. I have them all with me in my stash. I feel so lucky having my Daisy Bucket papers. DBD has a number of brown papers (in different shades) and even papers that has both brown and white on it!!!
Here’s what I came up with:
To make my layout, I used white cardstock as the base. I was inspired by the circles of the Very Merry paper so I decided to cut all the brown and white circles. I then used the same circle as a pattern.
The papers come from different lines as you see. Merry Wishes is a Christmas collection by the way while Loves Me, Loves Me Not is a Valentine/Love themed collection. The papers are designed so that scrappers like us will no longer have a hard time mixing and matching papers from across the lines : )
To finish off my layout, I embellished the circles and photos with rub ons (Words #9028) in brown colors, whiteVelvet flowers, and white and brown paper ribbons(Polka Dot Chocolate #7715). I added my journaling around the circles (another fun way to write the journaling) in brown ink too.
I really had creating this layout. Sometimes, it’s good to try out a different color combination, don’t you think?
Daisy Bucket released their MY LITTLE MONSTERS collection several months ago… and it’s such an ADORABLE collection too, kristi really outdid herself!
when my lss got the line in, i did a sample layout for them using it. i took the layout down quite awhile ago, as the paper sold out QUICKLY, and it’s been sitting here, waiting for me to put photos on it ever since. and it’s been sitting, and sitting, and sitting, and sitting – well – you get the idea! i didn’t want to post it until i DID put photos on it, but i’m tired of staring at it, and i haven’t found the time to dig out the photos i wanted to use on it – so here it is, in all it’s unfinished glory! LOL!
it’s a pretty simple little layout, something quick and cute to scraplift if you like… i freehanded the hearts and the letters, so if you would like a scan of them so you can print it out and use it as a template to make your own, just e-mail me HERE {just click my name on the page that comes up}
and if you DO make the layout or your version of it, and DO add photos of your little monster{s}, e-mail me a copy, i’d love to see it!
they know the lingo, they know what can be recycled and what can’t, they talk about earth day – i know they have learned about it at school, and i’m equally sure, they don’t quite understand what “green” is all about!
probably my biggest green contribution is that i like old stuff – so i reuse and repurpose things i find at flea markets and estate sales. i love the look of flowers in an old chipped pitcher or vase…
and when i planted flowers this spring, i used several vintage containers…
my favorite new find is also in the garden, i found this piece of wrought iron someone had probably welded together from some scraps. i was lucky enough to find a clay bowl that fit it perfectly too!
i also sell some of my unique finds on e-bay, so i guess you could say i help others recycle too! LOL!
in keeping with the reuse, repurpose, recycle theme – i think multi-tasking your supplies ranks up there are being green as well. i kept thinking that it would be nice if i could emboss with my stamps, you know, just rub over them and get a nice design. well, most stamps aren’t firm enough for that unless you are using REALLY light-weight paper. so i thought about my using my watermark stamp pad to stamp the design with, then embossing it using my stylus. i am quite sure this is NOT an original thought here, just an original thought for me! LOL! so since i REALLY love all of my DAISY BUCKET STAMPS and would like to be able to use them for something other than just stamping, i decided to try my idea out.
i stamped my image on the backside of a piece of cardstock, then embossed the design using a stylus while working on a magazine covered in a sheet of white paper {you don’t want any of the print to transfer to the “good side” of your work}. when i turned it over, there it was – my stamp – embossed! of course, now i could do several things with it, ink it lightly to get it to stand out, or maybe sand it. since i was using the core’dintations cardstock though, which has a color core – of COURSE i chose to sand it! it came out great, the areas that i embossed showed up as a lighter shade of the cardstock, and the raised details from the embossing added dimension. the technique was pretty simple, here’s the finished card…
here are the directions if you want to make your own!
supplies:
Daisy Bucket – stamp – curly tree, Core-dinations – cardstock – flower power – green, blue and brown, Clearsnap – watermark ink pad, 3D dots, file, black pen and chipboard
directions:
1) cut a 5 X 10 piece of chipboard; score at 5″ and fold in half to make card. {chipboard is hard to fold unless you score first}
2) stamp tree top on back of green cardstock and tree trunk on back of brown cardstock using watermark ink.
3) emboss designs using stylus, be sure you press hard enough to emboss well, but not hard enough to tear. it helps to work on a slightly cushioned surface, like a magazine.
4) turn over, sand lightly to bring out the embossed design, then cut out and glue trunk to top.
5) outline card in black ink.
6) for background crumple a piece of blue cardstock. uncrumble, tear edges and lightly sand to distress. adhere to card by just tacking in a few places so that it doesn’t lie perfectly flat.
7) adhere tree using 3D dots
add sentiment.
enjoy the day! get some fresh air and get your GREEN on!
i like to stamp, but i admit, i find myself stamping with black ink a lot, or just stamping a title or sentiment in one color. but there is a WHOLE rainbow of colors out there, and it’s pretty easy to bring them into your stamping. and i’m not just talking about dabbing your stamp into one new color at a time, i’m talking about filling your stamped images with color – LOTS of color…
i always liked to color when i was little… there was something VERY relaxing about opening that big box of 64 colors and rubbing them across the newsprint type paper that they used in coloring books “in the olden days”! LOL! the crayons went on smooth as silk – gliding across the page and filling that black and white image with color. now-a-days, the crayons are waxy and the paper is smooth and it’s just not the same. but if you are like me, you can revive your love of coloring, just in a new way – with your stamps! 2 of the techniques below begin with a black and white stamped image that you get to color in, just remember to STAY IN THE LINES! LOL! (or cheat like me and emboss your image so it’s easier to stay in those darn lines!
i’ve done 3 cards, each with a different technique for adding color to your stamping. i used papers from the LITTLE BLACK DRESS line as well as black and white cardstocks, black ink, and black and white embossing powders (are you beginning to sense a theme?) i wanted EVERYTHING to begin as black and white, so that the colors we were adding would REALLY POP!
for this first project, i used a new product called Smooch. it’s a pearlized ink that you paint on with a brush in the handle. the brush has a semi-rigid, REALLY tiny tip that lets you get into small areas easily. the colors are gorgeous, and they bring a LOT of color to a simple black and white image…
Happy Thoughts Card
Supplies:
Daisy Bucket: Little Black Dress – Dinner with Friends printed paper, Stamps – caterpillar, row of grass, label, happy thoughts and dragonfly
Other: Clearsnap: SMOOCH – gold lame, siren, pumpkin, azure and green apple, Top Boss tinted embossing stamp pad, Top Boss embossing powders – white and black, Prism: black and white cardstock, 3D dots, rhinestones and heat gun
Directions:
1) cut a 4″ X 12″ piece of white cardstock and fold in half to make card.
2) cut a 3″ X 3 1/2″ piece of striped paper and adhere to card.
3) stamp dragonflies, caterpillar and grass on black cardstock using embossing pad. emboss with white embossing powder.
4) color stamps using SMOOCH, then cut out.
5) stamp label on white cardstock using embossing pad, then stamp verse inside label. emboss with black embossing powder.
6) color in label, then cut out.
7) adhere elements to card, using 3D dots to adhere caterpillar and label then add rhinestones to dragonflies.
next… i used pencils by Prismacolor, they are nice and smooth and glide on nicely! they have a blender pencil that lets you smooth several colors together so you can add shading easily…
Great Day Card
Supplies:
Daisy Bucket: Little Black Dress – Black Tie Affair printed paper, Stamps – layered daisy, great day and striped square
Other: Sanford: Primsacolor colored pencils – 2 shades each – light and dark – pink, yellow and blue, Clearsnap: ColorBox Chalk Ink – blackbird and pastel pink, Prism – white cardstock, 3D dots and pink rhinestone
Directions:
1) cut a 7 X 8 piece of white cardstock and fold in half lengthwise to make a 3 1/2 X 8 card.
2) cut and adhere a 2 X 8 piece of polka dot paper to card.
3) stamp 5 flowers on white cardstock using black ink.
4) color 2 flowers pink with blue centers, and 2 flowers blue with pink centers, each with yellow middle petals. color 1 flower yellow with pink center petals and add a pink rhinestone at the center.
— to color and shade: begin with the darker color, and go around outside of large petals, add lighter color at center of petals, then use belnder to combine and smooth out the 2. for the center petals, begin with the darker color at the part nearest the center, then add the lighter color at the tip of the petal, then blend. you can go over the colors again to add depth and a deeper color, just remember to blend each time!
5) cut out flowers and adhere pink and blue ones to card.
6) stamp the striped block using pink ink. when dry, add yellow color to the white areas of the stripe. then cut out, leaving a 1/8 border around the edge. color the border using blue, go over the colors with the blender to smooth.
7) ink the edge of the block in black ink and adhere to card.
adhere yellow flower using 3D dot.
and finally, and this is probably the EASIEST techinique because it’s not really coloring, just stamp your image on printed paper!
Hip Hip Hooray! Card
Supplies:
Daisy Bucket: Little Black Dress – Out on the Town printed paper, Perfect Harmony – Avery, Stamps – birdie and hip hip hooray
Other: Clearsnap: Top Boss – embossing stamp pad and black embossing powder, Prism – white and black cardstock, Marvy – 2″ circle punch, 3D dots and rhinestone
Directions:
1) cut a 5 X 10 piece of white cardstock and fold in half to make card.
2) cut a 2 3/4 X 5 piece of black cardstock and adhere to card.
3) cut a 2 1/4 X 5 piece of polka dot paper and adhere to card.
4) stamp and emboss birds on pink, blue and yellow printed paper; cut out and adhere to card.
5) stamp and emboss sentiment; then punch out.
6) ink edges of circle and adhere to the card using 3D dots.
7) add rhinestones to flower center on birds.
i hope you enjoy these projects and techniques and will give them a try to bring a little COLOR into the basic black and white!
When I said I loved the newest Christmas line from Daisy Bucket Designs, Merry Wishes, I wasn’t lying….I absolutely adore this line!! I wanted to use it for something that wasn’t themed for Christmas so here is what I came up with…I think it’s my new favorite layout!!
I just love the colors of these papers and how much fun is that loopty-loop paper!?! What have you done with this line?? Show us!!
add sentiment.
