~Sticker Books - Fussy Cutting Cont ~

This is a continuation from my previous post on fussy cutting. My kids get sticker books from time to time and most of them are not really my style for scrapping because they are so animated. However, I bought a few with some amazing illustrations. In this layout I used additional pieces from the damaged book I mentioned in my last post and I also used a couple little fairies from a used sticker book. Here is my latest layout with a pic of my daughters Rylee and Brooklyn. I drew the tree and cut it out. I outlined it in copper stickles.

This was a butterfly image I cut from the book I mentioned in my last post. The cute little birds are Dusty Attic diecuts. The bird house in the following photo is actually cut from a photograph that I took.

Here is a closer look at the little fairy images I cut out of their book along with some hearts from the damaged book. The rocks and grass are really easy to do and I did a tutorial on them that can be found under tutorials to the right of my blog.

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~ Fussy Cutting from Damaged Books ~

Cutting out images from pages can be very time consuming, but it is so worth it in the end. I recently did a page with a ton of fussy cutting from a childrens book that had been damaged. It was a way for me to recycle it before throwing it away. I was able to salvage many of the floral images and a couple of other cute little things from the book. This layout features items from Dusty Attic as well. The little girl belongs to some friends of ours and I couldn't help but scrap these adorable pics I took of her.

Here is a close up of a couple of clouds and a couple of the butterfly dies from Dusty Attic. I painted the clouds with gesso and outlined them in baby blue stickles. The butterflies were both misted with smooch spritz and also outlined with dark purple and fruit punch stickles.

All of the cut outs I did I outlined in Stickles for added flair and dimension. The grasses were made with cardstock and thick mulberry paper.

I don't recommend cutting up a decent book, but if you come acrossed damaged books with wonderful illustrations, I suggest trying something like this out. What a great way to have a unique page and recycle at the same time.

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~ Recycled Plastic Bag Flowers ~

I have a huge amount of plastic bags from the local grocery stores and this is because I always seem to forget to take my canvas bags to the store with me. I can't justify throwing them away, so I decided to start making things out of them. The first thing I made was some flowers. I was totally excited with how they turned out and at this time it would take me too long to do a video on how to make them, so when I get better I will do my best to put something together for everyone to see. I did make extras to sell in my Etsy, by the way ;)! The first set I made for this layout of my daughter Rylee.

For these butterflies I used canvas and die cut the shapes. Then I just inked them with different colors of alcohol ink and used Stickles for the body. They have a neat grungy look.

So here is my large 4 inch plastic bag flower that I made. I dyed this one with reds and browns. You can also get a good close up look of the molding paste that I peppered with black sparkles.

Here is my smaller 2 1/2 inch matching flower. The three little stitches are done using black wire. This layout was used with items left over from my May Swirlydoos kit.

This is a pic of one of my sets at my Etsy right now. There is a 4 inch and a 2 1/2 inch flower in each set.

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Wow This Month Flew By

But that's really not what this post is about, however, I really do feel like this month was a total blur. I thought I would drop off a couple more layouts to share with you. These both feature Dusty Attic products. This first one is a pic of my youngest holding one of her several baby dolls. I used a Dusty Attic butterfly and the gorgeous vintage clock and the bottom.

I decorated this butterfly with smooch paints and Stickles for the body.

Lace is one of my favorite things to work with and I had some of this gorgeous vintage lace laying around. I just glued it along the backside of the chipboard.

Here is a close up of the closer pic of the clock and other embellies. The fan and grapevine hearts are sold at my Etsy.

This layout was done with a photo of Rylee that she took of herself. She has been doing some amazing photography lately. She set up her camera on my tripod and did this a couple days ago. The paper and embellies came from the May Swirlydoos kit. I added the Dusty Attic music bar and candlestick holder to this one. I just spritzed them with some Shimmerz.

These letters are Bo Bunny chipboard and I shimmered them up a bit too and used white Smooch paint for highlighting.

Look at the tiny details of these die cuts. The flowers used are Petaloo and I through in a little Prima berries.

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May Calls for Scrapbook News and Review

Every month I am going to start posting the current calls here on my blog for Scrapbook News and Review magazine. I am a little late for May, but there is still time to get in your work by May 1st!! Here is a link to the current calls for May and the a link for their online submissions form!

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Current Call Descriptions

Layout Submissions

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Please note that the submission link I provided is for layouts only, but if you would like to submit another project listed in the current calls, you can look to the top right on the SNR page and you will see the tab for "calls." Just move your mouse over that and it will open up and say "submit your stuff," then that will open up a new list of all the submission links for you.

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Dark and Dramatic

After receiving the new Swirlydoos May kit, I knew I had to get dramatic. I love the dark reds and blacks along with all the amazing embellishments.... Plus this kit is screaming for a touch of Dusty Attic. They just go absolutely perfect together. This first layout is one of my daughter Rylee dressed up. For some reason the paper lost it's darkness when I photographed the entire layout as a whole, but it still looks neat. So here is my "Dress Up" layout.

Here is a close up shot of two Dusty Attic pieces. I used this gorgeous border strip and sprayed it first with Tattered Angels ink and then went over it with some Ranger black ink. The form I dyed black and decorated it with some tulle, stickles, and wire to make it look as funky as possible.

I just made some more gorgeous stick pins for my Etsy including this beautiful three rose pin. It goes absolutely perfect with the May kit.

I had to experiment with these Petaloo flowers so I poured some UTEE on the top of it and took my heat tool and melted and mildly burned the flower. It turned out really cool. The flourish is coated with puffy paint and UTEE over the top of that.

This is my take on Beggahuna's monthly sketch that she makes for Swirlydoos. I used all Swirly goodies except for the Music Bar made by Dusty Attic. I have to give my daughter Rylee a big pat on the back for this photo. She took it of my daughters Tyler and Brooklyn. I love the contrast of it.

The white stamping was done with the mini Prima music sheet stamp and I used gesso. Works awesome for stamping and look how much the white pops off the black background.

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~Creating Wonderlands with Dusty Attic~

There are so many amazing dies that Dusty Attic has to offer. I recently worked with some of their clouds, branches, and birds on these two layouts. If you love creating a scenery effect or paper piecing type of layout you will especially loves these dies. Swirlydoos recently stocked their store with Dusty Attic products, but they are selling out SUPER fast!! Here is another creation of Tyler as "Little Miss Muffet"! Other than the Dusty Attic branches and Prima spray, I used all products from the April Swirlydoos kit.

Here is a close up of these wonderful branches. All I did was lightly ink them.

This is a close up of some the little details I did on this layout. Some pink skittles and stickles!!

I didn't get any closeups of this particular layout, but the fun is more in the entire scene of it. I used some gesso on these Dusty Attic clouds and chalked the bottoms with a light blue color. As for the little birds, I inked them in a way that their bellies stayed natural. The fiber at the bottom is Prima natural paper.

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