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Creative Embellishments and CSI Color Stories Inspiration Case 160

03 Apr 2015 Comments Off on Creative Embellishments and CSI Color Stories Inspiration Case 160

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: Case 160, Color Stories Inspiration, Creative Embellishments, CSI, Scrapbook challenge

Creative Embellishments is sponsoring CSI Color Stories Inspiration this month, so our fantastically talented team members got to try their hands at cracking a few cases this month! 😀 Be sure to check out the info under their “Our Mission” tab to find all the rules for their challenges and come play along with us! First up is Case #160 (check back later in the month for Case #161 and #162 too). Here’s the info you need in order to crack the case:

A close up of the sketch you’ll be using for this one:

To see how our team (including me) cracked this case, and get all the challenge details, visit the the CSI site HERE. Our team members will be sharing our projects on the CE blog individually over the course of the month for each of the 3 cases we cracked. First up is Shona, sharing her AMAZING take on this case HERE. I hope you follow along with our blog throughout the month and participate in these fun challenges with us too! 😀

Creative Embellishments and Scrap Around the World

12 Feb 2015 5 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 scrapbook layout, 13 Arts, baby, beach bum, Creative Embellishments, mixed media, SATW, scrap around the world, single page

It’s been ages since I last crafted, so it was great to take some time out to create a layout using some of my favorite Creative Embellishments chippies, veneers and an adorable flair button. 😀 CE is sponsoring Scrap Around the World this month and their incredibly talented dt members were given the opportunity to guest design for SATW as well! Check out this post CLICK HERE on the CE blog to see teams amazing examples for the SATW challenge! Here’s the gorgeous mood board SATW has to inspire us this month:

I was inspired by the natural, earthy colors, flowers, waves in the lady’s hair, the wood. Here’s what I came up with:

Remember, SATW offers many prizes to their challenge participants! CE is offering up a $30 gift certificate to their store which will be awarded to the 3rd place winner for their February Challenge, so be sure to read all the challenge details and rules for entry and upload your project inspired by their mood board by the end of the month!

Check out the challenge details here: FEB CHALLENGE

The CE guest dt post on the SATW blog: GDT POST

CE products used on my project (click the images to be taken to the store listings) 😀

#, 5, hugs and kisses – layout for Creative Embellishments

22 May 2014 Comments Off on #, 5, hugs and kisses – layout for Creative Embellishments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page multi-photo layout, 13 Arts, arrows, Creative Embellishments, father and son, flair, gears, laser cut chipboard, Wood Veneers

Hi everyone! I’m up on the Creative Embellishments blog with a layout to share. 😀 This pic was taken almost 2 years ago and captures a little ritual that would happen several times a day, every day. Over and over again, Christian would say…Pound? Five? Hug? Kiss?…then all over again. 😀 Here he is slouched on the couch just like Daddy. 😀

Top cluster:

Bottom left cluster:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Rock On flair
CE Hugs and Kisses title piece
CE Steampunk Corner set
CE Wood Veneer Hashtags
CE Wood Veneer Numbers
CE Wood Veneer Arrows
13 arts papers
Distress ink
Jacquard Lumiere paint

TFL!

Like a Mother to Me – layout for Creative Embellishments

08 May 2014 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, acrylic paint, baby, Distress Stain, flourish, frame, grandmother, laser cut chipboard, role model

Hi everyone, it’s Thursday again, which means I’m up on the Creative Embellishments blog with a layout to share. This week, I went with a page featuring my mil. I’ll be honest, I really struggled with how to do this page. My mil is a very simple woman and likes simplicity. My daughter’s favorite color is purple (which I struggle with) and she loves flowers, but my mil likes CAS. What a really wanted to capture is what a wonderfully inspirational and fabulous role model she truly is. I hope I did her justice. For my page I incorporated one of the new fancy rectangle frames which I altered with a couple of different distress stains and blended together. I did the same with the antique clock which I topped off with one of the new Mother’s Day flair pieces and the green part of the Spring flourish. I then colored the flowers on the flourish using Pitt artist markers and while it was still wet, went over it with gesso to mute the color, yet have it bleed through. I worked it with the brush to draw out more of the color and create some variegation. Here’s how my page turned out: