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1st Haircut – Creative Embellishments DT layout

07 Dec 2015 Comments Off on 1st Haircut – Creative Embellishments DT layout

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: chevrons, Creative Embellishments, First haircut, hearts, laser cut chipboard, mixed media, rubber stamping

I’ve been holding onto these photos of Christian getting his first haircut for a little while now, so I figured it’s about time I scrap them. 😀 For this page, I used several Creative Embellishments frames, wood veneers, and alphas. I painted all the chipboard pieces, but left the wood pieces as they are. I love the blend of black, white, and wood grain. 😀 I also stamped the border using CE rubber stamps and black acrylic paint and added background details using their chevron stamp as well. Here’s how my page turned out:

Close up of the title piece I used and alphas:

Close up of the layered wood veneers and frames:

Here are the fabulous CE products I used:

Incentive Jars – Out of this World/Awesome

25 Nov 2015 Comments Off on Incentive Jars – Out of this World/Awesome

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: back to school, children, Creative Embellishments, incentives, laser cut chipboard, maya gold, mixed media, viva paint, Wood veneer

My 3 youngest children attend cyber school rather than a traditional brick and mortar school. We recently had a conference with our family coach and worked on setting some personal and academic goals for the kids. I put together these incentive jars for 2 of them (I’m still working on the third) to encourage them to work on some areas that need improvement. My daughter, Madison, is working on managing her time better, so I’ve set a goal for her for when she should be done with her school work each day. If she reaches her goal, she gets to put a marble in her jar. My son, Matthew, is working on reading for enjoyment outside of the school curriculum and also working on his writing skills, so his goal is to read non school issued books and write a report, summary, or review about what he read. His jar is a bit smaller since it involves doing additional work outside of their regular school work. Once their jars are filled, they earn predetermined reward. 😀

To create these, I upcycled pill bottles from the pharmacy (I have far too many of these floating around). I painted them with Viva Maya Gold paints, which are delightfully shimmery! I then splattered white distress paint onto Matthew’s and wrapped trim around his, but wrapped lace around Madison’s. The title pieces were altered with the same Maya Gold paints, but the wood veneers were all altered using PITT markers. Here’s how they turned out:

The fabulous CE goodies I used:

Imagine Dream Believe Canvas – Creative Embellishments August Challenge

01 Aug 2015 Comments Off on Imagine Dream Believe Canvas – Creative Embellishments August Challenge

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: acrylic paint, canvas, Creative Embellishments, laser cut chipboard, mixed media, Pitt artist markers, Wood Veneers

I love the inspiration image for the Creative Embellishments August Challenge. There’s just so much to draw from it! For my take on the challenge I decided to go with a canvas. I was inspired by the mushrooms, fairies and colors from the inspo image. For the twist, I fussy cut butterflies and dragonflies from some older Webster’s Pages journaling cards that I had in my stash. 😀

I started my piece by dabbing the blank canvas with jacquard paints in 2 different shades of purple. You can’t see it well because one is iridescent. Next, I painted my 6″ Large Steampunk Clock piece black and adhered it to the canvas slightly off center. I painted the Mushroom Set 1, Mushroom Set 2 and Mushroom Set 3 with white acrylic paint, then added the details using Pitt Markers. I blended white paint, modeling paste and coarse pumice to create the textured spots on the caps. The Wood Veneer Mushrooms were altered just using markers and the textured blend for the spots.

I then altered the Fairies by painting the wings black and the bodies white. Again, I used Pitt markers to decorate the bodies and jacquard paints to give the wings some iridescent sheen.

I used two of the title pieces from the Dream Word Set and one from the Inspire Word Set and altered them with white paint and marker.

I then added my fussy cut butterflies and dragonflies. 😀

I had a lot of fun with this challenge and I hope you will too! There’s just so much to draw from the inspo image this month and fussy cutting is one of my favorite techniques! 😀

Here’s this month’s inspo image (the twist is to fussy cut). To enter the challenge please be sure you incorporate at least 1 CE product on your project. 😀

Crazy 4 U – Creative Embellishments July Challenge + Sketchabilities 142

01 Jul 2015 Comments Off on Crazy 4 U – Creative Embellishments July Challenge + Sketchabilities 142

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 scrapbook layout, baby, Creative Embellishments, distressing, laser cut chipboard, mixed media, sketchabilities, Wood veneer

What’s better than an awesome Creative Embellishments Challenge? Combining it with a fabulous sketch by Sketchabilities! CE is sponsoring Sketch #142, so there are even more ways to win a GC to the Creative Embellishments store! 😀

For the Creative Embellishments July challenge, you just need to combine the inspiration photo with the added twist of adding something wood to your project (layout, card, tag, art journal page, altered piece, etc). This month, we were given the option to also combine the challenge with sketch #142. To check out what everyone came up with, be sure to check out this post on the CE blog: July Challenge

This was such a fun challenge for me! I love Karan’s sketches and am always inspired by them. I was further inspired by the colors, fence, and flowers from our inspo image. The blades of the windmill also reminded me of mesh, so I used drywall tape that I painted in the background of my design. CE stamps are so much fun to work with, so I used several of them to create my background which had started out as smooth white paper. I used watered down Distress stains for the base and Distress ink and Stazon ink with CE stamps to create my own background for this page. The chippies (flourish and fence) and drywall tape were altered using acrylic paint (both liquitex and Lumiere). For the twist, I left my CE wood veneer pieces bare so you can really see the intricate detailing on them, which they’re known for.

Here’s what I came up with:

July Challenge inspo image:

Sketchabilities sketch:

CE products used on my page (click the image to be taken to the store listing)

Thanks for looking! Remember, to enter the CE challenge, go to their blog and upload your entry by 11:55 pm ET July 31st. To enter the Sketchabilities challenge, you must upload your entries by July 13th. I am so excited about this month’s challenge and can’t wait to see all the entries!