Birthday Wishes for Aunt Darlene

Hey all!  Hope you are getting some sunshine where you are.  We finally have had a least 4 days of sunshine. It sure makes everyone a little bit happier.  It was so nice that I got to work out in my yard.  I am blessed to live where we have spring starting the end of February.  I love all the spring flowers.  The colors and smells makes my heart sing.

On my last post I made a birthday gift for my aunt.  I am doing a follow up on the January 7th post.  I have finished up the mini photo book and made a birthday card.

I had ordered Marion Smith's Garment District and hadn't gotten a chance to use it.  As you may remember I used the Mad Tea Party and Nirvana papers for the gift box along with the the mini. I used the Garment District 6 x 6 papers to make the birthday card.  I love it when you can mix and match.  Awesome!

I cut a sheet of solid color 12 x 12  card stock in half, making it 6 x 12.  I then scored it at 6" to fold in half. I distressed the edges of the paper with my Prima distress tool and Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Pumice Stone.
I layered the paper along with a paper doily. Did you notice the pretty lace and trim from my stash. I used a digi image from Saturated Canary - Maxine (colored with Copic Markers).  Maxine reminded me of my aunt in her garden. The flowers are a mix of stash flowers and Prima flowers sprayed with Heidi Swapp Color Shine.  The little butterfly on the flowers is made from the Mod Podge line and colored with Tim Holtz pens.

On the inside of the card is another 6 x 6 sheet of Marion Smith's Garment District and another digi from Saturated Canary - Tea & a Book (colored with Copic Markers).  How many of you Skype?  My aunt and I spritzen (what my husband calls it) quite often over tea or coffee.  I don't feel so home sick when I get to talk and see her.

Here are a few shots of the completed mini that I promised.  Used my stash all the bling and flowers.   The little blue bird is Mod Podge colored with Tim Holtz pens.

Hope you enjoyed Aunt Darlene's birthday gift and card.  I hope she will love it.  But, most of all I hope I have given you some inspiration.  

Wishing you sunshine, warmth and flowers.

Until next time.

Luann

I must!...I must!...I must! Use my all my crafty stuff.

Happy New Year!

Do you make New Year Resolutions?

I did this year.  I, Luann, resolve to use all my crafty stuff that I have horded.

With that said, I have a mini album and a little wood box that I would like to share with you.  I have wanted to embellish this wood box for over three years.  My inspiration was my aunt who dearly loves hot tea, roses, and her birthday this month.  Flamingo Scraps carries the Marion Smith's paper lines Nirvana and Mad Tea Party and match made in Wonderland was made.

First, I gave the box a coat of gesso.  Then painted with a rose chrome metallic paint.  To give the some depth I used Ranger Gold Acryilic Paint and dabbed it on with a piece of towel. I cut the paper to fit by using the box as the guide.  I used Mod-Podge to glue the paper and let it dry over night.  I then gave the paper a top coat of Mod Podge and let it dry for a couple of hours.  I did use Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Vintage Photo and Vintage Jeans to finish the edges.

I used Prima roses, fussie cut a picture from Graphic 45 Ladies Diary paper line and the corset stamp on the Nirvana paper.  I sprayed the blue rose with Heidi Swapp Teal Color Shine for a pop of color.  I just love the way it turned out!

Now the what to in this little box?   I could put in some Rolo's candy (my aunt was telling me about a Rolo Cheesecake she is going to make for her birthday). However,  I went with the orginal idea - mini  

It is a mini 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" .  I used the cardboard I saved from my new 2014 calendar for the center.  I cut the Nirvana and Mad Tea Party papers to size and glued to the cardboard. The edges were distressed with my Prima distresser and inked with Tim Holtz Distress Inks.  I had a Prima Treasures window that just fit. I found a cameo in my stash.  Don't you think it looks like the girl is looking out the window? The clock charm is from my stash.  I'm going embellish the other pages after I find the photo's I want to use.  I'll give you a look when I'm done.

Let's see!  I did keep to my resolution. I used a few things that I had for a time.  I did use some new papers, Marion Smith, which I love. 

If you can't find some of the goodies in the Flamingo Scraps Shop that I used, drop Suzanne a e-mail.  She is awesome locating items for her customers.

Here's to keeping your resolutions and a fantastic 2014!

Until next time.

Luann

Mad Tea Party Journal Page

Hello everyone! Ramona here to share with you my newest Journal page. Mad Tea Party Collection by Marion Smith. Oh how I love these papers!! They have all elements in these collections to do what you want with them. But, I felt like a journal page and so this is what I come up with. Make sure you stop by Flamingo Scraps to pick up All of Marion Smith's collections. Mad Hatter, Nirvana and the newest Garment District. Also be sure to check out the new embellishments from Marion Smith Designs Junque & Gems. So here is my creation... I used some techniques from Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry on these pages. Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them.

Here I cut the Tea Cups, Tea Pot and Hat out of the papers which I love!!! Just went over them with Glossy Accents and it adds so much dimension to the cut out.

I also cut the quote out using the Silhouette. Fussy cut the flowers added some glossy accents and glitter to them to make them magical.

Here is a couple of close ups

Products used
Claudine Hellmuth Studio Kit: Mediums
Prima Tiny Junkyard Findings Vintage Trinkets — Sampler
Prima Wood Icons in a Box – Typewriters & Clocks
Maya Road Trinket Pins Hearts & Pearls
Prima Chalk Ink Edgers — Set of 40 Original Colors Chalk- Teal Damask
Maya Road Trinket Pins Crystals
Tim Holtz Distressed Paints Salty Ocean, Peeled Paint and Broken China
Lindy's Stamp Gang- Time Travel Teal, Tiffany Lou Blue and Magicals Tea Pot Purple
Tim Holtz Stenicil Dot Fade #006

If there is a product that you are interested in Please Contact Suzanne and she will see if she can get it for you.

Also there are still Warehouse Boxes in the store that have some awesome stuff in them...check them out here.
Warehouse Sale Box — Paper Box
Warehouse Sale Box — Embellishment Box
Warehouse Sale Box — Combination Box

Have a great week!!

Designs~By~Ramona

What Goes With What?! Marion Smith Designs!

Have you seen the latest goodies at Flamingo Scraps?!?!?!  Fancy Pants and Pink Paislee and Marion Smith, Oh My!!!  Today, I want to bring back a feature I have always loved that we call What Goes With What!!  Here at Flamingo Scraps, we love mixing different lines and What Goes With What is designed to highlight items which compliment each other, but are not from the same collection.  So here goes -- What Goes With Marion Smith's Mad Tea Party and Nirvana!!

First, here are the GORGEOUS collections designed by Marion!!

Marion Smith Mad Tea Party

Marion Smith Nirvana

Marion Smith Stamps  Of course, the FABULOUS stamps by Marion go with the papers!

Here are just two examples of the FabScraps chipboard that compliment the images in the collections.

FabScraps Chipboard

 


These adorable project hangers, well they go with anything!!

Cosmo Cricket project hanger

The Cosmo Cricket Glitter Sheets are compatible with nearly every die cut system -- how about a clock or doily in glitter!  Christie Tomlinson's Doily Rubons by Pink Paislee are too perfect!

Cosmo Cricket Glitter Sheets

Christie Tomlinson Doily Rubons

These Tim Holtz dies are both new releases and can be special ordered from Flamingo Scraps -- contact Suzanne at flamingoscraps@yahoo.com or suzanne@flamingoscraps.com

Prima Wood Icons

Maya Road Chipboard

Maya Road Keys

Top Hat

Wendy Vecchi bottle

Prima, Studio Calico, and Cosmo Cricket wood veneers are charming additions, and Maya Road and Wendy Vecchi items are just perfect touches!

How do think we did??  Thanks so much for stopping by -- let us know what you think goes with what!!

August 5 - Live Ustream

Join us Live on Monday night - August 5 on Ustream at 8:30 p.m. est

I'm going to make a layout using Marion Smith Designs new release "Mad Tea Party ". These papers are in print now and scheduled to ship to Flamingo Scraps in September.

We hope you can join us live, but as always we will try to record the show in case you miss it.

 

Hope to see you in the chat on Monday night!

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com