Scrappin' Chaos

I am one of the new designers for the Robin's Nest and my specialty is Altered Items. I also happen to have a serious thing for dragons and mermaids. I don't have a lot of practice drawing, but I tried my hand at it for today's project.

I began my project with a white pair of tennis shoes, 

a tracing book by Chris Down, and a pile of Dew Drops!

 I chose a long tailed serpentine dragon for the right shoe and a mermaid with flowing hair for the left shoe. I am not to fond of how her face turned out...but her tail makes me VERY happy! LOL!

On the toe of the dragon's shoe I marked out a treasure pile.
On the mermaid's shoe I colored a treasure chest.

I added dew drops to the toes to give my fairy tale shoes live detail.
Artist Tip: Choose a glue that will move with the shoes or you will be scattering treasure as you walk!

 To finish my side designs I added pearls to the mermaids hair and a gem at her throat. I also adhered a few dew drops to her tail. The Dragon has black diamond dew drops on his wings and a green eye.

The dew drops are SUPER easy to use and so much fun.
My fairy tale shoes sparkle and shine with these perfect additions.

Supplies:

Shoes:Nike
Markers:Sharpie
Idea Book:Chris Down
Glacier Diamond Dew DropsFiesta Diamond Dew Drops
Beach Party Dew Drops
Silver Bells Dew Drops
Christmas Dew Drops

Metalic Gold Dew Drops

Scrap On!

~charity~

The only official rule is that they measure 2.5 x3.5 inches.

~ Make A Wish... ~

Can't wait till I get my set of trades. The group is ultra talented

In May I participated in the Robin's Nest Design Team Hunt with this altered book.
~Captured Memories ~

I am THRILLED to announce that my venture was a success!!!
I will be joining the Robin's Nest Design Team for the July to December term.

Follow along with my newest crafting experience at Chattering Robins.

Scrap On

~charity~

I like to do a Birthday post each year just to share how grateful I am that God has seen fit to keep me here, enjoying this AMAZING life!!!

Today is no different. I got places to see and people to go. 

But first, I've been wrangling with watermark technology. After several paths of misdirection I found this SUPER helpful post on beginner beans. It's an older post...but it checks out!!!

http://www.beginnerbeans.com/2012/09/how-to-make-watermark-in-picmonkey.html

With the help of this post I finally have my OWN watermark for craft images. But why stop there? Here it is on my latest head shot...needed a new one for some upcoming DT announcements!!!

And there it is again, on my jeans...how silly, just like me and my dear friend Venetia! What a day we had wandering around Tacoma and drinking coffee!!!

Yep, nothing like a good watermark to make your life a dream come true!
Have a fabulous day, I sure plan to!!!

Scrap On

~charity~

Today's project is a card for Just Imagine.

The circle frame with punched design uses Kreaxions Circle Cutter as well as Punch #916. I can't say enough how perfectly the Circle Cutter measures out the dimensions exactly. Reproducing a project exactly is a snap!

~ Hello There ~

I like to think inspiration is everywhere. For this card I found the following image on Pinterest and knew I wanted to use it as a sketch. Sticks don't make it through the mail to easily so I settled for modeling paste and a similar shape.

Do you find sketches and inspiration in unexpected places?

Supplies:

Paper:Craftsmith

Modeling Paste:Liquitex

Metal Charms:Michaels

Flowers:Previous Kit

Stamp:CTMH

Ink:Colorbox

Embossing Powder:Zing

Feather Die:Lawn Fawn

 

Scrap On!

~charity~

I've been seeing beautiful mixed media cards with twine and other items looped to add depth to a card. I decided to recreate this look with paper.

~ Celebrate ~

The pink shreds of paper were simple to create and look so striking against the black paper. For this card I cut a 5" circle with the Kreaxions Circle Cutter. I reset the cutter to 1/2 inch smaller and repeated the process till I had several circles. I cut the circles in half and adhered them to the card front.

I trimmed the ends individually until I had a staggered look. I misted a flower to match the paper shreds and and attched it over the top with leaves. The gold crowns have a dot of adhesive and a strand of twine that lets them drape from under the flower.

Supplies:

Paper:Glitz, Fancy Pants, Craftsmith

Florals:Prima

Twine:Queen and Co

Stamp, Ink:Close To My Heart

Crown Punch:Kreaxions #611

Circle Cutter:Kreaxions

Scrap On!

~charity~