All of My Love!

Hello Everyone!
Its time for Drill#49 With Love over at S.W.A.T! We are hoping to spread the love by encouraging you to create some Valentines Cards!! 
Make sure you hope on over to see what you could win just by linking up your Valentine's Day Cards!
And if you need a little more inspiration I will be up on the Art Anthology Ustream Thursday February 12th at 8:30 PM EST sharing how I created this lovely Card. featuring Art Anthology's New Dimensional Gems!

Come Join the Fun Thursday! 

And make sure you share your card over at S.W.A.T. 
before the end of the month for your chance to win a gift card to Creative Embellishments!!

Thanks for stopping by today :)

Seeking Serenity in 2015.....

Hello All, I hope your year is off to a good start! Mine has been a bit rough over the last few months.... as you may have noticed by my missing posts. But the good news is I think that I am getting a handle on things and hopefully I will be back to myself soon! I just need to find serenity. Which is exactly what plan to do in 2015.

As you may know its become a bit of a tradition over at S.W.A.T. to start the year off with a resolutions for the first drill of the year and this year is no different.......

Drill #47

So that's it we challenge you to pick one word for 2015 and create one project to showcase that word.

*projects can be layouts, Art Journal Pages, Canvas or other Altered Projects.

For this month we really want you to be motivated so the winner of this months drills will receive a $20 Gift Card to the......

Now before you leave lets take a look at my word..........

To help me find Serenity I know that I will need to make time for my mind to be at peace and the only time that that truly happens is when my hands are covered in color and my Art Journal is on my desk. So that's were I started.... and this is the page that I ended up with.

To create my page I used Lindy's Stamp Gang mist, Art Anthology Gesso and a few drops of dimensional Crystals.

Thanks for stopping by today!! 

I hope that you will take the time to share your 
One Little Word Project with us over at S.W.A.T

Primary Color Fun!!

This week over at S.W.A.T the Scrap Warriors have a Primary Color Challenge up and  for you!

 I just love working with primary colors!

Here is a peek at the beautiful Art Anthology Products products that I used:

I started by covering my page with some torn dictionary pages. After applying the dictionary pages I gave my page a quick whitewash using some Art Anthology Gesso and a touch of water.

Next I started building my background using Glorious, Heart and Ink Spot Colorations Spray.

This week over at S.W.A.T the Scrap Warriors have a Primary Color Challenge up and  for you!

 I just love working with primary colors!

 Now this is were it started to get real fun :) a stencil I added some paint and my focus word.

With a bit more paint... a few stickers and a touch of stamping my page fell together. Here is a look at the final project.

Now Some details just for fun :)

I had so much fun mixing my primary colors to make more colors! I hope I have inspired you to mix up your colors a bit too! Because now its your turn! make sure you link up your project over at S.W.A.T before the end of the month!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Art Anthology Products Used: Gesso,

Colorations Spray -Glorious, Heart and Ink Spot 

Sorbet- Honolulu Blue, Black Leather Jacket (Not Pictured)

Velvet- Desire, Lemon Tart

Dimensional Crystal -Red Corvette, Blue Bird

Home of the Brave

Hello all Lanette here and I have some Red, White and Blue to share with you too :) 
Recently I have been spending more time at my grandfathers house cleaning and such and let me tell you I have found some treasures! For example I found this picture of my grandfathers Platoon in September of 1944. So i just couldn't resist creating a layout all about him and his service during WWII. 
I started with some luscious Art Anthology Gesso and a brick stencil and this months sketch challenge over at Once Upon a Sketch. Along with this months Mood Board Challenge over S.W.A.T Scrap Warriors I was fully inspired and ready to go!

from there I started to build my tattered flag with some beautiful dimensional crystal.

I coated my little chipboard stars with some gesso while I was waiting for my flag to dry, just one coat an they were ready to rock some Honolulu Blue Sorbet.

With all my pieces ready my layout quickly fell together.

Products Used: Art Anthology -Gesso, Dimensional Crystal, Sorbet, Velvet & Colorations Mist. Bo Bunny- Anthem Collection Pattern Paper, American Crafts- Thickers, Umwow -Chipboard and a bit of cheesecloth. 

Now lets take a look at some details just for fun!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, 

I hope you found some inspiration for your next 

Red, White & Blue project. 

But if you still need more inspiration, please stop by S.W.A.T to check out this months drills! After all there is a $25 Gift Card up for grabs this month!

Lots of Fabulous Color!

Hello All it's my turn up over at Art Anthology! 
As you may already know  This month the Art Anthology Dream Team is focusing on ways to recycle in our art. I decided to use cereal boxes, you can see how over on the AA Blog to see how today.  But before I got started I decided I needed a bit more inspiration to get started. So I went out in search of a sketch and I found an amazing one over at PageMaps. So with S.W.A.T's drill #30 in mind I went to work with my beautiful Art Anthology products in hand. This is what I came up with.

 For Drill #30 you need to include items that spell out the word FLOWER. I used 

(F) Frame (L) Lace (O) Orange (W) Wood (E) Enamel Dots (R) Red

Make sure you hop on over and check this out!! You could win a $15 Gift Card to Paper Secrets!  You have until the end of the month to link up over at S.W.A.T Scrap Warriors.

While I was digging thru my stash to find my embellishments I found these cute little Wood Veneer Glasses from Creative Embellishments. So I hopped on over to check out their monthly challenge and found more inspiration for my layout! For their Challenge you need to use at least 4 of the 10 items they have listed. I used lace, I doodled a bit, enamel dots, paint & m (thanks to my Art Anthology!), Gesso, I dry embossed my cereal boxes and I used a stamp flourish. 

 Just a few closer looks :) 

Don't you just love how bright Art Anthology is!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!
Products Used: 

S.W.A.T Scrap Warriors #28

Its that time again we have another Drill ready for you over at S.W.A.T Scrap Warriors!

Drill #28 

Just Another Sketchy Saturday! 

That's right now twist no trick just a sketch to get your mojo going! Just create a canvas or layout biased on this sketch:

Plus just for an extra push of motivation one lucky player will win this super fun prize:

                                                         

 from the

                                      

Here s my take on the sketch:

Products Used: Prima -Lady Bird Collection Pattern Paper, Prima Stamps, Bo Bunny Doilie, Kaisercraft Bling, Heidi Swapp Mist & UniBall Pen.

Here are some details just for fun:)

Now it's your turn just link up your project by March 31st over at S.W.A.T.

 for your chance to win the Gelato pack from the Paper Bakery!! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

Remember to join S.W.A.T's Facebook Page to keep in touch!

Mixed Media Madness! Join the fun!!

Hello All!! 

Its the March!! Already and its the first Saturday too! So that means we have a new drill for you over at S.W.A.T! This week we are challenging you to jump in to mixed media!

Now, I know that this just sounds crazy for some people and maybe even a little scary. But I promise if you give it a go you will enjoy it at least a little, you might even love it!! As for me I love it! Now don't get me wrong, I love my simple scrapping and my clean LO's documenting my families memories. But I truly enjoy playing with my mixed media products. I just love the process, the techniques and mess! Most of all I love how much you can express using different colors and textures! 

For my project I started with a quote from Dr. Seuss and a few of my favorite colors. I had so much fun creating this panel I hope you like it.

Products Used: Art Anthology Paint, Lindy Stamp Gang Mist, Prima Stamp & Flower, Basic Gray Flower, Misc Puzzle Pieces, Tim Hotz Stamps & Ink, Pink Paislee Tissue Paper and Faber Castell markers & Gesso.

Some details Just for FUN!!

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 Here you can see the piece of tissue paper 

I tucked to give her skirt a little pop!

 I just love  how the Art Anthology 

looks when its been Spackled on!

 And you all know I love my Art Anthology!! 

Just look at the sparkle it adds to her shoes.

Before you go I have a quick slide show to share. It shows my panel start to finish, its up on my YouTube Channel...Now, I just started it so its empty, but it will be filling up fast!! I hope you will take a peek!

I hope that I have inspired you to try something new! I really can't wait ti see what you create!

 Have Fun GET MESSY and share your Art!! 

Just make sure you link up over at S.W.A.T. by March 31st for your chance to win a fabulous prize from the Paper Bakery!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Scrap Warriors Drill #26 -All you need is LOVE!

If you are here for the Practical Scrappers Scrap your Stash Blog Hop Just Click on the Banner. Of coarse before you go you should check out our fun Challenge over at 
S.W.A.T Scrap Warriors!

It's time for another Drill over at S.W.A.T Scrap Warriors! This week we are continuing to share the love long after Valentines day. Our challenge for you this week is to create a project with the theme of LOVE! Your project can be a Card, Layout, Art Journal Page, or Canvas. I created a card for the Practical Scrappers Hop using some Jillibean Soup, but I just couldn't stop there I had to get a little messy! So here is a fun canvas using lots of mixed medium products even some Art Anthology!! I 'm even working on a slide show video to show you how I created this little canvas. I will let you know as soon as its done.. It will be my first one so its a bit of a learning curve :)

Some Details for fun!!

Well I hope that you have been inspired to create something lovely today! Just make sure you link your project over at S.W.A.T Scrap Warriors by the end of the month for your chance to win a super fun 3 Scrappy Boys Kit!