Lindy's Stamp Gang March Color Challenge

I have been having fun playing with my Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays and embossing powders. I made a project for the March Color Challenge. 

You can head over to the Lindy's Stamp Gang Blog to check it out.

The Lindy's shimmery goodness does not show up well in the pictures, but it really wows in person. 

 The idea started out as a card but transformed into a luminary using cardstock, chipboard, vellum, and of course LSG products.

Here you can see the different colors created when the battery operated tea light alternates hues. So pretty!

This project sort of took on a life of it's own. I added more and more as I went. It was fun though. I made an arched window cut file and used my own bird and flower cut files. The base is chipboard covered in white cardstock then sprayed with  I'm Late, I'm Late Slate  then spritzed with Silent Night Silver. I used a Crafter's Workshop brick stencil and applied Golden Light Modeling Paste. When the paste was dry, I brushed the Slate and Silver on the bricks with a water brush. A little watered down  Midnight Rendezvous Raven allowed me to add some shadows. I added patches of Silver Moon Turquoise embossing powder for a little more glam and depth.

I made REALLY SMALL handmade Regal Roses from white cardstock sprayed with
Alpine Ice Rose and Hibiscus Rose

The leaves and vines were also cut from white cardstock and colored with 
Green with Envy Green spray. The tiny vine and tendrils were made with cloth covered florist wire that I stained with Green with Envy Green. That cute little birdie looks great in Bachelor Button Blue.

The stained glass window is vellum sprayed with the Bachelor Button Blue, Alpine Ice Rose, Hibiscus Rose, and I'm Late, I'm Late Slate.

On the inside, I sprayed the brick stencil with the slate and laid the stencil on top like a type of stamp.

You can check out the March entries and join in on the April challenge over at the  
Lindy's Stamp Gang Blog


Lindy's Stamp Gang products used:

Sprays

Alpine Ice Rose
Hibiscus Rose
Bachelor Button Blue
Green with Envy Green
I'm Late, I'm Late Slate
Silent Night Silver
Midnight Rendezvous Raven

Embossing powder

Silver Moon Turquoise

Chalk It Up For A Sketch Challenge

My favorite online scrapbook store, Scrapadabadoo, started  new FaceBook group called Scrapadabadoo Crafts. They are having a sketch challenge this week and I wanted to join in on the fun. This is my interpretation of the sketch.

The patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye Chalk Studio. I added some chalk, washi tape, and glittery dots from Recollection. The flower is a cross between my "pretty flower" and my "tattered flower". (I will have a flower video soon for this one. In the mean time you can always watch the pretty flower & tattered flower videos) 

I tried something new. I video taped while I made the card then edited the video and sped it up. I taught myself how to narrate over the video. I ended up with this 5 1/2 minute video  of making this card. It goes by pretty fast, but this is my first time to try this so I think it is alright.
enjoy

Goodies from Scrapadabadoo

I got another order from my favorite online scrapbooking store before, Scrapadabadoo.

This time it was filled with Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays and some fun scrapbook paper.

The paper from Fab Scraps, French Heritage,  is Fabulous! I told my hubby it was my new favorite paper line but he just laughed and replied that I say that with every new paper line. LOL

Honestly, the pictures of this patterned papers do not do it justice. It is sooo pretty.

Normally, I would hoard this paper and not want to cut it. I forced myself to use some of it. I will admit that I am kind of happy that I did. 

I used my new LSG sprays for the flowers and ribbon. The handmade Open Rose and seam binding were a mixture of Alpine Ice Rose and Autumn Maple Crimson. Both yummy colors! The 3 darker flowers were sprayed with the crimson spray and i made a sort of messy Loose Rose with them. I added some seed beads to the centers. The leaves were actually left overs from another project.

So now that I cut into one of the Fab Scraps French Heritage papers I will be able to use the others soon and not just hide them away in my craft cube...then again...LOL