Scrapadabadoo Blog post Mica Flakes and LSG Sprays

Hello, I hope you are doing well today.
I have posted the details and a video showing this card on the Scrapadabadoo Blog today.
The cut file and pattern for the elk is available in my Etsy shop. The elk is part of a Wildlife set here.
Head over to the Scrapadabadoo Blog to find out more.

New LSG Under the Boardwalk Sprays

I have a couple of chalkboard cards to share with you. I have use the  Under the Boardwalk LSG sprays for the flowers, leaves, and cardbase. Theses lovely sprays are not shimmery like the regular Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays. They appear a little chalky when they dry. There is no chalky residue though so they are great to use on all sorts of projects.

For this A2 sized card, 

I started with a white cardstock base and applied the Raspberry Lemonade LSG using one of the Lindy's "Old Baldy" Dauber Caps  instead of the spray nozzle.

Then I trimmed the top and sides from this sheet from the Prima Optimist 6 by 6 paper pad.

I adhered it to the cardbase.

Next, I cut a white cardstock mat and another piece of paper from the 6 by 6 pad and added some seem binding that I colored with the Raspberry Lemonade.

Then I cut a white cardstock mat for one of the chalk note cards and added some of my handmade flowers that I colored with the LSG sprays.

The centers are from the gems package for the Prima Optimist line.

For this 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 card, I colored the white card base as before, added a layer of MME Chalk Studio patterned paper.

The top layers are chalkboard cards from the Prima Chalk Note Cards pack.

I added one of my flowers colored with the LSG Under the Boardwalk Set and placed a button in the center from the Prima Optimist Wooden Button set.

The banners from the Optimist chipboard stickers set finished it off.

Be sure and drop by the Scrapadabadoo blog to see the other lovely cards I made with the LSG Under the Boardwalk sprays.

Gold and Teal Butterfly Card

I have been playing with some new sprays. I really like them. Here is a sample of the new Prima Color Bloom spray in Antique Gold. (cardbase and square mats)

My favorite color of the Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays, Tibetan Poppy Teal, was used for the teal panel and all the stamped backgrounds. Next I embossed that panel with an Anna Griffin embossing folder and went over the raised areas lightly with Antique Gold Gilder's Paste.

The teal colored tiles are stamped with VersaMark and LSG Midnight Teal embossing powder. (Looks black in picture but changes to teal color when you turn card.So Cool!)

The ribbon is from my stash. Even though you can not tell from the picture, the stitching is teal colored so it is a perfect match.

I made this card to play along with the Scrapadabadoo Crafts FB challenge. The challenges are bi-weekly and just for fun. Feel free to join us. 

Supplies from Scrapadabadoo:
Prima Color Bloom spray in Antique Gold
LSG Spray Tibetan Poppy Teal
Gilder's paste - Antique Gold
VersaMark
LSG Midnight Teal embossing powder

other supplies:
Anna Griffin embossing folder
butterfly stamp
flourish stamp

Over thinking- LSG Sprays on Canvas

So for the 3rd month in a row, I have been over thinking my project for the LSG monthly color Challenge. Since I am just starting my collection, I have to order the products. While I wait for them to be sent, I think about all the things I can do for a project...
I OVER think it. Then I make something, and it is not what I pictured so I wait and make something else. Then I end up waiting until the last minute. Not sure what is wrong with me.

Well, I finally made a project yesterday that I really like.

My first ever canvas and I am kinda' lovin' it.

These where the colors for the April Color Challenge

Here are the LSG sprays that I used:

Ramblin’ Rose Pink

Edelweiss Moss Green

Blue Hawaiian Blue

Wake Me Up Before You Go Gold

You can check it all out on the LSG blog.

Lindy's Stamp Gang Blog

Here is a close up where you can see the colors.

Since I did not really know what I was doing...I was not afraid to try play and new things.
I sprayed the canvas. Then added more, then ended up washing color out from adding more on top. LOL In the end, I liked the colors and patterns. 
You can see that I applied Golden Light Modeling Paste through a Prima Damask stencil over the sprayed canvas and it soaked up the colors that were underneath it. Then I added a little more with a paintbrush just to get it where I wanted.

 Here you can see where I added the same paste through a TCW Wildflowers stencil and then painted over it with a brush.

Check out these flowers...

 I used vellum. I die cut the flower shapes with a TH  and sprayed them with

 Ramblin’ Rose Pink & Wake Me Up Before You Go Gold.

I added little squirts of  Alpine Ice Rose on the pink flowers and Marigold Yellow Orange to the yellow flowers just to get a little color variation.

I made the centers darker by dabbing on more Ramblin’ Rose Pink then added glass beads and micro beads.

 For the leaves, I tore strips of vellum and sprayed them with Edelweiss Moss Green.

If you look closely, you can see where I sprayed white cloth wrapped wire with the green and made little tendrils.

So what am I taking from this?

 I am going to TRY really hard to stop over thinking things. What I picture in my head rarely ever comes out the same in real life. I am going to try to just play more and have fun with it. :)

Process videos will have to come later next week.