Santa Claus

Good morning everyone, hope you have had a wonderful week so far!!  I would like to share a layout I created a few weeks ago.  It features my beautiful grand babies and Santa!!

This was the first year my grandson Andy would sit on Santa's lap, and boy what a cute picture it was!!

I layered several strips of ribbon on the layout and layered the photo on top of them.  

The deer was die cut from chipboard using Tim Holtz's Deer in Flight Die.  The deer was stamped with SNS Journal Mixed Media stamp and inked with Coffee Bean ink.  The wreath was die cut using Elizabeth Craft Design's Holiday House. For the beautiful tree, I used the die and embossing folder from Anne Griffin.  The pretty sparkle was added using a glue pen and Golden Silver and Silver Dreams glitter.

Using super adhesive sheet I removed the backing and applied Cloud Nine glitter.  The Crystal Medallion images was stamped on top. You can find a tutorial Here for stamping on glitter.  The image was fussy cut out and placed under the photo layer.  For the pretty snowflake on top it was die cut using Anne Griffin die and glittered using brushable glue and Sparkling Snow glitter.

The title was cut using my Silhouette, and glittered using brushable glue and Fire Engine Red glitter.

I just love this picture, everyone is Smiling!!!  We very rarely get this to happened!!

Hope you have enjoyed my layout, thanks so much for stopping by, and remember.....Keep Stamping

Sweet Layout

Good morning all, hope your week is off to a great start!!!  We have been busy with Vacation Bible School this week and having so much fun!  It warms your heart to see so many smiling faces learning about our God!

I would like to share a sweet layout with you today starring my grandson!!

I just love how this turned out!!  The edges were distressed with scissor and inked with green pigment ink.  I applied the ink with a sponge and distressed the background as well.  The page was punched with a border punch in several places.

Using a brick stencil and embossing paste I created a brick wall.  To create the texture on the bricks, I used my finger and lightly dabbed each one.  Next the bricks were lightly inked using green ink and a sponge.  I cut around the bricks and inked the edges with brown ink.  

Using an piece of cardboard from an old box, I inked it with green ink tore and rolled the edges.  I then took a brush and lightly brushed gesso on the cardboard in random spots. The brick wall was adhere to the cardboard.

Using the Leafy Flourish stamp set, I stamped the image with black ink and inked it lightly with green ink.  For the pretty sparkle I used a glue pen and Sparkling Snow glitter.  The flourish was fussy cut and adhere to the background paper.

The flourish was repeated to used on the bottom right corner. I stamped the  Crystal Medallion stamp with black ink and inked using a sponge and green ink.  The center was glittered using a glue pen and Sparkling Snow.  The image was fussy cut, a brad adhere to the center.  The flourish and medallion were adhere to the background page.

The honeycomb were die cut using Tim Holtz's dies.  Once they were die cut I inked them with versamark and embossed using Cooper Flame EP.

Once the embossing powder was cool they were cut in half and placed on the page.  I used several of the cut outs, inked them with Tangelo Ink and embossed them with Houndstooth embossing folder. 

Using the Tutorial for Coloring on Glitter, the butterfly was created.  The butterfly image is from the Simply Beautiful stamp set.

The sentiments were stamped using Desert Sand ink.  The sentiments are from the Camera Life and the Crystal Medallion stamp sets.

If you would like more details on this layout please visit my SNS Gallery!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember.....Keep Stamping!!

Belinda

All You Need Is Love

Hope you all are having a great week!!!  Here is my 3rd layout from my sneak peek reveal.  

This is my first try at a layout like this, but I really had a lot of fun, using so many different mixed media on this page!!

There are several different stencils used on this page with inks and embossing paste.  The stamps used are all from Sparkle N Sprinkle!!  

There is different strips of DP used and distressed.  Burlap and cardboard was also used.  On the cardboard around the picture I used versamark and Hit The Beach EP, I just love that little bit of sparkle.  On the edges of the cardboard, a small brush of embossing paste was added.  The new debuting Crystal Medallion was used on this page behind the photo.

Once the embossing paste is dry (overnight) I lightly inked them using sponge daubers.  The page was misted  for that vintage look.  All the edges were distressed.

I added faux stitching with a black pen.  I really loved how this turned out and can't wait to try this technique again.  If you would like more details on this layout please visit my SNS Gallery!!

Check back I have one more reveal from the sneak peek for you.

Have a wonderful day and remember.....Keep Stamping

Belinda

My Sweet Mother

Good morning all, hope you are all having a wonderful day!!  Well it seems winter is back in Houston again, the temps this morning are below freezing and raining.  Perfect day for paper crafting.  I hope you all were able to caught Sparkle N Sprinkle's March 1st Reveal.  5 new stamp sets were released and they are all just so pretty!  I gave you a sneak peek of layouts to come, so I would like to share one with you today!!

This layout is of my mother at 3 years old, taken in 1940.  This picture was a black and white picture, my grandmother hand painted it with oil paints.  She really had a beautiful talent.  Most picture taken back in 1940 were all black and white and she painted most all of them, they were just as beautiful as was my mother!!

On this layout  I used the Crystal Medallion stamp set, it was one of the new stamps released on March 1st.  

I stamped the image 3 times and cut out 2 of them.  They were all colored using copic markers.  Green Iris and Sparkling Snow were used to add all that pretty "sparkle".  These really made a beautiful embellishment for my layout.

Tim Holtz's Tattered Flower Die was used for the flowers.  I used several different stencil along with embossing paste on this layout.
I added glitter to the picture on the collar using SNS Tutorial for using glitter on your photos.

You can see the stencils and embossing paste really makes a pretty background design.  The beautiful butterflies are from Brocade Background stamp set.  

Here is a look at a 2nd layout using the same picture, but completely different look!

The stamp sets used on this layout are all by Sparkle N Sprinkle, Crystal Medallion and Brocade Background.  The background paper was stamped with Brocade Background with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.  

The Brocade Background stamps were used for the banners.

A 12x12 stencil was laid on top the DP and inked with versamark, remove the stencil and apply Silver Blue EP.  The corners were inked with versamark then apply clear embossing powder, apply Pixie Violet on top and heat from underneath.  

I hope you enjoyed my layouts as much as I did making it!!  It brought back sweet memories of my mother, who I miss dearly.  

If you would like more details on how to make this layout, please visit my SNS Gallery.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day and remember.....Keep Stamping!

Belinda