Hood River Harvest Fest - Celebrating Autumn!

For September I made a fall mini album celebrating the amazing bounty of the Columbia River Gorge!  It's become a tradition over the past 15 years to attend the annual Hood River Harvest Festival and enjoy arts & crafts, food and a huge array of orchard fruits, nuts and veggies to fill your trunks and your tummies! Fall is my favorite season and all of the rich golds/oranges and reds and browns in the Lily Bee Autumn Spice line is absolute perfection!  The Tutu Punk mini album is a perfect choice when you have mostly horizontal photos and the wet media paper pages are so wonderful to paint!  The paper does not bleed, so I used a completely different color scheme from front to back without any problems with bleeding whatsoever!  Whoo hoo! LOVE that!  I hope you enjoy ~

Products used -

Punky Sprouts:  Tutu Punk album, Funky Punky Fiber Pack (Canvas), Lil' Petals (Canvas & Cork), Lil' Blossoms (Parchment & Lacy), Lil' Seeds (assorted). Products available here: www.GetPunkySprouts.com/store

Lily Bee:  Autumn Spice Collection pack with ABC Stickers and Mixed Stickers

Other:  Lindy's Starburst Sprays (Bayou Boogie Gold, Red Hot Poker Orange, Cajun Carnelian Red, Tainted Love Teal, Opal Sea Oats, Cattail Copper Brown, Amaryllis Burgundy); Lindy's Moonshadow Spray in Gossamer Gold; Lindy'd Flat Fabio in Witch's Purple; Fiskars edge punch; Miscellaneous chipboard letters (stash); Faber Castell Pitt pen in Black superfine.  Lindy's products available here: www.GetPunkySprouts.com/store

Evi Violet

Introducing, my newest furry love, Evi Violet.  She is a beautiful 4 mo. old British Shorthair kitten.  What little girl doesn't love tulle?   I haven't been able to get very many good pics of her face, as she is very active and blinks with the flash.  She has the prettiest copper eyes and they need to be shown...she just isn't very cooperative!  She is a sweetheart with a very loud purr and the softest fur I've ever felt.  It is fun watching her grow (though too quickly) and each week brings a new stage!  Currently, she is in the "don't touch me" stage. Who knows what next week will bring?  More pictures will surely be in the future.  I thnk she actually takes after her "sister," Lilley!  

Puppy Preppie!

This summer my daughter adopted a puppy.  Anyone who knows me knows how much I love my pets and having a grandpuppy is no different!  I have taken dozens and dozens of pics of him in the 2 months she's had him and grandma gets to puppy sit on the weekends! Here is the little cutie in the first layout I've done of him.  I made this for the Punky Sprouts September blog challenge.  If you want to play along, check out the prize here http://getpunkysprouts.blogspot.com/.  So here is my "reduce, reuse, recycle or upcycle" layout using notebook paper, a pencil, thumbtacks and a piece of a plastic cup for my layout.

Here is my latest album - it's a Soul Sprout with a sprocket page added from the Sprocket Sprout.  I absolutely adore this paper by Close to My Heart called "Dotty for you."  The paper is full of bright summer colors of orange, yellow, coral & teal.  Patterns are butterflies, flowers, chevrons and of course, polka dots! To soften the colors I washed the pages with watered down white paint and added layers of more polka dots with a mask and dauber paints.  For a vintage look I added crackle paint here and there around the edges.

She Art....Soul Sprout!

With all the fabulous new Pink Paislee lines it was hard to choose a favorite!  I decided that She Art would be the perfect complement to the new Soul Sprout mini album.  I made more of an art journal rather than a "scrapbook," getting lots of inspiration from the phrases included in the Paper Dolls Bits & Pieces pack.  I honestly worked on this book for about a month, adding layers and bits & pieces as I was inspired..a little here and a little there.  The hardest part was picking out what NOT to use, because ALL the embellies are awesome but I was running out of space!  I even used quite a bit of pieces from the packaging....I love it when I can incorporate the packaging into a project!

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I decided to play around with the adorable Keepsake line from My Little Shoebox.  The pinks, turquoise, yellow, orange and grey are a beautiful, spring-y palette and the flowers, musical notes and birds are irresistably cute!

 I used a Chipboard
scalloped page from Trunk Punky and misted the scalloped edge with
Starburst spray in Cattail Copper Brown.  I layered 2 papers from
Keepsake (Razzleberry & Garden Delight) for the background, with the
print over the solid, distressing the edges of both and folding over
one corner of the cute floral print for interest.  I used another
subtle print for the chipboard bird and used a small Lil' Blossom
(parchment) folded for the bird's wing over a small piece of Lacy
Blossom.  For the inspirational quote I printed the saying off on my
printer, then adhered a Journaling tag (Simple Treasures) which I
taped over the first paper and then printed it again. This was adhered
over a small Lil' Lacy Blossom sprayed with Hottie Patottie Pink
Starburst.  I used a twig I found outside for the bird perch.  For the
nest I scrunched together some crinkled Kraft packing material with
tulle and twine.  I used more tulle for the hanger. Fun & simple!

VEGAS ON THE HORIZON!

Be a Rebel with Punky Sprouts  (Pelican Bay) Sponsor: Punky Sprouts Using the Rebel Sprout Mini Album (each page is a different size & shape) you will make an amazing layered album like you've never seen before! You will complete the album using an adorable line of Kraft & Black graphic designs with polka dots, houndstooth, diamonds, stripes & damask. This album also has plenty of Vegas Glitz & Glam with glitter & rhinestones, Starburst Sprays, tulle & ribbons. Embellished with Punky Sprouts' Lil' Blossoms and Lil' Stems, learn the NEW & UNIQUE flower-making techniques!! This album has texture-galore with layers of paper, cork, canvas, twine, tags, envelopes, pockets & pleated papers. As always, you will have a Punky FUN time in a fast-paced class which will take STRESS out of producing a beautiful album you'll treasure! Come on - take the plunge!!! What you’ll make: A complete & versatile Rebel Sprout mixed media mini album! While the class sample is made using pics of my dog - this book can work for anybody's "Perfect 10!" The neutral Kraft line of papers used allow for ANY photos to POP! What you should bring: Basic supplies plus a Crop-a-dile; Fabri-Tac adhesive; needle large enough to thread twine; brayer (optional) What products you’ll play with: Punky Sprouts' Rebel Sprout album, with multiple-sized layers of chipboard, canvas and acrylic; Punky Sprouts embellishments in cork, parchment, canvas, corrugated board and twine; an adorable line of Kraft papers by Paper Trunk; misting sprays, alphabets, doilies, bling, ribbons, tulle, tags, and more! What techniques you’ll try: Two NEW flower-making designs; texturing and layering of oodles of mixed media; misting What scrapping skill level is best: Intermediate to Advanced (fast-paced) How long class lasts: 2 hours Class price: $40.00 PRE-REGISTRATION, $42.00 AT EVENT