Treasuring Memories

Hello everyone!  I share with you today a fall layout that I created using the Beautifully Brisk collection. Fall is my favorite season I love the colors everything looks so beautiful and I had so much fun working with this beautiful collection. I started making circular stitches in the area that I'll place the photo on the Bright pattern paper. I took a sponge with white gesso to give the sponging technique on the background, it gives a nice texture. I used the layered chipboard and the Noteworthy die cuts to decorate and make the composition. I cut a clock using the Tick Tock die. I painted a piece of cheesecloth in green color and added between the layers to add more dimension and textures. The collections comes with brads, layered chipboard and die cuts that makes it easy to design with. I adhered the die cuts and some chipboard pieces with dimensional foam dots.  I added a few brads, pearls and jewels to enhance the background. Finally, I added wh...

Hi there! I have two projects to share with you today. I'm using the beautiful Land of Wonders collection by Bo Bunny. I made a journal cover and a layout, let's take a look.. I just love the beautiful colors and designs of the Fall of Wonder collection that I bought a journal at the Dollar store and covered it using different papers. My base paper has the wood design and adhered a few red torn pieces of paper to the cover. It's a way to give any journal some new pop. I made the "journal" word using the glitter letters by American Craft. I adhered the adorable cups from the Layered Chipboard package. I cut  and adhered a few butterflies from the papers with  3D foam tapes, it gives a realistic effect. You can see here the dimension on the cover. I gave white paint splatters to add textures. I covered the back cover with the red paper, then I cut some images from the papers to decorate it. I had so much fun altering  this journal. I hope i...

Hello everyone! I just came back from Lima, Peru where I was teaching mixed media-scrapbooking classes invited by Vidalina Flores Alarcon from the store Lapiz de Papel . The last day Sunday, I had a steampunk album class using the Imagine collection by Graphic 45 and the Creative Embellishments chipboards, and stencil. I share with you the project and also a few photos of the event. This is the Regular Book Box by G45 that comes with a tag album. I covered all the exterior and interior of the box with papers from the Imagine collection by Graphic 45.   I gave textures on the cover and spine of the box using the  Crackled Brick Stencil  by Creative Embellishments with modeling paste by Prima Marketing. I gave a rusty effect and added dimension  to all the chipboards with the Finnabair Rust pastes. I used the  Gear 1 1/2″ set and the  Mini Gears 3/4″ (set of 12) . Once you open the box you find the mini tag album that I worked u...

“Hello everyone! I share with you an interactive pop-up altered box that I made using the  Tropical Travelogue  collection. I made the 3d pop-up effect coming out from the lid of the wooden box. I created like a shelf hanging of chains from the lid and I will show you all the creative process in the video. Let’s take a look… I took measurements of all sides of the box, then I cut paper in these sizes and covered the box inside and outside. I prefer to use liquid glue to adhere the paper to the wood. Once the box was covered, I distressed with a sponge all the edges with the Color Box decades ink to achieve the vintage look. I cut out some leaves and flowers from the papers to decorate the top of the box. I paste some of the leaves using the 3D foam tape, it gives a realistic effect. When I open the box the shelf comes out and it’s being held by chains. I decorated the shelf with various leaves and I also incorporated chipboard and sticker. I mixed color...

Hello! I want to share with you an altered box that I made with the beautiful Fairie Dust collection by Graphic 45.  I took one dollar box and covered with two different papers from the collection the bottom part with a floral design and the lid with my favorite paper from this collection the lavender with stars. I made a lot fussy cut, I can sit for hour with a scissor and paper, it's a therapy! I gave textures on the lid with a glitter paste and a stencil by Creative Embellishments.   I made the composition with all the images that I cut from the papers. I also added a sticker tag from the collection. I hope that you like this cute box. Thank you for stopping by....Have a great weekend!!! Hugs! Marilyn