Treasuring Memories

I'm Guest Designer this month at Mixed Media Academy . I'm going to show you the lovely moodboard in case that you can join us in the challenge but first I want to give Thanks to Priya and the girls in the team for the invitation, I'm so happy to collaborate with you this month . Now let me show you my project... I altered a wooden heart from the Dollar Tree. I started applying white gesso and adding textures with a lace. I combined different textures like branches, lace, crochet... I show you all the creative process in a video tutorial. It is the mood board and you can participate of the challenge.... HERE Here's the video tutorial. I hope it inspires you! Take care,  Hugs!!! Marilyn

Hello!   I hope you are good and safe. I share with you today a mixed media layout with video tutorial that I created with the July Limited Edition kit by My Creative Scrapbook that is featuring this month the Surfboard collection by Prima Marketing. I selected the pink color paper for this beach theme. I'm not going to explain all the process because I made the video tutorial that you can find at the end of this post or in my YouTube channel. Let's talk about the lovely kit it comes with the Surfboard collection you get two of some papers also the flowers (3 packages), the chipboard and the ephemera packages.  You get a stamp by Bo Bunny and a cool stencil from Vicky Boutin. It is a gorgeous kit. Some closer details..... I hope you enjoy the video tutorial!  Take care! Hugs! Marilyn

Hello everyone! I hope you are well and safe! I want to share with you a multiple photos page that I created for 49 and Market using the Vintage Artistry Color Saige collection.  I started applying a coat of clear gesso to the Delicate paper that has a lovely design with leaves. I added textures on the background using the Gratitude Today stamp set with Versamark and white embossing powder. I framed three photos with the Vintage Artistry Sage Stitch Frames. Next, I created a design using the different laser cuts from the same collection. I started to embellish the page with the white Daisy stems and Sugar stems Fluff flowers. I added more textures using cheesecloth and white lace. I used a brush with Distress Ink to add color over the stamp work and around the embellishments. The title “Cherish” is one of the chipboard words from the treasure archival board. I applied microbeads and art stones with gel medium and added some Wishing bubbles and finally, whit...

Hello my friends! It have been a long time without make any blog post here, the last one was in October 2018, wow,can you imagine.  But I'm not going to talk about all the things that happened to me right now. These are incredible days with lot of challenges to all of us. I think we are lucky to have this hobby that help us to relax, to stay a little calm, well depends each circumstance but in my case it helps me so much. I hope all of you are well, safe and can stay home.  Now I"m going to share you a beach theme layout that I've been made for 49 and Market with the video tutorial. Let's get started.... Hola mis amigos ha sido un largo tiempo sin hacer ninguna publicacion aqui, el ultimo fue en Octubre 2018, wow se imaginan.  Pero no voy hablarles ahora de todas las cosas que me sucedieron . Estos dias son increibles con muchos retos para todos nosotros. Yo pienso que nosotros tenemos suerte de tener este pasatiempo que nos ayuda a relajarnos, a estar mas cal...

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...