Once again Lead Fiskateer Cheryl has issued a Mix Media Challenge to all Fiskateers. I took Cheryl up on her challenge and made a mini album. I titled it What Spring Means to Me. For this mini I used the following: stamps, acrylic paint, watercolor paint & paper, pattern paper, Fiskars Punches, paint chip samples, DMC Floss, book page, chipboard, Fiskars Rain dots, Marvy Liquid Applique, Polymark Dimensional Fabric Paint, Stickles, bling, several quotes, Fiskars Deco scissors, flocking, homemade shimmer spray, Zig Millennium Pen, Aleene's Quick Dry Glue, adhesive and Pop dots. Thanks for looking. Leave me a comment and tell me what you think. I love to hear from you. Link me if you create your own mix media project I would love to see it.

Playing with the Liftateers!

So, Over on the Fiskateers site Groovy Deb. Started the Liftateers. This group of scrappers lift a layout that Groovy Deb has picked out for them to be inspired by. She does this every week. This week the inspirational layout is from Fiskateer- Susan#2377. You can see it here week 31 .  She recently asked if I would like to play along with them. I agreed and this is what I came up with. I made my layout 8x10 so, I could put in the a small album of family pictures. The girls are my daughters with their cousin.

The title: Mama's Sweet Girls is because that's what they(the grandchildren) all called my mom. When this picture was taken my mom was still alive. When She saw it; all she could say was "My sweet girls - Mama's sweet girls". She loved them so very much. She was blessed with 3 granddaughters before she passed away. Now, she has 4 girls and 6 boys. I know in my heart she would be over the moon with joy with all of them.

I made the Polaroid mat for the photo. Then, I used ink to distress it. To give it that vintage feel. 

Close- up of title and embellishments

 I used the following to create this layout: Cardstock: Bazzil Purple & white, Patterned Paper: Background & Butterflies(cut out from paper)-Masterpiece Studios, Ribbon: Heidi Grace, Lace, Sequins, Flowers: Felt Flowers American Crafts, Bling Flower - Darice, Bling: Heart - Creatology, Center of Flower-Studio18, Chipboard Letters: Thickers, Paint: Folk Art Metallic, Ink: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Tea Dye, Punch: Fiskars Embossing Border Punch - All A Fleur, Trimmer: Fiskars- Rotary Trimmer, Adhesive: Aleene's Quick Dry Tacky Glue & Elmer's Tape Runner & Homemade Shimmery spray.

Thanks for looking. Give Lifting a try -- better yet join the Fiskateers and the Liftateers! Tell them Annie sent you by :)   Leave a comment. 

Mix Media Tag Challenge

Over on the Fiskateer site Lead Fiskateer Cheryl has issued a challenge. It a Mix Media Tag Challenge. She has created some beautiful tags to inspire the Fiskateers to create their own. Post the tag in the gallery and link it to her blog post and she'll enter your tag for a chance to win some Wonderful Fiskars Punches.

Challenge is as follows as per Cheryl: create a tag using 5 tools & 3 mediums.

I took her up on the challenge and created this tag.

Mix Media Tag full view


Showing close-ups of upper corners

Showing close-ups of the lower corners

Showing Dimension

Here are the details of the items I used:

Tools
Fiskars: Craft Knife, Deco Scissors, Mirco Tip scissors, Squeeze Punches: Jenni Bowlin Butterfly,Grandma Doily & Blue Ribbon, Border punches: Notebook Paper, Upper Crest & Effervescence, Stencil: Delta- Decor Accents, Stamps: Making Memories Foam, Chipboard Pieces: Tim Holtz(swirl) & Colorbok (circle word), Floss: DMC Yellow, Printable: Ticket (http://maybemej.blogspot.com/), Fabric: Recycled Denium

Mediums
Tag: Watercolor paper, Coffee Filter (doilies), Recycled Items: Junk mail envelope (homemade washi paper), book page (butterfly & side of tag), Grid paper(mini banner flag) & mesh(butterfly), Vellum(butterfly, homemade washi paper, mini banner flag & back of "so i") , Fiber paper ( homemade washi paper & tag side), White cardstock (stamped flowers), Mini Flowers: Prima, American Crafts & punch, Paints: Accent - Crown Jewels Acrylic Metallic(Empress Blue & Queens Emerald) & Plaid -FolkArt Acrylic (Periwinkle) Glitz mists: Homemade glimmer mist (Teal & Yellow) Glitter: Ranger-Stickles(Eucalyptus) & Studio g/Hampton Art (Teal & Cream). I believe i got it all. LOL!

This was a cool challenge - Thanks Cheryl!!!

Tag Album Mini

I know I haven't been on here in a while. But, that doesn't mean that I haven't been busy. I want to share a mini album I made some time ago.

I received a Crumble Tag Class Kit from Lead Fiskateer Cheryl Water #002. It featured Vintage Street Marketplace paper, large shipping tag, crepe paper, smooch and embellishments.

I added a few more items like a file folder, McCalls dress pattern, Fiskars; EK Success; & McGill punches, ribbon, lace, brads, Sizzix diecuts, Ranger Tim Holz Distress ink, Acrylic paint, DMC floss and a printable or 2(dress & Dress form) from Sweetly Scrapped Art. Then turned my tag into an album.

(not all the items used are shown here)

I used my mom as inspiration. I scanned some pictures of her and her friends from back in the day. Why? Because she made all of her dresses and some for her friends as well. She then taught my sister and me to sew; with and without patterns.

Album in larger detail.

Cover & Page 1


Page 2 & 3

Page 4

Embellishment in larger details.

Cover


Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

I hope you enjoy it.