Saturdays - whats on your agenda?

 Happy Saturday!

While you are relaxing and reading my blog

baby girl and I are probably sitting at the ball field

watching the boys play flag football.

 Sometimes she brings books

or toys or even gets to play with a friend.

 I love that this league always prays

before the game.

 Sometimes we win,

sometimes we lose - it's all good.

It's all about having fun & praising God.

What does your Saturday look like?

Gift Idea? Got recipes?

 Here is a fun gift idea for the person who has everything!

 Why not use your scrap supplies to make some recipe cards?

I used one of my DCWV stacks to make these cute cards and holder.

The rolling pin is flat on the bottom and has a slit for the cards.

(I got it from Crafty Secrets years ago- had it in my stash!)

I decorated it to match!

It's never too early to start those holiday gift projects!

Have you started?

The hard part for me is waiting to give the gift! LOL!

What if? Art journal page

Hey bloggers! Here are some more ideas using

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Mix and Match Gelatos™
and Art GRIP® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils!



I wanted a very soft water color background for this page.

Because of it is a large surface I opted to use Gelatos™, lightly

drawing on the surface and spreding the color with a wet paitnbrush.

Of course more drawing with your Gelatos™ means more color and

more water gives transparency. I used the lighter color (Buttercream) first

and push the darker color (Cotton Candy) right up, somtimes overlapping

the first color.

 

The Art GRIP® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils are perfect for small

surfaces and details like the eyes. When I am finished I

go over outlines and eyelashes with a black fine tip

PITT® Artist Pen.



I used Lemon and Metallic Melon Gelatos™ for her hair and lips.

#105 yellow, 147 blue and #108 peach  Art GRIP® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils for the eyes.

176 brown for eyebrows. For the skin I mixed a peach and chocolate Gelatos™

with a little acrylic paint.

 (I also used a little heavy gel medium to add texture to her hair.)

 I cut tears out of Clear Scraps acrylic sheets, colored theme

Alcohol inks and glued them onto my page that was already

written on - it's a really fun effect!

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The journaling is from a song called

Blessings by Laura Story.

it really helped through the rough times when I had surgery back in May.

 Songwriter: Laura Mixon Story

We pray for blessings, we pray for peace

Comfort for family, protection while we sleep.

We pray for healing, for prosperity

We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering.

 

All the while, You hear each spoken need

yet love is way too much to give us lesser things.

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?

What if Your healing comes through tears?

What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?

What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise?

We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear.

We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near.

We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love

as if every promise from Your Word is not enough.

 

And all the while You hear each desperate plea

And long that we'd have faith to believe.

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?

What if Your healing comes through tears?

And what if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?

And what if trials of this lifeAre Your mercies in disguise?

When friends betray us,

when darkness seems to win we know that pain reminds this heart

that this is not, this is not our home. It's not our home.

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?

What if Your healing comes through tears?

And what if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?

What if my greatest disappointments

Or the aching of this life is the revealing of a greater thirst

this world can't satisfy?

And what if trials of this life,

the rain,

 the storms,

the hardest nights -

are Your mercies in disguise?

Has this ever happened to you?

 

Hey there bloggers! One of the things I love about

scrapbooking is sometimes you don't notice things until you get them

in a photo and think "When did that happen?" The boys are

playing flag football and I was just practicing with my camera.

(I am taking a photography class and actually reading the manual! LOL!)

So I am taking these pics and when I get them blown up on my computer

I am thinking - "When did my son get so big?"

 

 I mean seriously, his mannerisms and stance look so grown.

He just turned 10 this summer and I didn't

think he had changed that much. Until I saw these pics!

 

Here he is with his siblings

in June and I see a BIG difference!

 

It's also one of those moments when

you get a glimpse of what he will look all grown up!

  I don't like it, he's just a baby. My baby boy.

Has this ever happened to you?

Noticing something in a pic that you 

neglected to see right in front of you?

Happy Saturday peeps!

 

10 and 20 RAK winner!

 

Hello fabulous!

I can only pick one winner

but you know I'll have another

giveaway on the 10th of October!

 (Is it me or is time just flying by?)

The 2nd box of 10 and 20 RAK goes to

Denny!

 

Please send me your addy!

10 and 20 RAK!

Hey there bloggers!

Well I am super excited to share this layout I made with
the Wild Splendor Stack from DCWV!
I dont do 2 pagers very often, but this one seemed to come together nicely. 

(By the way did you

DCWV blog on Mon?)

 

 



The wrinkled fabric ribbon is from Love My Tapes.

This is page one - one day I will nail getting a great
picture of a two page layout - today is not that day so sorry!( page 1 of 2.)

 



Page 2 of 2

 



The pages together

(I promise you in person they are straight!)

and more close ups....

 



That sparkle on the pumpkin?

Already included in the stack!

(The flower I misted to match.)

 



 

 

These journal spots are also in the stack.
I love the rich fall colors! 

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10 and 20 RAK giveaway!!!

Its the 20th!

Time for giveaway #2 of many giveaways!!!! 

If you missed my orginal post you can read about it here.

All you have to do is leave me a comment on this post,

 come back tommorrow and see if you won and

if you win email me your address!
Dont forget to spread the word - use the pic if  you like!
And in each package there will be something in there I made!

Have a great day!

 

Artsy banner on TV!

 Hey there bloggers!!!

I was super excited to find out that this banner I made for
Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft was on TV!!!

 

(Taken from Design Memory Craft Facebook 9/12/2102)

 Design Memory Craft was featured in ABC and NBC!
Here's a picture of Kathy Peterson with the host, Cindy .

 

  You just never know where your stuff is going to end up I guess!

But this was a pretty cool surprise!

Here are some close ups!

 

 Some doodling using PITT ARtist pens, Art Grip Color Pencils and Aquarelles...

 

 Using stamps from The Rubber Cafe,
Stampers Big Brush markers and Gelatos.

 

More doodling  - the phrase is another stamp from The Rubber cafe.

This project was just for fun for me, I didn't even think twice about it

- you just never know what people are going to like!
Hope you had a great weekend!

 

The last post...

 

Hello blog friends!

It is taking me forever to make this post.

It is my last official post for Ta Da Creative Studios

as a DT member. Nothing is wrong, our term is up-

I was asked to stay, but I felt like it was time for a change

and to open my schedule for new opportunities. Time for growth.

I have been on the team for over two years and let me tell you

I was blessed to work with for these two amazing ladies.

I was also blessed to make very dear friends that remain special

even though I am no longer on the team.

Sometimes being a part of team becomes more than just a job,

they become family and if ever get the chance to work with

these ladies go for it!

 

I just could not leave the team without telling you how wonderful it

has been working with these ladies. Thank you Annette and Mary

for making this such a wonderful experience. And thank you Margie
for helping me as I learned how to be a head DT and
being such an amazing friend.

 

OK seriously, now that I have that off my chest the last official layout.

I say that because you may see work now and again on the Ta Da Studios

blog I just wont be on the team.

 

This layout was made with the poolside collection.

The clouds (sunny skies die cut-part of this collection) 

are already cut - I filled them in with scraps.

I also used it for a template to cut out some extra clouds.

It's such a fun topic, I had to use fun and happy papers and

these were perfect!

 -

The polka dots are hole punched from scraps

and the journal spot was leftover from one of the pictures.

This is a good way to get lots of photos on a layout,
I trimmed the pictures to different small sizes and rearranged them a bit!

I hope that gives you a few of simple ideas

to add a little fun to your layouts!

 

10 and 20 RAK winner!

 

You guys are fantastic!

I can only pick one winner

but you know I'll have another

giveaway on the 20th!

 

The first box of 10 and 20 RAK goes to

Debb!

 

Please send me your addy!

10 and 20 first official giveaway!

Here we are on the first of many giveaways!!!! 

If you missed my orginal post you can read it here.

All you have to do is leave me a comment on this post,

 come back tommorrow and see if you won and

if you win email me your address!

Easy!
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WAYS TO HELP

I am super excited about the response, you guys are super sweet!

Some asked if you could help and I did think of something after my original  post.

I still want to get the word out 

(please continue to post on your blogs or facebook and
thanks to those of you who already have)
feel free to use this

 and if there is someone out there 

who would be willing to make me a cute blinkie that says

 

10 and 20

random acts of kindness

letsembellish.blogspot.com

 

and link it back to my orginal post could you contact me?

I dont know how to do this- I am not technical or computer savvy at all!!!

Thank you Pam(Fairyrocks)! You are so awesome! 

ALSO

In doing this I was made aware of a company who could use your help.

They are called Card Care Connection 

and they send handmade handwritten cards to cancer patients.

You can send them your  handmade cards or supplies,

check out their site Card Care Connection and see how you can help.

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Oh and the dragonfly?

It will be in the giveaway, just because you're awesome!

Any budding artist in your family?

Hey bloggers Rita Barakat here!
The kids are back in school (yay!) and already I am thinking

what am I going to do with all that artwork? After all

"Every Artist was first and amatuer!"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

So I came up with a mini album!
How about taking a picture of your budding artist

and filling the pages with pictures if their beautiful artwork?

Of course I had to decorate mine, (but you could let the kids do it)
I will add their pictures as I get them!

 

I used this album is the 8 inch circle album from Clear Scraps.

For the cover I had fun coloring these beautiful papers from the

Forever and Always stack from DCWV with Gelatos.
They have a metallic shine/resist thing going on and when I draw on the paper
with Gelatos, then rub it in with get this a sponge it looks so pretty!
You already know that you adhere lots of different papers to acrylic

but did you know that you can use lots of different mediums to
color acrylic if you use gesso first?

 

 Paint it on or use an old gift card.

The trick is you must let it dry completly!

 Then you can paint, mist, stencil whatever - and it looks really cool!
(If I do say so myself.)
I used Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Gelatos™
in the Blue Collection (Cotton Candy, Blueberry, Boysenberry &

Grape). Did I mention I like purples?

 

 I also used texture paste and a stencil directly on the acrylic.  

What you are looking at is a clear page with

 the stenciled frame and words. (see below.) 

Hint* I used cut up words and had the same saying on the back- the trick is

on the back of the word "the" is the word "in" and the back of the word

"in" is the word "the".

 

Covering the entire page with gesso allowed me to

play with all types of techniques.

 For this page I got the same look as a mist by drawing with 

Gelatos™ on the top and misting it with lots of water until

it started to drip down. After it was dry I went back and added dots with a stencil.

I think these will be great backgrounds for my budding artists!

Supplies:
Clear Scraps Acylic album
Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Gelatos™
Gesso
Texture paste
Stencil -  the Crafters Workshop
Papers -  DCWV
Washi Tape - Love My Tapes
ribbon
*Please take a look at my current giveaway!