Imaginary Worlds Part II

The Imaginary Worlds Display was pretty awesome cool! I took so many pictures that I had to scrap. I'm having a blast putting together this album and playing with new and old techniques.

For the background I started with plain kraft paper. I used a Versa Mark Watermark ink pad along with my favorite Stampin Up stamps to make all the flowers. It was just right to match all of my pictures and the colors. 

 I always like to keep the tickets from places I visit. The metal accents were from an old Close to My Heart catalog and they are absolutely perfect with these pictures. It's hard to tell from the pictures, but I did use Heidi Swapp Color Shine in blue, to accent the blue paper.

Our Family

As I've been working on my auto posts, I realized I have a lot of pages to share about Atlanta. I could not let this page sit well into the summer without sharing. I just think this picture is way too special not to share sooner. Granted it was our Christmas card, so most people in our immediate family have already seen this but I love it. 

 I wanted elegance. Simple as that. This page was perfect. Perfect colors. Nothing overly fancy. Just nice and just my style.

 Sequins, pearls, and flowers. Nothing better. Sequins from my LSS, bling from Studio Calico, and some flowers from a friend misted with pink Heidi Swapp. The background paper is from WRMK and did great with all our our colors and the background of our hotel. 

And a simple title cut on my Silhouette with some glitter paper from Hobby Lobby. I don't think there needs to be a description or journalling for this page. Just the people I love.

Imaginary Worlds

Life has gotten busy and I just realized I haven't blogged in a few weeks. We have 8 more days left in our school year. I'm moving classrooms, so I've been busy packing and getting things ready. It's been super hot and I'm not so motivated to go in my warm scraproom. But we have a crop the day after school lets out! I've got another pages to share from my Atlanta vacation.

One of the coolest features of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens was the Imaginary Worlds. These sculptures are real plants that are built into steel cages and are designed to grow in a specific pattern to look like a real life animal. My favorites were the bunnies and the goddess fountain.

 For this page I used my Studio Calico mask and painted with three colors of Heidi Swapp Color Shine. I used a brush from my gelatos to paint the various colors. I love the metallic in the paint.

 I used some Inka Gold on the button to tone down the wild purple color. The ribbons are from the big American Crafts variety packs.

These two pictures are some of my favorite sculptures in the park. The goddess in unbelievable until you see it in person. If you get to the park you have to watch the video of how the sculptures are actually made. It is a very interesting process to build them and the upkeep. 

Pumpkins in Atlanta

While we were at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens they were getting ready for Halloween. I had to scrap all the different pictures of fall. I used the American Crafts fall line Autumn Crisp. It was fun to play with and I liked all the colors.

 All of the pages in this album are 8 x 8 so I can't get as much onto a page. I played around more with using collages to print pictures so they are a bit smaller.

Again I pulled out the Heidi Swapp pink and orange mist along with one of her masks (left page). I used some Versa Mark Watermark Ink to stamp the flower on and then used some bling in the center of the flowers.

On the right page I used my Sew Easy to pierce and sew down the middle. I did some interesting cutting with the two papers and used the different 6x6 pieces throughout the page.

This was such a fantastic vacation and I really want to go back.

Sisters at the Garden

 When we were at the Botanical Gardens in Atlanta my mom took this picture and it is absolutely beautiful! I had to make a special page for it.

The background of this page started as plain kraft paper. I then stamped with Versa Mark Watermark Ink and then used embossing powder and heated. Once it was dry I sprayed in Heidi Swapp Ink and it soaked into the plain paper, to make the cool effects.

 The metal bling is from Close to my Heart and the flourish is from Michael's recollection line.

My favorite font in this album is Pacifico, I've cut it on my Silhouette throughout this book. The gold-ish paper is from American Crafts, it was a little brighter but I toned it down with distress ink.

On the plane

I had a fun time taking pictures on the plane heading to Atlanta. When I took off from home it was storming pretty bad, plus it was 6am. By the time we were over Chicago the sun was up and I could see Navy Pier. So I had to scrap the plane ride and the tickets.

 For the background I started with a gold misted background and then went over with blue mist and a mask. I also misted the flowers with a gold mist. The plane had some Viva paste on top that is super fun!

I cut this tag on my Silhouette and then made the black stitching with my favorite Faber Castell black pen.

Atlanta Botanical Gardens

Happy National Scrapbook Day! I am getting my room cleaned out before I start scrapping. I've neglected it all semester and now it's a disaster. I share my closet with clothes and other seasonal decorations, so it needs a good cleaning. But then it's scrappy time!

This page comes from the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. I started with a plain kraft background. First I stuck down my title and misted over it with Heidi Swapp Chartreuse ink.  Then I pulled off the letters and stamped on top with Versa Mark Watermark Ink. Then I heat embossed. The stamps are Close to my Heart.

 It's a little easier to see the letters in this light.

I found these clips by Basic Grey. They clasp on to your memorabilia. And it is great for pamphlets and invites. I am using them throughout the album and they are fantastic.

Have a happy scrappy day!