You Are Strong entry for Lindy's and More than Words challenges

Hi everyone, it's been a crazy few last weeks and I've not had the chance to do many projects outside my Design Team tasks, so I am super excited about having the chance to submit this layout for 2 of my favorite challenge sites Lindy's and More than Words.

 This inspiration for this page came from both challenges.

Let's start with the Lindy's challenge:

Challenge link

I started with the following items, but a few changed along the way. I was inspired by the dark contour of the image with the lighter blue from the car giving it some light in the middle of the page. The old car got me the idea of using a distressed look for my page. Products used are listed below.

Yellow Rose of Texas Spray

Kissin Kenickie Coral Spray

Sassy Sapphire Spray

Midnight Bronze Embossing powder

Byzantine Bronze

I love how I was able to add the gorgeous colors to this stunning 7 Dots studio background paper:

Now time for the More Than Words Challenge

Link Here:September challenge

As I saw the FEARLESS part of the challenge I knew exactly what picture I had to use for my page. During our vacation in Riviera-Maya, we went on an excursion called Jungle Maya. Now 2 activities were a challenge for my eldest son Philippe (on the left side of the photo) and myself. We are both scarred of heights and during this excursion we had to do Zip lines and also repelling into a Cenote.

This picture was taken in the Cenote just after the repelling part of the Excursion. No need to tell you that we were really pleased to have completed this part. Letting yourself drop backwards into a hole when you do not see the bottom for someone who is scared of heights is quite a challenge. But we made it and I was especially proud of Philippe for going thru with this challenge.

The GRUNGE part of the challenge gave me the idea of using the gears, in zip line and also in the repelling part, the gears play a huge element in both activities, then some distressing and dark spots to add to the Jungle element of our excursion. Here are a few more detailed pictures:

I found theses quotes, they were just PERFECT for the description of the day:

You Are STRONG flair from Cuts2luv also really had a perfect fit:

Other products used for this page are: 

• 7 Dots Studio Hazy Days Collection paper & tags
• Cuts2luv Flair
• Creative Embellishments chipboards
• Les Créations Edith Cloutier small word stickers
• String and Straw

I hope you enjoyed my take on theses challenges, wishing all of you a wonderful crafty day !

France xoxo

Carpe Diem for Creative Embellishments September Challenge

Huge Tag time, oh how I LOVE these huge tags. I've been enjoying working with them so much to give as gifts.

I started with adding a paper for my background, then inked a stencil, then some stamping with one of my favorites Creative Embellishments stamps:

As ornaments I used the large gear set, the pieces are beautiful.

Large Gear Set

Large Tags

Thanks for stopping by !

Ensemble pour Cuts2luv

Bonjour, c'est mon tour de vous présenter ma toute dernière pour avec les magnifiques badges Cuts2luv. L'inspiration pour cette page fut le beau fond aquarelle de badge Bonheur.

J'ai débuté mon fond sur un papier aquarelle. Avec un stencil de Tim Holtz, j'ai appliqué du gel medium pour faire un effet 'résiste' et créer des fleurs blanches dans mon aquarelle. Ensuite ave un pinceau, j'ai appliqué mon encre Lindy's stamp gang Baby Blue Eyes.

J'aime beaucoup cacher certain badge sous mes ornements tel que ce super badge étoile en foil:

Le badge qui fut la source d'inspiration avec les petits mots autocollants des Créations Édith Cloutier: 

Vous aimez les badges? Alors suivez les liens ci-joint pour la boutique:

Bonheur

Metal Stars

Bonne journée les amis !

Doux Moment pour Cuts2luv

Bon matin, la fin du mois approche, j'espère que vous avez fait le défi du mois? Sinon il vous reste encore quelques jours pour participer.

J'avoue que ce tableau d'inspiration m'a donné un niveau de difficulté. J'adore faire le couleurs du combo et la palette de ce mois sors de ma zone de comfort. Mais c'est ça le défi non? Essayer de sortir de nos habitudes.

Pour cette page j'avais le goût de faire des découpes avec un beau papier motif de 49 and Market.

J'adore les éléments de douceur de cette page. Pour le défi j'ai utilisé les éléments suivants du tableau d'inspiration:

• Embellissements étoiles (mon badge)
• Le combo couleur
• Chevron (papier)

Sous mes découpes, j'ai ajouté un fond aquarelle avec mon spray Lindy's (Sweet Violet Purple Teal):

Les produits utilisés sont:

Titre DOUX MOMENTS:

1 Badge de la série smile to life metal golden:

1 badge de Pink Purple Gold Stars:

metal-stars-pink-purple-gold

Bain de Soleil:

Merci pour votre visite et bonne création !

Seabreeze for Creative Embellishments

Good morning everyone, wow, I am the only one wanting the summer to last forever? Living in Canada, we never know what our weather will be like in the summer, so often we head down south for our Summer vacations. For this project, I have another old picture from our family vacations to Virginia Beach. This one was taken on our very first trip there. I think it was most likely 2001 or 2002. My sons were very young, but loved to play in the waves.

I started this layout wanting a darker toned summer page. My starting point with this Blue Fern Studio paper was to add a layer of embossing powder on my background thru a stencil, then I added the dark blue embossing powder. 

Next step was to start the layering of my chipboard. Some I left natural color (title and butterfly).

I heat embossed in Navy blue the anchor and added some white twine and a flower as an ornament:

The clock I embossed with a multitoned embossing powder:

Once my chipboard were positioned, I started my layering. I have several layers of paper, some paper doilies then I finished with my flowers and some larger twine and cheese cloth.

The very last step is to add some splatters of liquid gesso, I enjoy the dimension this adds to the project.

Products used on this page:

Achor

4 inch Steampunk clock face:

1 piece of this Butterfly set:

So what is your favorite vacation place?

Thanks for looking, I wish you a wonderful crafty day !

Explore for Creative Embellishments & Mixed Media & Art challenge

Hi everyone, I hope you are enjoying your summer and have had some time to play in the pool, visit a lake or my favorite go to the Beach.

With my teens, it is getting harder to get them to pose for pictures now, so I've been having fun looking at old vacation pictures. About 8 years ago, we went to Virginia Beach and the waves were super high. I have this beautiful picture of my boys and my husband daring to go into the waves. I thought it would make an awesome layout.

This 7 Dots Studio paper I felt was perfect for a beach themed page. I started by adding some layers of details with stencils (Anchor, letters & lines). I love the texture it gives to the back of the page.
I covered my chipboard with black gesso, then played with my Finnabair Waxes. I just love how simple they are to use and the details that it can bring. I played with 4 colors (Metallic wax Brushed Iron & White Gold, Antique Brilliance Mystic Turquoise and Opal Magic Wax Turquoise Satin) You can see the details of the waxed on my close up pictures below, my favorite is the seahorse, it came out perfectly.

I added some sequins to give it some light:

On the grunge frame, I only played with the Brushed Iron:

For added texture I included some paper die-cut greens, some straw and cotton cheese:

Products used on this page are:

Grunge Circle Frame

Seahorse

Seaweed 2

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Now there is this wonderful monthly challenge over on the Mixed Media & Art blog. I am taking the opportunity to make this my first participation in those challenges.

Challenge board

Now I did not have turtles on hand, but the seahorses I believe would qualify in this challenge as well as the blue altering of the chipboards.

I hope you like my take on your challenge !

I wish everyone a wonderful day !