"Heaven" Layout for American Idol Challenge

Hey everyone!

Just sharing a layout I did for the American Idol Challenge at Flying  Unicorn! For this week's challenge, we had to chose a song title from either the Rolling Stones or The Who. I chose the Stones of course! As I was browsing thru the list of songs..I saw the song "Heaven". I knew I wanted to use it and a picture of a sweet boy, Lennon and his mom. Lennon went to Heaven last September after a tough fight with cancer. No child should ever have to suffer such a dreaded disease..but he never lost his smile. And though I never met him personally, he really had an impact on me and my family and how we look at tough times. We prayed for him every day and never went a day without talking about him and his love for life.

I used Bo Bunny Country Garden Collection for this layout. I apologize for the dimness of the pictures..it's gloomy outside today!

I started by blending some Stormy Sky and Crushed Olive Distress inks around the distressed edges. Masked the fence using the same mix of inks and painted some Prima flowers with some Glimmer Glazes. The Glazes, Inks, Flying Unicorn flowers and Shabby Chic Bike are all from the Flying Unicorn Store. 

Hope you join us for some fun Challenges at the forum!! We've got some fun ones coming up in April! We'd love to have you drop by, share your creations and make some new friends!!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you find some time to get creative!

Mojo Monday Sketch Layout

Hey scrappers!

Just sharing a layout I did for the Mojo Monday sketch at Flying Unicorn.  CT Member Tammy did a great job designing the sketch for this week! Take a look:

For my take on it, I used new ScrapCake My Private Happiness collection from the Flying Unicorn Store. I LOVE the bright yellows of this line..really have turned me around when it comes to bright colors. If you know me, you'd know I rarely work with anything bright but I can't seem to put this paper down!

Here is my take on the sketch.

I distressed the edges and added some Mustard Seed Distress ink..did a little fussy cutting and stamping as well. For the Dusty Attic scroll, I painted it first with Flirty Glimmer Glaze, dabbed some Gesso on it and cut it in half. I then laid one on top of another using pop dots on the top to give some dimension to the layout.

I used mostly Prima flowers, but there are Manor House and Flying  Unicorn flowers as well.

The Prima bird cage is also from the store..as well as the DA, most of the flowers, inks and Glimmer Glaze. I love that Flying Unicorn is one stop shopping!!

I hope you get to try out this weeks sketch! It's really inspiring! Keep your eyes open every Monday morning for Flying Unicorns new Mojo Monday Sketch to be posted!! 

Thanks for stopping by!! Happy Scrappin!

New ScrapCake Projects!

Hey scrapping friends!

Today I want to share with you a couple layouts I did using the new ScrapCake collections from Flying Unicorn! I adore the collections that The ScrapCake comes up with! The colorings and designs are over the top gorgeous and the quality is amazing!! Flying Unicorn is one of the very few stores in the USA that carry The ScrapCake collections!

For this first LO I'm sharing, I used "My Private Happiness" collection. I used lots of Manor House flowers with some Flying Unicorn and Prima as well.

I started by fussy cutting the circles out of the 7x12 Creative Dreams sheet and then stitched around the 12x12. I used a doily and some Mustard Seed Distress Ink for the masking. I painted the Imaginarium flourish with Distress Stain and Shabby Shutters Crackle Paint. I then added a dangling jewel to the center of the chippie scroll.

I added the title into the circles of the cut out

For the next layout I used the new "One Moment in Time" Collection. I love the soft muted color palette of this collection..you can go either boy/girl with this line..which I love!!  I did lots of distressing and masking using Tattered Angels Glimmer Screens and Distress inks.

 I used my Dynamo Label Maker for the title and circled some twine around it.

 Not only does Alda have new ScrapCake, but she has loaded up some new Dusty Attic as well! I painted the cherry blossom chippies with Picket Fence Crackle Paint and drew a little detail with my marker on the leaves. I then used some Gathered Twigs Distress Ink around the edges of the chippie and covered with Rock Candy. I also used some Aloha Green Glimmer Glaze on some of the flowers.

Don't forget to fly on over to the FORUM for some fantastic Challenges this month! We are focusing on fashion fun and its been a blast!! Would love to have you join us!!

Thanks for stopping by!! I so appreciate you! Hope you get inspired to create something! Till next time, Happy Scrappin!