Back covers of the new 7x10 album

I used the same colors as I used on the front and it 

really worked well as it looks pretty similar to the cover which is pretty

cool since all the blowing makes it random.

Here's the link 

Since I'm in a campground in a small town

with NOOOOO craft stores in sight

I used my aspirator or baby snot remover.

Again, it does get the job done, however, watching the vids

the actual tool I'm thinking it would work awhole lot better.

Go figure actually using the right tool.

LOL.

The alcohol inks are raspberry, pebble, clover, butterscotch 💓

wild plum and stream.

On the inside cover I used the oxides and not the sprays

and those really cool Inkadinkadoo stamps.

Added a couple of TH phrases and a stamped "frame"

that went sort of out of control.

It wasn't big enough to go around the entire saying

so I had to do it in increments.

Chaos results. 

I'm not sure if I'm going to fill the guts with papers or just

wait and make the paper decision as I go.

I kinda like that - however, even if I fill it - I can and do 

change and rearrange the papers sooooo....

if I neeeeeed something to do - I could whack some papers.

The colors are salty ocean, pine needles, festive berries and dusty concord.

Alcohol inks, oxides and dyes oh my

 Alcohol inks are fun and bright and beautiful.

However......

I want this to be a cover for a new album - 7x10 so

I glued 2 thin pieces of chipboard together,

gessoed it and wa-la.

I was too cheap to be the blower tool so I 

improvised with a baby snot remover.

It was tedious and cumbersome so I may spring for the tool,

but it got the job done.

Then.....I didn't remember I had alcohol blending solution

so I used rubbing alcohol which is great too

and I also forgot I needed to seal it and was checking in with

my pal and found I also had distress collage medium.

Obviously, at some point some of the instruction from Tim's

classes actually sunk in. 

Love it.

I seriously don't know where to go from here so I'll be

lurking around the videos.

 While I was making that page I decided to mess with this page

because there's always room for one more.

I used the oxide sprays.

Assorted stencils and stamps.

The "adventure" was original tan and I fussy cut it from

and old PL card and it looked dumb so

I used a black ink pen and colored it in.

Lots better.

Also I used some stamps that I did on watercolor paper that didn't turn out well.

However, once you ink them babies up they look rather worn and cool.

The alcohol inks are raspberry, pebble, clover, butterscotch 💓

wild plum and stream.

In case you care.

Here's the water color page that I stamped on using

the stamper board and not having even mediocre results.

I was not amused until I figured out that water color

paper has a lot of texture to it.

For some reason I decided not to toss it and used some 

oxides just to play.

Well it doesn't look half bad for the grunge look.

The sprays were mermaid lagune,pickled raspberry, mustard seed

abandoned coral, wild honey, carved pumpkin, peacock feathers, 

fired brick and cracked pistachio

Just a bit of fussy cutting and embellishments for a page.

Not sure where I'm going with this so I'll have to

keep you posted. 

I know this surprises you.

Off the rails scrapbooking challenge - Up up & Away

Its a challenge that covers anything that flies.

I chose my hot ballon stamp.

And a mixed media format inspired by Soaphousemama once again.

It just seemed to fit, although when I was working on the page I didn't have any photos 

much less all the putting pix of all grandkids in mind, 

however, it was awesome the way it worked out.

 I chose the colors from a sunset perspective and once completed I decided

that B&W photos was the only way to go.

It was a fun page to do, AND in full disclosure once again,

 this was my second attempt page-the first page

ended up in the garbage.

I did rescue it and have been die cutting shapes out of it.

(We'll see what happens with them).

I used 2 pieces of kraft paper glued together because I didn't have canvas.

The colors are a mix of gesso, paint, and watercolors and alcohol

ink that has been more or less covered 

because that resulted in disaster

in my mind.

The stamp is from inkadinkado and the alphas are Tim Holtz grungeboard

that I've had forever.

Head on over to Off the rails scrappbooking and checkout the team's projects.

Remember that post I teased

about here? Well its challenge time at Off the Rails

Scrapbooking and the challenge is create your own embellishment.

TADA for one in a row when I was actually ahead of the curve for a change. The tag has some gesso going on along with some mists and alcohol inks.

 I chose some Paper Studio pattern paper because I just love the greenish/blue stripes.

It makes the best girlie girl page ever. I took my honeycomb stencil and modeling past and made some honeycombs on the page.

Does the texture rock or what.

I grabbed my watercolors and just sloshed some paints over the honeycombs.

Watercolors are so forgiving and you don't have to be a Rembrandt to use it.

I picked up some kraft doilies. Kraft is another favorite with bluish/green and it accented the tag nicely as I used it for a mat. A B&W photo was perfect for all the elements. Found a bag of hearts I got carried away punching and tossed them on the page. I don't remember the alphas - but they are soooooo cool and fun and blingy.

As an aside, my kidlets always called their toes piggies or pigs until about kindergarten. I am carrying on tradition with grands. 

Head on over to Off the Rails Scrapbooking and check out the design teams creations. Also play along and hopefully win a lovely prize. Join the facebook page and post your page!

Can't wait to see!

A couple of project teases going on...

Just to keep things interesting. Which means I've got nothing. LOL!

However, I was playing around whilst waiting for paint to dry and ta-da!! A couple of projects going on.

So stage left is some gesso and gel, awhite tag, medium and sweet potato bag mesh. Which is different from onion, potato, avacado mesh. They're great to have laying around.

So I laid out the orange mesh on the tag and slopped a mixture of gesso and gel around it.

I didn't have the presence of mind to photo the above - but below is

a photo of the texture the mixture made. Looks kinda neat although I either needed to use more or less. I'm not experienced enough to know at this point or any point really. I'm doing a lot of guessing.

 I broke out some adirondak alcohol inks and mists and some Heidi Swapp mist (which again you'll have to use your imagination because I didn't think to photo the process) because well I was playing around.

I really love the result - now all I have to do is figure out where to go from here.

Suggestions anyone? 

This bingo card has been laying about for centuries and felt the need to do something. Again.

So I broke out my tea dye varnish and went at it. Again, I know your imagination is by now running amok. :) 

As you can see I didn't do it evenly over the card because when paper and such ages it doesn't do it in an even fashion and I wanted that kind of look for the card.

THEN I had to wait for them to dry. Sigh. lol!

NOW I just need to figure out where to go from here. 

AND........

I visited HL tonight and picked up some chipboard and a new packet of paper to use for

the baby album. It'd be soooo much easier if I knew pink or blue LOL. 

However, I picked up the 8x8 of the Glitz Color Me Happy

and it has lots of happy happy happy primary colors and fun things

that I think will work well.

AGAIN.......

waiting for paint to dry - I painted the chipboard in colors I pulled

from the line and I'm not being a fraidy cat in 

slapping paint around.

I have a glass cutting board and under it I can't resist putting a lot of stuff
like tickets and cards and pamphlets and stuff.
It's distracting I know.
My bad.

Working with acrylic

In case you didn't check out the Off the Rails challenge #1

use acetate - go on over and check it out.

This is my version of the challenge.

I decided to make a 12x12 scrapbook page on acetate.

I learned a few things which was different

than making acetate albums, I found.

1. Like don't peel off the blue backing while misting and using

alcohol ink on the acetate.

2. Do not mist and ink while the humidity is high.

(Unfortunately in Florida humidity is the norm).

3. While waiting for the mist to dry and in hurrying it along with

embossing powder - DO NOT use the heat gun with the blue paper on.

It is NOT pretty and its very difficult to remove.

 Here's how it looks without the blue paper. 

You really need to have backing to see what's what.

And isn't my kitchen rockin' or what.

 I got the blue backing off - very very carefully. 

And it was warped.

Not happy with the warping.

SO I put some paper behind to make sure what

goes where when I begin the placement of the elements.

 Can I say that I am totally giddy with delight as to how the

misting and alcohol ink is designed on the acetate. 

 It was hard finding a surface to photograph it on.

The misting made me swoon.

The alchohol drips made me swoon.

A close up of the cluster amidst the inks and sprays.

I had the best time with taking thephotos.

NH in Autumn is beautiful.

Stay tuned for the next Off the Rails challenge to be revealed on
December 27th.