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Happy Birthday, Connie!

09 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Cardmaking, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Mixed Media, Papercrafting, Scrapbooking, Sewing

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birthday card, connie wallenbrock, corsage pin, crate paper, cynthia flores, diy, diy shoip, diy shop, doily, handmade, happy birthday card, katie hand, kim cremar, LOveBug Creations, Lovebug Creations Creative Team, Mama's Mesh, pam lash, Rumple Ribbon, scissor charm, scissor stamped brass charm, stacey hill, stacey hillesheim, stamped brass charm, stamped chipboard, stephanie eaken, vintage inspired, vintage sewing notions, washi tape

We’re celebrating another birthday on the Lovebug Creations Creative Team!

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Happy Birthday, Connie!

Please join me in wishing her a wonderful day full of creativity and awesome surprises!  Leave her a comment to make her feel extra special!

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I created a card for the birthday girl inspired by vintage sewing notions. This greeting features one of the newer colors from Lovebug Creations, “Crushed” and I just adore this beautiful, warm Rumple Ribbon. It’s perfect for Spring, Summer and Fall.

I created the “Happy Day” sentiment using the Chip Art tools from Melody Ross. I was going for a leather bracelet look here, but it was a little more challenging than I was expecting. I guess I’m an optimist!

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The ribbon matched perfectly with this pad of “DIY SHOP” scrapbook paper that I have from Crate Paper.

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I added in a bit of White Mama’s Mesh to give it some additional texture. The white Rumple Ribbon is also from Lovebug Creations.

I love to use pattern in my designs but sometimes too much pattern is too much for the eye to handle. To solve this dilemma I like to separate patterns with a solid to give the eye a break and allow it to process the next print. Here I’ve separated the measuring tape paper from the floral background with a coral-colored paper. Although both papers came from the same coordinated paper stack, it might look messy and disorganized to leave them sitting next to each other.

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The Washi Tape was a present from my friend, Cynthia Flores, for a Valentine Swap that we were in and it worked perfectly here to match the base paper.

Connie, I’m sending you a wish for a wonderful month of celebrating and hope you have a creative and beautiful day!

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

xo,

Christine Barker

PS:  Want to see some more Birthday Card ideas?  Check out these cuties from the Lovebug Creations Creative Team:

Katie Hand

Stephanie Eaken

Stacey Hillesheim

Pam Lash

Kimi Cremar

 

 

 

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Crafting: Glamour in Pink Layout featuring Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon

05 Tuesday Mar 2013

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Mixed Media, Papercrafting, Rubber Stamp, Rubber Stamp, Scrapbooking, Uncategorized, unicorn

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border punch, chalkboard paper, eye popping color, fight for a cure, foam squares, heat embossing, jaded blossom, jill cornell, journaling card, layering, layout, LOveBug Creations, pom poms, Rumple Ribbon, scrapbook, shimelle, shimmer, sparkle, stitched scrapbook paper, unicorn, vellum paper, washi tape

Hello Friends!

I’ve got some crazy color and patterns going on this week! My inspiration for the colors in this layout came from the Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon that the Creative Team received last week. These are brand new colors with a hint of shimmery sparkle and I just love the names: Princess Danika, Lady Jenna and Queen Taylor. You’ll be able to buy them in the shop on Friday!

Since I wanted to do a project with a wild side, I went over to check out what Shimelle has going on. I love her style because she loads up her pages with lots of fun bits and pieces and uses lots of eye-popping color.

Sketch Seven by Shimelle

I used her Sketch to Scrapbook Page layout (Sketch 7) to figure out where everything should go.

Glamour In Pink scrapbook layout by Christine Barker

I’ve had this pink unicorn paper for a while and combined it with some other papers I’ve had in my stash. The key to this layout is lots of layering! Just keep adding, and when you think you’re done, add some more! (Sally Jean Alexander gave me this advice!)

First, I glued the pink unicorn paper, black and white striped paper and the argyle paper to my base paper. Then, I ran a basic stitch in black thread all around the edges. Next, I stamped and heat embossed the HELLO sentiment on black chalkboard paper and used a border punch along the sides.

Next, I attached the picture to the black chalkboard paper with some washi tape.  I layered the black chalkboard paper on top of a pink and white print paper, which was then layered over a black and white petite polka dot paper. I used a lot of foam squares and they’re pretty much under every element on this page. Then, just because there isn’t enough pattern yet, I layered all of that on top of a really graphic black and white paper.

Glamour In Pink scrapbook layout by Christine Barker

I added some white pom poms to the back of the black n white polka dot paper. Next, I used a punch to punch out a 3/4 scalloped circle (using a technique I saw on Pinterest) and layered that on top of a floral paper to create a journaling card.

Once the journaling card was attached, I glued down the picture. Now the fun begins! I’ve had some of these bits and bobs laying around in my stash for at least 10 years. Seriously, there is a pink suede tag next to the journal card and I know I’ve had it forever. It was perfect for this project!

I have to tell you about one of the techniques I used to create the turquoise design that’s peeking out from under the ribbon. The technique is from a tutorial by Jill Cornell on Shimelle’s blog about how to heat emboss on vellum. I’ve been on a vellum kick lately so this tutorial was perfect for me. It’s super easy, but makes a really fun embellishement!

Glamour In Pink scrapbook layout by Christine Barker

I moved and played around with the embellishments until my eyes were crossed and finally got everything put into place. The final touches were to add the white “Perfect Pair” tab to the photo area. Next, I gave the page a generous splash of white paint drips and flings and of course adding the Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon was the Pièce de résistance.

Can you see the sparkle in the ribbon? Kimi Cremar, the owner of Lovebug Creations, created this ribbon especially for Jaded Blossom. They are releasing extra special “Fight for a Cure” stamp sets and dies this week and these ribbons are perfect. You’ll want to visit Jaded Blossom on Friday to see the inspiring projects featured in their Release Blog Hop!

Glamour In Pink scrapbook layout by Christine Barker

I’ve got another project that I’ve been working on that I can’t wait to show you!  It’s almost finished and it’s going to feature more of these beautiful pink-hued ribbons. I’m really excited about it. If you listen really closely, you might hear the faint sounds of a calliope playing. I’m crossing my fingers that our weather holds because this super fun project needs to be photographed outside. Send me your sunny thoughts!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I would love to hear your comments, questions and anything else you want to tell me in the Comments section. You don’t know how much it means to me when you take time out of your day to write a note!

xoxo,

Christine

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Crafting: Mini Album featuring Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon

26 Tuesday Feb 2013

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Mini Album, Uncategorized

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#imaweirdo, anna corba, arlene baker, cheryl mezzetti, copic marker, creative, creative process, echo park, emma trout, french general, glitter, golden acrylics, graphic 45, ingrid dijkers, jim hankins, kaari meng, lisa kaus, LOveBug Creations, michelle geller, mini album, paint chips, rhinestones, Rumple Ribbon, sally jean alexander, scallop, signo uniball, washi tape

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I don’t know about you, but I really struggle with knowing when a creative project is done. I’m never happy about things I make until someone tells me they like it and then I puff up with pride and feel I’ve actually created something worthwhile. The creative process is convoluted and tangled. I add a couple finishing touches, take a step back, and sometimes I even take a picture on my phone of the project so that I can see it from a different perspective. And all the while I’m doubting and questioning whether I should just tear it up and start again. Is anyone else like that? Please leave me a comment and tell me I’m not the only weirdo like that…

For this weeks project I wanted to create a mini album that pops off the page. My go-to inspiration for pop-off-the-page POW comes from different sources, like the blogs of Graphic 45, Echo Park, Emma Trout, and Jim Hankins, The Gentleman Crafter.

To give you an idea of where I started, I submit to you Exhibit A, my project that was published in Take Ten, Volume V. Yes, this flatness was actually PUBLISHED in a magazine from Stampington and Company.

Art by Christine Barker published in Take Ten

EXHIBIT A

“Flatness 2005”

I thought I was all crafty and advanced, using paint chips WAY back in 2005, and stamping on them and layering them onto paper and then onto pages out of a book that I had painted with Anna Corba inspired pink stripes. (Ok fine, I’ll come clean, I worked at Stampington & Co for a bit and I think they published this because they felt sorry for me. lol.)

Thankfully one day I read a book, Pretty Little Things: Collage Jewelry, Trinkets and Keepsakes from Sally Jean Alexander, and joined one of her soldering classes, which led to stalking her taking several more of her amazing classes, and I sorta finally learned how to collage, and how to use charcoal pencil to add interest and depth. From there I blossomed, with inspiration learned in classes with Ingrid Dijkers, Lisa Kaus, and a paper flower class with Arlene Baker taken in Kaari Meng’s dreamy French General shop.

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Fast forward to today, and I’d like to introduce you to my tools that come out for almost every project that I work on. I use my brown Copic Marker to edge my paper to give it an antique look. Alternatively you can use a brown ink pad. Foam squares are a must-have to bring elements off the page. (Budget substitute: cut up corrugated cardboard into squares and glue those on instead of foam squares). Dimensional floral embellishments add visual interest and color. Rhinestones are a fancy girls staple. Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon adds a delightful pop of color. Then, there’s my eraser, black charcoal pencil, white charcoal pencil, blender/smudger, and finally my favorite pen, a white Signo Uni-Ball. I am forever grateful to my friend, Michelle Geller, for letting me in on the Signo secret. They are impossible to find and she was so sweet to buy a couple for me from her local Japanese book store and send them to me.

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I used the black charcoal pencil to lightly trace around the edges of the papers and then I smudged it with my blending tool. It really makes the letters in “LOVE” stand out. Next, I used the Signo white pen to add dashes around the outside. The white charcoal pencil was used on the scallops to add some depth.

Hog Heaven Mini Album by Christine Barker

I’ve been on a vellum kick lately, so I added a layer of scalloped vellum into the rosette. I used some Golden Interference Gold paint on the paper flowers and the baby mushroom to give them some shimmer. I used some brown flocking powder on Miss Hedgehog, because wouldn’t fuzzy be better than quills? Some pink rhinestones gave her some sparkle and interest. And, of course, I had to add some enchanting Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon in “Pink Clouds” to the ring.

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On this page I used washi tape to hold the writing paper down and smudged charcoal pencil around all the paper edges.

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To make the flower stand out from the paper underneath, I used a triangle shaped makeup sponge to pick up some white ink off of an ink pad, lightly pressed it on the page and then rubbed it with a paper towel to blend it all together. I crumpled up the flowers, like I’ve seen Cheryl Mezzetti do in class, and I added some glitter to the edges because you can never have too much glitter!

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I used the same techniques on the rest of the pages, black smudged charcoal around the edges, foam squares to lift the embellishments off the page, and more glitter!

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I added some Golden Acrylics Interference Gold to the clouds.

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More black charcoal!

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On this layout you can see the difference between the white dashes and white charcoal smudges on the scallops on the page on the right and no white details on the page on the left. The white picks it up and adds a touch of whimsy!

I hope you enjoyed learning about my techniques for finishing creative projects. I’d love to hear from you in the comments!

xoxo,

Christine Barker

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