Want2Scrap & GlueArts Blog Hop!

Welcome to Day 5 the final day of the Glue Arts and Want2Scrap Spring into Summer Blog Hop! We have had such a great week sharing projects from our two companies and the creative magic of the talented designers.

Remember to be eligible for the prizes you need to leave a comment on the Want2Scrap AND the Glue Arts Blogs.

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Glue Arts provides a wide range of adhesive from their Glue RiderPro Adhesive Squares, or Embellishments Adhesive. They have just what you need for your next scrappy or crafting project.

Want2Scrap specialize in bling, chipboard albums, laser designs, iPhone 4 cases and ribbons!

To be eligible for the prizes leave a comment on the Want2Scrap AND the Glue Arts Blogs.

Comments will be taken until Sunday May 27 at midnight.

Day Five: Friday May 26

Audrey Pettit

Nina Brackett

Joe Morgan/Joe Rotella

Mimi Leinbach

Keely Yowler

I have not done a layout in a while but had fun using all the fun Want2Scrap and GlueArts goodies! These great adhesives made it fun and easy to layer lots of products for extra texture and dimension. The Pro Glider made it super easy and was really strong. I also loved the Adhesive Squares, very versatile.

You can't get too much bling either.  I seriously love the Silver Rhinestone Fancy Brackets...so fun!

The Silver Rhinestones - 72 Count were perfect to add some depth to the kraft border.

Lastly the Silver Rhinestone Baby Bling was the perfect accent for this layout.

Thank you for joining our blog hop! Remember to leave a comment on the Want2Scrap AND the Glue Arts Blogs. Comments will be taken until Sunday May 27 at midnight.

My Inspiration Album...

Every girl needs an inspiration album, full of wonderful things and colors to draw from when you need a little kick start to get creating. I am going to share mine with you. I used this fantastic Assorted Rectangles Chipboard Album by Want2Scrap as a fun starting place.

On each page I focused on a different thing that inspires me. Both technology and of course my wonderful family!

Who is not inspired by fun fabrics and textures? My love of photography and cameras is always a great place to start to get my creative juices flowing.

The beauty of nature and art are always inspiring to me.

When all else fails food and my love of color works every time!

As always just getting my hands a little messy is enough in itself to get me inspired to create.

Of course we need to get some detail shots to give you a feel of how inspiring all these things really can be.

Now it is your turn, create your own inspiration album. It will be fun making it...and drawing from it whenever you need a little push.

Want2Scrap Products:

Assorted Rectangles Chipboard Album

Blue Rose Ribbon 1"

Hot Pink Rose Ribbon 1"

Peridot Rose Ribbon 1.5'

Purple Rose Ribbon 1.5'

Light Green Rhinestones - 72 Count

Sleek Strips Silver Rhinestones

Pink Rhinestones - 72 Count

Heart Ribbon Slide

Pearl White Flower - Small

Red Rhinestones - 72 Count

Hot Pink Rhinestones - 72 Count

Turquoise Rhinestones - 72 Count

Beautiful Bling Borders - Endless Waves

Cross Promotional Partners:

Beacon Adhesives

Clearsnap Colorbox Inks

Art Glitter

Glue Arts Adhesives

Eco Green Crafts

Other Products:

Paint- Claudine Hellmuth, Plaid, Liquitex

Gesso- Liquitex

Spray Ink- Tattered Angels

Alphabets- American Crafts

Ribbon, Trim- American Crafts, Heidi Swapp,  Making Memories, Stash

Buttons- Stash

Canvas Butterfly- Maya Road

Pen- Scarlet Lime

Stamp- Clearsnap

Art Journal Background Tutorial

I wanted to share with you this tutorial on how to create this background. It is amazing what a little bit of paint, paper, and glue and create. This is the beginning of our background...first use a base of Gesso to prep the original paper. Then using adhesive and Modge Podge glue down the pattern paper.  I also added some wads of tissue paper to create extra texture. I wanted the image to looks like rolling hills of sand. 

Now comes paint. I added several layers of paint in complementing colors to create depth. I rubbed it on with my fingers and really got it in the nooks.

I added even more paint such as these lines of gold metallic paint. I did the same to create the sky, using various colors of blue and a few streaks of white.

Next comes the colorful part! To create the the umbrellas I dug into my scraps of paper and paper pieced the umbrellas. I then cut out birds and used a black pen to define the edges.

Next up...blinging it up with tons of  Want2Scrap goodies!  I used the Fancy Wave Bling Borders and added them to the bottoms of the umbrellas. 

 The Finesse Swirls in LeCreme Pearls were perfect to  create the illusion of rolling hills in the sand. A few of the Blue Green Rhinestones Baby Bling  added that little extra "something special" to these pages.

And here is our final project!

I am hoping you are now feeling creative and want to create a few designs of your own.

Want2Scrap Products:

Blue Green Rhinestone Baby Bling

Finesse Swirls in LeCreme Pearls

Fancy Wave Bling Borders

Cross Promotional Products:

Glue Arts

Donna Salazar GCD Pattern Paper

Clearsnap Ink and Smootch Spritz

EcoGreen Crafts

Other Products:

Pattern Paper- Studio Calico, Pink Paislee, Lily Bee Designs, My Minds Eye, Websters Pages

Stamps- Unity Designs (Christy Tomlinson SHE ART Line)

Pens- Scarlet Lime, Faber-Castell

Paint- Liquitex, Lumiere Light Body Metallic Acrylic

Modge Podge (Matte and Sparkel)- Plaid

Glitter Sand- Magic Scraps

Rub-ons- Fancy Pants, Black River Designs, Studio Calico

Gesso- Liquitex

Check out this Drink Ware by Traditions Studio!

I got a box of fun yummy goodies from Traditions Studios. I am one lucky girl when I get these fun boxes ...that means it is time to play! I seriously love this 16 oz. Tumbler with a Straw...and used it to make my own glass that will follow me from soccer game to soccer game.

This is so totally me!

I just love all the great details...don't you love how the Want2Scrap 72 Count Turquois Bling brightens it up.

Now since I am not the only one that needs to drink water at the games...I made this one for Nick! He got the 15 oz. Stainless Steel Water Bottle.

These would make great Mother's and Father's Day gifts as well, don't you think?

Want2Scrap Tree Canvas Using the Scarlet Lime Mixed Media Kit

Yes, it is that time again...Time to get your hands messy! Making canvases is one of my new favorite things to do. It makes me feel like an artist each time I create one. It also lets me indulge myself in my love of bright and vivid color. I used the  Scarlet Lime Mixed Media Kit.

This canvas is was a ton of fun and it amazes my how I can actually create an image from just a few hand cut triangles. My trees were perfectly frames by the Silver Rhinestones Nestabling Pennants. What a fun  and different way to use them. 

The Brown Nestabling Circle was also the perfect way to highlight the sun. I also used four different color of 72 Count Bling...they make a perfect center for each flower.

And just one more so you can see some of the fun details in this...

I hope you are inspired to dig in and get you fingers messy too. It is really very freeing to create and not worry about making mistakes.  In the mixed media world mistakes tend to make the best art!

Want2Scrap  Products:

Brown Nestabling Circle

Silver Rhinestone Pennants

Baby Blue 72 Count Bling

Lavender 72 Count Bling

Red 72 Count Bling

Orange 72 Count Bling

Other Products:

Spray Ink- Studio Calico

Paint- Claudine Hellmuth

Tissue Tape- Tim Holtz Ranger

Stamps- Christy Tomlinson /Unity

Ink- StazOn

Modge Podge- Plaid

Pen- Scarlet Lime

Rub-ons- Kaiser Craft

Pattern Paper- Pink Paislee (She Art by Christy Tomlinson)

Die Cuts- Pink Paislee (She Art by Christy Tomlinson)

Markers- Faber Castell

Kit- March Mixed Media Kit by Scarlet Lime

Want2Scrap and More Goodness!

Got a box of goodness the week and just wanted to share and say a great big "Thank You" to Want2Scrap and all these wonderful products!

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and a girl can never have too many ink...seriously, Clearsnap has made me a seriously happy girl!

and adhesive galore from Beacon Adhesives, and Glue Arts.

and yes, even more! Art Glitter and Adhesive, Nikki Sivils, Donna Salazar Stamps from Heartfelt Creations, The Craft's Meow, Sweet Stamp Shot.

Well, I better get to work...I have lots of fun to have here!

Mimi Leinbach: March Simple Layouts...Back to my Roots

I love that I am trying new things creatively...slowly making my way in the world of mixed media. Digging in and getting messy but every now and again you need to visit your roots. I did that this month with the March Frugal Fab Kit at Scarlet Lime. I don't do nearly the amount of layouts I used to do but it was really nice to return to my roots.

I dug into some of my pictures and found this picture of a family ski trip. The colors were perfect for this kit.

And a few more details...

My second layout is of our dear friends. They are my sons second family and for Christmas this past year I did a photo shoot with the all the "men" in the family.

The colors in this kit are perfect for Spring.

Thanks so much for popping by to check out the kits, be sure to check back soon. I went mixed media to the max on the March Main Kit.