April 2020 Blog Calendar

April 7 (due april 2): Stacia TUT/blog post SCHEDULED
April 14 (due april 9): blog post -Rikki SCHEDULED
April 21 (due april 16): Geraldine Hybrid
April 28 (due april 23): pretty pages - ??

Mirjam,

I am doing the blog post.

Thanks so much Rikki!

Hi !
This month I created a canvas. My hybrid project is done. I'm going to write the blog spot this week

A photo of my canvas :

I've been home and home working for four weeks now. The good thing about this situation is that I have time to do scrapbooking.
For several months now, I've been wanting to create a mixed-media-style canvas.

I painted a white layer on the canvas :


When the paint is fresh, I added piece of papers. I glued them with the paint and for one I paint above it to soften the pattern.

I used my two favorite papers (green paper from Sprung and white paper from Forget me not)

I used an alphabet mask to create embossed letters :




To finish the background, I added some green drops with watercolor :


I waited until my canvas was dry to start decorating.

I built my canvas, layer after layer. I created a cluster of several elements
I cut flowers in the pattern paper (Forget me not) and I glued them on the canvas :


I stuck a retrieved tag on a piece of clothing :


I added a green tag (No probllama) and a black tape (room with view). I finished the cluster with another flower's branch.




Then, I decorated with two more clusters, the rest of the canvas.

I show you the details for one of them :

Green tag from Sprung, and the written tape from Love you berry much

I cut another flowers from the paper :


I finished the cluster with a small tag and a black and white button (Room with view)




My canvas is done and hung :

SUPER COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pretty Pages April

Hi Everyone,
I hope this finds you well and keeping your sanity during this uncertain time. I feel lucky that our craft allows us to document these times – from empty shelves to full houses! I find myself taking photos of the most inane things just to remember how the small items in normal times take on a greater significance in this pandemic (toilet paper anyone?)

Time for a bit of appreciation therapy – love browsing the galleries at the moment – all so interesting! I have not chosen any distancing pages yet but I suspect next month will be a different matter...

Firstly Typically You absolutely caught my eye immediately, with the colours, patterns and photo treatments making it a work of art! @RJMJ has taken this month’s template by Dalis and certainly made it her own! How glorious is this? I love the word art – note that the sticker title gives the page a sharpness that draws the eye – without that focus, the page would lose some of its appeal.



Next we have @Thuria with her beautiful page – Nostalgia. Such a lovely soft page! The background stamp compliments the clusters, making a pleasing shape that highlights the photo. The pattened background paper adds texture without overwhelming the main cluster.




Lastly we have one that I suspect you will all fall in love with – who can resist a giraffe? @cherylndesign is lucky enough o have a very talented photographer in her family who captured this amazing shot and Cheryl has scrapped it perfectly! The lovely painted background absolutely highlights the b&w photo and I love, love the pure white background that makes the whole page pop! Spectacular!


Stay safe everyone, don’t forget to think of others and leave some love in the gallery!
Hugs xx