Paper Doll Shadowbox

Hello! I can’t believe it has been 6 months since my last post. Time just seems to get away from me. My little one is almost 1 year! She consumes so many hours of my day but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Being a mommy is the greatest job! I am so thankful to God for the opportunity. How about a picture of my cutie. This is her a month ago. She is still adorable but just has a little more hair.

So, as many of you know I am a Guest Designer for PaperArtsy.I write for them a few times a year. At the moment that fits my busy schedule as wife and mommy have to come first. I figured I needed a boost to get back into blogging mode so I am going to share my PA projects from a few years ago. I was only able to share sneak peeks at the time but I think it is ok to share the full project now that a lot of time has lapsed.I will still link to the complete tutorial over on the PA Blog.

So, here is my first project. A paper doll style shadowbox. My favorite details of this project are the texture on the frame and the doll dress. I had a lot of fun dressing her up. Of course, now i have a real doll to dress up and let me tell you…I am having a blast.

Take a peek over at my tutorial over on the PaperArtsy blog and I would love to hear any comments you may have. I have some great pictures of details to get you inspired.

Here is to a new year of projects and consistent blogging(well, maybe)

Kate

 

Loved Mini Canvas

    Hello! It has been a while since I made a canvas. My background is paper, paint and die cuts. The beautiful flowers are from I Am Roses. Thank you for stopping bye.

PaperArtsy Guest Designer

     Here is a sneak peek of my project over at the PaperArtsy Blog today. I really love how this one turned out so hop on over and take a look.
    I have two more projects this week so stay tuned.
Kate

Friends Canvas

    This month’s post for I Am Roses is a canvas I made of my son and his bus driver. She is really missing him now that we moved but I made this canvas for her to remember Winston. Can you believe I made this after my craft room was all packed in boxes? All I had available was a few items at the top of the box. It was a fun challenge to craft with just a few items I had on hand.

    I hope you are enjoying your summer. I am loving all the time with my family!

‘Beautiful’ Canvas

   It is moving week for us so I am sharing a canvas I made some time ago using a picture of my Grandmother.

   I am not going to elaborate on how I did it because of time so the pictures will have to speak for themselves.

   Thank you for looking!
Kate

Adventures Together Canvas

Happy Saturday! I have a project for I Am Roses to share. I had a lot of fun with all the new flowers in my package. This photo is of my youngest and his favorite stuffed bunny, Henley. They go everywhere together and have seen a lot of interesting times.

I added flowers to the side of the canvas to add some extra depth. Here is another view.

And here is another front view.

I appreciate your visit. Hope you have time to craft this weekend!
Kate

November I Am Roses Challenge

My mini burlap canvas was made for this months I Am Roses Challenge. I chose my favorite flower, the lily. I also used the curly petaled gardenia, a couple flat petaled flowers, and a mini one. My canvas as inspired by Kasia. I have been spending a lot on her blog getting some inspiration!
My background paper is all scraps that I cut up and layered. I added a light wash of gesso to the whole canvas including the flowers and then sprayed with pink and turquoise inks. I can’t believe that I have two projects in one week using pink. I guess its time for a change.

I used some chipboard scraps,  stickers and metal pieces as well in the background. Thank you for stopping.
Kate

Do Not Conform

    Happy Saturday! I am excited about today. I get to spend it with my little family to relax & go apple picking. The first time in 6 months that we are all home together on a Saturday. So, this is going to be short.
     I made this mini canvas for Artistic Outpost using the new Chalkboard Wisdom plate. I love all the great sayings, especially this Bible verse. Hop on over to Artistic Outpost‘s store and have a look.
   Have a great weekend!
Kate

Prima Doll Canvas for Gauche Alchemy

Happy Thursday, people. I am a bit behind in my post due to the blog hop post yesterday but I am catching up now. So, here is my second project as a guest designer for the awesome mixed media kit club Gauche Alchemy. For a list of products used from their kit, hop on over to their blog and check out my project. I’ll leave you with a few more pics.

Have a great day.
Kate

Gauche Alchemy Guest Designer

Hello everyone. I am sharing my first project as a guest designer using the Nekkid Mixed Media kit from the Gauche Alchemy Shop. You can check out my introduction post Here if you want to learn more about me.

Head on over to the Gauche Alchemy Blog to check out the details of my layout if your intetested.

The kit was full of fabulous goodies and created quite the challenge for me. I had a lot of fun.

Thank you for coming by. Enjoy your day.
Kate

British Tea Canvas

    Hey everyone, I am going to try to get this post up before I leave for work so it will be quick. I made this canvas for Artistic Outpost.
     My background is a TH burlap canvas that was stenciled in texture paste and then painted with metallic acrylic paints. I went over it with perfect pearls to add shimmer.

   I used a tea cup die from Spellbinders and stacked the cups. I used the London Underground stamp plate to decorate my cups. The rest are flowers and dies. Thank you for stopping by and welcome to my newest followers.
Kate

My Two Littles Grungy Canvas

Here is a canvas I made to practice my layout skills. I am amazed at all the gorgeous layouts that I have seen on Pinterest. So much talent to inspire.
So, I decided to go a little out of my comfort zone. My background is textured using a honeycomb stencil and texture paste. I used some dylusions for color. I went over the background again using gesso and a chevron stencil.

I added some string in the upper corner and a banner for some more texture.

I added some flowers, lace and a bit of border to frame the picture. And Of course the picture is of my little men. Thanks for looking,
Kate

Steampunk Mini Canvas

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Steampunk

Welcome to the March Artistic Outpost Blog Hop. This months focus is on backgrounds, sentiments, and typography. Since I love backgrounds I tried to make the background of my canvas the focus.

I started out by painting my canvas in various colors. I spread a layer of pink molding paste and stamped into it using the clock stamp from the Wonderland Collage. I layered different colors of paint and sprays once the paste dried. The Ephemera Backgrounds, one of my favorite background sets, was used to stamp in the background and on the pocket watch backing. I also uses some of the background stamps from the Generation Redux set.

The rest of my embellies were treated with gesso and/or metallic paint. The gentleman image and ‘steampunk’ sentiment are from the Steampunk set.

Thanks for visiting and don’t forget to hop along to the other design team members blogs for more inspiration.

Gerrie
Lisa
Suzanne
Tracy
Linda
Alison
Terry
Kate- you are here

Bird Song Canvas

Happy Friday! I can’t believe I have posted almost every day this week. I love it! We got a lot of snow here in New York, more than predicted. I had a lot of fun playing with my boys in the snow today.  Now that the sun is out I am guessing our snowman and snow angels will be melted soon.

So, onto the canvas. I covered the canvas using the gorgeous Bird Song paper by Graphic 45. I love anything Asian themed so playing with this paper made me smile. I then painted, sprayed stamped, embossed and did anything else I could do to hide the original background. Not that I don’t like the paper… I am just liking it better MY way.

Well, then I started layering the fussy cut lanterns and popping some of them up. I layered embellies around the photo as a frame and added stuff here, there and everywhere. I am still deciding as to whether it is cluttered or busy. Aren’t my two littles cute? And just because I can, here are two pics I took today of them playing in the snow.

Thank you to all of you who have left sweet comments as of late. I am working my way around to your blogs. I am sure you understand…these two little guys keep me very busy. Have a great weekend.
Kate

Challenges entered:
Simon Says Stamp and Show– By the numbers
Inspiration Emporium– Add a little POP
Graphic 45 National Craft Month Challenge

March Blog Hop with Red Rubber Designs

This month the design team at Red Rubber Designs is featuring ‘Special Occasions.’ Our spotlight stamp is Easter Chicks. All of the DT members will be sharing a project with this stamp during for the blog hop.
So, I have a few pictures to show the steps that I went through in creating this project.

My base is recycled packaging for a frame I used on a previous project. I covered it in gesso. The Tuscany Spice Paper Stack is my base paper and then I added a light pink homemade paper in various spots to create some texture. The papers were mod podged on the background. I sprayed the background with orange and violet sprays to achieve the colors I was looking for.

I then stamped several Background Elements to create a bit more texture and interest.

I rubbed a bit of white metallic paint over the raised areas to highlight. I really love how it came out.

I embellished with some flowers that have been coordinated in color. I used the cute little chick stamps around my central image.

Here is the Contest: Guess how many candies are in the candy dish. Guess how many Easter candies are in the candy dish and you could win the spotlight stamp set Easter Chicks. Send your guess to contest@RedRubberDesigns.com. If you have a blog, please include a link to it in your email. Contest ends Sunday, March 10 at midnight CST.

Thank you for looking and enjoy the blog hop:
Red Rubber Designs
Louise
Kate- You are here
Paula-Kay
Diana
Sarah