Painted Monogram Canvas Tutorial

Lately I have enjoyed painting canvas's. My friend Dawn suggested that i make a tutorial showing how I make one. So I came up with this very simple one to start with.

You can see the video HERE.

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You Light Up My Life

Did you get a chance to play along with the August 1st sketch over at Sketch~N~Scrap? If so, great. If not, there is still time to play along. As well as, the second sketch for the month. Layout sketches come out every 1st and 15th. And if you prefer to make cards, no worries. The card sketches come out on the 5th and 20th of each month. Now there are no excuses...get your hiney's over there and play along!  LOL

Here is August 15th's sketch. Doesn't it look fun?

Now here is my take

I love these pictures I captured of Dax with the sparklers. Believe it or not, this was his first experience with them. At first, he was scared to hold them. But after the fear wore off, he was running all around with them.

For the circles, I used an old pill bottle with the lid removed and dipped in in some paint. The stars are traced with shapes I cut on the Cricut.

Be sure to get your creation entered for a chance at this months prize from CTMH, brought to you by Amanda Armitage .

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A Small Canvas

As well as scrapbooking, I love to paint. My newest craze is painting canvas's. I seen this quote on Pinterest and knew it had to have a place in my craft room. I painted on a small 4 inch by 12 inch canvas and hung it on the little space of wall between the closet door and corner. It was meant to be!

Here is another painting I did recently for my dear friend Suzanne. Her and her husband Dave have been blessed with a super adorable baby girl. When she announced the nursery decor was going to be paisley and owls, I got busy painting.

Next one is a 24x36 that I will be doing for my living room.

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Family/Sketch~N~Scrap

OMG....I'm Late!  I knew it was coming...but really....how did August 1st get here?  My life is crazy right now and I can't seem to keep things straight. But enough about that, let's get to another great sketch by Sketch~N~Scrap.

Here is August 1st sketch...isn't it great?

And here is my take on it.

I used the oldie but goody Restoration collection by Crate Paper.  It went so well with the photo. Like it was meant to be.  

Recently I went to Michigan. This was the first time since 1999 that all five of us kids were with my mom.

 Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to head over to Sketch~N~Scrap to check out the other designers creations. And don't forget to get yours loaded before the end of August.

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Too Fun/Sketch~N~Scrap

It's that time again. What time you ask?  Time for another awesome sketch from Sketch~N~Scrap.  Kelly Holifield created this fabulous sketch that sparked my creativity.

I had a lot of fun putting together this layout. I absolutely LOVE these snapshots I took of Dax and Josslyn.  By the time I'm done taking pictures of everyone wearing these silly glasses, I'll have a whole album filled.

Isn't that wood veneer mustache too cute?  I inked it slightly to highlight it a bit. And those stars....love 'em!  they are the Artisan Elements by Pink Pasilee. I love how they come all white, then when you ink them there is a resist on them and a pattern shows up.  

As always, be sure to stop by Sketch~N~Scrap to see the other designers projects. And be sure to upload your take of the sketch for at chance at the prize from Paper Secrets.

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Sketch~N~Scrap Reveal!

I am excited to bring you my first reveal as a new Design Team member with Sketch~N~Scrap. I don't feel I brought full justice to the sketch, I had to go to Michigan for a family medical procedure. I tried to pack everything that I thought I would need to meet my commitment, but once there, I didn't have anything I wanted!   go figure huh?

So anyway, here is the sketch.

Here is my take

Not only am I not completely happy with the results, I couldn't get any good lighting for photographing it.

Be sure to stop by Sketch~N~Scrap to see what the other designers created. Plus, don't forget to upload your take on the sketch for a chance at the prize from Paper Secrets.

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Exciting News

I have been selected to join the DT at Sketch-N-Scrap. I'm very excited, they have awesome sketches. My term doesn't start until July 1st but I wanted to share the second layout I created with the June's sketch. I LOVE this sketch!

the sketch

my second layout

For this layout, I followed the sketch pretty tightly. I LOVE how it turned out!  To see the first layout, that i followed a bit more loosely, scroll down to the previous post.

This layout also qualifies for the "father" challenge in the yahoo group that I belong to. Scrappin-N-Chattin.

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