Friday, September 28, 2012

Choose To Shine...At School!

***One more week until my 1st Blogiversary and a major giveaway to one of you!

No heckles or jeckles please! I know what you are thinking...."Scrap-booking?" Yes, and long over due! It was one of my Creative Resolutions...to get back to doing some very overdue layouts. I don't want my kids to start having kids before I finish their school scrapbooks.  Aside from coloring in books, scrap-booking opened the door to my paper crafting about 16 years ago, and I'm only about 5 years behind!
I've not added pictures yet to this, as it will hold the photos from this school year for my daughter. She has entered the land of Jr. High. Help me!!! She loves it though, and that makes me so happy!
Using the Graphic 45 ABC Primer papers, I misted Dylusions Ink Spray.
Dylusions Stencils and more Ink Spray were used on top.
Dylusions stamps using the Letters and Numbers were stamped in Archival.
More stamping, this time using Border images, then highlighting them with a white pen and Dylusions Ink Spray inside of water brushes. Then I stamped the girl and house images onto Specialty Stamping Paper and colored them in with the water pens and Distress Markers. Two G45 borders were added as well.
 
I am conveniently (;D) submitting this to Inspiration Journal's monthly challenge of "ABC 123 School Time Fun", the Sunday Stamper's challenge of "Masks/Stencils", and the challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show is "For The Love Of Sparkle".

Supplies:
From My Stash: string, Girls Paperie #7 Cloth Brad


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!



31 comments:

  1. Those backgrounds are just so full of joy, life and colour - couldn't be a more perfect setting for your family photos! Not much of a scrapbooker myself, but I can see the appeal when I look at these...
    Alison x

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  2. Wow so beautiful colors of background. And so gorgerous girl and another elements I love them. And houses sre so beautiful:)

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  3. This pages are really stunning Anita.I love the Background the colour combination and the images.
    Very beautiful.
    Greetings
    Felicie

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  4. what a fabulous version of scrapbooking--these pages are amazing!

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  5. What a great way to make layouts which are completely unique and personal to you. This will make the scrapbook so much more special. Hugely inspiring. Hugs, Buttons x

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  6. Such wonderful backgrounds which will serve to enhance your photos and make them even more precious. I love your use of all things dylusion!
    Have a great weekend.
    Juliax

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  7. Oh, this is way cool! What a terrific background for a layout!

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  8. You make me smile! Your projects always have so much life to them. A fantastic page for your daughter. Glad she like junior high, mine just went to high school and told me the other day that the boys are MUCH cuter! So, "help me!!!!" :D
    Have a wonderful weekend. I'm off to stare at your LO more.
    Lisa xx

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  9. Lovely layouts Anita, so many layers of interest to your background. Love the images and vibrant colour palette. Perfect for your daughter. Tracy x

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  10. love the idea of scrapping like that instead of paper and photo's and not much else... simply perfect! thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper x

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  11. Fabulous backgrounds Anita, so vibrant and with such a happy feel - so appropriate for someone who is happily going off to jr high! The colours are amazing and I love that Dyan stamp. Crafty hugs, Anne x

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  12. Super sweet! I bet your daughter will LOVE this! Great use of color... it's so vibrant!

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  13. These pages are so fun and funky..very appropriate for a mature person in junior high:) What a fabulous idea to make scrapbook backgrounds that look like art journal backgrounds. That could inspire me to get back to scrapbooking, too. Love all things Dylusions.

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  14. I LOVE it!! I really, really love it! What a wonderful idea! It's just a beautiful background. Fun and whymsical too!

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  15. Anita...your Dylusions layouts are darling! Love the bright colors and the stamped designs! Very very cool! Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

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  16. This is far from "just" scrapbooking! Oh, how wonderful! Love how you use the colors and stencils. (I finished my sons' life albums when they finished high school....just in time to start albums for culinary school and college, respectively! They are "plain Jane" scrapbooks compared to yours.)

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  17. Stunning pages Anita x hope to get some crafty time today too. TFS as always. Crafty hugs Annie x

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  18. Love what you did on these pages Anita...great sort of scenery with so many details that are adorable...gorgeous!

    greetings, Alie :-)

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  19. Beautiful pages, dylusions supplies are perfect for these playful pages . Gorgeous colours, lucky daughter having such a talented mom x

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  20. You make scrapbooking look good! These are more like beautiful journaling pages than scrapbooking pages. I love them! I'm sure your daughter will cherish her book.

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  21. Wow~!~ That is stunning! I also am waaay behind on my scrapbooking. What a great idea to incorporate your stamping/journaling supplies into a scrapbook. I am sure it will be a treasured album for many many years. Thanx for the inspiration


    KimMJ
    bast830@comcast.net

    PS Happy almost 1 Year!

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  22. Awesome, Anita. This puts a whole new twist on scrapbooking and elevates it to an art form!

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  23. Love how you've Dylusion'd G45!! You're making me want to scrap with paper instead of digi...LOL!!!

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  24. This is awesome! Love all of those beautiful colors! :)

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  25. WOW!! This is over the top fabulous!! I've only used my Dylusion Ink sprays in my art journal and on tags, I MUST try them out on Scrapbook pages! I've neglected my scrapbooking because I felt like I was in a rut. Thank you for the much needed inspiration!!!!

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  26. How fun, I love it!! I just met Dyan Reavley last night and am taking a class with her Sunday making a 24x24 canvas - can't wait!! Aren't her products the bomb?

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  27. What fun & colorful pages and no doubt you'll be all caught up before they finish school. Just in time to start some for future Grandkids .LOL
    hugs Lynn

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  28. I love, love, love this. Recently invested in the sprays and some of the same stencils and stamps BUT seeing what you have done here I NEED more!!!

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  29. I love the fusion of vintage G45 with modern colors and images. It is just so playful! I never would have thought of doing this, but I am so glad you did!

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  30. What a great layout! The idea to use the Dylusions house as a school was brilliant! What a lucky daughter you have and how proud she'll be to look back at this scrapbook you created for her!

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