Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Scrapbook Wednesday-Too Cute to Spook

Well, hello! I am so glad you stopped in to visit today!  While the rest of my family was glued to the TV on Sunday, I was busy working on scrapbook pages.  I would tune in to watch the commercials and then went back to work when the game started again.  I have to say the power outage was a little interesting though!

My page for today, I am sad to say holds pictures from over 3 years ago... It's always a little bittersweet doing these pages and seeing how little my girls were only a few short years ago!  I did have a little bit of fun with this page.  Now on the surface this doesn't really look like anything too exciting or taxing...


 But take a look at this little beauty...


I finally used my Michael's gift card from my birthday and one of the things that I bought was some Tim Holtz distress crackle paint.  I started with a little cardstock Halloween image from my stash and painted a thin layer over it.  When it dried, I wasn't quite happy with the effect, so I painted another layer on top of it.  When that was dried, I sponged a little crumb cake ink over the image and then put some 'green glue' (the glue in the green bottle...) around the edges.  Then I pulled out my silver glass glitter that I had yet to use (GASP!) and rolled the edges of the image in the glitter.  I really like the way this turned out.  It was a lot of fun trying something new and I also squeezed in a trip down memory lane, as well!  There's also quite a bit of 'stash' on this which always makes me happy!

I hope you enjoyed my little experiment and that you find some time this week to do a little experimenting of your own!

Page Recipe:Cardstock-basic black, orange (stash), Autumn Traditions DSP (ret), Ink-crumb cake, black Stamp'n Mark journaling marker, Accessories-hemp twine (ret), cardstock images from stash, crackle paint, silver glass glitter



7 comments:

  1. Very nice page! Love that vintage Holloween image. I spent the superbowl crafting too!

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  2. Hee Hee, good girl :) Glad I wasn't alone in the not-watching-the-bowl day games! THis is fabulous! x0x0

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  3. LOL..I just peeled the seal off of my champagne glass today..hahahaha...great minds must think alike. Love the TH crackle on the image and the photo is wonderful. Almost brought me to tears to think that we're getting old, I mean that the kids are growing up. ;)
    Thanks for sharing your fun time in the craft room.
    hugs!!
    me xx

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  4. what a fantastic layout- love the colors and that vintagey image!

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  5. That power outage really cut into the commercial time! Ha! What a fun page! I love the glittered and crackled accent. SO cool! :)

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  6. Great layout and if your pictures are only from 3 years ago, Congrats. I have so many old photos as well as so many new ones to scrap that I will never be done.

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  7. Love that vintage embellishment you made to accent the too cute kiddos photos !

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