Believe

Hi guys! Hope your week has been as great as mine so far! I am loving the weather here today, slightly overcast, nice cool breezes. It reminds me of my childhood fall, not this recent sweltering triple digits in September weather we'd been getting in Texas. No, back when Texas had multiple seasons other than so hot you melt (summer) and not as hot (a.k.a. winter). That's what today feels like and I LOVE it ^.^ It seems like haven't made a canvas in a while, so I thought I'd give it a go using my favorite SOG digi so far and one of my new favorite color combos

SOG Cinderella

What can I say, this girl is just glamorous! I adore the folds of her dress and the demur look on her face. This image makes me think fairy tale and whimsy and dreams coming true...too much? Well I've always been a hopeless romantic, and fairy tales are pretty much built for my kind! I'm also a firm believer that you can achieve anything, sky's the limit, if you believe you can. That's why I chose this sentiment to complete my canvas. It found a home hanging on the wall of my daughters' room above their beds, I hope they always believe in their dreams and chase them. I started by tearing strips from a book page and several sheets from the Bo Bunny Enchanted Garden collection and adhering them randomly on the canvas. Next I used a combination of gelatos, alcohol ink mists, and acrylic paints to create the background. After drying with my heat gun I stamped a few tree branches in versamark in the top corners sprinkled with metallic copper embossing powder and blasted with my heat gun. To make it look more distressed I only heated the embossing powder in random spots until it melted and then rubbed the extra unmelted portion off with a towel. Using a script stamp by recollections (from the same set as the branches) I stamped randomly again with versamark, this time sprinkling with both white and copper EP and repeating the "distressing" technique previously mentioned. Finally I used a hot glue gun to adhere a few ribbons and some flowers (colored with my alcohol ink mists) and a couple of pearl flourishes. Cindy was colored with my copic markers and dazzled with shimmer from my wink of stella clear pen (they seriously need to sell refills for those things, I'm addicted to shimmer!). The flowers in her hair came from a cottage cutz tea cakes die I purchased a while back, with two half pearls in the centers to match the random pearls around the canvas. The finishing touch was the word 'Believe' stamped first in white acrylic ink and then embossed with Rangers Holographic embossing powder. My girls love this so much I had to hang it near the ceiling so they wouldn't touch the 'pretty flowers'. Now I'm headed over to the Some Odd Girl Blog to link this lovely lady up, and then to my kitchen because I found an awesome crockpot hot cocoa recipe on pinterest that my girls are sure to love, see you guys again soon!

-Krys

Enchanted

Hey bloglanders, guess what day it is?????!!!! HUMP DAAAAAY!!!! Lol sorry it had to be done guys, had to. Whew! Now that that's off my chest, I hope you're having as wonderful a Wednesday as I'm having. Why is it wonderful? Because I'm here to see another day, what's not to smile about? Seriously, I'm not sure why but I've been super excited to share my latest project with you guys and I can't wait to link it up to the SOG August Linky Party! Without further ado, another one of my favorite Odd Girl digis, Cinderella

Cinderella

I haven't made pocket card in a while but this Bo Bunnny Enchanted Garden collection was just perfect for this project! Doesn't Cindy look elegant?! I love the soft colors of this DP I mean seriously, lilac and green, *swoon* I'm in love! The antique looking yellows and tans in this collection really bring out the hues of green and purple. I've never been much of a purple gal myself so I find it difficult usually to pair it with anything and still make it look good but this color combo is a surefire win in my book! I colored Cinderella with my copic markers and wink of stella clear glitter and created a frame for her using a few spellbinders dies. The Sentiment is from The Greeting Farm's Magical Kit and the ribbon and pearl flourishes are from my stash. I added a few roses (purchased  here) for a touch more elegance. Last, the pull out card for the pocket was also made with Bo Bunny Enchanted Garden, stamped with versamark and embossed with snow white embossing powder. Last I added  a scrap of ribbon between the layers of the pull out card to give something to hold onto when you slide it out. This card came together quickly and its my favorite so far! I can't wait to link it up and share with everyone! If you haven't yet, go and link up your Odd Girl creations. After all you can't win if you don't!
-Krys