By the Sea - PWP DT Blog Hop

Happy Friday Everyone and WELCOME to the July Paper Wings Production Design Team Blog Hop & Giveaway!  This month we're featuring some gorgeous ocean/sea inspired projects.  We're also giving away a gift certificate to the NEW Paper Wings Productions online store AND some of our designers are getting in on the blog candy fun too!  That's right, there will be blog candy along the way!

 For a chance to win all you need to do is:

• be a follower of this blog 
• visit each of the participating designer's blogs and leave a comment  
• come back and leave us a comment telling us you completed the hop.  

To increase your chances of winning:  like our Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop.  Be sure to leave a separate comment for each of your additional entries. 

 We will announce the winner here Tuesday, July 9, 2013.

 Now it's my pleasure to introduce you to this month's featured guest designer and new design team member, the super sweet and extremely talented Cathi O'Neill of Celtic Knots.

I am so excited to be guest designing this month for Paper Wings Productions!! My name is Cathi O'Neill, and I am an American (Maryland/DC area native) who married an Irishman and have been living here in Ireland since 1997. I live in a beautiful village on the Shannon River with my DH of nearly 18 years (wow, that makes me feel old!) and my two beautiful daughters, Aine (onya) 10 and Aisling (ashling) 8 who are the subject of many of my projects!!

I have always love crafting since I was a little girl. My grandmother taught me to knit and crochet and I remember sewing Barbie doll clothes with her on her front porch! I am a knitter and quilter as well, but have recently in the last two years found cardmaking and scrapbooking, and an obsession was born!! I truly love creating and make vintage cards to sell here in our local village cafe as well as stacks of shabby/vintage style layouts of my girls to keep and share with family! I also love to do tags, ATC and altered projects, barely a day goes by when I haven't done something crafty!!

Cathi, Thank you so much for joining us this month.  We look forward to seeing all of your beautiful creations as you begin your new DT term next month.

Well friends it's time to get started.  This is our last hop with our current design team and we'd like to thank them for all of their hard work and gorgeous creations over the last six months.  Ladies you have been absolutely amazing to work with, thank you!

You first stop in the hop is at our lovely guest Cathi's blog - Celtic Knots

***Here is the complete line up just in case you get lost along the way***

Cathi O’Neill - www.celticknotted.blogspot.com

Carrie Avery - www.carrieavery.com

Tara Chaussee - http://secretbeesstudio.blogspot.com

Amber Rasmussen - http://sew-ink.blogspot.com

Norma Gomez - http://lilhoneybeestudios.blogspot.com

Dana Tatar - http://www.datatar.blogspot.com

Shay - www.verdigrishall.blogspot.com

***then come back here to leave a comment http://paper-wings-productions.blogspot.com/***

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, ENJOY THE HOP!!!

July Nesting Components Kit

The NEW July Nesting Components kit has been released!!!!

Here is a nice close up look at this beautiful new kit:

Visit the NEW Paper Wings Productions website to get your kit by clicking HERE.

Here is a little Nesting Components kit inspiration for you courtesy of Dana.  Isn't that gorgeous?!  You can see her complete post and tutorial HERE.  

And just a quick reminder about our blog hop going on this Friday.  The hop kicks off at 7:00 am CST and we'll be giving away a $25.00 gift certificate to the online store.  Some of our designers will also be giving away a little candy along the way so I hope you'll join us!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!!!

Mixed Media Monday - Mystic Assemblage Piece with Dana

Hi PWP fans! Dana here today sharing a fun assemblage piece I created with the July Nesting Components Mixed Media Kit. If you love the sand, sun and surf, you're going to want to pick up this kit! I feel home when I'm on the beach, and that was my inspiration for my project.

My favorite items in this kit are the metallic accents from the Pink Paislee Luxe Circles and Rub-Ons and the Lindy's Stamp Gang Madonna Robe Blue Gold Two-Toned Embossing Powder.

Like all Nesting Components Mixed Media Kits, a fabulous Paper Wings Products Stamp Set is part of the kit! The Seaside Cling Stamp Set is beach themed and features a gorgeous script quote. I used a portion of that stamp on my piece.

I created my own embellishments with glass beads and images from the clip art sheet. I built up layers of circle elements with the Pink Paislee Luxe Circles and gold circle rub-ons from the Pink Pailsee Luxe Rub-On Set. I also used the Studio Calico Huey's Circles Mask and Prima Glitter Gems from previous kits.

I mixed up my own mist using a Gelato and the Misting Bottle from the Faber-Castell Essential Tool Kit from the kit.

One of my favorite features of the PWP Kits is how well they all work together. I started this project with a piece of cardboard packaging and leftover supplies from my April, May and June Mixed Media Kits.

I was thrilled to find a Faber-Castell Essential Tool Kit in the July Kit! These tools came in handy for this project in a big way! I primed my cardboard with a light coat of Gesso, which I had leftover from the April Kit. I then added circles using the Mr. Huey's Mask and some cloud rub-ons, leftovers from the April Kit, and a piece of torn patterned paper from the Pink Paislee Hope Chest collection, from the June Kit, for a pop of color.

I used the foam wedge from the tool kit to apply VersaMark ink to random places around the edge of the cardboard and then sprinkled the Lindy's Embossing Powder from the kit over the ink. Applying heat to the powder reveals the fantastic two-toned finish! To create the mist, I cut a small portion from the Gelato and used a palette knife to blend the Gelato with warm water until I had a smooth mixture, which I then transferred to the misting bottle from the tool kit.

I used the Background Writings Cling Stamp Set and the Memento ink from the June Kit to add script to several areas on my background.

I added color to the canvas bird from the May Kit with a Gelato and the water brush from the tool kit. Once that was dry I added a layer of Stickles, which was leftover from the April Kit. I created some fun embellishments with clip art images and glass beads. I simply applied a small amount of Glossy Accents over the clip art images, pressed the glass beads over the images, and once dry, trimmed the excess paper from each bead.

My favorite part of every project is adding the embellishments and finishing touches! Everything shown to the left of my cardboard piece are items from the July Kit. Supplies from past kits and my personal stash are to the right of my cardboard piece. I added supplies from both piles to finish my piece.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! You can pick up the July Kit, as well as the previous kits that I used for this project, from the Paper Wings Productions Store while supplies last! Be sure to visit us again this week for Amber's What's Up Wednesday post and join the PWP Team on Friday for our monthly Blog Hop!

June Nesting Components May Nesting Components Mixed Media Kit April Mixed Media Kit Background Writing July Nesting Components

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