Love, Day of the Dead Style

Welcome to Themed Thursday, Norma here with you today!  Did you guys see the October Nesting Components kits?!  Yes, kit"s" as in more than one, lol!  This month Paper Wings is offering TWO kits for your enjoyment.  The main kit is Halloween themed and this month there is a mini kit too.  The mini kit is Day of the Dead themed, how cool is that?!  Here is the link to the kit release in case you missed it: Oct Nesting Components Release.  These kits are phenomenal, so you're definitely gonna wanna get yours right away!!  Okay so moving on to Themed Thursday, I have some Day of the Dead projects to share with you.

These are my first EVER ATCs and they were so fun to make.  I don't know why I waited so long to give ATCs a try!  Okay so I'm telling a love story with these three ATCs ;D

This is my couple together :D  To create this ATC, I started out by stamping the Circle Frame and then the strolling Skeleton couple.  I colored the inside of the frame with gelatos.  Then I placed a mask over the stamping and embossed the card with the new Fringe stamp.  The embossing powder I used is Lindy's Golden Pumpkin Blush.   After setting the embossing powder, I lightly sprayed some Dylusions ink in After Midnight.  Then I added a layer of clear Distress Crackle paint over the Circle Frame.  I used the spray of roses from the Dia De Los Muertos Hombre stamp set and the banner is from the Milagros set.

These two were really fun to make!!  I started by stamping both of the skeletons on an ATC.

With the cards side by side, I created a heart mask and outlined it with my pen.

Next I embossed around the heart with the Fringe stamp and Pumpkin Blush embossing powder.

I sprayed both cards with Dylusions After Midnight ink.

Then I pulled the mask off and I was ready to start coloring!!

I colored my Dia De Los Muertos Hombre with a combination of paints and Distress markers.

This beauty is from the the Dia De Los Muertos Mujer stamp set.  Well friends, I hope you've enjoyed my little Dia De Los Muertos love story.  Don't forget to check out the October Nesting Components kits!!  Thanks for joining me today & Have a Beautiful day!!!

Skeletons Cling Stamp Set Skeleton Melange Cling Stamp Set Circle Frame Cling Stamp Fringe Lace Clear Stamp Milagros Clear Stamp Set Dia De Los Muertos Hombre Dia De Los Muertos Mujer Golden Pumpkin Blush Embossing Powder Gelatos- 50s Diner 4 pack

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Thanks is for Giving Layout

Hello!  Norma here with you today to shine the spotlight on scrapbooking, with stamps of course.  I was able to create a simple yet beautiful background using stamps.

I started out with a cream colored sheet of cardstock and stamped the new Tile Pattern stamp (love by the way) with resist ink and then sprayed it with Dylusions and Lindy's Stamp Gang inks.  

After that I used the Writing Cling stamp to create another layer of detail in the background.

When I create, I love to add multiple layers and scrapbooking is no different.  Here I created layers of texture beginning with the Lindy's Stamp Gang Fusible Webbing included in the Sept Nesting Components kit.  I placed it on the background paper then sprinkled Lindy's Madonna Blue Robe embossing powder and set with my heat gun.   Then I added a library card from the March Nesting Components kit.  I also used a kraft tag from the Sept Nesting Components kit.  I stamped it with both of the leaves on the Leaf Stamp Set.  Finally, I matted my photo with a piece of cream colored burlap.

To dress my layout, I created this little cluster using the Prima leaves and velvet ric rack trim from the Sept Nesting Components kit.  I also used a little pumpkin applique that has literally been in my stash for over ten years.  That's crazy right, lol?!  You just don't know how happy I am to have FINALLY used it, lol!  Okay, for my title I used the Thanks is for Giving stamp which also has several beautiful fall themed stamps on it.

That's it, a quick and easy layout with a custom background.  So don't forget to breakout those stamps when you're scrapbooking!  Thanks so much for stopping  for a little visit!

Have a wonderful Sunday and rest up for the new week ;D

Creative Playtime!

Hello & Welcome to all of the new PWP followers!!  Norma here with you today to share the results of my last creative session.  Summer has been real busy for me and I've been spending most of my time with my family.  So I was really craving a little creative playtime.  I dug into my stash of Paper Wings goodness and created this art journal page:

Whenever I get new stamps, I like to stamp them in my art journal just to get a feel for them and that's exactly what this page was full of when I started.

 

Here is a look at my art journal page when I started.  It was stamped with the beautiful Wildflowers sentiment, "there's always hope" up top and "indian paintbrush" down on the bottom.  There was also random stenciling all over the page.

I covered the doodled heart with a mask, then stamped the flower from the Flower Power stamp set using Tim Holtz Distress Markers.  I embossed the flowers to seal in the color so that I could continue to add layers of colors on top of the distress inks.

I added color with Faber-Castell Gelatos.  All I did was scribble with the gelato and then used a wet brush to blend the color out.

I colored in the Indian Paintbrush flower with Prismacolor pencils and then darkened my doodles with black India ink.

To add more color, I pulled out the stencil from the Aug Nesting Components kit and Dylusions ink.

I continued to build layers using the Perfect Numbers stamp set and rubons from the May Nesting Components kit.

This beautiful little lady is also from the May Nesting Components kit.

To finish it off, I added some of the smaller flowers from the Flower Power stamp set.  I love that I was able to mix so many wonderful Paper Wings products into this one page. 

 Have you visited the online store lately?!  Carrie has added new items like the gelatos I used on this project.  You should really go check it out ;D

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a beautiful day!!!