Creating Keepsakes Mixed Media Blog Hop

At a time when much of our daily lives are digitally driven, it is great to sit back with a hardcopy magazine in hand filled with inspiration for getting our hands a little dirty. The designers featured in Creating Keepsakes Mixed Media Scrapbooking, Volume 2 got together to feature some sneak peeks at some of inspiration filling the pages of this special issue. The blog hop will run today and tomorrow, with the links to the blogs below. Each designer will feature a sneak of their project and share their love of another project as well.

The photo above is a snippet of my project featured in the "Mad for Metallic" chapter on page 86. My project features an everyday household item repurposed for paper crafting.

One of the especially grand ideas in this issue is the creative uses for everyday items. Terri Anderson worked her magic making fabulous embellishments out of junk mail in the "Around the House" chapter (page 98). Seeing beauty in the things that fill our everyday and bringing a new purpose to an often discarded item is something I have been striving to do in my daily life. Thank you for the inspiration Terri! 

Creating Keepsakes Mixed Media Scrapbooking

Official Blog Hop Roster

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Liz Hicks

Courtney Walsh

Noel Culbertson

Ronda Palazzari

Angela Magnuson 

Marion Smith

Sharon Laakkonen 

Terri Anderson 

Candy Rosenberg

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Liz Hicks

Stacy Cohen

Kim Watson

Agnieszka Bellaidea 

 Susan Weckesser

Layle Konkar

Stephanie Ackerman

Sherry Mendoza 

Ashley Harris 

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer 

Something Old & Something New

This month the Punky Sprouts challenge was to use Something Old and Something New. I used a leftover piece from a previous album project as my bit of the old, and Punky Lacy fibers and Lil' Parchment Blossoms as my bits of new. All of these fabulous Punky goodies mixed in with scraps of supplies I already had on my desk, made for a fun card full of texture.

Supplies:
Punky Sprouts: Chipboard (leftover from "Soul Sprout" album), Lil Parchment Blossoms, Funky Punky Lacy Fibers
Other: patterned paper: Studio Calico, Basic Grey; flower: Prima; pin: Tim Holtz; wood arrow: Studio Calico; sequins; tulle 

The Things We Love {mini album}

Punky Sprouts album from last month... playing around with the fabulously versatile Punky Sprouts album and embellishments as well as some goodies from Faber Castell. 

Supplies:
Punky Sprouts: Soul Sprout album, Lil Lacy Blossoms, Lil Parchment Blossoms, Funky Punky Canvas Fibers, Funky Punky Lacy Fibers
Faber Castell: Gellatos (red)
Other: patterned paper: Studio Calico; wood arrows: Studio Calico; pins: My Mind's Eye; mask: The Crafter's Workshop; washi tape: Studio Calico, Hambly; sequins

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