Magnificent Marigold!

YAY!!!

I did ALL 10 Scrapbook Steals Mid Week Mojo Marigold sketches!!!

Marigold #1:

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Marigold #2:

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Marigold #3:

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Marigold #4:

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Marigold #5:

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Marigold #6:

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Marigold #7:

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Marigold #8:

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Marigold #9:

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Marigold #10:

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Whew! 

I know these aren't some of my fanciest layouts, but sometimes it's nice to JUST SCRAPBOOK for scrapbooking's sake!!!

Check out their blog HERE to see tons of other great ideas!

Expo Recap- part 3

This is an official record: 3 posts in 3 days! This will never happen again...

Here is my third and last mini-book from the Scrapbook Expo:

My photograph really doesn't do this book justice! The front is stamped acrylic and the inside is canvas-covered chipboard. This book is by incredible Jamie Dougherty from Prima. (check out their new ustream class channel HERE) She is a really good teacher!

If you are like me, you open a pack of Prima flowers and think the packaging is almost as pretty as the product! So we used it:

The photo mat is the backing from the burlap strips! So creative.

The buckle is my FAVORITE part of this album, but it was supposed to be yellow. I liked the pink side better...

 So I just reversed mine and covered the ugliness with sparkles! I love it!

As a last expo-parting moment I would like to share the only supply I needed to adhere EVERYTHING on each of my 3 mini-books:

Best. Glue. Ever. 

You know it's good when it's flammable!

Expo Recap- part 2

Holy cow! Two posts in a row!

From the second class that I took at the Scrapbook Expo, here is mini-book number 2:

The entire album is canvas! How fun is that?! Canvas Corp and Tattered Angels teamed up to teach this class. We used tons of spray mist; which I learned washes out of clothing ;)

This gold trim and flower get their sparkle from this stuff:

Glimmer Glam! We painted it on canvas, trim, doilies, and flowers and it worked great. Dig deep with your paintbrush to get the most glitter!

The turquoise color around the butterfly is:

Glimmer Glaze! This has less glitter than the Glimmer Glam, but has a neat little nail-polish-like brush built in. The best thing about this stuff is that you can color clear sparkles with it!

Ok, no, the best thing is that I got these for $1 a bottle!

Gotta love the last hour of the expo!

Expo Recap- part 1

It's only been one week since the Scrapbook Expo and I am already missing it! I figure posting about all the fun I had might help me relive it a bit :)

I was able to take 3 classes this year!!! All mini-books, my favorite! Here is mini-book number one:

This is a beautiful 8x8 acrylic and chipboard album by the creative people at Clear Scraps. (visit their site HERE) The owners of this company are a husband and wife team. She is the artistic genius and he hand-cuts the acrylic!

I went a little overboard with the "pearls" on my album... because I LOVE them! They are pearls in a bottle! So economical and easy to use, I bought a few:

Obviously a fan! 

I also loved the gold around the edges of everything! That comes from these leafing pens:

It glides on really smooth and looks amazing on acrylic!

I learned one AMAZING thing from this class that totally cured all my fears of working with acrylic: 

With non-acetone nail polish remover, you can remove ANY (yes, even Staz-on) messed up stamping or stray adhesive FOR UP TO A YEAR!!! I know this works because I hit a bump in the table with my stamp and had the embarrassing opportunity to try it out in class. Wipes right off!

Stay tuned, more expo fun to come!