Prima Marketing: All that glitters....

Good morning! It's hard to believe that we're getting close to halfway through the month already...yikes! The holidays are coming, a new year, and for all of us scrapbookers, we know that January means NEW STUFF!! Winter CHA is right around the corner, and I couldn't be more excited! I know some really awesome people are going...sadly, I will not be :(. But I'm happy for those who get the chance to go and meet one another- a very special opportunity :)

This time of the year also means backstage CHA creating going on...it's about to get BUSY. So before I get too lost in the middle of it- let me share with you a layout that I created for Prima, focusing on glitter and sequins- both things I love very much :)!

"Oct 27"

I'm LOVING glitter right now- mess and all! And gold went perfectly with my color scheme here- a real treat to create this fun layout! I masked with gel medium and then sprinkled glitter on top to make it stick- it worked great :). 

These beautiful Blue Fern Studios frames were dressed up with both gold glitter and gold microbeads. Glossy Accents are perfect for this :) I also used some floral wire cut from the Mini Sachet roses from Prima to create my photo frame.

Products Used:
846411 Holiday Jubillee "Chilly"
813314 IOD 12"x12" Collection Kit
950729 Delight Paper "Delicate"
921842 Poppies and Peonies Canvas Banners
891794 Junkyard Findings Heart Gears
571542 Le Mia- Chantilly Flower
571566 Le Mia- Slate Flower
571610 Audrey- Smokey Flower
570750 School Memories- Paper Flowers
571351 Serenity- Floral Mix

I hope your holiday shopping is DONE and you are enjoying the season :). 

See you soon!

"Smile Big" {PaperHaus} Tutorial

Hello there, friends :)! 

I'm back again today with a new project, this time for PaperHaus. I decided to create a tutorial on layering...everything. 

Literally. 

Check it out :)

"Smile Big"

Ahh...my adorable little guy...suffering through endless picture taking by mommy :). Poor thing- all he wanted to do was ride his bike- but who could resist the evening lighting? Not me! He was patient...but smiling he was not! Ha!

Here's my tutorial:

I hope you enjoyed this little step-by-step :) 

I often hear people say that they just don't know "how" to layer...so I tried to break it down as easily as I could. Thanks so much for checking it out.

See ya soon~! 

Take care,

PaperHaus Blog Hop (+ Giveaway~!)

Hi everybody! If you arrived here from Julianne's blog, you are right on track :)

Welcome to the PaperHaus Magazine Summer Delight Blog Hop! We are excited that you are hopping with us and we would like to thank you for hopping along! We are celebrating the release of the Summer Issue of PaperHaus Magazine! There is SO much inspiration, techniques, projects, and exclusive artist interviews inside! Not only that but it’s an issue filled with amazing Mixed Media projects from people from all over the world! We hope you enjoy flipping through the pages as much as we enjoyed putting it together for you! Below is the link to the summer issue, simply click on the cover to go there now! BUT Come back as I have a canvas to share with you, and a Giveaway too!!

We hope you were inspired, and here is some more inspiration too! 

 

Our Summer Delight event is all about fun summer days filled with scrapbooking and crafting! We want to share with you what we have made! Every day on the PaperHaus Blog there will be amazing inspiration and tutorials so be sure to stop on by every day in June!

Now, before I get to the Giveaway I have for you, I would like to share with you a canvas that I created for the hop today!

"Alma"

 This is a gift that I created for one of my life-long best friends Carrie and her sweet daughter Alma (who is my goddaughter). I took this photo of them on Alma's baptism day and have been wanting to do something ever since. To have the responsibility as a godmother is something I take with such honor and I hope to always be there for this little girl- in many ways, but most importantly spiritually :).

Here are a few closeups:

Products Used:

Page Chains

Calligraphic Border

Other Products Used:
Patterned Papers: Pink Paislee & Prima Marketing

Flowers: Prima Marketing

Embellishments: Pink Paislee (stars)

Stamps: Prima Marketing

Masks: Prima Marketing

Stamp Ink: Colorbox Archival Ink (black)

Mediums: Liquitex Modeling Paste & Pro Art Gesso

Mists: Tattered Angels

Other: seam binding, microbeads, seed beads, confetti stars

Thanks so much for taking a peek at my project :)~!

NOW- on to my Giveaway! 

One lucky hopper will win this collection of Prima flowers and Blue Fern Studios chipboard~! 

1. Make sure you are a follower of my blog! There are many options available on my left sidebar- I recommend Bloglovin since Google Reader will be going away :)

2. Leave a comment on this post!

3. (Optional) I would love it if you would "Like" my Facebook page!

https://www.facebook.com/ErinBlegenMyScrapCabin

My winner will be posted THIS WEEKEND- so keep an eye open!

Your next stop is Emilia van den Heuvel 

*~*~*

And in case you get lost, the complete hop list is as follows:

• 1. PaperHaus Magazine www.thepaperhaus.com
• 2. Trina McClune www.trinamcclune.typepad.com
• 3. Gina Rodgers http://gingerbread.typepad.com
• 4. Anna Dabrowska www.finnabair.com
• 5. Julianne McKenna-De Lumen - http://julestheblingprincess.blogspot.com.au/
• 6. Erin Blegen- http://erinblegen.blogspot.com <---YOU ARE HERE!
• 7, Emilia van den Heuvel - http://few-favourite-things.blogspot.com
• 8. www.facebook.com/thepaperhaus

"Easter Bunny"~ April Prima BAP

Good morning! I'm checking in today to share with you a layout I created using the April BAP sketch from Prima :). With moving into our new home and dealing with one snowstorm after another, I really haven't had a lot of time for "personal" scrapping. So it was nice to just let loose and get this layout completed :)

"Easter Bunny"

My sweet little Easter bunny :) She makes scrapping SO easy! I used a sheet of Nature Garden paper (one of my favorite collections ever) for my background. I love the color palette that it set up for the entire layout- just so perfect for this soft photo of my little "Girly Pants" (as she is known in our house) :).

The April BAP sketch that inspired this project:

And of course I've always got some closeups for those who might be interested:

Ahh...Ingvild Bolme's resins are timeless. I love them. I've used her new Pastel Brown chalk ink pad to color this birdhouse before adding the little birdie to it.

Such a pretty combination of pastels here from flowers new and old. This Purity vine is one of my all-time faves from Prima. And the metal lamp again from Ingvild happily found its home here :)

I used an old earring to bring focus to my masking and mess of beads. I was actually shuffling through a drawer looking for something completely different and happened upon a bag of tarnished jewelry. Gotta love discoveries like that!

Thank-you for coming by my blog today. I hope you've been enjoying your week so far! Take care of yourself and see you very soon ;)

One Collection, 3 Different Ways {Blue Fern Studios}

Hi! I cannot believe it's been a week since I've posted! I'm so busy, I cannot seem to keep my head straight. I will be able to share some news (non-scrap related) with you soon hopefully, but for now I have to keep it to myself as I really want things to work out!

But anyways, we have a LONG post to get through today- I have THREE Blue Fern Studios projects to share~! And for each of them, I've used the gorgeous new Prima Lyric collection- but created three different looks :)- this is definitely not the last you will see me use this range- it's amazing!!

So let's get started~!!

"Lilah"

This project was created on an 8"x10" canvas. I love this beautifully soft photo of my niece Lilah, so I wanted to create a romantic piece with lots of stamping and bursts of color. Let's take a closer look at the Blue Fern Studios chipboard used here:

I've used pink crackle paint on the Princess Window piece before smattering with microbeads. Then I topped it off with a piece cut from the Symphony Border, misted it, and stamped to correlate with my bakcground.

I LOVE keys. I've painted this one from the Vintage Keys set with gesso, applied a very light pink mist to it, and then stamped over top. Then I brushed on some Stickles, added the heart gem and some tulle at the top.

This Vintage Locks piece was also lightly misted and then stamped.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Princess Window 074578

Vintage Locks 074783

Vintage Keys 075032

"Our Bond"

My second project is a layout, featuring how easy it is to use chipboard in its raw fashion, which I love to do! 

The Calligraphic Border provides dimension, texture, and detail to the layering beneath my photos. I felt that by leaving it raw, it really stood out like I wanted it to :).

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Calligraphic Border 074363

Vintage Keys 075032

"Hello" {Tag}

My final project today is this tag. I love the smaller chipboard pieces for projects like these! So much fun to put together :)

I've combined a dress form from the Miss Taylor Set, as well as the larger butterfly out of the Brigitte Butterfly set to dress up this tag. I used a combination of Glimmer Mist and embossing powder to set the base of my dress form. I then added the tulle skirt and some seed beads for the bodice. Finally, the little heart accent was put in place.

For the butterfly, I used some light misting and embossing powder as well, before adding my stamping. Finally I trimmed up the tops of the wings with some microbeads.

Blue Fern Studios Chipbpoard Used:

Miss Taylor Set 074721

Brigitte Butterfly Set 074387

Thanks so very much for stopping by the blog today! I hope you enjoyed my projects- and that you're inspired to go out and get some BFS chipboard for yourself!

Take care and see you again soon :),

xErin

Creating With Sketches: Vol 2: "Puppy Love"

Hey fellow scrappers! How are you? I myself have been QUITE busy. But I definitely wanted to share with you a layout that I created for the Creative Scrappers "Creating With Sketches: Vol 2" eBook by Kristine Davidson. After taking part in Vol 1 last year, I knew I just had to join in on this one too! Lots of scrappy friends in this publication as well and I'm so happy that Kristine wanted me to be a part of it :).

Here is what I created:

"Puppy Love"

Another great photo of Gunner playing with our dog Luxor :)

Let's take a closer look:

I loved using the yellow/orange mist against the colors of the Kaisercraft "75 Cents" & "Pickled Pear" papers. Gorgeous! And you can see I put my microbeads to work again as water for my bird bath :).

Delicious combo of Prima flowers :)

A closer look at my masking and layers, and of course the beautiful "Village Sign Post" chipboard piece from Blue Fern Studios :)

Village Sign Post

I first used my "Coffee Shop" Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels and misted the entire piece. Then blotted quickly with a napkin. I then stamped, embossed, and added microbeads. Voila!

If you would like to get a copy of Creating With Sketches: Vol 2, you can head on over to the Creative Scrappers store HERE. It is available in both digital and print form. And today I have a coupon code for you for $2 off a digital copy! Just use "CWS2Discount" when placing your order :).

Thanks for stopping by today~! I hope your week is winding down nicely :) 

Take care,