Scrapbooking with American Crafts

  

  


Recently I had some fun scrapbooking with some fun products from American Crafts. I am loving the colors that are out this season. Papers and embellishments are bursting with wonderful hues! It really make makes it  a joy to play with all these neat supplies! I had fun using American Crafts  foamy letters - THICKERS. I also used my circle punch to make some fun embellishments. AC paper really is fun, so I cut out a heart and used a little bit of paper glass finish from Folk Art to give it a dimensional finish. Oh...and don't forget hand journaling! I love to finish off a layout with a little bit of hand journaling! The great thing about about this seasons colors too is that they are so lovely that they really can be used for other seasons too!
                    Keep on Scrappin'                  
                                      Susie

Photographing Summer Dellights

       Jessica's Day Dream copyrighted© by Susan K.Weckesser

We took a wonderful walk in a gorgeous coulée that is not to far from our new house and I was so intrigued by all the wonderful photo ops  that were all around me. I felt like I was a kid in a candy store. Because I was dealing with different heights and textures I had to make sure that I positioned my self at different levels so that I could capture the atmosphere that I wanted in each picture. I love how I feel like I am right there in the photo with Jessica! You can feel the clouds right over your head.
 Have fun with the pictures that you take this summer. There are so many rich and vibrant colors around you. Try to look at things in different ways and see what you can come up with! Have fun with with the beauty of the world around you!
                                Susie

Summer Fun & Scrapbooking

I am sitting here today trying to work on deadlines and writing assignments. I must be honest with you,  when the weather is so lovely outside I really find it difficult to finish my tasks. So, I turned my thoughts to layouts that I had done in the past during the past. It has been a few years since I have done the above one but the reason why I scrapbook remains the same. To be creative, have fun, and share some wonderful stories & pictures. Scrapbooking and art can't be forced. You have to feel the creativeness, do the work, and enjoy it! With this I think of this quote by William Rose Benet (1886- 1950),

                "I like to think how Shakespeare pruned his rose,
                       And ate his pippin in his orchard close."


Take time this summer to do some scrapbooking, but make sure to love what you are doing and enjoy your summer!
                            Susie

Alter Floral Baby Shoes

 

It is fun to alter just about anything, but I really have fun playing with articles of babies clothing because they are so tiny. The textures of material are quite easy to adhere whatever you feel like adding to your project. With these baby shoes I had fun using an assortment of flowers from Prima marketing Inc.

I started by sewing on metallic beads to the heal of the shoe. 

  Next I used a glue gun to glue the ribbon around the edge of the shoe. At the ends of the ribbon I formed a loop to give the ribbon a pretty finish.

* Depending on what material you are using, you can use glue dots or a glue gun.

I then used thin gauged wire to wire  metal beads, jade beads, and flowers so the I could easily place and attach them to the shoes.  To fill in spots, I used smaller flowers and stuck them on with glues dots. I then added a tag and a little bit  of gauze for presentation.

These are so fun to make for a baby shower table center piece or  a present. So take a look around your house today and see what you can alter!

                   Keep on Scrappin’

                                   Susie

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Watercolours & Scrapbooking!

[Watercolor flower bookmark-beginner]

[pattern for the bookmark]

Lately my 18 year old has been thinking about the good 'ol days when in playschool all he thinks he had to do was have fun painting & coloring. I have been telling him that you are never to old too paint & color!

Here is a fun project for you to have an excuse to get out your paints!

                Fall Scrapbooking Tag

 supplies:- water colour pencils ( or water colors are fine!)

                  -terracotta , pine, marigold

               -tan bristol board

               -3 yellow brads

               -black pigment liner

               -black & gold ribbon

               -butterfly clear embellishment

Scan pattern onto bristol board and then cut it out. Now you are ready to paint. Start with your lightest color - yellow, and start with the petals. If you have the water color pencils you may trace around the petals and then with a paintbrush work the paint into the centre. This will make a 3-D effect. The same can be done with normal watercolors. Next do the same with the terracotta color for the flower centres. Now move on to the pine green for the stems and the leaves always remembering to keep darker on the sides and to gradually get lighter towards the middle. Wherever an object is lower, like a edge of a leaf, it is farther from the light and therefor it will appear darker. Neat! Next,use the pigment liner and outline the flower and the tag! Now you can put in you brads and the ribbon! Great job! I hope you had fun and I would love to see people's interpretations of this. Make such to email me!

    

        I still have a couple copies of the Canadian Scrapbooker new fantastic Summer edition to give away! So email if you would like a copy!

                                       Keep on Scrappin'

                                                           Susie

It's raining, it's pouring...

Ashley loved jumping on the trampoline outside in the rain.

Jessica had a great time with her sister in the rain. It was dark and chilly but, oh so magical at the same time!

Yup, these pictures were taken almost a week ago and since them the rain has not stopped! Our desert has turned into a swamp and my heart goes out to the many families and people that have had serious problems because of all of this wet stuff! I, myself haven't had that much time to blog or work on my art because our new home, and my studio, was one of the many homes effected by the floods in Medicine Hat, Alberta. You really should see how so many families are being effected and maybe say a little prayer for them - http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/prairie-floods/ .

So,we are in between two houses....one dry and one wet. I can't wait to be settled so I can get back to work because I have so many exciting things  to announce very soon! I am so grateful to each one of you. Thank-you for your support and friendship.

                              Keep on Scrappin'
                                                    Susie

Watercolor Paints and Scrapbooking

I love that in the last couple of years scrapbooking has really greatly changed in that there really isn't any rules anymore - 'ANYTHING GOES!" Do you remember a few years back when there were rules or guidelines on how you create a layout, or scrapbook page every time. For example, you were to have a title, a picture, and a write up on every page. I guess if you looked, you could still find rules, but basically, people are generally more opened minded about what they are creating or what they are looking at.
This can be so liberating as a scrapbooker or an artist not to be bound by rules. So why not take advantage of it today and try something you haven't done before like creating your own scrapbook paper.
Watercolor paints can have endless possibilities when creating paper. The paints come in tubes, cakes, or pencils. I had so much fun designing butterflies to fly around my daughter on this layout with watercolor pencils. I then added some bling with some gemstones from Heidi Swapp . Watercolor paints are extremely user friendly, so just draw your pattern first and then have some fun!
                              Keep on Scrappin'
                                                   Susie