Okay, so I was messing around in my studio, just trying different things and came up with this sooo fun technique. (I'm not under the delusion that I invented this lol...I've just never seen it done and so it's new to me!)

 I just did an embossing challenge (one of the few times I've ever used my embossing plates) where I inked up my plates, ran them through the cutter and come up with a cool background for my card.
 So I finished the card and my tattered angels caught my eye, so I thought hmmm I would love to have an embossed background with sparkle...so this is what I did:

I grabbed my cardstock mat, sizzix embossing plate, tattered angels and a paper towel.

With a sweeping motion, spray plate 2 or 3 times over a trash can

Place cardstock on sprayed plate

Cover with paper towel to protect the rest of your "sandwich" of layers.

Run this through your machine 2 or 3 times

...and voila! A pretty sparkly mat for your card or scrapbook!

I just made a video if you'd like to view that as well! Thanks for viewing, and I'd love if you'd follow my blog. ~Misty

Here's the link to my Youtube Video

http://youtu.be/BhZq5iYUL6w

Another Shabby Chic Chipboard Mini Album

One of the things on my to do list for 2012 was to try to get into blogging more. I'm not real sure what I'm supposed to do, but I'm going to do the best I can!
 Today I'm going to show you my first completed mini of 2012. It's a chipboard mini made from a kit I'll be offering on Etsy. When I get it up I'll add a link to the comments of this post. so, here are the pics!

I inked all the pages and elements with tea dye distress ink...the frame is a cardstock covered chipboard frame...Prima flowers, butterfly is cut using a Martha Steward punch....design paper is Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden. The vintage image was printed off of my computer.

Die cut frame that showcases a vintage image I printed out. This page folds up for extra room for pictures or journaling.

I made a little pocket with some vintage lace to hold the hand stamped and watercolored tags (I'll be doing a tutorial on this soon) the page on the right features a diecut frame I stamped and watercolored (frame set available in my store includes 30 frames) Prima flowers and Prima bling. The little flower in the center of the big flower is from I Am Roses, and was kissed with a little distress ink to knock down the brightness of the flower.

The pearls at the bottom of the pocket help keep the tags from slipping through.

Watercolored with Tattered Angels and Distress ink.

The diecut butterfly acts as a pocket for the handstamped tags. I dirtied up the doily with the distress ink.

Vintage garment pins attach the charms to the ribbon.

Pretty envelope for memorabilia and extra pictures and journaling.

Prima Pearls and a flowered topped butterfly.

Prima flower that I made sparkly with mica powder and satin varnish. I have a tutorial on this on my youtube channel. Recollections bling I got in a RAK from Lacee.

Loooove chunky books!

Well that's it! Hopefully I can get a video up showing this album and the kit I'll be listing. These mini's are so fun....love the shape...

If you haven't "joined" my blog, please do so. I'm just getting going and would love to have you! Warmly, Misty

Dec 26th

 *deep cleansing breath* .... Christmas is over and everything actually got done. The gifts were succesful, the parties were fun and the food was yummy.......but I have to say, I am not sad it's over! So ready to get back into a normal routine!
 I have several goals this year:
 ~ I need to get a grip on my eating! Some friends and I are doing a "Biggest Loser" kind of thing, and I did really well the first 2 weeks...then blew it at Christmas. Hopefully I didn't do that much damage!
~ Get the house organized and keep it that way
~Do something creative everyday
~List new items in my Etsy a couple of times a week
~make a couple Youtube videos a week
~post to my blog at least 3 times a week

 I think it's a do-able list, but we shall see!

Hopefully I can get my studio finished and the basement back in order today. That would be a great start!

Altering paper flowers by embossing

 Hello!
 I just finished a video showing how to add color and sparkle to your paper flowers. It's the same technique that I used on the flowers on my snowflake wall hanging. It's very easy, and most of you probaly have all the supplies you need at home. Here's a link to the video.....     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1c9Uq3ZYCY

submission for the I Am Roses color Challenge IARCC

Today I made a snowflake wall hanging for an I Am Roses color challenge. I was at a little disadvantage because I only have a few I Am Roses flowers. The challenge was to to do something Christmas-y in blue and white. I only had white flowers, so I added some color to them using embossing powders. I'll do a YouTube tutorial and add the link this week.

I cut 3 chipboard and 3 Prima design paper snowflakes from one of my Accucut dies, then papered the chipboard. The little vintage image came from the Graphics Fairy Blog I believe. She has a ton of wonderful images you can use, so stop by and check her out.

I didn't have any blue flowers so I added some color to the white ones with embossing powder. The lace is only adheared on the sides. I thought it would be fun to be able to slip new pictures behind the lace every year, so it kind of acts as a pocket. (You could even switch out the pictures depending who was going to be visiting you lol....make everyone feel special!) Lastly, I just wove the ribbon through the holes in the snowflakes. It was actually very easy to do!

If you'd like to purchase the chipboard pieces and ore the design paper pieces, just comment below. The chipboard pieces will be $3.50 for 6 and the design paper pieces will be $3.75 for 6.

Thanks so much for visiting me! I'd love if you'd click the follow link and come back!

Hugs~Misty

Moving my studio...ugh

 Sooooooo, I think I'm going to move my studio back upstairs to free up some room in the basement for my boys. (Hubby included) They want to put a foosball and shuffle board table down there....it's okay though...I tend to ooz out unto the ping pong table, which isn't fair to them. If you want to get an idea of how daunting this task is going to be, take a peek of a studio tour I made on youtube  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhacwVZPKgE

 Currently I'm in the basement, and now I need to figure out how to squeeze all my goodies into a smaller room on the second level. I guess I'll be looking at online video tours to get some ideas. If you have any great storage tricks please share!

......instead of working on the room lol.... I made a new card kit for my Etsy store!  I used to sell lots of card kits on Ebay, but then I got into the mini albums. I think I'll do more card kits. cards are fun because you can complete a project in one sitting. They are a perfect project for the crafter who has a little adult ADD! On the card above I just inked all the pieces with frayed Burlap distress ink. If you're interested in the kit, you can find it here http://www.etsy.com/listing/67220377/vintage-victorian-shabby-chic-card-kit

Here are some pictures of a small Birdcage chipboard mini I made. It was so fun to make!