Zappy Dots & another collage

Today I have two layouts to share. Both layouts use Zappy Dots. The beach layout uses two flair from the Vintage Sailor line.

The chihuahua layout uses two flair buttons from the I Love Chihuahua line. There are also flair buttons for pugs, pitbulls, daschunds, labs & yorkies.

I also made another collage. I stenciled the background, using Tim Holtz distress inks. Then I added stamps, ephemera & a vintage image. The pink leaves are also vintage and are stapled with the tiny attacher. The words are cut from Tim Holtz tickets.

Creating... Collages!

I love making collages! I can use inks, stencils and stamps and just have fun! Then there are the pretty papers, fun embellishments and images - I never get tired of creating collages!!!

I'm posting three collages today, titled "Birds of a Feather", "Remember" & "Dream". The first two use vintage cabinet card images.

"Dream" is a photo of me as a child. I love those paper lantern stickers (been in my stash forever!) and how they contrast with the soft sprayed background. Making collages is a great way to use up your stash!

Lovin' Zappy Dots!!

I made this card (my first project) for the Zappy Dots design team. The card is 5.5" x 5.5". I layered it up with patterned paper, die cut scallop, large & small doily, Prima flowers & blue buttons. The blue transparency piece is from LYB; the hello flag from Jillibean.

And the flair button? A Zappy Dot, of course!! It's from the set called Vintage Sailor. I love the Zappy Dots flair buttons!!

Halloween

I know it's early, but when you get such wonderful images like these to work with, I had to create right away! I'm loving all the vintage Halloween images from Gecko Galz this month.

I made 3 tags and a journal page. There are also harvest images and I'm thinking I will make some Thanksgiving cards with those!

Dylusions = Fun!!!

I am loving the Dylusions spray inks! The colors are so vibrant! I have been using them on my art journal pages and also on tags. This tag is one I did, just for fun.

Products used are: Dylusions spray inks, Tim Holtz flower stamp (Stamper's Anonymous), text stamp from Stampin' Up, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, metal corner (Momenta), LOVE torn from Tim Holtz ticket, metal heart, bird brad & lace from my stash.

Journal page

I made this page last week, using Dylusions ink sprays in the Dylusions journal. The large pear is from an old scrapbook found at my mother's house. I purchased the Alice in Wonderland images a few years ago.

The page also has stamping and stenciling. Fun stuff!

August!

August - time for a new month of Project Life! It's also beginning to feel a little bit like fall. The nights are getting cooler and I can hear the cicadas during the day. We even have a few red leaves on a tree in the backyard!!

This photo is of our little chihuahua, Chiquita. She will be my first PL photo of August.