Dwell in Possibility

I love the new Finnabair rust pasts ... the colours and the textures ... and blending the colours together to give it the effect that I want.

Here I wanted to use the "Old Walls" Texture Fantasy Rust Pastes for two reasons ...

💛 I simply love the colour combination in this set, and

💛I love the look and effect of old walls on old buildings, especially a really old Villa or Chateau. 

I added some elements onto the canvas, i.e some flowers and chipboard pieces, and then coated them in the rust pastes, blending the "moss" and "cool grey" together, drying between each colour.

Once those two colours were dry, I added some of the brown from Finnabair's original rust set in some places, spraying it with water and letting the brown run down the canvas.

Once the brown was dry, I added some of the "cream" rust paste in places as well as over the chipboard pieces to make it stand out on the canvas.

The bird's nest was made from wire with some large wooden beads as bird's eggs.

I made some clay wings with Finnabairs silicone mold and painted those as well as the resin pieces in brown paint and then added Finnabair's waxes over the top to make them look old.

Some extra flowers, silicone beads, Finnabair pebbles and waxes completed the canvas.

Hope you like it!

See you all again soon 💛

FabScraps ATCoin BlogHop

Win! Win! Win!

Artist Trading Coin BlogHop with FabScraps

No BlogHop is complete without a prize and there is a FABulous FabScraps gift up for grabs.

To join this giveaway, you MUST leave a comment on each blog post

in order to have a chance at getting your hands on the prize.

The winner will be chosen at random on the 28th of September 2018

from the comments left on ALL of the posts.

Our crowned crafty will be announced on the FabScraps blog for all to see.

My ATC's are 2,5" x 2,5" in diameter and were created using the C105 Memory Lane collection.

 I combined two pieces of paper on each ATC, stamping and then stenciling with Nuvo Gold Glimmer Paste.

Each ATC has a resin piece, either a woodland door or some mushrooms, sprayed in ink and then rubbed with some of Finnabair's Vintage Gold wax to bring out the detail.

Some sisal, straws, pearls and silicone beads to add some finishing touches.  I also added some gold spray ink onto the edge of the coins and let it run down between the stenciling.  Love that effect.

I hope you like the end result!

Thanks for stopping by.

All the best!

FabScraps BlogHop participants:

Denise van Deventer

Gerry van der Velden

Candy Rosenberg

Carole Wright

Tracy Sagriff

You are here ... Moira Gilowey

This is your next stop ... Lyne Blodgett

Lisa Marie Watling

Heaven Sent

I love this picture! It is a picture of my daughter taken some years ago, on a cheapie phone, in black and white, but I absolutely love how the light captured her face and showed the striking resemblance to my mom, who looked just like this at her age.

Because I had altered the picture to have more of a vintage look, I wanted to use Finnabair Rust Pastes in brown, red and yellow to give some elements an old, aged effect.

I first added the brown rust paste over the Dusty Attic chipboard and then blended the red and yellow rust pastes over it, until I was happy with the result.  I then cut the chipboard into pieces to fit the layout.

I then added some of the red rust paste onto some elements on the page, spraying with water so that it would run down the paper.

Loved the effect of the pastes with this range of Prima paper.  

Micro beads, metal embellishments flowers and other embellishments finished the layout off.

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It's time to Thrive

I am sharing a tag which I did recently using the new FabScraps C109 "A moment in time" collection.  It includes a photograph of my mom, probably taken in her mid-twenties, while she was sitting on a bench in the garden or a park.

I love the idea and look of a secret garden with butterflies and flowers so here I added Prima Marketing Inc Texture Powder by Finnabair to some green paint and painted Dusty Attic chipboards, adding some decorative moss around it to give it an old garden feel.

I added some vines around the photo and circle of the chipboard, adding some white gesso to give everything an "old" look.

The pebbles were painted with white gesso and then rubbed with Prima Marketing Inc ArtAlchemy Metallique Wax by Finnabair in White Gold.

Hope you like it!

Captured

I have so many beautiful nieces who are living all over the world. This is a photo of my brother's middle daughter and I love how the light reflects across her face making it look as if she's either in the middle of a forest or under the ocean.

I really LOVE the colours in this canvas.  Here I used paints Prima Marketing Inc ArtAlchemy paints by Finnabair in Metallique (Romance Pink) and Sparks (Butterfly Spells and Unicorn's Hair) as well as a Dazzle dye spray by Enmarc in Eggshell.

I had some Dusty Attic chipboard which I wanted to use and when removed them from their "casing", I decided to use that on my project as well.

I heat embossed the chipboard with Ranger Sticky Embossing Powder and then, when it was still hot and sticky, I rubbed some gold foil over it so that it stuck to the stickiness of the embossing powder.  So easy!

I decided to leave the flowers as is - no gesso or inks - because they looked so beautiful and clean against the pinks and golds of the paint.

Once I had completed gesso'ing and painting, I added some of Finnabair's ArtAlchemy Metallique Wax in White Gold over some of the elements to bring out the detail.

This makes me happy 💗

Now and Forever

This was a recent wooden canvas using a Prima wooden shutter, which I love.  They make me feel as if I'm in a garden in the South of France, peering through an old window set in an old wall of a very old building 😃

For this canvas, after I had given it a coat of gesso, I stenciled hanging leaves from the top of the canvas using Finnabair White Crackle Texture Paste.  I also stenciled some bricks onto the areas around where my shutters and embellishments would go using Finnabair Paper Texture Paste.

Once the pastes were dry, I added some ink sprays in greens and browns, allowing it to dry before adding some stamping with a script/word stamp randomly onto the canvas.

Using a script stencil and gold Nuvo Mousse, I added some script to the canvas.

I altered the wooden shutters using Finnabair Rust Pastes using the brown, mint and gold rust paste.  I first covered it in brown, then added a bit of the mint and gold pastes as and where I wanted it to be and then went over it all again with a bit of the brown paste.

I love the new (and old) Prima moulds and here I used the "Rustic Fleur 1" mould to make some leaves as well as flowers.  I covered these in yellow paint before adding them, other flowers and embellishments to the canvas.

I added a bit of the rust paste to the key and lightly sprayed it with water, allowing the brown paste to run down the paper behind the key.

The moss and flowers add a perfect touch to this old wall look.

Once I had added everything to the canvas, I lightly painted over most things with white gesso and then, once that was dry, I rubbed Prima Metallique Wax in Aged Brass over the crackle texture paste leaves, the shutters and anything else on the canvas that I felt need some dimension.

I love the finished look!  And I really hope that you do too 💛

Let the beauty of this world shine through

This is a mini album and box which I created using the new FabScraps C108 "Pink Lemonade" collection.

Oh my! 😍 What a beautiful range!!  I just love the palm leaves, birds, stripes and flowers ... and I have a newfound love for flamingos!

I used an old box that I had and painted the outside before adding papers and embellishments.  I also stenciled some leaves under and on top of the striped paper using the stencil which goes with this range and some Finnabair White Crackle Texture Paste.

I added white gesso to some of the flowers and metal embellishments to "soften" their look.

I added some Finnabair's Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in Aged Brass over the resin frame, some of the flowers as well as around the edges of the box.

The box opens up to reveal a mini album.

The album consists of pockets and flaps and, using the stamps from the range, I stamped onto velum and heat embossed the images with gold embossing powder.

I hope you like this project!

COMPETITION!

FabScraps are running a competition on their Facebook page until 20 July 

where you can go and like your favourite project, tag a friend and stand a chance

of winning one of their new ranges.

https://www.facebook.com/lovefromfabscraps/

💙💚💛💜

Everyday is Beautiful

It has been such an honour to be included on the FabScraps Design Team this year and such a pleasure to work with their beautiful papers ... and the two new ranges are amazing!

This layout was created with their C109 "A Moment in Time" collection and the papers are indeed dreamy ... perfect for wedding or engagement photo's or to just celebrate being in love.

I don't usually scrapbook with photo's of myself, but these pic's matched the papers perfectly so I just used two of them.

I bought some of the Nuvo copper Gilding Flakes a while back and this layout was a great way to try the product out.  And I love how it looks!

Just add some beautiful flowers, lace and gems to a layout and it is complete.

If you would like to view the tutorial on how I created this project, please pop on over to the FabScraps blog at http://fabscraps.com/blog/  for full notes on how to put the layout together from start to finish.

Until next time!💗

A tribute to my mom

When I think about my mom, I think of three things ... she was beautiful, she was a strong woman and she was brave.

She grew up as an only child, sometimes suffering the loneliness that goes along with it, especially having a father who was away from the home a lot of the time.  But despite that, she grew up to be a loving, caring wife, often putting others' needs before her own and working full-time employment until late in life in order to help the family make ends meet.

All that I am I owe to my mom.  We didn't have a bad relationship, but we weren't as close as I believe a mother/daughter relationship should be.  I think that the key is to not repeat the patterns of the past and, when I eventually had a daughter of my own, I vowed that she would never feel that same longing after I am gone.

I still find myself doing things just as my mom taught me, for instance, preparing a meal the way she would do and, when teaching my daughter about certain life skills, I often find myself saying "you do it like this, because that's how my mom taught me".  We, as daughters, often say that we never want to grow up like our moms, and yet, as the saying goes "whenever I open my mouth, my mother comes out".  That's really funny, but so true! I guess, not all of those memories can be great ones, but despite everything, I know that my mother loved us with everything that she had within her ... her family was her life and she moved from this earth to eternity knowing that her family respected, honoured and loved her.

She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.

When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness.

She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness.

Her children stand and bless her.

Her husband praises her:

"There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!"

Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last;

but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.

(Proverbs 31:25-30)

I absolutely LOVE this picture of my mom, taken (I think) when she was in her early 20's.  To me she looks like a Hollywood movie star of that era and happiness is evident in her smile.

When I recently saw this Dina Wakeley stencil, I knew that I had to have it because, to me, it reminded me so much of my mom.

I used Finnabair Paper Texture Paste with it which created a rough texture on the page.  Once it was dry, I edged it with Tim Holtz Distress crayon, blending it with some water.  I rubbed some of the Finnabair Metallique wax onto the paste at the end.

The resins used on the page were sprayed with inks, left to dry and then wax rubbed onto them.  I love how the waxes bring out the tiny details that you might otherwise miss.

The chipboard words were coloured in pink Tsukineko All Purpose Ink and then randomly heat embossed with gold and rose gold embossing powder.

Lots of pretty flowers and embellishments, of course!

I love you mom ... always have and always will.

Until we see each other again 💙

If your mom is still on this earth, give her a call today

and tell her that you love her!