Two-rific with Samantha Robles

Howdy everyone, and happy Thursday! You're so so close to the weekend. We as crafters know that we can get in terrible creative funks every once in a while. This was that week for me. I just felt super unmotivated even thought my paints were SCREAMING at me from across the room "Play with us!" The motivation finally kicked in yesterday and I'm so glad it did.

 Let me start off the project by saying this: I had an interview with my 2 year old, Oakley. Did you know that Oakley is actually the inspiration behind "Oakie Bear Blue" and "Oakie Dokie"?  Surprise! Now you do! Fun fact for the day. I sat down and asked some hard hitting questions. If anyone of you have had or currently have a 2 year old, you know just getting them to sit still and answer questions is hard as heck sometimes. We got down the bottom of every question and it became the inspiration of this layout!

My sweet boy, Oakley, turned 2 in February. When Paige Evans made these number cut files, a lightbulb went off immediately. Why not document age 2 and all it's unique quirks. I ran to grab the nearest sheet of white cardstock and got to work! I haven't had a real chance to use "A Chance of Rain" Spritz. I color combo-ed it with "Well Blue Me Down" Coloringz and magic happened.

Start off by taking some good ole gesso and place at the bottom of the page. Next, lightly spray one color, then dry, then spray with some water, dry and repeat these steps to get even more of an intense hue from any Shimmerz Paints color. I left my page overnight to really dry and let the colors just melt into each other even deeper.

The next morning was the simple work. I glued my cut file down to the painted portion of the page, then started added my embellishments from past Pink Paislee collections to create a blooming effect. I also got the chance to break out my new "Indigo and Ivy" stickers from Pink Paislee as well. I'm IN LOVE with that collection. Major heart eyes. I struggled HARD with embellishments because I mean... this face is such an embellishment already <3

So after, I added in Oakley's questions with some thread and a cute little Shimmerz Dotz for the finally hurray!

Thanks for stopping by today! Time to recover from that interview with a snack and a sippy cup ;)

-Samantha

Guest Designing : Paige Taylor Evans

I created a layout using the Missy Whidden Color Kitz: The July Edition and the cut file I created to go along with it!

This color kit includes:
* exclusive package of 3 “Under the Weather” Dotz
* 2 oz bottle of an exclusive new color: In Deep Coloringz
* Jar of Marigold Shimmerz
* Jar of Corney Flower Blue Inklingz
*2 oz bottle of Lil' Yellow Skool Bus Coloringz

 I started by die cutting my sunburst & clouds cut file from white textured cardstock, removed the cut file, and left the inner pieces on the cutting mat. I coated the inner pieces on the mat with gesso and let it dry.

Once the inner pieces were dry I covered them with Shimmerz! I used the colors in the July kit as well as a few other pinks, blues, and yellows, to create a sunset color scheme.

 On another piece of 12x12 white textured cardstock I splashed watered down white acrylic paint and let it dry. Then I adhered the cut file with dimensional adhesive to the center. I carefully placed the colored inner pieces into their spots, only placing adhesive in the center back of each piece to let them bend and lift up, creating lots of dimension & shadows.

 I found a picture of my daughter Jane from a few years ago that matched this page perfectly and printed it to 3" square, trimming it out leaving a white border. I tucked the photo into the clouds and began embellishing with the new Just a Little Lovely collection from Pinkfresh Studio.

I created the title with a mix of stickers and stitched over them so they stay in place permanently. I tucked a few more embellishments around the page tone-on-tone to create texture & interest. I wrote journaling around the curve of the cut file and finished with three sets of three light orange enamel dots around the edges.

I hope you are inspired to check out the Missy Whidden Color Kitz: The July Edition along with the cut file I designed exclusively for this kit! Thanks for stopping by!