Maybe it's the fact that I feel like summer is never going to end where I live, but the second and third photo on the top row of the Mixed Media Place mood board, at first glance, looked like ice on the foliage. I'm not exactly a person who likes being cold, and I live in a southern state, but I've had it with summer this year! It's the middle of September and we are still hitting the mid-90s! Which, according to the weather last night, is a full ten degrees above average! Too, too much I tell ya!
Beside the thought of ice, I really loved the colors in general on the mood board! It's filled with most of my favorites! But once I had blue + white + ICE!! on my mind, I had to go with it! Below the mood board you will find a process video, some more photos, and a full product list.
Process Video:
Close-up Photos:
Products
AB Studio
Chipboard Background 30x30 (centimeters) ID-4
Creative Embellishments
Holly and Berry Flourish
Shimmerz
Vibez
Frost Bite
Snow Way Man
DecoArt
Weathered Wood
Crackle Medium
Ranger
Tim Holtz
Distress Crackle Paint
Clear Rock Candy
Distress Glitter
Clear Rock Candy
Embossing Powder
Blue
Snowflake Tinsel
Simon Says Stamp
Embossing and Watermark Ink
Clear
Krylon
Workable Fixatif
Liquitex
Gloss Gel
Unknown
All the artificial foliage. I bought it at JoAnn's ... last year.
Over on the More Than Words Challenge blog this month we were tasked with finding inspiration from the word "Origins" and using the colors of our country. I love genealogy, so for me "Origins" is "where did I come from?" I love seeing faces of people I never knew and finding some resemblance!
For this project I used a photo from Ancestry.com of my great-great grandparents and eight of their ten children and maybe a grandchild (the youngest being held). Based on records on Ancestry.com, this photo is over 104 years old. (The youngest girl passed away in 1905 at only 12 years old.)
I chose this photo for this project for a couple of reasons. First, it is representative of the Cherokee I have in my family history. Besides the red, white, and blue of the United States, I (tried to) incorporate the colors of the flag of the Cherokee Nation, orange, yellow, green, and black. The following is from Cherokee.org's FAQ page regarding the flag and seal:
The seal of the Cherokee Nation was created by an executive Act under Chief Lewis Downing in 1869. The Act calls for the seal to contain a seven-pointed star inside of a wreath of oak leaves, symbolizing the eternal flame of the Cherokee people. The star is not designated to point a specific direction, but in the original version from 1869, it rests on a single downward point. The points of the star represent the seven traditional Cherokee clans. Within the rings of the seal, the words Cherokee Nation, September 6, 1839, are included, recognizing the date of the signing of the first Cherokee Nation Constitution after relocation to Indian Territory, as well as the date of the Act of Union, uniting the Old Settlers and Eastern Immigrant Cherokees into a single Cherokee Nation government once again.
The Cherokee Flag contains the Cherokee Nation seal (see the question above for the full symbolism of the seal) in the middle with seven stars in the outer field along with a single, black star. The seven stars in the outer field represent the seven clans, and the one additional star, which is black, is to remember those who died as a result of the Trail of Tears.
In addition to the Cherokee in my history, the "white" part of this particular branch of my family has been in the United States since before it was the United States! So, there you have it! The colors of my country and what "Origins" means to me!
For this project I was inspired by the colors found on the July, Mixed Media Place, mood board, most specifically the yellows, reds, and seafoam green. Especially since the green on the ReneaBouquets Fairy "Belle" was a fantastic match!
Below the mood board you'll find a process video, some close up photos, and a product list.
Process Video:
Close-ups:
And, because she happened to come along, Lucy (Great Dane) is helping to demonstrate how well the mirror works!
"A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink." ~Gina Carey
A quick tag I did for the July More Than Words Mini Challenge using my gel plate, some stencils, thread, a Dina Wakley stamp, and my printer for the quote!
A little, beach themed junk journal I made for the ReneaBouquets Mood Board Challenge this month.
Flip Through Video:
The Process Video will go here when I've finished editing & uploading it!
Process Video 1: Cover & Construction
Process Video 2: Ephemera & Such!
And here are a few close ups:
I received that beautiful, floral applique (along the spine & other bits on the inside) in the ReneaBouquet Canvas Swap (Oct. 2018) from Wendy M.! (Thank you, Wendy!!)
A close-up of the beautiful mermaid from ReneaBouquets!
A ReneaBouqet Beautiful Board Starfish!
Here you can see all three paperclips I quickly altered using ReneaBouquets Beautiful Bits - Seashell.
A closer look at the layers of lace! The scalloped lace I used on the edge of two of the pages I just received from Jenn D. in the ReneaBouquets June (2019) swap! (Thank-you, Jenn!)
Products:
ReneaBouquets
Beautiful Board
Tiny Starfish
Beautiful Bits
Seashell
Printed Beautiful Board
Tiny Ocean Orchid Starfish Mermaid
13@arts
Acrylic Modeling Paste
Shimmerz
Paste-eez
Puttin' On The Glitz
Creameez
Berry Hot
Prima
Frank Garcia
Golden Coast
12 x 12 Paper Pad w/ foil
Ephemera (Item #995126)
Ephemera (Item #995133)
From Swaps
From Wendy M.
Floral Applique
From Jenn D.
Scalloped Lace (white)
Kraft Tag & Sleeve
From Yvonne (scrapbook.com swap ... Sept. 2018)
The ribbon used to tie the journal shut
Webster's Pages
Adrienne Looman
Designer Trim
Plum Seed
The Paper Studio
Bright Lace Ribbon Scrap Pack
American Crafts
Vicki Boutin
Blue Hawaiian Acrylic Paint
Ranger
4" Brayer
Tim Holtz
Mini Blending Tool
Distress Oxide
Tattered Rose
Antique Linen
Distress Spray Stain
Mermaid Lagoon
Tonic
Tim Holtz
5" Scissors
Heidi Swapp
Stencil (it doesn't appear to have a name...)
Momentum Brands (pretty sure I got it at the 99¢ store)
Discover made me think of maps, right away. Maybe my subconscious is trying to tell me something. After that I didn't really have a plan, I just went where my stash led me.
Stash:
Clipboard - I don't know how old it is, but I've owned it for almost two years now.
I think Tea Dye was one of my first Tim Holtz ink pads I bought! Way back when I wasn't sure what "distress" really meant, but hey, "this Tim Holtz fella has stuff to make new stuff look like old stuff!" My husband could actually make a pretty good case claiming Tim was an original "supplier" that got me hooked leading to an entire spare bedroom being filled with paper craft related items! I love Tim Holtz so much I have hoarded his papers waiting for just the right time. I have been working on accepting the fact that it's a lot more productive to make the right time myself rather than expect a sudden epiphany. Plus, I'm having a much harder time remembering EVERYTHING I own...so if I can't even remember everything, how will I ever use everything?
Anyhow, all but 11 of the items on the product list are at least a year old (and that includes adhesives, the 3D Gel, the wax & such), of those 11 items, I think 5 have "appeared" within the last 6 months.
I used as much from my stash as I could, and I can't tell. You'd never know anything was "missing." I tell myself I should stop buying until I get my stash knocked down, but every time I think that something new is released & I realize I need to just stop thinking nonsense and do more projects!
