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It’s Day 6 of the Scrap-A-Thon 3 with Nicole Jones 911 and the technique for this day of the Scrap-A-Thon was creating a background. I used a stencil, some distress inks and a makeup brush to create a sky, sun, clouds and some buildings. The 12×12 stencil that I used was from TCW (The Crafter’s …
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It’s Day 14 of the CalvinBall2019 Challenge and I finally finished this layout. Some layouts come together very easily and others seem to take forever … this one is one that took 3 days (off and on) to create. And, yes, it’s another record breaker, this layout scores 39 points. I wanted to use up …
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It’s Day 11 of the CalvinBall2019 Challenge and I created a new layout. Another record breaker, this layout scores 33 points. It gets easier every day to get a higher score because I’m getting more familiar with the rules and new rules are added almost every day adding more categories to get bonus points. This …
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After a week-end get-away to the Gulf Coast, I’m back scrapping for CalvinBall2019. We got back this morning from the Gulfport, MS, so I only have one layout for today. This layout is my highest scoring so far at 29 points. The bonus points help a lot and more are rules are added every day. …
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Yet another Scrapbooking layout for Calvinball. Only one for this day but I started 3 or 4 more that are not finished yet. After completing this layout, my score is 92 points. Whew!!! The leader in Calvinball 2019 has 571 points, so I need to pick up the pace!!! The mixed media background of this …
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It’s Day 5 of the Scrap-A-Thon 3 with Nicole Jones 911 and the technique was using paints which was another new technique for me. I used some acrylic paints in aqua and lavender and a brayer on some white cardstock and then added some gold Heidi Swapp Color Shine. This created a really pretty background …
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Another Scrapbooking layout for Calvinball. The floral cut file is from Paige Evans. I first learned about Paige Evans from watching Missy Whidden on Youtube. Paige Evans has some amazing cut files available in her store and you can use these with a Cricut, Brother Scan-n-Cut, Silhouette or any electronic die cutting machine that can …
It’s Day 4 of the Scrap-A-Thon 3 with Nicole Jones 911 and the technique was using the Gell Plate. I have a Gelli Gel Printing Plate; but I have to admit, until today, I haven’t used it. I’m loving this class, because it made me use my Gelli. Every time I saw that Gelli …
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I had heard about Calvinball, but I’ve never participated. Since I’m focused on scrapbooking for the month of March, I thought I would give myself even more incentive to get more layouts done in March. For those who have never heard of Calvinball, it’s an online scrapbooking challenge. You can join the Facebook Group where …
It’s Day 3 of the Scrap-A-Thon 3 with Nicole Jones 911 and I learned a new Resist technique that I’ve never tried before. The technique was to use a stencil on watercolor paper, put on a layer of gesso, remove the stencil, add some water color and then wipe away the color. Everywhere the gesso …
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