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Thursday, March 28, 2013

New @ SAS: DARE TO Nurture Your Inner Self by Angie Young

Now i've been having a lot of fun with this kit. It's DARE TO Nurture Your Inner Self by Angie Young @ Scrap Art Studio. DARE is Angie Young's new art journaling series that is all about DARING you to reach higher and to look deeper. Each kit will take you on a journey of self exploration as you journal about your hopes, your dreams, your passions, your fears, your pain, your joy, and so many other things. This one is about loving & nurturing yourself and it's a HUGE kit containing 9 papers and 90 elements! I simply loved the color combinations in purples and reds.

This fabulous AJ kit is available at ScrapArtStudio HERE.

Here's a little preview of this great kit:


And of course my pages:

Love URself
An affirmationpage for myself. Yes, i deserve it ... just because LOL.

Always Remember This
Just a little reminder to myself as i tend to forget this. I really should take better care of me (first & formost)

Well, that's all for now. But i promiss to be back soon with more news and pages !!
Thank you for looking !

Greetings,
Elysah

New from Viva Artistry: The Bard Collection

I had some serious fun playing around with Viva Artistry's newest collection The Bard.
Shakespeare, our beloved author, who wrote countless stories, plays, poetry, and so much more!
With this collection you will create awesome art journaling layouts, mixed media art, scrapbooking layouts and so much more! Unique pieces made for your unique art!

Included in the full collection are:
A kit full of ephemera, elements and textured backgrounds.
An Alpha with brushset & png files.
A set of wordart with words of insults & a set of wordart with words of adulation.
Shakespeare was very creative with his words of impolite expressions! Use them for your art journaling or mixed media pages when you are in that kind of a mood! Comes as png files for various graphics programs as well as ABR brushes for Photoshop.
Clusters & Paperstacks to kickstart your pages.

And as always this gorgeous collection is available for you at SBG HERE.

A little preview for you:


And of course my pages:

SILENCE: just blowing of some steam !!

SOUL: An hommage to William Shakespeare

Thank you for looking, i will be back soon with more pages !!!

Greetings,
Elysah

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

New at Scrapbird: CU easterpacks by Kittyscrap

Hello, just wanted to let you know there are some new CU packs with the easter theme available from Kittyscrap. You can check these out at Scrapbird HERE.

Here are some previews for you:








And to top it off, Kittyscrap is having a sale at scrapbird right now: 40% off all Kittyscrap products until 15th of April. So be sure to take advantage of that, it's a great way to grow your stash for less !!!


Thank you for reading !
Greetings,
Elysah



NEW Fantasy Collection Don't be so Grimm by OTBDS

This one is really fabulous !!! A new collection by OTBDS called Don't be so Grimm. It consists of 2 parts: If you purchase part I you will find a coupon for $1.00 off  Don't Be So Grimm part II . Facebook Fans will get this kit FREE!

Well, what's this collection all about you ask ? This kit is fantasy themed, with a few of the Grimm Fair Tale influences. Don't Be So Grimm.  Life has its serious moments, for sure. But often we compound stress by taking ourselves too seriously. Let the inner child peek around the corner and explore! Things are not always as they seem.... This collection lets you use your imagination and create your own fairy tale.

This great collection is available for you at the OTBDS shoppe now HERE.

And of course a little preview for you:

PART I
PART II - accents

PART II - Papers

So, now for my pages ! I really had a lot of fun with this one:

DON'T BE SO GRIMM: Made with just part I
DREAM: Made with part II

MYSTERY: Made with part I and II

STORY: Made with part II

DISCOVER: Made with part II and Big Ideas, also by OTBDS (see a few posts back for info).

I hope you liked my pages and i will be back soon !!
Thanks for looking,
Greetings,
Elysah

Monday, March 25, 2013

My pages for the Painted Nest Challenge at SBG

Well, to be fair i made the 1st page back at Sissy Sparrows old home OSD for the Loft challenge week 1.
But i discovered the challenges are back at SBG now at the Painted Nest.
They started there with 4rd challenge but i still had to catch up with the 2nd and 3rd LOL.

Sooooo ... here are my pages for the Painted Nest challenge at SBG for week 1 upto week 4.
I just had so much fun making all of these !!!

Week 1
DESTINY:
Sissy Sparrows - Loft January freebie, Vintage Ink paper, Shapeshifter Overlay.
Sarah Barber - BBW birds & wire, Painted grounds v1.
Paula Kesselring - Butterfly away.
Week 2
ON FIRE:
Sissy Sparrows - Shapeshifter & Facebook January freebie
Viva Artistry - New Year freebie
Week 3
FEAR:
Sissy Sparrows - Vintage Ink
Studio mix 7 - Charleston Ave.
Sherry JD - Flotsam
Week 4
HERE & NOW:
Sissy Sparrows - March facebook freebie & Wings newsletter freebie
Rebecca Mc Meen - Eliaz & Elle
Viva Artistry - Expressions 1
Studiomix 19 - Glorious Vision

That's it for now, but i'm off to make a page for the 5th challenge which is up & running now. Just downloaded the freebie provided by Sissy Sparrows and it looks great !!!
So i will catch up with you later, thanks for reading !

Greetings,
Elysah

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

SALES at all Kittyscrap Stores going on right now !!


I have a great opportunity for you to grow your stash:
Kittyscrap is having a huge sales right now until the 1st of april: 40% off all Kittyscrap stuff in all the stores.
Go check it out for yourselves now at: Scrapbird, Scrap from France and Coolscraps Digital.

Don't miss out !!!

Thanks for looking !
Greetings,
Elysah

New Big Ideas ... an Artistic Alliance between OTBDS & Courtney's Digiscrappin"

Yes, there's a new huge kit called Big Ideas available now at the OTBDS shoppe. It's an Artistic Alliance between OTBDS and Courtney's Digiscrappin'. It's bold, vibrant, fun and thoughtful, with loads of hand drawn elements and painted papers!  It's an adventure in Art Journaling!  The theme is Big Ideas...what does it take to achieve your goals, how far will you go to succeed, what makes that light bulb over your head go off?  It has wonderful bright colors full of elephants, peacocks and poppies and i loved working with it !!!

This fabulous kit is available for you at the OTBDS shoppe HERE.

And here's a preview:
The entire Collab collection

Elements - OTBDS part
Papers - OTBDS part

Papers - OTBDS part

And now of course my pages:

REAL OR NOT: I love this quote as this is so true !!

THINK BIG:  A little affirmation for myself

BIG IDEAS: Just having some fun with this one (and feeling a bit chaotic lately LOL)

WILD IDEAS: Just a pretty page
Well, i hope you liked my pages !
Thank you for reading !!! I will be back soon with more pages.
Greetings,
Elysah


Sunday, March 17, 2013

New pages with LAPIN BLUE from Les Idees de Christine

I was playing around with one of the older kits from Les Idees de Christine: LAPIN BLUE.
Seriously ... i just love this bundle!!! The colors are so vibrant and i love how my pages turned out.
LAPIN BLUE is available as a kit only and as a bundle. The bundle contains:
The kit PU "Lapin bleu" with 10 papers & 41 elements
The addon PU "Lapin bleu" with 6 papers & 16 elements
4 clusters frames "Lapin bleu" with shadows
4 borders and others "Lapin bleu" with shadows
5 additional papers CU Kit Lapin bleu
and Freebie CU
So as you can see you get plenty of goodies and it's just perfect for both scrapbook pages and AJ pages (i made 1 of both).

LAPIN BLUE is available for you at Digitals HERE.

A little preview of the bundle:


And of course my pages:

WILDBUNCH: a scrapbookpages with pictures of my linedance group

SHE CAN: a favorite quote of mine, and an affirmation.

Well, that's all for now, thanks for looking !!!
Greetings,
Elysah

Thursday, March 14, 2013

New by Viva Artistry: DIGICYCLING - reuse your digital supplies

NEW SERIES by Viva Artistry called DIGICYCLING !!!
Digicycling, the art of reusing your digital supplies in order to create new art!
Here is Viva Artistry's first edition of upcycling your stash. It's a video tutorial and a pdf (different ways to learn!) along with a set of tools, sample pages, and a set of completed backgrounds all in one kit!  Learn a new way to create fun backgrounds for your collages or mixed media projects using masks and Photoshop layer styles.

THIS SET INCLUDES:

1 video tutorial (via Connect@SBG)
1 pdf tutorial and Sample Inspiration Pages
5 12x12 lace masks (tools)
8 sample 12x12 backgrounds
1 exclusive coupon


AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR YOU AT SBG HERE.


Here are some previews for you:





This is what i made with the tutorial & masks:

And i made this page with it, as shown a few posts back:

It's so much fun to do, so go check it out for yourself at SBG now !!

Thanks for reading, see you soon !
Greetings,
Elysah

New pages with Viva Artistry's Les Saisons II

As i already made some pages with Viva Artistry's Les Saisons I (Spring and Autumn) as well as Les Saisons II (Winter), i decided to make the set complete (LOL). So here are a few pages i made with the Summer part of Les Saisons II. As i already mentioned in my earlier posts about the Les Saisons collection, i just love Art Nouveau and Mucha in particular, so i had a lot of fun with this.

The whole Les Saisons collection is inspired by the art of Mucha. It's Art Nouveau at its finest going back to the late 1800's and early 1900's. Alphonse Mucha was a one of a kind artist known for his distinct flowing style that is much copied to this day. This collection is based on the four seasons with this one being the Summer and Winter seasons. This bundle includes: 16 backgrounds/papers (both Summer and Winter), 70 elements (both Summer and Winter), 5 masks, 2 uppercase alphas, 2 ABR files for alphas & 5 clusters.

It is available for you at SBG HERE.
And here's a little preview:


And now for my pages:

SUMMER TIME: My entry for the Launchzone challenge for March 2013 at SBG. Template provided is from Studio Tangie. Quote is by Robert E. Carpenter

SUMMER: Quote by Lois Duncan
Thank you for looking !!
Greetings,
Elysah

Monday, March 11, 2013

New Halfpainted Alpha by Viva Artistry and Worldbeat bundle

Finally i have also been playing around with some of Viva Artistry's goodies, including their newest addition THE HALFPAINTED ALPHA, the WORLDBEAT bundle and Typography 101 alpha HANDSTROKE.

The HALFPAINTED ALPHA is a brushed, painted look alpha great for many types of layouts including art journaling, everyday memory pages, or mixed media. This alpha comes from an early 1900's book on penmanship. It includes uppercase, lowercase, numbers and a few symbols and has an ABR brush file for Photoshop, as well as PNG files for transparency.

You can purchase this cool alpha at SBG HERE.

WORLDBEAT is all about the differences that make us special. Diversity is the spice to life and we should all embrace it. This is the whole enchilada related to the World Beat kit, including the 4 ethnic "dolls" created by the talented Eryn Herbert!!! It includes: 9 papers, 37 elements, 5 trashed/worn papers, 5 clusters & 6 wordart.

It is available at SBG HERE.

HANDSTROKE is the latest of the Typography 101 alpha's. From Roman to Ancial forms, the construction of letters has always been a fascinating topic. Engineers, architects, artists, craftsmen have all benefited over the years from the meticulous designing of different type forms. In this set, we bring you the details of a free form style (hand stroke) used in sign art and lettering. This set can be used both as a standard alpha as well as a brush set to create interesting and fun backgrounds for your projects. Set comes with: alpha a-z and files include separate .pngs for each letter and an .abr file (approx. brush size for each letter 1200px).

This set is also available at SBG HERE.

I also used Quirky Originals by Viva Artistry
Finally my pages with these awesome goodies:

NOWHERE:
A little affirmation page for myself
I used the Halfpainted Alpha, Typography 101 - Handstroke, Worldbeat collection, Quirky Originals (see a few posts back) and Laced masks, all by Viva Artistry, on this page.
STORIES: with just the Worldbeat bundle
Well, that's all for today. Thanks for reading and see you soon !!!

Greetings,
Elysah