Stash It (Crystal Barrett)

September 11, 2019September 10, 2019Leave a comment

Hello everyone it is Crystal with Pineapple Papers and I am up on the Crafty Maven Getaway with some fun way to use your stash. First I am starting with this “Beautiful” cut file. I believe that it is from COAPA. I think it was a free one on the Facebook group.

I used the Jack and Jill 6×6 paper pad to back the cut file. This is a great way to use your 6×6 paper pads or even your scraps. Which if you are like me you have a ton of.

After that the layout came together pretty fast. I just used a sticker sheet from Echo Park to embellish. To create some dimension I popped some of the sticker up with some foam squares.

To finish off the page I used the sequin mix Gum Drops from Spiegelmom Scraps.

I hope you head over to the YouTube Channel and check out the process.

Remember to wear your Crown!

Bye

Crystal

Stash It (Crystal Barrett)

August 9, 2019August 2, 2019Leave a comment

Hello everyone it is Crystal with Pineapple Papers and I am up on the Crafty Maven Getaway today. Today I am digging into my stash. I have this drawer full Christmas stuff. It really is a mess and there is no organization to it. I have been loving all the Christmas videos in July. I just didn’t have a time so I want to play a little this month.

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I first dug through the drawer and picked out several items I wanted to play with. I have these My Minds Eye large letters. This makes the focus the main part of my page.

9Aug2

I really wanted to use several of the scraps of paper that were in my stash. I pulled them out and layered them up based on the size they were. No cutting involved. I love paper. The more paper I can get on a page makes me happy.

Because the title was so big there was not much room for embellishments. Mainly a few brads, sequins and stickers.

I hope that this inspires you to dig in your stash.

Head over to the YouTube channel and Facebook group for inspiration.

Remember to wear your crown.

Crystal

Art Party (Crystal Barrett)

August 4, 2019August 2, 2019Leave a comment

Hello everyone it is Crystal with Pineapple Papers. Today I am up on the Crafty Maven Getaway Channel. I am playing with some Shimmerz. I did not gesso my page. I use 110 pound white cardstock that I get from Joanns and it takes mild mixed media well. I would not put a ton of water on it without gesso though. These are the colors that I am working with.

4Aug6

My plan is to make a Christmas tree. Honestly I am not very good but I do like how it turned out in the end. I added the gold to act as the ribbon that is on our real tree.

I thought it would be fun to decorate my painted tree with some sequins. These are the ones I chose. They both should still be available.

And I love how it turned out.

4Aug2

I have learned that when you do a focal point like this tree on your layout that it needs only minimal embellishing!

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Head over to the YouTube channel and the Facebook group for tons of inspiration.

Remember to wear your crown.

Crystal

Sketch It: OMG (Crystal Barrett)

January 1, 2019Leave a comment

Happy New Year!!!! I couldn’t think of a better way to start the New Year than with some scrapping! Today I am up on the Crafty Maven Getaway YouTube Channel and I am using this awesome sketch that I found on the Hip Kit Club Facebook page made by Michelle Wedertz.

This is a 12 x 12 sketch but I felt that it was very easy to adapt to a 8 1/2 x 11 page, which is the size that I am doing for our anniversary trip to Mexico. Today I am scrapping 2 photos 3 x 4 each on one 4 x 6 print. They are of the Cenote that we swam in. It was so cool. I added some crape paper for texture. The black and white paper is from Crate Paper Wild Heart collection as will as the chipboard and thickers. 20181230_142517

My favorite part of this layout is the shaker pocket that I make with SpiegelMom Scraps sequins in Sweet Pea. All I did was fill an empty sequin ziplock bag with sequins and adhere the ziplock part under the photo. Poof quick shaker pocket.

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