My scrappin' life

Ready for ScrapMe Vienna!

Yes, I'm ready! Suitcases packed, boarding pass printed, everything ready,,,

Tomorrow morning Erik and Marlijn will bring me to Amsterdam airport (it's spring vacation), my plane will leave at 11.45h :)

Looking forward to a fun weekend teaching with my sweet friend Nat!

But before I leave I HAVE to do a post. Two days ago my hubby tells me it's about time I blog, the last post is from february 13. Are you kidding? LOL!

But he is right, so let me share some Tattered Angels projects today that I created for the TA booth at CHA.

The first one is a layout created with Canvas Corp products.

The clock face was first stamped with a screen and Island Spring glaze and then sprayed with Sprout Chalkboard.

The flower was sprayed with Pop Rocks and Cupid glimmer mist and then covered with a layer of Pixie Dust glam. For the paper and tag I used Pop Rocks, Cupid and Turqoise. The doilies behind the clock face were first lightly covered with Pixie Dust glam and then sprayed with Pop Rocks.

The canvas (12×12) was made with Plain Jane products. In case you don’t know, Plain Jane is a range of 3 new paint products that have been revealed at CHA, These are plain products which means as much as similar to the already existing products only without the glimmer. Tattered Angels has now Simply Sheer which can be compared with Glimmer Mist, Stained Glass which can be compared with Glam and Baseboard which can becompared with Chalkboard.

Used on this project are Stained Glass Yellow and Red, Baseboard Red Rocks and Simply Sheer Pink, Light Blue, Teal and Shade. For the stems and the leaves i used Sprout Chalkboard.

I first applied tags to the canvas and covered everything with Gesso, then I used a screen and the Yellow Stained Glass to stamp on the tags. After the stained glass had dried I sprayed the canvas with the Simply Sheer and the Baseboard.

I sprayed Canvas Corp Tissue paper with Simply Sheer, stamped on it and then cut out circles in different sizes to create the flowers. The metal buttons in the center of the flowers are colored with Stained Glass.

I used book paper sprayed with Sprout Chalkboard for the stems and the leaves. I added some extra color to them by rubbing them with a Olive green distress ink pad.

Finally I added rubons and cut out stamped letters to finish the canvas.

That's it for now! Wishing you all a wonderful and creative weekend ahead!

Workshops and a layout for Tattered Angels

Back home from my weekend at Scrap4fun where I have been teaching my workshop "The whole Shebang" 2 days. I really had a great time and I hope my students did too. It was quite an intens workshops with lots of techniques and we had to work fast, no time to sit back and relax :) But I think in the end most was done or could be finished at home.

 

Vera and her team where fantastic, the hotel was wonderful and I sure would love to go back there and teach again. For now Vera and agreed on the weekend of september 15th and this time I will teach a couple of 3/3,5 hour workshops. More information about that as soon as we know more!!

Are you sorry you missed this, then I have good news for you! I will be teaching this workshop in my own studio on March 24, see my previous post for more information or e-mail me at scrappen@birgitkoopsen.nl 

And now on to the next. I will be leaving for CHA in only 11 days, eeekkkk!! And there is a LOT that has to be done before I can leave! Today I spent most of the time preparing kits for my workshops at Treasured Memories in Oak Park, near LA, where I will teach these 2 workshops on January 28th:

There are a few spaces left so if you would like to join in the fun go to the Treasured Memories website and sign up! I would love to meet you there!!

I will leave you today with a layout I made for the Tattered Angels blog.

I created the background paper with embossing powder, distress ink and glimmer mist.

First I stamped and embossed the circles with white embossing powder, which created a resist. Then I sprayed the background with Glimmer Mist Sun Sisters. Mel’s Diner and Harvest Orange. The Silk flowers are sprayed with Cadillac Pink and the roses with Marmalade.

For the diamonds I used a mask and distress ink that I applied with blending foam. I finished the backgound stamping with black Stazon. The crystals where colored in the right color with Letraset Aquamarkers. Flowers, crystals, fabric leaves are Prima Marketing Inc. The border was created using Prima packaging material.

That's it for now!

Hope to be back soon!

 

Finally!!

Finally... here is my first post of 2012!

Way to late, I know, but still I want to wish you all a wonderful, healthy, happy, inspiring, creative and colorful new year, may it be filled with loads of moments worth remembering!!

I have a LOT to share. I've been busy creating for CHA and DT's and spend the last 2 days preparing kits for my "Whole Shebang"- workshop this upcoming weekend.

Two day-workshops with 24 participants each day, that is a lot of cutting, punching and gathering together :) But the kits are as good as done so today I created a canvas for the Tattered Angels booth at CHA, that I can't share yet. Tease, tease... :)

What I can share is a set of tags I created for the Tattered Angels blog last month.

The assignment was to lift projects form our fellow DT-members. 

For my tags I was inpsired by this little book made by Vicky Chrisman. She used Resist papers from TA and Pink Paisley to create this colorful mini book. I love how the white prints make the colors pop.

In stead of a mini album I created a set of tags that can be used on layouts or cards later. To achieve the same effect I stamped and embossed with clear embossing powder on white cardstock and then sprayed them with bright colors:

Materials used: Glimmer Mist Key Lime Pie, Dragonfly, Olive Vine, Sun Sisters, Black Cherry, Burnt Red.

I have much more to share but I won't do it all at once :)

Later this week I will announce a couple of workshops in my own studio like "The whole Shebang", For the Love of Masking and a new canvas workshop. So if you are interested, check back later.

Also I will give some more details on the new WOW! embossing powders for which I will proudly be creating as a DT-member soon! Meanwhile, check out the WOW!-blog! And to keep up to date  with all the WOW! news go to the WOW! Facebook fan page and like us!!

Something else worth checking out is Donna Bills Downeys new Canvas Create Videos Series 2012

Here's your chance of learning all the ins and outs of creating canvassses from this amazingly talented artist!! LOVE her style! Sign up and you are sure to get an inspiring video and more every month!

Click here to go to her blog and join the fun! I sure will!!

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll be back soon!

2012 Tattered Angels Design Team Announcement!

I am very thrilled and excited to annouce that I was invited to join the Tattered Angels Design Team for another year!!

And OMGosh, look at the other names on this list! What an amazing team! If you don't know all of these ladies go visit their blogs and be amazed and inspired by their talent!

Golden Ambassadors:

Nathalie Kalbach –Germany (Design Team Coordinator)

Vicki Chrisman –USA

Designers:

Alissa Fast – USA

Anna Björklund –Sweden

Anna Dabrowska –Poland

Birgit Koopsen –The Netherlands

Evgenia Petzer –South Africa

Holly Simoni –USA

Jana Korečič –Slovenia

Kaori Fujimoto –Japan

Karine Cazenave-Tapie –France

Lene Neby – Norway

Louise Nelson –Australia

Martha Richardson –USA

Zoe Nemburt - Canada

And here is a layout I created for the Scrapbook Adhesives^tm by 3L Crafty Power Blog, that also includes a lot of Glimmer Mist:

The background paper is actually the backing of a package of Prima canvas letters. Al the color on here, on the paper, the labels, the doily and the photo corner flower, even on the wooden flowers comes from Tattered Angels products.

I used the MyStik permanent dispenser to apply the picture, the paper parts and the wooden flowers. For the buttons in the middle of the wooden flowers I used small 3D foam squares.

For the butterflies I used the MyStik permanent dispenser also, adding just one tiny little strip of adhesive in the middle of the butterfly allowing me to bend the wings for more depth.

I used stamps, Glimmer Glaze and Glimmer Mist to create the paper where the butterflies were punched from.

The green flower shape on the doily on top of the page is made from spray painted Photocorners -Classic Style white.

That's it for now, thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day!

 

Giveaway time!!!

In a little more than 2 weeks it will be my birthday and I thought that would be a great day to make someone happy with an awesome giveaway!!

 

This is what's in there:

Prima Marketing: 24 sheets of Prima patterned papers, 2 sheets of specialty papers, 1 6x6” paper stack, 3 sets of alphabet stickers, 2 sets of rubons, a variety of flowers (8 sets), trim and lace, 2x SIIC, glitter crystals and 2 resin treasures.

Tattered Angels: 1 glimmer mist, 1 glaze, 1 glam and 1 chalkboard, a variety of mistable tags

Scrapbbok Adhesives^TM by 3L: EZ-runner permanent, EZ-Runner repositionable, Keepsake envelopes, Adhesive sheets, Mounting squares, Crafty Power Tape and 2 sets of 3D foam squares.

Now what do you have to do to be able to win this huge box with goodies?

First of all (if you don't already) follow my blog either on Google Friend Connect, on Networkedblogs or through FB (see right sidebar, scroll down).

Then post about this giveaway either on your blog or on FB and leave a comment on this post to tell me that you did so I can find you!

On my birthday, November 27th, I will have Random.org pick a winner and post his/her name here on my blog. Would you like to celebrate with me on my birthday? Share the fun and play along, maybe you're the lucky one!!

I can upload again!!! :) New workshop announcements!

So I tried all morning to upload pictures and nothing worked, even send a help request to Typepad and then a scream for help on FB. Then I got the advice to change my browser so I changed from IE to Google Chrome and guess what??? It's quite obvious, right, that I know NOTHING of computers?! Luckily there are great people out there that do! :)

And here are my 2 newest workshops!

The first one I will be teaching at:

Treasured Memories, Oak Park CA, january 28, 2012

REVolution Event, Utrecht, march 10-11, 2012

Intohimona Skräppäys (”Passionate about Scrapbooking”) Event, Jyväskylä, Finland, april 21-22, 2012

The second one I will be teaching at Treasured Memories, Oak Park CA, january 28, 2012:

 

Something else.... in 2 weeks it's my birthday and I want to celebrate this by doing a HUGE blog candy giveaway! This giveaway will include products from Prima Marketing, Tattered Angels and Scrapbook Adhesives^TM by 3L! Check back tomorrow to see what you have to do to be able to win!

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Tattered Angels Design Team Call is open!

It is this time of the year where we are looking out for our new Design Team for 2012.

We are looking for national and international, experienced and new, talented designers that can work the magic with our Paint Products and we are looking to add into a broad range of categories whether it be Layouts/Cards (Simple, Shabby, Vintage….all is welcome), Mixed Media, Home Decor, Altered Art or Paper Art. The term will be running from January 2012 – December 2012

If you would like to apply and join our wonderful team we would love to receive your application.

What we expect:

- a strong design style that shows off the versatility of our products

- a blog and online galleries

- social media participation (Tattered Angels Blog, Facebook, or Twitter or Google+)

- great photography skills

- the willingness to attend an online certification class before the term starts

- the creation of 3 projects a month

- team spirit

What you can expect:

- Tattered Angels product supplied throughout the year including new
products that are coming.
- Receive product periodically from our partners and for blog
hops, challenges, etc.

- Your name, bio and headshot will be featured on the Tattered Angels blog and website.

- Exposure on the Tattered Angels blog and other social media.

- a Tattered Angels 101 course in which you will learn the basics of our products and techniques to be a Certified Designer 2012

- possible special assignments and therefore exposure for CHA or our Newsletter

- and more

How to apply:

Please send your Design Team Application to:

dtcallmytatteredangels@googlemail.com

with the following:

1. Subject line: Tattered Angels DT Call + Your Name + Your Country

(for example: Tattered Angels DT Call + Nat Kalbach + Germany)

2. Three samples of your work- never before seen or published- that best show your style and your skills to work with our products. The files must be NO bigger than 500kb each – so do not send high resolution pictures!

3. Tell us your favorite technique with any of our paint products.

4. Tell us something about yourself in 5 sentences.

5. A link to your blog, online galleries

6. Your name, address, telephone number and email address

7. A link to your resumee or if you don’t have one, a list of other Design Teams you are on and/or have been on

The Design Team Call is open immediatley and will end on November 16th, 2011 at midnight EST. You will get an automated confirmation email that we received your application. We are planning to announce the new team at the beginning of December.

Happy Misting
Nat Kalbach
Tattered Angels Design Team Coordinator

Have you ever thought it would be awesome to be a part of this DT? Well let me tell you... IT IS!!! So this is your chance! Give it your best shot! Good luck to all that apply!

And have a wonderful weekend!

A sweet layout for Tattered Angels

Yesterday was my turn to show some projects on the Tattered Angels blog.

This month we’re focusing on paint systems and my choice was Prima Favorites Clam Pack which contains 4 different colors of Glimmer Mist: Bronze, Suede, Patina and Cranberry Zing.

This layout using pictures of my sweet friend Sharon Laakkonen’s cute little granddaughter is one of the projects I made using this Paint System.

I didn’t use the Suede on this one. Sprayed the flowers and the piece of cardstock ribbon with Patina, the Doilies and leaves with Cranberry Zing and the little roses and the ribbon with Bronze.

This will be one of the workshops I will be teaching at the Pour l'amour du Scrap event in Lille, France (february 16-19, 2012) so if you want to know all the in's and out's of this layout you can meet me there :)

It's friday! Have a wonderful weekend!

Layout for Mood Papercrafter blog

Yesterday I was guest designer on the Mood Papercrafter blog. I was asked to provide a layout with a the "Color me gorgeous"-kit that was send to me. This kit contained hardly anything with color and it was up to me what to do with it. Thank you Odetta and Jolanda for this fun challenge!

And this is what I created using Glimmer Mist, Chalkboard and Letraset Aqumarkers:

 

 

 

Hope this inspires you to color something happy too!

My Tattered Angels/Prima blog hop layout

Last thursday there was a fun blog hop over at the Tattered Angels and Prima blogs. I hope you enjoyed it! I showed a little sneakie and you could see the completed project on the Tattered Angels blog. Today I'm sharing the layout I created for this blog hop here.

I used a Prima mistable canvas sheet which I colored with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Key Lime Pie, Olive Vine, Trunk Bay and Jack Frost. I covered the three little flowers with TA Glam Chandelier to give them a shiny look. Flowers, chipboard alpha, SIIC, trinkets, notecard and the cut out little butterflies are all Prima. The crocheted ring on the journaling spot was handmade by myself :)

And here is the layout with a picture of me and my sweet daughter having a good time at the Lake of Annecy last vacation. I so enjoyed having her and her boyfriend visiting us for a couple of days!! (and yes, the water was really that blue!)

 
 
And a few close-ups:

 
 
 Hope you're all enjoying your weekend!