Frosted Designs challenge - kraft, chipboard and flair

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A new challenge was posted today on the Frosted Designs blog - use kraft, chipboard and flair on your project.  Kraft cardstock has been my staple lately, and I love using chipboard for dimension on my pages, but flair is a little different for me. 

 

I ended up trimming off the arrow portion of the "smile" chipboard piece, and attaching some sticker banners below it.  Then I added some pink gems to the piece of flair and also to some of the flowers on the paper and stickers and made a couple of embellishment clusters. 

 

The papers are from the Bella Blvd Daily Chevies line (the gray triangle paper) and from the Simple Stories Vintage Bliss line.  Even though they are different styles, these are two of my favorite lines.  I love the mix of bright colors, neutral and black in the Bella Blvd collection, and the soft pink, turquoise and yellow in the Simple Stories line. 

 

You can find these items in the Frosted Designs store: 

Bella Blvd Daily Chevies collection, Simple Stories Vintage Bliss collection, UmWow Studios Sidewalk Chalk flair, UmWow Studios Arrow Mash and UmWow Studios Heart confetti.

It's a Chipboard Challenge @ Frosted Designs

A new challenge is up at Frosted Designs, and it's a challenge to use chipboard on your project.  I have a lot of chipboard pieces in my stash, but rarely use them, so this was a good challenge for me.  I used several white chipboard flourish pieces on my page.  The chipboard surface was a little slick, so I sanded it lightly, inked it with Antique Linen Distress Ink, and then applied some Antique Linen Distress Stickles.  Once that dried, I still thought the pieces needed something else, so I stamped them with a crackle stamp, using Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

 

In keeping with the vintage theme, I used an old key, velvet ribbon, and some old style alphabet stickers for the title.  The brown glassine envelope holds a layered journaling tag.  We had only lived in our house about two years when one Saturday an unfamiliar car pulled in the driveway and an elderly lady got out.  She told us that her father built the house in 1939 and she had lived here when she was a young girl.  She was in town to visit friends and wanted to see her old home, so we brought her in and gave her a tour so she could see what changes had been made.  Before she left, she gave us these old photos of the house, when it was just finished.  How nice of her to do that!

 

We'd love to see your ideas for using chipboard.  Link your project to the Frosted Designs blog for a chance to win a prize from our sponsor, Dragonfly Buzz.

Fabulous Friday chipboard challenge @ Frosted Designs

This week's Fabulous Friday challenge @ Frosted Designs is all about using chipboard, one of the long time staples of scrapping supplies.   For my project, I decided to alter these chipboard letters that have been in my stash for a couple of years.  I loved the style of the letters, but had trouble using them because of the color and pattern.

I started by sanding the letters to roughen up the smooth surface and remove some of the color.  Then I basecoated the letters with white acrylic paint, and once that dried, I added a layer of Antique Linen crackle paint.  Once that coat had dried and crackled, I lightly spritzed the letters with white mist to get the "beachy" look I wanted for this page.

I also used some old chipboard slide mounts that were printed with seashells and sand, distressing them with sandpaper and Antique Linen Distress Ink.  I cut the slide mounts in half, added some twine, and tucked them under the left edge of the photo.

We'd love to see your chipboard projects this week.  Just link them up to Frosted Designs for a chance to win a great  prize by this week's sponsor, Quick Quotes!