Ginger Snap Scraps' Memorial Day Blog Hop: Day Two!

Welcome to day two of Ginger Snap Scraps' Memorial Day blog hop!! Today is the same theme: red, white, and blue, but everyone has a new project to show you! Be sure to stop by the Ginger Snap Scraps'blog to see all the amazing work the design team has made!

If you're hopping along, you should have arrived here from the blog of the wonderful and talented Connie!

For my project today I played a little with altered art. I took gold acrylic paint and my fingers to paint the background. I wanted to use my fingers to get some texture into the paint. I stamped out the newsprint buildings and painted them with distress ink pads and a water brush. Then mounted them on X-Press Blending white cardstock. I then mounted them in layers and different dimensions with foam adhesives onto the cardstock I had painted. Then I lightly misted the buildings and background with Glimmer Mist and smudged the mist that landed on the gold with a paper towel into the grooves. While the mist was drying I painted the Studio Calico wood stars with white acrylic paint and red & blue Copics. I adhered the stars down with glossy accents to make sure they were securely in place. For the final touch I stamped a flag with a Tim Holtz stamp and distressed it lightly with Vintage Photo distress ink. I found a rouge star that I must have overlooked and decided to add it to the flag for a final touch.

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Your next stop on the hop is the blog of the lovely and talented Janea!

If you're just starting the hop here or you've gotten lost along the way, the entire line up is here:
Ginger Snap Scraps - http://ginger-snap-scraps.blogspot.com/
Ann - http://annsnovemberrose.blogspot.com
Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
Barb - http://bugbites411.blogspot.com
Connie - http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com
You're here -----> Gabrielle - http://gabyspapery.blogspot.com
Janea - http://recollectionalley.blogspot.com
Jessica - http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
Kate - http://scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Maria - http://JoyfulStamper.blogspot.com
Missy - http://tangledwebsoftangwen.blogspot.com
Patty - http://creativediva98.blogspot.com Sarah - http://sarahvaitstamps.blogspot.com

Thank you so much for hoping along to my blog today and I hope you enjoyed Ginger Snap Scraps' first ever blog hop!

Red, white, and blue (gold too) fingers for all!
-Gaby

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Entering this to Simon Says Stamp and Show's Show a Summer Holiday challenge.

Sweet Stamp Shop: Sentimental Birds

I made this card using Sentimental Birds from Sweet Stamp Shop. When I saw SSS was teaming up with CAS-ual Fridays I was beyond excited that I could enter this card into both challenges! Yay! CAS-ual Fridays' challenge was to make a CAS card that featured soft pastels with black: The Bold & The Beautiful! So I decided to make my bold with black embossing powder and my beautiful by painting with mists and white washing with Tim Holtz Distress stain in Picket Fences. Once the paint dried I adhered black and white washi tape to the edges to make a frame. Then I stamped a sentiment to the flag and affixed it to the cardstock with a black brad.





Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby

ETA: Yay! This card won the grand prize over at Sweet Stamp Shop!!

Three 4x6 Photos

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This is a layout I did with three 4x6 photos. I like to do new and fresh designs, but I almost always keep it "old school" with 4x6 photos. I love this layout because one would think you'd need to stick with patriotic colors when doing a page about Washington, DC. You never have to stick to any specific color scheme, you can do whatever your heart desires, but still keep it pretty!

For this page I used Bo Bunny papers, Acrylic paint spatters, ribbon, and SRM stickers. By putting stars, gold paint splatters and the Washington DC stickers from SRM I feel even though the colors are not the norm, you can still see the patriotic feel.

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Inky and glittery fingers for all!
-Gaby