Mixed Media Blog Hop- Day 2

It's day two of our blog hop and today I want to not only share with you my second sneak peek of my project in the new Mixed Media 2 special edition issue from Creating Keepsakes magazine but I want to also share a little about the ladies I have invited to do this blog hop with me...

Here are some sneak peeks to my Insta-Life project where I shared a tutorial on how to make your own glittery art skin.

I used the art skins for these stars:

You will see this project featured on page 33.

I also created this hand made chevron background (with my husbands help!) by using small strips and cutting them at a bias. Some are glazed and some are layered with different types of papers and materials... I love this page just because of the background.

The rest of the hoppers...

So, In addition to sharing our projects we are also sharing some love and admiration for the other artists projects in this issue. I want to share some love for each of the girls and a little on how I met or know them :) Make sure to check out the rest of the girls (click their links) on this blog hop here! Both days are available for you to check out.

Wednesday September 25^th, 2013

Noel Culbertson 

• Noel has been a dear friend of our family for 6 years now, we met online but our families have now become friends and I am so grateful for that! She is also someone who will make you laugh non-stop if given the chance, beware :)

Ronda Palazzari

• Ronda I  met when we moved to Colorado. I am so blessed to be surrounded by such talented scrapbookers in Northern Colorado, but Ronda is on who has become a good friend and we see eye to eye on life. She is a good person through and through.

AngelaMagnuson

• Another wonderful family friend, Angela. I met Ang as we both rode up the mountain together to Brave Girls Camp and have been wonderful friends since. Her heart is so beautiful and overflows into her love for her family and her employees. I love this girl, through and through which is great because our husbands are friends too. At a hard time in my life, Ang invited me and James to visit and we did, I will never forget our time together. 

Marion Smith

• Marion is another friend I met while I worked at Tattered Angels. Marion is one of those ridiculously talented people that can seriously make something beautiful from nothing... She is also a wonderful person with a good heart. I am so grateful to know her and see her success.

Sharon Laakkonen

• Sharon has been a beacon of light in my career since I met her in 2008. She is a pure and wonderful person who has helped me more than once. I love that we have a mutual love for life and God and that at times I remember wonderful chats with Sharon that just helped me affirm my direction in life... 

Teri Anderson

• I met Teri just a few years ago, I think when the first Creative Spaces issue from Creating Keepsakes came out. She was such a delight to be around and so kind. Although I don't know her as well as some of the other girls, I have loved her work in this issue and knew that all of you would too!

Candy Rosenberg

• Candy and me are kin. We have helped each other grow and support through life and work. It is such a privilege to see my friend THRIVE and grow. She is a beautiful soul and I am so grateful to have her in my life.

Thursday September 26^th 2013

Stacy Cohen

• I met Stacy when she attended one of my classes when I taught in California but it didn't take long for me to stop teach and just watch her create. She is an amazing artist and hand crafts beautiful layouts every time. She is also a wonderful beautiful kind soul. I am so glad to have met her that first day and continue to catch up with her at shows when we can.

Kim Watson

• Like Noel, I met Kim on line and we hit it off immediately. We have constantly kept in touch through the years and my highlight was when we met a few years ago in person for the first time. I love this lady and have been so happy to see her grow in this industry.

Agnieszka Bellaidea 

• I just met Agnieszka this week and asked her to be on the blog hop. Her enthusiasm about mixed media and her projects in this magazine are awesome. You will love her work.

 Susan Weckesser

• I met Susan a few years back and just like some of the other girls, fell in love with her beautiful kind spirit. She is a point of positivity in this industry that is much appreciated and such a beautiful friend too!

Layle Konkar

• Layle and I use to travel and teach at the same trade shows. We would do dinner and catch up here and there and grew to be good friends. I was really sad when she left our industry for a few years but delighted when she returned to work for Simple Stories. Layle is an amazing teacher and designer and a huge asset to the creative industry. I have enjoyed keeping in touch with her through the years but was so happy to be able to see her at CHA again this past summer.

Stephanie Ackerman

•  Stephanie always brings a smile to my face. I met Steph in 2008 while we were both on the Prima team and through the years we have encouraged each other via facebook and stayed good friends. She is one I consider a soul sister and I just love her heart and passion....

Sherry Mendoza

• I met Sherry through her work with Prima a few years back and what I love about Sherry is her honesty and friendship. She has always been a true friend to me and looked out for me. At one time our kids were able to meet and it was wonderful to see them hit it off so well. It is no surprise since both James and I love having Sherry as a friend.

Ashley Harris

• I first met Ashley while working at Tattered Angels and later was able to work with her on my time with The Scrap Review. I remember a dinner we had together with Noel at CHA that will forever in my heart be a reminder of what a beautiful person Ashley is. She is a good friend that I am fortunate to have in my life.

Courtney Walsh

• I met Courtney when she moved in down the street from me. Both of us transplants from different states and both of us were mentioned to each other from mutual friends... Finally one day we spent the entire day chatting on Facebook and finally met for coffee. She is such a wonderful person to have in my life, full of honesty and hilarity... even just today I am laughing still at an email she just sent me... Hers is another family that connected with ours and it was so nice for the short time we lived in the same state, to have each other... it was just enough time together to solidify our friendship :)

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

• Julie and I met while working on the ScanNCut project together and what I have loved the most about Julie (well besides her crazy ridiculous talent) is her honesty and her advice. When I talk with Julie it is like she understands me and what I am going through. This last year has been a tough one for me and I am so grateful that I had Julie at the perfect moments to just talk with me. She is not only gorgeous on the outside but beautiful on the inside too... very grateful for that.

So at the risk of sounding sappy... I really just wanted to take a moment to share not only WHY I asked each of these girls to blog hop together, but to also take a minute to let you all know what they mean to me in my life. You see... working in the Arts and Crafts industry is not easy, in all honesty it can be quite tough... and well these girls have been good friends to me through the years which is what gets me through the hard times. In any form of work, you need good friends around you to surround you and help guide and form you. I have been lucky to have these girls as well as so many more mentor and guide me. I just had to take a moment to talk about them, but also remind you to check out their work in this magazine... It is crazy how amazing it is when you get this much talent together...



♥ Liz

Mixed Media Blog Hop- Day 1

So today we are hopping with some of my FAVORITE people...

Together we were asked to be a part of the new Mixed Media 2 special edition issue from Creating Keepsakes magazine. I am so happy that Creating Keepsakes will still be producing their special issues, these are always so much fun and full of creative ideas.

I have two projects in this issue. Today I want to share a sneak of one of them featuring Craft Attitude printable art film. I love that I can print my own designs on Craft Attitude and use it in just about all of my projects. Here I layered paper, different prints of Craft Attitude as well as cellophane gift wrap.


Here is a sneak...

(excuse the lack of detail picture, my camera broke this morning)

Check out page 113 of this special for the full details of this project and how to make these whimsical flowers using Craft Attitude.

Also make sure to check out page 107 for another whimsical page by one of my favorites Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Julie is not only an amazing artist but a wonderful friend as well... You will love what she shares in this magazine for sure. She has a couple projects in this issue as well and as always shares some cleaver techniques. This project especially caught my eye because of the beautiful colors... I can't help but love it!

Make sure to check out the rest of our blog hoppers here. We are working through two days, so you will want to come back tomorrow for sure!!!

Wednesday September 25^th, 2013

Liz Hicks

Noel Culbertson

Ronda Palazzari

AngelaMagnuson

Marion Smith

Sharon Laakkonen

Terri Anderson

Candy Rosenberg

Thursday September 26^th 2013

Liz Hicks

Stacy Cohen

Kim Watson

Agnieszka Bellaidea

 Susan Weckesser

Layle Konkar

Stephanie Ackerman

Sherry Mendoza

Ashley Harris

Courtney Walsh 

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

Check out what the girls are sharing about their projects and friends and if you get a chance leave some love for these talented ladies!

♥ Liz

Winner!

Thanks for holding tight till tonight for the winner of the Creative Spaces giveaway. With CHA I didn't have a whole lot of time to publicize the giveaway so I wanted to wait till tonight to give a few more friends the chance to enter.

 

So without further delay...

Our winner is JEAN!

Thanks Jean for entering. Please email me at primadonnaliz@yahoo(dot)com your contact info and I will have them mail the magazine to you.

Thanks again and keep a look out for some CHA fun this week on my blog. I have lots of exciting stuff to share with you all, as well we are going to pick up strong with #teamcheryl art too!

-Liz Hicks

Creative Spaces 2 with Creating Keepsakes GIVEAWAY

So you might remember a couple of summers ago I was honored with having my art studio featured in the premiere issue of Creating Keepsakes Creative Spaces issue which was Edited by my amazing friend Megan Hoeppner.

 Creative Spaces Vol. 1

Here are a few things you may not have known about my art studio...

• In total, we had 1 week to get this studio together, since we had just moved into our new home here in Colorado.
• ALL of our furniture fixtures are reclaimed elements found from thrift stores or recycling yards.
• The table tops and vanity counter in the back (black top) are vintage doors that we took a saw and custom cut to fit. We then paid for custom but and beveled glass to cover the top and make it workable and heat resistant.
• The back counter is made up of two recycled (and thoroughly disinfected, lol) bathroom vanities.
• We spent less than $700 
• We have AMAZING friends who with out their help... none of this work would have been possible.

This shot here shows you how we used some old reclaimed cabinet doors as shelves. The top one is a reclaimed stud from the foundation of a house, but the rest are old kitchen cabinet doors that are turned flat side up and anchored with L brackets.

Here is a close up of the vanity counter top that is a combo of two different vintage doors, painted black and cut to size to create this epic counter top. This I think is one of my favorites ♥

Sadly...my room doesn't look nearly as nice as it did in these original shots any more... but hey, that's crafting for you!

Since Creating Keepsakes is introducing their Second edition of Creative Spaces... I get to share a copy of this second issue with one lucky winner here on my blog. Simply leave a comment below on this blog post and I will pick a random winner and announce them on January 18th 2013. Please share this giveaway with a friend or two as I know that this magazine is full of tons of fun inspirational ideas that all Crafters and moms will love.

Creative Spaces Vol. 2

Here are the awesome crafters involved in Creative Spaces 2:

Megan Hoeppner: http://meganhoeppner.blogspot.com
Layle Koncar: http://laylekoncar.typepad.com
Melissa Phillips: http://lilybeanpaperie.typepad.com
Courtney Walsh: http://courtneywalsh.typepad.com
Amy Yingling: http://www.inspiration-ave.com
Keri Babbitt: http://kensingtondesign.blogspot.com
Nichole Heady: http://nicholeheady.typepad.com
Gretchen McElveen: http://gretchenmac.blogspot.com
Sande Krieger: http://sandekrieger.typepad.com
Lori Allred: http://www.allreddesign.net
Angela Daniels: http://angeladaniels.squarespace.com
Kim Kesti: http://kimberlykesti.typepad.com
Symoni Johnson: http://resstudio.com
Tracy Weinzapfel: http://tracywburgos.typepad.com
Paula Hogan: http://compelledtocraft.blogspot.com
Teri Lopez (no blog)
Linda Gardner: http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net
Greta Hammond (no blog)
Emily Call: http://emilycalldesigns.blogspot.com
Joy Sundloff: http://joysthoughtsandthings.blogspot.com
Jennifer Schaerer: http://www.schaererville.com
Stampin' Up!: http://www.stampinup.com/home/
Doodlebug: http://www.doodlebugblog.com
Mark Montano: http://markmontano.com
Marion Smith: http://marionsmithdesigns.com
Patrick Lose: http://www.patricklose.com
Stacy Julian: http://stacyjulian.com
Heather Bailey: http://heatherbailey.com
 

Make sure to check out The Creative Spaces Sneak Peek too!

It has been a nice break for the holidays, one I didn't intend on taking, but I guess I had too :) Life called... I am heading to CHA on Sunday to teach for Clearsnap Inc and catch up with some of my crafty buds... I am sure that you will be seeing a ton of fun stuff for sure on my Instagram and Facebook :) I will try and blog while I am there... but from past experiences... I know I can't promise!

Thanks for visiting today!

~Liz Hicks ♥

New Creating Keepsakes Special Issue- Scrapbooking Ideas for every Season

Creating Keepsakes has a brand new special issue out. I just got a copy of it in the mail and it is full of fun ideas, tutorials and techniques for year round scrapbooking. This is a nice copy to have on hand because it never goes out of season!

I was fortunate enough to be a part of this special issue. They even used a step out tutorial on how to make an embellishment I used on my project.

This was a pretty big deal for my daughter... it was the first time her friend was featured in the magazine along side her. It is very cute to see my daughters reaction when she was able to show her friend the issue.

There are a two giveaways for this fun issue one on the Creating Keepsakes Blog and the other on The Scrap Review Blog , make sure you enter for your chance to win!

I would love to hear what you think about this fun issue. A lot of my friends were published in this issue as well and let me tell you, they are a talented bunch of girls, you will love what they have to share!


Thanks for stopping by!

~Liz ♥

A Reminder to SHINE- Creating Keepsakes Guest Blogger

I have been very fortunate to have had some fun opportunities come my way 2011. This past year I was asked to be a guest blogger for Creating Keepsakes on behalf of SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™. This was such a fun experience, I have always had a warm place in my heart for Creating Keepsakes since it was their magazine that first introduced me to the vast world of Scrapbooking and Paper Arts. You can imagine my surprise when they announced that our post was picked as one of the top ten Guest Blogger's for the year.

My goal with working with SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™ products has always been to show even more unique and artistic ways to use their products. Since their adhesives are extremely durable, this allows for a lot of flexibility to create fun new techniques. You can even use it for scrapbook mixed media art.

Here are the videos that we made to go with these posts: 

This video shares how you can use the Crafty Power Tape with various water based mediums.

This last video shares how you can use the Adhesive Sheets to create a fun tarnished effect with Designer Foils by Clearsnap.

For more great ideas from the other guest bloggers check out the Creating Keepsakes Blog. 

This was such a fun project, if you have any questions feel free to email me.

~Liz ♥

T-Shirt embellisments and a giveaway!

A few weeks ago I was asked to create a 1 hour challenge over on the Club CK blog. Now being that I know the viewers over on the Creating Keepsakes site are extra crafty, I decided to challenge them with using some old t-shirts in a new way.

Be sure to check it out, in the comment section you will see so many fun uses for old t-shirts. I will be sharing some more this week. As an added bonus we are doing giveaways too! I have three giveaways that are identical. One has already been given away, but the other two are still up for grabs!



Giveaway #1- Over on the Creating Keepsakes "Club CK blog" they have a challenge to use the t-shirt challenge and post it by June 20th.

Giveaway #2- Just post a comment on my blog anytime between now (June 15th) and June 21st 2011 and I will pick a random winner and post it on June 22nd.

I will be working on some videos this weekend and hopefully getting these up for you this week.

I hope you join in the CK Challenge fun, the girls over there are already rocking this... check out their great ideas :)

~Liz

Winner of the Creative Spaces giveaway!!!

Well it looks like Blogger was kind and gave me back some of the comments that were posted on the original contest post. So I went ahead and compiled both posts comments for the giveaway.

And here is the random.org winner!


True Random Number Generator

Result: 30

TraciA said...

Congrats to you Liz!! I CAN'T wait to see your creative space!! And to hear you did it under $500? That in itself is inspiring!

May 15, 2011 2:38 PM

TraciA, please email me [primadonnaliz@yahoo(dot)com] or Facebook message me and I will have this out to you!

Thanks again all for the sweet comments, I would love to hear your thoughts on the rooms if you happen to see the issue, just leave a comment on the blog and let me know how you like them :)

I am sure you will find something in this issue that sparks your creativity!

~Liz

Creative Spaces with Creating Keepsakes Magazine!

About 6 months ago, I received an email from the very sweet Megan Hoeppner that pretty much rocked my world :)

It kinda read a little like this...


"Hey Liz, It's Megan...... special issue........craft rooms...... and we would like to see pics of your room.........can you do this by next Thursday?"

Now the email was a little more than that... but I honestly can not remember much of it because all I could think was "OH MY GOODNESS, SHE WANTS TO USE MY CRAFT ROOM NOT IN AN ARTICLE, BUT IN A SPECIAL ISSUE!!!"

This is totally ironic as I had just told James the week before as I perused my most recent issue of Creating Keepsakes "Wouldn't it be cool if one day my room was in one of these magazines?"

His response was " That would be totally cool, why don't we start working on your room in a month or two"

Little did we know that this little thought was percolating in Megan's head and that seriously a week later we would be fully indulged in OPERATION CRAFT ROOM.






So when I initially received the email from Megan, we had just moved into our new home a few months before. With my crazy travel schedule at the time we had unpacked the bare minimums of our home and the craft room was just drywall and concrete. We had $500, one week and the help of our amazing friends to get pictures to Megan.

I am happy with the way that it all came together, but more than anything, it was so wonderful to have the support of my family and friends through this week of getting my room together. A BIG thank you to my sweet friends Tricia Gabriel and Kaydi Homme... without their help and the support of my husband and children, none of this would have been possible.

Open publication - Free publishing - More craftroom

Here is a sneak peek of the special issue sharing some beautiful images of the sweet Amber Packer's room as well as some of the other fun content that is in the magazine. The magazine has a whopping 45 (I think that is the right amount) rooms, plus bonus articles in the back that give amazing ideas for decor and storage. This is truly an issue that you will want to have on hand. I have read it over and over and still find little things here and there that I love and am inspired by.

I have a few before and during pics I want to try and find to share on the blog this next week... I hope you will come back and enjoy them with me. I will try and do a few posts with some fun little facts about my storage solutions as well as some other fun info about the room. But for now... how about we GIVE AWAY A FREE COPY OF THIS AMAZING ISSUE?????

Simply leave a comment here and I will pick a random winner next week (Wednesday May 18th, 2011). EXTENDED TILL FRIDAY MAY 20th Due to Blogger being down and erasing previous comments.

If you can't wait and NEED your copy NOW... simply click here to buy this fun issue. Use coupon code SPACESBB for FREE SHIPPING!

Thanks for celebrating in my fun little surprise! I am SUPER excited about this, but also that so many of my friends are also a part of this fun project. It is so fun to see how people you know and love craft :)

Have a great day, and remember.. LEAVE A COMMENT TO WIN!!!!

XOXO-

Liz Hicks ♥

SHINE ON!!!

So today I was asked on Behalf of SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L to create a Mixed Media project and blog post for Creating Keepsakes blog.

Now you may wonder... SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L and MIXED MEDIA????

Yah... I thought that at first... but in all honesty... it works!

So a few techniques that I shared on both the SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L blog as well as on the Creating Keepsakes blog share not only the integrity of the Crafty Power Tape, but also shares some artistic features of the Adhesives Sheets.


Here is the project:

SHINE
(I tend to use this word alot, lol)

I love this art piece... it just makes me so very happy. It has loads of texture... fabric.. glittery painty fun... yeah, it's my kind of piece :) I also love the message on it... I think we all need a little reminder that it is OK to SHINE... It is OK to SOAR... It is what we are meant to do, and although we may not always sparkle bright, it doesn't take away from the fact that we are in fact... intended to SHINE.

A few of my favorite things to do with SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™ products is to use them with paints and with craft foil.

because of the amazing GRIP the Crafty Power Tape has... it will hold very nice even if you paint, varnish, glitter or do whatever on it. You can see here how I adhered down all of my gems and then painted...glittered and rubbed off the paint on the gems. The adhesive held the gems nice and snug even though I used a liquid on top as well as rubbed them too. Yup, Crafty Power Tape pretty much makes me happy! I don't have to worry about my wet adhesive to dry with my gems now.. I just use the Crafty Power Tape :)


Here I used some fun Designer Foil (Clearsnap) with SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L Adhesive Sheets. An Adhesive sheet is basically a thin film of adhesive that is great for die cut machines, acrylic, vellum or anything else that you need an intricate or invisible adhesive application on. for this I used the adhesive sheet in a broken application (not thoroughly applying it, just applying it here or there) and paired it with the Designer Foil. After the foil transferred nicely, I sprayed over the top of it with Sun Kissed Smooch Spritz by Clearsnap. The adhesive can withstand the moisture of the spritz and acts as a resist... it is really cool!

These are the two techniques I shared on the Creating Keepsakes blog. I love these two techniques... but what I love most about this project is the title... Now the title is something that I am super excited about... I just love it!





Now I have a video planned for this. I am working on showing you what this fun title is made out of. It looks just like vintage printer press letters... maybe they are???

I am hoping to get this video up next week... stay tuned... I am sure that you will LOVE it!

SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L is doing some giveaways too... check them out here.


Thanks for joining the fun today... join me next week, I have some posts I have been working on...

Thanks!

Seriously CK?!?!?!?!!

So I was on the CKMB today and followed a link to their new blog. They had all of these fun videos from CHA, and one of them had my project in it!!!! It was for SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L ( I LOVE THEIR STUFF!!!!!) and sweet Karen even mentioned that it was MY PROJECT!!!! I am so excited!!! Creating Keepsakes has been such a huge part of my scrapbooking experience, their community and their site have kept my creative juices flowing!

Here is the link to the video!!! SO COOL!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4lOhGcq0ko&eurl=http://creatingkeepsakesblog.com/&feature=player_embedded