Quick And Easy Project For You To Try

This month on the Scraps of Color E:spire blog, I created a quick and easy tutorial showing you how you can take one element from an item and paint a matching card. I'd love to see some of you guys try it - and post a link in the comments to your finished design.

My Favorite Era Layout - Harlem Renaissance

On Your Paper Pantry, the 2011 Travelogue Swap is well underway. The latest travelogue I received from Tamara was fantastic - the theme - Your Favorite Era. Only one problem ... I cringe when I have to go back into the past for a favorite era, for a couple of reasons ... but creatively, none of the paper companies seem to want to celebrate the fabulous vintage era of African Americans. I want to scream - WE SCRAP TOO YA KNOW!!! LOL




As much as I love Graphic 45 - it irks me that the selection is next to nil ... but you know what? ... there's this thing called GOOGLE!!LOL

I googled fabulous images and printed them out on vellum paper ... then dug into my stash for mainly black and white paper, charms and other pretties ... and I came up with my Harlem Renaissance lay out.



I found some wonderful charms from a company called Creative Charms ... and it was perfect. I also used some of the stick pins that I'd made last weekend.



The lesson? Don't let commercial unavailability stop you from creating. If you can't find it - make it!

~Happy Crafting!

New SOC Mag Is Out ... and I Have A Project For You!!!

Happy April!!!

The newest edition of the Scraps of Color Espire is now out - and I have a wonderful painted rose journal I'd love you guys to try!

Click HERE and click on the pic for your free download....and check out my project on page 50.

I'd love to see what everyone finds to do in this issue!

Charming Monday

Happy Monday Bloggers!

Just sharing a couple more charms I did with some left over beads. I hope the pink beads count as charms - they are a separate attachment .... still trying to get the hang of this.

Stick It To Me Saturday

After participating in a stick pin swap on SOC, I'm hooked on making these pins. While I was waiting for a particular piece I was painting to dry, I decided to make some pins:



... I even managed to create a few charms, after messing up a couple of pins. So I clipped the stems and turned them into charms:

Thanks For Playing SOC Blog Hop!!

Even though I couldn't temp anyone to try to do a painted tag - I wanted to thank everyone for stopping by, commenting and signing up to follow my blog.

...I'm not giving up on you guys though - I'm determined to get you to TRY to paint just a little!! You'll be surprised as what little touhes you can add to your creations to make them unique.

That said, keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming issue of SOC E:SPIRE ... I'm hoping my next project will have you wanting to try even more!

Until the next time ... happy crafting!

Welcome To The SOC Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the Scraps of Color Creative Blog Hop! Join us for a weekend of fun, creativity and prizes! All weekend long you’ll have the chance to create fun projects, be inspired and win! Get your crafty mojo flowing...just follow the 1st SOC Creative Team Blog Hop!

If you are here and following the blog hop then you are in the right place. However if you have just happened upon my blog and would like to join in the hop please start at the beginning of the hop here and work your way through each blog. Please leave blog love (comments) along the way and become a follower of the blogs you like so that you can be notified of their new creations and updates!

My project for the hop is :



Some visual tips to help you get started:

1.Float your color around the edge of the tag - you can practice on wax paper or acetate.


2.Practice double loading your brush and creating a "C" stroke, which will be the stroke for your petals:



3.Randomly paint your flowers ... I like to stick with odd numbers:



If you don't want to paint your leaves and stems, use your rub ons and stickles ... and like I did, use that BLING!!! for your flower centers...add ribbon...and you're done.

And I’m offering a prize for the lucky winners version of a Welcome Spring Simple Flowers Painted Tag. The winner will be chosen by an auto-generator.



Rules:

1 - Make sure you read all the rules at Scraps Of Color Espire.

2 - Become a follower of my blog, Kenyatta's Brown Sugar Babies Talk.

2 - Your tag must have the main elements painted. Its okay if you add some scrapping elements, but I'd like to see the majority of your tags painted using either watercolor or acrylic paints. Sorry, but no markers for this challenge.

3 - When you're done, post your entry on your blog, and make sure you link back here. Let me know by posting in the comments so I can come check it out.

Remember that some of the other SOC Creative Team Members are offering blog candy and you never know where you'll find it. So be sure to visit each participating blog. I’ve made it easy for you to follow, just click the appropriate link below. Thank you for joining us for the 1st SOC Creative Team Blog Hop!

Scraps of Color - http://www.scrapsofcolor.com YOU ARE HERE!
Karen Jiles - http://stampinakapalace.blogspot.com/
Rani Shah - http://www.scrapyoga.typepad.com/
Tiare Smith - http://classycoordinates.typepad.com/
Qadirah Gomez - http://crafty-whimsyone.blogspot.com/
Kenyatta Thomas - http://kenyattasbrownsugarbabiestalk.blogspot.com/
Lorie Moses - http://www.lorie-thepeddler.blogspot.com/
Samara Joseph - http://Honeys-child.blogspot.com/
Camille - http://camikanscrap.blogspot.com/
Aysha Livingston - http://ayday.wordpress.com/
Scraps of Color - http://scrapsofcolor.com

...and keep check back here soon after playing around with your tags ... I'll be posting what the winner will be getting...just a little gift for playing along in the SOC Blog Hop!!