Marion Smith Designs Blog "Mini Album" Design Team Farewell

True Beauty Vintage Mini Album

The Marion Smith Designs Team has created a mini album farewell! Vintage is my middle name with a twist of shabby chic! I have been collecting many vintage inspired items such as mother of pearl buttons, lace, old book, photos, little bits & pieces....etc. I was flipping through the beautiful paper collections of Marion's (or I should say my scraps..lol). I created this shabby little lovely with Marion's papers (Never Grow Up, Motley, Garment District, Nirvana), along with her Junque & Gems, Doilies, resin flowers. I created the flowers (on cover) with her Bloom Tool, Dies and papers! I felt that the papers needed a vintage backdrop...so old book pages it was!! This mini is simple, vintage and busting with a shabby chic feel......simply love!
Hope you all enjoy flipping through the inspiration of "Something Old with Something New"!!!!

True Beauty Vintage Mini Album

5 x 7 size

Chipboard pieces covered in old book pages and modge pod on.

Embellished with Marion's beautiful products!!!

Mini Album is ready to fill it with photos of memories to share...

Here is my video on the walk through of my Vintage Mini...enjoy!

Here is a picture walk through, enjoy!

Here are a few close up photos!

Paper flowers created with Marion's Bloom Tool, Dies, Junque & Gems,

resin flowers, vintage buttons!

Thanks so much for stopping by today

and joining the Marion Smith Designs Team in our Mini Albums!!

hugs,

Peggy Lee

Not To Shabby Motley Layout & Tutorial on MSD Blog

Yes I am holding back the tears as I write this blog post, today over on MSD Blog I am sharing this layout of my youngest daughter Emilee who is graduating High School next weekend...I knew I wanted to create a layout with the Motley paper collection by Marion Smith Designs. 

It's so beautiful and I love the name of the background paper "Not To Shabby"!! And my daughter Emilee will be leaving the nest soon to adventure out on a Ministry School this fall. 

And yes I am a very proud momma, it's bittersweet though cause it will be hard to let her go and grow!!

It seems that my girls grew up so fast, that's why I love scrapbooking, making journals to have to remember those precious moments in life...it's a blessing.

Close up!

Flower Tutorial

First die cut your flower petals out of fabric...

Singe the edges of each petals.

Hot glue each petal to a circle felt piece.

Keep layering until you get the depth of flower your desire.

Die cut out your leaves out of green fabric

Singe the edges of your leaves just like you did the petals.

Glue leaves to the back on the flower...

Add a Junque & Gem Pearl Rhinestone to the center.

FABULOUS

Here is the completed flower-perfect accent for you layouts.

I added texture with stencils and stucco and random stamping with Marion's stamps.

Added some of Marion's Junque & Gems and Resin pieces.

LOVE THEM

Don't forget to fussy cut out images from the paper collections to 

create your own embellishments.

Here are some close ups of the layout, enjoy!

Thanks for stopping in today,

hugs

Peggy Lee

Supplies

Marion Smith Designs: Motley Paper Collection-

Not To Shabby, Archive, Carmie

and Never Grow Up-Wild & Free

Dies-Leaves & Stamen, Rose Petal & Die

Junque & Gems

Resins

Stamps

Tattered Angels-Glimmer mist in Coffee Shop, Juneberry Wine

and Aquamarie

The Crafter's Workshop-Mini Love Post, Mini Ledger

Stucco/Gesso

Ranger-Archival ink-jet black

"Love U" Altered Heart Card for the Marion Smith Designs Blog!!

Hello everyone, it's Peggy Lee here,

sharing with you a card over on the Marion Smith Designs Blog today...

I created I just love the Motley Paper Collection 

by Marion, I also used her new stamps love them!!

I love the altered heart I created as a faux heart necklace....great embellishment!

Just love the Junque & Gem key charm...so cute

hanging off the chain.

I used a primitive heart Sizzix die out of chipboard and 

out of the paper collection...adhered the papers to the chipboard hearts.

I added depth with pop dots.

I gave the hearts alot of texture with multi medium gel and 

ultra thick embossing enamel.

Rolling back the edges of  the papers give great interest to the card...

great place to tuck in one of Marion's paper doilies, and Junque & Gem metals...

This card is so fabulous "if I do say so myself" I think it needs

a special frame to hang on my wall....

Thanks for stopping by today,

hugs

Peggy Lee