Mixed Media Wall Hanging Class and Scrapbook Layout Class at Treasured Memories Scrapbooks

I just wanted to stop in and let you all know that I will be teaching two mixed media classes on Saturday, May.21st at Treasured Memories Scrapbooks, Stamping & More in Duncan, BC. I would love to see you in one or both of my classes. Each description below the photo will include the time, cost and how to register for the class. 

Join Katelyn for her Mixed Media Wall Hanging on Saturday, May.21st from 9:30am to 12:30pm. In class, you will use a variety of products including; Prima, Ranger Ink and Southern Ridge Trading Company to create your own gorgeous wall hanging. The cost of the class is $35.00 and includes most of the supplies needed. To register call 250-748-8054 or Toll Free 1-877-748-8054. Space is limited so register early!

Join Katelyn for her Mixed Media Scrapbook Layout on Saturday, May.21st from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. In class, you will use a variety of Prima products to create your own layout. The cost of the class is $30.00 and will include most of the supplies needed. Katelyn has created a second layout, as an added bonus when you sign up, for an extra $5.00 you will be able to get the instructions and the found relative cards needed to complete the second layout. Note: For the second layout, you will need to purchase paper, paint and some mixed media mediums. To register call 250-748-8054 or Toll Free 1-877-748-8054. Space is limited so register early!

Looking forward to seeing you in class!

Until Next Time

-Katelyn

April Remix Tag - "No Journey Is"

It's almost the end of the month and I've managed to get my April "Tim Tag" done with two days to spare. This year for Tim's 12 tags, it's all about remixing past techniques and combining them together with other techniques that he has shared over the past years. This month's tag features the Faux Mosaic and Paint Resist Techniques.  This month I played with a variety of new products and some older products from Tim Holtz to create my tag. My favourite new product is the Distress Paper Mosaic Kit, it's well worth the investment. 

I  created the coloured effect on the woodgrain distress watercolour cardstock piece using Antique Linen paint . Once the paint had dried, I added Broken China, Chipped Sapphire and Brushed Pewter Distress Stains over top.  After the stains had dried, I went over the entire piece of woodgrain cardstock with my Ground Espresso Distress Ink. To finish the woodgrain cardstock piece, I used my Distress Spritzer and spritzed Black Soot and Gathered Twigs in spots on the cardstock. Once the woodgrain cardstock was dry, I wrapped a piece of linen ribbon 1 1/4" from the bottom of the tag. 

For my butterfly I used the Butterfly Duo Bigz die, one of my favourites. After I cut the butterfly out of chipboard, I went to work on creating my mosaic tile look. The paper I used for my mosaic tiles was from the Menagerie 8x8 paper pad. Once the top coat on the tiles were dry, I went over the grout with Ground Espresso Distress Ink. When I go to make another mosaic tile pattern on a die cut image, I will use plain chipboard instead of black chipboard. The black chipboard turned the grout into a purple hue.

The left side of my tag was too plain, so I pulled out my Wildflowers stamp set, and stamped a couple of images. Once the Archival ink dried, I then fussy cut around each flower image. 

 I wanted to add the arrow and a saying to the top right of my tag. So I took a strand of paper string from Tim Holtz's Ideaology line and put it through my "dream" token and wrapped the string around the middle of the arrow, once it was wrapped around enough, I knotted the string at the top of the middle of the arrow.  I also wanted to customize my ribbon, so I used crinkle ribbon and sprayed it using Pumice Stone, Black Soot and Tumbled Glass Distress Spray Stain.

The finishing touch to my tag was adding the saying in the bottom right hand side. My saying came from small talk and I just cut it apart to fit in the bottom right hand corner. 

Products Used: 

-Ranger/Tim Holtz: Black Soot Distress Spray Stain, Pumice Stone Distress Spray Stain, Tumbled Glass Distress Spray Stain, Broken China Distress Stain, Chipped Sapphire Distress Stain, Brushed Pewter Distress Stain, Ground Espresso Distress Ink, Antique Linen Distress Paint, Black Soot Distress Marker, Gathered Twigs Distress Marker, Distress Woodgrain Cardstock, Distress Paper Mosaic Kit and Distress Spritzer

-Ranger Ink: Black Archival Ink and #5 Manilla Tags

-Tim Holtz/Ideaology: Paper String, Crinkle Ribbon, Linen Ribbon, Typed Tokens, Adornments - Arrows, Small Talk and Menagerie 8x8 Paper Stash

-Tim Holtz/Sizzix: Butterfly Duo Bigz Die

-Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous: Wildflowers Stamp

I have entered my tag here:

April Tag - Tim Holtz

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn

"Start Something Wonderful" Wall Hanging

I have a brand new post over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog.  Below is a peek at my beautiful Spring Tag, but to find out how I created it, you will need to head here. 

Thanks for stopping by and make sure that you head over to the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog!

Until Next Time

-Katelyn

Becoming a part of the 2016 Graphic 45 Design Team

 I just wanted to stop by to announce that I have been selected to be a part of the 2016 Graphic 45 Design Team. The last 24 hours have filled with excitement and disbelief that this little Canadian designer has made an American Design Team and an amazing team at that. I'm truly honoured to be a part of the amazing talent that fills this year's team. I want to congratulate the rest of my new teamies and I look forward to working with each one of them!

For those that haven't seen my first round audition for the team, here is the link: http://katelyngrosart.blogspot.ca/2016/03/graphic-45-design-team-audition-2016.html

For those that haven't seen my second and final round audition for the team, here is the link: http://katelyngrosart.blogspot.ca/2016/04/graphic-45-final-round-design-team.html

To all of my readers and social media followers, I want to thank you for commenting, following my journey to get on the team,  "liking" my final round video and subscribing to my channel. I can't wait to share with you what I create over the next year!

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn

It's a Charmed Life on the Emerald Creek Dares

It's time for a brand new challenge on the Emerald Creek Dares blog, featuring "It's a Charmed Life", celebrating the ladies and Mother's Day. When we received this challenge I had the perfect project in mind. So, for my project I decided that I would create a Mother's Day Easel Card featuring a fun flower pot as my focal piece. Lets get started on how you can create my Mother's Day  Easel card at home.

Finding the measurements and scores to create my easel card was the first thing I needed to do. I used the tutorial off of Splitcoast Stampers for the measurements, which you can find here. I cut and scored my pieces out of 100lb white cardstock and then inked a 1/4" in all around the bottom of the easel card and the top piece that measures 4 1/4"x 4 1/4" piece using Antique Linen Distress Ink. 

Once the cardbase was cut and scored, I moved on to stamping my Dear Mother stamp onto 100lb white cardstock using Black Archival Ink. I let the Archival Ink dry for a couple of minutes and then blended Antique Linen Distress Ink over top.

The next image that needed to be stamped onto the 100lb white cardstock was the Large Butterfly. I applied Black Archival Ink to the butterfly and then stamped onto the white cardstock. Once the butterfly was stamped, I coloured it using Black Soot, Shaded Lilac and Milled Lavender Distress Markers.  Once coloured, I fussy cut around it and then inked the edges using Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Now that the stamping is done, the next step is to create your flower pot. To create my flower pot, I found a template online that I liked the best, shrunk it, printed it and then traced and cut it out of the 100lb white cardstock. Once the flower pot was cut out, I applied a layer of Distress Embossing Ink and then covered the flower pot with Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder. Once the flower pot was covered in embossing powder, emboss with a heat tool.

Before assembling the card, I cut some patterned paper from Graphic 45's Sweet Sentiment paper line. Once the paper was cut, I edge distressed and then inked the edges of the papers and the dear mother saying using Vintage Photo Distress Ink. 

Before adhering the papers, saying and flower pot down, I cut a variety of flowers and leaves from the Tiny Tattered Floral Die set using Graphic 45's Sweet Sentiments and Botanical Tea papers.

Now that all of the pieces are completed, it's time to adhere the patterned pieces to the card. Some finishing touches I added to my flower pot before adhering was the 1/4" strip of paper, just below the brim of the pot as well as the linen thread bow. Once the patterned pieces are adhered to the bottom of the card and the 4 1/4" piece, foam square the flower pot to the middle of the dotted piece on the  4 1/4" piece. After the flower pot is in place, you can add the flowers however you would like to the pot, as well make sure to add a couple of leaves. To decorate the bottom of the easel card, I added three flowers and a leaf to the bottom right hand corner of the saying and one flower to the top left hand corner of the saying. Once everything is adhered, I added the butterfly to the bottom right of the flower pot and bling to the centers of the flowers . 

Products used from Emerald Creek:

- Large Butterfly Stamp

- Dear Mother Stamp

- Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder

- 100lb White Cardstock

Other Products Used:

- Southern Ridge Trading Company: 10mm White Roses

- Ranger/Tim Holtz: Distress Markers: Black Soot, Shaded Lilac & Milled Lavender,  Distress Ink: Antique Linen, Vintage Photo & Embossing Ink

- Ranger Ink: Black Archival Ink

- Tim Holtz/Sizzix: Tiny Tattered Floral Dies

- Graphic 45 - "Botanical Tea": Spring Duet

- Graphic 45 - "Sweet Sentiments": Perfect Petals, Sweet Sentiments & Heart Song

- Misc: Linen Thread & Jewels

Make sure that you go and check out the rest of the Emerald Creek Dares Design Team as they have all created fantastic pieces for this weeks challenge:

Julia

Cathy

Shilpa

Claudia

Pam

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Mother's Day Easel card. Don't forget to enter your project into our Emerald Creek Dares Challenge for your chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate for the Emerald Creek Store!

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn

Graphic 45 Final Round Design Team Audition

I still can't believe that I made the Top 30 for Graphic 45's first round of their 2016 design team call. I'm extremely grateful for making it to the second round of their design team call and I still have to pinch myself to remind myself it's real. For the second round of the call, there was a choice of creating a video tutorial or a video with 3 projects that best describe your style. 

For my final round, I decided to go with a video tutorial featuring a wall hanging using Graphic 45's Communique Deluxe Collectors Edition and a variety of their Staples. Below is the video as well there is a link to the video.  Make sure to check the video out on Youtube and while you're there, make sure to "like" my video and subscribe to my channel.

Here is the link to my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS1awgSygc4

I just want to thank Graphic 45 for this amazing opportunity and I'm so grateful to have made it as far as I have. I would also like to wish the rest of the Top 30 the best of luck in this second round. 

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn

Wishing You Everything Wonderful Tag

I have a brand new post over on the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog.  Below is a peek at my beautiful Spring Tag, but to find out how I created it, you will need to head here.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure that you head over to the Southern Ridge Trading Company Blog!

Until Next Time

-Katelyn

Anything Goes Challenge on the Emerald Creek Dares Blog

It's time for a brand new challenge on the Emerald Creek Dares blog, featuring "Anything Goes". When we received this challenge I was excited as I could create anything I wanted. For my project I decided that I would create a grungy mixed media canvas and I will show you how I created it, so that you can make it at home. Lets get started on how you can create my grungy mixed media canvas at home.

To start my canvas, I covered my Wood Tray from Prima with Black Gesso. You will need to allow 20 minutes for the gesso to dry.

Once the gesso has dried, apply Embossing Distress Ink to the tread mark stamp and stamp onto the now black canvas. Continue applying ink and stamping until the entire canvas is covered. After the canvas has been stamped, sprinkle Onyx Frost Embossing Powder overtop of the entire canvas. Tap off excess powder and emboss with heat tool.

After the tread marks are embossed, spritz the entire top of the canvas with Black Soot, Picket Fence, Pumice Stone and Perfect Pearls Mist. Allow at least 45 minutes for the canvas to dry.

After the spray has dried, I applied Embossing Distress Ink to the four corners. Once the ink is applied to the corners, sprinkle Hammered Metal Embossing Powder to the corners and then emboss with your heat tool.

After the corners are embossed, apply Mushroom and Gold Adirondack ink lightly over top of the embossed corners. Allow 10 minutes to thoroughly dry.

The next layer for the canvas is the faux metal embossed panel. To create this piece, cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of 100lb white cardstock and apply a Foil Tape sheet to the cardstock. Using the Riveted Metal Embossing folder, run it through your big shot. Once the foil is embossed, paint on black gesso over the entire embossed surface. Before the gesso completely dries, take some hand sanitizer on a piece of paper towel and remove the gesso from the foil. You will end up with some gesso on the lines of the embossed piece. Once the gesso completely dries, apply Mushroom Adirondack Alcohol Ink to the entire embossed image. Allow 10 minutes for the alcohol ink to fully dry.

The final piece that needed to cover was my barbed wire circle frame from Southern Ridge Trading Company and applied a layer of Black Soot Distress Ink overtop of the entire piece. Once the ink was applied, I covered the entire barbed wire circle with Hammered Metal Embossing Powder and tapped off the excess. After the extra embossing powder is removed, emboss with a heat tool.

After the barbed wire circle frame was embossed, I applied Mushroom and Gold Adirondack Alcohol Ink randomly on the frame. Allow 10 minutes for the alcohol ink to fully dry.

Some of the finishing touches on my grungy mixed media canvas was adding the picture in the middle of the frame. Along with adding three gears to the top left hand corner, the Industrial Edision lightbulb in the bottom right hand corner and then the Believe Buckle Connector word in the bottom middle of the canvas. To finish the believe word, I added linen ribbon that I tinted with vintage photo and then put the ribbon through the charm having it span the entire length of the canvas. 

Products used from Emerald Creek:

- Onyx Frost Embossing Powder

- Hammered Metal Embossing Powder

- Industrial Edison Bulb Charm

- Believe Buckle Connector Charm

- 100lb White Cardstock

Other Products Used:

- Southern Ridge Trading Company: Barbed Wire Circle Frame - Large

- Ranger/Tim Holtz: Adirondack Alcohol Ink: Gold & Mushroom,  Distress Ink: Black Soot, Vintage Photo & Embossing Ink, and Distress Spray Stain: Picket Fence, Black Soot & Pumice Stone

- Ranger Ink: Foil Tape Sheets & Perfect Pearls Mists: Perfect Pearls

- Ranger/Dina Wakley: Paint Brush & Black Gesso

- Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous: Mixed Media 2 stamp

- Tim Holtz/Sizzix: Diamond Plate & Riveted Metal Set - Embossing Folders

- Tim Holtz/Ideaology: Found Relatives, Mini Gears & Linen Ribbon

- Prima Marketing: Wood Tray

Make sure that you go and check out the rest of the Emerald Creek Dares Design Team as they have all created fantastic pieces for this weeks challenge:

Julia

Cathy

Diana

Shilpa

Claudia

Pam

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my grungy mixed media canvas. Don't forget to enter your project into our Emerald Creek Dares Challenge for your chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate for the Emerald Creek Store!

Until Next Time!

-Katelyn