Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo Blog Hop :: Day 04 with Erica Houghton

Welcome! Today is Day 5 of the Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo Blog Hop! I hope you've enjoyed all of the creativity and inspiration this week...I sure have!

Today, I'm sharing two wood embroidery hoops by Darice that I altered using the Nirvana Collection by Marion Smith Designs.

I started with two (one small and large) wood embroidery hoops by Darice.

Next, I painted the metal screw white and then wrapped each wood embroidery hoop with jute.

I then cut two circles from the Nirvana Collection by Marion Smith Designs, adhered and stitched a Heidi Swapp sticker to each circle; I adhered the circles to the back of each wood embroidery hoop.

Finally, I cut balloons, butterflies and sentiments from the Nirvana Collection by Marion Smith Designs; I finished altering each wood embroidery hoop by adding Petaloo flowers.

I used a variety of Petaloo flowers, including flowers from the mixed textured, burlap and sugared collections. 

Here are a few close-ups:

Make sure to stop by the Petaloo blog for more inspiration and creativity. And, be sure to check back tomorrow for the last day of the hop.

Paper

Marion Smith Designs, Nirvana

Embellishments

Marion Smith Designs, Junque & Gems – keys

Tim Holtz, Ideaology – baubles, jump rings

The Paper Studio, Spare Parts – swivel clasps

Heidi Swapp – stickers

Marion Smith Designs & Petaloo – flowers

Celebrate It – ribbon

Misc., - natural jute

Adhesives

Crafty Foam Tape – White

Products

Darice – wood embroidery hoops

Tim Holtz – distress ink

13 Arts – gesso

Thanks for joining me today!

Garment District Tag Duo by Erica Houghton

Hi! Today I'm sharing two tags I created using the Garment District Collection by Marion Smith Designs, as well as a short tutorial showing you how I created my tags.

Step 1: Distress and adhere Garment District pattern papers to base of tag

(I used a recycled piece of Prima Marketing flower packaging as the base for my tag)

Step 2: Distress and adhere Garment District pattern papers to base of tag; 

adhere lace, sentiment and flowers to finish tag

Paper

Marion Smith Designs, Garment District

Embellishments

Prima Marketing – resins

Manor House Creations & Recollections – flowers

Celebrate It – ribbon
Studio His & Her – tulle

Adhesives

MyStik® Permanent Strips

Crafty Foam Tape – White

Crafty Power Tape – 81’

Products

Marion Smith Designs – stamp

Versafine – ink

Tim Holtz – distress ink

Thanks for joining me today!

Erica

Reasons to Smile Card by Erica Houghton

Hi! Today is my first post for Marion Smith Designs and I'm sharing a card I created using the Nirvana Collection, as well as a step by step tutorial showing you how I created my card. 

Step 1: Distress and adhere Nirvana pattern papers to card base

Step 2: Distress and adhere Nirvana pattern papers to card base

Step 3: Adhere sentiment

Step 4: Adhere flowers

Step 5: Attach Junque & Gems

Paper

Marion Smith Designs, Nirvana

Embellishments

Marion Smith Designs, Junque & Gems – Geared Up

Manor House Creations, Petaloo & Prima Marketing – flowers

Bead Landing – metal chain, jump rings

Celebrate It – ribbon

Wilton – doilies

Adhesives

MyStik® Permanent Strips

Crafty Foam Tape – White

Products

Tim Holtz – distress ink 

Thanks for joining me today!

Erica

Meet the Design Team | Erica & Sandra

Welcome back! We are continuing our Meet the Design Team showcase. Let me introduce you to Erica & Sandra. 

Erica Houghton

Hi. My name is Erica Houghton. My husband, Ben, and I live outside of Washington DC in Stone Ridge, Virginia. When I'm not working or sitting in traffic, you can find me in my studio creating, curled up with a good book, headed out the door for a run, or sightseeing and traveling.

My paper crafting style is shabby-chic - I love glitter, rhinestones, and anything else that has glitz, glamour, and a lot of sparkle.

I'm totally addicted to patterned paper so I'e resorted to using lots of layers in order to use all of the wonderful papers that come in each collection. I never feel my pages are complete until I've added flowers, ribbon and machine stitching. I enjoy creating a variety of projects including layouts, cards, tags, of the page projects and a mini album every now and then.

In addition to creating for various design teams I also enjoy teaching classes at LSS's because I love sharing my passion for paper crafting with others.

You can find Erica here:

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Sandra Przybylska

My name is Sandra Przybylska. I'm a 24 year old Polish lady, a mother to one and a love to another.

I've been a passionate scrapbooker since July 2013 and it has become my biggest passion.

I love to use acrylic paints, stamps, stickers, and patterned paper.

I've lived in the United Kingdon with all my family since June 2006 and it looks like I'm going to stay here. Hugs XOXO

You can find Sandra here:

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Announcing the 2014-2015 Marion Smith Design Team

Hello Everyone!

Choosing a design team is so incredibly hard! Seeing all the wonderful talent that was showcased these last few weeks was amazing. I was inspired with every new email that I received and I was so honored to meet so many amazingly talented artists. I loved getting a peek inside your creative world. 

It was a huge undertaking to select a new design team and I am so sad that I can't have all of you on the team. I understand that some will be disappointed but please know that it was your beautiful art that made it a very tough decision. We loved seeing all of your awesome creations, and hope that you will continue to share them with us. 

Please help in congratulating the newest members of the

 Marion Smith Designs Team. 

Formal introductions will come later this week as we showcase each member and their talents. 

On Tuesday, we will start with the familiar faces, Angee & Aneta. 

On Wednesday, you will get to meet the new senior artists, Irene & Keri. 

On Thursday, you will meet Sandra & Erica. 

And on Friday, you will get to meet Yasmin & Jelissa.

We are so excited for the upcoming year and can not wait to see and be inspired by all our artists. This year you will see cards, scrapbook layouts, and mixed media projects, along with art journals and so much more. We also plan to focus on tutorials a bit more this year because we all love to learn new techniques, right?

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you comment and subscribe to show your support. 

Angee Carter, Texas USA

DT Coordinator

http://www.alwaysangella.blogspot.com

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Aneta Matuszewska, Iceland

Senior Artist

http:://www.artisant2.blogspot.com

http://www.mytildasworld.blogspot.com

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Irene Tan, Malaysia

Senior Artist

http://scrapperlicious.blogspot.com

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Keri Sallee, Arkansas USA

http://thecreativelifear.blogspot.com

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Erica Houghton, Virginia USA

http://ericahoughton.blogspot.com/
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Sandra Przybylska, UK

http://sandrap2206.blogspot.co.uk/

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Yasmin Tolche, Norway

www.yasminscrapperier.blogspot.com

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Jelissa Cheng, Singapore

http://jelibeanz.blogspot.com/

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Did you breeze past those beautiful faces and forget to link up with us via social media? Don't worry. You will have another chance when you meet the new artists later this week. 

Don't forget to link, friend, and follow for awesome giveaways that will be happening all year. Also we can't forget our fearless leader; Follow Marion on her social media accounts @marionsmithdesigns to keep up with all the brand happenings. 

See you all later this week. 

Angee Carter