Come see Marion Smith at the Scrapbook Island this Saturday.

Reserve Your Demo Now!   Join Us For Color Lab Demo Saturday 12-13-14 from 11:00am to 4:00 pm at The Scrapbook Island 14090 Blossom Hill Rd.  Los Gatos, Ca 95032 Sign up now to RSVP for our special event where you'll learn: How to create your own spray inks using the Color Lab Kit from Marion Smith Designs. Live Demo with Marion Smith   See Brand New products just released   Space is limited! To RSVP, enter your information below! First Name * Email *

Learn How to Create a two-toned effect using the Color Lab DIY Paint Kits.

Hi Everyone,
Are you looking for a fun way to use your Color Lab Sprays? Make sure to watch this tutorial video that  shows a fun way to get a two-toned look on your paper flowers and leaves.

We have created a public Facebook Page just for you to share your Recipes Using the Color Lab Diy Paint Kits.

Click Here to Join https://www.facebook.com/groups/322760871244723/

To Order you Color Lab Kit click here http://junqueandgems.com/collections/color-lab/products/color-lab-paint-system

New Color Lab Recipes & Design Team Call

Hi it's Marion,
Happy Friday! I wanted to share with you a new recipe video using the Color Lab Paint Kit. The color possibilities are endless. 

What color would you like to see me make next? Leave a comment and let me know and I will make it.
 For more information about the  Color Lab pigments click here.

It's that time again! Send your blog links and bio to Angela@marionsmithdesigns.com We will be announcing the new additions to the team January 5th! xoxo

Reserve Your Spot. This Saturday we will be doing a Live In-store Demo with the Color Lab Paint systems at Katie's World in Stockton, CA. If you are in the Valley or Stockton California area you should reserve your spot now because spaces are filling up as fast. Come and grab your Color Lab kits this Saturday! We hope to see you there! 

Click here to reserve spot!

Handmade flowers with MSD Bloom Impressions Tool

Hi everyone and happy Friday,
hopefully my American friends had a nice Thanksgiving :)

Todays post will be a little different from my previous for MSD.

Christmas is just around the corner 

and I bet most of you have already  

started preparing Christmas in one way or another.

I'm definitely one of those people at least :)

That's why I wanted to bring you something 

totally not-Christmasy for as an inspiration.

Here it comes:

I''ve also prepared a color palette for you:

I used the MSD Bloom Impressions Tool for this project:

and other supplies:

  

And now I have an announcement:

Thank you ladies for playing along.

And the WINNER of my last challenge is:

Samra!!!

I'm so happy for you my friend :)

Pop me an e-mail aneta@artisant.is

with all your shipping informations.

Have a nice weekend everybody and please visit me soon!

xoxo

Aneta 

Thankful for the opportunity to be creative

Hello All!!

In the US, today is Thanksgiving, so HAPPY THANKSGIVING to everyone...I pray you are all having wonderful days, filled with family, friends, food and fun.

Aside from the people in my life, one of the biggest things I am thankful for is the ability to express my self creatively. 

I made this with the Rhonna Farrer iPhone app a while back and I think it is so true:

Sometimes life just makes thing difficult and there are no words that can express them.

Creativity is good for the heart and soul, so put them into everything you do!

That is my thought behind my project for today.

I used an old wire bound journal I have had for a while and covered it with "Garment District" papers from Marion Smith Designs.

To tone down the colors a bit, a did a light wash of brown watercolor and a light stamping of Marion Smith's "Texture" stamp using Ranger Archival Ink in Brown, all before layering my tags, cut from "Garment District" paper. (NOTE: my "Garment District paper is 6x6.)

Around my edges I added some TEAL Smooth Iridescent paint to pop up my tags and the project as a whole.

I finished by adding some fun embellishments like:

*Lace 

* Metal Words: Making Memories (vintage)

* Metal "Create" & "H-E-A-R-T"-unknown

* Wooden Birds (Studio Calico) Colored with Smooch

* Flowers and Rhinestones-Junque & Gems by Marion Smith Designs!!

Here are a few close-up shots!

I hope you enjoyed today's project and are inspired to be Thankful for YOUR creativity and express it with your whole heart.

Until next time...

XOXO,

KERI

Garment District Wire Heart by Erica Houghton

Happy Monday! Today I’m sharing an off the page project; I altered a wire heart by Darice using the Garment District Collection by Marion Smith Designs.

This is what the wire heart looked like originally...

And, this is what it looks like now!

I simply traced the heart onto two sheets (it's slightly larger than 12 x 12) of Garment District pattern paper. I cut it out; inked the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink and then adhered the paper to the wood, heart shaped frame.

To embellish the heart shaped frame, I fussy cut elements from the Garment District Collection, added flowers and finished it with two bows.

Paper

Marion Smith Designs, Garment District

Embellishments

Manor House Creations, Prima Marketing & Recollections – flowers

Celebrate It – ribbon

Adhesives

Crafty Power Tape – 81’

Products

Darice – wire heart

Tim Holtz – distress ink

Thanks for looking!

Erica