A Sea Dragon goes to Creativation 2017!

Today, I want to share my Sea Dragon I made for Creativation 2017 for Buttons Galore and More! I can't tell you how exciting it is for me to be asked to create for Creativation!! WOW!!

I am going to run through how I did this mainly through photos, so there will be a lot of photos - maybe grab a cuppa to look through these :)

I started with a 12x14 canvas, and this will give you an idea of how I created my ocean background. 

And here we are underwater looking upward towards the surface....

Next, I sketched out my sea dragon and cut it out of patterned paper and a solid purple. 

Details are sketched and doodled in...

Time for adding the buttons from this wonderful mix, aren't those colors gorgeous?

Details of the buttons, beads and sequins used to add dimension to the dragon.

Painting details....

Sea Dragon

Thanks for stopping by, and please, if you have any questions, ask! 

I had so much fun imagining and creating my canvas. Thank you Buttons Galore for asking me to do a project for Creativation 2017!

If you're like me....

I love seeing all the new products at the CHA trade show that starts today. Here are just two of the many sites that I am keeping an eye on for videos of the new goodies:

My all time favorite site for CHA videos is Paperclipping.

And this SITE has both videos and a Pinterest board with sneak peeks.

If you have any favorite links for the new products, be sure to leave us a comment.

Enjoy!

CHA Sneak -Echo Park

Oh, Snap! Isn't this paper going on your must have list? I know it's on mine! Love the retro designs and colors. And all those old cameras? Oh, snap!

Wouldn't this be the perfect stencil to go with it? It is a Crafter's Workshop by Ronda Palazzari.

How to spend your morning

 

Get your cup of coffee, your computer and spend a bit of time HERE to see some great sneak peeks of new and upcoming products that will be debuting at CHA this next week. Be sure to go back to older posts because there are a ton of peeks. Wondering how to keep track of all those goodies that you will just have to buy once they're available? Pin them onto a "Must Haves" Pinterest board so that you can keep them organized in one place.

Sneak Peeks of new products

Since the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) trade show is coming up early next week, there are lots of sneak peeks making their way around the internet. It can be a bit overwhelming but here is one site that I found that is doing a pretty good job of showing what is new---

Check it out HERE...but be warned......there is a ton of new product in the works. If you see something you love, be sure to share with us in the comments.

Another Product Find

Another cool new tool from We R Memory Keepers is the new Sew Stamper. You easily get the look of stitching without actually sewing. It comes in six designs plus a straight stitch and is preloaded with black ink. This will be available in October.

New Product Find

I know how much everyone loves We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy product and at the recent CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) show, they demoed their brand new Sew Ribbon that will be available late September. This handy dandy little tool makes weaving ribbon quick and easy.

Sew Ribbon will be available in six color families with 2 yards each of velvet, twill, and grosgrain ribbons. Take a look at the designs:

Christmas in July - Sneak Peeks from CHA!

Well, Sheila has started me thinking about the December Daily, so when I was looking through the CHA Summer sneak peeks, I found these wonderful holiday papers that I think would be great for the DD.

The first one is Websters Botanical  Christmas. First of all, I love the Webster pages - they do such great design work, and it is always high quality.  A couple of my favorite pages here are the doors, and the red and cream graphics page.  I think this is a definite possibility!

 Next is Prima's North Country.  This inspires me to think Adirondack Christmas!  I see a lot of elements here that would fit into celebrating Christmas right in my neck of the woods. Plus, Prima always has such cool embellishments. I like that this includes both traditional and non-traditional Christmas colors in the collection.  Hmmm....perhaps an Adirondack style December Daily?

The third one I found (here is the embellishment page) is Jenni Bowlin's Christmas Line.  She has such great graphics!  This one would give a much more traditional look to the December Daily.  I do like incorporating her embellishments into any one that I make.

So many choices....I think it may be a challenge to decide on the paper line to use this year!  Are any of you thinking of creating a December Daily?  What are you looking at using?  Let us know!

CHA Sneak Peek - Jillibean Soup

For all you card makers out there, here are some darling 6x6 paper packs from Jillibean Soup. Look at all of the different coordinated designs you get in the pack! These are some of their new products being showcased at CHA right now, which means...they will soon be available to us!

I think my favorite of these three is the "Spotted Owl Soup" - they are adorable, and I can think of some stamps and punches I have that would go with these designs. I can see some "boy" birthday cards coming out of this pack!

BUT, what I really like are the cute kraft file folders!  Make a mini album with them...add them to an album...make a mini file storing system...use them on scrapbook layouts....oh, the possibilities are endless!

Even more peeks

Maura has found some great new items that are coming out soon. I love seeing what she has her eye on. Here are some that have caught my attention--

Of course, being a camper, I love this new line by American Crafts called Campy Trails.

LOVE the moose!

 And I love this Destination kit coming out by Memory Works-

 And I love these new Tim Holtz goodies-

And this collection by Bo Bunny might just be one Maura likes-

I see a super cute mini book with these goodies!

Have you found any new favorites that will be released? Be sure to let us know!

Maura here - Sheila do you know how funny this is?  The camp designs are ones I was looking at and thought to myself, Sheila would love these!  And the robots, I was looking at too!! It's just funny how well we know each other!  The Destinations looks fabulous, and that's one I did not find - good one!  And, we ALL love Tim's products...so much to look forward to.