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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Karen Taylor - Guest Designer for June - Altered Album

Good morning blogging friends! We are so thrilled to have Karen Taylor join Want2Scrap™ this month as our Guest Designer!! Karen is not only an amazingly talented designer she is also such a sweetheart. If you missed our first post with an intro to Karen you can click HERE to read it and find out a little more about Karen.

Grab a cup of joe and sit back and enjoy! We have lots of pictures to share and I can't wait for you to see the beautiful altered album that Karen designed!! WOW!! Is this not Gorgeous or what? This is the front cover of Karen's altered album, 4 the love of quotes. Karen used the Want2Scrap™ Waterfall Planner Chipboard Album and embellished it with Nestabling™ Scalloped Hearts Silver Rhinestones , Nestabling™ Labels Fourteen Silver Rhinestones , Swirls, Finesse - Silver Rhinestones - 2 Pack - Self Adhesive , and decorative Chipboard Embellishments - Pack of 5 - Style B , Chipboard Embellishments - Pack of 5 - Style C. I love the beautiful colors and all of the layering! Here you can see several of the embellishments and one of the quotes peeking out from behind the many layers. Here is the inside cover. Karen used the chipboard embellishments off and on the pages creating a very unique look that adds dimension and interest to the page. Beautiful flowers and wonderful quotes! **Note you can click on all of the photos to enlarge them. Here are a couple of close up pictures from the inside cover. On the next two pages Karen used Nestabling™ Scalloped Hearts Silver Rhinestones and Nestabling™ Labels Fourteen Silver Rhinestones . In this close up you can see how Karen hand cut the Labels Fourteen die cut with the Nestabling™ Labels Fourteen Silver Rhinestones and added the two pieces behind the patterned paper. Karen also used Nestabling™ Labels Fourteen Silver Rhinestones directly on the paper showing that you don't have to have a die cut to used the Nestabling™. You can use the Nestabling™ as and embellishment or showcase a part of your project. On this page Karen used the Nestabling™ Labels Fourteen Silver Rhinestones around one of the quotes. Look at all the embellishments and layers!! Each page is it's own little treasured piece of artwork filled with so many wonderful thing. On these last two pages Karen used the Swirls, Finesse - Silver Rhinestones - 2 Pack - Self Adhesive with the beautiful butterfly and Nestabling™ Scalloped Hearts Silver Rhinestones
on a die cut and around one of the quotes. Karen, thank you so much for sharing your beautiful altered album with us!! I love all of wonderful quotes, flowers, butterflies and the BLING!! I can't wait to see what Karen's next project is--I am sure it will be inspiring and amazing!!


Thank you so much for stopping by the Want2Scrap™ Blog today and I hope you enjoyed Karen's altered album as much as I did!! To see more of Karen's work please visit her blog, Creative Yearnings.

I hope you have a wonderful and creative day!

Hugs,








Want2Scrap™ Products Used:
Waterfall Planner Chipboard Album
Nestabling™ Scalloped Hearts Silver Rhinestones
Nestabling™ Labels Fourteen Silver Rhinestones
Swirls, Finesse - Silver Rhinestones - 2 Pack - Self Adhesive
Chipboard Embellishments - Pack of 5 - Style B
Chipboard Embellishments - Pack of 5 - Style C

Cross Promotional Products Used:
Spellbinders™: Grand Calbiur™, S4-290 Labels Fourteen, S4- 137 Classic Scalloped Hearts,
Beacon Adhesives™: Zip Dry™, Liquid Laminate

Other Product Used:
Donna Salazar Designs The Crafty Chronicles, GCD Studios, Inc.
Prima Madeline Collection Paper and Flowers
American Crafts Chipboard Letters
Clearsnap Ink

11 comments:

  1. WOW, WOW Absolutely gorgeous! Had to post as anonymous since blogger isn't working right! Thanks for sharing! Karenliz

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  2. WOW this is so impressive!!!! Absolutely GORGEOUS. I can look at this for DAYS!!!!! What a great album filled with Want2Scrap™ goodness!! LOVE IT

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  3. Love, love, love this!!! Gorgeous doesn't even cover it!

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  4. Yayyyyyyyyyyyyy Karen! I love her mini! :):):):):):):):):):):):):)

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  5. I saw that I won the PSA Essentials/Want2 Scrap blog hop!!! I'm not sure: do I pick $35 of goodies from your store AND the Peel and Stick stamps and stamper from PSA Essentials? Or does PSA Essentials pick a winner (they contacted me already) and you pick another winner? You have some WONDERFUL chipboard albums that I will pick if I do get to pick things from your store. WHAT A FUN DAY!!!

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  6. Hi Sharon!!! You are the winner of the blog hop!!! Please contact me at mciola@want2scrap for the details. CONGRATS!!!!

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  7. Those wordings on the cards are Rare gems, Love it.

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  8. Hey, NOW! I don't know who to thank more, Heidi for her lovely narrative or KAREN for her jaw-dropping use of Want2Scrap materials - either way - this is one WONDERFUL post, I'll tell ya THAT! This is a project I could get LOST in - and not want to be found from! hee hee Making one just like it, or receiving one... WONDERFUL either way! Great job, Karen! Thanks for sharing your tremendous talent with us!

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  9. WOW! that is unbelievably GORGEOUS!!! seriously, WOW!

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  10. OH MY GIDDY AUNT - Karen - this is divine - a smorgasbord for the eyes! I love every single detail - beautiful in every way! Thank you for the inspiration - you are an amazing artist! {{{hugs}}}

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