Marie Antoinette - 3rd Post of 8x8 Album

Hello & thanks for stopping by today!

I was really hoping that I would have a finished project to share with you today, but I'm afraid life interrupted my progress on this one! But I do have a few more pages from my 8x8 Window Album to share with you today & I hope to be able to spend some time in my studio this week & at least finish the last few pages!

(Marie dolls compiled from a digital collage sheet)

This is my favorite page from this grouping. I just love that so many people think that Marie actually said "Let them eat cake!" The paper dolls were made from a digital sheet I found on Etsy & the cake is cut from a Cricut cartridge. The gold embellies are actually imported German Scrap. (The text is cut from a book.) The background paper was stamped & clear embossed with a cupcake stamp & then sprayed with Glimmer Mists (wiping the mist off the embossed images). I also used Stickles to highlight some of the flowers on Marie's dress & in her hair.

Do you ever get to working on something & it just doesn't seem to come together like you wanted? Well, that's what happened with these two pages! They were supposed to be all about Marie's "Pouf" (hairstyle) & fashions. But I couldn't quite get it to work, so this is the result...

One, super busy page of collaged images:

And, another not quite completed page that will hopefully get some more stuff on it soon!

the green "fan" piece swings up to reveal an empty spot at the moment!

These two may end up being tossed out when I get the whole book finished! I'll just have to see how it all works together!

That's it for today...I really do apologize for not having the finished book to show you! Hopefully in by the end of the week!

Thanks again for stopping by & don't forget to visit the CC&M shop for all your mini-album needs!!

- Becky

Designer: Becky Voth

More Marie Antoinette Pages

Hi all, Becky here again today to share some more pages from my Marie Antoinette 8x8 album from Creative Cuts & More that I am currently working on! (First post here)

I am about halfway done & hope I can finish it by the end of the month!!

Page one - what you see through the window of the cover!

Page 2

close up of LABEL & FRAME

Page 3 & FLAG

(I forgot to take a close up of the flag, but I embossed the "pole" with gold & used Copics on the flag.) I didn't include pages 4-5 because they are a double layout that wouldn't fit on the easel! But you can see them on my personal blog, here.

Page 6

Close up of TAG CARD

Page 7

Page 8

I may still add a little some thing to this page, as it seems a little boring to me! Ha!

Close up of Petite & Small LABELS

That's it for today!

I hope to have the rest to share with you in a couple weeks!!

Hope to see you soon!

TTFN!

The Beginning of Decadence - I hope!

This may seem a rather strange post from the norm you usually see here, because it is only the beginning of a project I have just started...a book all about

Marie Antoinette!

There is just something about her that seems to inspire artists all around the world to create or re-create her life of decadence & fashion!

I know that I have been obsessed with her for a while & I am finally going to attempt an artistic journey (if you will) with her!

So, I ordered the Four Pane 8x8 Window Album from Creative Cuts & More in the Neenah "Whitestone" cardstock for the pages, but I also ordered several HEAVY chipboard pages to integrate because I hope to do a lot of painting as well as collaging on the pages & I don't want them to buckle under all the mediums!

So here's a look at some of my supplies:

As you can see, the album is upright in the back, with the cover on top of a paper pad & my source of inspiration - "Marie" published by Somerset in the center of all the goodies.

I have a smattering of the Vintage Labels in different colors & both sizes to play with. I also ordered the Elegant Large Frame in two shades of metallic gold; a couple of gold crowns (not on the site yet), a Flag, one of the tiny Dresses in blue velvet; the Tag Card to incorporate somehow; as well as some other misc. banners & shapes to work into the book.

I wanted to give myself plenty of options to play with on this one!! Plus, I have been collecting all sorts of odds & ends for embellishments to add to the dies!

It should be a really fun book to work on!

So far, all I have started on is the cover...

I painted it a deep turquoise blue & then smattered some gold metallic paint here & there. When all that was dry, I added a couple layers of crackle.

My plan is to have an image of Marie behind the window (like here), but I don't think I'm quite done with the front...I want to build it up a little more somehow - maybe with some sculpty clay, ribbon & more? Who knows, the possiblities are endless! I plan to test my limits on this one!

So be sure to keep checking back to see what I've done!

My next post here will be on July 19th; with my goal of finishing the album by the 30th! But be sure to check out my blog now & again, as I will try to record some of the progress or techniques there as well!

But of course, there will be many posts in between from our other talented designers!! So, you should really be checking in EVERY day to see what they've all created for you with the many dies & albums from Creative Cuts & More!!

See you soon!

- Becky

The Queen of Fashion - A Birthday Card

Hi all, Becky here today to share this fun little card I made for one of my sister-in-laws' birthday last month.

I used a simple A7 (5x7) card in cream, but covered the front in some papers from a new Marie Antoinette DCWV stack. The little text piece, "this is our exciting adventure and..." is also from the paper stack & I thought it was perfect for my fashion-conscious sister-in-law!

I inked up all the edges to add to the shabby-vintage feel of it all...

The rest of the text, "we will look fabulous every step of the way."

Then I stamped my big Happy Birthday stamp onto an old journalling tag I had on hand, but CC&M has some great labels that would work for this too!

Thanks for stopping by!

designer: becky voth