I Am In Print...

It was very exciting to wake up this morning to this:

 See my name on there?  On the cover?  :)  It was a pleasure working with Laura from Papers and Pixels to create this wonderful article she wrote about me and Miss Art's Papercrafting School.  In the article, I show you how to create this mixed-media background, as well as sharing a free lesson from my class, Cluster Muster.

You can check out Papers and Pixels and read their August edition here:
http://www.papersandpixels.com/
Happy Monday!

~Alyssa~

I am back at TCR!

After many long weeks of not having time to play with color at The Color Room, I am back!  It was so much fun being back in the groove and playing with this fun palette:

This is a little bit of everything all thrown on one page- trying to get back in the groove again!

You can't read all the words in the photo, but it says: "Those Blue Eyes = Game over for mom!"

Thanks for the inspiration, TCR!
~Alyssa~

Those Baby Blues

My inspiration for this layout came from this photo.  I used Instagram to change this photo to a sepia/vintage look, and even that can't hide my son's startlingly blue eyes.  I added loads of texture to this layout, from burlap to hemp cord, to a Clear Scraps Acrylic Buckle Frame (available at Miss Art's).

For the frame, I first colored it with Alcohol Inks in Pool, Mountain Rose, and Hazelnut.  Then I inked and distressed it with brown Staz-on.  It really set the gorgeous color palette for this layout.

Thanks for coming over!
~Alyssa~